Wire Changelog

What's new in Wire 3.35.4861

Apr 10, 2024
  • Resolved wrong link to wire.com

New in Wire 3.34.4820 (Mar 20, 2024)

  • General Improvements
  • Critical Security Updates
  • Bug Fixes

New in Wire 3.34.4697 (Dec 19, 2023)

  • Upgraded electron version from 22 to 27

New in Wire 3.32.4589 (Oct 8, 2023)

  • General Improvements
  • Critical Security Updates
  • Removed unnecessary info from logs
  • Bug Fixes
  • Compatibility:
  • Screen sharing requires now minimum webapp >= 2022-06-30

New in Wire 3.31.4556 (May 17, 2023)

  • General Improvements
  • Security Updates
  • Accessibility Improvements
  • Bug Fixes

New in Wire 3.30.4506 (Dec 20, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Dependency Updates
  • Security Updates
  • Responsiveness Improvements
  • Compatibility:
  • Screen sharing requires now minimum webapp >= 2022-06-30

New in Wire 3.29.4490 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Dependency Updates
  • Security Updates
  • Bugfix:
  • General bug fixes
  • Compatibility:
  • Screen sharing requires now minimum webapp >= 2022-06-30

New in Wire 3.29.4477 (Oct 13, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Build macOS universal app
  • Update electron to 19
  • Security Updates
  • Bugfix:
  • General bug fixes
  • Compatibility:
  • Screen sharing requires now minimum webapp >= 2022-06-30

New in Wire 3.28.4393 (Jul 13, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Upgrade to Electron 18
  • Support for dark mode in sidebar (#5787)
  • Preparation work to be able to use safeStorage primitives on webapp (#5812)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Disable unused mdns feature to prevent windows firewall prompt (#5817)
  • Removed ping keyboard shortcut to prevent accidental pings
  • Compatibility:
  • Screen sharing requires now minimum webapp >= 2022-06-30

New in Wire 3.27.4357 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • Hotfix:
  • Fix default backend config (this will restore your messages when already used 3.27.4353)

New in Wire 3.27.4353 (Apr 11, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Upgrade to Electron 13 (#5549)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Recreate shortcut when updating on Windows (SQCORE-919) (#5633)
  • Remove zoom capabilities, as they are broken (8d94a545)
  • Properly remove quick launch shortcut (392b9087)
  • Don't render LoadingSpinner after it has faded out (#5164)

New in Wire 3.26.4145 (Jun 28, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Join public conversations with a guestroom link

New in Wire 3.25.4095 (May 11, 2021)

  • Dark mode is not applied at startup
  • Clicking on a notification does not open Wire window
  • Keyboard shortcut “Cmd+0” is used for two non-conflicting interactions

New in Wire 3.24.4059 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Save zoom setting in configuration
  • Improved:
  • Dark mode is applied at startup
  • Fixed:
  • The app displays only a white window on startup on instances without GPU hardware acceleration (such as remote desktop connections)

New in Wire 3.23.4046 (Mar 17, 2021)

  • New:
  • Log loaded parameters from config and current WebApp URL
  • Open DevTools by account index (e.g. `Wire.app --args --devtools=[0|1|2]`)
  • Loading Spinner when the WebApp is loading
  • Improved:
  • Electron was updated to version 10.3.1
  • Fixed:
  • Change paste shortcut from Cmd+P to Cmd+V

New in Wire 3.21.3959 (Oct 29, 2020)

  • New:
  • Sinhalese language support
  • Ability to zoom in the interface (from the “Window” menu setting)
  • Copy pictures from conversations (via context menu)
  • Improved:
  • About window can be moved to the background
  • Fixed:
  • Flickering when availability is set to “busy”
  • The tray icon flickers on incoming messages

New in Wire 3.20.3912 (Oct 7, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • URLs are not checked before calling shell.openExternal. (https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-5gpx-9976-ggpm)

New in Wire 3.19.3799 (Aug 5, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Add menu entry to toggle spell checking (#4037) (e7ee8840)
  • Add native spellchecker support (#4015) (befbbb84)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Update link to release notes (#4085) (5f18c4f6)
  • Focus previous webview when current one gets closed (#4058) (e15f7f6a)
  • Don't focus WebView when starting minimized (#4042) (7b67bd86)
  • Show the proxy prompt again if the credentials are invalid (#4045) (45157c11)
  • Don't save menu bar visibility state when pressing Alt (61d3cc68)
  • Remove redundant configuration saving (#4040) (119cca4a)
  • Use custom User-Agent for Twitter link previews (#4036) (0d1fa7fd)
  • Don't create empty about window when clicking on link (6edf9451)
  • Don't finish the SSO callback before the window is closed (#4012) (8e092385)
  • Correct behavior for auto hiding menu bar (#4013) (a640b978)
  • Verify certificate validated by Chromium (#3924) (c278b6fd)

New in Wire 3.18.3728 (Jun 3, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Download logs from menu (#3879)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Reflect empty team image update (#3900)
  • Team picture is optional (WEBAPP-6870) (db42cd5)
  • Check proxy protocols explicitly (#3711)
  • Use app.quit instead of app.exit (#3876)
  • Don't check twice for single instance (WEBAPP-6663) (#3856)
  • Hide access token from logs, add version to logs (#3875)
  • Don't crash on window reloading errors (#3851)
  • Other Changes:
  • Desktop 3.18 version update (60b7602)
  • Do not deploy macOS to app center but also not fail (#3857)

New in Wire 3.17.3666 (May 6, 2020)

  • Improved:
  • Simpler on-boarding process for custom backends.
  • Fixed:
  • Link previews not being sent when no preview image is available.

New in Wire 3.16.3630 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • Support for proxy authentication with --proxy-server argument.
  • Crash when closing the app upon restart.
  • The error page shown when the internet connection is interrupted now automatically attempts to reconnect when the connection is back.

New in Wire 3.15.3621 (Mar 13, 2020)

  • Fixed:
  • Some users were shown an error page when posting YouTube links.

New in Wire 3.14.3609 (Mar 6, 2020)

  • New:
  • Full name is shown for contacts in the UI.

New in Wire 3.13.3575 (Mar 6, 2020)

  • New:
  • New login flow for users running on a custom backend.

New in Wire 3.13.3575 (Feb 17, 2020)

  • New:
  • New login flow for users running on a custom backend.

New in Wire 3.12.3490 (Feb 17, 2020)

  • New:
  • Experimental support for proxy authentication.
  • Improved:
  • Faster link preview generation.
  • Additional crash log information.
  • Fixed:
  • SSO protocol can be used with multiple accounts.
  • Link previews are still sent when no preview image is available.

New in Wire 3.10.3490 (Jan 3, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Internal: Add QA environment to developer menu (#3324) (d5190c08)
  • Internal: Add wire-webapp-master as backend type (#3285) (cde14e55)
  • Add authenticated proxy support (#3131) (9cda28dc)
  • Add developer option to send logs via email (#3155) (beb2a614)
  • Add crash log (#3154) (d67c70bd)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Don't focus WebView when starting minimized (WEBAPP-6277) (#3315) (44edddf0)
  • Use undo and redo directly on the WebView (#3314) (93997ecf)
  • Check if SSO URL is null and simplify cookie copy (#3313) (cdaf63dc)
  • Don't mutate team info object (WEBAPP-6558) (1b74feaa)
  • Disable Blink features (#3284) (761997b6)
  • Avoid global shortcuts (#3207) (8c2740e1)
  • Focus account after switching (WEBAPP-5736) (#3205) (105b97b9)
  • Set correct window icon (#3191) (2d3ff6a7)
  • Portable path (#3161) (f917ec4c)
  • Don't send link previews without metadata, remove synchronous openGraph (#3159) (c8b28342)
  • Register SSO protocol only once (#3144) (45c45362)
  • Send a link preview even without image (#3138) (d000f151)
  • Speed up link preview generation (#3139) (9850908c)

New in Wire 3.10.3215 (Nov 1, 2019)

  • Fixed:
  • Removed the option to import address books to circumvent an issue for some users

New in Wire 3.10 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Display team icon (#2805) (2b509b85)
  • Re-enable hardware acceleration on Linux (#2763) (104bdd3b)
  • Add version flag (#2626) (f8d70843)
  • Sign all Windows executables with electron-winstaller (#2549) (8f2ee6ca)
  • Show conversation via custom protocol link (#2375) (71dadc23)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Set cookies on link preview requests (#2919) (6e764422)
  • Create link previews for websites with invalid head (#2918) (0786bdcd)
  • macOS quit shortcut (#2917) (cce421ba)
  • Decode non-UTF-8 websites (#2853) (655f3f45)
  • Import event type in webviews (#2) (24e2d377)
  • Add alt shortcuts for main menus (#2846) (48b9ed71)
  • Don't use Gnome icon on Wayland (#2832) (69a9a81b)
  • Import config to App (87ce3d57)
  • Create config file folder if not existent (#2776) (87fe6afb)
  • Resolve portable user data dir (#2727) (a08a2cd4)
  • Right-click in sidebar (#2726) (53db477d)
  • Always check for error messages when pinning (#2568) (6b575fba)
  • Correctly log variables (#2497) (b9720dec)
  • Build Windows installer separately (#2476) (7b2ad6ad)
  • Axios response catch (#2428) (eebfdf1a)
  • Make deep links work on startup (#2394) (2c41276a)
  • Add debug dependency (#2337) (2fa7a869)
  • Only create log files when in debug mode (#2325) (24c6bd32)

New in Wire 3.9 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Load correct string for hide wire menu item
  • Load correct string for website menu item
  • Validate custom event
  • Use webContents instead of WebContents type
  • Correct path to SSO instance

New in Wire 3.8 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • Pro feature: Deep links. These allow integration users to create custom links to access any conversation or user profile within the app.

New in Wire 3.7 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Downloaded images have a new naming convention: “Wire Date at Time”

New in Wire 3.6 (Feb 19, 2019)

  • SSO links. Company login users can now log in using their identity provider faster, by tapping on a custom link.
  • Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) integration for the automation of user provisioning.

New in Wire 3.5 (Dec 28, 2018)

  • New:
  • Refined experience for certificate pinning
  • Fixed:
  • Link preview generation for invalid links

New in Wire 3.4 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • New:
  • Pro account feature: Enterprises can now enable single sign-on by using “Company Log In” on the log in screen.
  • Improved:
  • Improved detection of insecure connections
  • Fixed:
  • The functionality to import contacts from Google has been removed

New in Wire 3.3 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • Improved:
  • Screen sharing is now in much better quality making even the smallest texts readable.
  • Wire remembers the window size and position when you close the app.
  • Better support for resizing the window when using multiple monitors.
  • Link previews are generated slightly faster.
  • Fixed:
  • Clicking on "Update" to load the updates and bug fixes no longer crashes the app.

New in Wire 3.1.2822 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • Features:
  • Add context menu for accounts (#1050)
  • Add Estonian translations (#1031)
  • Add keyboard shortcuts for accounts (#1051)
  • Add translations to sidebar (#1012)
  • Handle different backend environments (#1016)
  • Adjust sidebar context menu behaviour (#1045)
  • Make version about selectable (#1029)
  • Sync translations from Crowdin (#1062)
  • Fixes:
  • Do not throw error on unexpected properties (#1043)
  • Ensure account limit of 3 (#1049)
  • Handle umlaut in og:image (#830)
  • Only pin expected hostnames (#1038)
  • Remove escape for dot (#1034)
  • Remove storage data for removed accounts (#1063)
  • Chores:
  • Convert Grunfile to ES6 (#958)
  • Update babel-jest to version 21.2.0 (#978)
  • Update debug to version 3.1.0 (#976)
  • Update jest to version 21.2.1 (#985)
  • Update eslint to version 4.9.0 (#1042)
  • Update electron to version 1.7.9 (#1023)
  • Update electron-rebuild to version 1.6.0 (#1009)
  • Update electron-packager to version 9.1.0 (#1008)
  • Update googleapis to version 22.2.0 (#1009)
  • Update jsrassign to version 8.0.4 (#1009)
  • Update prop-types to version 15.6.0 (#1009)
  • Update react and react-dom to version 16.0.0 (#1009)
  • Update redux to version 3.7.2 (#1009)
  • Update react-redux to version 5.0.6 (#1009)
  • Update request to version 2.83.0 (#1009)
  • Update spellchecker to version 3.4.3 (#1009)
  • Update style-loader to version 0.19.0 (#995)
  • Update webpack to version 3.8.1 (#1056)
  • Use node 8.7.0 for building (#1047)

New in Wire 3.0.2814 (Sep 23, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Team sidebar improvements (WEBAPP-4217, WEBAPP-4234) (#822)
  • Update translations (#921)
  • Fixes:
  • Changed admin panel URL (WEBAPP-4298)
  • Correct font-family value (#943)
  • Persist language switch (#944)
  • Prefer text selection when copying text (#856)
  • Remove brand name from tray menu (#847)
  • Replaced global logger with logger instance (#934)
  • Typo in checkAvailability (#920)
  • Update account in sidebar on new login (#953)
  • Chores:
  • Update babel-core to version 6.26.0 (#887)
  • Update babel-jest to version 21.0.2 (#931)
  • Update babel-loader to version 7.1.2 (#890)
  • Update babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread to version 6.26.0 (#886)
  • Update css-loader to version 0.28.7 (#906)
  • Update debug to version 3.0.1 (#899)
  • Update eslint to version 4.7.1 (#954)
  • Update eslint-plugin-react to version 7.3.0 (#893)
  • Update electron to version 1.7.7 (#909)
  • Update electron-mocha to version 4.0.3 (#956)
  • Update electron-packager to version 9.0.0 (#897)
  • Update grunt-git to version 1.0.7 (#952)
  • Update jest to version 21.1.0 (#936)
  • Update webpack to version 3.6.0 (#947)

New in Wire 2.15 (Jul 21, 2017)

  • Added support for Dutch, Greek, and Polish.

New in Wire 2.14 (May 12, 2017)

  • Speed improvements: Sending and receiving messages got faster.

New in Wire 2.13 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • New: Added support for 15 languages: Czech, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Brazilian Portugese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkish, Ukranian.
  • New: Check spelling while typing.
  • New: Strict certificate pinning to additionally improve transport encryption (TLS).
  • Fixed: Full screen image view was overlapping with tool menu, this has been fixed.
  • Improvement: Under the hood upgrade to Chrome 56 and Electron 1.6.5.
  • Improvement: Updated About Wire screen with Wire for Web version and link to releases and information on how Wire updates work.

New in Wire 2.10 (Aug 28, 2016)

  • New: Delete everywhere — remove sent messages, photos, videos etc. from your devices and from the receiving devices

New in Wire 2.9 (Jul 29, 2016)

  • New: Share screen with your friends and colleagues. You can share screen during audio and video calls, in one-on-one or group calls.
  • New: Link previews are nicely embedded in conversations.
  • New: Switch between audio and video during calls.
  • New: Switch between multiple cameras while on a video call.
  • New: Minimize your video call or screen share.
  • New: Turn off your camera during a video call.

New in Wire 2.8 (Jun 15, 2016)

  • Improved: App launch takes less time.
  • Fixed: Importing contacts from your contacts works again.
  • Fixed: Some users were logged out when their computer woke up from sleep. That's fixed.

New in Wire 2.7 (Jun 2, 2016)

  • New: File transfer - send any file type like docs, PDFs and Excel. Works in 1:1 chats and group chats and files you send are end-to-end encrypted.
  • New: Video and audio messages sent from Wire mobile apps are played nicely in-line.
  • New: When sending audio files (mp3, wav) from desktop they can be listened to right in the chat.
  • New: Delete messages - it wipes messages from all of your devices.
  • Improved: Video call quality now adapts better to your network conditions, improving the video calling experience.
  • Fixes for app being reloaded when you computer wakes up from sleep.
  • Fixes for sending long text messages.
  • Fixes for losing connectivity should not cause app to restart.
  • Fixes for app launch time. It's much faster now.

New in Wire 2.5 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Major changes to the underlying messaging architecture
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Wire 2.4 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • New: Bring your friends to Wire by uploading your Contacts
  • New: Full screen support

New in Wire 2.3 (Dec 18, 2015)

  • New: The app is now available in German language
  • Bug fixes

New in Wire 2.2 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Bug fixes

New in Wire 2.1 (Nov 6, 2015)

  • Fixed: Application window occasionally had wrong window width and height
  • Other small bug fixes

New in Wire 2.0 (Oct 29, 2015)

  • Group calls – in HD quality. Click the call icon in a group chat to start the call.
  • GIFs right inside Wire with Giphy. Type a word and click the ‘GIF’ icon that appears.
  • Vimeo videos now play inside conversations. Just share the video link.
  • It’s easier to start a call or send a photo – search and pick a contact, and click the call or send a photo icon.
  • Spotify music is now played inside conversations. Just share the link to the track.
  • It's now possible to delete conversations.
  • You can now cancel a connection request you send that hasn’t been accepted yet.
  • New looks – we updated many things from fonts to preferences to search and more.
  • Many, many bug fixes.

New in Wire 1.7 (May 16, 2015)

  • New: Audio quality of your calls now take the connection speed into consideration. Faster connection, higher audio.
  • New: You’ll now hear an audible signal if something is wrong with the ongoing call.

New in Wire 1.6 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Dismiss connection recommendations to discover more friends who are already using Wire.
  • Fixed an issue when a call would stay in “Connecting…” status.
  • The usual array of fixes and improvements.

New in Wire 1.5 (Apr 2, 2015)

  • See when the other party is writing.
  • Calling reliability improvements.

New in Wire 1.4 (Mar 19, 2015)

  • New ringtones, message and ping sounds
  • Audio improvements

New in Wire 1.3 (Feb 25, 2015)

  • Added colored background images in the conversation list
  • Added Ping button to conversation view
  • Fixed: Outgoing connection requests are no longer shown on the badge counter
  • Fixed: Clicking on email addresses in chats opens your preferred email app
  • Dozens of other bug fixes and improvements

New in Wire 1.2 (Feb 4, 2015)

  • Multiple bug fixes and performance updates

New in Wire 1.1 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Send invitations to join Wire
  • Multiple bug fixes and performance updates