Google and carriers deployed changes to RCS which have been breaking it for many users on the stock OS including with certain carriers and in whole countries. The changes appear to have specifically impacted GrapheneOS users too. It's not related to our September 8th update. We're working on it.

We have early access to Android Security Bulletin patches and will be able to set up a workflow where we can have releases already built and tested prior to the embargo ending. For now, we've still been doing the builds after the embargo ends. It will mainly help when they screw up pushing to AOSP.

GrapheneOS version 2025090600 released:

Releases | GrapheneOS

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release. Forum discussion thread:

GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

GrapheneOS version 2025090600 released - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

GrapheneOS discussion forum

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Swissquote has launched official support for GrapheneOS for their main app instead of it only being available for Yuh: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swissquote.android > What’s new > - We now officially support GrapheneOS! > - Bug fixes and minor improvements They're verifying GrapheneOS via hardware attestation.

It's much too early to ask us when we'll have support for the new Pixel 10 phones. They're only available for preorder. We need to have access to the devices and factory images before we can start working on this. If the new Pixels still provide proper alternate OS support, we can support them.

Vanadium version 139.0.7258.143.0 released:

GitHub

Release 139.0.7258.143.0 · GrapheneOS/Vanadium

Changes in version 139.0.7258.143.0: update to Chromium 139.0.7258.143 A full list of changes from the previous release (version 139.0.7258.123.0...

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog. Forum discussion thread:

GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

Vanadium version 139.0.7258.143.0 released - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

GrapheneOS discussion forum

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CalyxOS posted an announcement about the departure of both the founder of the organization (Nicolas Merrill) and lead developer of CalyxOS (Chirayu Desai):

A letter to the CalyxOS community

A letter to the CalyxOS community

According to their post, it will likely be around 4 to 6 months before they resume updates with new signing keys.

GrapheneOS Camera app version 84 released:

GitHub

Release 84 · GrapheneOS/Camera

This is an initial small release with updates for dependencies and minor improvements prior to a series of releases with major improvements. A bunc...

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog. Forum discussion thread:

GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

GrapheneOS Camera app version 84 released - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

GrapheneOS discussion forum

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #camera #android

This EU law banning unlocking story was untrue. The publication posting it retracted it in a subsequent story without updating the original. 1)

XimiTime

Don’t panic: EU isn’t ending bootloader unlocks anytime soon - XimiTime

There’s been a significant amount of noise circulating online lately about the European Union’s Radio Equipment Directive (RED) and its suppose...

2)

XimiTime

Don’t panic: EU isn’t ending bootloader unlocks anytime soon - XimiTime

There’s been a significant amount of noise circulating online lately about the European Union’s Radio Equipment Directive (RED) and its suppose...

The claims they cited were AI generated which they admit in the follow up story.