# SimpleX Chat v7.0.0 - Product: SimpleX Chat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat) - Vendor: SimpleX Chat Ltd - Date: 2026-07-28 - Version: v7.0.0 - Original notes: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v7.0.0 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat/releases/v7.0.0 - Labels: Platforms: Desktop, Mobile What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — SimpleX public names for channels and businesses (BETA) - **added** — Promote subscribers to contributors in channels - **added** — Publish your channel on your website - **added** — Verify security code with contributors - **added** — Host your own chat relays - **added** — Add a longer description to your profile - **changed** — Wider messages in channels for easier reading - **changed** — Simplified app settings - **changed** — Settings navigation reorganization - **changed** — Show subscriber roles in list and contributor list for subscribers - **changed** — Render web previews for channels - **fixed** — Fix races on member removal and delivery of their messages - **fixed** — Fix delivery cursor not advancing to maximum group member id for PostgreSQL - **fixed** — Fix delivery batching - **fixed** — Fix crash on opening chat with extremely wide image - **fixed** — Keep wide images at natural aspect ratio without crashing - **fixed** — Fix E2E encryption section divider rendered inside card - **fixed** — Fix chat item long-press menu and ripple shape - **fixed** — Fix drag-and-drop videos attached as files on desktop - **fixed** — Fix close icon hidden by long file name in compose file preview New in v7.0. SimpleX public names for channels and businesses (BETA). Better channels: - Promote subscribers to contributors. - Publish your channel on your website. - Verify security code with contributors. - Wider messages, easier to read. - Host your own chat relays. Add a longer description to your profile. Simplified app settings. Read more about SimpleX Names: https://simplex.chat/blog/20260722-simplex-public-names.html The GitHub release build is independently reproduced by: | Verifier | Signatures | PGP key to verify | | ------- | --------- | ----------------- | | SimpleX Chat team | [_sha256sums.asc][sums]
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[_simplex-armv7a.apk.asc][armv7] | [BBDF 7BDA D154 8B16 836A F5B9 D53B DFD1 53C3 66BA][pgpkey] | [sums]: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v7.0.0/_sha256sums.asc [arm64]: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v7.0.0/_simplex-aarch64.apk.asc [armv7]: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v7.0.0/_simplex-armv7a.apk.asc [pgpkey]: https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=build%40simplex.chat Read more about verifying and reproducing release builds: https://simplex.chat/reproduce/ Commits: - android, desktop: new settings section design (#6777) - core: deliver member profiles via relay (#6953) - ios: add "update" scripts (#7004) - core: update simplexmq (receiving services) (#6212) - core, ui: member full delete with messages (#6994) - flatpak: update metainfo (#7008) - docs: update security assessment schedule (#7007) - android, desktop: fix E2E encryption section divider rendered inside card (#7012) - core: fix races on member removal / delivery of their messages (#7010) - Merge branch 'stable' - directory: add rtsopts (#7006) - Merge branch 'stable' - core: rename migrations (#7028) - Revert "cli: fix redraw slowness (#6735)" - Merge branch 'stable' - simplex-chat-python: add BotCommand.params field (#7034) - Merge branch 'stable' - ios: update library - Merge branch 'stable' - core: fix delivery cursor not advancing to maximum group member id for posgtgres (#7043) - Merge branch 'stable' - Merge branch 'stable' - ui: settings navigation reorganization (#7005) - android, desktop: fix chat item long-press menu and ripple shape (#6997) - desktop: fix drag-and-drop videos attached as files (#7015) - Merge branch 'stable' - android, desktop, ios: show chat name in delete / leave / clear confirmation dialogs (#7021) - core: limit xftp file description (#7060) - core: validate user chat ownership for chat tag and TTL APIs (#7063) - core: fix delivery batching (#7065) - Merge branch 'stable' - desktop: authenticate call server websocket (#7076) - core: render web previews for channels (#7029) - docs: allow sign content messages in channels plan (#7049) - website: add SimpleX Network News channel preview (#7087) - Merge branch 'stable' - cli: remove help entries for removed commands (#7079) - core: file invitation size check (#7069) - android, desktop: fix overlapping warning texts after finalizing migration (#7071) - Fix IndexOutOfBounds crash when sending media with an undecodable preview (#7050) - android, desktop: fix lag when closing support chat in large groups (#7061) - Fix close icon hidden by long file name in compose file preview (#7077) - ui: enable relay management (#7094) - web: improve channel layout, fix subscriber count (#7092) - android, desktop, ios: show clear error when saving group profile fails (#7090) - docs: update query plans - core: 7.0.0.0 (simplexmq 7.0.0.0) - ios: update core library 7.0.0.0 - Merge branch 'stable' - core: 7.0.0.1 - 7.0.0-beta.0: android 356, desktop 147, ios 336 - 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 _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v7.0.0]_