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This feed is an archive of old Slack desktop releases, not current product news.

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◆Current state
The window covers Slack desktop app versions 2.6.3 through 2.8.2 — keychain credential storage, resumable file downloads, keyboard navigation, French, Spanish and German localization, and a run of Electron security updates and input-method fixes. These are historical client releases, captured with version-only titles.
◆Where it's heading
Read as a sequence, the arc is a desktop client maturing: security and platform updates, internationalization, and repeated regression fixes to Japanese input. It says nothing about where Slack is heading now, because the entries predate the product's current direction.
◆Prediction
No forward-looking read is supportable from these entries. Current signal would require the feed to point at Slack's present release notes rather than this archived client changelog.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3mo ago

    Slack 2.6.3 fixes blank screens and video playback

    Bug fixes for blank screens after network changes, misdirected external links, and video playback smoothness. Routine client maintenance from an archived release.

  2. 3mo ago

    Slack 2.7.0 adds keychain login and resumable downloads

    Login information moves to the system keychain, file downloads become pausable and resumable, and keyboard navigation is broadened. Resumable downloads and keychain storage are real usability and security gains for the desktop client.

  3. 3mo ago

    Slack 2.7.1 fixes sign-in bounce and accent input

    Fixes for being bounced to the first page during sign-in and for the accent menu inserting an extra character. Small correctness fixes with no capability change.

  4. 3mo ago

    Slack 2.8.0 ships French, Spanish, German and external orgs

    Slack becomes fully available in French, Spanish and German, adds support for working with external companies, and reworks name tagging to accommodate both. The external-company support is described only in outline here, but full localization alone is a substantial reach expansion for the client.

  5. 3mo ago

    Slack 2.8.1 re-fixes Japanese input, updates Electron

    Japanese input is fixed again after regressing in 2.8.0, alongside a precautionary Electron security update. The release notes themselves acknowledge the fix-break-fix cycle.

  6. 3mo ago

    Slack 2.8.2 is an Electron update only

    A release containing nothing but a further Electron update. Dependency maintenance with no user-visible effect.