Plans got a real workspace, and invites finally look like Beacon. • Making a plan is one clean sheet now. Title, place, time, a reminder, a description, a link, and who's invited, in that order • Filter plans right alongside rings and communities, in both the feed and the map • Add a plan to your calendar and it brings the details with it, the description and who else is going • Invite anyone and they get the Beacon card, every time. Shared links show real card art instead of a blown-up profile photo • Swipe to block on search and suggestion rows, and blocked accounts stay gone — no more reappearing in search or suggestions • Contact sync at signup is dramatically faster, and "Not now" actually tells you what it's doing • Bea now walks you through the composer toolbar the first time you post • Your inbox opens on real messages, not a stale cache • Ghost mode's glow is consistent everywhere it should be • Pasted links fill in details from more sites than before

Making plans on Beacon just got easier. • Plans: turn a beacon into a plan friends can RSVP to, then add it straight to your calendar • Paste a link into the composer and Beacon fills in the details for you • Edit or end a beacon right from its card, no digging through menus • A guided first run, with Bea walking you through the app itself instead of a slideshow • Phone signup is now open in every country • A faster feed, quicker photos, and snappier friend lists • Tighter privacy Thanks for using Beacon. Keep the feedback coming.

a lot's changed since you last updated. the highlights: • plans, completely rebuilt: flyers and posters, reminders, a real calendar you can drag to reschedule, glass map pins with everyone's faces, and tap-to-rsvp. making plans with your rings finally feels right. • meet bea, your guide inside beacon. ask her how anything works, or tell her what's broken or what you wish existed, and she passes it straight to us. • share into beacon. screenshot a flyer or group text and beacon turns it into a ready-made plan or beacon. works from messages and your clipboard too. • messaging, leveled up: voice notes with a live waveform, share your location (tap to open in maps or uber), message + call right from a profile, swipe from the edge to go back, and beacon replies that fork into their own threads. • reshare: pass along public beacons worth sharing. • rings got the glass treatment for a cleaner look that follows your finger as you choose. • faster + smoother everywhere: instant feed on launch, tidier map pins, a more playful composer (roll the dice on a theme, pick any background color), and polish across search, onboarding, and home. thanks for being here early. tell bea what you think.

What's New Your profile just got a glow-up. New widgets: Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Beacon Status — drop your current obsession right on your profile Rotate, resize, and stack widgets and buttons however you want Theme + layout changes finally save the way you'd expect Out and about: Smarter spots when picking wherever you are — only the places that actually make sense Tap a friend on the map → See Posts, and the feed opens up on its own Tap any avatar in rings or rainchecks to jump straight to their profile Little things that feel nice: Subtle haptics on the top bar and ring tabs Your beacon toggle now always matches what's actually live A pile of polish across widgets, themes, and the waitlist screen More soon. Go be somewhere.

What's New in Beacon 1.9 Photos in messages, finally. Send photos in any chat — full-screen pinch-to-zoom, swipe-to-dismiss, captions inline. Edit a message you just sent, retry one that didn't go through, and your photo bubbles stick around when you come back to a thread. Meet Ring Check. A new tab that shows you exactly who's in each of your rings, with playful madlib prompts to help you sort the right people into the right places. You'll also get a gentle ping when a friend moves you closer in. Friend requests, simpler. Incoming requests now show up as a badge on the bottom nav so you'll never miss one. Dismiss a suggestion and it stays dismissed. Polish all over. A subtle shimmer and a light haptic when your feed lands. Refreshed iconography across search bars and empty states. Faster onboarding contact sync. Photos you send have location and camera metadata stripped automatically — your privacy stays yours. Plus smarter content moderation under the hood. A stack of stability and performance work too: smoother chats, faster cold launches, and a slimmer install footprint.