- Every group now has a chat - talk in real time, reply to messages, react with emoji, mention each other with @, and share drops straight into the conversation - Groups can now be public - find them in search, get suggestions based on where your friends are, and join without an invite code - Listen to a 30-second preview without leaving the app - the play button is there in your feed, on a drop, and while you're picking your song - Open a song in Apple Music or YouTube Music as well as Spotify, and pick your default player in Settings - Hear every candidate before you vote with a single tap - each round's playlist is ready in Spotify and YouTube Music - Earn badges for streaks, winning rounds, and time spent with jamDrop - they show up on your profile and we'll let you know the moment you unlock one

- A new notification bell in your feed gathers your activity - new followers, follow requests, group invites, comments, and mentions - You can now see which group still needs your vote - the indicator clears the moment you vote - Reach a 7-day streak and you'll earn a streak freeze that saves your streak if you miss a single day - Your profile - and everyone else's - now shows the date the account was created

- You can now reply to comments on a drop — replies form threads, show a timestamp, and read oldest-first - Open a past drop from History to catch up on later reactions and comments — older drops are read-only - Edit your drop's caption anytime, for free — it no longer uses up your daily song change - Turned notifications off before? You can now switch them back on from Settings so you don't miss reactions to your drops - Your streak now correctly resets after a missed day, instead of showing an old number after a break

- We've replaced friends with following — you can now follow anyone without waiting for them to accept, and friends are simply people who follow each other - Make your account private so new followers need your approval, and choose whether followers can react to and comment on your drops - See who someone follows and who follows them right from their profile — a great way to find new people - Get a notification when someone starts following you or accepts your follow request - Filtering the feed by a specific group now shows your own drop for that day too - Every day at midnight we'll nudge you that a fresh theme is waiting for your drop - You won't be logged out anymore if you open the app without a connection — your session survives temporary network hiccups

- Your feed now shows drops from your groups, with a filter to switch between everyone, friends, and a single group - See who voted for each drop - tap a result on the vote screen to reveal who backed it - You'll get a notification when someone comments on your drop - you can turn these off in Settings - and a comment you started is kept if you leave the screen and come back - Signed up with Google or Apple? You can now set a password and sign in with your email too - Before you post a drop, we'll warn you if someone in your group already picked the same song - Added an "Open in Spotify" button on the drop confirmation screen - Tap someone's avatar to open their profile