New Features:

• Voice Notes: Hold the mic to record, let go to send, slide left to cancel, and slide up to lock. Scrub through any note on its waveform with a speed button and time played, and follow along as the spoken line lights up word by word.

• Ask for a Video Reply: Ask about your own photos and videos from the + menu. Tapping a request opens what it asked about, and "Replied" opens the answer.

Enhancements:

• Full-Screen Viewer: A reply bar now sits under photos and videos and includes Ask for a video reply. React and reply to your own photos and videos, and swipe back through the whole chat's media.

• Photo Viewer: Double-tap to zoom, and tap to hide or show the controls.

• Reactions: The quick row always shows the same six reactions plus a button for more, and you can remove your own reaction from the who-reacted sheets.

• Chat Search: Search finds words in voice notes, videos and video request questions, and ignores accents. Several words match together and in order, words in quotes match the exact phrase, and results land right on the message.

• Chat Details: A new header shows a stacked pair of avatars for a 1:1 and the group's photo with its members. Media, Links and Voice load newest first, and Media and Voice are grouped by month.

• Quote Previews: Quotes have a new look and open the original photo, video or voice note when tapped.

• New Group: Photo, name and people now sit on one page, with Create in the top bar.

• Friend Picker: The New Message picker now has Recent friends, an A-Z index, and search by name or @username. The Inbox + menu adds Invite friends.

• Inbox: Previews show photo captions, voice note lengths, the newest reaction and first names in groups. Search finds chats on both tabs by any member's name.

• Links: Links share one blue color and web links in chat open in the in-app browser. Previews reach more sites, and video links show the video's cover, caption and author.

• Embrs Links in Chat: Tapped Embrs links open invites as cards right in the app.

• Photos and Videos in Chats: Media keeps the shape it was sent in, video cards show how long the video runs, and uploads show percentages with a cancel button.

• Voice Note Playback: One voice note plays after another automatically, and a dot marks notes you haven't played yet.

• Camera: The camera rotates smoothly when you turn your phone, including while recording in landscape.

• Android Keyboards: Send GIFs and stickers into chats.

• Notifications: Message notifications appear in your language.

• Group Chats: Seen by lists everyone counted with when they read it, member lists show admins first, group updates read in your language, and Leave group now asks for confirmation.

• Blocked People: Settings lists everyone you've blocked so you can unblock them.

Refinements:

• Texts and photos resend on their own when your connection returns.

• Unsent messages show as unsent right away and in the inbox.

• Reading a chat clears its badge and notifications.

• Notification settings stay in sync, and read receipts stay the way you set them.

• Right-swipe to reply works on every message.

• Editing a message keeps the draft you were writing.

• The + menu opens over the keyboard and keeps your typing, and the viewer's reply bar follows the keyboard smoothly.

• Report on a post in the carousel applies to the take that's playing.

• Embrs controls sit clear of the embedded YouTube player's own controls.

Enhancements:

• Channel Invites: The invite prompt names the channel, and you land in the right channel after you join.

• Group Invites: Invites opened before sign-in stay with you and name their group chat.

• Organization Invites: An invite to an organization you've already joined opens the organization.

• Camera Audio: Improved audio quality for sound recorded in the in-app camera.

• Organization Pages: New posts lead the recent posts on organization pages and profiles.

• Sparks: Delete on a spark acts on the take on screen.

Refinements:

• "Open Embrs" on invite pages opens the invite.

• With no camera available, the camera opens your library instead.

• Share offers a Retry when channels take time to load.

• The home feed tells people following an organization when it has no posts yet.

Enhancements:

• QR Codes: QR codes scan reliably from a screen.

• Organization Moderation: Owners can delete members' posts and replies in their organization's content.

• Invite and Share Controls: These controls appear for the people who can use them.

• Journey Builder Chat: Attachments show what was sent above your message.

Refinements:

• Organization owners with other members are guided to transfer ownership or delete the organization before deleting their account.

Enhancements:

• Tab Bar: Redesigned with labels under each icon and a refined selection highlight.

• Video Quality: New iOS recordings and edited Photos videos upload closer to their original quality.

• Link Safety: Embrs asks before a link adds a friend or joins anything.

• Organization Profiles: The cover image shows behind a clear top bar with easy-to-read back and menu buttons.

• Saved Posts: Cleaner thumbnails and spacing.

General Improvements:

• Strengthened the security of media uploads.

Enhancements:

• More Tab: The More tab opens Settings directly.

• Color Refresh: Refreshed the colors across the app.

• Required Updates: Update prompts also appear before you sign in.

• Edit Profile: Edit Profile asks before discarding unsaved changes.

• Upload Progress: Each upload shows its own progress when several run at once.

• Shared Photos: iPhone HDR photos, Live Photo stills, and AVIF images share as photos.

General Improvements:

• Reliability improvements across the feed, messages, notifications, onboarding and account management.

• Strengthened security across posts and profiles.

New Features:

• Links on Organization Posts: Attach an external link to an organization post, shown as a preview card under the caption and as a full takeover card when the video ends or the link is tapped.

• Edit Post Links: Edit or remove a post's attached link, with changes reflected in the feed immediately.

Enhancements:

• Gallery Shelf: Long captions can be read in full.

• Reply Carousel and Gallery Shelf: Text appears in your language.

• Edited Captions: Edited post captions appear in the feed right away.

New Features:

• Sparks in the Reply View: Video replies now play as a floating video window inside the full-screen reply view, with tabs to switch between replies to the original post and each responder's take.

• Choose What Plays First: Creators can choose which clip plays first when posting a Spark or Duet, the original post or the reply.

• Home Quick Actions: Reply to or Spark the post you're viewing right from the Home screen's floating action button.

• Organization Showcase: Organization profiles now show a full showcase of the organization's recent posts.

• Video Optimization: Videos are optimized on your device before uploading, with a single progress bar showing preparation and upload together.

Enhancements:

• Navigation: Refined the navigation bar, create menu, and conversation screens for better contrast and consistency across light and dark mode.

• Video Player: The video player recovers automatically.

• Buttons: Buttons respond on the first tap.

• Thumbnails: Thumbnails and previews load without a placeholder flash.

New Features:

• Floating Glass Navigation: Redesigned the bottom navigation with a floating glass-style bar, and floated the reply shelf above it as a glass card.

• More Languages: Added Romanian for Romania and Moldova, German, and Farsi with full right-to-left layout, plus support for 4 more languages.

• Age Verification: Added age verification to help protect minors with age-appropriate experiences.

• Automatic Video Resume: Videos resume on their own once you're back online.

Enhancements:

• Playback Control: Video and audio stop when you leave a screen, and voice messages keep playing when the app is backgrounded or you switch tabs.

• Smoother Scrolling: Smoother scrolling and steadier layouts across video feeds.

• Reply Previews: Reply previews on posts load in batches for faster display.

Refinements:

• Videos in the reply carousel start from the beginning when you swipe to a new reply.

• Screens follow the language you select.