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๐Ÿ”ฅ looking for testers โ€“ big bitchat android update 1.6.0-rc1

BACKGROUND PERSISTENCE: this update introduces background services! that means, bitchat can run in the background and support the mesh, even if you leave the app.

TOR: we're now also compiling the arti tor library ourselves, which improves reproducibility and reduces the apk size from 150 to 10 mb (lol).

this is a pre-release for testers. would love to get some feedback. does it work on your phone? please report bugs (including phone brand and OS version) in this thread!

https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/releases/tag/1.6.0-rc1
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Strhodler · 9w
Let's test this.
chrizzz · 9w
Can I also connect to Orbot?
Kenshiro · 9w
I will definitely try it, in fact I'm already using the new version and it seems to promise very well the update, I will let you know and we will let you know on GitHub
SatsAndSports · 9w
Seems fine. Huawei P30 Pro (quite an old phone now). EMUI version 12.0.0; I think that's the Android version The only issue I'm seeing is that it sometimes doesn't see messages from geohash chats. I'll try to clarify further and make sure I have some clear data. And the issue probably isn't new, an...