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@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Polishes the mesh AI assistant and Fedimint, on top of all the v1.7.99 features
 - Fedimint federations show up in Wallet Settings again. The Fedimint client app wasn't starting because of a configuration error, so the federation your node auto-joins never appeared; the client is fixed and runs again.
 - In Settings, "App Updates" and "App Registry" now sit directly under your Account section for quicker access.
 - In Mesh chat, scrolling the conversation no longer also scrolls the contact list behind it.
+- Mesh direct messages are now private and end-to-end encrypted to the recipient — they're sent as real radio DMs instead of being broadcast on the public channel, so other people on the mesh no longer see them, and the answer arrives intact (even on standard meshcore phone apps).
+- You can now message standard meshcore apps (like the phone companion) and they can message you — text shows up readable on both sides, and your node's AI answers come back as a private reply rather than on the public channel.
+- New contacts you hear on the radio are added automatically, so people show up in your Peers list without any extra steps.
+- "Clear All" now actually removes contacts (rather than hiding them forever); a contact comes back on its own the next time it's in range. Each contact also shows a reachability dot so you can see who's currently reachable.
+- The Peers list has a search box (with a clear button) to quickly filter your contacts by name, DID, npub, or key.
 
 All the v1.7.99-alpha features are included as well: