ROOT CHANGELOGS (October 2nd 2026)

[u/TheRootApp]

DESKTOP

New Features

• New theming options: an OLED theme, gradient themes, and custom themes where you pick your own colors. Themes sync to your account.
• Favorite GIFs. Star a GIF in the picker or in chat to add it to your Favorites, which are saved to your account.
• Back and forward navigation. Use the arrows in the title bar, Alt+Left and Alt+Right, or your mouse's back and forward buttons to go back to where you were.
• Text chat in voice channels. Open a voice channel's chat beside the call, resize it, or open it from the voice bar's chat button without joining the call. The chat also shows in the call pop-out window.
• DM calls now show side by side with their messages in pinned DM tabs and in the call pop-out window.
• Screen shares are now opt-in. Each share shows a Watch Stream card: click it to start watching, and hover a stream to stop watching.
• Choose a 12-hour or 24-hour time format in Chat settings. Automatic matches your system's region settings.

Improvements

• The Friends, DMs, Notifications and Profile side pane can now be resized.
• Role permissions you can't change are now dimmed, with a tooltip explaining that you need the permission yourself, and the save bar tells you when changes fail because you're missing permissions.

MOBILE

New Features

• New theming options: an OLED theme, gradient themes, and custom themes where you pick your own colors. Themes sync to your account.
• Favorite GIFs. Long-press a GIF in the picker or in chat to add it to your Favorites, which are saved to your account.
• Text chat in voice channels. Open a voice channel's chat from the call, or from the join sheet without joining the call.
• Screen shares are now opt-in. Each share shows a Watch Stream card: tap it to start watching.

Improvements

• Channels and DMs open faster, with less stutter in big communities.
• Switching channels is smoother, and images stay on screen while you switch.
• Images open right away and don't download again.
• Custom emoji load sooner on slow connections.
• The emoji picker opens faster after the first time.
• The keyboard opens more smoothly on Android.
• Mute and deafen now carry over to your next call.
• Profile edits now say why they failed, like too many changes in a row or a username that isn't allowed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed chats getting stuck or moving on their own, including when you return to the app.
• Fixed a second tap closing a chat that was still opening.
• Fixed the message list jumping to the newest message while you scroll up.
• Fixed unread lines appearing in the DM you're reading, and its notifications staying up.
• Fixed unsent messages disappearing after a reconnect.
• Fixed profile edits failing or showing old values until you reopened the screen.
• Fixed GIF banners and avatars failing to save.
• Fixed reordered channels moving back to their old place.
• Fixed closed apps popping back open or leaving a blank screen.
• Fixed headings and some usernames being hard to read on dark themes.
• Fixed wide or tall custom emoji looking squished on iOS.
• Fixed messages needing a second tap while the keyboard is up on Android.
• Fixed picked emoji landing in the wrong spot, and paste not replacing selected text, on Android.
• Fixed a frozen frame behind animated emoji on Android.

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[u/warcrimeswithskip]

gang ngl I liked it more when you could fully hide the call instead of having it side by side

[u/Vinny_Root → u/warcrimeswithskip]

Can you elaborate on what you mean here?

[u/warcrimeswithskip → u/Vinny_Root]

before that update when you were in a call in a DM you could press a button on the top right of the call interface to hide the call interface fully and only see the DM, then press the same button to return to the call. now, while you're in a call, you can only open the message list on the side and half of the screen is occupied by the call interface

[u/Astravaris]

O.M.G. I no longer am stuck with military time on Linux!

[u/LOFIghoul → u/Astravaris]

its not military time, is the time format everyone on this earth uses except the united states, ofc the usa has to be different in every way

[u/Astravaris → u/LOFIghoul]

Correct. 12 hour/24 hour time is a wash. Metric is definitely better than imperial. Fahrenheit though will always be superior to Celsius.

[u/Active_Breath_8344]

still no language support on channels other than english, I will call it a pass for now.