Paperclip menu: photo, video, file, location, poll in one place. Polls in chats and groups. Voice and video messages: hold to record, let go to listen before sending; video messages are translated. Stickers and emoji in one panel; add a sticker pack from a sticker you received. Edit a message right in the text field. An unfinished game stays at the top, one tap back in. The app's language changes at once. Calls connect better on weak and slowed networks. Smoother scrolling. On Mac: chats open at once, settings in the menu bar, photos and videos in their own window. Fixes and performance improvements. New in the 26 Oct build: call screen with caption pills, a slim volume control and square buttons; chats arrive on a new device by themselves; translate photos, documents and videos; calls recover faster; new attachment menu; real sign-in logos. On Mac: a settings window, Live Text in photos and videos. Also in this version: tap record and choose voice or video. Video messages are a clean square; flip the camera while recording, and on iPhones that support it, record with both cameras at once. Reactions sit side by side with how many people chose each; quick reactions are in the message menu. Polls show the vote count and who voted. Open a place in Apple Maps, Google Maps or OpenStreetMap. Your number, minutes and plans are in your profile. Icons share one style. Deleting a chat is a clear card with the choice. Photos load more reliably on slow networks.

Invite friends from chats, contacts and groups. On iPhone, Write needs only an AiThao Number; Contacts has one invite row. Editing a message keeps your draft; Delete for me removes the local copy immediately. Games reopen from the bar and the board stays steady. Improved Durak and Battleship; group hosts start games. Suspicious requests show warning reasons. Loading older messages keeps your place. On Mac, the game menu, Delete key and right click work. Fixes and performance improvements.

• Mini-games in chats: checkers, battleship, durak and chess — with friends or a bot • Your own chat folders instead of filters • Sign in with Facebook • Edit a photo before sending it • Videos in a chat open full screen and keep playing in a small window • Video calls in a small window over other apps • Your chats move to a new device by themselves • On the Mac, drag photos and files from a chat to the desktop • An invite reaches your friend even after they install from the App Store • Calls on mobile data connect more reliably • Chats and settings scroll smoothly again • Change a photo with words, right in the editor • Read any message aloud, in any language • A new sign-in screen that fits on one page • Games: find an opponent, add them as a friend, rematch • On the Mac: chat folders by the title, language flags in the chat list, select text in messages with the mouse

• Call translation starts sooner — while the other phone is still ringing — and recovers on its own after a glitch. • Clearer sound in video calls on mobile data: video adapts to the connection, sound comes first. • Holding one call no longer mutes the other. • Mac: the camera no longer crashes; a video sent with the paperclip or dragged in goes as a video. • Tag people by @name; tap a quote to jump to the message. • Long texts go as several messages; a message that failed can be deleted. • Folders instead of filters: All and your own folders in one row you can swipe; put any chat in a folder. • «Select text» in a message's menu: copy any part of it.

• Group calls: choose whom to ring, or call several contacts without making a group • Chats open at the newest message, with the text field ready at once • Add your own stickers from the internet, or save one someone sent you • Call summaries on all your devices; group calls get subtitles and a summary • Translated calls: a slider for the other person's own voice on the call screen • See who reacted, and open a group member's contact card • Videos are compressed before sending; files up to about 100 MB • Contacts you add on one device appear on all your devices

• Light theme • Chat folders: rename, delete, create your own, search inside a folder • Invite friends and get minutes • A message that could not be opened on another device now mends itself • A call ends on both phones whoever hangs up • The date stays visible while you scroll

• Translation panel in calls: long-press Translation for the original voice volume, subtitles and, in group calls, translation or the person's own voice for each participant. • Subtitles in group calls: the latest phrases with the speaker's name. • Invite a contact into a running call, or turn a one-to-one call into a group call without hanging up. • Urgent messages and "important person": such a message breaks through Do Not Disturb. • New call screen: each person's language, camera flip in your own tile, the screen stays on. • iPad and the unfolded iPhone Duo: the Mac layout — sections, chat list and conversation side by side. • More reliable connection on restricted networks. • Fixes: muting the microphone in calls, renaming a contact, empty messages.

• Calls: fold a call into a small window over the app, clearer call buttons, the screen stays on in video calls, a smoother switch to translation and a slider for the original voice under it. • Move your chat history to a new phone. • Words not to translate — set them in Messages settings. • aithao.com invite and group links open the app. • Paste pictures straight into a message. • Interface in Portuguese (Portugal). • Fixes, and less battery use in the background.

• Group calls with translation, up to 4 people • Messages are translated by the language they are written in, whatever your settings • New sign-in screen • Switching between accounts is more reliable • Fixes and improvements