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# User Guide

Documentation for using the Meshtastic Android and Desktop app.

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## What's New in the Docs

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**July 2026** — [Discovery](user/discovery) — New Mesh Beacon: broadcast invitations to your mesh and receive Mesh invitations from others, with one-tap join or a preset-seeded Discovery scan.

**July 2026** — [Settings — Radio & User](user/settings-radio-user) — Security config now offers encrypted on-device key backup/restore and a packet-authenticity Protection Level (Strict / Balanced / Compatible).

**July 2026** — [MQTT](user/mqtt) — Documented the "MQTT proxy on this phone" toggle: see whether your phone is relaying MQTT for the node and cut it off immediately.

**July 2026** — [Map & Waypoints](user/map-and-waypoints) — Waypoints can now define a geofence: get notified when nodes enter or leave an area. Creator-only by default, with a per-geofence opt-in for others.

**July 2026** — [Map & Waypoints](user/map-and-waypoints) — Map Layers (import your own `.kml`/`.kmz`/GeoJSON overlays) and Site Planner (RF coverage estimation) are now available on F-Droid, not just Google Play.

**July 2026** — [Nodes](user/nodes) — Added a "Nodes per Hop" histogram showing how many nodes sit at each hop distance, filterable to a last-heard time window.

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