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Canary Mail

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Velocity5.0

AI-powered email client with smart replies, security features, and unified inbox.

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Canary Mail spends October on fixes after its AI translation push.

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◆Current state
Canary Mail is a privacy-focused email client on macOS, iOS, Android and Windows. Its September releases added AI features, chat history in 5.23.0 and incoming-mail translation in 5.25.0. The October 5.27.0 releases for iOS and macOS are fix-only (reply-to-sent addressing, keyboard shortcuts, sending over mobile data), and Windows 5.1.58 is another crash-fix build.
◆Where it's heading
The AI layer grew in steps (chat, then history, then translation), and the latest cycle is consolidation across platforms. The shared reply-to-sent fix on iOS and macOS shows the Apple clients moving in lockstep, while Windows and Android still mostly receive stability builds.
◆Prediction
The entries don't show what the next feature is. Composition-side AI would be the natural follow-on to translation, but the current cycle is fix-only, so a stabilization stretch is the safer read.

◆Recent moves

  1. 14d ago

    Release Notes for iOS 5.27.0

    A fix-only iOS release: tap-to-top in the inbox, an iPad launch hang, reply addressing on sent mail and sending over mobile data. Consolidation after the 5.25 translation release.

  2. 14d ago

    Release Notes for macOS 5.27.0

    The macOS twin of 5.27.0 fixes Cmd+A focus in the label and move dialogs and the same reply-to-sent addressing bug. The Apple clients now ship matched fix releases.

  3. 1mo ago

    Release Notes for Windows 5.1.58

    Another Windows crash-fix build with no listed specifics, the second the same day. Windows remains on stability duty while features land on Apple platforms first.

  4. 1mo ago

    Release Notes for Windows 5.1.57

    Windows 5.1.57 squashes multiple crashes across the app. No new features; consistent with the stability work running in parallel across all platforms while AI features ship on iOS and macOS.

  5. 1mo ago

    Release Notes for Android 4.02

    Android 4.02 fixes crashes, refines UI polish, and resolves an email deletion failure that surfaced specifically on cellular data in the background. The deletion bug was a real-world reliability gap for mobile-first users and its fix removes friction from a core workflow.

  6. 1mo ago

    Release Notes for Android 4.05

    Android 4.05 appears to be a duplicate of 4.02 — identical content published at the same timestamp. No distinct user-visible changes relative to 4.02.