This month, we retired our legacy desk system in favor of a more flexible, user-friendly experience. We also launched our new Affiliate Program, giving you the opportunity to earn cash for growing the SoWork community.

🚀 Key Highlights

• The New Desk System: We have completely rebuilt desks from the ground up. You can now easily place, assign, and manage desks via the Mapmaker. Teammates can even be granted "Desk Management" permissions without needing full Mapmaker access.

• Earn Real Cash: Our brand-new Affiliate System is live. You can now earn real USD payouts for referring new teams and companies to SoWork. Access your unique link via the bottom-left menu.

• Outlook Calendar Plugin: A new Chrome extension for Outlook users allows you to specify exact meeting locations (like specific Zones or Offices) directly within your calendar invites.

• Desktop App Performance: We released a critical update for the macOS Desktop App to resolve performance issues introduced by the latest macOS version. Ensure you are on the latest version for the best experience.

💬 Chat & AI Improvements

• Enhanced AI Summaries: Significant upgrades to our AI summarization engine, providing more accurate transcripts and clearer meeting takeaways.

• Chat Formatting: Fixed various issues with ordered and bulleted lists, link attachments, and thread read states.

• Channel Safety: Added confirmation prompts when deleting Direct Messages (DMs) to prevent accidental data loss.

🛠️ Product & UX Fixes

• Working Hours: You can now view a teammate's full weekly working hours directly on their profile, making it easier to plan across time zones.

• Smart Pathfinding: Fixed an "oops" moment where characters would occasionally walk behind their desks instead of sitting in front of them.

• Whiteboard Flexibility: Whiteboards now take up all available screen space when not in a meeting and allow for empty titles.

• Mapmaker Cleanup: The Mapmaker now resets upon closing, ensuring a clean slate for your next session.

• Mini Mode: Resolved missing UI controls in both light and dark modes within the Mini Mode window.

🏗️ Coming Soon

We are currently working on a "one-click entry" system for meetings directly from your calendar and a massive overhaul of our Meeting Zones for better team organization.

Vish and the SoWork Team