# Anytype Heart 0.50.17 **URL:** \ **Category:** News\ **Tags:** Release-Notes\ **Created:** [July 23, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/anytype-heart-0-50-17/31083 "2026-07-23T09:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/anytype-heart-0-50-17/31083/1 "2026-07-23T09:43:18Z")
This release is a big step up in speed and resource use, especially if you have **many spaces**. Anytype now does far less work at launch and loads things only when you actually need them. ## Performance - **Much faster startup** — Spaces, chats, and members now load on demand instead of all at once when the app opens. The more spaces you have, the bigger the difference — you reach your content and see chats sooner. - **Lower RAM use** — Background maintenance now runs within a memory limit, and the app keeps far less loaded in memory at once. This means fewer slowdowns and crashes, particularly on phones and lower-end machines. - **Lower CPU & battery use** — The app no longer opens every chat and re-checks every space on startup, and it sends far fewer unnecessary internal updates. That’s less spinning fans, less heat, and better battery life. - **Faster, more reliable search** — Full-text search is dramatically quicker on large accounts and returns more consistent results. - **Quicker opening of large objects** — Objects with long edit histories open noticeably faster. - **Frees up storage when you leave a space** — Leaving a space now removes its local data and reclaims disk space. ## New - **Admin role for shared spaces** — Space owners can now give a member the **Admin** role to help manage people and content. Creating invite links stays with the owner. - **Space cleanup suggestions** — Anytype can point out orphaned and unused objects in a space and suggest archiving them, so it’s easier to keep things tidy. Nothing is archived without your confirmation, and your chats are never touched. - **Chat API** — Added a REST API for chats, making it easier to build integrations and automations on top of Anytype. ## Improved - **Snappier sync after network changes** — Switching between Wi-Fi and cellular, or waking your device, now reconnects and resumes syncing much faster. - **More stable local syncing** — Device-to-device syncing on the same network is more robust, and a bug that caused high battery and CPU use on iOS after a network change is fixed. - **Better copy & paste** — Copying or cutting a selection that starts or ends mid-paragraph now keeps the exact text you highlighted, and pasting into an empty line no longer leaves an extra blank block. - **Bookmarks now appear in links & graph** — Web bookmarks count as links, so they show up in backlinks and the graph view. - **Widget settings are remembered** — Changes to a widget’s layout, item limit, and view now stick. - **Tighter security** — Restricted the app’s local connections to trusted sources. ## Fixed - **Files stuck on “Syncing”** — Files that had finished uploading but kept showing “Syncing” now complete correctly. - **Occasional freeze when uploading files** — Fixed a rare hang during file upload. - **Inflated chat unread counts** — Unread badges no longer over-count after the app rebuilds its data in the background. - **Blank chat previews** — Recently synced chats now show their latest message instead of appearing empty. - **Lost chat names or messages after a rebuild** — Fixed a case where older chats could lose their name or some messages after a background data rebuild. - **More reliable invite links** — Invite links now behave consistently, and revoked invites are cleaned up properly. * * * For more information on how this release impacts you, please see: [Desktop Release](https://community.anytype.io/t/anytype-desktop-0-56-0-its-fast/31082), [iOS Release](https://community.anytype.io/t/anytype-ios-0-48-0/31084), [Android Release](https://community.anytype.io/t/anytype-android-0-48-9/31085) ---
**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/anytype-heart-0-50-17/31083/2 "2026-07-23T09:58:37Z")
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**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/anytype-heart-0-50-17/31083/3 "2026-07-23T09:58:44Z")