[websites/kaidan-im] /: Release Kaidan 0.16.0

Git commit 9043f0075e415835e3d4e0cc339c2c8bb4356cad by Melvin Keskin.
Committed on 22/07/2026 at 00:23.
Pushed by melvo into branch 'master'.

Release Kaidan 0.16.0

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https://invent.kde.org/websites/kaidan-im/-/commit/9043f0075e415835e3d4e0cc339c2c8bb4356cad

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   load_paths: .
-latest_release: 0.15.0
-latest_release_date: 2026-01-30 00:00:00 00:00
+latest_release: 0.16.0
+latest_release_date: 2026-07-21 00:00:00 00:00
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+* [Source code (.tar.xz)](https://download.kde.org/unstable/kaidan/0.16.0/kaidan-0.16.0.tar.xz) ([sig](https://download.kde.org/unstable/kaidan/0.16.0/kaidan-0.16.0.tar.xz.sig) signed with [04EFAD0F7A4D9724](https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/AE08C590A7D112C1979D068B04EFAD0F7A4D9724))
+* [Linux (Flatpak on Flathub)](https://flathub.org/apps/details/im.kaidan.kaidan)
+
+Or install Kaidan for your distribution:
+
+<a href="https://repology.org/project/kaidan/versions">
+    <img src="https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/kaidan.svg?columns=4" alt="Packaging status">
+</a>
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+---
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Melvin Keskin <[email protected]>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+layout: post
+title: "Kaidan 0.16.0: Media Viewer and Convenient Voice Messages"
+date: 2026-07-21 00:00:00 00:00
+author: melvo
+---
+
+Kaidan 0.16.0 is out now!
+This release adds a media viewer, improves the emoji picker, and got a button to try another XMPP provider during registration.
+In addition, it adds support to record voice messages via long press.
+As always, it includes several smaller improvements and fixes.
+
+Most of the work has been funded by [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/foundation/) via [NGI Zero Commons Fund](https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/) with [public money](https://publiccode.eu) provided by the European Commission.
+
+## Media Viewer
+
+Kaidan now opens a media viewer when you press an image, video, or audio file.
+That viewer allows to browse all media within a chat in chronological order.
+You will not need to scroll through the whole chat history anymore just to find a specific file.
+
+The viewer displays information that only Kaidan is aware of, such as the description or the corresponding message's body.
+Furthermore, you can jump to the message, open the containing folder, or delete the file.
+Music and videos can be directly played without opening them in an external app.
+
+<a href="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-media-viewer.png" | prepend: site.baseurl }}">
+    <img style="border:none" src="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-media-viewer.png" | prepend: site.baseurl }}" alt="Media viewer">
+</a>
+
+## Voice Messages
+
+If you often send voice messages, you will enjoy the new voice message enhancement.
+With this new version, Kaidan makes it much easier for you to record and send a voice message.
+
+Instead of pressing a button to start recording and pressing another button once you are finished, you can now simply press and hold the record button.
+As soon as you release the button, the voice message is sent.
+You can cancel the recording by swiping to the left.
+
+Of course, the regular behavior is still available.
+You can always decide when to use which way to record your voice messages.
+Just start a regular recording with a normal press or the new one with a long press.
+
+<a href="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-voice-message-recording.gif" | prepend: site.baseurl }}">
+    <img style="border:none" src="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-voice-message-recording.gif" | prepend: site.baseurl }}" alt="Voice messages">
+</a>
+
+## Emoji Picker
+
+The improved emoji picker matches the look of the remaining app.
+It opens at the current cursor position while composing a message to quickly choose an emoji.
+You also can navigate through the emoji picker via keyboard and search emojis.
+
+<a href="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-emoji-picker.png" | prepend: site.baseurl }}">
+    <img style="border:none" src="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-emoji-picker.png" | prepend: site.baseurl }}" alt="Emoji picker">
+</a>
+
+## Automatic Registration
+
+If you opt for creating an account automatically, a suitable XMPP provider is chosen depending on your system's settings.
+But it can happen that the automatically chosen provider requires an unsolvable CAPTCHA or information you do not want to hand over, such as an email address.
+
+Formerly, you needed to go back and open the automatic registration again to request an account from a different provider.
+Since that took some time, there is now a button to directly try another XMPP provider.
+
+<a href="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-try-another-provider-button.png" | prepend: site.baseurl }}">
+    <img style="border:none" src="{{ "/images/screenshots/2026-07-21-try-another-provider-button.png" | prepend: site.baseurl }}" alt="Automatic registration">
+</a>
+
+## Changelog
+
+There are several other improvements.
+Have a look at the following changelog for more details.
+
+Features:
+
+* Add button to try another XMPP provider during automatic registration (@melvo)
+* Display avatars in notifications (@pehg, @melvo)
+* Allow to reply to message via its notification on supported systems (@pehg)
+* Handle pressing Down/Escape button in chats (@melvo)
+* Apply new look to emoji picker with consistent interactive background (@melvo)
+* Add search field for emojis as message reactions (@melvo)
+* Open emoji/participant picker at cursor position while ensuring picker's width fits best (@melvo)
+* Allow to navigate through emoji picker via keyboard to select emoji (@melvo)
+* Play notification sounds (@pehg)
+* Show more tooltips (@melvo)
+* Add viewer for opening/browsing media within a chat (@fazevedo)
+* Add support to record voice messages via long press (@melvo)
+* Rework user interface for consistent and smoother look/behavior including buttons, fields, and fading opacity of icons (@melvo)
+* Focus message input field on starting/canceling reply (@melvo)
+* Allow to zoom via mouse wheel in location map and move map by dragging (@melvo)
+* Allow to share selected location via Return button (@melvo)
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+* Ignore incoming call requests from other own devices (@melvo)
+* Fix recognizing video calls (@melvo)
+* Hide contact name/avatar and adapt stop button's background if video playback is active in calls (@melvo)
+* Maintain last focused user interface elements in various uses cases (@melvo)
+* Fix quitting calls (@melvo)
+* Fix highlighting contact invitation hint in groups (@melvo)
+* Fix wrong highlighting on opening group participant picker in some cases and ensure that highlighted item is not changed as long as count does not change (@melvo)
+* Fix opening chat in all cases (@melvo)
+* Fix displaying full sender names of message reactions (@melvo)
+* Ensure account avatar's background color is updated if system colors change (e.g., on switching between light/dark mode) (@melvo)
+* Fix position of chat name/date in chat list (@melvo)
+* Fix showing multiple notifications for media (@melvo)
+* Fix saving new draft after sending draft (@melvo)
+* Fix highlighting referenced message after loading from database (@fazevedo)
+* Fix behavior of toggle buttons on release after long press (@melvo)
+* Ensure icons in media viewer and message context menu are always sharp (@melvo)
+* Fix displaying notifications for personal data (e.g., availability and device info) sharing requests even if no chat is open (@melvo)
+* Update chat list filtering on availability changes of contacts (@melvo)
+* Fix sound behavior for subsequent messages (@melvo)
+* Fix message input field overlapping messages if its height increases (@melvo)
+* Keep zoom level within bounds while zooming in location map (@melvo)
+* Fix displaying avatar after canceling selection (@melvo)
+* Fix location displaying/sharing including proper location markers (@melvo)
+* Allow entering credentials to log in (@fazevedo)
+* Fix displaying marked message area (@melvo)
+
+Notes:
+
+* Kaidan requires KItemModels now
+* Kaidan requires Qt 6.9 now
+* Kaidan requires QXmpp 1.16 now
+
+## Download
+
+{% include downloads_0.16.0.md %}
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