Global search: Search for text across all chats
Media drawer: Tap the paperclip icon to browse your media files in a scrollable drawer
Image search (optional): Search your images for common objects, activities, and places (the image recognition is based on a local machine learning model and does not send data to Threema's server or any third party)
Increased maximum group size to 256 members
Sending media files: Send images with individual resolutions without having to change the global settings
Image editor: Automatic recognition of faces to blur or cover with an emoji (works best with high-resolution images)
Video editor: Trim videos before sending
Media gallery: New “Show in chat” feature
Save to gallery: On Android 10 and above, media is now stored in the system’s Pictures, Video, Music, and Documents folders due to new “Scoped Storage” requirements by Google
Quotes: Quote any type of media, including images, videos, and voice messages
Long text messages: To keep the chat interface lean, messages containing a lot of text are truncated and can be expanded on demand
Polls: Re-sort answers using drag and drop when creating a poll
100 new emojis
Bug fixes, optimizations, and design improvements
The most important of the new features are explained in greater detail on the Threema blog.
Media drawer: Tap the paperclip icon to browse your media files in a scrollable drawer
Image search (optional): Search your images for common objects, activities, and places (The image recognition is based on a local machine learning model and does not send data to Threema's server or any third party)
Sending media files: Send images with individual resolutions without having to change the global settings
Video editor: Trim videos before sending
Save to gallery: On Android 10 and above, media is now stored in the system’s Pictures, Video, Music, and Documents folders due to new “Scoped Storage” requirements by Google
Global search: Search for text across all chats
Quotes: Quote any type of media, including images, videos, and voice messages
100 new emojis: Including the long-awaited fondue
Larger groups: Up to 256 members per group chat
Long text messages: To keep the chat interface lean, messages containing a lot of text are truncated and can be expanded on demand
Various other improvements and minor bug fixes
Off-hours policy: Disable notifications outside of working hours (“Settings > Sound & Notifications > Do not disturb”)
Built-in video recorder (selected devices, Android 8+)
Built-in video editor to trim videos (selected devices, Android 8+)
More than 100 new emojis from the Unicode 12 standard
Optional automatic download for videos and files
Extended image editing options
Improved appearance of stickers
Translation updates
Voice-message playback is paused while recording voice messages
Support for Audio Focus in audio player
Threema Web: stability improvements
Miscellaneous bug fixes and other improvements
Built-in video recorder (selected devices, Android 8+)
Built-in video editor to trim videos (selected devices, Android 8+)
More than 100 new emojis from the Unicode 12 standard
Optional automatic download for videos and files
Extended image editing options
Improved appearance of stickers
Threema Web: stability improvements
Miscellaneous bug fixes and other improvements
