Pivot changelog

This week brought a big upgrade to search, steadier calls and notifications on mobile, and a long list of polish fixes across the app.

Search

• Find people, spaces, messages, and recordings — Workspace search now returns users and spaces alongside messages and room recordings, so you can jump straight to what you need.

Calls and live rooms

• Chat stays visible during calls — You can now view the main room chat while you are in an audio or video call.

• Automatic reconnect on native calls — If your connection drops during a native mobile call, Pivot reconnects you automatically.

• Call notification sounds are back — Mobile call notifications play their alert sound again.

• More reliable screen-share audio — Screen-sharing audio now works more consistently on Safari and other WebKit browsers.

• Recording layout on large screens — Room recording transcripts stay beside the video when there is enough screen space.

Notifications

• Message previews in the inbox — Notifications now show a preview of the message, not just the sender.

• Cleaner notification grouping — Related notifications are grouped together more reliably, even when other activity happens in between.

• Correct batched timestamps — Notifications that show a date now show the right one.

• Archived notifications stay out of the Open tab — Dismissed notifications no longer reappear in the mobile Open tab.

• Tap takes you to the source — Tapping a native notification navigates directly to the relevant message.

• Unread indicator fixed — The unread indicator on mobile notifications is working again.

Mobile app

• Reaction details sheet — Long-press or tap a reaction on mobile to see who reacted.

• New direct rooms look right — Direct rooms now display the correct name and avatar immediately after you create them.

• Organization sheets fixed — Mobile invite and delete organization sheets are working again.

• Better small-screen dialogs — Dialogs are more responsive and easier to use on small screens.

• Search filter tabs centered — Search filter tabs are vertically centered and easier to tap.

• Faster command center — The command center now opens with a quicker animation.

• Smoother onboarding after sign-in — The post-sign-in welcome flow is more reliable, especially for profiles with only a first name.

• Clearer account deletion flow — Account deletion now checks eligibility and guides you if any blocks need to be resolved first.

Desktop and web

• Windows controls in the tab bar — Window controls are now integrated into the desktop tab bar for a cleaner look.

• Windows login after Google OAuth restored — Signing in with Google on the Windows desktop app routes you back correctly.

• Web inbox pagination restored — Scrolling through the web notification inbox loads older items again.

• Shortcut stability — Sidebar shortcuts no longer crash when the app is not inside an active call.

• Respected posting permissions — Direct rooms now honor the correct posting permissions.

Pages and comments

• Direct page edit permissions — Page edit permissions are now checked more precisely.

• Cleaner comment notifications — Page comment recipients receive the notification without unnecessary assignment copy.

Sign-in and profiles

• Better names from Sign in with Apple — Pivot no longer guesses your name from your email address during Apple sign-in, and existing Apple display names will be backfilled.

• Profile photos in chat — Chat author profile photos load reliably again.

Chat and drafts

• Threads stay in the right room — Threads no longer leak across room navigation.

• Drafts clear when empty — Clearing the chat composer now removes the server draft so old drafts do not resurface.

As always, a lot of the week was also spent on maintenance, caching, and reliability work that keeps the platform steady.

This week focused heavily on reliability and platform polish, with a handful of new features that make chat, calls, and navigation feel smoother across devices.

Mobile chat and rooms

• Native chat, direct messages, and post rooms — The mobile app now renders these rooms natively instead of using a web view, so scrolling, typing, and switching rooms feel faster and more responsive.

• Invite anyone to a room — You can now invite people to a room even if you are not already connected with them.

• Mobile notification swipe actions — Swipe notifications in the mobile app to take quick actions without opening the full inbox.

• Quick typing fixes — Rapid typing in the mobile composer is less likely to overwrite or drop characters.

Calls and video

• Host drop-from-call — Room hosts can now remove a participant from an audio or video room when needed.

• Active now indicator — You can now see when someone is currently online across the app.

• Auto-unsnooze notifications — Snoozed notifications now unsnooze automatically when the time window expires, so you do not miss follow-ups.

• Synced media indicators — Mic and camera status indicators stay aligned with what is actually published during a call.

Desktop and web polish

• Clearer Mac permissions — Audio and camera permission handling on the desktop Mac app is more reliable.

• Lightbox closes with Escape — Pressing Escape closes the image lightbox as expected.

• Search in post feeds — Browser find (Ctrl+F / Cmd+F) works again on post feeds.

• Create space cover uploads — Cover images upload from the correct source when creating a space.

Navigation and layout

• Sidebar improvements — The sidebar can expand deeper, and navigating on mobile now closes the drawer automatically.

• Desktop tab shortcuts — Keyboard shortcuts for desktop tabs select the right tab again.

• Room recordings layout — Spacing in the room recording list is tidier.

The bulk of the week went into maintenance, performance, and reliability work that keeps the platform steady without surfacing as new features.

This week shipped a few new features and a broad set of reliability and polish improvements across calls, chat, and mobile apps.

New ways to share content

• Video blocks — You can now add video blocks to posts and pages to share recordings, tutorials, or other clips right alongside your written content.

• PDF previews on mobile — File and attachment previews in the mobile app now include PDFs, so you can review documents without leaving the conversation.

• Haptic feedback on iOS — Common actions in the iOS app now give subtle haptic confirmation, making the app feel more responsive.

Spaces and memberships

• Leave a space — Members can now leave a space on their own from the space settings.

• Cleaner admin experience — Organization admin screens hide empty columns, show a confirmation before removing an admin, and no longer expose a role dropdown that can't be changed.

• Space sharing copy — The sharing prompt for spaces now adjusts based on whether a description is present.

Calls, video, and audio

• Automatic reconnect after drop — If your connection hiccups during a call or live class, Pivot now tries to reconnect you automatically so you don't silently miss the action.

• Better playback recovery on iOS and Safari — Audio and video playback recovers more gracefully from stalls and errors on Apple devices and Safari.

• Consistent noise cancellation — Background audio is suppressed more reliably during calls and recordings.

• Respect your audio and camera choices — Pivot now keeps your selected headphones as the audio input and pins the camera you chose in the video message recorder.

• Pre-join and in-call polish — The "no one is in the room" badge and the mic-too-low prompt are now centered, and camera/mic permission onboarding is clearer.

Chat and notifications

• Live chat stays up to date — Messages in live chat now refresh correctly, and chat rooms load new messages as expected.

• Thread notifications work again — Tapping a chat-room thread notification now opens the right thread.

• URL-only message previews — Notifications for messages that contain only a link now show a proper preview.

• Edit comments — Editing a comment now saves correctly.

• Notification preferences — Changes to notification settings apply instantly.

• Mobile inbox — Notification rows are tighter on mobile, and unread badges no longer wrap awkwardly on room blocks.

• Fixed hovering messages — Message rows no longer resize when you hover over them.

Other polish

• Native sign-in — Sign-in flows on native apps now route back to the app more reliably.

• Web overlay positioning — Overlays on the web now use fixed positioning where needed so they stay anchored correctly.

• Account menu on Safari — A layout issue that could clip the account menu in Safari is resolved.

• Responsive action menus — The three-dot action button is responsive again.

Much of the week also went into under-the-hood reliability work — particularly around room recordings, real-time messaging, and resilient service connections — so the platform should feel steadier overall.

This week focused on product polish and reliability, with a handful of visible improvements across chat, rooms, video, and organization management.

Clearer first calls with camera and mic onboarding

We added a first-use onboarding flow that explains why Pivot needs camera and microphone access before you join your first call or recording. The prompt now appears in context so you can make an informed choice without digging through system settings.

Cleaner, more accurate notifications

The inbox got a visual compaction pass so unread items are easier to scan. Notification timestamps now use friendlier relative dates on mobile, and message notifications show the actual send time rather than the last-updated time, so you can tell at a glance when something arrived.

Smoother video messages and recording

Video message recording is more reliable: the camera releases cleanly after preview, and restarting a recording no longer leaves the view in an odd state. Auto-recording rooms now show clear visual feedback when a session is being recorded, so everyone in the room knows it is happening.

Better editing and room UI

The rich block editor now updates optimistically as you make changes, so blocks feel more responsive. Space cards have more consistent heights and avatars, and the top-bar search works better on smaller layouts and in web views.

Organization management improvements

Org admins now see a confirmation before removing a member, and the member list hides empty optional columns. Profile photos appear in the organization user list, and admin modals show the correct email address for the user being edited.

Other fixes and polish

• Comments now appear reliably in post rooms and room blocks.

• Receipt indicators are hidden where they do not apply, such as post-room comments and cursor rooms.

• The "Filter by room" dropdown is sorted and no longer appears blank in Post Room Activity.

• Mobile navigation no longer reloads the page when opening drafts, and the back button works correctly from search.

• Call feedback, chat reply counts, and typing indicators behave more consistently.

That wraps the week. Most of the work landed under the hood on performance and reliability, but the visible polish should make daily use feel cleaner.