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Element X Android

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Velocity5.0

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

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Element X Android ships steady, feature-rich Matrix-client releases on a near-weekly beat.

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◆Current state
The feed is genuine GitHub release notes for the Matrix client, and the cadence is brisk and substantive: message forwarding to multiple rooms, image crop/rotate before sending, custom notification sounds, avatar previews, and a security fix for an OIDC callback crash. Feature flags for shipped capabilities are being removed.
◆Where it's heading
Element X is in steady maturation — closing UX gaps against mainstream messengers (media editing, notifications, forwarding), hardening security, and promoting flagged features to default-on. Calling (Element Call) work recurs across releases.
◆Prediction
Expect continued UX-parity and calling improvements with periodic security patches, and more feature flags retired as capabilities stabilize.

◆Recent moves

  1. 8d ago

    Element X Android v26.06.4

    v26.06.4 adds multi-room message forwarding and a custom recovery-passphrase extension seam, plus bugfixes — solid incremental UX and extensibility work.

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  2. 10d ago

    Element X Android v26.06.3

    v26.06.3 adds avatar preview from moderation, a crop icon, and location-sharing refinements — small UX improvements consistent with the parity push.

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  3. 17d ago

    v26.06.2

    v26.06.2 is a security release fixing an OIDC callback-URL crash (GHSA advisory) — a targeted hardening patch.

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  4. 23d ago

    Element X Android v26.06.1

    v26.06.1 adds image crop/rotate before sending, custom message and ringtone sounds, and raw-key SDK stores for new sessions — a feature-rich release closing messenger UX gaps.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Element X Android v26.05.2

    v26.05.2 enables sign-in with Element Classic, creates rooms when inviting in DMs, and removes the live-location feature flag — promoting features toward default-on.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Element X Android v26.05.1

    v26.05.1 makes the Element Call screen edge-to-edge and refines call behavior — continued calling polish.

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