# SimpleX Chat v7.0.0-beta.1

- Product: SimpleX Chat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat)
- Vendor: SimpleX Chat Ltd
- Date: 2026-06-23
- Version: v7.0.0-beta.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v7.0.0-beta.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat/releases/v7.0.0-beta.1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop, Mobile

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- **added** — Allow promoting channel subscribers to contributors
- **changed** — Make messages wider in channels for easier reading
- **added** — Block obfuscated links when groups prohibit them
- **fixed** — Fix tapping SimpleX links in messages to open the connection on iOS
- **fixed** — Fix app updates on desktop
- **fixed** — Fix crash on opening chat with extremely wide image on Android and desktop

New in v7.0-beta.1:

- allow promoting channel subscribers to contributors
- wider messages in channels - easier to read.
- blocking of obfuscated links when groups prohibit them.
- ios: fix tapping SimpleX links in messages to open the connection.
- desktop: fix app updates.

Commits:
- website: add whitepaper working draft
- website: update whitepaper draft
- Merge branch 'stable'
- Merge branch 'stable'
- docs: add channel webpage setup guide (#7097)
- android, desktop, ios: remove right gap on received messages in channels (#7106)
- Merge branch 'stable'
- Merge branch 'stable'
- core: improve short link decompression (#7110)
- Merge branch 'stable'
- core: 7.0.0.2 (simplexmq 7.0.0.2)
- Merge branch 'stable'
- core: 7.0.0.3
- core: public groups - roster of privileged members (#7017)
- ui: allow to change member role in channel (#7096)
- Merge branch 'stable'
- core: 7.0.0.4
- ui: translations (#7112)
- website: translations (#7033)
- ios: update core library
- core: 7.0.0.5
- android, desktop: fix crash on opening chat with extremely wide image (#7123)
- 7.0.0-beta.1: android 360, desktop 149, ios 338

**Android APKs**:

SHA2-256(simplex-aarch64.apk)= be3aa5c31f643b8e77c5360270514ae903bd8c834fff3e02e036573afc35854a

SHA2-256(simplex-armv7a.apk)= e5b9815dd547b7b0d6deb4fb753102df6af8325ca3580b30293aa0d9e4bf706d

**Desktop app**:

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64)= de3d02229f8f12b162852f7ca73f71eba9fcb1a8cdc4842822a860e7cd1f0627

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= 2b60f9ba017bcf146148a729c6c8cc02f04ba44bdcbacafb30b4649df1a64730

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64)= 4cda8135fde63f9dc19a63264170dce25bcb746274ff9b863d7a614d252c32a9

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= a74fb571c02ee9eefc826a6598fde54b0909d95eabe09d46e70de1fd580ab8c8

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64)= f3c28352a3755f42cb380a07fe0e9b9cb7d0d3432932fb31814cb41272ff48a3

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64.deb)= 4872c4e5b7e1cee60e435461d5d7548aa41a2696c20b9dc7ccc1c617e90874bd

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64)= c8344ef3526f502bf68fadcc4d2710fc27394d29fe80bdfa0f627e00b42d4eba

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= bb142a323e61da6f3f42958abd2a1812c345f89df919823f055b4d181c51c38e

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-aarch64)= 4cf31997f099a3007339a3f2e3473c57b83c7f3b9ba5c4863366562defb3518f

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= 832a848f4fa1ead5f6657dec1a2fe1c6e7e245c26acd5f04f718a6c11620e17a

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-windows-x86-64)= 53710ce58a52b3b9521f7d53134683ff7a64db8cefc710b431f48cb7d1d4e46c

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= fe52101274ca4b286d6a7b2eee4be2d5756852645def4ef3d735280bae3b7999

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-aarch64.AppImage)= d3537272ed95d1d554335ea480f7961d99c33617220a0ef6f8422fa8a8bc3a76

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64.deb)= d46604e6882f2b8cd23882a4e70051177fba146879a56c3dc6c33d767d9a8cc1

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= faecc30851466a9928cfb06b48756aa8581e17d4dce74344acdf49c4855085d1

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-x86_64.AppImage)= e36413d04dd59d63881d7d15a68687430fa7ccab39bf885d409fe2d00afbc670

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-macos-aarch64.dmg)= fb47a3f0b37eef9a9c57911ce21774d4cea90619051d29803b8611b9ce1897b1

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-x86-64)= 651f51c6084eab6bb0ed7810c52040af5ccfead565fca484d8544a10a3a657d9

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-windows-x86_64.msi)= e91b380bca748de79d84393a861e66c7504f8dfd8e9573293c969d4d47aaa238

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-macos-x86_64.dmg)= 1b3b6fd5ea9eb1fc47b93c65dd16661aa0b6738493451daab4b7002a4cae9b75