A simple, reliable and fast experience has been our focus for last 2 releases. We're confident we're the fastest chat app for teams today. Checkout what we've shipped across our macOS, iOS and web apps:
New
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⚡ Faster chat & tab click: Optimized heavy interactions to give snappy feedback
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💬 Bubble message UI: We really wanted the best UI so our designer spent the last week re-designing chat page & improving message rendering
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🎤 Higher quality voice chat: We worked hard to significantly improve echo cancellation, audio quality, and remove voice cuts
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✨ Rename thread: Double click on thread title to rename
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👥 Edit thread permissions: Add/remove members
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👆 Swipe to reply in iOS: Swipe message to left to reply
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📂 File download in iOS: You can download files, share and open in other apps
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🕐 Local time in iOS: View teammates' local time in your chat with them
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⌨️ Typing indicator in iOS
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🚄 iOS startup time is now fast! ✨ (on par with WhatsApp)
Quality of Life
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Translucent chat header in macOS
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Tray position is remembered upon app restarts when you move it via ⌘ + drag
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Added animation to typing and connecting indicator in iOS
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Added bubble message styles in iOS
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Added transparent image support in chat for PNG and GIF images
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Faster startup time: Down to ~1.6 seconds
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Sort members (by recent messages) in forward menu
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Added option to disable Presence if you don't need it for a cleaner sidebar
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Added unread separator in chat to indicate where you left off
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View who reacted to messages on iOS by holding a message
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Added language picker in Settings in web and macOS
Bug Fixes
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Fixed unread indicator in tabs
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Fixed tab title glitch when navigating
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Fixed large messages (eg. code) not being sent
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Added back tray blue dot when #main has new messages
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Fixed video thumbnails in web app
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Fixed pin for you pinning for space
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Fixed logic for auto-leave in Presence when you become offline
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Fixed photo and video upload in iOS