User Guide

Documentation for using the Meshtastic Android and Desktop app.

What’s New in the Docs

September 2026 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Offline terrain (hillshade and contours) can be downloaded on Google Play, F-Droid, and Desktop.

August 2026 — Local Mesh 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 — Filter the map by node role and by how a node was heard, from a new filter sheet.

August 2026 — Map & Waypoints — Every map layer and overlay now has its own opacity slider.

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