Wherry v0.4.0

Wherry v0.4.0 — calls

The first release with voice and video in it.

Calls. Voice in direct messages, groups and hub voice channels. A call
rings every device you are signed in on, and you can join one that is
already running. Cameras and screen sharing work in the same places, and a
call stays with you as a bar across the top while you read anything else.

Encrypted like your messages. Every camera, screen and microphone track
is sealed frame by frame under a key derived from the conversation's own
encryption group. The relay server carrying the call cannot open any of it,
and nothing is recorded. The exception is the one you already know: a call
in a public or invite-only hub is relayed in the clear to whoever runs
the server, exactly as that hub's messages are, and it says so where you
start it.

The desktop app handles its own audio and video now rather than leaving
it to the built-in browser engine. That is what makes echo cancellation,
noise suppression and automatic gain real settings (Settings → Voice), and
what lets a shared window carry its own sound without sending the call back
to the people in it.

Also in this release: search your own conversations on this device
(Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F), hub pictures, channel categories and drag-to-reorder,
profile cards with a status you set yourself, upload progress and retry for
attachments, and pasting or dragging photos straight into the composer.

Installing

• Windows — Wherry_0.4.0_x64-setup.exe. The installer fetches the
  WebView2 runtime if the machine lacks it. It is unsigned, so SmartScreen
  will warn: More info → Run anyway.
• macOS — Wherry_0.4.0_aarch64.dmg, Apple Silicon only, and
  unsigned: right-click the app → Open the first time.
• Linux — .deb, .rpm and .AppImage.

Nothing here auto-updates yet; the app points you back at this page.