History of the various versions of software and the notable changes/improvements.
More info on how to update to latest software version.
LightOS v568 - July 15th, 2026
(Light Phone III only)
-Introducing Weather & Authenticator tools (our first tools built using the new SDK)
(Note: these new tools have a few refinements coming for things like haptic settings/brightness wheel)
-Allow preview of animated gifs when received
-Fix UI in tool re-ordering screen
LightOS v566 - June 1st, 2026
(Light Phone III only)
-Allow more file formats for incoming audio messages
-Lower screen brightness floor for the screen
-Add snooze option to alarm tool
-Include MMS message text when forwarding media to email
-Stop music playback during MMS playback/recording, and taking video
-Disable swipe gesture on contact detail page
-Fix alignment on Hotspot tool
LightOS v558 - March 18th, 2026
(Light Phone III only)
LightOS v556 - February 11th, 2026
(Light Phone III only)
- Ability to send/receive audio messages
- Added a new 'attachments' (+) button to conversations threads (For now you can take a picture, attach an image from album, or record and audio message. We will continue to expand functionality here over time.)
- Added 'Gesture Navigation' so that on pages with a back button, you can now swipe from the left edge of screen to return to previous page. (This can be disabled in Settings > Preferences > General)
- Ability to view media full screen in the Album tool (click the image/video to go in and out of full screen mode)
- Optimized the hit boxes on dial pad/lock screen
- Updated and improved the UX when recording voice notes in the Notes tool, including a confirmation for deleting a draft to prevent accidents.
- Reduced the notification volume of incoming texts while connected to a call
- Return to specific thread after ending call
LightOS v554 - January 21st, 2026
(Light Phone III only)
-Add position map feature to Directions tool (if you open the tool, you can now just open a map of your current location without needing to queue up a navigation route)
-Add “Silent” tone option for text messages
-Add mobile data toggle (Settings > Preferences > Data Preferences)
-Fix duplicate podcast episodes in list
-Fix issue trying to delete the first item in Album
-Fix audio issue when accepting incoming call while on a connected call
-Fix Music tool (and Podcast tool downloaded episodes) un-downloading files*
-Fix slow application initialization
-Add additional context to existing logs
*Note - For this long term fix regarding Music/Podcasts un-downloading, updating to the LightOS will remove all existing Music/Podcast over the course of 24 hours once updated. Then music will automatically re-download, however, downloaded Podcast tool episodes will need to be manually re-downloaded from the episode itself. We're sorry about this inconvenience, but relieved to finally have this issue patched for good.
LightOS v550 - December 18, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Add 'bicycle' as mode of transportation in directions
-Add ability to rotate images in album tool
-Enable alternative characters in all keyboards
-Add 'Data Saver' feature (Settings > Preferences > Data Preferences)
-Add eSIM (beta). Settings > Account & Info > Device Info. Note: this will not yet work with Verizon.
-Re-order Device Info Settings page and tweaked spacing for clarity
-Redesigned bluetooth device page to prevent accidentally forgetting devices
-Fixed a bug where multiple reroutes could cause a crash in Directions tool
-Fixed issue where some podcast episodes would not download when the remote podcast source url changes
-Fixed duplicate podcast episode issue
-Fixed bug where podcast tool can end up in state where user can not return to podcast list
-Allow fetching of http-only podcasts
-Improves podcast sync process to prevent unnecessary additional syncs as well as checking ETags / Last-Modified header while syncing podcasts to avoid having to parse feeds that haven't changed
-Ensure music sync is complete before cleaning up old files
-Display notes timestamp according to local timezone
-Fixed issue where sometime the ringtone defaulted to an Android tone
-Performance improvements to podcast/music querying when syncing new songs/episodes
-Add warning dialog when attempting to edit empty note, which may be indication of an error
-Refactor to move some tasks to background threads for performance
-Fixed bug that caused crashes while composing message
-Fix alarm tool visual alignment
-Ensure consistent UI in volume feedback overlay
-Track network activity in metrics snapshots (help us troubleshooting data issues with specific users)
-Other various logdump improvements for efficiency
Dashboard Improvement - December 10, 2025
-Refactor contact logic so that dashboard editing/uploading of contacts is significantly faster
LightOS v538 - November 13, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Updates the version of the underlying DAVx5 for contact/calendar improvements
-Fixed several small null pointer exception instances
-Fixed instances where Calendar tool crashes trying to create a new event
-Fixed calendar syncs in edge cases where main calendar was not synced when calendar tool installed
LightOS v534 - October 2nd, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Fixed issues with audio player that may cause music/podcast tool crashes
-Fix podcast list syncing issue
-Additional improvements to error logging for removing unnecessary noise
Firmware v.1.440000 - September 29th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
LightOS v532 - September 25th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Fixes issue with unresponsive screen when encountering a corrupted music file
-Logging optimizations to reduce overall noise
-Logging improvements to identify if a device is encountering a 'boot loop' error so we have better insights to the scale and can ensure our upcoming firmware patch is successfully working
-Logging improvements when using 'enable verbose logging' setting to make it more practical for debugging certain issues
LightOS v442 - September 15th, 2025
(Light Phone II only)
-Enable volume control from device when connected to a call with bluetooth headphones
-Re-designed emergency alerts to match LightOS and improve usability
LightOS v526 - September 9th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Fix issue where battery percentage doesn't properly update while charging
-Add exception handler to JobScheduler to prevent a boot loop situation
-Use new api endpoint for websocket connections to alleviate load on server (resolves issues with things like contact importing)
-Additional small improvements to error reporting
LightOS v524 - September 2nd, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Reduce frequency of snapshot metrics related to previous updates logging changes
LightOS v522 - August 20th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
This update brings a variety of upgrades to our logging capabilities for improving reliability, performance and quickly getting to the bottom of potential issues users might encounter.
If you email support about a specific issue, we may ask you to 'enable verbose logging', which we can use to get more robust device logs that help us understand what the root cause was, even if we cannot replicate the issue on our side. This setting is only intended to be used when advised by Light team specifically. This setting is different than the standard 'share logs' setting for reporting error crashes.
Though this LightOS updates does not immediately bring new features, we are confident it will help us to speed up future development and support for the LightOS at large. We are really excited about this upgrade!
LightOS v520 - July 17th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Added 'Night Display' setting (Settings > Preferences > Display)
-Add ability to forward text notes to email
-Re-enable wifi after disabling airplane mode
-Fix issue where some saved US contacts would not display correctly for international calls
LightOS v516 - July 2nd, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Allow connected Bluetooth device commands to control light phone audio (play/pause/skip)
-Fix podcast download status indicator
-Fix issue where some podcast episodes would not play
-Fix duplicated podcast episodes issue for some shows
-Fix issue with device lag when using brightness dial with certain tools (such as Directions maps view)
-Fix cursor position view bug where sometimes you could not see cursor when composing long messages/notes
-Fix issue where only the 12 most recent notes were visible in the Notes tool
-Ensure calendar alerts respect sound/haptic settings
-Fix instances of lists cutting off text
-Support for "light rail" public transit in Directions tool (Light Phone II as well)
-Restore wifi settings after hotspot is turned off
-Restore hotspot settings once a called has ended
-Fix alignment of close button in dial pad
-Fix alignment of video recording indicator
LightOS v512 - June 16th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Add ability to save photos from conversation threads to the album tool
-Long press '*' in dial pad to add a comma to a phone number
-Fix for getRecentActivitites Bug ("failed to load recent activity" state)
-Improvements for unresponsive device while downloading music in background (more optimizations in progress)
-Notes tool UI improvements:
-Display the note title when composing new note
-Extend text bounding box when viewing existing note
-Fix positioning of silent icon when adjusting volume
LightOS v510 - June 10th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Relocated 'add media' button in compose message keyboard screen
-Added a new 'Enable Verbose Logs' setting in 'Device Info' for troubleshooting with specific users we have been in contact with to help troubleshoot specific bugs
-Made some improvements to getRecentActivity flow to prevent some errors
-Fixed missing letters in QWERTZ keyboard
Firmware 90 - June 4th, 2025
(Light Phone II only)
-aGPS optimizations for getting initial GPS connection
-Fix for bluetooth in-call volume fix (will require LightOS update coming soon)
-Fix emergency call/alert handling to happen in LightOS (for Canadian certification)
LightOS v502 - May 30th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Optimized the shutter timing in Camera tool
-Adds more logging for when getRecentActivity fails
-A change to try to ensure a user sees “failed to load recent activity” screen with a RETRY button when getRecentActivity fails
LightOS v500 - May 21st, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Patch from v498, prioritize caller ID from LightOS contacts rather than the carrier
LightOS v498 - May 21st, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-LightOS initialization doesn’t wait for getRecentActivity result
-New “failed to load recent activity” screen with a RETRY button
-Added Settings → Device Info → Manually upload logs button (error reporting feature)
-Display whole name rather than truncate incoming calls (carrier certification)
-Display Caller ID as contact name on calls that provide that information (carrier certification)
LightOS v486 - May 14th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Including more information about the underlying cause of a crash in the "Something Went Wrong" error message screen so that we can much more effectively support users and locate future bugs
-Fix for automatically retrying when “getRecentActivity” fails
LightOS v484 - May 13th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Patch for simple fixes that might have caused LightOS crashes based on shared logs from users
-Enable ANR (application not responding) reports for future logging
-Visual refinements to calendar, directions, alarm, phone and bluetooth settings
-Add scrollbar to album tool
-Verify whether SIM card supports hotspot or not (carrier certification requirement)
Firmware Update v.1.420000 - May 1st, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Significant improvement to the click-ability of the top bar (back buttons, send button etc.)
-Hide circle indicator icon when using camera tool
-Patch an accidental link to Android settings with LightOS crash warning
LightOS v474 - May 1st, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Patch to fix an issue with video mode from today's v472 update below
LightOS v472 - May 1st, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
-Map gesture controls for Directions tool
-Electronic Image Stabilization (E.I.S.) for video mode
-Scroll bars are draggable/tappable
-Option to forward album media to email
-New SIM/APN settings in Device Info to help with specific carrier troubleshooting
-Automatically sync contact import/changes from dashboard
-Display network type in status bar (certification requirement)
-Correct notes tool font size when viewing notes
-Adjust live preview image crop to match final photo
-Fix unresponsive podcast tool issues
-Fix landscape error view instances
-Fix a bug with status bar settings not applying
-Fix instances of MMS stuck in "sending..." state
-Fix a bug that incorrectly silenced/changes tones for texts/alerts
-Changes to developer mode settings (internal)
-Report correct firmware ID in admin metrics
-Added more logging details to "Share Logs" setting to help track bus more efficiently
Firmware Update v.1.410000 - April 14th, 2025
(Light Phone III only)
(Note these changes are not yet enabled in the LightOS)
-Support for video EIS
-Improvements to the photo preview stream quality
-Fixes for misc crashes around video records
v440 - July 8, 2024
-General improvements to how we handle volume for music, calls, podcasts, alerts etc. (you will notice a different volume indication bar with more steps for volume level)
-Upgraded to the latest HERE SDK for Directions tool (no change to user experience)
-Fixed an issue where the directions tool results overflowed if there were duplicates in the results list
-Improved default location setting flow for Directions tool
-Ensures messages do not vibrate when silenced
-Adds temporary warning if user tries to adjust in-call bluetooth volume using the phone's volume controls (this will be removed once our next firmware update is available and resolves this!)
-Fixed a rare state where long press menu shortcut was not working
-Ensures calendar alert settings are persisted on reboot
v438 - May 28, 2024
-Introducing the Directory tool
-Added Bluetooth menu to "call connected" screen
-Improve network shortcut flow when re-opening those setting
-Fixed an issue in podcast player when viewing details of a specific episode where the rest of the tool is no longer visible
-Fixed an issue with Calendar tool month view
v436 - May 10, 2024
-Patch that resolves a rare issue where a users previous ringer settings which are no longer supported since the previous revert (Do Not Disturb or ringer level 6 or 7) causes the phone to crash when updated to v434
v434 - May 9, 2024
-Patch that reverts all ringer upgrades from v430/v432 which have unfortunately caused a few rare issues for some users and incoming calls. We will continue working on a long term solution to bring back those upgrades asap.
v432 - April 5, 2024
-Fix a bug with outgoing calls when the phone ringer is set to Do Not Disturb
-Fix a bug in calculator tool when clearing a negative number
v430 - April 1, 2024
Audio Player (music/podcast tools):
-Reworked how these player is built for improved stability
-General improvements to the state management of audio player
-Temporarily pauses audio player when previewing a ringtone
-Auto resolves some bluetooth headphone reconnection issues (resets bluetooth and reconnects to headphones, with dialog in the player explaining the state)
-Bug fix where audio player crashes when it reaches the end of the buffered podcast
-For Music tool, fix a bug where timestamp wasn't always cleared when skipping tracks
-Fix a bug when pressing shuffle from the main music tool playlist view
Ringer Volume and Notification Settings (incoming calls/texts):
-Reworked how we set ringer volume and notification settings to improve stability
-Adds link to Notification Settings from ringer volume screen (when changing the ringer volume)
-Setting to toggle off this shortcut in Settings > Notifications (page 2)
Alert Volume and Notification Settings (calendar/alarm/timer):
-Reworked how we set alert volume and notification settings to improve stability
- Adds link to notification settings on alert volume screen (shortcut shares setting with ringer above)
Incoming Call Handling:
-Improve how we register an incoming call (to resolve a rare bug where users didn't see the screen to answer a call)
-Haptic feedback added to buttons on active call screen
Calculator Tool:
-Flip numbers on keypad to align with conventional layout
-Add a backspace button
-Remove percentage sign and moved +- button to where it used to be
-Fix errors when 0 is used in an equation
Calendar Tool:
-Adds an indicator to each day of the monthly calendar view that has a calendar event
-Fix bug where all-day events also appear on the next day when the phone is in the GMT timezone
Settings:
-Adds “ALL SETTINGS” shortcut on network settings page from the lock screen (i.e. if you press the top left for network shortcuts, you can now jump to ALL SETTINGS)
v428 - March 11, 2024
This is a simple patch update to optimize the battery efficiency of the GPS Priming feature (Settings > Preferences > Tools > Directions).
v426 - January 16, 2024
This is a simple patch update to resolve an alarm bug in which expired alarms remained on the alarm tool, though they were not actually set to go off.
v424 - January 8, 2024
We technically re-worked the compose text screen (using Java):
-There are now three lines in the compose text draft per page
-Improves performance and reliability of the keyboard, especially in regards to breaking a draft into multiple pages
-The pagination ellipsis indicator for when there are multiple pages is now above/below the text area, improving clarity of the drafted text and adding a little bit more room per page.
-Updated logic when using the 'punctuation keyboard' to auto return to the keyboard after using apostrophe or pressing space bar
-Fixed the bug where letters at the end of the message were deleted when holding down backspace to delete full words in the middle of the text
-Fixed instance where a word could get lost between pages in draft
Calendar Tool
-Changed default date on the add event page to the last viewed date instead of the current date
-Fixed bug where recurring all day events were not displaying if they began at the start of the month
Notes Tool
-Stopped the phone from sleeping when editing or creating a note
-Improved note deletion reliability between dashboard and phone
-Ensure alarms behave correctly when daylight savings shifts occur in the user’s timezone
-Added ability to toggle airplane mode on and off by clicking the network shortcut on the standby screen (clicking the top left corner where signal bars are)
-Removed the haptic feedback on the standby screen when clicking the network shortcut location when the shortcut is toggled off
v422 - November 2, 2023
-A simple update, mostly to support our limited edition collaboration with pgLang, which includes an exclusive "Language" tool for those specific devices
-Fixed overflow of title/artist lines on some podcast tracks
-Ensure notes view page respects haptic feedback setting (if haptic feedback is turned off, the phone no longer vibrates when the user clicks the note text)
-Some behind the scenes error log reporting optimization to better support quick bug fixing across OS
v420 - October 4, 2023
-Fix issue where podcast episode details page only shows two lines
-Fix issue reading notes with no text (some users saw notes stuck on 'loading...')
-Fix issue with clearing of threads from recents
-Fix blank/missing 'Subscribed Podcasts' list
-Fix podcast title and publisher / music title and artist width
-Fix issue with Qwertz keyboard when emoji and return keys are present
v418 - September 27, 2023
-Fix key error when loading tracks on the music and podcast tool
-Ensure music and podcast title truncation does not run over the screen in lists
-Add the ability to view un-truncated podcast details by clicking the title of the podcast on the player page
-Fix sort order on podcast downloads page so the episodes sort consistently
-Pause music/podcast tracks when the user is listening to or recording an audio note
-Re-introduce and improve all recent episodes home page
-Ensure podcast tracks play from the last position after the tool has been stopped
Messaging & Keyboard:
-Add the ability to send and receive contacts
-Fixed QZERTY & AZERTY keyboard issue when creating titles
-Add caps lock feature to keyboard (long press SHIFT to activate)
-Ensure the last page of a message thread aligns to the bottom of the screen
Contact Searching:
-Improve contact searching speed and results
-Added loading indicator while search is being carried out
-Searching a contact with existing history will now load the existing thread
-Add the ability to search by group nickname or participants name
Notes Tool:
-Fix hyphenation issue which was causing some words to overflow the page
-Improve general performance of the notes tool (loading in particular)
-Improve how we set titles for notes without a title
-Add lazy loading to the tool (load pages as the user scrolls instead of the whole list of notes when opening the tool)
-Lazy load large notes (instead of loading the whole note, we load chunks as the user scrolls)
-Add ability to disable emojis in Notes tool (this can improve battery life slightly for serious notes tool users, nominal for normal notes usage)
-Improve performance of drafts (we were saving drafts to the db every time the user typed a new letter. Now we save to the db only when they save the note)
-Improve notes view page to more reliably renders line breaks and fit text on the whole page
Calendar:
-Fix issue where notes/event descriptions can overflow the reminder screen and the event view screen
-Ensure location is present on the calendar event reminder screen
Settings:
-Add the ability to override the network timezone with a manual timezone in the settings (Settings > Preferences > General > Time)
-Add shortcut to wifi/bluetooth connection page from home screen (to disable: Settings > Preferences > General > Home Screen > toggle Network Shortcut)
-Fix sync setting for contacts (previously might display as blank)
-Move hidden threads from the blocked contacts page into their own setting (if you leave a thread, you can view that list in Settings > Preferences > Phone > Messages > Edit Left Threads)
Other:
-APN settings now visible in Device Info, just viewable at this point
v408 - July 26, 2023
v378 - June 8, 2023
This is a simple patch update to accommodate a recent change for how connecting external Google calendars with the Light Phone works. A larger update coming soon!
v376 - April 6, 2023
-Added support for multiple calendars imported under the same email
-Fixed bug where updating a contact would not work for devices in certain states
-Nightly reboots will now be performed at a random time between 3:30 and 4:30 AM local to the user.
-Added additional error logging around Calendar device tool metadata (to further debug users who cannot get default Light Calendar to work)
-Fixed bug that would create duplicate numbers in the phone’s database for a contact when it was edited, exported and re-imported their contacts.
v374 - March 22, 2023
-Prevent ‘phantom notifications’ related to contact/calendar syncing in the background
-Adjusted vertical spacing on the "call connecting/connected" screens
v370 - March 16, 2023
-More contact syncing improvements
-Fixed a UI bug when deleting contacts on the LP
-Final preparation for all users being able to have a default Light Calendar option created, sorry for the delay
v358 - March 8, 2023
-Improved contact syncing
-Improved UX for calendar tool
v356 - March 6, 2023
-Introducing the Calendar Tool
-Fixed an issue with scrolling in the notes tool
-We've made some improvements to the handling of failed/corrupted audio downloads or deletions for music tool which could previously cause the tool/phone to freeze. If a file was corrupted it will now be removed from your playlist incase you notice a track is missing.
v354 - February 23, 2023
-Fixed delay when sending text messages and returning to the thread
-Fixed styling issue on 'compose group message' page
-Optimized list view when adding lots of contacts on 'compose group message' page
-Fixed issue receiving sms for users without Light Account
-Fixed bug to clear notes draft after saving note
-Added better error reporting to music download process
NOTE: There are some outstanding Music tool issues that surfaced with the previous update v348, we are actively working on a patch for this and apologize for the inconvenience in the meantime.
v348 - February 9, 2023
-Sending a message to a new contact now navigates to the conversation thread
-Improvements to how scrolling list work, which fixes a few instances like where a user could not add more than 10 contacts when composing a new group thread.
-Fixed a few bugs with draft messages not properly saving/clearing
-Fixed case where out-of-date Podcast information from iTunes caused downloads/streaming to fail
-Private podcast links which use basic auth can now be added to LightOS
-Fix issue with map crashing on directions tool
-Fix enclosure error thrown by podcast tool
-Fix null-pointer error thrown by spell checker
-Fix issue downloading mp3 files with music tool
-Add more details to the logs captured when an error is thrown by the keyboard cursor
v344 - October 20, 2022
-Added Wifi Calling to settings (Settings > Preferences > Phone > Wifi Calling). There are three options, 'off', 'cellular preferred' and 'wifi preferred'.
- Updated the main phone recents page to include a Contacts Icon which allows you to view all contacts. Compose a group message now lives in that contacts page as well.
- Redesigned Bluetooth settings page. It now shows all previously known devices, with the added ability to disconnect/reconnect to previously known devices. There is a new page for pairing a new device which does not time out listening for new devices until you leave that page.
- Reconnecting to some bluetooth devices like AirPods is greatly improved
- Bluetooth no longer disabled by turning on airplane mode
- Fixed draft creation in message compose and notes. You can leave a text draft using menu button. If you get an incoming call/alarm, the draft is also preserved.
-Fixed issue where you can't send a second text message (in very quick succession) if previous message hasn't been successfully sent.
- Fixed a compose text overflow bug for texts and notes
- Force screen refresh when emojis displayed in messages
- Fixed an issue in Notes tool which should prevent the tool from getting stuck/not loading after a failure to create a note
- Updated when a notification plays (such as an alarm sounding) during an active call, the corresponding notification sound is now less intrusive
- Pressing the power button now disables alarm too (all buttons disable alarm)
- Additional stability improvements: we fixed a handful of minor errors in the OS that we found in our error logs
v338 - August 17, 2022
-Introducing Notes Tool (for text & audio notes + syncing with dashboard)
-Supporting Call Waiting function
-Ability to navigate out of a “call connected” screen to use other aspects of the OS as many times as you’d like by using the menu button
-Ability to return to the “call connected” screen by long pressing the menu button
-Enables Haptic Feedback when using the Dialpad during a connected call
-Adds Return Key to the keyboard when composing messages or notes (can be toggled OFF in Settings > Preferences > General > Keyboard)
-Refactor of existing code for movable cursor and scrolling through messages/notes while composing them (so we could support return key/general improvements)
-Increase spacing for spellcheck suggestions
-Ability to re-arrange the "Settings" in the toolbox menu
-Threads will force a full screen refresh automatically for pages with emojis to ensure they are legible
-Fixes bug involving the recent activity page position after making a call
-Forward MMS for muted group threads
-Allow LightOS Bluetooth discovery by other devices (specifically cars) to improve compatibility
-Fix a rare bug where toggling bluetooth off and on could cause a LightOS fatal error crash
-Bluetooth State (when underlined in Music/Podcast) reflects if actually connected to a device, not just if bluetooth is ON
-Fix issue with “keep history for 30 days” setting in Settings > Account & Info > Storage
-Fix issue when rapidly hitting skip forward/backward buttons in music tool
June 3, 2022 (dashboard)
v318 - May 26, 2022
- Fixed bug where incoming messages when recents page is empty would result in blank screen
- Fixed a typo in the directions tool's "offline mode info" dialog
- Fixed bug where on the blocked contacts list names/numbers were visually cut off
- Several improvements to error logging in sentry
v312 - May 11, 2022
-Hotspot at an optional tool
-Ability to Copy, Forward to Email or Delete individual text messages (via long press)
-Ability to Paste when composing a message (long press in compose message)
-Auto-period setting when pressing space twice (settings > general > keyboard)
-Updated Alarm tool design
-Ability to set multiple alarms
-Ability to repeat alarm daily (set an alarm, then click that time to toggle this ON)
-Ability to control alarm volume when using UP and DOWN buttons in the alarm tool
-Added Storage section to settings (settings > account & info > storage)
-Ability to view device storage breakdown by tool, history and OS
-Ability to clear all phone history or just MMS history
-Ability to automatically clear phone history older than 30 days ("keep history" setting)
-Warnings for when device storage is low, and preventing it from trying to update LightOS
-Rearranged the Settings menus for clarity. Notably a new "Forwarding" page for emailing links/mms to email (Settings > Preferences > Phone > Forwarding) as well as a "Home Screen" page (Settings > Preferences > General > Home Screen)
-Email links/MMS is ON by default for new devices
-Previous "Clear Phone" setting now called "Factory Reset"
-Added haptic feedback when moving the cursor
-Increase frequency and duration of gps priming
-Improve AGPS data when opening directions tool
-Improve mechanism for switching between Offline Mode/GPS Mode
-Added U-Turn icons to Directions tool
-Fixed bug when re-ordering toolbox that causes tools to duplicate in menu
-Fixed a bug that let the screen sleep while using directions
-Fixed alarm bug when receiving call/text at same time
-Fixed bug in removing a number from blocked contact list
-Disable hotspot when Airplane mode is enabled
-Fixed a bug when holding delete key in middle of a sentence
-Fixed a few other issues that were causing some "fatal errors" and crashing the OS
v296 - February 15, 2022
v294 - February 10, 2022
-Add timestamps to incoming messages in a group thread
-Voicemail indicator in top bar when new voicemail is left (when possible carrier depending, internationally we have seen some issues)
-Voicemail icon toggle in settings (Settings > Preferences > Phone)
-Podcast Tool can now subscribe to custom/private RSS feed links on Dashboard (if you previously tried a Patreon RSS feed that failed to sync, please unsubscribe and re-subscribe after this update)
-Retain last paused position on music tracks while the tool is open. Restarting phone, pressing STOP to close music tool or changing song does clear the position in that track.
-Added STOP button to Podcast/Music tool player on lock screen. Pausing no longer auto-times out after 1 minute, STOP closes the tool right away.
-Option to disable emergency alerts under Settings > Notifications. This is enabled by default.
-Disable jarring voice commands for emergency alerts
-List Pinning (remembering location in search results/recents/other lists, when pressing back)
-Vibrate + Ring option in settings (Settings > Notifications)
-Setting for removing the “circle” shortcut to Phone on Lock Screen (Settings > Preferences > General)
-“Nothing” ringer setting no longer wakes screen at all
-Fixed bug where phone would re-wake after sleeping directly after ending an outgoing call
-Fixed bug where, after using directions or voice transcription, the phone could reset to a 5 minute sleep timer after a restart/update
-Re-order items in Notifications settings menu
v276 - November 24, 2021
v274 - November 22, 2021
- Audio (music/podcast) will now pause when initiating voice transcription, and automatically resume once complete
v272 - November 2, 2021
- Introducing Voice-to-Text feature
- Added ability to scroll on the message compose screen.
- Fixed a bug where "play icons" would remain on the home screen
- Fixed a bug that would cause podcasts to not retain their previous position after resuming.
- Fixed a bug when switching from a downloaded podcast episode to a non-downloaded podcast episode
v260 - October 8, 2021
- Public Transit Mode added map view options
- Public Transit Mode select-a-route options (3 options)
- Walking & Driving directions now default to the fastest route rather than the shortest route
- Directions 'list view' screen refresh optimization
- Added toggle for GPs background priming (settings > preferences > tools > directions)
- Show trip ETA in (manually set) offline mode
- Allow search radius to be expanded even if no location search results are found
- Added better error messaging during location and route search failures (no location found, device offline, and unknown error)
- Added "live navigation" indicator icon to top bar of settings
- Fixed typo in location status test
- Fixed issue with auto rebootLightOS with music/podcast playing
- Internal Bug tracking clean up
v250 - August 31, 2021
- Launch of the Directions Tool
- Ability to re-arrange the order of tools from settings (Settings > Preferences > Tools > Edit Toolbox)
- Ability to manually reboot LightOS from Settings (Settings > Account & Info > Reboot LightOS)
- Function for automatically rebooting the OS occasionally in the background for better general performance
Firmware 83 - August 3rd, 2021
- Added audio library to the device to support future features like the upcoming Directions tool's voice command option.
v158 - February 15th, 2021
- Added QZERTY & AZERTY keyboard options to settings
(Settings > Preferences > General > Keyboard)
- Optimizations to keyboard performance
- Fix bug with occasional keyboard stutter
- Added a manual sync button to the Podcasts tool
- Fixed a variety of issues with syncing podcast shows
- Fixed bugs with podcast playback
- Fixed a bug when editing phone numbers of contacts
Firmware 79 - February 2nd, 2021
- Standard security update, no effect to user experience
v150 - December 17th, 2020
- Fixed bug with alternative characters
v148 - December 17th, 2020
- Implemented moveable cursor
- Long press for alternative characters (i.e. à, á, â, ä…)
- Setting for auto-forwarding MMS (photo) to Light Account email
- Re-designed the underlying keyboard architecture for performance
- React Native upgrades across OS for performance gains
- Optimize general performance around Contact Search
- Fix issue with device crashes searching with over 1000 contacts
- Fixed some issues with auto-capitalize first letter setting
- Fix rare issue with threads sorting out-of-order
- Fix a small issue with the "Update LightOS" button in Device Settings
- Fix issue with the cursor styling not showing on the inverse color theme
- Fix rare issue where the ringtone is reverted to default after updating
- Improve tolerance for e-ink screen misses
- Fix rare issue with contact formatting crashing devices
- Fix issues with call logs on wrong side of the thread (for IMS Calls)
- Various other misc. bugs
* Beta tested voice-to-text option, will continue to optimize before releasing in a future update
v118 - October 5th, 2020
- Dashboard upgrade to show currently processing and failed tracks in Edit Playlist page
v114 - September 3rd, 2020
v108 - July 15, 2020
v102 - June 22, 2020
- Introducing the Podcasts Tool
- Re-worked F.O.T.A. updater (not visible to end user)
v86 - April 21, 2020
- Fix screen waking issue, where screen would remain blank when trying to wake it from sleep. In rare cases, this also prevented incoming calls from waking screen too.
- Fix "ghost notifications" related to a "un-syncable" (invalid format) contact
- Improves overall screen performance/reliability
- Optimization in data caching and some underlying pieces in data management (so we can surface data usage on the device in settings) in preparation future tools that will use more space on the phone like podcast/music
- Adds ability to "Ping" a device from the admin dashboard to test it's live connection (for customer support troubleshooting purposes)
- Fixed a few other outlier bugs
v76 - February 24, 2020
v74 - February 14, 2020
v66 - February 7, 2020
v62 - January 27, 2020
v60 - January 10, 2020
v56 - December 19, 2019
- Fix and stabilize VTObserver E-ink Architecture
- Refactor issues around Activity Streams (missing or disappearing threads)
- Fix Bricked Device due to corrupt database record
- Fix improper wake behavior when passcode set
- Fix issue with Alarm Notifications not vibrating
- Fix issue with dialing numbers that start with # (like #636)
- Fix issues with sender names not showing up in group chats
- Fix issue with deleting thread history not working properly
- Fix issue with "No Caller Id" threads not being usable
- Fix issue with "Alarm does not sound all the time, and sometimes can not be turned off"
- Fix issue where alarms set within a short time of each other are cancelled
- A variety of small other issues
v48 - December 3, 2019
- Show Number when creating a contact from a group message recipient group
v46 - November 28, 2019
- Send Product SKU & other hardware variables to Light API server
- Decouple Alarm Volume from general device volume
- Support private numbers & other outstanding caller ID issues
- Add memory metrics analytics to Device Snapshots
- Support "Logouts" from the LightOS
- Support Factory Resets "provisioning a new sync'd address book"
- Handle Null E164 activities
- Fix (many) bugs
- Implement a lot of stuff 'under hood' to support future Music Player tool
- Fix contact/dashboard sync issues
v30 - November 1, 2019
- fixed a few bugs with alarm
- fixed bug opening "settings" from menu
v26 - October 27, 2019
- added a hotspot icon so that users don't accidentally leave it on
- reworked the experience for 'failed to send' text messages
- fixed issue where speakerphone ended when the phone went to sleep on a long call
- limited the device to 200 blocked numbers (a limitation in our underlying system that wasn't known until recently)
- increased font weight on smallest text of light gray (white background) phone slightly
- ensured the device always normalizes it's IMEI to 15 characters
- fixed a variety of other small bugs coming through our reporting
v22 - October 3, 2019
- optimizations around performance when navigating conversation history
- fixed toggle state bug in settings
- fixed bug with personal hotspot
- speed up "haptic feedback" snappy-ness
v20 - September 22, 2019
- introduced personal hotspot feature to settings
- fixed rare freeze on 'applying update...' screen
- fixed "unidentified" label that was added to important contacts without a last name
v18 - September 10, 2019
- fixed spacing of elements on call connecting screen
- added "Classic" ringtone to notification settings
- fixed thread place holder bug
- improved line breaking in text history
v16 - August 24, 2019
- fixed rare duplicate names in activity feed
- prevent annoying low battery flash on update screen
- fixed standard +1 US numbers without truncation (better international compatibility)
v14 - August 11, 2019
- on-boarding update for creating Light accounts on device
- fixed issue around SIM phone number recognition (user's number)
- improvement in GPS accuracy (although not used yet in any tools other than emergency calls as required by FCC)