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Slack brings team communication and collaboration into one place so you can get more work done, whether you belong to a large enterprise or a small business. Check off your to-do list and move your projects forward by bringing the right people, conversations, tools, and information you need together. Slack is available on any device, so you can find and access your team and your work, whether you’re at your desk or on the go. Use Slack to: • Communicate with your team and organize your conversations by topics, projects, or anything else that matters to your work • Message or call any person or group within your team • Share and edit documents and collaborate with the right people all in Slack • Integrate into your workflow, the tools and services you already use including Google Drive, Salesforce, Dropbox, Asana, Twitter, Zendesk, and more • Easily search a central knowledge base that automatically indexes and archives your team’s past conversations and files • Customize your notifications so you stay focused on what matters Scientifically proven (or at least rumored) to make your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. We hope you’ll give Slack a try. Stop by and learn more at: https://slack.com/

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23.03.40 Mar 22, 2023 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Changing your notification schedule for either Monday or Friday inexplicably affected both days. If this Freaky Friday occurrence led you to experience a Manic Monday, we’re sincerely sorry. • Fixed: Tapping on a Slack message link in another application was sometimes incorrectly sending you to the sign-in page. We didn’t recognize you! Did you do something with your hair? It looks great.
23.03.30 Mar 15, 2023 stable
What’s New • We do these releases every week to keep on top of performance… but sometimes there’s nothing specific to tell you. So let’s talk about some things we could have been better about telling you about in the first place. Like, did you know that you can long-press on a message on mobile to set it to “unread,” so it’s there waiting for you when you get to your desk? Or set a reminder to look at it later? Oh, you did? Never mind, then. Carry on.
23.03.20 Mar 8, 2023 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: When viewing a conversation on iPad, people noticed that there was sometimes a “Back” button that would be visible, but which did nothing when tapped upon. This was meant as a reminder of the linear nature of time, and that no matter how much we may yearn for certain elements of the past, we must press on: ever-forward, undeterred, unyielding. Can you imagine if that were true? It was absolutely a bug. Our bad.
23.03.10 Mar 1, 2023 stable
What’s New • Beginning March 6, certain older versions of Slack will no longer be able to connect. If you’ve updated within the past year, you should be fine. If you haven’t updated in over a year, well, you’re probably not reading this message, but it’s here for posterity. In short, keep your apps up to date, everybody. Our support team thanks you!
23.02.40 Feb 22, 2023 stable
What’s New • Ever created a channel that was meant to be private but you forgot to flip that switch? It could be a bit of a scramble trying to find the dashboard to convert #julie-surprise-party or #all-our-financial-documents from public to private before anybody noticed. Now admins and owners can find this option in the Channel Details section to swiftly salvage their secrets.
23.02.30 Feb 16, 2023 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Sharing a Contacts card from iOS to Slack did … nothing. Not a thing. Just a mutual “No thanks” from both sides of the exchange. We’ve brokered a deal and re-established contact, so your Contacts will successfully share to Slack. Now that’s something. • Fixed: Names are great—where would we be without them? Unfortunately, any file you uploaded to Slack was showing up as “File from iOS,” no matter what name you had entered. This has been fixed, and we’re sorry for the trouble. Sincerely, App from California.
23.02.20 Feb 13, 2023 stable
What’s New • Screen share from anywhere with mobile screen sharing in huddles! Just open the More Options menu after starting a huddle and tap Share Screen to begin. You can even background the Slack app to continue sharing any content on your device! Bug Fixes • Fixed: We’ve heard it’s hip to be square, but when everyone’s activity indicator turns into a square (the shape usually reserved for guest accounts), that ain’t too cool, daddy-o. We’re all guests here in a certain sense, but we really squared the circle on this one. Back to the way things were, then: circles for full members, regular quadrilaterals for our beloved guests. • Fixed: When using VoiceOver, media files attached to threaded messages couldn’t be opened. There’s nothing particularly funny about this—it was just plain frustrating. Our sincere apologies for the trouble.
23.02.10 Feb 1, 2023 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Tapping on a suggestion from autocomplete would disable any text formatting that was previously in place. We have (manually) completed the fixing of this bug.
23.01.40 Jan 25, 2023 stable
What’s New • You can multitask, and so can we. Video clips can now be minimized into a smaller window, allowing you to continue playback while working at a steady clip. Bug Fixes • Fixed: We weren’t recognizing strings of emoji at the end of messages, meaning that any pictographic postscripts were nowhere to be found. Wordle fans may breathe a sigh of relief. • Fixed: Recording an audio clip with VoiceOver on caused the screen reader to switch to the wrong speaker, making it very quiet and hard to understand. This was the opposite of accessibility, and we’re very sorry for the trouble.
23.01.30 Jan 18, 2023 stable
What’s New • PSA: Did you know you can set reminders in Slack? Select “Set a reminder” after long-pressing on a message or type “/remind me” anywhere in Slack, and Slackbot will dutifully nudge you at the appointed time.
23.01.20 Jan 11, 2023 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Copying message links is a great way to create a breadcrumb trail back to a specific conversation in Slack. Unfortunately, those links weren’t working on mobile; it was a bug, you see (do bugs eat breadcrumbs?). In any event, message links are working again.
23.01.10 Jan 5, 2023 stable
What’s New • Can you believe it’s 2023? If you’re anything like us, you’ve likely been doing a bit of reflecting while also looking ahead. To that end, this update is less about big changes and more about setting the groundwork for what’s to come. We’re still Slack and you’re still you—we’re both just a little better than before. Happy new year!
22.12.21 Dec 19, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • We tweaked some things too small to notice or too difficult to explain. We’ll return you to your regular, more interesting types of release next time (we hope).
22.12.20 Dec 14, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Fun fact—you can configure apps to post messages for you in Slack. Alas, a recent bug caused the app’s name and icon to be displayed instead of the author’s, which was both confusing and disconcerting. Can you imagine if every letter you received was signed by your mail carrier instead of the person who wrote it? This bug has been returned to sender.
22.12.10 Dec 7, 2022 stable
What’s New • Live Text is live for images and paused videos, unlocking endless new things to copy and paste. Ctrl + C devotees, this one’s for you. Bug Fixes • Fixed: Japanese keyboard users could not access the list of user suggestions when trying to mention someone. While some people might enjoy the intellectual challenge of trying to remember every coworker’s username, we’ve brought back suggestions for easy tagging. • Fixed: If someone replies in a thread with a URL, you can now use VoiceOver to activate it. Try it out using slack.com. (We always appreciate the extra page views.) • Fixed: We fixed the “Send Feedback” item in the preferences screen so you can actually send feedback now. We’re hoping to hear only good things.
22.11.40 Dec 1, 2022 stable
What’s New • Create new custom emoji for your workspace right from your phone! First, open the emoji picker and enter a new emoji name in the search field. When it comes up as “no results,” tap “Add custom emoji” to take a photo or choose one from your photo library. Emojify your pets, your vacation snaps, or that award you got in first grade that your mother won’t get rid of. Bug Fixes • Fixed: The share sheet, after passing an image to Slack from another app, was waiting around expectantly instead of taking a hint. It will now politely excuse itself once the task is finished. • Fixed: If you tried to share an older message from a DM or private channel back into that same conversation, the “Send” button would stubbornly refuse to turn green. Now you can easily reignite previous discussion topics, like when is the absolute earliest date on which it is acceptable to play Christmas music (our experts say December 1). Give it a try by long-pressing a message, then tapping “Share message.”
22.11.31 Nov 18, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • We tweaked some things too small to notice or too difficult to explain. We’ll return you to your regular, more interesting types of release next time (we hope).
22.11.30 Nov 16, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Editing a numbered or bulleted list would sometimes break the formatting—behavior that was out of line both literally and figuratively. Change is an inescapable part of life, and the app will now be more accommodating of that reality. • Fixed: You’ve probably heard the saying “a watched pot never boils,” but did you know “an unwatched audio recording stops and deletes itself?” It’s a lesser-known adage, to be sure. From now on, if you scroll back in the channel while recording an audio clip, the recording will no longer spontaneously delete itself. • Fixed: Sleep is important; there’s no denying that. But when your phone screen goes to sleep in the middle of recording an audio clip (thus stopping the recording), it might feel more like a bad dream. Keep that stream of consciousness flowing—we’ll keep your phone awake until recording is finished.
4.29.149 Nov 15, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • We tuned up the engine and gave the interiors a thorough clean. Everything is now running smoothly again.
22.11.20 Nov 10, 2022 stable
Oh, sing a song for slower weeks For those without fanfare No features to elucidate No bug fixes to share We promise we’re still working, and You’ll notice more in time But what has changed this week is less Conducive to a rhyme So thank you for your patience as We try to do our best To write more than “Bug fixes and performance improvements”
22.11.10 Nov 3, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: VoiceOver users will notice that playback once again differentiates between paragraphs when opening a message in detail view, allowing you to skip between blocks of text. If the details you’re looking for are frequently buried under lengthy and emoji-laden preambles, this one’s for you.
22.10.50 Oct 26, 2022 stable
What’s New • No big changes this time around. Sometimes progress is best measured when you turn around and see how far you’ve come. Did you know we used to be a video game company? Pretty wild.
22.10.40 Oct 20, 2022 stable
What’s New • You know what’s not a drag? Our iPhone and iPad apps now support drag-and-drop in the message input! Files, photos, videos, links and regular old text can be dropped into the composition box to be tacked onto your message. Bug Fixes • Fixed: Using the same emoji multiple times in a row would result in the app trimming it down to a single instance. No longer will we question your artistic decisions—if your message demands 5 seal emoji (to bestow the maximum number of “seals of approval”), it shall be done.
22.10.20 Oct 10, 2022 stable
What’s New • If you’re the sort who finds calm through cleaning, find some portable peace by moving channels between sections in your sidebar (provided you’ve created those sections already on the desktop app). Furniture is expensive—why not redecorate your sidebar instead? Bug Fixes • Fixed: When you took a break from writing a message (particularly if that message was in Japanese), upon returning you may have found that the keyboard had also taken a break and was not amenable to the idea of returning to work. It was nothing personal, we promise. • Fixed: No one seems to be able to remember phone numbers anymore, and apparently neither could we. Now if you copy a phone number from your Contacts app and paste it into Slack, we’ll send more than a blank string in your message. • Fixed: Slack Connect channels were not displaying their full and complete member lists until you joined the channel in question. It’s called Slack Connect, not Slack Very Exclusive Club with a Secret Guest List, so we went ahead and changed that.
4.28.184 Oct 3, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • We tweaked some things too small to notice or too difficult to explain. We’ll return you to your regular, more interesting types of release next time (we hope).
22.10.10 Oct 3, 2022 stable
What’s New • Say more with video, live emoji reactions and more—now included in huddles on mobile devices! Bug Fixes • Fixed: We’re here to squish bugs, not workspace icons. It seems we got that mixed up recently. If the icon in the top-left corner was appearing especially cornered, you should now see it as its full and complete self. • Fixed: Certain channels were found to be haunted, leading to mysterious crashes whenever they were opened. We knew just who to call. [NOTE: We have been told we cannot legally say that the app contained any phantoms, specters, shades or spirits. No ghosts were busted in the fixing of this bug.]
22.09.40 Sep 26, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Sometimes, especially in non-English languages, a message containing an @mention would display that mention twice in a row. While we can’t deny that calling someone’s name twice in quick succession is a good way to attract their attention, it seemed a mite discourteous.
4.28.182 Sep 21, 2022 stable
Security Guidance • This release includes significant security improvements. Updating is strongly recommended.
22.09.30 Sep 19, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • Fixed: “Measure twice, cut once,” as the old saying goes. However, we just invented “Search twice, zero results” to explain what you may have been noticing in the app as of late. Now you can run the same search as many times in a row as you like, and we’ll make sure it works each time.
22.09.20 Sep 13, 2022 stable
What’s New • iPad users, we’ve made the Quickswitcher even quicker. Now with the swift stroke of Cmd+K, you can gracefully leapfrog from channel to channel and immediately start typing without missing a beat. Bug Fixes • Fixed: An innocent update to our jailbreak detection functionality: It is now compatible with iOS 16. • Fixed: Perhaps you tried to use Slack in half-screen mode on your iPad and the autocomplete suggestion box went missing from the composer. Our apologies to any multitasking we might have impeded. We fixed the issue, so you may carry on with your various tasks across various screens. • Fixed: Sharing is caring, which is why we’ve fixed whatever was preventing you from sharing files from Slack to other apps. Our apologies to your other apps. Can we still be friends?
4.28.171 Aug 25, 2022 stable
What’s New • On Sept. 1, we’ll be deprecating support for some older operating systems and outdated versions of Slack. Please visit our Help Center to get all the details: https://slack.com/help/articles/115002037526-System-requirements-for-using-Slack. Bug Fixes • Trying to capture your screen with a third-party app while also sharing your screen in Slack may have resulted in the non-Slack app crashing. We’d like to say that this was because the idea of “capture” is antithetical to “sharing,” but in truth it was just a “bug.” Security Guidance • This release includes minor security improvements. Updating is beneficial.
4.27.154 Jun 21, 2022 stable
What’s New • You may have noticed that with this release there’s a new, larger number at the end of the version string. Going forward, while you’ll still see the numbers laid out in a MAJOR.MINOR.BUILD sequence, the “Build” numbers will now correspond to specific builds on our end as opposed to a small sequential number. TL;DR: A few more numbers for you, a bit more specificity for everyone. • We’ve added the most common Apple and Microsoft file extensions to our approved list so you won’t be asked to confirm each time you open a Word doc or Keynote presentation. Are you sure you’d like one less approval? YES/NO Bug Fixes • If you’re in a locale that does not use the default system string encoding on Mac, opening certain file types would cause a crash in a native dependency that tries to interpret a string passed to it as the system default string encoding. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, well don’t worry because we fixed it. Security Guidance • This release includes minor security improvements. Updating is beneficial.
4.26.1 May 5, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • We tuned up the engine and gave the interiors a thorough clean. Everything is now running smoothly again.
4.26.0 Apr 27, 2022 stable
Bug Fixes • If you tried to re-download a file that was already present in your Downloads folder, the app would pretend to download it again without actually producing a new file. Duplicitous duplication was never part of the plan—sorry about that. Security Guidance • This release includes minor security improvements. Updating is beneficial.
4.25.0 Mar 28, 2022 stable
What’s New • Starting today, you’ll see a confirmation pop-up when a link in Slack is prompting another program to open. If you don’t want to see these each time because you enjoy living on the edge, just check the box “Always open files of this type.” Bug Fixes • We discovered that under very specific circumstances (stars being aligned, barometric pressure being just so, looking in a mirror and saying “Slackbot” 3 times), Active Directory users were ending up with a backslash in their Home directory, which was preventing the app from launching. However it happened, all slashes are welcome at the party, so Slack will run as expected now.
4.24.1 Mar 14, 2022 stable
What’s New • If you've been wanting to use a virtual camera on a video call in Slack, well, now you can! Plug in a custom video feed from your computer, or use a fancy digital camera for crystal clear picture. Daguerreotypes and hand-cranked movie cameras are not supported as input sources at this time. Bug Fixes • We discovered that when an update to the app failed, people were still being notified that the update was a success. There is a time and place for “fake it ‘til you make it,” but this was not one of them. Security Guidance • This release includes minor security improvements. Updating is beneficial.
4.23.0 Dec 9, 2021 stable
Bug Fixes • Those on MacOS 12 reported that notification sounds were still coming through despite Notification Sounds being set to “None.” We have updated the internal logic to the more explicit “None, not under any circumstances, not even if it’s very important, never, not once, nil, absolutely not.” We hope it takes the hint. • Some external URLs were occasionally launching within the Slack app window, but will now load in your default web browser, as is proper. Slack cannot have a little web page, even as a treat. Security Guidance • This release includes security improvements. Updating is recommended.
4.22.1 Nov 10, 2021 stable
Security Guidance • This release includes security improvements. Updating is recommended.
4.21.1 Oct 27, 2021 stable
4.20.0 Sep 22, 2021 stable
4.19.0 Aug 18, 2021 stable
4.18.0 Jul 23, 2021 stable
4.17.0 Jun 9, 2021 stable
4.16.0 May 9, 2021 stable
4.14.1 Apr 2, 2021 stable
4.14.0 Mar 25, 2021 stable
4.13.0 Feb 17, 2021 stable
4.12.2 Jan 11, 2021 stable
4.12.0 Dec 21, 2020 stable
What’s New • È pronto! Italian language support has landed! • You can now attach recently used files–in one click–from the paperclip menu. Hasty screenshotters, the world is yours. Bug Fixes • Some small but important accessibility improvements for those navigating with VoiceOver or a screen reader. • As a dancer gracefully recovers from a minor tumble, so shall our app gracefully reload whilst throttled by network failures.
4.11.3 Nov 25, 2020 stable
Bug Fixes • We’ve tinkered with the internal workings and polished some rough edges. The app is now better than it was.
4.10.3 Oct 20, 2020 stable
Bug Fixes • We’ve tinkered with the internal workings and polished some rough edges. The app is now better than it was.
4.10.2 Oct 9, 2020 stable
Bug Fixes • We tweaked some things too small to notice or too difficult to explain. We’ll return you to your regular, more interesting types of release next time (we hope).
4.10.1 Oct 7, 2020 stable
• We tuned up the engine and gave the interiors a thorough clean. Everything is now running smoothly again.
4.10.0 Oct 6, 2020 stable
What’s New • Use files? Us too! If you’ve recently used or linked to them on your device, Slack will be slicker at swooping them up and snatching them into your grasp in Slack. Bug Fixes • Sometimes, you could not exit full screen mode with escape on windows, which was wrong, because that’s literally what escape means. Now, it works. • We fixed some issues that caused window resizing of Slack to be difficult. We never want to be difficult. • Quickly switching workspaces caused problems. Switching workspaces should only cause opportunities, so we fixed that. • There were a few little bugs that caused crashes, like bugs do. We fixed those, and we’ll fix the next ones too.
4.9.0 Sep 17, 2020 stable
• We tuned up the engine and gave the interiors a thorough clean. Everything is now running smoothly again.
4.8.0 Aug 7, 2020 stable
Bug Fixes • In rare cases, Slack would simply fail to start altogether. While we’re sure we could all use a coffee break, we know you could also use an application that runs. So we fixed that. • We made the screen you see when you have connection problems more useful. We also spruced it up a bit with a fresh coat of paint. • Our notifications system sprung a leak, so we brought it in for a tune-up. Everything should be running smoother now.
4.7.0 Jul 6, 2020 stable
What’s New • We’ve upgraded all the backend stuff that the apps run on, resulting in better performance and fewer bugs.
4.6.0 May 21, 2020 stable
What’s New • Batten the hatches! The app sandbox is now enabled for all web content. This is a fancy way of saying we’ve dialed up the security of the app. It wasn’t unsafe before, but it’s double safe now. • A preference that allows you to choose a unique save location per download, instead of choosing a folder for all of them. For the choosy types. Bug Fixes • Downloading app updates is less prone to timing out on slow networks, as we’ve extended the timeout to something reasonable. • The Close button has returned to its rightful place on notifications, for all your dismissing needs. • If you found yourself, in some distant past, trying to start a song on Spotify with your keyboard’s play button, and it did not respond to your command while Slack was front and center, pesky hardware media keys were the problem. And this version is the cure. • The app should be less spicy to your CPU when you’re viewing certain network error pages. • When a download completes, we’ll show an in-app prompt rather than a bothersome system notification.
4.5.0 Apr 23, 2020 stable
What’s New • We’ve upgraded all the backend stuff that the apps run on, resulting in better performance and fewer bugs. • Our spell checker has been swapped out for a newer model that’s faster, leaner, and capable of fixing your typos in… wait, can this be right? “Multiple languages at the same time”! Open the “Language & Region” preferences to choose your languages. And for whoever it is out there requires that functionality: our hats are off to you. We can barely type in one language right now.
4.4.2 Apr 3, 2020 stable
Bug Fixes • We're always working on performance improvements - and this release repairs a previously broken performance diagnostic tool. You won't notice a difference, but we'll have an easier time improving Slack.
4.4.1 Mar 23, 2020 stable
Bug Fixes • We tweaked some things too small to notice or too difficult to explain. We’ll return you to your regular, more interesting types of release next time (we hope).
4.4.0 Mar 18, 2020 stable
What's New • Thanks to a few tweaks to the engine, a polish of the pistons, and recalibrated valves, the app should be running smoother and faster, than before.
4.3.3 Feb 6, 2020 stable
What’s New • We've tinkered with the internal workings and polished some rough edges. The app is now better than it was. Bug Fixes • Slack would sometimes crash when the user right-clicked to see the context menu. In context, that was unhelpful. So it no longer does that. • When maximized, the app had developed a bit of a distracting flicker. That flicker is now part of Slack history. • Occasionally, a restart would result in connectivity issues for Slack… now you should be back online and back to work lickety-split.