Invite people to your team with just a link, autoplay videos + gifs, update your channel structure, and more.
Last week was a big week. We launched, got lots of tweets, feature requests, and bug reports — and we couldn't be happier. Here's (some) of what's new in the last week!
Desktop
New
Can now generate a shareable invite link to teams. Settings → Team → Members → Public Invite Link
Can now choose to autoplay videos and gifs. Settings → Always autoplay videos and GIFs
Can now change the nesting of channels.
Can now start a thread directly from a message. ... → Create Thread... or Right click → Create thread... on any message.
Improved
Fixed an issue where images wouldn't always zoom when clicked.
Fixed an issue where you could sometimes end up with duplicate link URLs as you were typing a message.
Can now re-generate expired invites, and expired invites are now marked as such.
Fixed a rendering issue where team members would be labeled as guests in private channels.
Fixed an issue where name changes sometimes wouldn't update in real-time.
Fixed an issue where mark all as read wouldn't, well, always mark all activity as read.
Fixed an issue where the archive action sometimes wouldn't show when selecting both archived an unarchived activity.
Fixed an issue where you could attempt to nest a channel under itself.
Fixed an issue where preferences would move around as permissions were updated.
Fixed an issue where scaling the interface using ⌘+ or ⌘- would cause popovers to not render correctly.
Fixed an issue where presence wouldn't always update immediately when moving between threads.
Fixed the size of the close button in all modals.
Fixed an issue where when starting a new conversations over SMS, you could incorrectly become rate limited.
Fixed an issue where instead of the add user to channel/thread button, you'd see just your own avatar.
Fixed an issue where the verification of domain-restricted invite links was too strict, causing issues with some TLDs.
Can now select your own email and name in settings.
iOS
New
Can now tap and hold email address in settings.
Can now join teams via a public invite link on iOS.
Improved
@-mentions are now rendered correctly in activity.
Fixed an issue where pasting videos or vCards didn't work as expected.
Fixed an issue on iPad where user info popovers could be empty.
Fixed an issue where tapping a pending invite could crash the app.
Fixed an issue where copying a link to a group could result in malformed URL.
Fixed an issue where if you changed your name to an empty space (), the app would become very unhappy.
Fixed an issue where inviting users could sometimes just show an endless spinner.
Android
New
Can now join teams via a public invite link on Android.
Improved
Fixed an issue when long-pressing a message that contained a URL.
Correctly reflect real-time preference changes from other devices.
Fixed an issue when favorites were empty.
Fixed an issue when trying to tap certain Quill links.
Fixed an issue where you couldn't tap guest threads.