What's New Personalized Discover Feed - The For You section now appears directly inside the Search and Explore tab, showing posts tailored to your interests alongside trending content. Open the search tab to see your personalised picks. Plan Button in Post Composer - A new Plan shortcut in the post composer toolbar lets you attach a pilgrimage itinerary to your post without leaving the screen. Video Thumbnails - Video posts now automatically generate a cover image at publish time, so your videos always show a preview in feeds and profiles. Improvements Language Switching - Map site previews, the festival calendar, and search results now update immediately when you change the app language in Settings, without needing to reopen those screens. Chat Intelligence - The AI guide no longer gives a generic smalltalk reply to messages that only start with a casual word but contain a real question, so contextual follow-up replies work correctly. Video Playback - Videos that cannot be played on your device now show a clear error indicator instead of a play button that does nothing. Bug Fixes - Travel plan messages in chat now correctly show an unavailable state when the plan has been deleted, rather than appearing to load indefinitely.

What's New AI Cultural Guide - Ask questions about pilgrimage sites, temples, festivals, and Indian scriptures and get conversational answers with suggested follow-up actions. Open the guide from the map or the home screen. Submit Your Own Sacred Sites - Discovered a location that is not on the map? Submit it with photos and a description. You will receive a notification when our team approves or rejects your submission. Status Updates - Swipe between status updates from different people. Long-press to send an emoji reaction. Text over images now adapts its colour for readability. Post Composer - The image composer now supports cropping, brightness and contrast adjustments, and alt-text for accessibility. 14 Indian Languages - The app now supports Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, and Urdu alongside English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Improvements - Pilgrimage plan view redesigned with richer day-by-day itinerary cards. AI chatbot no longer reads action card text aloud via TTS.

What's New Status Updates - Share moments from your spiritual journey as photo, video, or text updates that disappear after 24 hours. Status updates appear as highlighted rings on profile photos in your feed. Tap any ring to view updates from people you follow. Reply to a status directly from a chat thread. Localised Site Descriptions - Pilgrimage and heritage site pages now show names and descriptions in your preferred language (English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu) where translations are available. Share Stories as a Status - AI-generated story excerpts can now be posted as a 24-hour status update directly from the story detail screen. Improvements - Chat conversation list now previews status reply messages correctly. Profile page updated to show your own status ring. Share sheet updated to include posting content as a status. Map site detail page updated to load translated content.

• Share into MyItihas - Send articles, links, and images from any app directly into your conversations using the iOS Share Sheet. • Refined Follow Experience - Smoother follow/unfollow animations and clearer visual feedback on profile pages. • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

What's New in this version: Story & Chat Narration Stories and chat replies can now be read aloud with natural, character-specific voice narration - each persona has its own tone and pacing for a more immersive experience. Social Feed Refresh A cleaner, faster post composer and an updated feed layout, including a new "Videos for you" rail to help you discover more content. Safer Community Improved content moderation - reported posts are reviewed faster, moderation status is clearer, and flagged content is handled more transparently in your feed. General Improvements Polish and refinements across chat, profile, and settings screens for a smoother overall experience.

What's New in this version: Story & Chat Narration Stories and chat replies can now be read aloud with natural, character-specific voice narration - each persona has its own tone and pacing for a more immersive experience. Social Feed Refresh A cleaner, faster post composer and an updated feed layout, including a new "Videos for you" rail to help you discover more content. Safer Community Improved content moderation - reported posts are reviewed faster, moderation status is clearer, and flagged content is handled more transparently in your feed. General Improvements Polish and refinements across chat, profile, and settings screens for a smoother overall experience.

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality.

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

This release brings meaningful improvements to chat, sharing, and overall app quality. • New chat enhancements, including better conversation handling and theme support • Improved post sharing and richer preview experience across social content • Stability and reliability fixes across stories, feeds, and notifications • General UI polish for a smoother day-to-day experience

Smarter Notifications Fixed an issue where tapping a chat notification could open duplicate screens. Notifications now navigate cleanly every time. Better Deep Link Navigation Opening shared posts, stories, and group invites now takes you directly to the content with a proper back button — no more dead ends. Improved Social Feed • Posts from people you follow now appear first • Wider content variety with an expanded discovery window • Consistent repost action across all post types • Author handles shown instead of timestamps Chat Improvements Smoother navigation when opening conversations from notifications and deep links. Performance & Stability General bug fixes and improvements for a faster, more reliable experience.

Minor Bug Fixes and UI improvements

This update includes minor UI refinements, smoother performance, and general stability improvements to enhance your overall experience.

We made minor UI improvements across the app for a cleaner and smoother experience. This update also includes general performance optimizations and bug fixes to improve overall stability.