The biggest Hayati update so far: the whole world is now playable. 13 countries • Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, the UK and the US. • New: Canada, Australia, Japan, Brazil and Mexico. • Every country has its own schools, jobs, cities and life events. • Pick where you are born, or let the game surprise you. Four languages • Arabic and English, and new: Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. • You choose your language the first time you open the game. Change it any time in Settings. • Any country plays in any language. • Calls and voice notes are voiced in Arabic and English. Spanish and Portuguese are text only. New faces • Characters redrawn from scratch: expressive eyes, new hairstyles, hijab and ghutra, and they age with the person. A new look • A calmer palette. Gold is now only for money and coins. • Pictures on the activity tiles. • A birth scene before your first year. • A flight scene, and a stamp that lands in your passport when you book a trip. • Livelier mini-games: motion, effects and confetti. Fixes • The name field lets you delete one letter at a time. • US school system: characters finish school instead of getting stuck in first grade. • The first-purchase numbers in the coin shop now match what you receive. • Western lives no longer show Gulf-only items. • Job titles use the feminine form for women. Thank you to everyone who wrote to us. Keep it coming!

The biggest Hayati update so far. You asked for travel, marriage and more things to do. Here they are. Real travel • More than 30 destinations: Dubai, Istanbul, London, Paris, the Maldives, Tokyo and more. • Pick your class and who comes along. Every trip tells its own story. • A passport full of stamps to collect, and souvenirs for your Assets. • Umrah and Hajj, and a honeymoon after the wedding. Marriage for everyone • Women receive suitors: a viewing, the family's opinion, then accept or refuse. The mahr is hers. • Men can ask their mother to find someone or propose to someone they know, with help from family and a marriage fund. • Clear chance bars with advice on how to raise them. • Engagement, wedding planning and a wedding celebration. School life • 18 clubs and teams: football, drama, school radio, robotics, scouts and more. • Choose your crowd: the studious, the athletes, the popular ones, the artists or the troublemakers. • Popularity, a discipline record, captaincies, competitions and trophies. • A new skill, self-defence. All of it shapes your marks, university and career. People you can interact with • Three-turn chats, jokes, advice, hang-outs at the majlis, the desert or the cinema, and gifts. • Faces that react: laughing, upset, in love, shocked. • With your spouse: date night, cooking together, planning a trip. Prison is a full chapter • A monthly routine: workshop, study, library, gym, programmes that shorten the sentence. • Bail, a lawyer and an appeal, and a parole hearing. • An escape mini-game, and a fresh start after release. A reason to come back every day • Levels 1 to 60 with titles and rewards. • Three goals for every life and three fresh quests every day. • A daily reward with a streak, and a welcome-back gift. • "Next up" shows what is waiting for you. Every life is different • 24 traits: a gift and a quirk for each character. • Special starts: rich family, genius child, twins, orphan and more. Mini-games (all skippable) • A quick quiz at exam time, the driving test, the job interview and souq haggling. More things • 13 new activities: desert camping, fishing, diving, the mall, a spa day, language classes and more. • Luxury shopping: watches, oud, bishts and abayas, gold and bags. • Falcons, racing camels and horses: train them, compete and win prizes. • More than 400 new events. Movie-like sound • Real voices in calls and voice notes: Gulf Arabic in each country's own accent, and English too. • Background ambience, and a narrator for the big moments. A new look • Animated scenes on every event, and a living background for each stage of life. • Cards to share: wedding, graduation, new job, new baby, trips. Fixes • Pay buttons work when your money is in the bank. • Dialect words no longer break other words in Arabic. • If you attended the funeral, the game remembers it correctly. • Reputation now makes sense and explains itself. • Activity and work tiles are never cut off, and large text fits. • Voice notes play even with the phone on silent. Thank you to everyone who wrote to us. Keep it coming!

A big update for Hayati: • Work life comes alive: monthly work actions, your relationship with the boss and team, projects, and a yearly review with raises and bonuses. • Country-specific stories for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar and Oman. • Pets: falcons, camels, salukis, cats and more. • Ribbons: 40+ achievements for how your life went, easy to share. • Monthly life challenges with coin rewards. • Time Machine: go back 1, 3 or 5 years and choose differently. • An animated year recap, confetti, a cinematic death screen and new sounds. • "Quick new life" button after death. • Rewarded ads fixed, plus general improvements.