- On iPhone, an active location-sharing session continues in the background with While Using the App permission; Always access is not required for this flow.
- Changing tabs no longer pauses location sharing, and the location control no longer claims success when startup fails.
- PTT handles button release during channel joining and audio mute failures more reliably instead of showing a false transmitting state.
- Messages, alerts, sign-in state, and network recovery behave more consistently after interruptions and app lifecycle changes.
- Key PTT, messaging, sign-in, administration, presence, group, and map controls now expose user-facing accessibility labels.
- Administrative safeguards and cross-group data isolation were strengthened.
Release notes
VoxGuard 4.8.25
Internal Android and iOS pilot release with reliable iPhone background location sharing, stronger PTT and messaging recovery, and clearer accessible controls.
Release date: July 28, 2026
Runtime version: 4.8.25+26072801
What's new
More reliable in the background and after interruptions
Availability
Internal store channels
- Google Play Internal testing: build
26072801uploaded and verified. - iOS TestFlight: build
4.8.25 (26072801)uploaded and processed. - External TestFlight and public app-store distribution remain disabled.
Verification
Release checks
- Static analysis and the full automated Flutter test suite passed: 2,596 tests with 25 documented skips.
- All seven release-gate quick-smoke scenarios passed.
- All 20 full-profile iOS simulator scenarios passed, including two-simulator PTT, messaging, isolation, location, sign-out, and relaunch paths.
- Artifact identity, signing, store credentials, and store-channel version checks passed.
- Physical-iPhone validation of background movement, lock/unlock, PTT audio, interruptions, and sign-out cleanup remains the final closeout test.