Web attachments and performance improvements
Two clear top requests came out of our recent survey: file attachments on web, and better performance on web and mobile. This release is mostly those two.
Web attachments
The web app now supports file attachments. You can attach and send images, videos, and files like a PDF, and download them from the web app too.
Mobile performance
The app should feel lighter overall, for two reasons.
The interface is more grouped. Related and relevant actions now sit together, which makes them faster to find — you'll notice it most during playback and recording.
It's faster. We sped up key actions under the hood, especially once your contacts or conversations have grown a lot, and improved a number of places where a weak network connection caused slowness. More is on the way.
If you spot anything slow or buggy, tell us through Help → Support.
Also in this release
- Starting new messages. Existing conversations now appear in the + in the lower right, making it the fastest way to send a message to a person or an existing conversation.
- Personal notes. Listening to a message and want to remember several things to say? Take private notes in the message details, and you'll see them in the conversation when you reply.
- Apple Watch. There's an updated video on capturing ideas from your wrist.
Two async podcasts
Ari Meisel finished his first two async podcast experiments: