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MNHQ: Our new mobile apps are out now!

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AmeliaPMumsnet · 12/03/2025 10:13

Hi all,

The new version of our mobile app is now available on Android and will be available on iOS over the next couple of days. All users will be logged out when the update happens and will need to log in again to access the new app. You can continue to use the current app if your device doesn’t automatically update (some do), but we’ll be stopping support for this version at the end of the month, so we’d recommend downloading the new version from the App store.

We know this has been a long time coming for some, and we really appreciate your patience. Thank you to everyone who has been part of the beta testing group, your input has been invaluable. This is very much a first release that won’t include everything we want to include just yet. But we’re going to be making ongoing improvements, and we’ll continue listening to your feedback to shape future updates.

What’s new?
Here’s what you can look forward to in the new app:

  • Nested quoting – You can now quote a post that already contains a quote—just like on the website—making it easier to keep up with discussions.
  • AIBU? polls – You can now vote on AIBU? polls and even create your own.
  • Thanks – Show your appreciation for helpful posts by thanking other users. You’ll also be able to see when someone thanks you!
  • Edit your posts – You can now edit your posts from the app without heading to the website.
  • See all posts by the OP – Android users can now filter posts to only see replies from the original poster, making it easier to follow their updates in a thread.
  • Follow topics – Curate your own personalised feed by following your favourite topics, so you can easily find the discussions that matter most to you.
  • More images – You can now upload more images in a single post than before, making it easier to share moments and information.
  • GIFs – Sometimes words aren’t enough—now you can post GIFs to react, express yourself, or just add some fun to conversations!

What’s coming next?
We know there’s still work to do. Some features you’ve asked for aren’t in this first version, but that doesn’t mean we’re ignoring them. Here’s what we’re already working on for future updates:

  • Links via emails – Email links will currently open in your browser to start with but we are investigating forcing them to open in the app.
  • Dark mode – A long-requested feature! We’re working on bringing dark mode to the app for a more comfortable viewing experience, especially at night.
  • More reactions – Right now, you can thank posts, but we’re planning to introduce more reaction options so they match what’s available on the website.
  • Better push notifications – We’re making push notifications more useful and adding different types of alerts, so it’s easier to stay updated on the things you care about most.
  • Notifications centre – We’ll be introducing a dedicated notifications hub in the app, making it easier to catch up on all your notifications in one place.
  • PMs – We know many of you have asked for PMs to be included in the app. This is on our radar, but it will take some time to get right. We’ll keep you updated on our plans!

Let us know what you think - your input really helps to fix any initial glitches and help us keep improving. And thanks again for sticking with us - we can’t wait for you to try the new app! 💜

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deeahgwitch · 22/03/2025 18:03

TianasBayou · 22/03/2025 14:10

Meanwhile on other threads, grammar pedants are laying into posters about the lack of capitalisation. Very nasty. How can a ‘framework’ not be able to provide the most basic grammar functions? Baffling!

I agree.
It’s a very basic function.

jeffgoldblum · 22/03/2025 14:15

And a quick niggle ! Does anyone else find that when they post a comment they are immediately flung back to the beginning of a thread?
I have to come out and go back in to get back to where I was!

jeffgoldblum · 22/03/2025 14:13

TianasBayou · 22/03/2025 14:10

Meanwhile on other threads, grammar pedants are laying into posters about the lack of capitalisation. Very nasty. How can a ‘framework’ not be able to provide the most basic grammar functions? Baffling!

Are they? , that’s crappy !
im still hoping the look of the app will be updated to look more like it did . 🙏

TianasBayou · 22/03/2025 14:10

Meanwhile on other threads, grammar pedants are laying into posters about the lack of capitalisation. Very nasty. How can a ‘framework’ not be able to provide the most basic grammar functions? Baffling!

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AmeliaPMumsnet · 22/03/2025 10:44

Good morning all,

Thanks for your patience. We released an update on Android this morning that includes the same fixes we rolled out on iOS earlier this week. It might take a little while for the update to come through on your device. The update includes the following:

  • Removed the extra step when flipping a thread.
  • Truncated the OP when you flip a thread.
  • You can now remove deleted threads from your watching list.
  • Fixed an issue where threads weren’t always opening in the right spot when accessed via bookmarks, notifications, etc. This should now be more consistent, though we’re still fine-tuning it.

We’re continuing to review all of your feedback and hope to make changes soon to address problems with text size and more.

I know many of you have mentioned missing the ability to select text from a post to partially quote it and capitalisation after full stops. The framework we’re using for the new app doesn’t make this easy to do, but we’re actively looking at solutions.

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deeahgwitch · 22/03/2025 09:09

Please sort out the Capital letter after a full stop and on a new line.
That’s fairly basic stuff

WarriorN · 22/03/2025 07:26

I know I keep saying this but it’s very hard to follow conversations and debate with the new format.

much of this is text size which I know I’ve discussed with you MN. There’s just now so much wasted space on the screen. Even typing this, I realise you used to just type your post in a box of its own, without seeing anything else.

it’s just clunky

JaneJeffer · 21/03/2025 12:23

luckbug · 20/03/2025 21:35

I used to love to be able to select text in posts - you could select a word and look it up, you can select paragraph and paste as a quote in your post, if you don’t want to quote the whole post…

Is there a way to bring that back? Thanks

@AmeliaPMumsnet I would like this back too

GufferyWooWoo · 21/03/2025 11:21

Thank you for truncating the OP, when reading “newest post first”. That makes things much better!

luckbug · 20/03/2025 21:35

I used to love to be able to select text in posts - you could select a word and look it up, you can select paragraph and paste as a quote in your post, if you don’t want to quote the whole post…

Is there a way to bring that back? Thanks

harijes · 20/03/2025 20:25

What would be really helpful is to understand why all these things have gone backwards..

I think there was a test group.

MN HQ and I would imagine night watch and regular posters will use app.

some of the fixes have been super quick, but surely obvious and should not have been there anyway?

the others, the layout, the capitals, the slowness, the inability to refresh, the flip issues with specific posts. Why remove benefits and take it backwards? I don’t get it.

surely the obvious way forward would have been to add PMs and quotes and votes if that’s what was wanted and leave the rest as it.

2Rebecca · 20/03/2025 20:18

I dislike the inability to refresh a thread. If I am on newest posts first I have to press oldest first then newest again. Before I just refreshed the page

SunsetCocktails · 20/03/2025 19:59

JellyBeanSpring25 · 20/03/2025 15:29

I can’t see the difference between Active / Trending / For You. Seems to be the same list of (neverending now) threads.

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The only difference I can see is the For You column has annoying Sponsored ads after every fifth or sixth post.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 17:29

AmeliaPMumsnet · 20/03/2025 17:19

Hi @ErrolTheDragon,

We've made it so the OP post is truncated when the thread is set to the opposite of your default sorting. So, if your default is 'Oldest first', the OP will be truncated when you switch to 'Newest first', and vice versa.

We did this so that users who usually view threads* *'Newest first' don’t have to expand the OP every time — especially if they haven’t read the thread before.

Hope that makes sense, but let us know if you have any questions, thoughts, or feedback.

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It seems counterintuitive to me.
But now the single click flip and collapse OP is there I think I’m going to put my settings to oldest first anyway so it won’t bother me.

Queenanne20 · 20/03/2025 17:22

{mention:AmeliaPMumsnet}{mention:AmeliaPMumsnet}thanks@AmeliaPMumsnetthanks for the reply. Yes, it's really frustrating but I appreciate you are trying to sort it out. I know I've said it before, but it never happened on the previous app and I've been on mumsnet at least 10 years. Also, sometimes when I'm commenting on a thread and it gives you the option to preview before posting and then I choose to edit, the whole reply I've been typing just disappears. Sorry to give you more problems!

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AmeliaPMumsnet · 20/03/2025 17:19

ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 17:09

Thanks. I’m seeing the collapsed OP post, which is good except I don’t think the logic of when it’s collapsed vs open is quite right. I think it should be open when the posts are oldest first, and collapsed when its newest first. I’m seeing it the other way round, I’m not sure if that’s because of which way I had the thread when I last looked at it or because of my settings.

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Hi @ErrolTheDragon,

We've made it so the OP post is truncated when the thread is set to the opposite of your default sorting. So, if your default is 'Oldest first', the OP will be truncated when you switch to 'Newest first', and vice versa.

We did this so that users who usually view threads* *'Newest first' don’t have to expand the OP every time — especially if they haven’t read the thread before.

Hope that makes sense, but let us know if you have any questions, thoughts, or feedback.

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AmeliaPMumsnet · 20/03/2025 17:13

Hi @Queenanne20,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this! We’ve been trying to recreate the issue with mentions, and we’ve only just managed to see it ourselves today. I can imagine how frustrating this must be for you. We’re looking into whether there’s anything we can do on our end, but it seems like this might be a very specific bug affecting certain Android devices, which could be outside our control. That said, we’ll do our best to find a solution and we are looking in to it!

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ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 17:09

AmeliaPMumsnet · 20/03/2025 16:40

Hi all,

I’m working through some of your messages now and will respond shortly.

We’ve just pushed an update on iOS (only, for now) that includes another change to flip: the OP’s post will now be truncated when you flip a thread, which should make it easier to navigate. You may need to quit the app completely and open it again for this change to come into effect.

We’re working on bringing all the updates released on iOS to Android as soon as possible and hope to release them imminently.

Thanks again for your patience while we work through everything.

Thanks. I’m seeing the collapsed OP post, which is good except I don’t think the logic of when it’s collapsed vs open is quite right. I think it should be open when the posts are oldest first, and collapsed when its newest first. I’m seeing it the other way round, I’m not sure if that’s because of which way I had the thread when I last looked at it or because of my settings.

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AmeliaPMumsnet · 20/03/2025 17:05

Hi @giveupmengetacat,

Thank you for your feedback on bookmarks and opening the menu on your tablet — this is really useful context, and we’ll take it away and see what we can do. Would you be able to take a screen recording of the issues you’re having with replying and closing images and send it to [email protected]? This would be a huge help as we investigate.

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AmeliaPMumsnet · 20/03/2025 16:40

Hi all,

I’m working through some of your messages now and will respond shortly.

We’ve just pushed an update on iOS (only, for now) that includes another change to flip: the OP’s post will now be truncated when you flip a thread, which should make it easier to navigate. You may need to quit the app completely and open it again for this change to come into effect.

We’re working on bringing all the updates released on iOS to Android as soon as possible and hope to release them imminently.

Thanks again for your patience while we work through everything.

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deeahgwitch · 20/03/2025 15:45

You used to be able to view the OP’s posts only and you could flip from the OP’s newest or original post. That feature is gone now.
Why ?
Can I mention the capital letter fiasco also.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 15:38

Queenanne20 · 20/03/2025 15:34

I give up. On the bright side, I suppose this has cured me of my mumsnet addiction. I think I'll come back to it in a couple of weeks and hope things have been sorted out. How I wish they'd just left the old app as it was!

The old app was broken on the iPad apparently due to something apple changed, I wondered if this had caused mn to release the new app a bit sooner than they might otherwise have done.

Queenanne20 · 20/03/2025 15:34

I give up. On the bright side, I suppose this has cured me of my mumsnet addiction. I think I'll come back to it in a couple of weeks and hope things have been sorted out. How I wish they'd just left the old app as it was!

JellyBeanSpring25 · 20/03/2025 15:29

ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 14:42

I’m curious too - mine seems to be a list of threads selected on the basis of being ones I wouldn’t be interested in.

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I can’t see the difference between Active / Trending / For You. Seems to be the same list of (neverending now) threads.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2025 14:42

nahthatsnotforme · 20/03/2025 14:31

Maybe an obvious answer, but what is ‘For you’ for? It isn’t just my preferred topics, which would be handy. Just a random mix

I’m curious too - mine seems to be a list of threads selected on the basis of being ones I wouldn’t be interested in.