What's Changed

✨ Features

• Add a banner to encrypted rooms with visible history. by @kaylendog in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4738
• Add "Translate" to TimelineItemMenuActions by @bo2themax in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4846
• Run client store optimizations when upgrating versions by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4888

🙌 Improvements

• Change permissions screen is now responsive to the current user's power level by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4889
• Update the font style for placeholder messages (redacted/encrypted/unsupported). by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4927
• Create room redesign and refactor by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4942

🐛 Bugfixes

• Improve canSee Sec & Privacy check. by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4835
• Revert "Add a banner to encrypted rooms with visible history. (#4738)" by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4850
• Fix voice message crashes on the Files tab of the Media and Files room section by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4839
• Unban correctly depends on kick PL + removed Change Settings permission by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4878
• Use the right check to show sec n privacy section in space settings by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4880
• Fix for leaving spaces with 0 joined rooms by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4883
• Fix for unbanning requiring both kick and ban permissions by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4925
• Fix icon alignment on placeholder message items. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4930
• Check permissions before indirectly updating desired settings in sec & privacy by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4926
• Fix how email addresses and links with trailing closing brackets are detected by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4949
• Hide the Translate action on macOS in favour of selecting the text. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4954

⚠️ API Changes

• Move BigIcon into Compound and add a new TitleAndIcon component. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4866

🗣 Translations

• Translations update by @RiotRobot in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4857
• Translations update by @RiotRobot in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4894
• Translations update by @RiotRobot in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4948
• Translations update by @RiotRobot in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4956

🧱 Build

• Have fastlane's xcbeautify use a special github actions formatter and reporter. by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4864
• Various codecov and workflow action tweaks by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4863
• Use the quiet argument on Fastlane's xcbeautify output formatter by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4867
• Remove now unnecessary screen creation UI tests copying step by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4868
• Bump the calendar version ready for the next release by @RiotRobot in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4905

📄 Documentation

• Clarify product input requirements and how to add translations for contributions. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4849

🚧 In development 🚧

• Add a Link New Device screen (behind a feature flag). by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4811
• Handle the edge case of one or more non parent joined spaces present in the existing allowed list by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4842
• Add a service and flow coordinator for the LinkNewDevice feature. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4859
• Tapping on the space screen title can open settings by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4890
• Add a banner to encrypted rooms with visible history. by @kaylendog in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4851
• Do not show history visible banner when the user cannot send messages. by @kaylendog in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4892
• Add a Log Files entry to the Usage sizes. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4921
• Add support for linking new devices in the QRCodeLoginScreen. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4891
• Add tests for linking a new device. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4934
• Handle OIDC cancellation and workaround missing progress when linking a new device. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4935
• Empty spaces list screen by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4936

Others

• Remove eraseToStream now that any AsyncSequence is available to us. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4836
• Fix the integration test and improve the EncryptionSettings UI ones. by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4838
• Move the room list sending state icons to the front of the latest event. by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4840
• Update actions/cache action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4848
• Update actions/upload-artifact action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4855
• Remove unused imports by @mgcm in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4793
• Update codecov/test-results-action action to v1.2.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4862
• General tidy-up related to QR codes. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4865
• Bump the RustSDK to v25.12.17 by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4870
• Update the foreground colour of BigIcon's default style. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4871
• Update history visible settings by @stefanceriu in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4861
• RTE update 2.41.0 by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4872
• Final tweaks to the existing QR code screens to match the designs. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4874
• Update dependency apple/swift-argument-parser to from: "1.7.0" by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4879
• Tweaks to the Translate action. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4912
• Update the SDK by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4914
• Update dependency element-hq/compound-design-tokens to v6.5.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4920
• Update dependency element-hq/compound-design-tokens to v6.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4928
• Bump the Rust SDK to v26.01.06 by @kaylendog in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4933
• Update SDK to 26.01.09 by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4941
• Update dependencies. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4940
• Update SDK to 26.01.13 by @Velin92 in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4953
• Rename SpaceRoomProxy to SpaceServiceRoom and stop proxying the struct. by @pixlwave in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4952

New Contributors

• @mgcm made their first contribution in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4793
• @bo2themax made their first contribution in https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/4846

Full Changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/compare/release/25.12.1...release/26.01.0