Slack for Android

January 31, 2023

No Changelog.

June 13, 2022

Improvements.

• No big changes this time around. Sometimes progress is best measured when you turn around and see how far you’ve come. Did you know we used to be a video game company? Pretty wild.

May 24, 2022

Improvements.

• Hard work is happening this week, but nothing we can easily describe. It’s like a duck swimming on a river. Under the water, the duck is paddling furiously, but on top all that can be seen is the gentle gliding of a bird on water. This week, Slack is the duck.

May 9, 2022

Improvements & bug fixes.

• We’ve updated the channel list so you can now sort channels by recent activity, and sorting preferences set on desktop will now sync with your mobile view. You’ll also see your three most recent DMs in the Home tab for added convenience.
• Fixed: Images and videos were not displaying any sort of preview, an experience some found “mysterious and exciting” and everyone else found “broken and annoying.”
• Fixed: Selecting an emoji was causing the keyboard to immediately hide itself, which was a pain when you wanted to continue writing your message. It will now reappear promptly rather than assuming each emoji carries all the finality of a wax seal upon your message.

May 9, 2022

Bug fixes.

• Fixed: When a message was deleted, it would very occasionally linger in the mobile app longer than was appropriate. See here, deleted messages: No lingering, loitering, dawdling, dithering or dallying. (Slack penal code 22.05.10)
• Fixed: Multi-line code blocks were not readable in dark mode. While “dark mode” is arguably most accurate when it’s impossible to see anything, is it notably less useful.
• Fixed: If you flipped your device to landscape mode while editing your profile, the button to save your changes would disappear. This was intentional, so you could meditate on how we are always growing and changing, and how any attempt to stop the flow of time is nothing more than vanity. Just kidding, it was totally a bug.

April 25, 2022

Improvements.

• A little reminder as you go about your day: The world is a more unique place simply because you’re a part of it, and you’ve impacted others in ways you can’t imagine. Oh, and no big changes to the app this time. Happy messaging.

April 11, 2022

Improvements & bug fixes.

• Dash on over to the Quick Switcher to find that searches will more accurately return channels with dashes in their names. If your hopes were previously dashed, we ask for a dash of forgiveness and wish to say you’re looking very dashing today.
• Fixed: Uploading a new profile picture was sometimes failing, leaving people stuck with their old ones like an unfortunate driver’s license photo. Contrary to popular belief, we’ve never aspired for Slack to feel like going to the DMV, so retake that photo to your heart’s content.
• Fixed: On certain devices, tapping on a notification could lead to a weird state where backing out of a thread would always return you to that message from the notification you tapped. It was a phenomenon as confusing to witness as it is to explain, and we’ll all be pleased to never have to experience it again.

March 28, 2022

Improvements.

• The size of the Slack app (the amount of data you download) is now a bit smaller, lighter, more compact. More efficient. Trim. Tightly engineered. Streamlined. Pared down to its essentials. You know, unlike this update copy.

March 14, 2022

Improvements.

• When previewing a channel prior to joining, you’ll now see the channel description displayed with the channel name for a bit more context. For when you’re unsure whether #the-owls is a channel for ornithologists, insomniacs or fans of the show Twin Peaks.
• If you’re someone whose workday doesn’t start at 9 am (or if you find Slackbot alerts first thing in the morning to be less of a pick-me-up and more of a put-me-down), you can now choose when your “Tomorrow” or “Next Week” reminders will appear. Head over to Preferences > Notifications to set the default that works best for you.
• We love emoji. But they can sometimes overwhelm the screen, particularly when that screen is small and hand-held. So we asked our scientists to determine “a more reasonable amount” of reacji to display at one time, and that answer is 9. But don’t worry—the full panoply of reactions can be experienced with just a tap of your finger.

February 28, 2022

Improvements & bug fixes.

• Let’s double click on that: If your organization allows you to edit your messages, you can fix that typo quicker than ever. Just double-tap one of your messages to open up the editing view.
• Ever reply to a thread only to realize you should have sent that reply back into the main channel? Us too. That’s why you can now retroactively share your threaded messages with the rest of the channel. Just press and hold on the message in question, then select “Send Reply to This Channel.” to give it the attention it deserves.
• Images, stickers and emoji from custom keyboards were not previously supported in Slack, leading to “the particular pain of not being able to express oneself with the specific GIF or meme one has in mind” (translated from the German). We support these now, and hope you feel supported as well.
• The first time you send someone a direct message, you’ll now see their pronouns displayed at the beginning of the conversation. We hope it’s a small step that will help foster respect among colleagues.

February 14, 2022

Bug Fixes.

• Fixed: If you were someone with a whole bunch of workspaces, attempting to sign out of one of those workspaces was causing the app to freeze. Some people also reported hearing the faintest strains of “Hotel California” as the app refused to complete the sign-out. Now you may check out any time you like, and you can also leave.
• Fixed: When attempting to edit your profile, the keyboard was obscuring the text entry field, with no way to scroll down and see your edits. We’d like to say that this is the sort of challenge that ultimately builds character, but instead we’ll say it was a bug which ultimately was just a pain.