New Features for Conversations
Read Status for Messages: Just like with tasks, you can now see whether your messages have been read. If you sent the latest message, you can check its status both in the notifications area at the top and in your conversation list.
React to Messages with Emojis: We’ve removed the old voting buttons and replaced them with a much more useful emoji reaction feature. You can now quickly react to messages with any emoji you like, including 👍 and 👎.
Send Voice Messages: You can now send voice messages in chats! Recordings are limited to 2 minutes. Once the limit is reached, the recording is automatically completed and sent as a file. (A small note: Voice messages use your account’s storage quota.)
Custom Group Photos: You can now add a profile photo to private chat groups you create (excluding project groups). While inside the group, simply go to Actions > Details > Edit Mode.
Message Yourself (Notepad): You can now send messages to yourself! It’s a great way to quickly transfer information between the web and mobile apps or simply keep notes. Your personal chat appears at the bottom of your list by default, but you can find it instantly by searching for your own name.
Other New Features
Voice Messages and Audio Preview in Tasks: Voice messaging is now available in task activities as well. You can also play mp3, wav, and m4a audio files directly in the app without downloading them first. (Reminder: Audio files use your storage space.)
Share Tasks with Clients in Bulk: You can now share multiple tasks with your clients at once instead of sharing them individually. On the Tasks page, select the tasks you want to share, then go to More > Share with Client in the bottom-right corner. (Note: A client must already be tagged on the selected tasks for this option to work.)
Client Sharing History: Whenever you share a task with a client or stop sharing it, the action is now recorded in the task activities. This record is for informational purposes only and does not send any additional notifications to task followers.
Improvements and Fixes
Leave Page Improvements: To reduce clutter on the More > Time Offs page, we removed the “Pending Leave Requests” button. All your leave records are now organized in a cleaner accordion layout under Pending, Current, and Past.
UI Improvements: We’ve redesigned the Email Inbox settings, organization subscription and payment pages, client creation/sharing forms, recurring task badge, and bulk update screens to provide a cleaner and more user-friendly experience.
Firefox and Google Drive Fix: We added an informative warning to help users who cannot upload files from Google Drive due to a default Firefox browser setting. This makes it easier to identify the issue and follow the appropriate solution.
Faster Confirmation Menus: When deleting an activity or sending an activity by email, you can now confirm the action directly from the dropdown menu for a faster and more streamlined experience.
Expanded Internal Message Permissions: Previously, only the person who created an email or support request activity could mark it as an “internal message.” Now, anyone with permission to delete tasks can also mark another team member’s activity as an internal message.
Gantt Chart Improvements:
- Export Improvements: We fixed an issue where very long projects were squeezed onto a single page, resulting in errors or unreadable charts. When exporting, empty days are now skipped, and the chart is split into three-month sections for a clearer, more readable output.
- Progress Bar: We’ve added a progress bar and informational message to the loading screen when exporting a Gantt chart, so you can see how long the export is taking.
- View Shifting: Fixed an issue where the interface shifted unexpectedly when switching between day and week views.
- Dependency Lines: Task dependency lines that were previously missing when applying a status filter or exporting the chart are now displayed correctly.
