A new stable release, Android 14 compatibility, Material 3, and a contributor spotlight in today’s K-9 Mail / Thunderbird for Android update.

Hello Thunderbird Community! There are a lot of exciting developments happening right now surrounding Thunderbird Sync, Exchange support, and our new Snap package for Linux users. Let’s dive in!

A new year, a new progress report! Learn what we did in January on our journey to transform K-9 Mail into Thunderbird for Android. If you’re new here or you forgot where we left off last year, check out the previous progress report. Account setup In January most of our work went into polishing the […]

Hello Thunderbird Community! I’m very happy to kick off a new monthly recap in order to bring a deeper look and understanding of what we’re working on, and the status of these efforts.

These monthly digests will be in a very short format, focusing primarily on the work that is currently being planned or initiated that is not yet fully captured in BugZilla. Nonetheless, we’re putting it out there to cherish and fully embrace the open nature of Thunderbird.

When will Thunderbird for Android be released? This is a question that comes up quite a lot, and we appreciate that you’re all excited to finally put Thunderbird in your pocket. It’s not a simple answer, but we’ll do our best to explain why things are taking longer than expected. We have always been a […]

A big Android progress report to carry us into 2024, including some awesome community contributions, Android 14, user experience improvements, improved account setup, and more!

Dear translators, thank you for all the work you’re putting into making K-9 Mail — and eventually Thunderbird for Android — more accessible by translating it to so many languages ❤️

WHY was Thunderbird 115 called “Supernova?” What caused the press to declare Thunderbird dead back in 2012? And how did we turn the ship around? Ryan answers these questions and much more in his personal recollection of Thunderbird’s history.

More improvements to account setup, purging old code, OAuth 2.0 fixes for Yahoo and AOL, and more in our monthly Thunderbird for Android update.

We always want to keep our users informed and safe. In light of recent ransomware masquerading as Thunderbird, it’s the right time to review the list of trusted places you can download and install Thunderbird from.

Join us for useful tips and tricks to make your daily remote work more enjoyable and productive. Plus: An inside look at Thunderbird Send!

During August 2023, we managed to reach a significant Thunderbird for Android milestone: the beta release of our new account setup interface!

The Thunderbird team is back from Mozilla’s All-Hands event, and we’re overwhelmed in the most positive way. In addition to the happy and positive vibes we’re feeling from meeting our colleagues in person for the first time, we have a lot of thoughts and impressions to share. Ryan, Jason, and Alex talk about how Mozilla is building AI tools for the good of humanity, and how our perception of AI has changed dramatically.

Great forward progress on the New Account Setup, some Material 3 experiments, and more in this month’s Thunderbird for Android progress report.

Apparently our July has been so busy that we didn’t find the time to write up the progress report for June. But a late report is better than no report! Let’s check in on the development of Thunderbird for Android.