Hyper

A weekly summary of progress and improvements to the Hyper platform.

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Week of 16 March – 22 March 2026

Mobile App

👤 People & Profiles

• Follow status in search: When searching for people, results now correctly show your relationship to them (following, follows you, etc.) so you always know who you're already connected with
• Profile follow section stability: Fixed a bug where the followers section on your personal profile would unexpectedly collapse

⚡ Performance & Stability

• Deeper performance monitoring: Rolled out comprehensive OpenTelemetry tracing across the app – every screen transition and network request is now instrumented, giving the team much better visibility into real-world app performance
• Improved background/foreground tracking: The app now correctly reports lifecycle events when switching between apps, helping us catch and fix issues that only surface in the background

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Week of 9 March – 15 March 2026

Mobile App

💬 Messaging & Chat

• Full-screen image viewer in messages: Tap any photo shared in a conversation to view it full-screen, the same experience you get everywhere else in the app
• Better AI assistant interactions: Improved how photos and responses are handled in the Hyper AI chat for a smoother, more reliable experience
• Quick @hyper in chat: Type @hyper in any conversation to instantly summon the AI assistant without leaving the message thread
• Faster check-in shortcut: The quick check-in button in chat has been refined for a snappier, more reliable tap experience

🏪 Store Management

• Rules-based collections: Store owners can now create dynamic product collections using rules – items are added automatically based on criteria you set
• Improved product picker: Adding products to collections is now easier with a redesigned picker and smoother flow
• Refreshed store preview: Store preview colours have been updated for a more polished presentation

✅ Check-ins

• Haptic feedback on check-in: Your phone now gives a subtle tap when you check in – a small but satisfying touch

⚡ Performance & Stability

• Flutter 3.41 upgrade: Updated to the latest Flutter release for improved performance and compatibility
• 966 automated tests: Significantly expanded the app's test suite to catch issues earlier and ship with more confidence
• Improved code reliability: Major internal refactoring of how the app handles data, with better type safety and a shared logging system across the codebase

Hyper

Busy week of getting Pitch Deck feedback and refactoring to ensure our unit economics, SOM, SAM and TAM are clearly laid out. A huge refactor to get our test coverage up, over 1000 test in backend and 1200 tests in frontend now!

Week of 2 March – 8 March 2026

Mobile App

💬 Messaging & Chat

• React to messages: You can now react to messages with emoticons for quicker, more expressive replies
• Send images in chat: Share photos directly in your conversations with full image upload support
• Hyper cards in chat: Places, check-ins, and other Hyper content now appear as rich cards inline when shared in messages
• Consistent media experience: The camera and photo picker now look and work the same way across both check-ins and messages
• Fixed emoji overlap: Emoji reactions no longer overlap the message text for a cleaner look
• Fixed copy menu spacing: The hold-and-press copy menu in messages now has correct spacing
• Scrollable multiline inputs: Fixed an issue where long messages in multiline text inputs weren't scrollable

✅ Check-ins

• Unified activity and image cards: Check-in cards have been redesigned to show your activity and photos together in a single, cohesive card

Hyper

Small but mighty update. Spent most of the week finishing up the Seed Pitch Deck and tightening the flywheel for our financials. Looks great and I think it's ready to be sent out this week.

Time to get funded 🙏

Week of 23 February – 1 March 2026

Mobile App

🎟️ Loyalty Programmes

• Loyalty cards at places: Places can now run loyalty programmes – collect stamps and earn rewards at your favourite local spots
• QR code stamping: Scan a QR code at the venue to collect stamps on your loyalty card – fast and seamless at the counter
• Manage your loyalty programme: Place owners can create and manage loyalty programmes, set rewards, and track members from within the app
• QR scanner on your profile: A new QR code scanner button on your personal profile makes it easy to scan stamps wherever you are
• Flexible reward expiry: Loyalty rewards now default to no expiry, so your earned rewards don't disappear on you

💬 Messaging & Chat

• @mention people in chat: You can now @mention other users directly in messages to get their attention
• +place mentions: Reference places inline in your messages with the + shortcut for instant place cards
• :emoji picker: Type : to bring up the emoji picker right in chat for faster, more expressive messaging
• Places in new messages: When starting a new message, you can now search for and attach a place directly from the compose screen
• Updated chat assistant: The built-in AI assistant has been aligned to the latest backend improvements for smarter, more reliable responses