Set up an event just by talking. Tell the IRL Concierge what you have in mind, in the app or on WhatsApp, and it builds the event with you: the title, date, venue, tickets and cover photo. You check it and publish. A much smarter concierge. It knows your plans and your people. Ask who is coming on Friday, find something to do this week, request a seat at the right ticket price, ask for an introduction, or get a friend’s contact details when they have chosen to share them, all from one message. Paid tickets. Hosts can sell tickets with several tiers and early-bird deadlines. Guests pay securely by card and get their door code, and on iPhone a pass in Apple Wallet. Upgrade on attendee feedback and recommendations for organizers and community builders. The morning after, guests give honest, anonymous feedback in their own words, by voice or by typing. Organizers get a dashboard of what worked, what to fix, who people want to meet next, and the best day and time for the next one. Match the room. During an event the host taps once and every checked-in guest is paired with someone new to meet, round after round. Your seat. Three hours before a dinner starts, see your table, who sits beside you, and what you have in common. Unlisted, your network shield. Stay connected to someone without passing them on. IRL never suggests or introduces them to your friends through you, and they do not appear in your connection list when others look. Nothing tells them. Joining is simpler. Sign up with your email, Apple or Google, no invite code needed. A code still connects you to the friend who invited you. Setup starts with your city and your country code, both suggested from your phone. WhatsApp from day one. Link WhatsApp to the IRL Concierge in one tap during setup. Dinner invites. Once you accept a seat, you can invite a friend of your own, up to three steps from the host. Memories. Share photos from a night with the people you were with, in the night’s album, on your profile, or both. IRL points for hosting, introductions both people accept, feedback, bringing in a friend who verifies, and checking in at the door. Sharing to Instagram, redesigned, with new event and Memory cards for Stories and posts. Plus a calendar feed with the events you host, grouped notifications, and many smaller fixes.

Verifying your ID is smoother: it now opens in your phone’s browser and brings you back to IRL when you’re done, and if you stop halfway you pick up where you left off. Hosts can match everyone in the room at their events. You can set several ticket prices, like early bird, when you create an event.

Add the IRL calendar to your phone before you’ve verified your ID. Searching for someone before you verify now tells you why there are no results. Community accounts open straight on their dashboard. Plus smaller fixes to sign-up and the ID check screen.

Your profile, the way others see it. Open the Profile tab and you see exactly what other members see: a big photo with your name on it, your verified name, and everything you chose to share. Tap any card to change it. Apple and Google sign-in now work with a typed invite code, and Google brings you straight back into IRL on Android. Photos of any size. Upload a full-size photo from your gallery and IRL does the shrinking. 150 passions. Search them, pick from 13 groups, or add your own.

A new IRL, inside and out. Everything was redesigned to feel like an invitation, not a listing. Every screen got the same calm, premium look. Profiles now tell a story. A friend’s page opens on their photo, then their own words about what they’re working on and who they’d love to meet, then their photos from gatherings. Two numbers, People and Communities, open their full list so you can connect through friends. Share a memory. Photos from a night, a trip, a coffee that ran long. Tag who you were with and it lands on Happening, on your profile, and in your chat together. Happening is one feed. What’s coming up and photos from recent gatherings, with every photo swipeable right there. A table you can see. When you host, you see who’s sitting where: faces down both sides of a long table, open seats marked. Better introductions. IRL only suggests people in your city, never the same person twice in a row, and it learns from one tap: after you meet someone, tell IRL whether you’d see them again. The concierge remembers. Tell it who you want to meet or where you’ll be, and it keeps that in mind. See everything it knows about you under Profile. A new welcome for new members: a few short voice questions, your own words, your photo, and a profile that’s complete from day one.

Your stamps now live on your profile. Collect them as you meet people, host, and show up. Check in at the door. Going to an event? Show your ticket and the host scans you in. Share to your Story. Send gathering photos and events to Instagram, with your IRL link ready to paste. Notifications when they matter. We now ask at the moment they actually help, like when you're waiting to hear back from someone. Plus smaller fixes, including labels that were cut short at large text sizes.

Verification is clearer and faster. Your ID goes straight to our verification partner and is deleted the moment you're verified, and any government ID works, not just a passport. New: tap the mic at the top of Nurture and talk to your IRL concierge. Try "Set up a walk with Robyn on Saturday morning", "Remind me to call Ana on Monday at 3pm", or "Introduce Ana and Ben". It creates the gathering, sends the invitation, and reminds you at the time you asked for.