# SimpleX Chat v7.0.0-beta.4

- Product: SimpleX Chat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat)
- Vendor: SimpleX Chat Ltd
- Date: 2026-07-20
- Version: v7.0.0-beta.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v7.0.0-beta.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat/releases/v7.0.0-beta.4
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop, Mobile

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- **added** — Support for signing messages in channels (disabled until 7.1)
- **added** — Verify a channel member's security code to confirm the connection isn't intercepted
- **added** — Add a longer description to your profile
- **added** — Search the subscribers list in a channel
- **fixed** — Desktop no longer fails to launch on Windows when accessibility is enabled
- **fixed** — Fix empty area below wide images (beta.3 regression)
- **fixed** — Fix low-quality image previews from over-downsampling
- **fixed** — Show only desktop .deb packages for current architecture in updater
- **fixed** — Desktop no longer deletes shared temp dirs from a transient second instance
- **changed** — Improve image processing
- **changed** — Improve name resolution
- **changed** — Show clearer error message when connecting via removed link

New in v7.0-beta.4:

- support for signing messages in channels (disabled until 7.1).
- verify a channel member's security code to confirm the connection isn't intercepted.
- add a longer description to your profile.
- search the subscribers list in a channel.
- fix: desktop no longer fails to launch on Windows when accessibility is enabled.

Commits:
- website: update whitepaper
- simplex-chat: sync nodejs and python libs with 7.0.0-beta.3 types (#7219)
- core: don't create group-only feature items in channels (#7220)
- ios: show spinner for database operations moved to sub-screen (#7228)
- multiplatform: improve image processing (#7082)
- core, ui: improve name resolution (#7209)
- core, ui: message signing (#7115)
- core: update query plans
- multiplatform: bound shared file URI copies  (#7075)
- core, ui: show domain for business chat in CLI, test, improve UI (#7235)
- core, web: correctly process name verification for channels, show names in directory (#7238)
- directory: fix group link verification (#7242)
- tests: create separate tmp folders for test clients (#7244)
- ui: hide message signing preference, etc. (#7246)
- core, ui: make msgVerified optional (#7247)
- ci: update query plans
- docs: names overview (#7253)
- docs: add name resolution setup to SMP server guide (#7251)
- website: fix broken GitHub links for project files in docs (#7229)
- cli: add name, image and relay server address flags (#6944)
- core, ui: security code verification in channels (verify member key) (#7255)
- core: add optional profile description (#7256)
- bots api
- ui: add search to subscribers list view; android, desktop: lazy list (#7264)
- desktop: fix "Failed to launch JVM" on Windows when Java Access Bridge is enabled (one cause of #4146) (#7260)
- ui: what's new in 7.0 (#7265)
- desktop: show startup errors in a copyable window instead of bare "Failed to launch JVM" (#7261)
- website: add Chat Relay guide to the docs navbar (#7271)
- desktop: fix low-quality image previews from over-downsampling (#7267)
- docs: add Hosting your own Chat Relay guide (#7272)
- core: signed history in channels, auto-sign based on preference (#7257)
- core: 7.0.0.9 (simplexmq 7.0.0.5)
- ui: improve profile descriptions (#7262)
- ios: export localizations
- ios, desktop, android: clearer error message when connecting via removed link (AUTH) (#7268)
- desktop: show only desktop .deb packages for current architecture in updater (#7270)
- website: translations (#7273)
- android, desktop: fix empty area below wide images (beta.3 regression) (#7223)
- ui: translations (#7275)
- desktop: don't delete shared temp dirs from a transient second instance (#7168)
- 7.0.0-beta.4: android 363, desktop 152, ios 342

**Android APKs**:

SHA2-256(simplex-aarch64.apk)= 5dde6c10ceb444fe025e0d08466450bdf582058d0c4595bafcd330fcf4e78775

SHA2-256(simplex-armv7a.apk)= 3e3c1ea987d387f097e8c5cdcb5ec7524f4861274eb5a1c8008f43fb75090714

**Desktop app**:

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64)= 3744bf7fd33ae9725770eac8a68f292592ea2efbab27b51e4713d66965952935

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= ab5c963f558146f37ef56ce3fdb5b8bc5e1fbd50fa23353a7dbb1895a1ac2e50

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64)= 915a2f2026d6b853ba2e6e3e25d4837ca534eb280034f5f1b60ada70c5847d82

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64.deb)= 9dd2d50c46d0df9acc93d17c583943b43f718ab65782d47c3651d46805e563ec

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-aarch64)= 2e4824c01388e2ce0ac83b8580f921af5e918b763f29ea161c0b91fc05300df7

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= 306fdec280867c22a376212f0d932aeb7cd6db116bdfdb78ff559b4940adbacc

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64)= fdf4ca7137c8ca30d9513834107b991a9fda5eb66e2eb55990faa75e25a19970

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= 2e27d5d39f2b4144ddd5aa63f98b1074ba748fe027a21ed0c59d6465a7355b31

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-x86-64)= a64cf3a0347005d2a5bde38b1aafb8810ea2940f22c1327f00fb49b3fe

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