# 🧪 Help testing the upcoming v1.60.x release

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-60-x-release/3889>\
**Category:** User Testing\
**Tags:** desktop\
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-60-x-release/3889 "2025-07-14T13:04:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ndh](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ndh/32/2683_2.png) [@ndh](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ndh)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-60-x-release/3889/1 "2025-07-14T13:04:12Z")

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Please help testing the next release 1.60.x before we publish it to the stores:

New features:

🖼 open all media view (gallery) in an own dialog  
🔔 a sound effect is played when current open chat gets a new message (can be turned off)  
🔎 Zoom In/Out with Ctrl +/-  
💠 show 3 recently used apps in chat navbar

[Changelog](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/releases/tag/v1.60.1)

Download:

- [Index of /desktop/v1.60.1/](https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.60.1/)

### Where to report bugs?

You can find already known bugs on [GitHub](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/issues).

Please report the found bugs either here in this forum topic or even better  
as issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/issues).

> Important: please backup your current setup (or most important accounts)  
> before upgrading in order to be safe when trying test-releases. You can  
> find this option under _Settings_ \> _Chats and Media_ \> _Backup_.

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**Author:** ![logixworx](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@logixworx](https://forum.delta.chat/u/logixworx)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-60-x-release/3889/2 "2025-07-18T17:40:41Z")

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Works great. no bugs spotted so far

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-60-x-release/3889/3 "2026-02-12T11:03:44Z")

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