What's new in Spark

29 September 2026 — Mobile and page refresh

More room for names in mobile chats, smaller avatars, and secondary call actions in the menu.
Chat history no longer animates every bubble into place on opening.
Approval now shows a simple confirmation with Continue; removed the forced 30-second wait and simulated security statistics.
A quieter homepage with compact spacing, direct copy, static safety information, and fewer animations.
Updated terms, privacy, help, and community guidelines to explain current messaging, statuses, group invites, discovery, and media limitations.

Small improvements that make everyday conversations feel better.

Updated 29 September 2026.

18 September 2026 · Reputation, milestones, and network telemetry

Community reputation & infinite milestones

Build trust through peer feedback. Award reputation to matched friends with weekly rate limits.

Infinite progression: Every 100 reputation unlocks a new milestone level with live progress tracking.
Yellow Check verification: 10,000 reputation awards the golden-amber Yellow Check badge across profiles and chats.
ADMIN rank at 100M: Reaching 100,000,000 reputation unlocks the ADMIN rank with verified staff status and self-adjustment privileges.
Corporate design: Clean monochrome luxury styling with zero visual overlap and multi-billion number formatting.

Real-time connection telemetry & recovery

Live WebRTC telemetry in calls: dynamic indicator that slides up when signal is strong, 30-second stability sparkline, RTT latency, packet loss, jitter, and ICE candidate diagnostics. Bounded auto-reconnect with immediate retry controls.

Status music & waveform audio

Attach Spotify preview music and lyrics to 24-hour status stories. Voice messages render real-time audio waveforms with synchronized playback.

14 September 2026 · Calls, clarity, and control

Call audio

Cancelled ringtone requests cannot restart playback later. Repeated refreshes preserve the current ring. Late remote tracks recover when they unmute.

Microphone check

Test the selected microphone locally in Settings with an input meter and automatic stop. No recording or upload.

Message sounds

Gentler fade-ins, audio-resource cleanup, and separate send/receive previews.

Presentation

New homepage, refreshed About and Brand, new Help page, responsive neutral surfaces and subtle glass. System appearance follows device theme changes.

Policy corrections

Clarified sound preferences and local microphone check, corrected outdated content-filter and advertising statements, and replaced the discontinued EU dispute-resolution link.

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