Core 1.3.20: Introducing two chat looks, swipe-to-reply and Better Messages calls

Two chat looks, swipe-to-reply, steadier sign-in and a cart that matches your store.

Your chat, Classic or Modern

Chat now comes in two looks. Classic matches your website. Modern looks like the messaging apps your members already use: your own messages in green with a small tail, the time tucked onto the last line, and reactions as chips on the message. In both, swipe a message to reply, or press and hold it for reactions, Reply, Copy and Delete. Pick the look in Customize › App Screens › Chat, and let members choose their own in Settings.

Better Messages, the same looks

If your site runs Better Messages, its chats follow the same setting. It works with Better Messages 3.0, records voice messages, opens voice and video calls in the app, and a space's chat shows the space's emoji. Thanks to Andrij Tkachenko, who makes Better Messages, for reaching out and giving us a developer licence to build and test this.

Also in this release

• Sign In locks while it works, so a double tap sends one code
• A member who was signed out is told why
• The cart shows what your store's cart page shows: sold-out items, stock limits, a coupon that no longer applies
• A link from outside the app can't open a page inside the app's signed-in browser
• Tapping a search result in Messages opens it the first time
• The companion plugin can't take your website down if a Fluent Community update changes something it relies on
• Fixes in Automations, Better Messages, Cart, GamiPress, Multi-Reactions and Profile Completion

Before you update

• 1.3.20 needs a new app build. Build from the dashboard's Builds tab
• Using Better Messages voice messages or calls? Switch on Microphone (and Camera) in Config › Native Permissions before you build

Full details and screenshots: https://www.twobirdscode.com/blog/core-1-3-20-two-chat-looks-and-better-messages-calls/

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