changelog 1.7 draft

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+title: "Cwtch 1.7 Release"
+date: 2022-04-22T00:00:00
+draft: false
+altlink: "https://cwtch.im/download"
+---
+
+## Cwtch 1.7 is now available for [download](/download/)
+
+{{% release file="/static/releases/cwtch-v1.7/changelog.md" %}}

static/releases/cwtch-v1.7/changelog.md

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+For a more detailed overview of changes present in the 1.7 release see issues tagged [cwtch-beta-1.7](https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/cwtch-ui/issues?q=&type=all&sort=&state=closed&labels=158&milestone=0&assignee=0) in our
+issue tracker.
+
+A special thanks to the amazing volunteer translators and testers who made this release possible.
+
+* **New Features:**
+    - **Profile Export / Import** - You can now move your profiles across devices by exporting them from one
+      client and importing them in another. Note that there is still the limitation that only one instance of a profile
+      can run at any one time.
+    - **Message Formatting Experiment** - We have introduced a new experiment that allows a subset of markdown
+      in messages including **bold**, *italic* and `code` - please see [Disceet Log 28](https://openprivacy.ca/discreet-log/28-message-text-formatting/)
+      for more information
+    - **Android Stability Improvements** - One of the biggest chunks of work represented by this release is several
+  improvements to the Android version of Cwtch. You can find our more in [Disceet Log 27](https://openprivacy.ca/discreet-log/27-android-improvements/)
+      for more information
+* **Bug Fixes  / Improvements:**
+    - New Setting: Android Battery Exemption Request - you can now request a power management exemption for the Cwtch application
+      on Android directly from the Settings pane. Enabling this may allow Cwtch to run better on Android at the cost
+      of increased battery use.
+    - Android Security Flags - We have enabled several `FLAG_SECURE` on Android
+    - Folder Selection Bug Fix
+    - Improvements to the Message Cache
+    - Several small thread and memory inefficiencies and leaks have been fixed in the UI and underlying libraries
+      resulting in substantially reduced memory use.
+    - Notification Policy Setting bug fix
+    - Unread messages counts are now saved between client restarts on Android.
+* **Accessibility / UX:**
+    - Up to date translations
+    - Add Contact UX has been split to prompt for a specific action instead on directly opening the Add Contact pane. 
+    - Several small updates to theming
+
+<hr/>
+<br/>