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Changelog

Release history for AChat (Anonymous Chat AI). The app's in-product changelog at achat.aoneahsan.com/feed is the live, authoritative source; this page summarizes the major milestones.

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Current version: 0.4.0. Dates reflect when work shipped to the repository.

0.4.0 — First Google Play release (2026-07-24)​

  • First release on Google Play — the no-signup anonymous chat from the web, now an Android app. No ads, no in-app purchases.
  • Load-earlier messages: long chats load the 200 newest messages instantly, with a Load earlier button for older ones; search reports how far back it has looked and can load more.
  • Privacy-respecting analytics + error reporting: product analytics (Firebase Analytics / GA4, Amplitude, Microsoft Clarity) and Sentry error reporting were added — they never receive chat IDs, message contents, passwords, or files, and no advertising ID is collected. See Data, privacy & deletion.
  • Optional email + push: transactional emails via FilesHub (welcome, account-deletion confirmation, reserved-chat expiry reminder), a contact page, and opt-in push notifications via OneSignal (off by default). See Notifications & email.
  • iOS was removed from the project — AChat is Android + web only.

0.3.0 — Manage, search, and lock (2026-06)​

  • Cross-chat search, done entirely on your device over a local cache of the chats you have opened. See Search & message history.
  • Delete, archive & forward: a per-chat 30-day Trash (restore / permanently delete), a login-gated private archive that locks a chat to your account, and message forwarding. See Delete, archive & forward.
  • Add a password to an open chat later — from then on new messages and files are end-to-end encrypted in the browser; messages already sent while the chat was open are not retroactively encrypted. See Passwords & encryption.
  • Built-in administrator role for safety and moderation, with an immutable audit log; passworded chats stay end-to-end encrypted (metadata only, no key escrow). See Admin oversight.

0.2.0 — Play-Store-ready release (2026-06)​

  • Finalized the Android Play Store submission: account deletion shipped end-to-end (with the owner-delete security rule), accurate privacy/terms/data-safety, and all App-content declarations.
  • Zero sensitive permissions — the Android app ships with only INTERNET + VIBRATE. Voice memos were deferred to a future release to keep the permission surface minimal (no microphone permission).
  • Visual elevation of the chat surface: a unified panel/modal system, rebuilt threads with file uploads inside replies, and discrete snap widths for the thread rail.
  • Mobile responsiveness pass (44 px tap targets, viewport-safe dialogs, 320 px-safe header/footer).

v4 — Spaces (2026-05)​

  • Message threads, named private group chats, public discoverable communities with client-side moderation, and an embeddable widget (inline iframe + floating launcher).

v3 — Free-tier feature expansion (2026-05)​

  • A large batch of free-tier features: reactions, presence, pins, polls, command palette, link previews, and more.
  • Optional Google sign-in with keep-chat reservations (reserve up to 100 chats, extendable retention) — anonymous use unchanged.

v2 — Power & polish (2026-05)​

  • Onboarding and chat-ID hygiene, lock-chat and fullscreen composer, share + embed flows, accessibility (dyslexia and colorblind options), per-chat theme overrides with presets and import/export, and a PWA service worker.

v1.5 — Composer power (2026-05)​

  • Emoji, slash commands, message editing, mentions, export, code blocks, and search; reactions and quote-reply; multi-file upload queue, lightbox, sharing, presence, notifications, and haptics; the full theme customizer.

v1 — First release (2026-05)​

  • Core anonymous transient chat: chat IDs, optional password with client-side end-to-end encryption (PBKDF2 + AES-GCM), file uploads via FilesHub, 10-day auto-delete, and Capacitor native builds.

For the per-version "What's New" used on the Play Store, see the app repository's docs/play-store/RELEASE-NOTES.md. For the live in-app feed, visit achat.aoneahsan.com/feed.