Group Improvements:- Fixed group member count inconsistencies. Improved the experience when adding multiple members to a group. Fixed scrolling issues while selecting multiple group members. Improved notification preview banners. Fixed joining groups through invite links. Increased the group member limit to 250 members. Broadcast Improvements:- Increased the broadcast member limit to 250 members. Removed the broadcast message limit for a more flexible messaging experience.

- Improved notification titles for contacts, groups, and official accounts. - Official Khudi and helpline notifications now display the correct account name. - Improved notification previews to prevent displaying unreadable or invalid message content. - General notification reliability and stability improvements.

Improved Background Notifications — Enhanced notification handling to provide more reliable and timely notifications when the app is running in the background. Improved Message Delivery — Improved message delivery reliability, including when the app is running in the background, helping ensure messages are delivered more consistently. Better Background Performance — Optimized background processing to improve overall reliability and responsiveness without unnecessarily impacting the user experience.

- Call Security Updates: Implemented security improvements to make calls more secure. Enhanced call performance, stability, and overall reliability. - Cloud Backup Security: Improved security during cloud backup creation and restoration. - Performance & Stability: General improvements to ensure a smoother and more reliable experience.

Improvements:- - Added system messages to notify users when group permissions are changed. - Added a user profile information popup that appears when tapping a group member's profile icon within the group chat. - Prevented the device screen from locking while recording voice notes. - Added the ability to pause an ongoing voice recording by tapping the lock button.

International Dial Code Support: Users can now select and use international dial codes for supported countries when logging into the app, making sign-in easier for international phone numbers. Chat Internationally: You can now send messages to supported international phone numbers. International Calling: Calling is now supported for eligible international phone numbers.

Invite Members via QR Code: Group members can now invite others to join a group using QR code invitations, making it quicker and easier to grow your communities. Enhanced Group Messaging Permissions: Group admins can now control who is allowed to send messages within a group. Configure messaging permissions so that only admins or all members can participate in conversations. Improved Group Details Experience: Refreshed the Group Details screen with an enhanced UI/UX for a cleaner and more intuitive experience. Added a Media Gallery section for quick access to all shared photos and videos within the group. Introduced a Mute Chat option directly in Group Details for easier notification management. Vibes Enhancements: Fixed various issues affecting the Vibes experience. Added Auto Play support for both your own Vibes and others' Vibes. Improved progress bar behavior for smoother playback and transitions. Refined the Vibes/Stories interface with multiple UI/UX enhancements for a more polished and seamless experience.

Added Group Invite Links to make it easy to invite people to join your groups. Improved app performance for a faster and smoother experience. Added offline caching for profile avatars, so profile images remain available even without an internet connection. Unified typography across the app for a more consistent and polished user experience.

- Seamlessly share photos, videos, and other content to your Khudi Chat groups directly from external apps, including Photos and WhatsApp. - Improved notification handling to prevent duplicate notifications. - General bug fixes, stability enhancements, and performance improvements for a smoother experience.

Enhanced Group Creation Experience:- Creating groups is now more streamlined and user-friendly. The updated flow makes it easier to add participants, manage group details, and complete setup with fewer steps and a cleaner interface — helping you get conversations started quickly. Sequential Auto-Play for Voice Messages:- Listening to voice messages is now effortless. Voice notes will automatically play one after another in sequence, allowing for a smoother hands-free chat experience without needing to manually tap each message.

Improved Chat Reliability on Weak Connections: We’ve upgraded our real-time messaging system to deliver a smoother and more reliable chat and call experience — especially on slower, unstable, or edge-network connections. What’s improved: Better connection stability in low-bandwidth environments Faster and more reliable automatic reconnection Improved handling of temporary network interruptions More consistent real-time message delivery Smoother recovery when switching between mobile data and Wi-Fi This upgrade helps ensure conversations stay connected even in challenging network conditions, providing a more dependable chat experience across all devices and connection types.

Smart Contact Handling: We’ve introduced a smarter way to manage contacts for a smoother and more intuitive experience. Automatically detects whether a contact: Is on Khudi Exists in your phone book Displays the most relevant actions based on contact status: Invite users who are not on Khudi Save Contact for Khudi users not in your phone book Start Chat instantly with existing Khudi users Prevents duplicate contact saving for better contact management Provides clear status indicators like “Already in your contacts” for improved clarity

Bugs Fixation

Connectivity & Status Enhancements: - Added an offline indicator and connection status text for improved socket visibility. Group Improvements: - Enhanced group details, including profile icons and overall group information. Refactored group key updates to ensure consistency across all members. Optimized the group member list to display in a sorted order. Feature Updates: - Updated broadcast limits for specific users. Bug Fixes: - Resolved issues in group chats for a smoother experience. Fixed display picture (DP) switching problems. Addressed crashes occurring when adding or removing group members. Fixed “Read More” issues across various fonts and lengthy messages.

Bug Fixes

Improvements & Bug Fixes:- Resolved an issue where the keyboard overlapped the message input field. Fixed multiline message input behavior in the text field. Improved message text field height constraints for both landscape and portrait orientations. New Features:- Introduced Live Voice Notes Recorder with enhanced recording capabilities. Added noise cancellation effects for improved voice recording control. Implemented play/pause functionality during live voice recording. UI Enhancements:- Updated Voice Notes UI for both light and dark themes. Added a seek bar for easier navigation within voice notes.

Performance & Speed Improvements Optimized overall app performance for quicker load times and smoother navigation. Reduced lag while switching between chats and accessing features. Enhanced responsiveness across the app for a more seamless messaging experience. Better Memory Management Improved memory usage to ensure the app runs efficiently, even during long chat sessions. Reduced chances of slowdowns or app freezes, especially on lower-memory devices. Crashlytics Integration Added advanced crash monitoring to quickly detect and fix issues. This helps us provide a more stable and reliable app experience with fewer unexpected crashes. Pull-to-Refresh in Contact Sync You can now simply pull down to refresh your contacts during synchronization. Makes it easier to get the latest contact updates instantly. Duplicate Documents Issue Fixed Resolved an issue where duplicate files appeared in the document picker. You’ll now see clean, accurate file listings when sharing documents.

Performance Improvements: Resolved vertical scrolling freeze issue when uploading multiple image, video, and GIF files. Set document upload size limit to 50 MB to ensure stable performance. Chat Enhancements: Fixed sticker alignment issue within the chat screen. Added URL preview caching for shared links to improve loading speed and user experience. Replaced the “Key Mismatch” message with a clearer user friendly message and added a “Learn More” link that redirects users to a detailed web page (similar to WhatsApp). Official Accounts & Ads: Integrated ads banner for official accounts inside main chat summary screen even in offline mode. Official accounts are now visible in the contact list for easier access. UI & Feature Improvements: Enabled QR code scanner view and Disappearing messages screen in landscape mode.

Bug Fixes & Improvements:- - Contact name or phone number updates in the phonebook now reflect instantly across all active screens. - Chat Summaries now sync seamlessly from the iOS app to the Web Client on linked devices. - One-to-one and group chat messages now sync correctly from the iOS app to the Web Client on linked devices - Fixed an issue where Starred Messages showed a blank screen during navigation - Fixed an issue where forwarded text was not visible when sending a location as a forwarded message. - Improved overall notification flow on iOS for a smoother and more reliable experience. - Added Dismiss as Admin functionality in group chats. - Fixed an issue where video recording appeared blank and failed to zoom out when recording in landscape mode. - Introduced Mentions in Statuses/Vibes, allowing others to reply directly to your status. - Fixed Full Gallery media video playback issues when swiping left/right and corrected audio message play state. - Added a cross (X) button to the contact sheet for easier dismissal within chats.

- Fixed background notification issues to improve reliability - Resolved delivery acknowledgment problems for received notifications - Prevented duplicate notifications for messages that were already seen

Linked Devices Are Here! You can now use Khudi Chat across devices with our new Linked Devices feature. - Scan a QR code from Khudi Chat Web to link your phone. - Chat seamlessly on web and mobile. - Your messages stay secure and in sync. - Open Khudi Chat Web, scan the QR code from your phone, and start chatting—anytime, anywhere.

Vibes & Status Improvements:- - Improved Vibes settings to ensure text updates correctly across all states - Increased the tappable area on My Vibes for easier interaction - Added a dark-mode “No Data” illustration for better visual consistency UI & Editing Enhancements:- - Fixed contact title selection issues in Settings - Refined font styling within the text editor - Unified the size of the color picker and font picker for a more consistent layout

Improved status performance and reliability Added reply functionality to status updates Enhanced privacy protections UI fixes and overall improvements

- Stickers are here! Express yourself better with the new Stickers feature, now available in one-to-one and group chats. - Improved Auto Backup Auto backup now runs automatically at midnight, with flexible frequency options: - Daily - Weekly - Monthly - Status Improvements & Bug Fixes We’ve fixed several issues in the Status feature and made noticeable UI/UX enhancements for a smoother experience.

Status Updates Are Here! You can now share text, photos, and videos as your status. Express yourself and stay connected with moments that matter. Backup & Restore Improvements We’ve added a powerful new backup restore system: Restore backups from local storage Restore from cloud backups for quick recovery across devices Your chats and media are now safer and easier to bring back.