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Version 8.5.0

Release Date

August, 20th 2021

Compatibility

iOS 12, iOS 13, iOS 14, iOS 15 (beta), iPadOS 13, iPadOS 14, iPadOS 15 (beta)

You may now reach members more easily with Threema and disable the link to WhatsApp if you have no use of it.

What’s New

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Support for Threema

Similarly, another very secure (and Swiss) application has gained popularity among many members 1: Threema. In contrast with other similar chat applications such as Signal or Telegram, Threema is not bound to the mobile phone number of the user and as such is considered just like any other social network application you can configure on your own:

Support for Threema

As you know, the pencil icon (on the right) lets you manage your social networks when you open your personal profile.

Note

We do not plan to add quick actions for other messaging applications like we did for WhatsApp. Rationale is that we have absolutely no way to figure out if the member you want to contact is using the corresponding application. With WhatsApp being so widely used in the past, this was almost granted.

Want to better learn the key differences between Threema, Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp? Here is a comprehensive comparison of those messaging applications: https://threema.ch/en/messenger-comparison.

Other Changes

In addition, a few bugs have been squashed and minor enhancements integrated:

  • the application was crashing when you tried to update your partner’s date of birth on a device in French language;

  • some of the LionsBase settings when using English as default language were shown in German instead; this is now fixed;

  • various internal libraries have been upgraded.

Note

Using Android? Please see corresponding release notes.

Footnotes

1

Roughly speaking, 12–13% of members for MD 102 - Switzerland/Liechtenstein. Please note that while preparing this release, we tried to match as many Threema IDs as possible for Lions and LEO members so that most of you will see the link to Threema without having to configure it. In a few cases, multiple Threema accounts were available (e.g., private and business ones) and an arbitrary one has been chosen.

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