LOCL Update Notes • Notification Improvements: Fixes and adjustments to ensure notifications behave as expected. • Direct Messages: Updated design and smoother handling of older message threads. • YouTube Fixes: Shorts and Playlists now play correctly, and previews appear as expected. • Email & Profile Updates: New change-email flow and a fix for broken profile banners. • Bug Fixes: Resolved issues with back buttons, media display, and connection glitches.

LOCL Update Notes • Redesigned Threading: A fresh new look for conversations. Clearer, cleaner, and easier to follow. • Navigation Tweaks: We refined tab behavior, scrolling, and button placement for a smoother experience. • Manage Community Updates: A sleeker, easier-to-use interface for community leaders and moderators. • Sign-Up Enhancements: A refreshed onboarding flow, and the Welcome Community now loads correctly after signup. • Location Consistency: Your city now stays in sync between your profile and your communities. • Invite & Member Fixes: Invited people no longer inflate member counts, and re-invites now work as expected. • Empty Feed Fix: Empty state messages now show clearly when you have no posts or communities. • Discover & Post Flow: Small design changes, post creation improvements, and a fix for the missing post icon. • Notification Encouragement: We added a subtle nudge to help you stay in the loop. • Bug Fixes: From reply validation to profile city issues and tagging bugs, all squashed.

LOCL Update • Profile Location Fix: Fixed an issue where updating your location would overwrite your original one with San Francisco. Your actual location now stays intact.

LOCL Update • Community Tag Migration Fix: Tags now appear correctly for older communities where they were missing. • YouTube in Feed Restored: YouTube videos can now play directly in the feed again. Tapping opens the video in the YouTube app. • Community Search Upgrade: You can now search for communities by their tags in both Discover and Search. • Invite Display Fix: People invited to a community will only appear in the member list once they’ve accepted.

LOCL Update Notes • Post Visibility Tools: Leaders and moderators can now hide posts from their communities when desired. • Home Feed Update: Your own posts now appear on your feed. • Community Improvements: Swipe navigation on community pages and improved handling of renamed communities. • Sharing Fixes: Shared posts now correctly include their metadata. • Profile Overhaul: Redesigned profile layout, fixed warnings, and eliminated duplicate connections. • Video Replies: Resolved an issue blocking video uploads in replies. • DM Enhancements: Fixed reply issues for older messages and improved reply styling. • UI Polish: Updated black background for context menus, main menu and subpage tweaks. • New Pages: Added an Investment page to the main menu, refreshed the About page, and introduced a new Founders Note.

LOCL Update Notes • Updated Search Page: Redesigned for simplified navigation and a more consistent experience across the app. • Updated Community Settings: Tags replace categories, with suggestions and a renamed “Community Settings” layout. • Discover Improvements: Better search behavior, keyboard handling, and joined communities now included. • Updated Connections Page: Improved ordering, city search, dismissable input, and clearer filters. • General UI Cleanup: Aligned navigation, updated icons, and removal of legacy elements like Mapbox and info icons.

LOCL Update • Home Feed Fixes: Resolved issues with feed refresh lag, incorrect line spacing, and “pinned” labels displaying incorrectly. • Tagging & Notifications: Fixed tag notifications not linking to the correct post and tagging not showing up in the Home Feed. • Link Preview Fix: YouTube previews now load correctly. • Community Creation Stability: Fixed a race condition that could occur when creating a new community. • Sync & Access Fixes: Resolved sync issues for community members and improved affiliate search wording.

LOCL Update Notes • New Sign-Up Flow: Fully reworked. Email sign-ups now require verification before logging in (Apple and Google logins are unaffected). • Brand New Home Feed: Stay up to date with the latest posts from your communities in one central place. • Affiliated Communities: Communities can now affiliate with others and show their associations. • Native Sharing: Share photos directly from your camera roll or other apps with your communities or contacts. • DM Improvements: New context menu for long messages, message reliability fixes, and swipe-to-exit for full-screen views. • Community & UI Tweaks: Clearer member controls, improved community ordering, and more intuitive navigation. • Bug Fixes & Stability: Fixed black screen issue, cursor bugs, and other launch blockers.

LOCL Update • Profile Photo Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the wrong profile image could appear when creating a post after viewing someone else's profile.

LOCL Update • Profile Activity Feed: This section will now be hidden on profiles with no posts.

LOCL Update • Profile Activity Feed Fix: Resolved a display issue that caused connections and communities to appear incorrectly on profiles. • Public Community Controls: Posting and reacting in public communities now requires joining them first. • Connection Page Fix: The invite widget on the Connections page is now working again.

LOCL Update Notes • Smarter Notifications: A cleaner design with more reliable and useful alerts. • Threaded Conversations: Reply directly to comments and keep discussions organized. • Profile Upgrades: New activity feed, easier settings, profile tabs, and QR code sharing. • Better Media: Posts with images now keep their text, and videos run more smoothly. • Community Improvements: Updated look, clearer privacy labels, and a smoother community feed. • General Fixes: Faster swiping, more consistent notifications, and overall polish across the app.

LOCL Update Notes • Tagging Feature: You can now tag people in both the Community Feed and DMs. • DM UX Enhancements: General improvements to message behavior and layout. • Video Crash Fix: Fixed an issue where videos caused crashes when opened in the media tab. • Link Handling: Resolved issues with https links causing problems in DMs. • Community Search: Hidden communities you’re part of now appear in search. • Reaction Notifications: Eliminated duplicate notifications for reactions.

LOCL Update Notes • GIF Support: You can now send GIFs in DMs. • Photo Capture: Added “Take a Photo” option to Community Feed and DMs. • Hyperlink Fix: Editing a post no longer removes hyperlinks. • Message Order Fix: Direct messages now show in the correct order. • Long Post UI: Added “See more” to expand long posts. • Community Controls: Reactions and comments now require joining the community first. • Button Layout: All buttons now have centered text for better alignment. • Name Field Support: First and last names now support spaces, dashes, and special characters like ø. • Link Handling: Trimmed whitespace and fixed URL casing for better launch behavior. • Connections Page: Added label titles and resolved profile sync issues. • Video & About Pages: Updated content and layout. • Comment Likes: Fixed issue where liking a comment didn’t work on the first try. • Spam Controls: Implemented faster spam prevention measures.

LOCL Update Notes • Image Display Fix: Resolved an issue where some images appeared pink until restarting the app. This fix ensures proper image rendering without needing a reboot.

LOCL Update Notes • Connection Page Update: Added clearer label titles for improved layout and readability. • Email Links: Emails are now clickable in posts, comments, and DMs. • Social Link Fixes: Social links in community profiles now save and are clickable. • External Link Handling: Fixed issues with certain links not opening, including those in comments. • Search Improvements: Enhanced performance and stability for in-app search. • Notification Styling: Improved visuals on the notification screen. • Profile Sync Fixes: Connections on profiles now match those shown in the Connections page. • Pink Image Bug: Fixed issue where some images appeared pink until restarting the app. • Bug Fixes: Additional minor visual and behavior improvements.

LOCL Update Notes • Message Reactions: Tap and hold to react to individual messages in DMs. • Threaded Replies: You can now reply to a specific message. • Media Tab Fix: Multi-image posts now appear correctly again in the Media tab. • Better Emoji Support: Fixed emoji sizing in posts and display issues. • Joined Communities: Landing now defaults to the Feed tab for consistency. • Email Links: Tap to open your email app directly from messages and posts. • Community & Username Rules: Only lowercase letters allowed; "@" symbols removed. • Notification Enhancements: You’ll now get notified when someone likes your comment. • Bug Fixes: Resolved issues with context menus, video link sharing, duplicate DMs, and more.

Message Order Fix: We now display messages in the correct order while viewing a conversation

LOCL Update Notes: * Invitation Fix: You can now decline invitations without issues. * Media Display Bug: Fixed an error causing media to fail loading in some communities. * Community Creation Glitch: New communities now correctly appear under My Communities without requiring an app restart. * DM Pagination: Messages now load smoothly across pages for better DM performance. * Emoji Scaling in Posts: Emojis in posts now scale consistently, just like in DMs. * Spam Prevention: Initial mechanisms added to limit unwanted or automated activity.

LOCL Update Notes • Join Request Control: You can now withdraw a join request from private or geofenced communities. • Profile Fixes: Users can now successfully update their profile details during signup. • Connection Request Sync: Declines now reflect properly in notifications. • Smarter Linking: Deep links and root URLs like locl.com now open correctly. • Web & App Linking: Profile and community links now work on Instagram and other web views. • Keyboard Behavior: Keyboard now hides properly when navigating between sections. • Bug Fixes: Minor fixes and stability improvements across linking and navigation.

• Small fix regarding the back button on the profile page

LOCL Update Notes • Post Reactions Update: Reactions now also apply to feed notifications for a more interactive experience. • Multi-Photo Posts: Add multiple images to your community feed posts. • Improved Navigation: Final bottom nav and notification layout now live. • Local Connections: New tabs for Local, Find People, and All Connections. • Invite Flow Tweaks: Refined screens for Invite Page, Button Routing, and Contact Sync. • DM Upgrades: Faster load times, adaptive emoji sizing, and photo formatting fixes. • Profile Experience: You’re now set as the default leader when creating a community. • Bug Fixes: Issues with links, scroll behavior, emojis, signup, QR text, and more — all resolved.

LOCL Update Notes • Post Reactions: You can now react to posts in the Community Feed with emojis. • Multi-Photo Messaging: Share multiple images in a single direct message. • Improved Navigation: Streamlined bottom navigation and notification layout for easier access. • Enhanced Sharing Bar: Redesigned for quicker and more intuitive sharing. • Emoji Display Update: Emoji-only messages now scale more consistently across devices. • Profile Editing UX: Added a “Done” button to simplify profile updates. • Bug Fixes: Resolved issues related to links, welcome flow, signup edge cases, QR code formatting, and more.

LOCL Update Notes • Post Controls: people can now delete their own posts. • Sign-In Polish: Improved button design on LOCL video screen. • Profile Enhancements: Social links now open correctly; profile pictures support zoom. • Video Updates: LOCL videos now default to mute with clearer controls. • Discovery Change: Communities you’ve joined now show up in Discover. • Access Control: Hidden communities no longer appear to unauthorized people. • Visual Fixes: Restored missing lines under pinned posts and other minor UI touch-ups.

Main Menu Upgrade: Fresh layout with faster access and a new FAQs section. Smarter Invites: A smoother invite flow to help grow your community. Community Tools: Mods and Leaders can now delete posts. Better Messaging: Fixed delivery glitches, spacing, and DM polish. Sharing Fixes: Cleaner link previews and sharing improvements. UI Cleanup: Updated icons, improved comment formatting, and fixed long links. Performance Boosts: Faster load times and smoother app experience.