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Air

@air.ms

A new private messenger based on Messaging Layer Security (MLS), built by Phoenix R&D. Invite-only for now.

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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Fixes:

- Robustness improvements for message handling
- Contact requests were sometimes showing multiple times
- Opening the app from a notification didn't show the right content

19.02.2026 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New release: Air v0.11.1

Air is a new private messenger based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Invite-only for now.

โœจ๏ธ New features:

- Message deletion: delete messages for yourself or for everyone
- Support for pasting images and files
- New Android tray icon

19.02.2026 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Fixes:

- Clearing notifications more often
- Show attachment maximum sizes
- Leave defunct group chats
- Show time of contact requests
- More robust group creation
- Small UI improvements
- Robustness improvements

03.02.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New release: Air v0.10.0

Air is a new private messenger based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Invite-only for now.

โœจ New features:

- Jumbo emojis
- Support for Swedish
- Faster opening of plaintext links

03.02.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Invitation cards in front of a notebook with a MLS sticker.

AIR
โ€ข No phone number or email
โ€ข End-to-end encrypted
โ€ข No metadata retention
โ€ข Open-source
โ€ข Post-quantum secure
โ€ข Based on Messaging Layer Security (MLS) and open standards
โ€ข EU-based

Invitation cards in front of a notebook with a MLS sticker. AIR โ€ข No phone number or email โ€ข End-to-end encrypted โ€ข No metadata retention โ€ข Open-source โ€ข Post-quantum secure โ€ข Based on Messaging Layer Security (MLS) and open standards โ€ข EU-based

We will be at #FOSDEM and will bring something exciting: Invitation codes for the beta phase of Air! โœจ

Hit @julianmair.com up if youโ€™d like to join the beta with your friends.

30.01.2026 10:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Fixes:

- Adding a new contact failed if the requester had changed their profile
- Push notifications did not always work on Android
- Uploading attachments could not be tried again
- Buttons could sometimes be pressed too many times
- Contact requests would overwrite existing ones

19.01.2026 06:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New release: Air v0.9.0

Air is a new private messenger based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Invite-only for now.

Thank you all for the helpful feedback! This release only contains bug fixes. โ†“

19.01.2026 06:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fixes:
- Design fixes
- Stabilize KeyPackage upload
- Preserve chat history after re-joining a chat
- Increased quality of rendered app icons
- System messages were not always immediately visible

14.01.2026 07:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New release: Air v0.8.0

Air is a new private messenger based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Invite-only for now.

Features:
- You can now choose the app's language
- Design tweaks in the chat

14.01.2026 07:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We'll reach out ๐Ÿ“จ

08.01.2026 11:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We'll reach out ๐Ÿ“จ

07.01.2026 16:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Fixes:
- 'Send with Enter' now works again
- Profile updates sometimes failed
- Support older iOS versions
- Read receipts were not dropped when disabled
- Set picture during group creation

30.12.2025 09:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New release: Air v0.7.0

โœจ New features:
- Display safety codes for contacts
- Design improvements for chat list, adding contacts, member list, composer, various buttons
- New icons
- Adding new contacts now happens in two steps
- Better names for saved images
- Add missing translations

30.12.2025 09:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Invitation cards in front of the ALL CREATURES WELCOME banner

AIR
โ€ข No phone number or email
โ€ข End-to-end encrypted
โ€ข No metadata retention
โ€ข Open-source
โ€ข Post-quantum secure
โ€ข Based on Messaging
Layer Security (MLS) and open standards
โ€ข EU-based

Invitation cards in front of the ALL CREATURES WELCOME banner AIR โ€ข No phone number or email โ€ข End-to-end encrypted โ€ข No metadata retention โ€ข Open-source โ€ข Post-quantum secure โ€ข Based on Messaging Layer Security (MLS) and open standards โ€ข EU-based

We will be at #39C3 and we brought something exciting: Invitation codes for the beta phase of Air, our new secure messenger based on MLS! โœจ

Hit us up if youโ€™d like to join the beta with your friends.

You can also follow @air.ms, where weโ€™ll post updates over time.

26.12.2025 17:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2