// changelog
The big beats, in order.
RelayPony is in closed testing on Google Play. This page tracks the major milestones; full per-build release notes start when the app goes public.
Closed test
First testable build
current
- Direct encrypted transfer. Files move phone to phone, encrypted end to end with the age protocol (X25519 + ChaCha20-Poly1305), carried over a frozen, cipher-agnostic wire protocol.
- Automatic discovery. Nearby devices appear on the same Wi-Fi via local network discovery (mDNS / Android NSD).
- QR pairing. Trust-on-first-use pairing by scanning a code, with device identity held in the Android Keystore.
- No-shared-Wi-Fi fallback. A direct device-to-device link when the two phones aren't on the same network.
- Sharing and Inbox. Send from the app or share into it from another app's share sheet; received files land in an Inbox and can auto-save to Downloads.
Hardening
Reliability pass
stability
- Real progress. Transfers report actual byte progress rather than a spinner.
- Retry with backoff. A dropped connection is retried automatically before giving up.
- Connection reset. Cleaner recovery when a link goes away mid-transfer.
- Stop receiving. The receiving side can cancel an incoming transfer at any point.
Open source
Public repository
- Apache-2.0. The Android app is published at github.com/norsehorse-dev/RelayPonyAndroid, with the crypto module wrapping the verified age core and the transport carrying the frozen wire protocol.
Per-build notes will also appear on the Google Play listing once the app is public.