New Design & Interface Visual Update: New app icon, refreshed brand colors, and Inter typeface for improved readability. Streamlined Navigation: Reduced to 5 clean tabs. Tap a tab to scroll to the top; swipe from the screen edge to go back. Home Screen: Redesigned as a clear launchpad for your most important updates. Feel: Smoother animations and gentler haptics throughout. Reimagined Messaging Cleaner Layout: Consecutive messages group together, avatars show beside texts, and date separators organize your chat history. Group Features: Use @-mentions to call out members, mute noisy threads, and check read receipts at a glance. Navigation: Tap any reply to jump to the original message, and scroll up to automatically load older history. Reliability: Message order remains stable on refresh, failed sends can be retried with one tap, and network errors are clearly labeled. PDOS & Inquiries PDOS: Reworked into a 7-card interview with a progress bar. Drafts auto-save, and your length of stay calculates automatically. Inquiries: Swipe to archive active entries, switch between views in one tap, and enjoy auto-saved drafts. Churches & Advisories Churches: Smoother bottom-sheet filtering and tap-to-expand cluster maps. Advisories: Severity tabs now include live item counts. Bug Fixes Fixed a map-zoom crash. Fixed a Google login issue where bad attempts could log out existing sessions.

Church Locator • Fixed a crash on iPhone when zooming into areas with many congregations. • Tap any large cluster — even country-wide ones — to expand it into smaller groups. • Smoother map performance worldwide, with smart clustering at every zoom level. Sign-in & Account • Fixed Google sign-in failures and the spurious error message that appeared after a successful login on Android. • Mistyping your password no longer signs you out of the app. • More reliable handling of authentication callbacks. PDOS Application • The seminar date is now optional and aligned with the official scheduling window. • Clearer form-validation messages. Stability • Fixed an intermittent crash when switching between tabs on Android. • Better behaviour on slow or unreliable connections. • Resolved a number of minor issues reported by users since 1.0.5. Accessibility & Polish • Improved screen-reader support across forms and key screens. • Refined dark mode for better readability. • Small visual fixes.

• Dark mode redesign — neutral charcoal palette that meets WCAG AA contrast on every screen, with brand colours, icons, and dividers clearly visible in low light. • Biometric unlock — sign in once, then use Face ID, Touch ID, or your fingerprint to reopen the app in seconds. • In-app messaging — receive announcements and replies from the MCGI team without leaving the app. • Mobile UX aligned with mfa-mcgi.org — consistent navigation, headings, and branding between phone and web. • Hardened core flows — steadier PDOS form behaviour, more reliable church search, and a more balanced services grid.

Improved app stability and performance Enhanced UI across key screens Better chat/voice and map reliability Minor bug fixes and quality improvements

- New Seafarer Requisition form for maritime workers to submit crewing requests directly from the app - Redesigned Inquiries flow with a streamlined, easier-to-complete submission experience - Faster Chapters directory with improved caching for quicker browsing offline - Refreshed home and dashboard layouts optimized for all iPhone and iPad sizes - Performance and stability improvements

- Redesigned layout: the app now adapts smoothly to every iPhone and iPad size, including Split View and landscape orientation. - New "Delete Account" option under Account settings, with full Apple Sign-In revocation. - Improved AI voice chat: more natural conversation turn-taking via updated Gemini Live voice activity detection. - More reliable sign-in: hardened token handling and smoother session refresh. - PDOS form refinements, updated country/region pickers, and map polish. - Performance and stability fixes throughout.