December was all about giving back to our users. We ran our "6 Days of SoWork Xmas" event, focusing on highly requested UX "nits" and squishing bugs, while simultaneously launching major integration upgrades.

🚀 Key Highlights

• GitHub Integration: You can now push GitHub events directly into your SoWork office chat. Connect your repository in Settings > Integrations.

• AI Summary Upgrades: Our AI transcription system is now faster and more accurate. You can now download summaries as a PDF and translate them into multiple languages.

• Mapmaker: Duplicate Floors: Experiment with your office layout without risk. You can now duplicate entire floors to test new designs before making them permanent.

• Background Hotkeys: Global shortcuts are back! Toggle your mic (Cmd+Shift+U) and camera (Cmd+Shift+V) even when the SoWork app is in the background.

🎅 6 Days of Xmas UX Improvements

• Hover Interactions: You can now hover over any in-world interactive object to use it immediately.

• Smart Muting: Added a Mute All button for meeting hosts and an opt-in setting to automatically disable your mic/camera when leaving a meeting.

• Improved Responsiveness: Object prompts now open instantly with a new loading indicator for heavy assets.

• Map Panning: You can now pan the map even when your cursor is over an interactive object.

🛠️ Product & UX Fixes

• Integration Refactor: A complete rewrite of the integrations backend makes connecting Google, Outlook, and Zapier smoother and more reliable.

• Meeting Stability: Fixed an issue where the "End Meeting" pop-up was unreliable in large gatherings.

• Calendar Sync: Improved sync reliability for high-volume users and disabled "invite overtakes" to prevent unwanted calendar conflicts.

• Guest Experience: Resolved an issue where guests were not teleported to the correct room upon entry.

• Visual Polish: Fixed the "spinning character" loading bug and corrected the "Giant F" UI glitch in Simple Mode.

🎨 Just for Fun

• Interactive Items: Added a Christmas Gong and new cat/dog chairs for your office pets (and teammates).

• Audible Emojis: Sending a 👏 emoji in a meeting now triggers an audible clapping sound for everyone.

🏗️ Coming Soon

Our January roadmap includes a seat-based billing model, searchable settings, and a massive overhaul of our video call infrastructure to support low-bandwidth connections.

Vish and the SoWork Team