**Flipper Devices** has confirmed that official firmware for the **Flipper Zero** will continue to be maintained, but full-time feature development from their internal team has concluded. This strategic pivot comes as the company directs its resources towards new hardware projects. ### Focusing on New Horizons The company is now concentrating efforts on developing new devices, including the **Flipper One**, an open Linux platform that also seeks community assistance for its completion. Additionally, **Flipper Devices** recently unveiled the **Busy Bar**, a productivity tool designed to aid individuals with ADHD by minimizing distractions. The **Busy Bar** is scheduled for open sale on July 14 in the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Canada. ### Firmware Maturity and Community Backlash **Flipper Zero Firmware 1.0**, the first major stable release, was announced in September 2024, following three years of intensive development. The latest official stable release, **version 1.4.3**, became available in December 2025. At this point, the development team believed the firmware had reached a mature state, boasting a stable SDK, robust APIs, and all promised features fully implemented. Recent communications from **Flipper Devices** had inadvertently given the impression that firmware development had ceased, leading to significant community dissatisfaction. To address these concerns and engage its extensive user base, the company has outlined a new, collaborative approach to **Flipper Zero** firmware development. ### A New Collaborative Development Model The project will now operate with limited internal resources and a refined interaction model for community contributions: * **Flipper Zero** requests will undergo weekly evaluations. * Communication with the development team will be exclusively through **GitHub Discussions**, where new feature requests will also be voted upon by the community. * Community pull requests will be accepted, subject to stricter review criteria. * All firmware changes will necessitate mandatory integration and regression testing, with opportunities for community participation. ### Oversight and User Empowerment The development team will retain oversight, paying particular attention to AI-generated code affecting low-level functions due to verification challenges, as well as changes impacting the user interface or requiring documentation updates. With over a million **Flipper Zero** users, the volume of communication has become unmanageable for the small team, prompting the disabling of direct messages across all social media channels. All future requests will be submitted via **GitHub Discussions** and prioritized based on community votes, empowering users to directly influence the future development of **Flipper Zero**.