• Inviting family is now one tap: type their name, tap Send invite, and pick WhatsApp, Telegram or any other app. • See who's still waiting to join, whether they've opened your invite, and send it again.

• Invited by a relative? After installing, StipaCaller now recognises your invite: just tap Join. • Clearer welcome screen, and a check before starting a new family. • Invite messages now explain what to do.

• More reliable connection: the app picks the best route by itself — in Russia after using a VPN, and after coming back from Russia.

• More reliable calls on mobile networks in Russia: the app recovers faster when the connection to the server stalls.

• See when your contacts were last active, and whether their phone is reachable before you call. You can turn this off in Profile. • Video messages now play with sound when the phone is on silent. • Faster reconnect when the app returns to the foreground.

• Fixed the app failing to connect on some mobile networks: it now finds a working route to the server automatically. • Faster recovery when the connection stalls.

• Fixed the app failing to connect on some mobile networks: it now finds a working route to the server automatically. • Faster recovery when the connection stalls.

• Fixed calls failing if you didn't answer within about 20 seconds. • The screen no longer dims during a video call. • Large videos now send and play reliably, and use far less memory. • Photos and videos that didn't finish sending now say "Not sent" instead of spinning forever. Tap to retry. • Improved diagnostics for call quality issues.

• Fixed calls failing if you didn't answer within about 20 seconds. • Photos and videos that didn't finish sending now say "Not sent" instead of spinning forever. Tap to retry. • Improved diagnostics for call quality issues.

• Video calls: fixed video sometimes appearing for only one person when both of you turn your camera on at the same moment. • The speaker now switches on automatically when the other person starts their video, so you can hear them while holding the phone away. • Incoming calls now vibrate even when your ringtone is set to silent.

Fixes a rare crash that could close the app immediately after it opened. If StipaCaller stopped starting for you, this update brings it back. Your chats and contacts are exactly where you left them — nothing was lost.

Outgoing calls now play a ringing tone while you wait for the other person to answer, so you can hear that the call is going through.

Send videos in chats • You can now send videos, not just photos — tap the gallery icon and pick a video. • Videos send as a tap-to-play clip with a preview frame; save received videos to your gallery.

New group screen is now fully translated to Russian.

Share photos directly into StipaCaller from Photos, Safari, or any other app — tap Share, pick a contact, and the photo sends itself.

- Group chats — create a chat with several people. Pick contacts, name the group, send text, photos, and voice messages together. Group creators can add or remove members, rename the group, and anyone can leave - Official announcements channel — receive occasional updates from the StipaCaller team - You can now invite up to 100 friends (was 25)

- Shareable invite links — tap a friend's link to install and sign in, or auto-add them as a contact and jump into the chat if you're already signed in - Username rename cooldown removed.

Send and receive voice messages — tap the microphone in any chat. Send and receive photos. Tap the photo button to pick from your library, or the camera button to snap one. Photos are end-to-end encrypted, just like your voice messages and text. Tap and hold a message to react with an emoji Photos that can't be loaded now show a clear "no longer available" or "couldn't be opened" message Fixed a freeze when opening some chats on iOS 26

- tappable URLs in chat bubbles - profile screen redesigned with easier access to invite codes

Russian, Finnish, and Spanish localizations. Improved call reliability, especially on slower networks. Outgoing call attempts now appear in your chat history. Username field automatically shows the Latin keyboard.