What's new in Battle.net 2.9.0.13279
May 5, 2022
- Bug fixes
- Visual improvements
- Future surprises
- More bug fixes
New in Battle.net 2.5.0 (Dec 7, 2021)
- Installed Games Filter:
- Use the filter in All Games to see which games you have installed
- Navigate directly to your installed games
- Easier Favoriting:
- Add favorites directly from the favorites bar by clicking the plus icon
- Remove favorites by right-clicking
- Drag and drop to reorder favorites
- Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Improved the look of Shop in the app
- Fixed visual bugs in News
New in Battle.net 1.25.0.12315 (Sep 3, 2020)
- We've made changes to how the Battle.net App supports voice chat.
New in Battle.net 1.23.2.12210 (Aug 3, 2020)
- Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Fixed an issue where group invite notification toasts were missing an accept button
- Fixed visual display issues with game update toasts
- Added a link to the Call of Duty League in the App navigation
New in Battle.net 1.21.2.12008 (Jul 1, 2020)
- Updates to Region Selection:
- We've made changes to the way you select your region when launching games.
- Region selection for all games can now be done by selecting the globe next to the version dropdown.
New in Battle.net 1.20.1.11900 (May 1, 2020)
- Added Feature: Download Manager:
- Keep up with your downloads and get into game faster with the download manager:
- Manage and view all your available updates in one centralized location
- Start and pause updates without switching between games
- Add available updates to your queue and choose which games will be ready first
- Whenever you have available or in-progress updates, you can view the Download Manager by clicking the icon in the top right of the Battle.net app.
- Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Fixed an issue where some chat notifications weren’t displaying
- Made visual updates to the buttons in the automatic updates settings
- Resolved an issue with the progress bar occasionally displaying zero progress
New in Battle.net 1.19.0.11799 (Feb 26, 2020)
- Copy BattleTag:
- Do you have a BattleTag? Want to share it with friends? It's now even easier. Click your BattleTag to copy to your clipboard and send it to your friends.
- Bug Fixes:
- Content no longer plays when Battle.net is out of focus
- Duplicate maintenance alert was removed
- The ability to hide offline friends is now available in the Friends & Chat settings
- Duplicate maintenance alert was removed
- Increased size of the draggable area for the App
New in Battle.net 1.18.0.11699 (Jan 30, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Screensavers are no longer blocked by having the app in focus
- Last selected region (AmericasEuropeAsia) persists between PTR and different game versions
- Battle.net and its settings are restored when restarting, returning from gameplay, or reopening from minimized
- The Chats and Groups window will stop animating when out of focus
- Forum links no longer 404
New in Battle.net 1.17.0.11660 (Jan 30, 2020)
- What's New:
- We’ve updated the app’s layout, so you can see the most recent news and stories about the game you’re playing in the “Latest Stories” feed (alongside relevant material from other games)
- There's also a customizable games navigation, so the games you care the most about are just a click away
- Your friends list is always available, making it easier to stay in touch and view everything you have going on. The “Chats and Groups” button opens a movable window for your conversations
New in Battle.net 1.15.4.11512 (Jan 30, 2020)
- Blizzard Streaming:
- We are always focused on delivering the best experience possible for our players. With this in mind, we have made the decision to remove Blizzard Streaming from the Battle.net desktop app due to technical and game performance issues.
New in Battle.net 1.15.1.11346 (Aug 8, 2019)
- Login by Phone:
- Players with Blizzard SMS Protect is enabled can now log in to the App with their phone number!
- Bug Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where players on the Beta version of the Battle.net App would unneccesarily see a dialog prompting them to return to the standard version.
- Fixed an issue where status messages on the friends list displayed a differing message on the hover tool-tip.
New in Battle.net 1.15.0.11266 (Jun 28, 2019)
- Login by Phone:
- Players with Blizzard SMS Protect is enabled can now log in to the App with their phone number!
- Bug Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where players on the Beta version of the Battle.net App would unneccesarily see a dialog prompting them to return to the standard version.
- Fixed an issue where status messages on the friends list displayed a differing message on the hover tool-tip.
New in Battle.net 1.14.4.11234 (Jun 19, 2019)
- We've updated the Region/Account selection for World of Warcraft to make it easier to navigate to the version of the game you want to play. You'll now select the version of the game (World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft Classic, Public Test Realm, etc) in the Version dropdown. If you have multiple game accounts for your selected version, you'll be able select your account in the second Account dropdown.
- Bug Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where the World of Warcraft Classic Beta shortcut would not focus the correct game version in the App.
New in Battle.net 1.14.0.11123 (May 1, 2019)
- Patching updates:
- We've made changes to the way we serve game updates to save you bandwidth and always keep your recently played games up-to-date.
- Bug Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where activating push-to-talk or mute/unmute did not play a sound.
- Removing a user from a group while they are in voice no longer puts the group in a bad state.
- Fixed an issue where users could not send messages in the Social tab.
- Inviting a banned user to a group now displays the correct error message.
New in Battle.net 1.12.8.10950 (Apr 2, 2019)
- Overwatch League:
- Overwatch League is back. Get excited far Season 2 which officially starts on February 14th. Watch live games and VODs, stay up-to-date with the latest league news, and cheer on your favorite teams - all from the Overwatch League Tab!
- Patching improvements:
- We've made it easier to prioritize a game update. Simply press the ''Update'' button on a queued game update to start it immediately.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where transitioning between Shop and News tabs would fail to load content.
- Resolved an issue with member list ordering in Blizzard Groups.
- Fixed an issue where same visual icons in the Social tab would wrap to the next line.
New in Battle.net 1.12.7.10904 (Jan 26, 2019)
- We're rolling out an update that will allow players to reduce The amount of data needed to install World of Warcraft PTR when World of Warcraft is already installed!
- This will significantly reduce the download size and disk space requirements for installing and updating the two versions.
- Players who have the WoW PTR currently installed can uninstall a. reinstall The PTR to take advantage of The space savings.
- Please leave any comments via the feedback portal in the Blizzard menu,
New in Battle.net 1.12.6.10853 (Jan 26, 2019)
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed a compatibility issue with older processors
New in Battle.net 1.12.3.10491 (Sep 4, 2018)
- Patching Improvements:
- Games will now auto-update in order of most recently played!
- Bug Fixes:
- Link previews from blocked users should no longer appear in chat.
- Sending a message after joining a group should no longer fail for some users.
- Fixed an issue that would cause auto-reconnect to fail under specific circumstances.
- Error messages in chat should now properly display the correct error message.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the client to be logged out during server maintenance.
New in Battle.net 1.12.3.10457 (Sep 1, 2018)
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed as issue where the setting for 'Display images and videos when posted as links in chat` would not save during app shutdown
- Fixed a crash when loading the Social tab for some Windows N users.
- GIFs sent from the slash command will now send Ina more optimized format.
- Resolved an Issue where region selection would be locked for some users at login.
New in Battle.net 1.9.3.9679 (Dec 23, 2017)
- FEATURE UPDATES:
- We made some updates to Blizzard Groups:
- Channel Notifications can be managed in a group's Notifications Settings window.
- Messages in Blizzard Group channels can now be edited by their author within 3 minutes of being sent.
New in Battle.net 1.8.5.9093 (Jul 27, 2017)
- IMPROVEMENTS:
- We've updated how we display the game icons throughout the app:
- The game icons are smaller, allowing us to display more on screen in the Games tab.
- There is now a collapsible state in the Games tab navigation allowing you to hide the game's title.