Getting started is simpler: find your neighborhood and create your account in fewer steps. Invite links take you straight to signup, profile introductions are optional, and new verification help makes it easier to connect with your neighbors. Includes improvements to household invites and form validation.

Improved sign-in reliability, production backend configuration, and crash diagnostics.

A clearer way to grow your neighborhood: invite nearby neighbors directly from the Neighbors page with a prominent, easy-to-find action.

Profile setup now happens after you enter your neighborhood, with a clearer photo step and a short intro. Improved face detection for full-body photos and simplified neighbor-card setup. Includes reliability improvements.

Open Invite: community creators can share a time-limited join code for up to 7 days. Community search visibility controls are now in Settings. Suspicious-tag counts now appear on neighbor profiles, and Marketplace posts can select multiple photos at once. Includes reliability improvements.

Notifications now arrive reliably with sound, clearer unread indicators, app icon badges, and direct opening to the relevant message or update. We also improved notification icons and added timely community updates for verified-neighbor posts and new services.

Invite links now open Backyard when installed or guide neighbors to the correct app store with the invite code ready. We also refreshed invite wording and improved reliability.

Fixes onboarding sorting so new members see signup steps in the intended order.