• Messages now send themselves: tap Send and walk away — leave the chat, lock your phone, or lose signal — and it goes as soon as there's a connection, without opening the app. • Videos are prepared before you send, then go just like a photo — even when you're offline. • Messages appear where they were sent, even if one arrives late, with a "New message above" marker when something lands above what you've read. • See what's still waiting: a message shows a small clock with Send now and Delete, and the Library shows how many are unsent. Close the app with something waiting and you'll get a reminder. • If a call, Siri or an alarm interrupts a voice message, what you'd recorded is sent and a note lets you know — just record again to carry on. Leaving the chat, going Home or locking the phone sends it straight away too. • Sharing from other apps is instant — the share sheet closes right away. • Photos send faster, and batches of 10 arrive reliably. • The − and + speed buttons now fine-tune in smaller steps.

• Zoom into photos and slide around to see every corner, and swipe between all the photos in a chat. • Send several photos at once — pick up to 10 and they go in the order you chose, with an optional caption. • Save photos and videos from your book chats straight to your Photos library, or share them anywhere. • Saved Messages now opens what you saved to view, read, or listen to — forwarding is its own step where you choose the chat. • New − and + buttons next to the playback-speed slider for fine-tuning in quarter steps. • More reliable sending on spotty connections.

- Share photos, screenshots, links and text straight into a book chat from any app: tap Share and choose OMBC - Paste a copied screenshot or image directly into a message - Choose a skin tone for emoji reactions: press and hold any hand or person emoji - Messages, photos and videos now always arrive in the order you sent them - Fixed an issue where the app could freeze when switching away from it - Cleaner Admin screen, and newly approved members now appear right away

- Fixed an issue where recording a voice message could get cut off if you played another message, a saved message, or a video while recording - Improved reliability signing in when several devices reconnect around the same time - Fixed an issue where messages sent at the same moment could occasionally appear out of order - Improved app stability in the background

- Enhanced Book Club list reordering - Expanded emoji picker to provide additional choices - Improved message send reliability reordering

- Group book series together and reorder them as a block in Future Reads - Manually drag and reorder your upcoming reads - More reliable notifications across multiple devices

1.9.2 • Photos now appear in full in the chat. Previously they were cropped to a square, so you had to tap a photo to see the whole thing. • Unread counts and the app icon badge could get stuck, still counting voice messages you had already listened to. Counts now stay accurate, and any that were already wrong will correct themselves. • The progress bar on a voice message now fills to the end once you have heard it. • Voice messages you have listened to stay in sync across your devices. 1.9 • React to messages — long-press any message to add an emoji reaction. • Chats open faster. • Messages send more reliably, especially in the background. • Improved stability.

This update focuses on reliability: • Messages now send dependably even after the app has been open a long time or returning from the background. • Voice messages you've listened to now stay in sync across all your devices, so unread counts stay accurate everywhere. • Various under-the-hood fixes to keep your session healthy.

What's New in 1.8.1 This update makes notifications more reliable. New-message alerts no longer stop arriving after you update or reinstall the app. If notifications ever get turned off, the app now reminds you so you don't silently miss messages. Sending videos is more reliable too.

A smoother CarPlay experience, more reliable voice messages, and unread counts you can trust. CarPlay - Playback now keeps going when you switch to Maps or your car's home screen - Your clubs, books, and messages load faster - A clear "sign in on your phone" prompt when you're signed out - Unread counts now match what you see on your phone Voice messages - Messages play through your queue more reliably without stopping partway - Fixed a rare case where a voice message could get stuck sending Elsewhere - Library unread badges now update the moment a new message arrives — no pull-to-refresh needed - Cleaner look for voice messages in Dark Mode - Deleting a book now asks you to confirm, so it can't happen by accident

• Instant chats — conversations now open right away with the newest messages already loaded, instead of waiting for them to download. • Consistent unread counts — the number on a book, in your library, and on the app icon now always match, and "Mark all as read" clears everything in a single tap. • Edit a book — club admins can now correct a book's title and author from the book menu. • Better timestamps — messages now show the time, not just the date. • Smoother voice feedback — the screen stays awake while you record a feedback message. • Additional fixes and refinements.

• Smoother playback speed control — the speed slider now moves freely instead of snapping between steps. • Fixed the Library screen flickering when returning to the app. • Fixed the Library occasionally going blank when you pull to refresh.

CarPlay is here. Listen to your book club hands-free in the car: browse clubs, books, and messages and play continuously through everything you haven't heard, with steering-wheel controls, ±10s skip, and adjustable playback speed. Now Playing shows album art and a live progress bar. Also in this release: playback now pauses for phone calls and other audio (and resumes after), plus voice-recording and audio reliability fixes.

- Voice and media messages now finish sending in the background — lock your phone or switch apps right after recording and it completes on its own - Fixed a rare case where a message could post twice, or get stuck retrying, if you left the app right after sending - Recordings no longer get stuck if you background the app or get interrupted mid-record - Clearer, more natural-sounding voice messages

Adjustable playback speed: tap the speed control to fine-tune voice messages from 1× to 4×, clearer audio at higher speeds. Improved voice recording quality. Fixed opening a notification taking you to the wrong book or club. Fixed an issue where editing a text message could show a blank screen.

Reply to any message — tap to quote it, including voice messages with a transcript preview Edit your sent text messages See when someone's typing or recording a voice message Tap anywhere in a chat to dismiss the keyboard Voice messages now cap at 15 minutes, with a countdown Recording tones now play correctly through AirPods and CarPlay Faster sign-in, plus a fix for duplicate messages

Unread message counts on every book, plus a matching badge on the app icon Mark voice messages as heard — one at a time or a whole chat at once Read receipts now show who's actually listened to your voice messages, live New book Details page with synopsis, publication year, and page count Smarter book search when adding a book — more results, and picking an edition fills in the title Tap anywhere in a chat to dismiss the keyboard Fixed the voice playback timer overrunning the end of a message Recording tones now play correctly through AirPods and CarPlay

Tap a notification to jump straight to the new message, with voice messages ready to play instantly. Voice messages now show a green marker once you've listened all the way through. Web links in messages are now tappable. Long-press a message to copy its text.

Voice messages now play instantly — no more waiting for them to load. Performance and reliability improvements.

• Voice messages resume right where you left off, with a draggable progress indicator • Smoother voice playback and faster sending • Optional recording start/stop tones (toggle in Settings) • Clearer read receipts — tap a reader's photo to view their profile • Fixed an issue that could sign you out after the app sat idle • Fixed occasional slowdowns when new messages arrived • Easier to type and review longer messages • Refreshed look for voice messages, plus performance improvements

Reliability improvements: fixes occasional duplicate or stuck messages, an idle sign-out issue, and audio mixing when recording. Plus performance enhancements.

Faster chat loading and smoother scrolling through photos and videos. Images and videos from older messages now load correctly. Messages send reliably when switching between clubs. Tap-to-talk preference now syncs across devices and persists after sign-out.

Video messages — record and send videos from your library or camera directly in book discussions. Audio improvements — voice messages now include playback speed controls (1×, 1.5×, 2×, 3×), a scrub bar for seeking, and a buffering indicator. Recording uses optimized compression for smaller file sizes without quality loss. Read receipts — see who has read each message with member avatars below outgoing messages. Tap a member's avatar in chat to view their profile. Full-screen media — tap any photo or video to view it full screen. Settings screen — find recording preferences (Tap-to-Talk) in a dedicated Settings page from your profile.