Obsidian 1.15.1 Mobile (Public)

Obsidian added a Web viewer core plugin to its mobile app in 1.15.1. Turn on "Open external links" in its settings, and links to web pages open in an in-app browser that slides up over your note instead of sending you out of the app.

The update also changes how vaults open on mobile. Each vault now shows where it's stored, its file count, Sync vault, and community plugins before you open it. If community plugins were slow to load last time, Obsidian suggests opening in restricted mode. If a vault didn't finish opening, you now get the vault screen rather than another attempt to reopen it, even when you came from a link. Rename, move, and delete moved into the … menu at the top of the vault screen, and swiping from the screen edge goes back.

On Android, there's a new View note home screen widget that shows a note's contents and replaces the Open note widget. Widgets have a new design, and widgets and quick settings tiles let you pick a vault and note from a list instead of typing names. The New note widget and tile can create unique notes, and the New note and Daily note ones can open in a new tab. Obsidian also starts faster in vaults with large hidden folders like .git.

On iOS, Quick Capture gets an Obsidian tile, and the small widget shows up to 4 tiles in a 2×2 grid. Voice capture starts a new line after a 2-second pause, and Save Audio File is now off by default, so turn it on if you want to keep the recordings.

Phone sidebars no longer slide; they stay in place and fade in as the note moves aside, and the Sliding sidebars setting is gone. For theme and plugin developers, the note and navbar get an is-sliding-sidebar class while a sidebar is open, and the slidingSidebar config option is removed.