Hello! We have been busy smoothing out the SoWork experience with significant UX improvements and a complete settings overhaul. Here is what launched this month.

🚀 Key Highlights

• New Affiliate Program: You can now earn cash for up to 12 months for every successful referral. Check the dashboard to get your link.

• Settings Overhaul: We completely rewrote the Settings page. It now includes a global search bar, allowing you to find any configuration instantly without clicking through multiple tabs.

• Real Profile Pictures: You can now upload a professional headshot to your profile instead of using an avatar. Find this under Settings > Profile.

💬 Chat Improvements

• Notification Accuracy: Fixed the badge counts for threads and unread messages on both the web and desktop app.

• Threading: Unread and new threads now consistently appear at the top of your list.

• Formatting: Improved rendering for lists, sub-lists, and @mentions within chat messages.

• Read States: Resolved an issue where "Mark as Read" was not persisting correctly.

🛠️ Product & UX Fixes

• Unified Recording Permissions: Simplified controls for meeting recordings. One permission now governs recordings, transcriptions, and summaries.

• Calendar Sync: Fixed a bug where rescheduled recurring Google Calendar events would occasionally leave ghost instances in the office.

• 3DS Payment Support: Added support for payment methods requiring 3DS verification to ensure smoother billing.

• Meeting Focus: Removed the automatic focus on the Meeting Topic field when entering Meeting Mode to prevent accidental typing.

🏗️ Coming Soon

We are currently finalizing a new seat-based billing system, a revamped team analytics dashboard, and a total rewrite of our video infrastructure for better low-bandwidth performance.

Vish and the SoWork Team