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Almost all Hub updates reach you without an app-store download across all platforms at once. This is the overview of what changed under the hood — every engine release, what it improved, and how it was tested before it reached your group.

3 app store releases only
53 engine releases shipped
317 beta builds tested before release
2022 shipping continuous updates since
2026
  1. Engine 118

    Refined across 6 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Improved the audio player in Freeform Articles
    • Content titles for quick content and events now update the first heading in the content automatically
    Groups
    • Improved Join Code copy feedback
    Organisations
    • It is now much easier to find which group a user is member of in your organisation with improved user listing of Total Users and Active Users and the updated user profile screen
    • The user profile screen now lists the current groups and archived groups, with the member role and the linked organisation
    • The user profile screen group listing includes direct links to each group for org admin members
    General
    • Added system status links to app messages
    • UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  2. Engine 117

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • General bug and performance fixes
  3. Engine 116

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    Chat
    • Removed cacheing for the Chat Centre so previews are always up to date
    • General bug and performance fixes
  4. Engine 115

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • File Downloads - Support for large GB files
    Groups
    • Multi-Group Content Sharing - removed 'group not found' error
    • Group Settings - Updated the layout and tabs to be more intuitive
    • Update the Join Code visibility defaults and display
    General
    • Loading Speed Increase - adding cacheing to My Feed, Group Feed, Groups, and Chat Centre with a refresh button
    • General bug and performance fixes
  5. Engine 114

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added video file transcode messages whilst waiting for uploaded videos
    • Video encoding - Implemented a more efficient format
    • File Downloads - Added a progress indicator
    • General bug and performance fixes
  6. Engine 113

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Groups
    • Added info for pending users whilst awaiting approval across the app
    • Changed 'Pending User' to 'Awaiting Response' for invites
    Organisations
    • Batch imports support new and legacy group member role names
    Feeds
    • Improved the Feed contrast
    • Added indicators to feed preview of gallery images and prompts for 'Open'
    • General bug and performance fixes
  7. Engine 112

    Refined across 29 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • New content builder
    • Export content to PDF
    Groups
    • Improved group members view
    • UI refinements
    • General bug and performance fixes
    Feeds
    • Improved feed with content previews and stats
2025
  1. Engine 111

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Preview mode added to content builder
    • UI refinements
    • General bug and performance fixes
  2. Engine 110

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • UI refinements
    • General bug and performance fixes
  3. Engine 109

    Refined across 5 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added extra editing options in content builder
    Organisations
    • Improvements to organisation admin tools
    • General bug and performance fixes
  4. Engine 108

    Refined across 7 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Improved contrast for files and questions in content
    • Added additional icons options for content screens
    • Improvements to content navigation and tools bar
    • Improvements to event date and time pickers
    Groups
    • Enabled group caps of up to 1000
    General
    • Improved sign up process
    • General bug and performance fixes
  5. Engine 107

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    Feeds
    • Fixed Feed pagination bug
    General
    • Fixed back button functionality on Android
    • Updated the events icon in Feeds
    • General bug and performance fixes
  6. Engine 106

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Fixed URL case issue
    • General bug and performance fixes
  7. Engine 105

    Refined across 7 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Audio playlists support
    • General bug and performance fixes
  8. Engine 104

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • General bug and performance fixes
2024
  1. Engine 103

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Improvements to password reset flow
    • General bug and performance fixes
  2. Engine 102

    Refined across 18 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added support for exporting events to calendar apps
    • Added support for maps (desktop only)
    • Added support for file downloads
    General
    • Added in app badges for notifications and chat messages
    • UI improvements including quick access to the Chat Centre
    • General bug and performance fixes
  3. Engine 101

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added support for file downloads
    • Added support for maps
    • Added support for sharing events to calendar
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  4. Engine 99

    Refined across 4 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Added pagination to nested group displays
    • General bug fixes
  5. Engine 98

    Refined across 4 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Notifications for shared Questions
    • General bug fixes
    General
    • Move chat and settings buttons
    • General bug fixes
  6. Engine 97

    Refined across 4 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Organisations
    • Support for commas in group names
    • Batch group creation now supports chat settings
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  7. Engine 96

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Improved password remembering
    • General bug fixes
  8. Engine 95

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    General
    • Save to Calendar files added for Events
    • General bug fixes
  9. Engine 94

    Refined across 4 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  10. Engine 93

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  11. Engine 92

    Refined across 9 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Groups
    • Added multiple group selection when sharing content
    Organisations
    • Improvements to organisation features
    Feeds
    • Improvements to 'My Feed'
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  12. Engine 91

    Refined across 6 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Added support for email templates
    • Added group access change notifications
    • Added new "extra height" image layout for content
    • Improvements to organisation batch features
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  13. Engine 90

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added undo/redo key shortcuts in content create
    Groups
    • Group list now remembers collapsed and expanded state
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  14. Engine 89

    Refined across 6 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Groups
    • Improvements to group lists, selection and search features
    Organisations
    • Expanded organisation admin features
    Admin
    • Minor admin feature improvements
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
2023
  1. Engine 88

    Refined across 9 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Chat
    • Fixes minor chat notifications bug
    Admin
    • Added archiving groups feature
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  2. Engine 87

    Refined across 17 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Chat
    • Added content, event and web links
    • Improved chat message selection
    • Improved handling of blocked chat messages
    • Added user typing indicator
    • Added message read receipts
    • Improvements to chat centre
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  3. Engine 86

    Refined across 9 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Groups
    • Improved group invite process
    Chat
    • Added chat centre
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  4. Engine 85

    Refined across 16 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Chat
    • Added support for images, video and audio to chat
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  5. Engine 84

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Improved question options
    • Support for group admins viewing question results
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  6. Engine 83

    Refined across 15 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added basic themes for content
    • Improved image options
    • Added group option to text links
    Groups
    • Improvements to group join process
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  7. Engine 82

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Added content transfer
    • Fixed scroll issue in group members list
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  8. Engine 81

    Refined across 22 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Chat
    • Added reply feature to chat
    • Added reaction feature to chat
    • Added unsend feature to chat
    • Improved chat message sync
    • Improved chat message sorting
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  9. Engine 80

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  10. Engine 79

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    General
    • Added group invitations screen at log in
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  11. Engine 78

    Refined across 20 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Admin
    • Added organisation management features
    • Added group management features
    Feeds
    • Added content share pinning/unpinning
    • Added author labels for content shares
    General
    • Added improved invite process
    • Added content security settings
    • Added notification settings
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  12. Engine 77

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  13. Engine 76

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  14. Engine 75

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    Content
    • Fixed question responses on video, audio and image content screens
    General
    • Added quick actions to "Notifications" list
    • Added quick actions to "My Content" list
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  15. Engine 74

    Refined across 13 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added a notifications center
    • Notifications support for desktop apps
    • Improved data and memory usage when loading images
    • Upload multiple images in articles
    • Feedback when responding to multiple choice questions
    General
    • Added filters to My Content section
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  16. Engine 73

    Refined across 8 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Improved layout and performance of photo galleries
    • Added image loading feedback in photo galleries
    • Improved formatting of group responses text
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  17. Engine 72

    Refined across 5 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added support for photo gallery quick content
    • Added support for content/event snapshots
    General
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  18. Engine 71

    Refined across 3 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Added image viewer with zoom and pan
    • Improvements when viewing group responses
    General
    • Added expand and collapse functionality to groups list
    • Fixed option menus in group content and event feeds
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  19. Engine 70

    Refined across 21 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Increased duration of in app notifications
    • Added nested group view
    • Improvements to share dialog when sharing events
    • Improvements to user login process
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  20. Engine 68

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    General
    • Fixes a permssion bug when updating user profile
    • Fixes bug when first saving content
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  21. Engine 67

    Refined across 1 internal beta build before this release went live.

    General
    • Fixes a permssion bug when updating user profile
    • Fixes bug when first saving content
    • Various UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  22. Engine 66

    Refined across 2 internal beta builds before this release went live.

    Content
    • Improved create experience
    • Support for quick content
    • Support for standalone events
    General
    • Improved app navigation for tablet devices
    • Added new tabbed view for group details
    • Added group content and privacy settings
    • Group and content lists are now searchable
    • UI improvements
    • General bug fixes
  23. Engine 64
    General
    • General bug fixes
2022
  1. Engine 52
    Content
    • Added content sharing
    • Added content viewer
    General
    • Added avatar images to group and user lists.
    • Fixed issues with unexpected logouts.
    • Fixed layout issues on welcome screens.

Every engine release is tested internally before it reaches your groups — no app-store update required.

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