Release Notes

• Video and audio playback will now pause whenever the Signal window is closed and minimized in the system tray. If you're looking for silence, X marks the spot.
• By popular demand, emoticons like “:-)” now automatically become emoji like “🙂” — but if this makes you “:-(“ you can disable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings.

Upcoming Features

• More work done on usernames [src]
• More work done on phone-number-privacy [src]