• Country flags throughout — on your trips, upcoming travel, the network feed, and event details. • A smoother friend request flow so you never miss a new connection. • Minor UI/UX improvements and bug fixes.

Got rid of a few significant bugs. Thanks for using SoKal!

• Photo dumps for outings — share pics from any hangout, not just trips • Easier past-trip selection • Smarter notifications that take you straight to what needs you • Faster photo loading

SoKal now speaks your language — 7 of them. We've added Polish, Croatian, Spanish, German, French, and Portuguese, and the app opens in your device's language automatically. Prefer another? Switch anytime from the top of your Profile. See what's new in your Network feed at a glance — the latest from your people surfaces right at the top, so you catch what's new without scrolling.

• Friend in Town — Now in-app you'll get a heads-up when a friend is headed to your city, or when your trips overlap in case you missed the push notification. • A smoother start — new members now get gentle, in-app tips to set up their profile and connect with friends. • More reliable Google Calendar sync, plus Polish language improvements and the usual round of fixes.

SoKal now speaks Polish - switch languages from your Profile. Smarter event types: we suggest the type we detect when you add a trip or outing without one. See your next trip right at the top of your Travel Map!

• A polished Profile - a cleaner, more refined look across your whole profile. • Photo dumps on your profile - your trip photo dumps now live right on your profile, so friends can see the moments at a glance. • Founding Member numbers - see exactly where you landed in SoKal history with your own founding number(First 1000 users). • A richer Event Details view - events now show a map silhouette of the destination, with state and country at a glance. • Fewer duplicates - fixed a bug that could create duplicate events when syncing your Google Calendar.

Likes have arrived Tap the heart to like any photo in a photo dump — complete with a satisfying little animation. Like right from the photo viewer, the feed, or your own dumps. See likes and views at a glance, now shown cleanly beneath each trip and photo. Plus speed and polish across the photo dump experience.

A redesigned Network tab Your feed got a fresh look, every plan now lives on a clean, rounded card with a colorful timeline running down the side. Bigger day headers make it easier to scan your week. Trips you can see at a glance Travel plans now show a little map of the destination. Your friend's state or country with the city pinned right on it (and a gentle pulse so it pops). We also got a lot smarter about flights: clearer destinations, a friendly "Coming home from…" for return trips, and far fewer mix-ups. Find your people A reworked Friends tab with a cleaner search, connection requests you can Accept or Decline right from the list, and a People you may know row built from your mutual friends are now in your feed and on the Friends page. Plus polish, smoother animations, and a handful of fixes throughout.

• Travel maps got smarter — tap any region to see which of your friends have been there. • Watch your travel ranking move week to week, right on the travel screen. • Photo dumps now have a feed view — open one and scroll through them all in a single screen. • Share a link to your dump with anyone — even friends without SoKal can add their photos from the web.

Photo dumps — easier to manage - Photo dumps took a big step forward. Managing your photos in a dump is smoother end-to-end, with cleaner uploader grouping and a re-tuned access/invite flow. Tap a contributor's name on a dump to view their profile or jump straight to all their photo dumps — and the same shortcut is now available from the profile preview sheet too. Network feed — more travel surfaces - An upcoming travel row, so you can see what's coming up in your friends' calendars at a glance. - A travel inspo row to surface trips and destinations worth borrowing. Bug fixes - Contacts permission no longer re-prompts users who have already granted access. - Help modals stop re-appearing once they've been seen.

Photo dumps • Edit or delete any photo you've added to a dump. • Drag and drop to reorder photos. • View all of someone's photo dumps from their profile. • Cleaner photo grid — 3 columns spaced the way the Photos app does it. • Set a cover photo or tap Manage access and your dump is created automatically — no extra step. • Smoother UI while photos upload. Fixes • Photo count was one short when viewing a dump you weren't a member of. • Trying to create a photo dump on a trip without dates now explains why instead of silently failing. • Synced calendar events are no longer treated as trips eligible for photo dumps — they were never quite the right fit. Under the hood • Crash reporting added so we can spot issues faster.

* Photo dumps — Share photo collections with friends who were on the same trip. Up to 10 photos per person, with built-in content moderation. * Trip cover photos — Pick a cover from your dump's photos or upload a new one. * My Trips redesign — Browse your trips as a clean two-column grid with cover photos and quick actions. * In-app photo viewer — Swipe through dump photos, save individual photos or all at once to your camera roll. • Social bio link for your travel map — drop your public URL on Instagram, TikTok, or any other social.

• Big new photo cards everywhere people appear — your profile, friends, search results, connection requests, and "people you may know." Way more visual, and a colorful initial fills in when there's no photo yet. • People tab empty state is fixed. Now you see friends-of-friends, people in your city, and people from your hometown — missing a city? Add it right from the screen. • Smarter discovery: matches by 50-mile radius instead of exact city name, so neighbors and nearby suburbs show up too. • Profile screen rebuilt — name overlaid on your photo, phone number with verified status, and the camera icon pulses if you haven't uploaded a photo yet. • Streamlined onboarding: Welcome → Contacts, that's it. Calendar connection now lives on the calendar itself, with an animated month-grid prompt the first time you land there. • "Verify your phone number" card on the Network tab got a marketing animation showing what notifications look like, and a chevron to collapse it down when you want it out of the way. • First-trip celebration: real confetti when you log your first travel destination. • Quick haptic when you add a trip — feels like "saved." • Photo-having profiles now show first in every list — search, connections, mutual friends, suggestions.

• Travel has its own tab — your map of trips, one tap from anywhere. • Travel notifications now live on the Travel tab, keeping Network focused on people. • You can now add multiple phone numbers to your account. • SoKal remembers how you signed in last time, so you won't create a duplicate account. • Polish and bug fixes throughout.

Update reminder/prompt that lets you know there's a newer, improved version of SoKal. Phone invites without country codes now no longer silently fail. Profile redesign (View as, People, checklist with 30-day dismiss, photo zoom, skeleton loading, icon nav, inline birthday link). Polish/animation improvements.

• Notification badges on your home screen now actually match what's inside, promise. • Tap the info icon on the Travel tab for a refreshed walkthrough on how Travel Stats work. • Easily invite friends with a friendly text pre-written. • A few small visual fixes throughout the app.

Memorial Day weekend's around the corner — make something happen. • New host flow: invite friends from your contacts in a tap, we send the texts, you track RSVPs right from your calendar • Connect multiple Google Calendar accounts (work + personal, all in sync) • Refreshed buttons and forms across the app If you'd rather just see who's around, head to the Network tab — your friends already on SoKal are one tap away.

• Easy discovery of friends already on SoKal — even for brand new accounts • Redesigned plans feed and event details • WhatsApp invites for friends outside the US • Smarter onboarding — skips steps you've already done • Smoother Google Calendar sync • Polish: month view typography, edit-profile keyboard fix

Find friends from your contacts SoKal can now match your contacts with people already on the app. You'll see a "People you know" card on your Network tab — connect with them in one tap. International phone support Select your country from a picker when verifying your phone number. We now support 80+ countries with SMS or WhatsApp verification. Get notified when contacts join When someone in your contacts joins SoKal, you'll get a push notification so you can connect right away. Share event links with anyone When inviting someone outside the US, we'll copy your event's share link so you can send it however you'd like — WhatsApp, iMessage, email, anything. Bug fixes & improvements Fixed false "sent" toast when composing SMS invites Improved phone number formatting and validation

Each event now has a shareable link to invite others to RSVP. Travel map loading animation. Bug fix that caused event

Big one. You can now invite friends directly from SoKal — no copying links, no group texts, no awkward "did you see my message?" follow-ups. Select contacts from your phone, tap done, and we send the text for you. They get a link, tap RSVP or decline, done. You can see exactly who's in, who's out, and who hasn't responded yet — all from the event page. We also cleaned up the invite flow inside the event form so it's harder to miss. Because getting your people together is kind of the whole point.

Smarter event detection: reservations from Resy, OpenTable, Eventbrite, Meetup, Partiful, and Dice are now automatically recognized Improved trip duration: travel events now intelligently detect when your trip ends based on return flights, events back home, and more Faster initial loading: your calendar loads in milliseconds, down from 2-3 seconds for packed calendars. Bug fixes

Open Plans Plan events together, even when no one knows when they're free yet. Create an open plan, invite friends, and let them share their availability. See overlapping times highlighted in green, then pick a date and lock it in. Notification Center The Activity tab is now your hub for everything happening in your circle. See who's traveling nearby, who shared their availability, friend requests, reactions — all in one feed, sorted by time. Travel Alerts Friends traveling within 50 miles of your city now appear highlighted at the top of your travel digest — so you never miss a chance to meet up. Weekly Digests Get a push notification Sunday mornings with friends on the move this week, and Thursday evenings with friends who have weekend plans. Other Improvements Redesigned availability picker with scrollable time windows Friendly date formatting throughout Smoother notification sheet animations

See who's going — SoKal now recognizes when friends are heading to the same spot on the same day and lets you know Open invite improvements — Better notifications when friends post open events, and you'll know when someone joins your plans Middle East map support — Added coverage for Jordan, Cyprus, Lebanon, and more Stability fixes — Resolved an issue where events could disappear after editing, and alerts now display correctly when editing existing events