The latest minor update triggered a 0.58-star decline in the Android average rating, dropping from 3.49 to 2.91. Technical regressions, specifically lost mail and notification delays, have created significant functional barriers for users. The update is classified as strongly negative due to the erosion of core messaging stability.

- The retro paper is new. It used to be a yellow sticky note; it is now a blue airmail sheet with its own postmark, and the handwriting on it changed with it. Letters already written on that paper are shown on the new sheet.
- Your mailbox opens faster.
- Sharing a letter to your story keeps the writing at the right size on iOS 26.