2.2
2024-04-01
- Olvid's messages now support Markdown formatting!
- Enhanced attachment design, especially focusing on PDF attachments within the discussion view.
- Added the ability to copy a URL when tapped within a discussion.
- Implemented a user notification when another participant begins streaming their video during a call that has been put in the background.
- Adressed minor issues with the video call functionality.
- Implemented various minor bug fixes and improvements.
1.2
2023-10-26
- 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.
1.1
2023-10-16
- 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.
1.0
2023-10-10
- 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.
0.12.12
2023-09-18
- Ready for iOS 17!
- You can drag and drop files from (and to) the discussion screen under iPadOS.
- Fixes various typos in French.
- Fixes an issue sometimes preventing a backup to be restored.
- Fixes an issue sometimes preventing the finalization of the download of certain attachments.
- Fixes a bug preventing copy/paste of text in the compose view.
- Fixes an issue preventing a profile from taking advantage of another profile's permission to emit secure calls.
- The list of trust origins is now displayed on a separate screen.
- Adds an advanced setting allowing you to download missing profile pictures for contacts, groups, and personal profiles.
0.12.11
2023-07-20
- Fixes a bug preventing certain copy/paste in the composition field.
- Updates the UI of the contact sheet.
0.12.10
2023-07-12
- Fixes a bug preventing the download of attachments.
- Other minor bugfixes.
0.12.9
2023-05-23
- 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.
0.12.7
2023-04-19
- It is now possible to search for a discussion, right from the list of recent discussions.
- During the search, archived discussions are also shown, making it possible to easily unarchive a discussion.
- Searching is done against the discussions title and the name, position, and company of the participants.
- For enterprise users, we added support for keycloak managed groups.
- New emojis!
- Fixes a bug that could prevent the establishment of an incoming call.
- The tab bar badge counting the number of new messages was taking muted discussions into account. This is fixed.
- Fixes a bug that could crash the app.
- Muted discussions would not always appear as such in the list of recent discussions. This is fixed.
0.12.6
2023-04-02
- Introducing pinned discussions! You can now decide which discussions should always appear at the top of the list of recent discussions.
- Pinned discussions can be reordered as you like.
- Removes the selector allowing to switch between recent discussions, one-to-one discussions, and group discussions. Now, the latest discussions screen shows the latest discussions and the pinned discussions ;-)
- Discussions can now be archived.
- Archiving a discussion does not delete it, it only removes it from the list of recent discussions.
- If a message is received (or sent) in an archived discussion, it is automatically unarchived.
- Typing a draft in an archived discussion also unarchives it automatically.
- To access an archived one-to-one discussion, navigate to the corresponding contact screen and tap the "Chat" button.
- To access an archived group discussion, navigate to the corresponding group screen and tap the "Chat" button.
- Following the possibility to archive a discussion, the cell showing a recent discussion can now be swiped both to the left and to the right so that all possible options easily accessible.
- Improved navigation on iPad.
- Improved flow when introducing a contact to another.
- Fixes a crash when displaying an animated gif on iOS 16.4.
- Fixes a potential crash on iOS13 and iOS14.
- Images previews are back.
- User notifications could show for hidden profiles. Similarly, the app badge could count unread messages for a hidden profile. This is fixed.
- Fixes occasional issues with the expiration of ephemeral sent messages.
- Fixes occasional issues on iPad occurring when changing profile.
- Fixes a minor issue with the audio player.
0.12.4
2023-01-19
- 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
0.11.0
2022-07-20
- Starting Olvid is way faster than before!
- The information screen about a sent message now shows information about the reception of its attachments and, if the recipient allows it, information about whether the attachment was seen or not.
- Return receipts on messages and attachments are sent (and thus received) much faster than before.
- A red badge allows to distinguish between audio messages you already listened to from those you did not.
- Fixes an issue sometimes preventing messages to be marked as "not new" when entering a discussion.
- Fixes a potential crash occurring when deleting a message while the corresponding discussion is displayed on screen.
- Fixes an issue sometimes preventing the UI to update itself at the end of the download of an attachment.
0.10.3
2022-06-30
- It is now possible to customize the alert sound for message notifications. You should definitively try our very exclusive, never heard before, unprecedented polyphonic sounds :-)
- You can now easily forward any message to one or more discussions!
- Improves the reliability of the progress bars when sending and receiving attachments.
- Improves the responsiveness of the download and pause buttons on received attachments.
- While listening to a voice message, you can now switch between the internal or the external speaker.
- In addition to the media gallery, you can now browse through all the documents of a discussion!
- When leaving a group and joining it again later on, the "old" discussion is reactivated (instead of creating a new one), allowing to continue the discussion where you left it.
- The former is also true for a one-to-one discussion with a contact that you remove from your contacts and add back later.
- When sharing a screenshot using Olvid, the discussion screen would not always show a big preview of the image. This is fixed.
- The file previewer would sometimes allow sharing of ephemeral attachments. This is fixed.
- Fixes a few bugs where contact images would not always show properly.
- Fixes occasional rotation issues when setting a profile picture.
- Fixes an issue potentially preventing messages to be sent.
- Fixes multiple issues with the "delete for all" functionality.
- Fixes a bug where tapping an attachment in a discussion could show another attachment of the message.
- Improves the efficiency of messages downloads.
- The mute switch of the call screen is now clearer.
0.10.2
2022-05-01
- Want to see a nice view of all the photos and videos received in a discussion? Try the new gallery, available via the top right button of any discussion screen.
- When replying from a notification to the last received message, the response does not appear as a "reply" anymore.
- Fixes a bug preventing the detection of URLs, phone numbers, etc. within messages.
- Fixes a bug preventing badge to be properly updated when marking a message as read from a notification.
- Fixes a bug preventing read receipts to be sent when marking a message as read from a notification.
- Fixes an issue sometimes preventing read messages to be marked as "read".
- Fixes a bug where sharing an image as a file would not result in a nice preview in the discussion screen.
- Other minor bug fixes
0.9.18
2022-01-28
- Great improvements made to secure calls ! Including better quality in poor network conditions and reduced connecting time. Please note that your contact must also use the latest version of Olvid.
- A user notification is shown when a contact reacts to one of your messages.
- Adds supports for HEIC photos.
- The onboarding is now compatible with all majors MDM vendors.
- Updating the design of the group creation screens.
- Fixes issues concerning reactions and ephemeral messages.
- It is now easier to remove a reaction to a message.
- While recording a voice message, receiving a call cancels the recording and immediately attach it to the discussion draft.
0.9.17
2022-01-11
- It is possible to customize the quick emoji button of the new composition view, both globally and for each discussion.
- The fluidity of the new discussion screen is improved.
- Since Olvid will soon drop support for iOS 11 and 12, a new alert recommends users using an old iOS version to upgrade to the latest one.
- Fixes a cryptographic issue concerning the scalar multiplication over elliptic curves.
0.9.10
2021-09-21
- Bugfix release
0.8.13
2020-12-02
- Bug fixes and minor improvements.
0.8.12
2020-11-15
- The backup restore procedure and the backup key verification are much more reliable.
- Fixes a bug causing a wrong renaming of a one-to-one discussions with a contact having a nickname.
- Fixes an issue related to the phone ring sound. It can be heard now ;-)
- Fixes an issue that could cause a premature hangup of secure calls.
- After switching from a Bluetooth headset to the internal speaker during a secure call, it wasn't possible to switch back to the headset. This is fixed.
- A tap on an invite or on a configuration link no longer opens Safari but navigates directly to the appropriate screen within Olvid.
0.8.11
2020-11-10
- The secure call establishment procedure is more robust.
- Introducing in-app purchases for premium features.
- It is now possible to request a free trial of premium features of Olvid.
- The invitation workflows displays appropriately on iPhone SE (2016).
- Fixes the My Id (and other) screens layout when switching to landscape.
- Many visual improvements, including a new color palette and improved layouts on smaller screens.
0.8.5
2020-09-09
- Breaking news! You can now make secure, end-to-end encrypted voice calls. Welcome to the most secure voice calls in the world!
- Note that voice calls are only possible with users using the latest Olvid version.
- Note also that this feature is still under active development. If you encounter any bug, please give us some feedback at feedback@olvid.io.
- The feature will remain free for all Olvid users for a limited period of time. After that, placing calls will require a paid subscription, but all Olvid users will still be able to receive calls from users with a subscription.
- Adds a Help/FAQ button within the settings.
- Fixes a bug where a selected contact (e.g. when creating a group) would look as being deselected after a scroll.
- Fixes a rare bug that would require users to restart a channel establishment.
- Fixes a bug that would prevent to share content with the share extension when Face ID or Touch ID was activated
- Fixes a crash under iOS 13.x (for x smaller than 4) occurring when decrypting an attachment.
0.8.4
2020-07-27
- This new version includes *huge* improvements related to uploading and downloading photos, videos and files!
- Sharing using Olvid is now much more reliable, even when sharing large videos! Sharing is no longer restricted to small 70MB files. You can now share huge files with Olvid. Yes, uploading files larger than 500MB is not an issue ;-)
- Upload/Download progress bars are more reliable. And they also look better!
- The secure channel creation process is now much more reliable.
- Olvid used to not properly delete certain (encrypted) temporary files that could end up filling too much disk space. This is fixed.
- Fixes a bug preventing to restore a backup from a file that was stored on Google Drive (or similar).
- Fixes the animation that could, on some occasions, prevent a backup restore.
- Fixes a bug that could prevent Olvid from launching fast enough, and thus leading to occasional crashes at launch.
- Deleting a message now appropriately remove its content from all cells that were a reply to this message.
- And many other minor bug fixes and improvements.
- Caution: this version includes a complete refactor of the network stack. Please report any bug to feedback@olvid.io. Thank you for your support!
0.8.3
2020-05-17
- Fixes a bug that could crash the app when performing a manual backup on the iPad Pro.
- Fixes a bug that could crash the app when trying to regenerate a backup key on the iPad Pro.
0.8.2
2020-04-21
- Full ratchet updates are now regularly performed on the secure channels.
- Fixes a bug preventing the activation/deactivation of Face ID or Touch ID.
- Fixes a bug preventing to globally choose whether to send read receipts.
- Fixes a bug that could lead to a crash when re-opening Olvid right after sharing.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.8.1
2020-04-08
- Improvements were made to the text field allowing to enter a backup key.
- A confirmation is bow asked before regenerating a backup key.
- Fixes a bug preventing to actually see the backup key in dark mode.
- Fixes an occasional bug occurring when choosing an iCloud backup to restore.
0.7.23
2020-03-27
- Olvid is ready for iOS 13.4 !
- All the procedures relating to group management have been made more robust.
- Better internal management of attachments.
- Fixes a few occasional bugs.
0.7.22
2020-03-04
- Olvid now forces the exchange of the digits in both directions before entering any of the contacts within the address book.
- A group administrator could not remove a member from a group with whom she had no secure channel. This is fixed.
- Fixes a bug that lead to occasional crashes when deleting a contact.
- Fixes a bug related to image previews of files. This also fixes a bug preventing the opening of certain files.
0.7.21
2020-02-26
- New privacy setting allowing to choose between three levels of privacy for user notifications content.
- Updated splash screen that looks great both in light and dark mode.
- Better filtering of user notifications while using Olvid.
- Fixes a bug preventing sharing on iOS 12 when Touch ID is activated.
- Fixes a bug that could lead to a crash at launch.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.7.20
2020-02-06
- Adds a preliminary version of the "Drop" feature on iPad. It is now possible to drag-and-drop files, photos, etc. from another app directly into a discussion by dropping the attachments onto the text zone allowing to type a message.
- Adds a search functionality when introducing a contact to another contact.
- Fixes a bug that would launch Olvid when tapping on a .docx file in the Files App.
- Minor graphical improvements.
0.7.19
2020-01-28
- New App Icon!
- New App Splash screen!
- Minor graphical improvements when adding/removing group members.
- Introducing two contacts to one another could, in rare situations, crash the app. This is fixed.
- Improvements were made to the upload/download strategy when network conditions are bad.
0.7.18
2020-01-21
- Olvid is now available under iPad! This is huge ;-)
- Discussions now display rich link previews! A global setting allows to choose whether this option should be activated for all discussions or not. This option can be found within the app settings, under "Discussions", then "Rich link preview". This global setting can then be overridden within each discussion.
- Olvid now supports iPhone rotation. Very handy for previewing photos and videos.
- The identity QR code scanner is now faster.
- Minor change: Within a group discussion, the keyboard is not shown until there is someone to write to.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.7.17
2019-11-27
- Full AirDrop support! Olvid is now a valid target when sending files from your Mac. If a discussion is already opened within Olvid, AirDrop'ed files will be attached to the current draft. If no discussion is opened, you will get the chance to choose one.
- Improves the reliability of the delivery and read receipts.
- Fixes a bug that could lead to a systematic crash at launch.
0.7.16
2019-11-20
- You asked for it, here it is! New setting allowing to lock Olvid using Face ID and/or Touch ID and/or passcode, depending on what's available on your device.
- You asked for this one too: your Olvid screen does not show anymore when switching from one app to another.
- It is now possible to share all the photos received within a message, at once.
- A few UI/UX improvements.
0.7.15
2019-11-10
- Better layouts, especially on smaller screens.
- Fixes a bug that could prevent receipts from being sent properly.
- Fixes an animation bug that occurs in iOS 13.2 when showing the info menu on a message sent.
- Fixes a bug that would freeze Olvid when transferring an attachment from one discussion to another.
0.7.14
2019-11-04
- Introducing delivery confirmations on iOS 13! This feature makes it possible to know whether a message sent was successfully delivered to the recipient's device. Note that these receipts do *not* imply that your recipient has read the message. Also note that these receipts only work if your recipient has updated to (at least) this version of Olvid.
- Introducing read confirmations on iOS 13! This feature allows to know whether your recipient has read your message. Unlike delivery receipts, read confirmations are opt-in and turned off by default. This setting can be changed within the "Settings" tab. This choice can then be overridden on a per discussion basis.
- Within a discussion, tapping the title navigates to the details of the contact or of the group. A new indicators allows to configure the discussion. This is the place to go for changing the "read receipt" setting for that particular discussion.
- Olvid uploads files even faster, and in a more reliable way.
- Introducing WebSockets on iOS 13: Olvid is now much faster when in the foreground!
- Fixes a bug where progression bars (well, circles) would not show on attachments.
- Fixes the colors of the screens of the onboarding procedure in dark mode under iOS 13.
- Fixes a bug related to colors of the onboarding under iOS 12.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.7.12
2019-10-03
- Fixes a bug where no confirmation was required to open a link in Safari.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.7.11
2019-09-26
- New beautiful thumbnails for your attachments, especially under iOS 13.
- No more ugly animation when entering a discussion. Nice and clean.
- As before, tapping a message notification brings you right into the discussion. But now, the message displays immediately. No more waiting!
- Searching within contacts is now diacritic-agnostic.
- When inviting another user by mail, the subject field is now populated.
- Appropriate handling of Memojis
- Under iOS 13, it is now possible to scan a document right from within a discussion.
- A few iOS 13 related bugs were fixed.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.7.9
2019-09-20
- Full iOS 13 Compatibility
- The color palette has changed. Olvid is ready for dark mode in iOS 13!
- There is a new file viewer within Olvid ! Pictures, movies and pdf display much better than before. We also added support for many other formats, including iWork documents, Microsoft Office documents (Office ‘97 and newer), Rich Text Format (RTF) documents, Comma-separated value (csv) files, and more.
- The new viewer allows to flick through all the attachments of a particular message.
- The Discussions tab now shows a segmented control allowing to filter/sort the discussions in 3 different ways : latest discussions, one2one discussions with contacts (sorted alphabetically), and group discussions (sorted alphabetically).
- Under iOS 13, the discussion screen can be dismissed by pulling down the window. This technique can be used in many other places.
- A contact can now be deleted from the her contact sheet, even if this sheet was accessed directly from a discussion. This is also fixed for groups.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.7.8
2019-07-27
- Attachments downloads and uploads are *much* faster now! They can safely be canceled (in upload and in download) or paused (in download).
- Compatibility with the new web invitations links.
- Within the compose view, deleting an attachments can now be done by tapping. A small red cross shown on each file should make this clear.
- It is now possible to choose Olvid as a share method from the iOS "Contacts" application.
- Videos can now be shared directly from the internal video viewer.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
- Several UI/UX improvements.
0.7.7
2019-07-18
- Tapping on the "Click here" link on an Olvid invitation web page works as expected.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
- Several UI/UX improvements
0.7.6
2019-07-16
- The first on-boarding screen is now clear about the fact that we do *not* have access to the identification data (first name, name, etc.) entered by our users.
- It is now possible to delete a contact! Beware that this feature *requires* your contact to use Olvid v0.7.6 or later.
- It is now possible to send/receive any type of attachment. Word, Zip, RTF, you name it.
- The user experience for sharing attachments and text received within Olvid has been completely refactored and is much more consistent across the whole app.
- A new "Advanced" allows to copy/paste ones identity. This menu can be accessed from the "Contacts" and the "Invitations" tabs, by tapping on the "Add" button in the bottom right corner.
- A tap on a reply scrolls directly to the original message (with a cool effect).
- A message informing the user that all discussions within Olvid are end-to-end encrypted now always appear in empty (new) discussions.
- The message cells have been refactored. Big previews for pictures, and more descriptive cells for attachments.
- When entering a discussion, an automatic scroll to the first unread message is performed.
- When introducing a contact to another, a confirmation dialog is displayed.
- It is now possible to reply to a message composed of pictures only.
- Bugfix: The badges now display the correct number of unread messages and are updated appropriately.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
- Several UI/UX improvements
0.7.5
2019-06-21
- Sliding a discussion in the view showing the latest discussions allows to mark all messages as read.
- We fixed a bug concerning iPhone XS users.
0.7.4
2019-06-21
- Bugfix concerning the way we compute the cell sizes within a discussion.
0.7.2
2019-06-17
* The texts within invitations should now be clearer.
* Bugfixes
0.7.1
2019-06-13
* It is now possible to invite another user directly from the contacts list and from the invitations list.
* The texts within invitations should now be clearer.
* Messages received from a pending member within a discussion group used to be discarded. Now, they are delivered to the appropriate group.
* It is now much easier to answer to a message since the long-press gesture required on the cell works much better.