Your Pool Passport now has levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond. Every deal you use is a stamp, a new spot adds one more, and a friend's first deal adds 4. Your level never goes down. After you use a deal, the pass stays on one clean screen for staff. Tap the bar under it to see what you saved and the stamps you earned. Founding Members, your number now sits on your level card at every level. Deals now say BOGO: buy one, get one free. Search "bogo" to see them all. Sharing a phone? Each account now keeps its own Passport and reminders. Pool also reads better on small phones and with large text.

After every visit, Pool now shows your next spot to try. Tap Plan it to pick lunch or dinner, and Pool reminds you before you go. Going with someone? Send them the plan. Your Pool card on Profile fills up as you try new spots. It turns navy at half the spots and gold when you have tried them all. Home is easier to scan. See what's open right now, 2-for-1s to bring a friend to (or keep both for yourself), and free extras with your order. Swiping through deals is smoother too. A flame shows when a deal has been used 5 or more times today. If your pass ever acts up at the counter, tap Pass not working? and we'll help.

No more booking a time. Walk in while a deal is on, tap Use now, show your pass and pay for one. A flame shows when a deal is popular today and when only a few are left. Every deal page lists its hours for the week. Your Passport counts the deals you have left this month and stamps each spot you try. After you redeem, Pool shows roughly how much you saved. Once you've eaten, rate the visit in one tap. Feeding a group? Tell Victor the headcount, budget and food, and he gets back to you fast with the best deal he can find. You pay the restaurant directly. Home has new shortcuts like Something sweet and Dinner for two, and new students get a quick tour of how Pool works. New spots: 2-for-1 Fried Rice or Udon at Mi Mi Dao, and a free dessert with any entrée at Mahari. Each deal is yours once every 30 days.

Walk in and use a deal. When a spot is open, tap Use now at the counter, show your pass and pay for one. You can still book a time if you'd rather plan ahead. Home now opens on a deal you can use today, like 2-for-1 subs at Subway. If a place is closed, tap Remind me and Pool tells you when it opens. Most deals are 2-for-1, so bring someone. Invite a friend from the deal page. Each deal is yours once every 30 days.

Deals go live Monday at nine Hyde Park spots, starting with 2-for-1 açaí bowls at Deep Purpl and 2-for-1 subs at Subway. Book a time, show your pass at the counter, pay the restaurant for one. Open Pool and your pass is right there, even if you closed the app a second ago. Every deal shows when you can go, the window that's open now or the next one. Ja' Grill's 2-for-1 now covers Honey Wings too, not just Jerk Wings. The Sit Down Café & Sushi Bar joins Thursday with 2-for-1 sushi, pizza and more. Each deal is yours once every 30 days.

Screen recording no longer blacks out the app. While you record, only your pass hides, with a note, and it comes back the moment you stop. Redeeming is smoother. If your signal drops, your pass says so and shows a Retry. Campus Wi-Fi login pages now count as offline. Every deal shows if it's open right now, when it closes soon and when it opens next. Used a deal? It now says when it's yours again, and you can book a time for that day ahead. Your past visits stay in Bookings. Scrolling and the map are smoother. Get a catering quote in one screen. Swipe through the places, pick a group size and a budget, and Pool emails you the quote. Rate your last visit in one tap before you book the next one. Not now is always there. Report or block anyone from the ⋯ next to their name. Three new spots: 2-for-1 Fully Loaded Fried Rice at 14 Parish, 2-for-1 Chicken & Waffle Bites at Dawn A.M. Eatery and 2-for-1 lattes at Sweet Drip.

Food deals at eleven Hyde Park restaurants, from 2-for-1 açaí bowls at Deep Purpl and 2-for-1 subs at Subway to 2-for-1 Jerk Wings at Ja' Grill. Deals open Monday, September 28. Open a deal, book a time if it asks for one, and show your pass at the counter. Slide while staff watch, then pay the restaurant for one. Pool never touches the money. Each deal works once every 30 days per student. Every deal page shows the hours, the menu, and whether it's dine in or to go. Sign in with your UChicago email to book. Bring a friend and you each get your own deals, so you can take turns on the 2-for-1s.

Browse Hyde Park deals before signing in, and find your next meal with clearer filters. See available booking times and restaurant charges before you book. Suggest a caterer or request a quote for your group.

2-for-1 deals open Monday, September 28, the first day of fall quarter. Açaí bowls at Deep Purpl, subs at Subway, and more around Hyde Park. Feed a group. Pick a Hyde Park restaurant, tell us who to reply to, and we get your club, house or lab a catering quote. Find the people you already know. Add friends from your contacts, from mutual friends, or from the suggestions on the Friends tab. You stay signed in.

Pool's official deals launch. Verified UChicago students eat 2-for-1 at Hyde Park restaurants. Book a time, show your pass at the counter, pay the restaurant for one. Deals go live September 28.

What's New (for 2.6.8): Smoother everywhere with this update: • Chats now reopen reliably from any tab — no more dead taps • Fixed a rare issue where a message wouldn't send or retry after a connection drop • Snappier tab switching, with a cleaner Profile tab • Refreshed in-app copy throughout Turn on notifications so you never miss the next drop, event, or ride match.

Chat Bug Fixes

Pool now makes it easier to find rides, chat with matches, and discover student deals around campus. This update improves ride matching, adds clearer ride sharing and invite flows, refreshes the Rides and Profile experience, improves chat and notifications, and makes Pool Deals easier to browse and redeem.

Pool 2.6.5 • UChicago-exclusive deals — claim and share offers only your campus gets • One-tap deal sharing — send a deal to a friend with your invite baked in • Smoother referrals — when a friend joins from your link, you're auto-added as friends • Find friends faster with the new search sheet • Polished Radar: cleaner deal cards, calendar strip, and redemption flow • A bunch of small fixes across chat, profile, and rides Thanks for using Pool. Send feedback right from the Help button.

Pool 2.6 • UChicago-exclusive deals — claim and share offers only your campus gets • One-tap deal sharing — send a deal to a friend with your invite baked in • Smoother referrals — when a friend joins from your link, you're auto-added as friends • Find friends faster with the new search sheet • Polished Radar: cleaner deal cards, calendar strip, and redemption flow • A bunch of small fixes across chat, profile, and rides Thanks for using Pool. Send feedback right from the Help button.

Introducing Pool Deals — two student-only drops every week at Hyde Park favorites, including special events and up to 45% off. Slide to redeem when you are at the partner location, show the QR at the counter, done. Also: one-tap UChicago sign-in, cleaned onboarding, "ends in" countdowns based on each partner's real hours, smoother offline + error handling, and polish across the whole app. Huge UI improvements in preparation for Pool Deals launch. (+ Bug fixes)

Introducing Pool Deals — two student-only drops every week at Hyde Park favorites, including special events and up to 45% off. Slide to redeem when you are at the partner location, show the QR at the counter, done. Also: one-tap UChicago sign-in, cleaned onboarding, "ends in" countdowns based on each partner's real hours, smoother offline + error handling, and polish across the whole app. Huge UI improvements in preparation for Pool Deals launch.

• Pool Radar: exclusive student-only deals you swipe to redeem at the counter • Radar Events: see and submit what's happening nearby • Friends: add your people and see their rides • Ride feed with Everyone/Friends toggle + My Rides • Return-trip queue for the ride back from the airport • Multi-trip support and faster, timezone-aware matching • Bug fixes and performance improvements

We have added returns! Join the return queue when you have deplanned or picked up you checked in luggage to split an uber back to UChicago!

New Referral System! You can add your friends to your match!

New Auth System! Added new user information page. Fixed bugs related to refreshes and added a much more comprehensive notification system!

Pool general functionality updates and refinement.

Fixed sign in with google bug. Fixed the refresh token bug.