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Follow Obsidian updates and improvements.
January 12, 2026
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Shiny new things

iOS

  • Lock Screen and Control Center widgets let you quickly Create a new note, Open a specific note, Open daily note, Open search, or Open Obsidian.
  • Home Screen widgets let you Create a note, View a note, or Open your daily note. Requires iOS 18 or higher. Widgets are not available when using "Require Face ID" to unlock the app.
  • Shortcuts to Open a note, Open daily note, Capture to a note. Capture shortcuts allow you to append or prepend text to a note, without opening the Obsidian app.
  • Siri integration such as Capture using Obsidian, Capture to Obsidian, Open my daily note in Obsidian, Search in Obsidian.
  • Searching for Obsidian in Spotlight shows additional actions: New Note, Search, and Daily Note.

Android

  • New widgets: Open Note, New Note, Search, Daily Note, Open Obsidian. You can add multiple widgets of the same type to open different files, or trigger different search queries. Configure them by long-pressing the widget.
  • Quick Settings Tile (requires Android 7.0+)
  • New shortcuts (requires Android 7.1+): Open note, Daily note. Access them by long-pressing the app icon, or dragging the Shortcut icon to the home screen, or (for most device vendors) via the search bar on the launcher. Currently not configurable.

Improvements

  • Plugin developers can now request user location, e.g. for Maps.
  • The entire interface has been refreshed to improve both the editing and reading experience.
  • When scrolling down in a note, the navigation will automatically hide to maximize screen space for reading. Tap or scroll back up slightly to reveal the navigation again.
  • New sidebar navigation for switching sidebar tabs and actions, aligned to the bottom for better ergonomics.
  • Switching to the Search view immediately focuses the search input.
  • Added haptics to toggles and checkboxes.
  • Added double-tap to switch a note from reading mode to editing mode.
  • When using the Daily Note widget, a warning will appear if you try to open a daily note without the Daily Notes core plugin enabled.
  • Android now uses "Google Sans Flex" font when available.
  • Refreshed design of our toast messages. On phones, toasts will now appear at the top of the screen instead of the bottom.
  • Reduced text fade at screen edges when navigation is hidden.
  • Dialogs now have a smaller border radius on tablet.
  • When navigation is hidden, swiping down from the top of the view triggers the pull down action. Tapping at the top of the view causes the navigation to reappear.
  • iOS: The View Note widget renders checklists with checkmarks.
  • The sidebar layout has been updated for tablets. The tab menu and view actions now appear at the top to better mirror the desktop experience.
  • Long-pressing on a file in the File Explorer now shows the modified time and created time on their own lines.
  • The file menu now shows a new menu item Copy path > from vault folder.

No longer broken

  • Fixed bug where URIs that specify a vault and point to an iCloud vault would silently fail.
  • If your vault is stored in iCloud, we check if any configuration files need to be re-downloaded from iCloud. After the files are downloaded, you will see a prompt asking you to reload the app.
  • Fixed bug where tapping on the screen would put the cursor at the previous cursor location, instead of the tapped location.
  • On tablets, the toolbar is now center aligned.
  • Improved behavior of swipe gestures, content will no longer scroll when you start swiping (e.g. swipe to go back in settings).
  • Fixed issue where scroll position would get lost when keyboard closes.
  • Bases: Summary row is no longer hidden behind navigation bar.
  • Sync: Fixed "Prevent sleep" setting not saving after restarting the app.
  • iPad: Fixed the window traffic lights (Close, Maximize, Minimize) appearing over top of the app interface.
  • iOS: Fixed an issue where devices running iOS 26.2+ would cause tooltips to appear (and never disappear) when interacting with elements.