Flashes 1.10.1 **Fix for Push Notifications -> Go to the Notifications tab and enable them** Our biggest update yet: push notifications, a personalized For You feed, group messages — and an app that starts a lot faster. NEW • Push notifications. Flashes finally pushes. Get notified about likes, comments, reposts, mentions, quotes, new followers and stories, each with its own switch. • A notifications tab built for Flashes. Notifications now come from our own service and centre on the photos you post here. For each category, choose whether it covers everyone or only people you follow. Turn "Only activity from this app" off to see activity on your other Bluesky posts too. The badge and the list also refresh when you open the app. • "For You" — a personalized photo feed that gets better the more you like. Keep liking and we'll tell you when yours is ready. • Discover is the new default feed, so there's plenty to see from the very first launch. "Global" is now called "Latest". • A new way in. Create an account right in the app, or sign in to one you already have — no app password to make, copy or paste. New accounts pick a home: Eurosky (privacy-first, in Europe) is the default, with Bluesky or your own address a tap away. It's your account — you can move it later and take everything with you. • Recent searches, synced across your devices. They filter as you type, and you can remove single entries or clear them all. • Uploads that keep going. Posts now upload through a queue you can cancel, resume and delete, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Posts shared from other apps survive the share sheet closing mid-upload. • Group messages. Create groups, invite people, handle join requests, react to messages and reply to a specific one. Direct messages were rebuilt from scratch and now send instantly. • Subtitles on video. A CC button appears on any video that has captions. • Stories: the tray shows everyone again, instead of stopping after 20 accounts. FIXED • Opening comments on a busy post could crash the app, and long threads could freeze it. Both are fixed. • Adding alt text to a photo could crash the app. • Fixed a crash on launch on iOS 18. • Much faster start. • Likes no longer flicker back or get sent twice. • Fixed being signed out with "session expired" after a brief network hiccup. • After switching accounts, notifications and stories no longer show the previous account's.

Flashes 1.10.0 Our biggest update yet: push notifications, a personalized For You feed, group messages — and an app that starts a lot faster. NEW • Push notifications. Flashes finally pushes. Get notified about likes, comments, reposts, mentions, quotes, new followers and stories, each with its own switch. • A notifications tab built for Flashes. Notifications now come from our own service and centre on the photos you post here. For each category, choose whether it covers everyone or only people you follow. Turn "Only activity from this app" off to see activity on your other Bluesky posts too. The badge and the list also refresh when you open the app. • "For You" — a personalized photo feed that gets better the more you like. Keep liking and we'll tell you when yours is ready. • Discover is the new default feed, so there's plenty to see from the very first launch. "Global" is now called "Latest". • A new way in. Create an account right in the app, or sign in to one you already have — no app password to make, copy or paste. New accounts pick a home: Eurosky (privacy-first, in Europe) is the default, with Bluesky or your own address a tap away. It's your account — you can move it later and take everything with you. • Recent searches, synced across your devices. They filter as you type, and you can remove single entries or clear them all. • Uploads that keep going. Posts now upload through a queue you can cancel, resume and delete, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Posts shared from other apps survive the share sheet closing mid-upload. • Group messages. Create groups, invite people, handle join requests, react to messages and reply to a specific one. Direct messages were rebuilt from scratch and now send instantly. • Subtitles on video. A CC button appears on any video that has captions. • Stories: the tray shows everyone again, instead of stopping after 20 accounts. FIXED • Opening comments on a busy post could crash the app, and long threads could freeze it. Both are fixed. • Adding alt text to a photo could crash the app. • Fixed a crash on launch on iOS 18. • Much faster start. • Likes no longer flicker back or get sent twice. • Fixed being signed out with "session expired" after a brief network hiccup. • After switching accounts, notifications and stories no longer show the previous account's.

More photos per post • Share up to 20 photos per post. • Sharper photos — we've roughly doubled the upload quality ceiling, so your shots keep far more detail. • Performance improvements and bug fixes.

Discover photos by gear and hashtag — automatically. The new Feeds tab in Search gives you a live, auto-generated photo feed for every hashtag, camera, lens, and ISO in the community. Curious what people are shooting on a Fuji X100V right now? Want every #mountain photo from this week? It's one tap. Feeds tie the whole app together: • Camera Data on every photo. Tap a camera, lens, or ISO chip under any post to jump straight into a feed of more photos shot with the same gear. • Hashtag suggestions in the composer. Start typing # and pick from the popular tags so your photos show up where people are already looking. • What's New screen. From now on you'll see a short summary like this one inside Flashes whenever we ship something worth shouting about. More improvements: • Higher-resolution uploads — image size limit raised to 2 MB. • A new "Photography" feed by @gabriellanonino.com in Featured. • Handle autocomplete on the login screen. • A toggle to hide camera-data chips if you'd rather not see them. • Redesigned Search view. A stack of fixes too: image downloads work again, custom-domain logins work, very long threads no longer crash, videos stop stuttering when you scroll, and Stories load and update faster.

Quick Fix for Login Issues • This release ships a quick fix that will solve the "Your session has expired" issues some users were facing

New: • Stories: you can now share stories that will be displayed to others for 24h. • Added full app localization for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Polish, and Italian. Fixes: • Fixed an issue that would not set the post's content language correctly

New: + Stories: you can now share stories that will be displayed to others for 24h.

New: + Fixed some nasty bugs and improved performance when loading feeds + Introduced a new feed for the Eurosky Live 2025 convention

What’s New in Flashes 1.6.0 + A brand new featured feed is available in the Feed Switcher: Check out the new NBA Conversation feed for NBA content around the starting season

What’s New in Flashes 1.5.1 + You can now add pronouns and a website to your profile

What’s New in Flashes 1.5.0 This update brings our biggest step yet toward giving you control over your timeline. • Build Your Own Feeds Flashes is the first consumer app to let anyone create and share their own feeds. Launching in collaboration with graze.social, this feature gives you the power to shape your timeline like never before. • Fresh New Look We’ve adopted the all-new Liquid Glass design of iOS 26 for a smoother, more immersive experience. • Quicker Access to Your Media Your profile now puts photos and videos front and center by reordering portfolio and media for faster access. Update now and take back your timeline

- Added a little tip in your profile that tells you about your brand new Flashes profile website - Fixed an occasional crash when scrolling the timeline

• Public Profiles You can now share your profile with the world! Use the share button in your profile to get your public link. Customize the look and feel under Edit Profile - choose between a grid or list layout for your media timeline, and decide whether your profile should be visible to non-logged-in users. • iPadOS 17 Fixes We’ve fixed layout issues for iPadOS 17 to make everything look just right.

Flashes is now available on iPad! Enjoy your favorite photo and video posts on the big screen with full support for landscape mode, split view, and multitasking. Browse, post, and interact with ease - whether you’re relaxing on the couch or working at your desk. Plus: lots of performance improvements and bug fixes to keep everything running smoothly. Bugfix: - fixes a crash that would occur occasionally when creating a post

Flashes is now available on iPad! Enjoy your favorite photo and video posts on the big screen with full support for landscape mode, split view, and multitasking. Browse, post, and interact with ease - whether you’re relaxing on the couch or working at your desk. Plus: lots of performance improvements and bug fixes to keep everything running smoothly.

Fixes: • Fix for the portfolio editor • Verified users will now be displayed with a checkmark

What's new: • Verified users will now be displayed with a checkmark • You will now also see notifications for likes and reposts of your reposts Bug Fixes: • Fixed an issue that caused notification to not show in some cases

What’s New: • You can now post up to 12 images and 900 characters in a single post • Improved sign-up flow for a smoother and faster onboarding experience • Redesigned profile page – editing your profile is now simpler and more intuitive • Updated settings for better organization and easier access • Introducing a new upload queue system – view pending uploads in your profile and never lose a post if the upload fails Bug Fixes: • Fixed an issue where multiple videos would play at once – now only the video in the center of the screen plays • Resolved a bug that prevented likes from registering properly

What’s New: • Longer Videos: Now supports videos up to 3 minutes in length. • New Portfolio Layouts: Choose between grid or full-width layout for Portfolio and Media in Portfolio. • Improved Profile Tab: The profile tab has been streamlined for a more intuitive experience. Profile editing is now accessible within a single view via the edit button. • Account Management Updates: Added views for changing and validating your email address, as well as updating your password. Bug Fixes: • Fixed a bug that caused thin white lines (1px) to appear on the trailing/bottom edges of photos. • Addressed an issue that led to reduced image quality when compressing larger images. • Resolved an issue where usernames were sometimes displayed as ****. • Improved accessibility in chat views (more improvements to come). • Fixed a bug that caused thin white lines (1px) to appear on the trailing/bottom edges of photos. • Updated the dark icon

What’s New: • Photo Aspect Ratio Fix – Photos in timeline sliders now display correctly without being cut off. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/78) • Unread Message Badge – The messages button now shows the number of unread messages. • Update Alerts – You’ll always get a notification when an update is available when you open the app. • Composer Confirmation – Added a confirmation dialog to prevent accidental closing by pulling down. • Messages Button Moved – Now located on the main screen for easier access. • Improved Hashtags – Hashtags now support hyphens. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/68) • Paste Fix – Pasting text into the description field in the composer now works. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/33) Bug Fixes: • Clicking on links in messages now works correctly. • Fixed duplicate display of the last message in chats. • Resolved an issue where the input field moved up too high when activated in chats. • Clicking a profile above a video now opens it correctly. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/76) • Fixed occasional profile resets. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/113) • Font size controls no longer disappear when setting the font too large. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/9)

Fixes: • Fixes a crash that occurred occasionally when opening the composer. • If you had previously granted the app only limited access to your photo library, it will no longer prompt you each time you open the composer. Instead, there’s now a button in the composer to add more photos or videos. • Fixes a critical bug that could have caused some accounts to be mistakenly flagged as spam.

Fixes: • If you had previously granted the app only limited access to your photo library, it will no longer prompt you each time you open the composer. Instead, there’s now a button in the composer to add more photos or videos. • Fixes a critical bug that could have caused some accounts to be mistakenly flagged as spam.

Improvements & Updates: • We’ve introduced a “Featured” section in the Feed Picker, showcasing curated feeds that will rotate periodically. This week’s highlighted feed is “Blacksky Images” by @rudyfraser.com. • The onboarding and sign-up process has been redesigned to make joining easier for both Bluesky and non-Bluesky users. • Accessibility enhancements have been made to the Onboarding, Login, and Sign-Up screens. • The Feed Picker has been refined with a cleaner layout and new sections.

Fixes:   + Sign-Up Improvements: The handle is now limited to 18 characters, and error messages are more informative. + Profile Updates: Resolved an issue preventing users from updating their name, bio, and avatar. + Composer Fix: The red triangle warning about email verification now only appears when necessary for video uploads.

Fixes: + Fixes two bugs in the sign-up process where users would only see the Bluesky screen after completing the captcha.