Thunderbird 128 Launch: Explore the Latest Features and Enhancements

A major update to the open - source e - mail client Thunderbird is now available to download . Thunderbird 128 Nebula builds on last years stellar Thunderbird 115 release , adding a flurry of new features , code improvements , and a grab bag of assorted bug fixes . Plus , like the recent Firefox 128 release , this version of Thunderbird is an Extended Support Release ( ESR ) . Kind of like an LTS , ESR commits to several years of continued updates and support . Linux distros which rely on ESR builds , like Debian , can update to this version . Support period aside , there s plenty of tangible changes tucked up inside of Thunderbird 128 . With my preamble done , lets get to gawking at it all.

Thunderbird 128 improved card view with accent colours . Thunderbird 115 brought a number of modern UI changes with it , including a new cards view for messages . Thunderbird 128 improves the look of the cards , making them nicer to look and interact with , and easier to draw information from by scanning them . Card height now auto - adjusts based on your preferred UI settings , too . Also benefitting from more finesse is the folder pane shown in the sidebar . This is now said to offer faster rendering and searching of unified folders , better recall of message thread states , and multi - folder selection.

Lots of quality of life improvements feature in this Thunderbird 128 update . A number of OpenPGP improvements feature in this update . The OpenPGP Key Manager allows creating revocation statements for any secret key ; OpenPGP message signatures are now viewable ; and its possible to change expiration of OpenPGP keys with a complex structure . A warning will be shown if you try to import OpenPGP keys that advertise unsupported features ; Permissive import of problematic OpenPGP keys is disabled by default ; and LibrePGP v5 AEAD / OCB decryption support is also now disabled . And OpenPGP will no longer try to re - initialise secret key storage if individual OpenPGP secret key pass phrases have been turned on.

Other new additions / changes in Thunderbird 128 include Threaded message views now display a New Message count , Thunderbird Flatpak now supports hardware key multi - factor authentication , UI density settings now apply to multi - message view , New preference to display full name and email address of all recipients in message list , iCloud contacts and calendar discovery supported , Improved layout of LDAP address book properties dialog , Support for native Windows notifications , Selection indicator added to folder pane and address book pane . Thunderbird 128 ushers in significant improvements to Thunderbirds code , stability , overall user experience , and the speed at which we can deliver new features to you , the team say of this release.

Eager to try these changes first - hand ? You can download Thunderbird 128 from the official Thunderbird website . Installers / binaries are provided for Windows , macOS , and Linux . Existing users ca nt upgrade in - app from Thunderbird 115 to 128 right now , but a future update will enable this . Ubuntu 24.04 LTS includes Thunderbird as a snap package ( default in an expanded install , and installed if you run sudo apt install thunderbird ) . This will be updated to v128 shortly . Other Linux distros may vary in how , when , or if they package this update . You can install Thunderbird from Flathub.