# K-9 Mail

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## Mobile Progress Report: July 2026

DevFeed: [Mobile Progress Report: July 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mobile-progress-report-july-2026-50475.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/07/mobile-progress-report-july-2026/>)

Author: Danielle G.

Published: 2026-07-30T19:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Thunderbird Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-thunderbird-blog.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>), [feature flags](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/feature-flags.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-progress-report.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [feature-flags](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature-flags.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [k-9-mail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/k-9-mail.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [mobile-progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-progress-report.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/notifications.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>)

### AI overview

Thunderbird's July 2026 mobile progress report covers new iOS app work, including the compose screen, account drawer, OAuth, and an HTML rich-text editor. On Android, the team is improving usability, reliability, performance, database architecture, and feature-flag processes.

### Source excerpt

Thunderbird Mobile is moving forward with large steps on both platforms we support. On iOS, we're working on the very foundation of a new app--our first built from scratch--and continuing to make progress in bringing the Thunderbird for iOS app to the App Store. For Android, it's a matter of updating what we have in [...] The post Mobile Progress Report: July 2026 appeared first on The Thunderbird Blog.

## Mobile Progress Report: June 2026

DevFeed: [Mobile Progress Report: June 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mobile-progress-report-june-2026-50470.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/06/mobile-progress-report-june-2026/>)

Author: Danielle G.

Published: 2026-06-16T11:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Thunderbird Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-thunderbird-blog.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/notifications.md>), [email](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/email.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [feature flags](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/feature-flags.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [QR Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/qrcode.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-progress-report.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/client.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [email-delivery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/email-delivery.md>), [feature-flags](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature-flags.md>), [import](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/import.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [k-9-mail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/k-9-mail.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [mobile-progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-progress-report.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/notifications.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/progress-report.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/service.md>), [thunderbird](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thunderbird.md>), [thundermail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thundermail.md>)

### AI overview

Thunderbird's June 2026 mobile progress report describes Android work on QR-code account-settings import for transferring desktop settings and supporting Thundermail. It also outlines fixes and larger planned improvements for email notifications, syncing, performance, and the app database, along with investigation of feature flags.

### Source excerpt

The past month was busy; the theme was evolution. We went into this quarter with our own ideas for what we wanted to accomplish. However, our users had better ideas. With the release of Thunderbird's own mail service, Thundermail, the need for a better account settings import process across our services and apps became vital. [...] The post Mobile Progress Report: June 2026 appeared first on The Thunderbird Blog.

## Mobile Progress Report: February 2026

DevFeed: [Mobile Progress Report: February 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mobile-progress-report-february-2026-50461.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/02/mobile-progress-report-february-2026/>)

Author: Jon Bott

Published: 2026-02-13T15:19:23Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Thunderbird Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-thunderbird-blog.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Design system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/design-system.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>), [User Interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-interfaces.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [email](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/email.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [design-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-system.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [email](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/email.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [k-9-mail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/k-9-mail.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [mobile-progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-progress-report.md>), [progress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/progress.md>), [progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/progress-report.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>)

### AI overview

Thunderbird's February 2026 mobile progress report outlines Android and iOS priorities. Android work focuses on quality, stability, maintainability, database changes, a unified design system, messaging, and notifications. iOS work focuses on launching version 1 with IMAP, SMTP, OAuth, foundational UI, and a design system.

### Source excerpt

The first Mobile Progress Report of 2026 provides a high-level overview to our mobile plans and priorities for the coming year. Android Our primary focus this year revolves around a better user experience and includes a major push to improve quality. We want to make the app stable, reduce our bugs, and speed up our [...] The post Mobile Progress Report: February 2026 appeared first on The Thunderbird Blog.

## VIDEO: An Android Retrospective

DevFeed: [VIDEO: An Android Retrospective](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/video-an-android-retrospective-50455.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/video-an-android-retrospective/>)

Author: Monica Ayhens-Madon

Published: 2025-11-14T18:00:25Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The Thunderbird Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-thunderbird-blog.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Tech Debt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-debt.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>), [.NET](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/net.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [k-9-mail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/k-9-mail.md>), [manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manager.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [office-hours](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/office-hours.md>), [release-cadence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-cadence.md>), [retrospective](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrospective.md>), [software-engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineer.md>), [tech-debt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-debt.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

### AI overview

A Thunderbird for Android retrospective reviews the mobile team's progress after its first year, including the account drawer, legacy K-9 Mail code, technical debt, differences between Android and desktop users, and a move to monthly releases.

### Source excerpt

If you can believe it, Thunderbird for Android has been out for just over a year! In this episode of our Community Office Hours, Heather and Monica check back in with the mobile team after our chat with them back in January. Sr. Software Engineer Wolf Montwé and our new Manager of Mobile Apps, Jon [...] The post VIDEO: An Android Retrospective appeared first on The Thunderbird Blog.

## Thunderbird Mobile Progress Report: May 2025

DevFeed: [Thunderbird Mobile Progress Report: May 2025](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/thunderbird-mobile-progress-report-may-2025-50430.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/06/thunderbird-mobile-progress-report-may-2025/>)

Author: Philipp Kewisch

Published: 2025-06-20T14:47:06Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [The Thunderbird Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-thunderbird-blog.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Localization (l10n)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/localization.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/notifications.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test.md>), [issue tracking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/issue-tracking.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-progress-report.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [k-9-mail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/k-9-mail.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [mobile-progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-progress-report.md>), [progress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/progress.md>), [progress-report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/progress-report.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [thunderbird](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thunderbird.md>)

### AI overview

A May 2025 progress report on Thunderbird Mobile describes iOS development, including JMAP preparation, TestFlight plans, live in-memory data, offline-first goals, database planning, and localization work shared with Android. The Android section covers beta crashes, bug fixes, notifications, tests, refactoring, UI updates, and a crash related to library changes.

### Source excerpt

Thunderbird for iOS We're growing a few more stars! We're so happy to hear there is great interest in Thunderbird for iOS, and hope to reach a stage soon where you all can be more involved. Thank you, also, to those of you who've submitted an increasing number of ideas via Mozilla Connect. Todd has [...] The post Thunderbird Mobile Progress Report: May 2025 appeared first on The Thunderbird Blog.