UNLIMITED AUDIENCE LISTS! 3D Map UX and performance improvements! New video trimmer on Stories, posts, DMs, and comments! Style improvements across the app and new DMs animations! Bug fixes

NEW 3D MAP — Octopii now has a 3D map complete with 3D buildings, landmarks and even trees! 3D MAP IRL MEDIA TOUR — You can now double tap a circle on the map to zoom in to 3D buildings level and view the IRL photos and videos from that location!! Not only that, you can tap the Previous and Next buttons to jump around to nearby neighborhoods and see what else is happening in the area — the best part is you can trust what you're seeing at each stop! IRL means the image or video is completely unedited! GHOST MODE — Octopii now has a GHOST BUTTON directly in the profile tab! Flip it on and none of your friends will get notified of your activity! PRIVATE GROUPS — Get ready to make your book club group, Octopii now has customizable groups, complete with custom banners, avatars, and member role permissions STORIES — Yep, you heard right, Octopii now has Stories! Quickly capture images and 60 second videos to share to your story, visible for 24 hours. Full feature set for editing, from adding text, emojis, shapes, filters, blurs, and more! The Octopii spin? If you don't edit your stories they get the IRL badge too! WEEKLY CONTESTS — Each week Octopii hosts a new contest for the best IRL photo or video post. Get ready to compete and vote with your reactions! All posts must be IRL captures so you know the winner earned it. Top 3 winners receive a prize for all to see! POST DRAFTS — Octopii now has a drafts feature! Capture IRL posts out in nature and the location of them is retained so you can post when you're back in service and the post will show up on the map in the location you started the draft! Drafts are autosaved, separate drawers based on post type (Public posts, Friends posts, or Groups posts — each has its own drafts drawer!)

Deeplink Friend Invites allow you to share a single link with as many people as you want! They open it — you're friends. Got 10,000 friends? Still 1 link. Do it!

Groups now have customization options with both colors and emojis! Book club? Hockey Team? Gaming friends? We've got you covered. New dismiss-all notification button — no more swiping necessary! New invite contacts screen! More supported link preview types! Improved performance, security, and app integrity!

New map interaction animations and many visual improvements!

Here's the total list of new features iPhone is receiving with 1.5: — 165 new emojis + new nature category — Emoji search bar — Edit posts and comments (including the attachments) — Drag and drop reorder images/video attachments — Image + GIF attachments on comments (+IRL badges) — Vertical videos fill screen — Autoplay + Looping videos — Country-based default feeds — Dedicated Love button — Deep link friend invites no longer require a matching phone number — New onboarding — Rich media link previews — New notification system with archive and delete swiping + collapsible categories — Emojis added to push notifications — Animated emojis in reaction notifications — Tappable avatars in notifications to visit profile — New DM system with emoji reactions and reply-to message and image attachments (+IRL badges) — Make a post refresh + attachment buttons — Comment hyperlinks — UI Color redesign — Reactive audience circle creation — New map animations and already-viewed functionality — New glass materials across the app for immersive scrolling — Disappearing post drawer while scrolling — Profile Headlines — Profile visual refresh + inline editing avatar + headline — Notification type toggles — Merged Profile settings and Edit Profile — Location provenance hardening to detect bots, swarms, anomalous behavior, and spoofing

Octopiii now has the ability to rotate to landscape for full screen HD video — as well as Home Screen notifications, improvements to the reaction panel, and a simpler login.

SHORT FORM VIDEO IS HERE! You can now capture, upload, and share full HD video with the Octopii app! Get to capturing IRL videos or uploading favorites from your photo roll! We've also added the following massive upgrades: + Following — Enjoying someone's public posts? Head over to their profile and tap that follow button to get notifications each time they post! (Assuming they have activity privacy turned off!) + Followers — Want to share something to your followers without posting it on the map? Well you can now make Private Posts to your followers! They'll be able to interact with you through private comment threads (which of course can have additional friends added at any time!) + Reaction Lists — You can now view a list of each reaction your post received! Just tap the reaction bar! If it's a private post you'll be able to see the name of each friend along with their reaction of choice. If it's a public posts you'll be able to see the whole and complete list and total count of each reaction type. + Notification dots for new Private Posts from your friends! If a friend has made a new post, you'll immediately know it by the red dot on the "Private" feed tab. + User Search is here! No more needing each others phone numbers (as long as one of you has enabled discoverability by username!) + Friend invite deep links are here! For those of you enjoying not being visible on the platform, just sent an SMS message to your friend with the link and it will either open the app to show the invite, or take them to the App Store to install the app — after logging in they'll be greeted with your invitation! + Red Dot for pending Friend Invites — a red dot will appear on the audience manager tab and the friend list icon to make sure you don't miss an invite! + Private Post permissions are upgraded to provide next-level security and peace of mind! This version marks the end Octopii's Beta and the beginning of Octopii's general audience release! We thank all of our Beta users for testing and making sure Octopii is ready for the world! Get to enjoying those short form video posts and all of the other massive upgrades!