Sakurai Connect has been redesigned from the ground up. NEW DESIGN • A fresh, glassy look in light and dark mode, with smooth animations throughout • A new home screen: your next trash day, weather, city notices and upcoming events at a glance • A new launch screen • Now designed for iPad, with two-column layouts on larger screens TRASH • A clearer monthly and weekly collection calendar • Tap any trash type to see its next collection day, its weekdays and what goes in it • Reminders the evening before and on the morning of collection, even offline • Sorting dictionary, and bulky waste pickup requests in the app EVENTS & CITY NEWS • Real local events and city notices with photos, updated every day from the Sakurai City website • Maps for event venues, and a one-tap "Add to calendar" • Swipeable photo galleries on events and notices • Save your favourite events • Links to events and notices open straight in the app COMMUNITY • Share questions, tips, lost & found and giveaways with verified neighbours • Likes, comments and replies, and reporting for anything inappropriate • A redesigned new-post screen with photos and categories CITY TOOLS • Report a problem in your neighbourhood, with photo and location • Evacuation shelters on a map, useful contacts and cultural heritage sites • Residency verification from your profile NEW: DRIVE SAKURAI • Practise on a 3D replica of the Nara driving licence test centre • Choose course A, B or C and follow turn-by-turn directions • Traffic lights, stop lines, a railway crossing, a hill start, obstacles and other examinees, with test-style scoring Also: faster sign-in and registration screens, profile photos that save correctly, and many fixes and performance improvements.

• Enhanced overall performance for a smoother experience • Fixed an issue with notifications not working correctly • Fixed authentication issues to improve login stability