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Element X Android

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Modern, faster Matrix client for Android (next-gen Element).

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Element X Android is in feature-flag-graduation mode as it closes parity with the classic client.

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◆Current state
Element X Android is on a tight bi-weekly cadence (v26.05.2 just shipped). The recent rhythm is dominated by feature-flag removals — Sign-in-with-classic, LiveLocationSharing, RoomDirectorySearch — turning experimental capabilities into defaults. Element Call is being polished (edge-to-edge layout, declined-call timeline items), DM flows are being redesigned (new room on invite), and pin-code plus biometric handling has had several iterative fixes.
◆Where it's heading
The team is graduating features rather than introducing new ones, which is the shape you expect when a rewrite is closing in on parity with its predecessor. 'Sign in with Element Classic' specifically reads as a migration bridge for the existing user base. Push notification reliability and foreground-service tuning continuing to appear suggests background delivery on Android is still the hardest correctness problem they are working through.
◆Prediction
Expect more feature flags to disappear over the next few releases, and likely a public parity announcement once Spaces UX and full media editing stabilize. The Sign-in-with-classic bridge being now flagless is the kind of thing that usually precedes a coordinated migration push.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1d ago

    Element X Android v26.05.2

    Removes the Sign-in-with-classic and LiveLocationSharing feature flags (both now default-on), and changes DM invite flow to create a new room. Several small bugfixes around room list duplicate detection and media viewer loading. Continues the feature-flag-graduation rhythm.

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  2. 8d ago

    Element X Android v26.05.1

    Element Call gets an edge-to-edge layout, SDK DM-definition changes are absorbed, and a batch of UX fixes land — pin code, DM avatars, push reliability, and call-started timeline items. Quietly substantial polish across the call and DM surfaces.

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  3. 13d ago

    Element X Android v26.05.0

    Promotes 'history sharing on invite' out of developer options, removes the RoomDirectorySearch feature flag, and adds an auto back-pagination flag. The flag removals are the most meaningful signal — both move from experimental to default behavior.

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  4. 21d ago

    Element X Android v26.04.4

    Media viewer swiping order is reworked, the rustls platform verifier is replaced with a single-class wrapper, and the push foreground service gets a cleanup pass. Mostly under-the-hood quality work.

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  5. 26d ago

    Element X Android v26.04.3

    'Sign in with Element Classic' lands in its final form, plus homeserver capability handling and a default-mute-camera behavior when joining ongoing voice calls. The classic-sign-in path is the migration bridge the team will need to lean on as parity stabilizes.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Element X Android v26.04.2

    A two-line release — restores the enterprise submodule and bumps element-call-embedded to v0.19.0. No user-visible feature change beyond what the call dependency brings.

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