October 23, 2026

• Video on devices that cannot send it

  A device that can decode video but cannot encode it can still show the other person. Lowfire explains the limitation and keeps its own camera unavailable rather than treating the whole call as unsupported.

• Follow Linux’s larger-text preference

  Lowfire now follows GNOME’s desktop text-size setting, including Large Text, and responds when that setting changes. The app’s own supported text-size limits still apply.

• Keep the last complete backup usable

  When a backup key is being replaced, your recovery kit can still open the last complete backup until a replacement under the new key has been stored. Failed later attempts no longer throw away that usable way back.

• Say why the camera cannot start

  A call distinguishes a missing camera from a camera that has gone away, instead of showing the same generic failure. The explanation comes through on both Mac and Linux.

• Calls survive an uneven return online

  After a server outage, the two callers may reconnect at different times. The answering device now waits for the caller’s opportunity to receive the answer, avoiding a premature connection failure.

• Type into the thread you just clicked

  Clicking a thread over the conversation now directs subsequent typing to that thread’s reply field. The conversation composer underneath no longer takes those words.

• Keep fast typing after sending

  In the terminal client, characters arriving immediately after Return start the next message. They are no longer lost because the send and the next keystrokes arrived together.

• Disabled buttons fade consistently

  A filled button that is unavailable now fades as a whole, so its text, icon and background read as one disabled control.

• Keep phone warnings readable at large sizes

  At the largest phone text sizes, a suspended-account banner keeps its words whole and the message log retains room for a complete line.

• Name pop-ups in your language

  Settings and status pop-ups now have names in the person’s selected language, including the names presented to assistive software.

• Explain an update refusal even with a long folder name

  If Lowfire cannot replace an app in its current folder, the update explanation and the way out remain readable even when the installation path is very long. The folder name is shortened safely instead of cutting off the useful reason.

• Explain leaving and removing a person

  Leaving an organisation now explains what disappears from your devices, what other people keep and how you could return. Removing a member also explains whether shared invitations could let them back in and what turning those invitations off changes.

• Preserve long people’s names

  Long names are kept intact when plugins read them, and Invite Links no longer replaces a valid long name with “Someone”. Where a name still cannot fit on screen, Linux now shortens the drawn name cleanly with an ellipsis.

• Make file names readable with larger text

  File-card buttons move below the name when the row needs more room. A useful file name no longer shrinks to a tiny stub just to keep Open and Save beside it.

• Keep calls usable beside panels and long drafts

  A side panel can stay beside a call at larger text sizes. When room gets tight, the composer gives up extra lines before hiding the header, and the call’s explanation of insufficient room remains visible.

• Tab only to controls you can reach

  Keyboard navigation skips buttons covered by the side panel or by the sidebar sliding over the conversation. Focus no longer disappears behind something you opened.

• Keep brief notices clear of dialogs

  Transient notices avoid open sheets, setup cards, update offers and window buttons together. In smaller windows, the placement uses the remaining clear space rather than covering an action you need.

• Handle background work that cannot start

  File-transfer and other background workers now notice when the system refuses to start them, and enabling a connection to another program fails cleanly if its worker cannot start. Commands without arguments also receive the storage they need for their answer.

Designs, contracts and foundations are work in progress; they do not by themselves mean a finished feature is available.

• Replacing an account’s identity key

  The design for replacing an identity key without starting over was accepted. It requires the current recovery kit, removes potentially stolen devices first and has explicit limits when an attacker holds the same keys; the feature itself is not implemented yet.