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v0.9.50Latest

A seat for the arbiter, a shield for your name

Arbiters can now read the disputes they are asked to settle, a privacy review keeps your real name and your pseudonyms apart, and Braga's buses are live on the map.

  • Arbiters see the whole case

    When a dispute is opened, the arbiter you named gets a notification and finds the contract, text included, in a new Arbitration tab under Contracts, with the verdict form beside it. Before that, the arbiter sees nothing of your agreement.

  • Your pseudonym stays yours

    A full privacy review closed gaps where a private real name, or a link between your profiles, could show: on the live map, in live updates, on profiles and listings. Someone you block can no longer call you or pull you into a group chat.

  • Calls and files in chat

    Every member of a new group chat can join its calls, not only moderators; an admin can open older groups in the room's permissions. Downloads from chat work in the Android app, and a tapped chat alert opens its conversation.

  • Braga's buses, live

    Braga's city buses now move on the map in real time, with arrival estimates at every stop, timetables and journey planning.

  • Easier to read and to hear

    Secondary text has a little more contrast, and more buttons and controls now carry names a screen reader can announce. Labels that showed up untranslated in Spanish, French and German are filled in.

Also in this release

  • The built-in chat is now the only web chat: the separate Element and FluffyChat web apps are gone, and native Matrix apps sign in as before.
  • Zenith, the personal AI assistant, has been retired.
  • Mini-sites on their own web address load their live parts again, such as tickets and sign-in.
  • Old links to a transit stop now lead to the stop of the same name after a timetable update, and the weather on the map shows up faster.
v0.9.49

A slimmer bar, a camera in chat

A slimmer desktop bar, a camera and smarter voice playback in chat, mail that files itself, and Coimbra's buses live on the map.

  • A slimmer bar on computers

    On a computer the top bar is now one slim line, and on wide screens your alerts, wallet and profile sit at its right edge. Map side panels float as a card only as tall as their content, so the map stays in view.

  • A camera in phone chat

    Chat on a phone has a camera button next to attach. The photo is shrunk and stripped of its location and camera details before it leaves the phone, while attach still sends originals.

  • Voice messages in a row

    When a voice message ends, the next one in the chat plays by itself. Turn on «Auto-play voice» in a room's menu and new ones there play as they arrive while the chat is open.

  • Mail that files itself

    Give out your address with a word after a plus sign, like alice+invoices@parahub.io, and that mail lands in an Invoices folder under your inbox. Any word works, and the folder appears with the first message.

  • Coimbra's buses, live

    Coimbra's city buses now move on the map in real time, with arrival estimates at every stop, timetables and journey planning.

Also in this release

  • In the Android app, camera buttons now open the camera instead of the photo picker, and the latest version carries a security fix: update it from Google Play.
  • A building's chat is now invite-only and follows who belongs to the building, and a mesh router new to the network waits for its operator's approval.
  • Claiming a bitcoin deposit early now tells you plainly whether it went through, is on its way, or will be claimed by itself after 3 confirmations.
  • The map now needs a browser with WebGL2 graphics, which current browsers all have; an older one shows a note asking you to update.
v0.9.48

Chat that reaches you

Chat alerts with the app closed, voice messages, your calendars in webmail, and Android notifications that actually arrive.

  • Chat alerts with the app closed

    New messages, invitations and calls in the built-in chat now alert you with the app or browser closed, with no extra chat app to install. An alert says who wrote and where, never what, and a «Chat» switch in your notification settings turns it off.

  • Voice messages in chat

    Tap the microphone next to Send to record one. Other Matrix apps show it as a voice message, and in an encrypted chat it is encrypted like everything else.

  • Android notifications that arrive

    With the app closed, the Android app was silently dropping every notification except the SOS alarm; now they all show up. Messages and calls have a channel of their own, so you can tune them in Android's settings.

  • Your calendars in webmail

    The calendar page of your mailbox now shows your calendars, the ones shared with you and the «Parahub» calendar, with nothing to set up. It is for looking only, and it never tells other mailboxes when you are busy.

  • Your mailbox follows your name setting

    Webmail's address book listed members under the name given at sign-up, for everyone with a mailbox to see. It now shows your handle unless you chose to show your name publicly.

Also in this release

  • A mesh router is now tied to the identity it first reported; after a factory reset, its owner accepts the new one on the router's page.
  • Any WiFi name and password your router allows is now saved and shown back exactly as typed.
  • The Android calendar steps now include the Google Calendar switch that makes synced calendars appear.
  • The free WiFi watchdog now checks every node that serves guests, not only the main gateways.
v0.9.47

Your calendar, in the app you already have

Calendars that sync with the calendar on your phone, bots you run yourself, and drone uploads that no longer give up halfway.

  • Calendars without a new app

    Keep calendars on Parahub and sync them with the calendar on your iPhone, Android phone or computer. Share one with family in full, or let someone see only when you are busy.

  • Events and bookings show up by themselves

    Connect a device and a «Parahub» calendar appears with the events you are going to and your bookings, updated when plans change. Every published event also has an «Add to calendar» button, no account needed.

  • Bring your own bot

    Verified members can run up to three bots of their own, such as an AI assistant on their own computer, with a chat account here. Everyone who meets one sees that it is a bot and whose it is, and a bot can never vote, sign or hold money.

  • Drone uploads that finish

    Select a whole flight at once: it travels in parts sized to your connection, rides out dropouts and can be continued from the mission card. The mission list now shows every mission and can be narrowed by pilot or place.

  • Easier on a phone

    Map panels now drag by their whole header, and a flick moves them one step. Profile, stop and wallet pages no longer spill off small screens.

Also in this release

  • Amounts in euros and other currencies are back in the wallet, now with a second price source as backup.
  • New marketplace categories, from televisions and solar panels to wine, firewood, gardening and IT consulting.
  • Editing one listing after another no longer shows the previous listing's photos.
  • Your list of chat sessions no longer fills up with sessions Parahub opened in the background.