Bug fixes, name change

We're now Chugachew! Same app you love for discovering nightlife and happy hours — fresh name, refreshed look. • New name and icon: HotSpot is now Chugachew. • Refreshed navigation: the Connect and Discover tabs make finding friends and new spots easier. • Wallet: your active deals and promotions now live in one place, with a badge so you never miss one. • Venue review videos: watch short clips of featured venues right from their detail page. • Browse by category: filter venues by the kind of night you're after. • Smarter notifications: granular controls plus the option to mute alerts from individual venues. • Sharper check-ins: meaningful accuracy and reliability improvements to automatic venue check-in. • Lots of polish across the Night Planner, promotions, and venue screens.

A faster, friendlier way to run your promotions. Creating and editing promotions is now a guided, step-by-step flow — Happy Hours, Events, Specials, Check-In offers, and Hot Alerts all use the same clean wizard with a live preview as you build. "Load from a previous…" fills in a new promotion from one you've run before, so recurring deals take seconds. Duplicate any promotion right from its card to spin up a similar one. Edit a scheduled Hot Alert before it goes out — fix the title, description, duration, or redemption limit without starting over. Clearer feedback everywhere: one consistent success confirmation, plain-language error messages, and a single tap-to-jump review screen before you save. Lots of polish: one-tap day-of-week chips, preset deal amounts, consistent labels, and accessibility/VoiceOver improvements throughout.

AI NIGHT PLANNER (new Plan tab) Plan a whole night out in a few taps. Tell Hotspot the vibe — date night, big group, low-key drinks — and get a ready-to-go, multi-stop itinerary. Then make it yours: • Reorder, remove, or add stops with smart place search • Invite friends and let everyone RSVP "I'm in" or "I'm out" • Share your plan with a link and an auto-generated share card • Add the night's stops to your calendar • Rate each stop so your recommendations get better over time LIVE LOCATION SHARING (privacy-first) During an active plan, members can share their live location with each other. It's off until you turn it on, visible only to that plan's accepted members, active only during the plan's window, and stops the moment you RSVP "Out." CHUGACHEW PASSPORT — MEMBERS-ONLY DEALS A $10/month subscription that unlocks exclusive, hand-curated venue deals. Browse live offers near you, see a preview before subscribing, and redeem in person by QR, NFC tap, or confirmed check-in. Cancel anytime. WORLD CUP 2026 GAME-DAY DEALS Checked in at a participating bar? Get deals pushed to you the instant something happens in a match — goals, wins, red cards, and more. PERSONALIZED FOR YOU The more you use Hotspot, the better your night suggestions get — with a "Personalized for you" badge when they're tailored to your taste. Plus a smoother check-in flow, a redesigned Connections Hub, and lots of polish and bug fixes.

Introducing the ChugaChew Passport — your all-access pass to exclusive, members-only deals at the venues you love. • Unlock curated deals you won't find anywhere else • Browse and search Passport deals near you • Redeem in seconds — scan, tap, or confirm right from your phone • $10/month, cancel anytime Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.

Bug fixes and improvements to vendor auto-promotions, promo preview labeling, push-based hot alerts, and QR/notification handling

Game on. HotSpot now ties promotions directly to live sports. • Sports Auto-Promotions: Venues can run deals that fire automatically when their teams play (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, UFC). • My Sports: Follow your favorite leagues and teams to get notified the moment a nearby bar drops a game-day deal. • Vendor Live, reorganized: separate Alerts, Lightning, and Live Sports tabs so operators can see what's running at a glance. • A refreshed "glass" look throughout the app — cleaner cards, better contrast, and faster feeds, profile, scanner, and notifications screens. • Polished search: the venue search bar now reads "Search for any venue…".

Tap to Redeem — Venue staff can now redeem your promotions by tapping an NFC wristband or card on your phone. No scanning needed, just open your promo and your server does the rest.

-Notifications Profile → “Notifications”: a “Today’s Schedule” toggle for the morning favorites promotions push (FAVORITES_SCHEDULE) Tapping that push switches to the feed tab, turns on favorites-only on the Hot Feed -Hot Feed Leading toolbar star toggles favorites-only; the feed request sends favoritesOnly=true and skips city when that mode is on. Filters are disabled while favorites-only is on. Empty state copy differs when you’re in favorites-only mode. Favorites & account safety Max favorites raised from 10 → 50. -Minor Bug Fixes

Minor bug fix with third party scanners that pulls up a sheet containing details of the promo redemption for a better user experience.

Minor consistency enhancements, users see same sheets whenever they redeem a QR code from a third party scanner or the in app scanner.

Minor bug fixes with redeeming QR codes for Hot Takes, Hot Alerts, Hot Drops, and Checkin Promos

> - Scan to redeem — Vendors can redeem HotTake and HotAlert promotions by scanning a customer's secure URL directly from the camera or a link tap. > - QR code deep links — Tapping a venue QR code outside the app now opens HotSpot and checks you in automatically. > - Bug fixes and performance improvements.

What's New in 1.9.0 One-time check-in promotions — Vendors can now create non-recurring promotions with an optional scheduled date that auto-deactivate after the date passes QR code deep linking — Scanning a venue's QR code outside the app opens a landing page that redirects into the app and completes the check-in flow via universal links Overnight happy hours — Happy hours that span past midnight (e.g. 10 PM – 2 AM) now display correctly Promotion attachment display names — Attachment labels now show the promotion title instead of raw file names Bug Fixes: Fixed promotion attachment buttons (replace, remove) not responding to taps Fixed auth token refresh not triggering on expired sessions Fixed happy hours not appearing for non-subscribed venues Improved session-based promotion validity checking

Explore venues anywhere — Search for a city or neighborhood to browse bars and clubs beyond your current location. Pan the map and tap "Search this area" to discover new spots, and your results stay in sync when you switch back to the list view. Smarter promotions — Check-in promotions are now valid until the venue closes instead of expiring after a fixed 24 hours, so you can redeem deals anytime during your night out. Bug fixes and performance improvements — Improved map loading, venue data refresh, and various under-the-hood stability fixes.

> Bug fixes and improvements: smarter check-in notifications that eliminate duplicates, cleaner logout that stops stale push alerts, and richer promotion details for venue staff. > Improved Notifications — Notification previews now show more text and display message bodies, so you get the full picture at a glance. > Venue Crowd Counts — The "people here now" count on venue details now only appears when there's a meaningful crowd, giving you a more accurate sense of the vibe. > Vendor Employee Roles — Venue employees now see a streamlined, read-only view of alerts and venue settings, so only managers can make changes. > Bug Fixes & Polish — Improved push notification handling and faster vendor dashboard loading

Minor updates to the Notifications View Minor bug fixes

- Search the Feed Looking for a specific deal or venue? You can now search directly in HotFeed. Tap the magnifying glass, type what you're looking for — margaritas, trivia night, a venue name — and results filter instantly. Fuzzy matching means even typos will find the right results. - Vendor Tools Create promotions faster with the ability to load details from previous promotions Improved calendar view for managing events and specials Streamlined check-in promotion setup - Improvements Smoother filter transitions in HotFeed General performance and stability improvements

Minor bug fix to HotFeed

> - Promotions now support photo and link attachments from venues > - Improved Hot Feed with richer promotion details > - Bug fixes and performance improvements

1. Venue Email Reports (Vendor feature) > Venue owners and managers can now schedule automated weekly and/or monthly performance reports delivered by email. Configured under Vendor Dashboard → Venue → Manage Venue → Email Reports. Only visible to Owners and Managers. 2. Admin: Add Venue via Google Places (Admin feature) > Super Admins can search Google Places and add new venues to the database. Access via Profile → Admin Tools → Add Venue. 3. Open/Closed Status > Venue cards and map pins now display a green or red dot indicating whether a venue is currently open. Users can also filter the venue list to show only open venues using the new "Open" filter pill. 4. Demographics display improvements > Gender breakdown, relationship status, and average age stats are now hidden when data is unavailable, rather than showing placeholder values.

> - HotTakes: complete short surveys from venues you've visited and earn promo rewards redeemable via QR code > - Improved deal editors with live preview cards so vendors can see promos as they build them > - Bug fixes and performance improvements