- Added ability to mention a contact in chat with '@'
- Added swipe to hide feature, can be set for all chats or individual chats
- Dates and times throughout the app are now properly localized
- App will now indicate when contacts have been deleted
- Can set a lifespan when creating a group
- Many UI fixes, tweaks and design updates
Release
Notes
27 Oct, 2021
Ciphr Lite 80000-2660
Ciphr Text 8000-2660
- Users now can now hide/reveal messages for additional privacy.
- A new privacy setting has been added called “Hide Chat Content” which can be used to default the preferred action.
- Users can also manually hide/reveal messages by swiping or long press and tap the “eye” icon at the top menu.
- We have added support for @-references (mentions) to contacts.
- Can now set an expiry time for regular group chats.
- Added support to display when a user in the contact list has been deleted from the server.
- Aliases will not be revealed in regular groups or 1:1 chat unless they are in the group participants contact list.
- Can view group members' profiles from group detail screen by tapping names or from 3 dots actions.
- Block access to profile information in group chats when contact is unknown or unverified.
- Added actions to clear chat or view favourite messages from group detail screen.
- Added actions to clear chat or view favourite messages from the contact profile screen.
- Added display of favourite messages count.
- Initial mute state of other call participants now correctly indicated.
- New prompt when invited to a group.
- Rename 'snooze' to 'mute' and show remaining muted time in settings screen.
- Removed add contact confirmation.
- New setting and defaults to Follow System Theme.
- Tweak chat drawer menu styles - lighter dividers, fix bottom icon alignment.
- Fix text layout issues for multi-line text in chat.
- Always allow call log to be opened if there is content, even when calling disabled.
- Don't allow groups to be created with Lite users as admins.
- Shows localized date and time information.
- Adjust memory used for argon2 hashing based on app memory availability.
Ciphr Mail 80000-450
- Updated message view menu style.
- Changed sharing behaviour so the app will finish before allowing you to access the main drawer and cause looping between apps.
- Prevent reply only from adding cc'd recipients.
- Shows localized date and time information.
- Adjust memory used for argon2 hashing based on app memory availability.
Ciphr Vault 80000-80
- Updated menu style.
- Adjust memory used for argon2 hashing based on app memory availability.
17 Aug, 2021
Ciphr Text 70000-1270
- Added announcements from official Ciphr account.
- Password attempts on both Ciphr Text and Ciphr Mail will now apply against the Ciphr Text password attempts limits.
- Password now clears immediately on unlock.
- Warning added during backup notifying users that unselected app backups will be overwritten.
- Added What's New pop-up highlighting Ciphr announcements.
- Changed What's New menu to no longer be highlighted on first launch.
- Removed confirmation when adding a contact.
- Fixed Serbian string causing received pings to make the app crash.
- Fixed voice note button not released if tapped accidentally.
- New add member button in groups.
- Added cancel button to burn time picker.
- Fixed “scroll to bottom” button in chat disappearing while a voice note is playing.
- Updated status banner style.
- Updated contact and group member badge style to show text labels.
- Newer chat and quote bubble designs.
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
Ciphr Lite 70000-1270
- Added announcements from official Ciphr account.
- Password now clears immediately on unlock.
- CID is now consistently shown as "Ciphr ID" instead of "Contact ID".
- Added What's New pop-up highlighting Ciphr announcements.
- Removed confirmation when adding a contact.
- Changed What's New menu to no longer be highlighted on first launch.
- Fixed voice note button not released if tapped accidentally.
- New "add member" button in groups.
- Added cancel button to burn time picker.
- Picking members to add to a group now allows for multiple selections.
- Fixed “scroll to bottom” button in chat disappearing while a voice note is playing.
- Updated status banner style.
- Updated contact and group member badge style to show text labels.
- Calling is enabled by default for Ciphr Lite users.
- Users can now invite friends from contact creation screen.
- Newer chat and quote bubble designs.
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
Ciphr Mail 70000-230
- Password attempts on both Ciphr Mail and Ciphr Text will now apply against the Ciphr Mail password attempts limits.
- Password now clears immediately on unlock.
- Fixed drawer menu from not being able to swipe open.
- Updated status banner style.
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
Ciphr Vault 70000-90
- Fixed issue with camera connection.
- Password now clear immediately on unlock.
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
25 May, 2021
Ciphr Text 50000-1830
- New icons added for adding a new contact or creating a group.
- Added a popup when being added into a group to either accept or decline the invite.
- Call ringing time has now been increased to 60 seconds.
- Fixed crash that would occur when sharing a chat.
- Fixed crash when saving an unchanged group description.
- Fixed crash from locking the app while on the chat view.
- Fixed crash from disabling a group burn time after it was set.
Ciphr Mail 50000-340
- Fixed minor UI bugs.
Ciphr Vault 50000-280
- Fixed minor UI bugs.
12 Apr, 2021
Ciphr Text 40000-1150
- Added ability to pin chats and groups.
- Fixed inconsistencies with the renewal popup and tweaked the display.
- Added call setting to start muted/unmuted.
- Fixed not being able to remove blocked members from a group.
- Fixed crash that could occur when minimizing a call.
Ciphr Mail 40000-210
- Fixed inconsistencies with the renewal popup and tweaked the display.
- Fixed crash that could occur from sending many large emails.
Ciphr Vault 40000-130
- General UI improvements and minor bug fixes.
05 Apr, 2021
Ciphr Text 30000-820
- When a group member leaves a Zero-Knowledge Group, the leave status message now shows their alias instead of their CID.
09 Mar, 2021
Ciphr Text 30000-760
- Password auto-clears 10 seconds after entered into lock screen if you do not enter the app.
- Password hashing strength setting updated.
- Group admins can now be set during group creation.
- Messages older than 24 hours can now be revised.
- A message will be shown when the voice note limit is reached.
- Changed admins to be shown in Zero Knowledge Groups list.
- Added an option to disable private clipboard.
- Fixed bug when restoring contacts from encrypted cloud.
- Scheduled encrypted backups setting now triggers properly.
- Updated the unlock screen design.
- General UI improvements.
Ciphr Mail 30000-10
- Password auto-clears 10 seconds after entered into lock screen if you do not enter the app.
- Added option to disable private clipboard.
- Password hashing strength setting updated.
- Fixed some cases where the private clipboard wasn't being used.
- General UI improvements.
Ciphr Vault 30000-90
- Password auto-clears 10 seconds after entered into lock screen if you do not enter the app.
- Added option to disable private clipboard.
- Improved copy & paste formatting.
- General UI improvements.
17 Feb, 2021
Ciphr Text 9919
- Redesigned settings screens.
- Added private Ciphr Clipboard feature.
- Added ability for group owners to edit the group name (new group creations only).
- Now allow zero knowledge groups to have their expiry extended.
- Zero knowledge group owners can set admins.
- Fixed calls dropping when switching between wifi and mobile data.
- Added rate limiting for composite key to further deter brute force attacks.
- Fixed the "What's new" section not loading.
- Added new image preview after taking a picture.
- Added detection of sound levels in calls.
- Fixed a crash from sharing to Ciphr Mail.
- Tweaked the UI for the fully expanded input field to be a bit smoother.
- Changed how receiving many messages works, so you will not get an excess of notifications.
- Cleaned up the look of the main drawer to match Ciphr Mail.
- Updated language translations for: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese.
Ciphr Mail 9192-ql8
- Redesigned the settings screen.
- Added the Inbox folder.
- Added private Ciphr Clipboard feature.
- Fixed issue where copying a reply and pasting it would result in loss of formatting.
- Fixed an issue where the background would sometimes be the wrong colour when replying.
- Added new image preview after taking a picture.
- Fixed the "What's new" section not loading.
- Fixed a bug where drafts were being created unintentionally.
- Fixed minor UI bugs.
- Updated language translations for: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese.
Ciphr Vault 7641-ql5
- Redesigned the settings screen.
- Added private Ciphr Clipboard feature.
- Fixed notes with long titles causing UI issues.
- Changed how we handle conflicting folders with the same name.
- Added contact support option.
- Fixed the "What's new" section not loading.
- Added new image preview after taking a picture.
- Updated language translations for: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese.
20 Oct, 2020
Ciphr Text 9276
Hotfix: Improvements to the reliability of message delivery for Ciphr Text.
29 Sep, 2020
Ciphr Text 9275
- Reduced data usage for voice notes.
- Fixed an issue where calls were going through when it was disabled.
- Fixed some of the more common crashes.
- Made some improvements to the push connection stability.
- Fixed some text not being centered properly.
- Updated unread message badges so they can expand past 99.
Ciphr Mail 18714
- Thumbnails are now shown for image attachments.
- Removed long random, names for image attachments.
- Updated unread and draft badges so they can expand past 99.
Ciphr Vault 27227
- Minor back-end improvements.
14 Sep, 2020
Ciphr Text 9172
- Added a “clear chat” feature, so you don't have to delete the chat.
- Added multi-select action to the chat screen list.
- Added support for some markdown in chats: italics, bold,
strikethrough, andcode
. - Viewing an image in a chat will return you to where the image is located in the chat.
- A limit of 2000 characters has been set in Ciphr Text per message. This is a additional security benefit.
- If you get a connection error while logging in, your password will now clear from password entry box.
- Backup password setting now requires a unique backup password, separate from your app unlock password for better security of backup files.
- Burn times in chats will always display in days (Ex: 3month burn time shows as 90days).
- Fixed voice notes in group chats that resulted in white circles instead of check-marks.
- “Share Chat” button in contact profile will now allow you to share messages from a chat with Ciphr Vault or Ciphr Mail.
- Made reconnection during network outages more aggressive.
- Redesigned the report issue screen.
- Added support for TLS 1.3.
- Burn time bug fix for day counter.
- Removed future updates for old devices running a version of Android older than 8.0.
- Various UI improvements and minor bug fixes.
Ciphr Mail 18654
- Removed future updates for old devices running a version of Android older than 8.0.
- Added support for TLS 1.3.
- Various UI improvements.
- Minor bug fixes.
Ciphr Vault 27177
- You can now scroll through photos in Ciphr Vault Gallery.
- Removed future updates for old devices running a version of Android older than 8.0.
- Added support for TLS 1.3.
- Various UI improvements.
- Minor bug fixes.
20 Aug, 2020
Ciphr Text 8880
New feature: You can now delete your own backup from the backup screen in the settings menu!
- The backup password setting now requires a unique backup password, separate from your app unlock password.
- Burn times in chats will always display in days (Ex: 3 month burn time shows as 90 days).
- Added support for long press on the conversation list.
- Group updates no longer move the conversation to the top of the list.
- Various icons updated.
- Added support for TLS 1.3
- Burn time bug fix for day counter.
- Removed support for old devices running a version of Android older than 8.0
Ciphr Mail 8440
- Removed support for old devices running a version of Android older than 8.0.
- Added support for TLS 1.3.
Ciphr Vault 26965
- Removed support for old devices running a version of Android older than 8.0.
- Added support for TLS 1.3.
07 Jul, 2020
Ciphr Mail 400018401
New network status page available during connection issues!
- Added a link to a network status web page that can be accessed when the Disconnected banner appears or from the settings menu.
- Fixed an issue where emails with attachments were not being decrypted properly.
- When sending an email it no longer has to be decrypted on the sender's end (since you are the one who sent it).
- Various minor UI bug fixes.
Ciphr Text 1990008750
New network status page available during connection issues!
- Added a link to a network status web page that can be accessed when the Disconnected banner appears or from the settings menu.
- Fixed a lockout issue as a result of a previous update.
- The maximum burn time for messages can now be set from the portal.