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Private messenger desktop client with end-to-end encryption.

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Signal Desktop's 8.36 beta adds favorite sticker packs after a fix-only week.

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◆Current state
Signal Desktop ships a beta roughly weekly, and most builds since September carry only generic fix notes. v8.36.0-beta.1 adds favorite sticker packs, so the ones a user relies on stay at hand. It follows the fix-only v8.35.0-beta.1 and v8.34.0-beta.1, which added contact sharing from desktop and better audio device handling.
◆Where it's heading
The desktop app is closing gaps with mobile one feature at a time, separated by maintenance betas. Visible features arrive about every two to three builds.
◆Prediction
The next feature beta is likely within one or two builds, based on the cadence since October. The entries don't indicate what it will contain.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    8.36 beta lets users favorite sticker packs

    Sticker packs can now be marked as favorites so they stay easy to reach. A small comfort feature in the same pattern as recent betas: one user-facing change between fix-only builds.

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  2. 8d ago

    v8.35.0-beta.1: fix-only beta, no visible changes

    A weekly beta with only boilerplate fix notes, right after the contact-sharing build. It returns to the maintenance pattern seen since September.

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  3. 16d ago

    Contact sharing comes to desktop; better audio device handling

    Contact sharing arrives on desktop, removing one more task that sent users back to their phone, and connected audio devices get better handling. It is the first beta with user-facing notes since the unread-filter release two weeks earlier.

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  4. 24d ago

    v8.33.0-beta.1: fix-only beta, no visible changes

    A weekly beta whose notes promise only small tweaks and fixes, the same boilerplate as most builds since September. It follows the unread-filter release without adding anything visible.

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  5. 29d ago

    Unread filter reaches folders and search; sturdier uploads

    The first beta in weeks with a user-facing feature: the unread filter now applies inside message folders and search, and uploads hold up better on weak networks. It moves the maintenance stretch toward inbox triage.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Bug-fix-only beta, no feature changes

    Another fix-only beta that continues the maintenance pace since mid-September. Nothing user-facing is called out.

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