4.0.3

• Olvid+ now offers new subscription plans, allowing you to share your subscription with family and stay securely connected together.
• Refreshed app design for a more modern and intuitive experience.
• Smoother performance, especially when launching Olvid with a large message history to sync.
• Background push notifications are no longer required to use Olvid.
• Resolved a memory issue related to new audio messages.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented deleted messages from being removed from your contacts' devices.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented voice messages from playing through the speaker.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented voice messages from being sent.

3.8

• We've redesigned the group creation and editing experience from the ground up to make it more intuitive, efficient, and user-friendly.
• Major improvement to the geolocation feature!
• It is now possible to access all your contacts' shared locations at once.
• Furthermore, sharing your location is now fully battery efficient.
• Resolves an issue where notifications were not displayed for messages containing attachments only.
• Addresses a problem causing specific timestamps to be overridden for sent messages.
• We have made significant improvements to the profile deletion process, ensuring a more reliable experience with clearer visual indicators.
• We optimized core aspects of the app, resulting in improved overall performance and efficiency.
• Upon launching the directory screen, an initial search is performed immediately.
• Additional design improvements have been made.

3.6

[3.6 (852)] - 2025-02-07 - App Store

• Performance optimization for group updates, resulting in a significant speed increase.
• Resolution of a bug causing notifications with solely attachments to fail to display properly.

[3.5 (851)] - 2025-01-13 - App Store

• Introducing a highly anticipated feature! You can now share your location with your contacts.
• As you would expect from Olvid, your location is end-to-end encrypted.
• It's also possible to share specific locations.
• The recent discussions list now displays the status of the last message in each conversation more clearly.
• Messages deleted from both sender and recipient devices will be permanently removed with no trace remaining.
• Optimized message handling for faster processing of newly received messages.
• Enhanced and optimized secure audio and video calls, particularly in multi-device scenarios.
• Improved network efficiency of audio and video calls.
• Fixes a bug occurring while editing a group containing pending members that have yet to become contacts.
• Receiving a notification in a group discussion in read-only mode no longer triggers a user notification.
• Fixes a bug sometimes preventing the scrolling to the "just sent" message.
• Fixes the flickering of messages in the discussion view.
• Resolved an occasional crash that occurred during the editing of pinned discussions.
• Tapping a notification should navigate to the appropriate message faster.
• Resolved issues with Keycloak revocation process.
• Addressed a problem causing difficulty when dragging and dropping an URL from certain browsers.

[3.4 (837)] - 2024-12-04 - App Store

• A new progress bar now appears when Olvid is working hard to get everything ready for you.
• For our Pro users: Enhanced security for managed profile transfers! Your administrator can now enforce authentication on the new device.
• If you introduce one contact to another, they will always see a notification.
• We've optimized the booting process to reduce startup time, even if the app was offline for a long time.
• Improves the efficiency of group updates.
• Actions like sending messages, marking as "read", and others now respond more quickly.
• Long-running tasks such as database synchronizations are now performed in the background when the device is idle.
• We've fixed an issue that was blocking navigation when you tapped on reaction notifications.
• We've addressed a problem that occasionally slowed down the app's response time when interacting with notifications.
• We've fixed an issue that was preventing the notification privacy setting from working as expected.
• In a managed environment, we've added a new trust origin when a contact becomes certified.
• In a managed environment, if authentication is required, the alert now clearly indicates which profile needs your attention.

[3.3 (815)] - 2024-10-21 - App Store

• Our notifications have been completely revamped to make them less intrusive, yet more reliable and relevant than ever before.
• Notifications about new messages are now grouped by discussion, making it easier to stay on top of your chats.
• Plus, if someone edits or deletes a message they sent you, Olvid will reflect those changes in real-time, so you always have an accurate view of the conversation.
• And if you use Olvid on multiple devices, we've got you covered! When you read a message on one device, the notification will automatically disappear from all your other devices.
• Ensures messages sent before (but received after) a remote deletion request are properly discarded, preventing unexpected appearances.
• Personal notes are now taken into account when searching for a contact or a discussion.
• Resolves an issue that occasionally blocked users from editing their preferred emojis.
• Addresses a problem that sometimes hindered the creation and editing of personal notes.
• Sharing an invitation with AirDrop now shares the invitation URL.

[3.2 (807)] - 2024-09-18 - App Store

macOS

• Olvid is now fully compatible with macOS Sequoia

iOS

• Olvid is now fully compatible with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.

[3.1 (803)] - 2024-09-12 - App Store

macOS

• We've redesigned the experience of reacting to messages! The reactions panel now conveniently displays only your preferred reactions.
• You're in control - these preferred reactions are fully customizable.
• Get better insights into your message delivery! We've introduced enhanced sent message statuses that provide more details about who has received and read your messages and attachments.
• Enhancements to the navigation experience: the current discussion is now clearly highlighted in your list of recent discussions.
• When the administrator of a group adds or removes group members, a complete list of changes is now shown in the group discussion.
• You can now easily copy and paste images - simply copy them from the Finder or a web browser and paste them into our app.
• Olvid now supports handoff.
• The invitation flow has been streamlined for a smoother experience.
• The double-scan invitation method is now faster than ever!
• Enhances the scrolling performance on the discussion screen.
• Message reception is now more reliable than ever.
• The Escape key now allows dismissing the reaction picker and quitting typing in the composition view.
• The badge displaying new messages in the profile list now accurately reflects the number of new invitations as well.
• We've fixed an issue that allowed a contact to wipe out all messages in a one-to-one discussion.
• We've fixed an issue that prevented the global deletion of a locked one-to-one discussion in a multi-device setting.
• Minor graphical tweaks.

iOS

• We've redesigned the experience of reacting to messages! A double tap (or long press) on a message now conveniently displays only your preferred reactions.
• You're in control - these preferred reactions are fully customizable.
• Get better insights into your message delivery! We've introduced enhanced sent message statuses that provide more details about who has received and read your messages and attachments.
• When the administrator of a group adds or removes group members, a complete list of changes is now shown in the group discussion.
• Olvid now supports handoff.
• The invitation flow has been streamlined for a smoother experience.
• The double-scan invitation method is now faster than ever!
• Enhances the scrolling performance on the discussion screen.
• Message reception is now more reliable than ever.
• The badge displaying new messages in the profile list now accurately reflects the number of new invitations as well.
• We've fixed an issue that allowed a contact to wipe out all messages in a one-to-one discussion.
• We've fixed an issue that prevented the global deletion of a locked one-to-one discussion in a multi-device setting.
• Minor graphical tweaks.

3.0

• Reliability Boost: Significant improvements in multi-device settings, ensuring a smoother experience across all devices.
• Instant Connections: When adding a new contact, you can now start chatting immediately, with no waiting time whatsoever.
• URL Preview Refinement: When a preview is available, URLs at the end of messages are now hidden.
• Read Message Sync: Fixed an issue where messages marked as read on one device would incorrectly remain unread on other devices.
• Secure Call Stability: Resolved a rare issue with secure calls in multi-device settings, where calls could occasionally hang up after 30 seconds.
• Enhanced Notification Reliability: Improved notifications for messages received in recently joined groups, ensuring consistent delivery across all devices.
• Draft Fix: Resolved an issue where drafts with attachments but no text couldn't be sent using the keyboard shortcut.
• Multi-Device Discussion Deletion: Fixed various issues related to deleting discussions across multiple devices.
• Admin Preserved in Group Cloning: Cloning a group now retains the admin's chosen settings.
• Duration Display and Modification Fix: Fixed a bug preventing the display and modification of existence or visibility durations outside of enum values.
• Database Migration Recovery: Improved strategies to recover from certain database migration errors.
• Miscellaneous Improvements and Bug Fixes: Various minor enhancements and bug fixes to further enhance the overall user experience.

2.4

macOS

• Introducing group types! Creating and managing an Olvid group is now easier than ever.
• It is no longer possible to moderate received messages unless in an advanced group configured with the appropriate permissions.
• Two options are now available when deleting a message or discussion: delete from the local device or from all devices you own.
• Fixed an issue where users occasionally had to force quit the app after it had been idle for a period.
• Reacting to a message can now be done by performing a long-press on the message. Double-tap reaction option is still available.
• Fixed a bug where carriage returns in received messages were not always properly displayed.
• The list of available message or discussion deletion options now properly adapts to the context.
• It is now always possible to react to a message, even in a read-only group discussion.
• Removed the reply-to menu entry that was shown on messages in read-only discussions.
• Enhanced user experience by refining the display of backup-related tips.
• Improved the process of deleting messages in a group with no other members.
• Fixed a potential crash that could occur when the app is running in the background.
• Improved the efficiency of certain network calls by batching several calls into one.
• Improved the preview displayed for URLs pointing to a video.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused certain contacts to be relegated to the list of secondary (other) contacts.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented the proper deletion of a profile.
• Fixed a bug that prevented proper highlighting during a search within a discussion.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused received messages to be truncated.
• Fixed a bug that impacted user notifications by removing carriage returns from the notification body.
• Fixed a minor bug during the onboarding process.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

iOS

• Introducing group types! Creating and managing an Olvid group is now easier than ever.
• It is no longer possible to moderate received messages unless in an advanced group configured with the appropriate permissions.
• Two options are now available when deleting a message or discussion: delete from the local device or from all devices you own.
• Reacting to a message can now be done by performing a long-press on the message. Double-tap reaction option is still available.
• Fixed a bug where carriage returns in received messages were not always properly displayed.
• The list of available message or discussion deletion options now properly adapts to the context.
• It is now always possible to react to a message, even in a read-only group discussion.
• Removed the reply-to menu entry that was shown on messages in read-only discussions.
• Enhanced user experience by refining the display of backup-related tips.
• Improved the process of deleting messages in a group with no other members.
• Fixed a potential crash that could occur when the app is running in the background.
• Improved the efficiency of certain network calls by batching several calls into one.
• Improved the preview displayed for URLs pointing to a video.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused certain contacts to be relegated to the list of secondary (other) contacts.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented the proper deletion of a profile.
• Fixed a bug that prevented proper highlighting during a search within a discussion.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused received messages to be truncated.
• Fixed a bug that impacted user notifications by removing carriage returns from the notification body.
• Fixed a minor bug during the onboarding process.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

2.1

• Behold, adventurers of the digital realm! We present to you a long-awaited treasure: Secure video calls now grace the lands of macOS!
• Our call view has undergone a dramatic makeover to accommodate these splendid video calls. Prepare to be dazzled!
• Seeking wisdom within the scrolls of conversation? Fear not! You can now wield the power of search across all messages in a discussion.
• Behold the mighty keyboard shortcuts, wielder of efficiency! With the almighty Cmd+F, you can summon the search within discussions, while Cmd+G guides you to the next hidden gem.
• The legendary Cmd+Home now serves as the vanquisher of stacked discussions. Press it, and watch them scatter like leaves in the wind!
• Time marches on, but fear not, weary travelers! Under each message, you shall find not only the date but also the day of the week (if it be older than a day). Let not the sands of time obscure your path!
• Update your journey and bask in the glory of these newfound features! Adventure awaits!
• We also fixed a few bugs ;-)

1.3.1

• Bugfix release

From version 1.3:

• Secure calls are now available on macOS!
• The secure calls feature has a fresh new aesthetic, designed to enhance visual appeal across all devices and orientations.
• Introducing a revamped interface for editing the nickname and custom photo of contacts or groups.
• Enjoy the convenience of inviting all group members simultaneously with the new "Invite All" option.
• Resolves an issue on macOS related to file imports using AirDrop.
• Addresses various bugs concerning keycloak-managed users when the keycloak server is inaccessible.
• Resolves a crash that occurred on certain iPhones when rotating the screen during an active discussion.
• Fixes a bug that hindered secure calls from functioning when the device's local time was incorrect.
• Various other minor bug fixes.

From version 1.2:

• It is now possible to subscribe to the multi-device while adding a new device.
• Fixes localization issues.
• Fixes a bug sometimes provoking a crash in the background.
• Fixes a few issues concerning groups (including enterprise managed groups).
• Several fixes improving the multi-device experience.

From version 1.1:

• Fully redesigned invitation tab!
• Improves the onboarding process.
• Fixes the authorization screen request access to the microphone.
• Fixes an issue sometimes preventing to receive a code during an invitation process.

From version 1.0:

• This is a major update! Welcome to Olvid v1.0 ;-)
• You can now use the same profile on multiple devices simultaneously!
• Start a conversation on your iPhone, continue it on your Mac, finish it on your iPad.
• All your contacts, groups, and settings stay synchronized across all your devices.
• Add a new contact on the go thanks to your iPhone, discuss with them from any device.
• All your conversations stay end-to-end secured (end-to-end encrypted and end-to-end authenticated) across all your devices and those of your contacts.
• Adding a new device to your list of devices is done in seconds thanks to a new, completely redesigned, secure, onboarding process!
• Changing phone is now also done in seconds if you still have your old device at hand.

0.12.9

• Improves the new group protocol to prevent situations were group pending members would never become full members. Basically, Olvid works even better than before.
• Hotfix.

0.12.4

• You can now change profile by swiping down the profile picture on the top left.
• Improves the reliability of the startup procedure after installing a new Olvid version.
• Fixes a bug where sharing with Olvid could fail from certain Apple's app (such as Music or the Developer app).
• Fixes a bug that could sometimes prevent the profile edition.
• Fixes a crash under iOS 15.7.x

0.12.3

• Introducing a long awaited feature! You can now create as many (independent) profiles as you want! For example, you can create one for family and friends and another for work.
• A profile can be "hidden": showing it back requires a specific password. For an extra layer of privacy!
• If a profile is allowed to make secure outgoing calls, all other profiles are as well.
• Certain notifications were received twice, this is fixed.
• iPad users with a physical keyboard can send messages by simply tapping Command + Return.
• You can now clone any group, even if you are not administrator of the group.
• Improved experience when sharing with Olvid: a list of all selected discussions now appears on top of the available discussions.
• When forwarding a previously sent message, the forwarded message does not show the "forward" sign anymore.
• Improves the virtual keyboard dismissal under iOS 15.5+.
• It was not possible to have a white space when specifying a first name or a last name. This is fixed.
• Certain link previews could "spin" forever. This is fixed.
• Many minor bugfixes for iOS 13 and iPadOS.
• Fixes animation issues of the composition view.
• Other minor bugfixes.