What changed, without the noise.

Added

• Insider update support, an immediate return to the stable channel, and rollback foundations for supported releases.
• Native desktop notifications and unread badges, with message-preview privacy and mute-aware delivery controls.
• Multi-window support and a native downloads workflow.

Changed

• Notification delivery now uses native desktop integration rather than browser-style popups.
• GitHub Releases now publish the direct installer and Tauri updater artifacts for supported desktop platforms.

Fixed

• Restored media viewer layout and kept compact Messenger popovers anchored to their conversations.
• Improved startup-window recovery, window restoration, and taskbar integration in affected Windows workflows.
• Improved IME selection behavior and desktop download detection for regular web links.

Security

Updated desktop dependencies with available reliability and security fixes, and restricted the macOS certificate exception to the configured application host.

Added

• The F3 preferences panel for window, tray, startup, and close behavior.
• Optional multiple instances for advanced workflows.

Changed

Stabilized the desktop lifecycle, tray reconfiguration, focus recovery, and platform-specific restart behavior while keeping the installer smaller.

Fixed

Resolved duplicate tray icons on Windows and several cases where tray-related settings could leave the app inaccessible.

Added

• Improved microphone and camera permission handling on macOS.
• A Windows privacy-settings warning when microphone or camera access is blocked.
• A Copy Image action in the context menu for Messenger images.

Fixed

Prevented a permission-check reload loop and restored page reload with F5 and Ctrl + R.

Added

Double-click image zoom.

Fixed

Fixed the close control for enlarged images in group chats.

Fixed

• Corrected macOS auto-update signature generation for reliable update validation.
• Restored platform-specific application icons: ICNS on macOS, PNG on Linux, and ICO on Windows.

Fixed

• Adjusted menu visibility for updated Facebook media and emoji dialogs.
• Kept internal links in the app and opened external links in the default browser.

Changed

No release notes were published for this maintenance release.

Changed

No release notes were published for this maintenance release.

Changed

Prepared for the deprecation of messenger.com.

Added

Automatic update notifications and installation.