The talk was made when v5.2 was the latest, with lots of progress since:

• local file encryption
• desktop client
• using mobile from desktop etc.

Thank you!

You can search for public groups via the experimental SimpleX Directory Service: connect to it via this address.

Mobile apps public beta v5.3 are released:

• delivery receipts
• new layout in groups
• new UX for incognito mode
• etc.

Desktop app beta is now usable, please try it: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v5.3.0-beta.5

https://youtu.be/7yjQFmhAftE

• how does it work without user IDs
• desktop app demo (1:15) – you can already download beta version for Mac and Linux from GitHub
• how to set up your relay (3:51)
• how SimpleX Chat is funded (11:25)
• the problems and the future of groups (18:23)
• the demo of SimpleX Directory Service (25:20)
• Q&A (28:51)

Join us online on Thursday at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK at https://stream.simplex.chat

We will:

• demo the new desktop app.
• show how to set up SimpleX servers with dual address (public+onion).
• share the plan for SimpleX group and communities.
• possibly, show one more thing.

#OpenSource #Security #Privacy

The post about v5.2: https://simplex.chat/blog/20230722-simplex-chat-v5-2-message-delivery-receipts.html

The app is available in all channels via the links on the website or via [GitHub release] – the main F-Droid repo is coming soon.

If you use Android, make sure to use the build 134 - the previous one had a database performance issue causing very slow message delivery.

Join our event on 7/27 at 17:00 UTC (6pm UK, 10am PT):

• demo of the new desktop app 🚀
• platform evolution:
  • what's coming for groups and communities.
  • why we don't plan read receipts for now.
• demo how to host a server with dual public+tor address in Ubuntu VM, so that users who prefer to connect to onion addresses can communicate with you via your self-hosted server even if you don't use Tor - it's much simpler than you think.

Mark your calendar, the link to connect is coming soon, it won't require any registration.

You will be able to ask any questions in this SimpleX group: #SimpleX-Event-2023-07-27

You can get the new version from GitHub, TestFlight, Play Store beta and our F-Droid repo!

Full release and the release announcement are coming on Saturday July 22nd.

We will host an online event on July 27 at 17:00 UTC (6pm UK, 10am PT) to talk about:

• what's new in v5.2, why we won't have read receipts and what is coming soon
• how we will solve the problems of groups and communities that are emerging on SimpleX platform
• we will demo how to host a server with dual address (both clearnet and onion) in linux VM, so that users who prefer to only connect to onion addresses can communicate with you via your self-hosted server even if you don't use Tor - it's much simpler than you think.
• we will answer all your questions too.

Online platform to connect to TBC, we'll make sure that it doesn't require any registration.

You will be able to ask any questions in SimpleX group, you can already join it now via this link #SimpleX-Event-2023-07-27

This relay will be migrated to the datacenter in the UK to reduce the latency for most users. The migration itself takes less than 30 minutes, the DNS changes propagate in 1-3 hours (based on tests we ran). The relay will remain available on the same hostnames but with a different IP address.

The migration will start from 4pm UTC.

If you use Tor, it will be available as soon migration is complete, within 30 minutes - we did such migrations before without announcing them.

If you use public Internet to connect SimpleX relays, it will become available as soon as DNS updates.

If you have some important contacts where you use smp10 relay to receive messages you can switch them in advance (it won't be possible to switch during migration).