Changes in Element v1.6.50 (2026-02-04)

Other changes

• Update the default bug reporting URL. (#9097)
• Update OAuth-awareness to support the stable version of MSC3824. (#9102)
• Update realm plugin to 10.19.0 ([#...

What's Changed

• misc: change the app name to Element Classic by @ganfra in https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pull/9094

Full Changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/compare/v1.6.46...v1.6.48

What's Changed

• misc : remove all store translations except en-US by @ganfra in https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pull/9068
• Bump Jitsi to v 11.4.0 with 16KB page size by @jmartinesp in https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pull/9080
• Fixes permission check for location by @pelzvieh in https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pull/9077
• Sync Emojis by @github-ac...

What's Changed

• Use ubuntu-22.04 runner instead of buildjet for the UI tests by @jmartinesp in https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pull/9053
• Change targetApi to 35 by @bmarty in https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pull/9051
• Decorate this as classic in README and recommend EX by @mxandreas in https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pull/9054
• Strip trailing wh...

🔒 Security

• Upgrade the matrix-rust-sdk to resolve a High severity security issue (CVE-2025-48937, GHSA-x958-rvg6-956w): Check the sender of an event matches owner of session, preventing sender spoofing by homeserver owners.

What's Changed

• Imp...