🟢 [ V E C T O R ] Open Beta v0.2.3

Behold, the latest release of Vector Beta in 2025! Additional overhaul of UX improvements, added features, and the first iteration of Vector Web Profiles that function like contact cards via the web.

🔰 https://vectorapp.io

🧵Updates Below

New:
- 🪪 Vector Web Profiles: you can now share your profile "Contact Card" over the web, with one‑click adding, try this! https://vectorapp.io/profile/npub1gwfpm6l8fhn6rs83j8rjjnjgkdqv89chd2fdhy6zc2uvpuwf39vsfuxxee
- 🎤 Overhauled Voice Messaging: a completely new Voice Messaging experience, with intuitive gestures & sleek UI.
- 📁 Upload Previews: files are now previewed prior to uploading, giving you a chance to review and confirm.
- 🗂️ Image Compression: images are now intelligently compressed before uploading; full‑quality is just a switch!
- 🖼️ Window Persistence: Vector now remembers how you size and position your app.

Improved:
- 🖌️ UI Revamp: a glassy, animated header, redesigned popups, mini‑avatars, group creator UI, and more.
- 💬 Expanding Chatbox: the real OG of this update; your chatbox finally expands to the size of your yap.
- ⚡️ On‑Demand Decryption: Vector no longer decrypts fully at boot, but on‑demand, vastly reducing RAM & CPU use.

Fixed:
- ⚡️ Flashbang: Vector had a brief "white flash" at startup, nicknamed “the flashbang”, this has been resolved.
- 🪵 Fixed Logouts: on some systems, particularly Windows, logouts were failing; this is now fixed.
- 📨 Several Unread‑System Bugs: more reliable read markers and better cross‑device compatibility.
- 📥 Improved Download Stability: attachment downloads are more stable and less resource‑wasteful.
- ⌨️ Removed Search OS Autocorrect: the Emoji Search was often interrupted by OS autocorrect, now disabled.

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Welcome aboard, friend. 🫡💚

Sending safe wishes your way, friend.

(Late appreciation for your mention of Vector in Nostr Recap, too! 🙏💚)

Vector Privacy is now on GitBook!

The past couple of weeks, we have been working to populate the GitBook documentation where everyone can learn more about Vector, from novices to experts. GitBook is designed for your average person to be able to read and understand, along with more specific documentation for developers.

We have begun to outline the entire Vector Privacy ecosystem, as well as breaking down specifics about Vector Messenger. Visit either link below and you can go from top to bottom with the pagination feature or you can click on specific pages that interest you.

If privacy interests you, be sure to visit the Privacy page.

Visit the GitBook:
https://docs.vectorapp.io

🟢 [ V E C T O R ] Open Beta v0.2.2
>>> https://vectorapp.io <<<

We are happy to share with you all the latest release—weeks worth of polish, updates, and improvements. From a complete database rewrite, to new features, bug fixes, and a smoother user experience. It will be a significant and noticeable change, especially for Group Chats and visiting the Settings tab.

💡 Feature Spotlight: Android Support

We have now released the public Android APK that has been officially published on GitHub. There is also mobile support via the website (listed above), where you’ll find a download button for your Android device.

Development Updates:

New:
📲 Android APK: the first public Android APK is now available for Vector!

📦 Storage Manager: a Settings section that gives a glance-able breakdown of Vector's storage usage.

👥 Primary Device Setting: a new setting that allows you to set a device to receive future Group Invites.

💽 New Database: Vector now uses SQLite (w/ encryption layer) for ultra-fast, reliable, compact persistence.


Improved:
🛜 Faster Synchronization: parallel processing enables Vector's syncing to be noticeably faster.

📂 New File Attachment Design: a significant design overhaul when transferring non-media files.

👤 Profile Shortcuts: in the Group Overview, you can now click on anyone to visit their profile.

📨 Profile Message Shortcut: you can now hit "Message" on anyone's profile to jump straight in their DMs.

⚙️ Settings Dangerzone Redesign: a beautiful Settings polish, along with a redesign of The Dangerzone.

💌 New Invite Design: incoming invitations look significantly nicer. (and the 'Notif Dot' displays on Pending Invites!).

🖼️ Improved Popup UI Design: a well-needed polish to an old UI flow.

📝 Improved Selection Highlights: a Vector-esque Gray is now used for the Selection Highlight colour.

Fixed:
📨 Fixed 'slow/stuck' Group Chat messages: a race condition, plus many inefficiencies, were resolved in Group Chat messaging, making it feel significantly smoother and snappier.

📪 Fixed automatic 'Mark as Read': on Windows particularly, 'auto-Mark-as-Read' now works consistently.

🐧 Fixed potential Linux Media crashes: on Linux, playable media is now displayed as regular File Attachments, preventing a crash when Videos or Audio cannot be loaded.

🐱 Fixed 'jitter' on first Emoji Panel open: the Emoji Panel rendering has been optimised, removing 'jitter' when first opened.

📺 Fixed intense "UI Flickering" in the Chatlist during sync: no more login seizures.

👍 Fixed Reactions in Group Chats: for spamming 🍆 on every post until you're inevitably banned.

👥 Fixed newly-joined Group Chat bugs: they no longer drop to the bottom of your chatlist on join, and the "Header" is now clickable even if no messages were sent in the group yet.

🎆 Fixed 'PNG-Pill' on tiny images: Emoji-sized images now hide the File Extension Tag, a.k.a, the "PNG Pill".

🟢 Removed 'Status Dot' from Group Chats: this is meant for people, not rooms.

🖥️ Fixed excessive Group Chat re-renders: shaves some CPU usage from Group Chat UI.

🖥️ Fixed excessive Typing Indicator events: shaves some CPU usage from Typing Indicators.

🖥️ Fixed excessive Chat Timestamp re-renders: shaves some CPU usage from 'last message' timestamp updates.

🖱️ Fixed "Double Scrollbar" at startup: rarely, a "double" scrollbar displayed while Vector was booting.

Learn More:
https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.2.2

Congratulations on the latest release! 🥳 Thanks for fighting for the right to free speech and privacy. FOSS is the way. 💪