Root: Community Chat & Voice
Text chat, video calls & apps
Free
Root is community chat with voice and video calls, screen share, themes, and apps, all in one place. Chat in channels, hop into a call with your group, and add apps to enhance your community experience.
FREE PROFILE AND THEME CUSTOMIZATION
No paywalls on personality. Animated profile pictures, animated banners, custom emoji and themes are all free. Pick a theme or build your own.
VOICE, VIDEO AND SCREEN SHARE
Talk in voice channels, turn on video, and share your screen with sound. Move a call from your computer to your phone without hanging up.
APPS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Add apps to your community. Draw together on one canvas, track tasks, or plan your next raid.
BRING YOUR SERVER
Import a server template and Root sets up your channels, categories and roles.
FIND YOUR PEOPLE
Browse Community Discovery to find a new group chat, or list your own community.
more This update brings Picture-in-Picture and new layouts to calls, and fixes a crash when saving custom themes.
- Calls keep playing in Picture-in-Picture when you leave the app.
- New call layouts for two people, screen shares and groups.
- Swipe the call screen down to shrink it into the floating call window.
- Pick profile pictures and banners from Files.
- Liquid Glass (experimental) on iOS 26 and later. Turn it on in Settings > General. Will always be an opt-in setting.
- Root is now better suited for tablets, as well as the upcoming iPhone Duo.
- Add several emoji at once by turning it on in Settings > Chat.
- Deafening now mutes you too.
- Picking an online status now reflects the change right away.
- See when your AirPods mute the call.
- You'll now see an alert when you're removed from a community.
- The connection bar now says when you're offline.
- More of the app is translated, including permission prompts.
- Fixed custom themes crashing the app when saved or switched.
- Fixed a crash on the Notifications tab in German.
- Fixed the app getting stuck on Reconnecting until you closed it.
- Fixed the app icon badge not counting notifications.
- Fixed notifications opening to a loading screen.
- Fixed apps reloading in a loop or showing the wrong app.
- Fixed dictation adding a stray character to messages.
- Fixed the conversation scrolling up after you leave Search.
- Fixed changes to profiles and communities not showing until you restart.
0.9.40 19 hr ago
This update brings Root to seven more languages and lets you set each person's volume in a call.
- Root is now available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Polish and Turkish.
- See what's new after each update, and find past notes in Settings > About.
- Set each person's voice and screen share volume in a call.
- Tap a profile picture or banner to see it full screen.
- Links to channels, messages and apps now show as chips.
- Theme previews now show every background color.
- Developer mode moved to Settings > Advanced, matching desktop.
- Fixed busy channels jumping back into older messages.
- Fixed voice calls stuck connecting on some iPhones.
- Fixed leaving a call taking you to the community home.
- Fixed messages sometimes sending only partly.
- Fixed photos showing sideways.
- Fixed apps playing sound after you close them.
- Fixed Files crashing when importing a theme.
0.9.39 15 Oct
This update lets you share your screen from a call, install first-party apps, and set up a community from a Discord template.
-Share your screen from a call, including the sound from the app you're showing.
-Import a Discord server template when you create a community.
-Brings the app store to mobile for first-party app installation.
-Continue a call on your phone when you're already in it on another device.
-Swipe a message left to reply.
-Tap an image and it opens out of its thumbnail. Drag it away in any direction to close it.
-Messages with several images now lay out in a grid.
-Reorder roles from Roles settings.
-Improved color picker for community and role colors
-Turn on Developer mode in Settings > General to copy IDs and ban by user ID.
-Root now uses far less storage on iPhone.
-Message area performance improvements.
-Fixed calls failing to join until you restarted the app.
-Fixed the Everyone role disappearing from role settings.
-Fixed custom emoji showing as text while loading.
-Fixed dates using the wrong calendar.
0.9.38 8 Oct
This update brings custom themes, favorite GIFs and text chat in voice channels. As well as many performance improvements
- New OLED, gradient and custom themes, synced to your account.
- Long-press any GIF to save it to your Favorites.
-Voice channels now have text chat, even before you join the call.
- Screen shares start only when you tap Watch Stream, which saves data.
- Mute and deafen now carry over to your next call.
- Images open right away and don't download again.
- Profile edits now say why they failed, like too many changes in a row.
- Fixed wide or tall custom emoji looking squished.
- Fixed reordered channels moving back to their old place.
- Fixed closed apps popping back open or leaving a blank screen.
- Fixed headings and some usernames being hard to read on dark themes.
- Channels and DMs open faster, with less stutter in big communities.
- Conversations start loading as soon as you touch them.
- Custom emoji load sooner on slow connections.
- The emoji picker opens faster after the first time.
- Fixed chats getting stuck or moving on their own, including when you return to the app.
- Fixed the message list jumping to the newest message while you scroll up.
- Fixed unread lines appearing for messages you're reading in a DM.
- Fixed unsent messages disappearing after a reconnect.
- Fixed profile edits failing until you reopened the screen.
- Fixed a second tap closing a chat that was still opening.
0.9.37 2 Oct
This update brings a new message composer and steadier conversations.
- New message composer and display renderer.
- Community banners now show at the top of the community screen.
- Swipe down on the message box to close the keyboard.
- Community banners now show at the top of the community screen.
- Invite people to your community right from the community header.
- Typing indicators show names in role colors.
- Smoother keyboard when you drag it closed.
- Fixed invite notifications showing errors after the invite is no longer valid.
- Fixed the message notification appearing for the chat you're already in.
- Fixed the incoming call ring repeating.
0.9.35 25 Sept
This update opens Community Discovery.
Browse public communities by category, or search by name and description.
Join a community in one tap. No invite needed.
List your own community from Community settings once you meet the requirements
Communities can now have banners
Refactored community home screen display
The message composer opens and closes faster with the keyboard.
Fixed a channel stuck loading after tapping a mention notification.
Fixed a save failure for non-owners editing community settings.
0.9.34 17 Sept
- Unpin a pinned message right from the pinned list in a text channel or DM.
- Messages that are only an image or GIF link now show just the image.
- Clearer messages when you hit a limit on joins, invites, or new conversations.
- Fixed hearing someone who unmuted while you were deafened.
- Fixed people who left a call still showing in the grid.
- Fixed the text channel view getting stuck partway open.
Fixed a crash when starting a new conversation.
0.9.33 10 Sept
- New Apps & Bots tab in notifications.
- Select several members at once to kick or ban them.
- Links in profile bios are now tappable.
- Community owners now see a message when a Root app is suspended for core capacity.
- Screen shares look sharper, and video tiles run at a smoother 30fps.
- Switching between large communities performs better
- Fewer stalls during long sessions and in busy channels.
- The GIF button now appears for anyone who can send messages.
- Fixed sign-in verification failing after you sign out.
- Fixed screens stuck in a loading state until you force-quit the app.
- Fixed the message box floating over blank space after the keyboard closed.
0.9.32 3 Sept
- You can now copy a link to any channel message.
- Opening a channel is faster, and messages appear straight from cache.
- Fixed a crash that could close the app shortly after opening it.
- Fixed a blank screen after signing in.
- Fixed notifications and links reopening a channel you had already left.
- Fixed in-call sounds playing late, quietly, or not at all.
- Fixed the composer dropping the first character typed after sending a message.
- Fixed the composer going blank, and mention and emoji menus not opening.
- Fixed editing a message losing its line breaks.
- Fixed chats getting stuck on a loading placeholder.
- Message drafts and unsent messages now save right away.
0.9.31 28 Aug
This update focuses on keeping conversations current when you come back to the app.
- Quick reactions now show the emojis you actually use, including custom community emojis.
- Custom emojis and avatars load faster and stop re-downloading.
- New communities now turn on join protection by default.
0.9.30 20 Aug
- Fixed call audio cutting out after a call sound effect played.
- Fixed the app not responding to taps after switching apps mid-swipe.
- Fixed being signed out when the app opens on a slow connection.
- Unsent messages now retry themselves once you reconnect.
- Drafts are saved per conversation, even after you close the app.
- Your own video is now mirrored in calls.
0.9.29 13 Aug
- Reorder your channels and channel groups from a new drag-and-drop screen, reachable from the long-press menu.
- New call sounds for joining and leaving voice, deafening, and starting or stopping a screen share, plus a ring for incoming calls.
0.9.28 6 Aug
- Leave a review on any Root app. Long-press its channel to rate it.
- Fixed the app staying rotatable after leaving a call.
0.9.27 30 Jul
This update adds premium community support, plus session and other improvements.
- Added premium community support with cores, level badges, and vanity invite links
- Fixed background app audio continuing to play after you switch away
- Your session now refreshes automatically in the background for fewer unexpected sign-outs
- Added community favorites support: long-press to pin your favorite communities to the top
- Easier to find and add friends, with a dedicated search and empty-state prompt
0.9.26 23 Jul
This update reworks the in-call experience and makes calls more reliable.
- Choose your audio output during calls: speaker, earpiece, or Bluetooth
- Call audio now recovers automatically after connection problems
- The call overlay now follows the active speaker and shows screen shares
- More reliable audio when starting outgoing calls
- Fixed being removed from 18+ communities after accepting the age notice
- Typing in the message composer is smoother, especially in large communities
- Channels you read on desktop now show as read on mobile right away
- Sign-in verification is more reliable and shows accurate errors
- Toast notifications now center correctly on iPad
0.9.25 20 Jul
• New: Noise suppression for calls. Remove background noise, adjustable in settings or in-call
• Faster, more accurate speaking indicators in voice calls
• Fixed issues with stuck message loading screens. Give ability to retry loading messages.
• Fixes around community channel and channel group lists not showing correctly in empty community states
0.9.24 7 Jul
With Tenor gifs shutting down, we've migrated our gif service to use KLIPY.
0.9.23 26 Jun
- Self-assignable roles: pick up and drop roles your community has opened for self-assignment
- Admins can now delete system messages again
- Fixed a crash when flipping the camera during calls on iOS. Camera flip is back
- Clearer "username already taken" error, and the username field no longer autocorrects
- Fixed issue where role color updates on users would not always update reliably
0.9.22 25 Jun
New in this update:
• Improved video stream quality in calls
• Times and dates now follow your device settings (24-hour clock and local date format)
• Fixes for loading older messages when app is previously backgrounded
• Plus fixes for image and GIF paste, username editing, and more
• Sudo badge display support and sudo subscribers get a profile pill and ambient glow
0.9.21 17 Jun
The mobile client can now run app channels. Check it out!
0.9.20 4 Jun
Passkeys: Sign in faster and more securely with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode.
Recovery codes: Generate a one-time set of recovery codes so you can always get back into your account if you lose your device.
Reliability and polish across sign-in, account settings, password changes, and notifications.
0.9.19 29 Apr
Profile join dates: See when anyone joined Root right from their profile
Email updates: Change your email address right from the app with secure two-step verification
0.9.18 8 Apr
Voice channel calls stay properly connected when you switch apps on iOS, with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls. Member lists load faster in large communities, and "member left" messages now appear in channels.
Other Bug Fixes
Fixed various right-to-left text rendering issues for RTL languages
Fixed role colors bleeding across communities
0.9.17 3 Apr
Learn more at https://www.rootapp.com/changelog.
0.9.16 26 Mar
Learn more at https://www.rootapp.com/changelog.
0.9.15 18 Mar
This update brings Picture-in-Picture and new layouts to calls, and fixes a crash when saving custom themes.
- Calls keep playing in Picture-in-Picture when you leave the app.
- New call layouts for two people, screen shares and groups.
- Swipe the call screen down to shrink it into the floating call window.
- Pick profile pictures and banners from Files.
- Liquid Glass (experimental) on iOS 26 and later. Turn it on in Settings > General. Will always be an opt-in setting.
- Root is now better suited for tablets, as well as the upcoming iPhone Duo.
- Add several emoji at once by turning it on in Settings > Chat.
- Deafening now mutes you too.
- Picking an online status now reflects the change right away.
- See when your AirPods mute the call.
- You'll now see an alert when you're removed from a community.
- The connection bar now says when you're offline.
- More of the app is translated, including permission prompts.
- Fixed custom themes crashing the app when saved or switched.
- Fixed a crash on the Notifications tab in German.
- Fixed the app getting stuck on Reconnecting until you closed it.
- Fixed the app icon badge not counting notifications.
- Fixed notifications opening to a loading screen.
- Fixed apps reloading in a loop or showing the wrong app.
- Fixed dictation adding a stray character to messages.
- Fixed the conversation scrolling up after you leave Search.
- Fixed changes to profiles and communities not showing until you restart.
more Version 0.9.40 19 hr ago
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