Ladder nights that run themselves. King of the Court is now its own game. Set the courts, pick how the ladder moves, and the evening runs itself, rounds start the moment the last court finishes. Everybody takes turns. The ladder says who is strongest; the queue says whose turn it is, and it comes round every round so nobody sits out the evening. Join a night that has already started and you go into the queue, or on standby if it is full. Report a result and nobody has to confirm it: it stands after three minutes unless somebody disagrees. Disagree about a score and your court simply holds while you sort it out, the rest of the night carries on, and the app never picks a winner for you. Hand a ladder night to a referee, see who played whom, and read your own record for the evening: rounds won, partners, opponents. Announcements from Bracket Asia now arrive in your inbox and on your lock screen, a new version, a tournament, a closed venue. They are their own kind of alert, so you can turn them off in your phone settings and still be called to court.

Play, wherever you look for it. • A session you host now appears on your organiser home, your player home and the Play calendar — one game, shown wherever you look for it, with a badge saying whether you are hosting, playing, coaching or refereeing it. • The hosting dashboard shows your month at a glance: who has joined, who has paid, and what is still to collect. • A session page opens on who is playing. Everything else — when, where, price, the rules — is one tap away in Session details. • Hand referee access to someone for a single Play session. They see the game and who is on, and nothing else: results, payments and check-in stay with you. • Add a contact number and anyone looking at your session can reach you on WhatsApp in one tap. • Times are written the way you say them — 7:00 PM, not 19:00. • Cancel or delete a session from the hosting list, without opening it first. • Joining closes when the game starts, and a session that has finished closes itself two days later instead of sitting at the top of your list for ever. Also fixed: a role badge that rendered as an empty card, and the poster scrim on the home screen.

BRACKET ASIA PLAY Not every game is a tournament. Play adds social games, competitive nights, ladder sessions and coaching — create one, share a link, and people join. DOUBLES PARTNERS, SORTED IN THE APP A partner invitation now arrives in your Inbox with Accept and Decline on it. Once you accept, you can pay your own share of that category straight away, and every entry shows clearly whether it is still awaiting payment. REFEREE ACCESS Referees redeem a key in Settings and see the courts or matches they have been given. Organisers issue keys for a court or a single match and can revoke them at any time. ALSO IN THIS RELEASE • Session posters and payment QR codes upload from your photos • Your dashboard shows what is on now and what is coming; finished tournaments move to your profile • Faster day planner, and a smoother check-in desk

Check in players from your phone: scan a player's pass with the camera, or type a name or I/C number. One scan covers every category that player holds for the day. Referee scoring now responds the instant you tap. Every tap is saved on the phone first, so a point survives a dropped signal and sends itself when you're back online. Live scores, draws and the court board update faster and use far less data. Fixes: tournament posters now load everywhere, a page that could stay stuck on a loading spinner, a crash when moving between tournaments, the pause when switching tabs, and the keyboard covering fields.

• Settings: your account, password, Face ID sign-in, language and notifications in one place • Inbox: every alert you were sent, on the player dashboard and organiser console • Organisers get a push the moment a player registers for their tournament • Cleaner sign-in page and headers, and your entries refresh every time you open the dashboard