GrapheneOS’ reworded Messages app is launched

Variation 13 changes the tradition user interface with Jetpack Compose and Material 3. It restores every screen, includes brand-new discussion controls and large-screen assistance, and repairs issues with crashes, notices, security, and message handling.

Technology news User interface

• Product 3/ Expressive style with shapes
• Two-pane discussion design on big screens
• New adaptive app icon with a monochrome alternative
• New onboarding covering SMS personal privacy, authorizations, and default-app setup
• Right display screen cutout and system bar handling in both orientations

Technology news Discussion list

• Pin discussions
• Snooze alerts for 1, 8, or 24 hours, or forever
• Mark discussions as unread from the menu or by swiping
• Swipe to archive or unarchive
• Quick actions from discussion avatars
• Revamped multi-select actions for archiving, removal, obstructing, and alerts
• Indicators for unread, pinned, snoozed, alerts off, work profiles, and inbound MMS status
• Upgraded archive screen
• Pinning, archiving, and removal now use instantly

Technology news Discussions

• Rebuilt message bubbles, organizing, choice, and link handling
• Select numerous messages for removal
• Full-screen message information with copyable sender, receivers, timestamps, shipment status, size, type, and top priority
• SMS section and character counter
• Include, modify, or eliminate MMS topics from the discussion overflow menu
• Blocked-sender banner with an unclog action
• Include individuals to existing discussions or produce groups from the new-chat screen
• Upgraded recipient picker with alphabetical areas, e-mail addresses, formatted numbers, and numerous numbers per contact
• Emergency situation numbers can not be called from discussions
• SIM alternative now utilizes the system default rather of the very first SIM
• Top-bar actions for calls, contact cards, and discussion settings
• Accessory limitations examined before sending out, with noticeable send out mistakes
• Messages getting here throughout discussion removal are no longer damaged

Technology news Accessories and media

• Rebuilt media picker with image and video capture, flash controls, and Android’s ingrained image picker
• Revamped audio recording with slide-to-cancel and hands-free locking
• Accessory captions
• Reworded image audience with pinch-to-zoom, page indications, information, and right system bar dealing with
• Reworded vCard audience with avatars, contact-change refresh, and conserving to contacts

Technology news Sharing and forwarding

• Brand-new share picker with search, current discussions, alphabetical contacts, and multi-select
• Modify shared material, include a topic, sneak peek it, and select a SIM
• Forwarding and the widget utilize the very same picker
• The widget’s new-message button opens the new-chat screen
• Missing out on shared text reads from its material URI; missing out on topics utilize the shared title
• Sharing failures are now reported

Technology news Settings

• Reworded primary, basic, and per-SIM settings
• New Privacy area
• Rewritten accredits screen with created license information
• Existing per-conversation notice settings are maintained

Technology news Personal privacy and security

• YouTube link sneak peeks are opt-in and handicapped by default
• Shared-content recognition declines file: URIs and personal app files, and checks content URI approvals
• Shared text read from content URIs gets the exact same private-file checks
• Widget receivers are no longer exported, and widget intents are limited to the app
• Pending intents utilize FLAG_IMMUTABLE where mutability is not needed
• Allowance restricts contributed to EXIF APP1, MMS PDU, and MMS content-type parsing
• Repaired GIF null dereferences, missing out on measurement checks before native transcoding, and signed-character colour corruption
• Upgraded the AOSP vCard parser with upstream repairs
• Bounded notice individuals lists, repairing concern a reported crash
• Onboarding discusses that SMS is unencrypted and suggests end-to-end file encryption for delicate messages

Technology news Crash repairs

• Repaired crashes in the widget, stopped working SMS database inserts, declined-call fast reactions, settings for unsaved numbers, and share intents
• Share intents no longer calmly drop accessories

Technology news Messages and alerts

• Inbound SMS messages are imported right away
• Failed-message notices are provided properly
• Inline alert responds no longer open the home screen
• Unread notices make it through restarts
• Obstructed discussions no longer play notice sounds
• Deleted discussions no longer get notices throughout sync
• Sync no longer overwrites archive modifications
• Repaired a race in between MMS downloads and notices
• Pending MMS messages reveal their subject and download status
• Unidentified group senders reveal their telephone number
• Rewritten Class 0 message dialog with appropriate timeout and lifecycle handling
• Low-storage cautions are dismissible and likewise appear when the message database is complete

Technology news Numerous users and work profiles

• Secondary-user notices reveal message material and utilize special IDs
• Secondary users are informed that pending MMS needs to be obtained by the Owner user; the downloaded messages are then readily available to all users
• Work-profile discussions are identified

Technology news Availability

• Screen-reader labels for screens, panes, controls, and rows
• Timestamps reveal complete weekday names
• Copying message information is offered as an ease of access action
• Repaired conversation-list focus and swipe-action state statements
• Sending out a message produces a statement and sound

Technology news Checking

• Broadened system and instrumented tests for the brand-new information, domain, and Compose UI layers
• Tests, develops, and fixed analysis worked on every pull demand
• License reports are produced and signed in CI

Technology news Platform and reliances

Updates to reliances and needed platform variation:

• minSdk 36
• targetSdk 37
• compileSdk 37
• Android Gradle Plugin 9.3.2
• Kotlin 2.4.10
• Gradle 9.7.1
• Slide 5.0.9
• Guava 33.7.1
• libphonenumber 9.0.38
• Added Compose BOM 2026.08.00, Material 3 Adaptive, Navigation 3, Coil 3, and CameraX

A complete list of modifications from the previous release (variation 12) is readily available through the Git dedicate log in between the releases.