New: We treated the app to a whole new wardrobe; drop in and check out the fresh new fonts, colours, and icons! New: Our iOS app now supports Critical Alerts, ensuring you don't miss an emergency with your child.

New: Starting a conversation is a breeze with our brand-new chat creation flow. New: Don't want to wait? Add pending invited contacts right into a chat. New: Got the secret code? You can now invite folks to your chats with a unique invite code. Improvement: Did they hear you? Our shiny new sent, delivered, and heard icons make it crystal clear. Fix: Minor fixes to the Locator page when you have Messenger details opened.

New: PING! Can't find your Messenger? Use the app to make it ring and vibrate so you can find it fast. Improvements: Under-the-hood tune-ups and minor bug fixes to make your app experience even better.

New: We got a makeover! Check your home screen for our shiny new app icon. Fix: The little red notification dot on iOS finally learned how to count properly. No more ghost alerts. Improvement: Under-the-hood tune-ups and minor bug fixes to make your app experience even better.

New: Friends don't let friends miss out. Use our new Refer-a-Friend feature to easily invite your favourite people to Karri. New: The app tour continues! We've added fresh onboarding guides to help you manage your Messengers and clear out your message queue. Improvement: We've dragged the Notification Centre out of hiding. It’s now front, centre and much easier to spot.

New: We take you on a virtual tour! Get the hang of voice messaging, SOS, Safe Areas, and sharing your Messenger information with our new onboarding walkthroughs.

Improvement: Déjà vu? The app now remembers your Wi-Fi details, so reconnecting to the same network is a breeze. Improvement: A fresh coat of paint! We gave our login, profile, and password screens a stylish makeover. Fix: Playing voice messages should use fewer resources now that we stopped rebooting the audio player for every single message.

New: Safety first. Your child can now activate SOS Mode directly from their Karri Messenger to instantly alert you when they need help. Improvement: Device status changes should show much closer to real time in your app. Fix: Sharing is caring, except when it doesn't work. We fixed an issue that stopped some of you from sharing messages outside the app.

New: No more hide-and-seek. You can now jump straight to your KARRI list directly from the bottom navigation bar. New: Feeling a little lost on the map? We added a quick onboarding guide to the Locator screen to show you around. Improvement: Spring cleaning came early to the Device Details page. Finding the important things is now less of a scavenger hunt. Improvement: Playing favorites? Your most recently used KARRIs now skip the line and show up first in the Locator top bar. Improvement: No more flying blind. Your KARRI's location now stays visible on the map while you draw a Safe Area around it.

New: got a membership code? We finally built a place for you to put it. Improvement: we gave the transcription feature some memory supplements. Once an audio message is transcribed, it stays text on your phone.

Improvement: minor changes to the integration with our Messenger 2

New: bring KARRIs together by scanning your friend's KARRI for a direct invitation to your existing chat New: Happy Holidays, Frohe Weihnachten, ¡Felices fiestas! – the message transcription feature now detects your spoken language New: supports the new Generation 2 Messengers Improvement: we added a satellite map view Improvement: a new search field let's you find your most popular contacts

New: if your KARRI has too many messages pending, you can now flush the queue and skip the line with your important message

New: once your KARRI is on a supported firmware version, you will be able to set its GPS update frequency (longer intervals mean longer battery life) Improvement: it's easier now to bring up the details of your KARRI on the Locator if you have multiple KARRIs in the same place Improvement: we've rearranged the KARRI settings page. The more important things shouldn't require you to scroll down Fix: the power-off state of your KARRI, introduced in our last update, is now visible on the Locator as well

New: keep track of new messages using our new new message divider (yes, that's four news in one line) New: you will be able to tell the difference between your KARRI being offline (red circle) and switched off (grey circle) New: evening charge reminders can be enabled/disabled on your KARRI settings page Improvement: unheard messages will appear green while played messages are shown as grey

New: Spotted a friend in your group Chat? You can now add them to your contact list! Improvement: A fix to support playback on headphones so you can hear your kids without letting the world know

New: create Safe Areas to be notified when your KARRI moves in and outside an area you defined Improvement: the Locator screen got a little glow-up to support multiple KARRIs (and Safe Areas of course)

New: remotely silence your KARRI device to mute notifications (e.g. during school hours) New: long-pressing a messaging allows you to store it and share it with others Improvement: you can now navigate directly to the assigned chat(s) from the device preferences

New: Wi-Fi is here! Together with device firmware v1.3.0, you can add your KARRI to your home network for better connectivity

New: by popular demand, we increased the maximum number of chats per device to three New: trouble distinguishing your KARRIs? The app now shows the colours of your device

You can now assign to multiple chats – chat with other KARRI devices! Enjoy it together with an all-new colorful chat experience (requires KARRI firmware v1.2.0 or above).

New: when you pair a Karri, a chat is now automatically created with your new device. Chat away! Improvement: a couple more onboarding hints on using the app and Karri. Improvement: single-tap on a Karri message delivery icon opens the detail view right away. Fix: you should no longer see garbled waveforms when a new message comes in while you are playing one.

New: an all new contacts management experience! Manage who you plan to interact with in Settings > Manage contacts. Improvement: want to know in advance how much babbling and background shouting is in your child’s voice messages? We now show you a wave form representation of your messages. Surfin' KARRI.io! Improvement: nudge your friends and family members to finally accept that invitation to KARRI by re-sending it.

New: offline mode! Even though you still can't send or receive anything when you're offline, you can at least browse and playback previously received messages. Improvement: we've added a couple more topics to our help system. Fix: a fast tap on a "Back" button while an info popup is still open will no longer result in a blank page. Fix: solved an issue when you had two members with the same name. We're ok with doppelgangers now.

New: "Sharri" is here. You can now share access to your KARRI with another app user from your list of KARRI contacts New: Preparing for an upcoming KARRI firmware release, the app will show the device's battery level while its still charging Improvement: The app will politely nudge nostalgists to update when they're running an app version that's no longer supported Fix: Even when your KARRI has an incredibly long name, it will no longer go offscreen and break the app layout Fix: Certain elusive delivered/played symbols on messages sent to a device are now less elusive. Or not elusive at all.