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# User Guide

Documentation for using the Meshtastic Android and Desktop app.

## What's New in the Docs

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**September 2026** — [Nodes](user/nodes) — Nodes your node has not heard since its LoRa settings changed now carry an orange marker, a **Hide unheard nodes** filter, and a banner whose **Remove** action deletes them in bulk.

**September 2026** — [Settings — Radio & User](user/settings-radio-user) — Lockdown's debug-port lock is not reversible from the app, Managed Mode locks the whole configuration list, and the preset list is filtered to what your region permits.

**September 2026** — [Local Mesh Discovery](user/discovery) — Signal colours are relative to the preset's demodulation floor rather than fixed thresholds, and a beacon's broadcast targets always hold at least one row.

**September 2026** — [Nodes](user/nodes) — Nodes on firmware 2.8 show signed and verified identity icons in place of the PKI lock, and **Signed only** and **Encrypted only** filters join the node list and the map.

**September 2026** — [Map & Waypoints](user/map-and-waypoints) — Offline terrain (hillshade and contours) can be downloaded on Google Play, F-Droid, and Desktop.

**August 2026** — [Local Mesh Discovery](user/discovery) — Mesh Beacon advertises the region and preset your radio actually uses, requires a region and a standard modem preset before it will broadcast, and hides invitations to channels your radio already has.

**August 2026** — [Map & Waypoints](user/map-and-waypoints) — Filter the map by node role and by how a node was heard, from a new filter sheet.

**August 2026** — [Map & Waypoints](user/map-and-waypoints) — Every map layer and overlay now has its own opacity slider.

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