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Element X Android

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Modern, faster Matrix client for Android (next-gen Element).

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Element X ships monthly, grinding a Matrix client toward feature parity and polish.

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◆Current state
Element X Android is a mature Matrix messaging client on a steady calendar-versioned monthly cadence (v26.05–v26.07), backed by a Rust SDK it upgrades almost weekly. Recent work is broad but incremental: media viewer and image-editing UX, live location sharing, threads, Element Call integration, accessibility, and a security patch. There is no single directional pivot — this is disciplined parity-and-polish work.
◆Where it's heading
The client is closing gaps with the legacy Element app: features are steadily promoted out of feature flags (live location sharing, room directory search, sign-in with classic), media handling keeps getting reworked, and calls are moving to embedded Element Call. Renaming OIDC to OAuth and hardening SDK key storage suggests continued attention to the auth and encryption plumbing underneath the UI.
◆Prediction
Expect the next monthly releases to keep promoting flagged features to GA and iterating on media, threads, and Element Call, with the near-weekly Rust SDK bumps continuing to drive most under-the-hood change.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    Element X Android v26.07.0

    The July release adds a 'read all messages' action and RTL text detection, but is mostly translations, build workarounds for AGP 9, and Rust SDK/dependency bumps — a lighter month in the steady parity march.

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  2. 14d ago

    Element X Android v26.06.4

    Adds multi-room message forwarding and a well-known extension seam for custom recovery passphrases — small but real UX and account-recovery features consistent with the client's parity push.

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  3. 16d ago

    Element X Android v26.06.3

    A bugfix-heavy release cleaning up thread loading, media sharing, DM handling, and moderation UX, with client-side event filtering for public rooms moved into the SDK — the kind of stabilization that precedes flag promotions.

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  4. 23d ago

    Security fix for OIDC callback URL crash

    A security-only point release fixing an OIDC callback URL crash (GHSA-r4f9-46vw-v7g3); no user-facing feature change, but part of the ongoing auth-plumbing hardening.

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  5. 29d ago

    Element X Android v26.06.1

    A dense release adding image editing (crop/rotate/flip), custom notification and ringtone sounds, live-location groundwork, and a wave of accessibility fixes — one of the more feature-rich months in the current arc.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Element X Android v26.05.2

    Promotes sign-in-with-classic out of feature flags, creates a real room when inviting into a DM, and removes the live-location-sharing flag — steady promotion of gated features toward GA.

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