Bug fixes and performance upgrades

This update includes the end of year summary and updates the XP requirements for earning a gift in the upcoming Holiday Cheer Challenge. It also includes a number of bug fixes, polish and tech upgrades.

Bug fixes and performance upgrades

We’ve laid the groundwork for exciting new features coming soon! This release also includes several bug fixes and performance improvements.

Fixes an issue where the Challenge card became unavailable at the end of the last challenge.

Bug fixes and performance upgrades

We’ve rolled out a big update that makes Tonic smoother and more fun to use. Highlights include a navigation overhaul with cleaner, more intuitive tabs and a new Quest Home screen that brings all your progress and rewards into one place. You can now gift multiple XP boosts with one tap, including new bouquet types that are dropping in the Shop soon. Under the hood, we’ve re-architected notifications, cleaned up deep links, and fixed a host of bugs. Altogether, this release makes Tonic faster, clearer, and more reliable — so you can stay focused on creating and connecting.

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Adds support for new challenge rewards and fixes a bug related to performances.

This release introduces Claps, a new way to show support on your teammates’ activity items. We’re also rolling out Quest Badges, which let you collect achievements for each quest completed and set records for fastest completion times. Other highlights include upgrades to Studio Boosts and the addition of custom default profile pictures, adding more color and personality to the community. - New: Claps for quest activity items - New: Add notifications for reactions to activity items - New: Cake badge on name for Tonic-anniversary - New: Open a boost counter sheet when the multiplier button is tapped in a studio - New: Add flower gift to first listening experience - New: Render Quest badges in your achievements - New: Quest badge tally when quest is completed - New: Badge detail sheet design - New: Bald head on avatar selection screen - New: Player option to boost a Performance studio - New: Tap a boost message in chat log to open the booster’s profile sheet - New: Custom default profile pics for anyone without a profile pic - Update: Reorder audience list by high boost count - Update: Add confirmation sheet when blocking a member from a Group - Update: Censor additional words - Tech: Fix some type config errors - Bug: Pending invitations shouldn't show after quest start - Bug: Name of users with live now studios not showing up in Activity - Bug: Font not loading leads to areas of dashboard rendering incorrectly - Bug: Quests start before reservation phase ends - Bug: Mutually blocked user seems to be invisible in studio - Bug: Song/technique search input gets hidden behind header - Bug: "3 hour Studio limit" message appears in a subsequent new studio - Polish: Names of users in a Group list overflow the screen - Polish: Now Playing song is incorrectly centered in studio preview sheet - Polish: Add X icon in tooltips so users can more easily dismiss and move onto the next - Polish: Improve entering a chatroom when quest countdown ends - Polish: Icon for user type not showing up in the quest activity item - Polish: Preview sheet for onboarding listening - Polish: Fix all the button text heights

Bug fixes and performance improvements

A new instrument has joined the party! You can now show and track when you're playing the harpsichord in your studios. This update also includes bug fixes and performance updates.

Performance upgrades and bug fixes

This release introduces the new invitations flow for Quests. This will help users form teams that they enjoy questing with, while still leaving room for others to join them to become friends. Additionally this release contains a major app performance upgrade that changes how we create and render listener studios, which we anticipate to have positive impact on the battery consumption problem some users have reported in the past. - New: Allow users to create a new Quest team and send out invitations - New: Allow users to accept Quest team invitations - New: Banning a user from a quest chatroom (via admin) immediately prevents user from chatting further and stops their notifications - Update: Update quest progress notification copy - Bug: Streak accuracy issue with long streak & multiple streak freezes - Bug: Deep link stays active after log out & log back in - Bug: Joining an existing quest team temporarily broke while invitations were being rolled out - Bug: Chatroom became inaccessible if a user leaves and rejoins the same Quest team - Bug: Some users were getting chat notifications from Quests they were no longer part of - Bug: Pubnub kick user signal should not fail removing user from chatroom - Bug: Only one user profile can live on the navigation stack at a time - Bug: Users could not scroll quest details page when they are not part of the team - Bug: Older challenge badges are cleaned up with the correct image urls - Polish: Non-XP Quest goals had incorrect UI alignment - Polish: Dot animation should only show when the Quest is in Waiting stage - Polish: The shadow for the toasts are made to be more prominent - Polish: Replace word “teammate” with “member” if user is not part of the team - Polish: Fix Moon River quest icon - Polish: Tune the free performance pass drop algorithm - Polish: Do not grant quest rewards to members who have not contributed to the quest goals - Tech: Battery consumption improvements for listeners - Tech: Make the max invites for a Quest tunable - Tech: Fixed backend error relating to Work questions

Bug fixes and performance upgrades

This release introduces a revision to onboarding that includes joining a studio and dropping in. It includes a slew of bug fixes, technical cleanup, and design polish. - Update: New shop dialogue during onboarding player demo - Update: Revision to onboarding, requiring experiencing a studio visit - Update: Enable listener complete after joining a few studios, or skipping - Update: Add fire emoji to emojis in chatroom - Bug: Group block / report flow seems broken - Bug: Fix badges for listening not showing up when you earn them - Bug: Blocked user cannot see pubic group messages - Bug: Quest chatroom message box/composer is not appearing on screen - Bug: Studios that are private and go public during a Challenge show "You contributed..." - Bug: Top of the quest image is cutoff in info icon - Bug: Quest card disappears from home screen upon tapping into it and backing out - Bug: Quest card on dashboard stays at 0:00:00 - Bug: Order group invites by time sent - Bug: Unable to unblock a redacted person from profile - Bug: Quest chat messages not responding to touches - Bug: Fix regressions in studio overrendering - Polish: Polish copy for first public studio flow - Polish: Polish indicator for passive listening on profile sheet - Polish: Polish the empty state chatroom - Polish: Polish the hidden message sheet copy - Polish: "Featured" pill next to the Sort pill in Style section of Shop appears to be broken - Polish: Quest Pledge misaligned on iPad - Polish: Center text on Challenge card - Polish: Empty state for a chatroom - Tech: Reduce audio quality to save power - Tech: Fix types for iPad, studios - Tech: Fix regressions in studio overrendering - Tech: Clean up feature flags - Tech: Clean up all pocket related code - Tech: Remove deprecated code for RCM group join outfit drop - Track: Track when users take private studios public - Track: Add challenge to the studio complete event - Track: Add tracking for users who finish quests but 0 progress

Bug fixes & performance upgrades

Performance upgrades and bug fixes

Five new instruments join the party: Erhu, Tuba, Euphonium, Pipa, and Accordion! This release introduces a major rearchitecture of our chatrooms, delivering a faster, more streamlined experience. Along with performance improvements, chatrooms now feature unread message counts and who's currently live. Most importantly, chatrooms are now fortified with robust authentication and security measures to enable granular moderation controls. - New: Add five new instruments (Erhu, Tuba, Euphonium, Pipa, Accordion) - New: New chatroom architecture, add chatrooms to quest (feature flagged) - New: Read chatroom messages, receive live messages - New: Send chatroom messages - New: Delete chatroom messages, delete messages live - New: Report a chatroom message - New: Add emoji reactions to chatroom messages, receive reactions live - New: Add authentication for chatroom, with regenerating token - New: Reply to a chat message, receive replies live - New: Show reply count and avatars - New: Add avatar list of who is active now in chatroom (feature flagged) - New: Show unread count of new messages - New: Scroll to the top to see start of new messages, account for lazy loading - New: Add typing indicators as signals - New: Handle disconnection and reconnection from live chat - New: Handle expulsion from the chatroom when banned - New: Add option to hide messages of a user whom you blocked - New: Indicate hidden message in the chatroom - New: Leave a chatroom from quest info screen - New: Indication sheet when chat is not open yet (before quest starts) - New: Sheet for quest pledge, tap on checkmarks to proceed - New: New screens for Quest chat - New: Add Outfit Jasmine and San Francisco to Shop, mark outfits to be removed as limited - New: Add support for July 2025 outfit separate items to animation studios - Update: Revised studio demo intro screen - Update: Quest info sheet should now be a quest info screen (before joining) - Tech: Improve reporting flow for messages, and other elements - Tech: Clean up feature flags for demo studio - Tech: Prevent frontend from sending quest id with leave action - Tech: Don't rely on hardcoded list of textured items in app to disable outfit selection - Tech: Expose all instruments in animation studios API - Analytics: Chatroom tracking for sending, reactions, deletions - Bug: Ensure current studio is left when joining a studio via deep link - Bug: Name with longer than 25 characters cannot be shortened, other edit profile polish - Bug: Featured users' instruments are "General” - Speed: Suspend inactive tabs on navigation - Speed: Possible fix of increased battery drain - Polish: Tweak blue indicator for activity on the tab bar - Polish: Some quest design polish - Polish: Users don't know that you can change avatar shoes

Bug fixes and performance upgrades

Performance upgrades and bug fixes

This release includes performance upgrades and bug fixes. * Bug: Tonic loading backsplash is not filling screen * Bug: Fix widget plugin is now fixed * Update: Update copy for onboarding and demo screens * Tech: Add minimum supported version flags

This release introduces the new Demo Studio in onboarding, along with a smoother post-demo flow where users earn tokens and head straight to the shop. After completing the demo, users can immediately explore the entire app, including personalization and avatar curation. Note that only the studio after the demo counts as a user's first real studio. This update also includes various bug fixes, polish, and technical cleanup. - New: Create a demo studio experience - New: Allow demo studio to add songs and chat - New: Audience tab states for the demo - New: Break sheet state for the demo - New: Remove record option for the demo - New: Ensure demo does not require audio - New: New demo studio welcome messages - New: Close studio sheet for demo studio - New: Receive XP and tokens at end of demo studio - New: After demo, prompt to go to shop - New: After demo, show tooltip for avatar editing - New: Revise empty state for practice log screen after demo - New: Move Mic Access sheet to first real studio (after demo) - New: Move Notifications ask to end of first real studio (after demo) - New: Move Dashboard tooltip about progress tracking to after first real studio (after demo) - New: Before the demo, revise FTE states (feature flagged) - New: Quest goal for Bouquets/Fireworks/Potions used - New: Quest goal for XP earned by playing (not listening) - New: Quest goal for XP earned by listening (not by playing) - New: Quest goal for Number of unique studios visited by the entire quest team - Analytics: New tracking for demo studio - Tech: Endpoint for completion of demo studio - Tech: Error handling if demo attempted to complete twice - Update: Profile who blocked me, show redacted info on the profile - Update: Prevent tonic account from being blocked - Bug: “General” for every person in Explore page - Bug: App crashes when OTA restart at first - Bug: Empty state not showing up for the listen sessions screen - Bug: Banned users still get notifications from their banned accounts - Polish: 0 XP screen loading for Challenge leaderboard - Polish: Participants empty state, page issue - Polish: Polish to challenge card for onboarding - Polish: Increase padding and font size in quest goal checklist - Polish: Add empty state for the listen sessions screen

Challenges now have Listening Leaderboards! Join studios and support your fellow players to contribute to this new challenge leaderboard. This release also includes a number of key challenge related bugs and polish. - New: Show a Listening leaderboard in the challenge - New: Listener XP earned in a challenge goes towards Listening leaderboard - New: Show my ranking on the challenge leaderboard - Update: Revisions to challenge rules - Update: Challenge participants screen add instrument filters - Update: Change the challenge rules FAQ link - Bug: Follow buttons not loading on challenge participants screen - Bug: Challenge XP count in studio sheet not showing up - Bug: Tapping on profile of user in Challenge members crashes - Bug: Empty state for leaderboard has infinite loading stars sometimes - Polish: Update copy for empty contribution CTA on challenge - Polish: Electric guitar is not centered during onboarding - Cleanup: Rename the types for challenge leaderboards - Cleanup: Remove feature flags for XP calculation and limits - Tech: Challenge action endpoint for members should have filter - Tech: Fix user query error with null array input

This massive release is packed with important upgrades and improvements. The Challenge system has been overhauled: leaderboard contributions now depend on the instrument you select for each studio, allowing you to appear on multiple leaderboards. Alongside this, we've fixed key bugs and re-architected major parts of the client, resulting in noticeable performance gains. - New: Challenge leaderboard for multiple leaderboard contribution - New: Join a Challenge should not require an instrument declaration - New: Remove instrument selection for a Challenge - New: Challenge participants screen remove filters, load all participants - New: Add challenge ranking bubble for yourself on the leaderboard - New: Infinite loading for challenge leaderboard - New: See all for most recent studios in activity screen - Update: Re-add in-product prompt for email for users who have phone number only - Update: Update challenge rules for AirTurn challenge - Update: Revise challenge leaderboard to show username instead of instruments - Update: Remove challenge rules and alert setting for past ended challenges - Update: Update challenge leaderboard empty state and remove CTA - Bug: Device becomes hot while using Tonic - Bug: XP not showing correctly if you listen to the same Studio more than once - Bug: Empty state for challenge leaderboard is showing infinite loading stars - Bug: Fix and add error logging for Apple sign-in - Bug: Technique page displays Music instead of techniques - Bug: Side shelf is opening without going to the edge of screen - Bug: Crash when opening tonic profile via a tonic highlight - Bug: Remove empty quest card on dashboard if not FTE - Bug: Challenge Participation list displays everyone initially, incorrect XP - Bug: Follow stats not updating when fetching lists of users - Bug: Empty state for studio audience invites shows before friends are loaded - Bug: Show Quest Activity after you've completed quest - Tech: Upgrade to Expo 53 - Tech: Add metadata onboarding for completing first studio - Tech: Studio action endpoint 403s after a listener posts a Leave action - Tech: Clean up captain badge feature flag - Tech: Batch follower push notifications from opening studio - Tech: Mark and add support for Fellow flag on backend - Tech: New challenge actions endpoint integration, migrate store to react query - Tech: Notifications impression tracker plugin addition - Tech: Add web credential for private relay Apple sign-in email - Tech: Add camera usage description for AppStore - Polish: Widget should have grey flame if 0 - Polish: Design and copy polish from last release - Track: Add for receiving a flower or firework