5.18.0.47-beta

• A picture may be worth 1k words, but now you can send them in 4k. Use the the new quality selector to optionally send higher-resolution photos. You can also default to always send higher resolution photos in Settings > Data Usage.
• When you long press a message, a snappy new menu lets you quickly react, reply, delete, and more.
• We’ve made several improvements to help make scrolling your chat list smoother.

5.17.0.48

• Give your profile and group photos a makeover. Whether you want to upload a “picture worth a thousand words”, just type a few letters, or select from one of our colorful new defaults, it’s easier than ever to create the perfect photo.

5.16.0.45

• Thanks to the new animations that appear when you select, reply, send, or receive a message, even an uninspiring conversation can still be quite moving.
• Battery life is precious, so we’ve made several changes to the way notifications are handled in the app which reduces battery usage significantly on iOS 14.5+.
• Receive an unwanted message? You can now report it as spam when you tap block.

5.15.1.3

• Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you send larger images. Panorama-tastic.
• Fixed a crash for users on iOS 12

5.15.0.60

• Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you send larger images. Panorama-tastic.

5.14.0.35

• Become a conversation artist. Use the new color selector to turn every chat into a masterpiece, or let “auto” mode pick something just as palette-able.
• Once you've found the perfect disappearing message timer, why not try it out everywhere? You can now set a default timer that applies to any chats you start.

5.13.0.33

• Transcribing that welcome message every time someone joins the group starting to kill the vibe? We prescribe a new way to describe which is visible to members automatically. Feel free to ascribe those continued good vibes to us!
• Signal is a nonprofit powered by people like you. We’ve now made it easy to donate to Signal using Apple Pay. Just go to Settings > Donate to get started. Your donation helps Signal stay independent and ad-free. Thank you for standing with us!
• Curious whether your latest monologue got the attention it deserved? You can now see when someone has listened to your voice messages. If you see the dot on your voice message, it’s still waiting for a listen.
• You can also now see when a view-once photo or video has been viewed right from message details.

5.12.0.51

• Voice notes have been given a fresh coat of paint. Consecutive messages now play together and if something interrupts your recording (like admiring our new looks), your message will be perfectly preserved in our new draft state (phew!).
• Letting go can be hard, but our new custom disappearing timer can help you find a little more time to process those fleeting messages before they're gone forever.

5.11.0.26

• We still have more improvements in the works, but the chat scrolling enhancements in this release will make you feel like such a "Smooth Operator" that you're basically performing an unofficial cover of Sade's hit song from 1984.
• Numerous bugs in chat search have vanished without a trace, and search results are better organized to make things easier to find. If you are looking for a group named "Hi" it will no longer get buried by every single message where someone said hello.
• We fixed a bug that made it impossible to find results for a single Chinese character in the new chat screen.
• Animated GIF search results now show up in a jiffy (even though that isn't how GIF is pronounced).

5.10.0.49

• Fall in love with several improvements to the media upload and download experience. It may seem like everything is happening really fast, especially when you send multiple photos and videos all at once, but love is like that sometimes. It's OK to start feeling more attached to sending more attachments.
• Love and loss are inextricably connected, so we also broke up with a bug that made it impossible to share long videos from other apps (like the iOS Photos app).
• As part of our ongoing efforts to redesign and enhance the app, we updated the chat settings screen to make common actions easier to find and to help you find common ground in one-on-one chats by displaying the groups that both of you have in common.

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