Video in chat and on events, a faster app, and badges that tell the truth. VIDEO • Send video clips up to 5 minutes long — long or heavy clips are compressed right on your phone, with progress as it goes • Videos start playing right away and keep loading while you watch • Clips you've already watched replay instantly, without downloading again • Add videos to an event alongside its photos and files CHAT & NOTIFICATIONS • Tapping a notification opens that chat straight away, with a "new messages" line marking where you left off • The app badge clears the moment you read a chat — and stays for the chats you haven't looked at • Push notifications for a chat you've just read are cleared from Notification Center SPEED • The app opens faster and paints your calendar and chats from what it already has • Chat is snappier: typing, sending, and scrolling no longer fight each other, and your sent message shows in the inbox immediately • Photos load from a cache on your phone, so scrolling back through a chat doesn't re-download them LOOK • A new Warm theme — linen and terracotta — under Settings → Appearance CALENDAR • Add another event to a busy day with the + at the top of the day view • Double-tap a tab to jump straight back to all your brambles • Location prompts now use the native iOS permission dialog ACCOUNTS & SECURITY • Sign-in uses a more secure flow, and signing out on one device no longer signs out your others • Signing out clears everything Bramble stored on that device • Tighter rules on the server for who can see and change what inside a bramble ALSO • The "get started" checklist stays dismissed once you close it • Dismissing an event suggestion in chat no longer opens a blank event form • Many bug fixes and performance improvements

Faster, calmer, and a lot more reliable. SPEED • The app now opens straight to your calendar, chats, and inbox instead of a loading screen • Chats reopen instantly, even after a full restart • Photos load faster and at much better quality NOTIFICATIONS • Badges and banners now clear correctly and reach zero • Tapping a notification reliably opens the right conversation • Event chat comments are counted, and your notification preferences are honored PHOTOS • Sharper thumbnails and higher-resolution originals • Swipe through photos the way you'd expect, with instant previews • Add a whole album at once, with progress TRIPS & EVENTS • Open a multi-day trip from any of its days and find the full bring-list, RSVPs, chat, and photos • Flights fill in the route and times from just the flight number • Add several travelers to one flight • Bring-lists are searchable, one line per item, and warn about duplicates • Birthdays and anniversaries now say which one it is ALSO • RSVPs, permissions, and typing indicators are tied to your account, so changing your display name no longer loses anything • Line breaks are preserved in messages and comments • Many bug fixes and performance improvements

• Group notifications now stack by conversation and clear once you’ve read them • The My Brambles inbox reliably shows unread counts and the latest message • Refreshed activity feed with cleaner icons — now opens to the current month • Modernized photo icons throughout the app • Bug fixes and performance improvements