1.88.0

Whats New

• New users may now receive a tour to help introduce the app
• Follow notifications may now prompt you to follow back
• The Discover feed may now include follow suggestions
• Starter packs will no longer accidentally cause you to follow yourself
• Starter pack embeds in posts now look & feel better

Full Changelog: 1.87.0...1.88.0

1.87.0

What's Changed

• New feature: Starter Packs. Create invite links for your friends to join Bluesky. They'll automatically follow the accounts and feeds you choose -- including you -- and you'll be notified when people join via your pack so you can connect with them.
• Thread muting now works in all scenarios and stops push notifications from being delivered.
• Thread replies can now be locked after posting.
• Explore page now includes suggested feeds, and search now searches for feeds.
• Added an option to show larger "alt text" indicators on images.
• GIFs now show correctly in notifications.
• You can now subscribe to 20 labelers.

New Contributors

• @jgarplind made their first contribution in #4532
• @devinivy made their first contribution in #4547

Full Changelog: 1.86.0...1.87.0

1.86.0

What's Changed

• Profiles now show "Followed by people you know"
• Self-threads now prompt you to "load more" when viewed
• The top right of the Home screen now takes you to the Feeds page
• It should now be easier to delete DM conversations from deleted accounts
• Multiple bugfixes to notifications and the keyboard input
• Fix to Indonesian language detection

New Contributors

• @frncs-eu made their first contribution in #4451
• @marcomaroni-github made their first contribution in #4374

Full Changelog: 1.85.1...1.86.0

1.85.1

What's Changed

Android hotfixes:

• Fix crash on startup for some useres
• Fix keyboard not appearing in the composer for some users
• Fix keyboard height being incorrect in the composer for some users

Full Changelog: 1.85.0...1.85.1

1.85.0

What's Changed

• Posts can now be shared in direct messages. There's a "Send via direct message" item available in the post menus.
• You can now temporarily deactivate your account.
• Lots of visual improvements, including new icons on posts and a new post-composer animation on mobile.
• Quoted posts which have been moderated are now more visually distinguished as the target of the moderation
• Some users will see an experimental follow button on user pictures in the feed.

New Contributors

• @sugyan made their first contribution in #4324
• @elfprince13 made their first contribution in #3936
• @skiniks made their first contribution in #4169

Full Changelog: 1.84.0...1.85.0

1.84.0

What's Changed

• Posts which are hidden in a thread due to mutes or labels are now grouped under one "Show hidden posts" card.
• App passwords can now be created with "Access to DMs" privileges, if needed.
• Labels placed on posts and accounts now consistently show who applied the label.
• The "alt text" indicator on images has been moved to the right and reduced in size to avoid covering text in images.
• Various bugfixes for DMs

Full Changelog: 1.83.0...1.84.0

1.83.0

What's Changed

Direct Messages!

New Contributors

• @brodieavoult made their first contribution in #4105
• @KuwaLee made their first contribution in #4025
• @zetavg made their first contribution in #4108

Full Changelog: 1.82.0...1.83.0

1.82.0

Full Changelog: 1.81.0...1.82.0

1.81.0

New Contributors

• @piotrpalek made their first contribution in #3735
• @TuxPenguin09 made their first contribution in #3815
• @kodebanget made their first contribution in #3891

Full Changelog: 1.80.0...1.81.0

1.77.0

New Contributors

• @jaoler made their first contribution in #2922
• @Dovgonosyk made their first contribution in #2951
• @alexkuz made their first contribution in #3233
• @cdfzo made their first contribution in #3181
• @atiksoftware made their first contribution in #2858
• @kscanne made their first contribution in #2924
• @imbstt made their first contribution in #3466
• @npmanos made their first contribution in #3546

Full Changelog: 1.72.0...1.77.0