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title: "Supabase Beta July 2023"
description: "Supabase’s July 2023 update lists product releases, community content, and preparations for Launch Week 8, which was scheduled to begin the following week. The shipped changes include a new Android Kotlin client library, Login with Figma as an OAuth provider, Resend support as a custom SMTP provider, pgsodium 3.1.8, and PostgREST 11.1. A performance benchmark examines pgvector 0.4.0’s strengths and limitations, while noting that work on HNSW had started and was not far away. The update also features a Snowflake natural-language query application built with Python, Streamlit, Open AI, and Supabase Vector, plus tutorials, courses, community projects, and hiring announcements."
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# Supabase Beta July 2023

[Supabase](https://yomu.fyi/company/supabase) · ant\_wilson · Aug 2, 2023

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Supabase’s July 2023 update lists product releases, community content, and preparations for Launch Week 8, which was scheduled to begin the following week. The shipped changes include a new Android Kotlin client library, Login with Figma as an OAuth provider, Resend support as a custom SMTP provider, pgsodium 3.1.8, and PostgREST 11.1. A performance benchmark examines pgvector 0.4.0’s strengths and limitations, while noting that work on HNSW had started and was not far away. The update also features a Snowflake natural-language query application built with Python, Streamlit, Open AI, and Supabase Vector, plus tutorials, courses, community projects, and hiring announcements.

## Context

The update serves as a July shipment summary ahead of Supabase Launch Week 8, which was announced as starting the following Monday.

## Approach / What changed

It presents newly shipped libraries, authentication and Postgres tooling updates, a pgvector performance benchmark, educational and community materials, and related announcements.

## Takeaways

- A new Android Kotlin client library was released with help from community member @TheRealJanGER.
- The update adds Login with Figma as an OAuth provider and support for Resend as a custom SMTP provider.
- The pgvector 0.4.0 benchmark examines its strengths and limitations, with HNSW work already underway.

**Tags:** [Android](https://yomu.fyi/topic/android), [Authentication](https://yomu.fyi/topic/authentication), [Performance](https://yomu.fyi/topic/performance), [Python](https://yomu.fyi/topic/python)

- Source: [Supabase](https://supabase.com/blog/beta-update-july-2023)
- Source URL: https://supabase.com/blog/beta-update-july-2023
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-08-29T01:18:58.265Z

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