Release Notes

9.0
What’s New:

In-transit Edit: Made a mistake or want to tweak a letter? Now, Plus users can edit letters while they’re still in transit.
Pick Uncollected Stamps: Easily see which stamps your pen pal has collected while choosing a stamp to send.
Sent:Received Ratio: Choose to show or hide your Sent:Received Ratio for more privacy.
ID Verification (Blue Badge): The blue badge on Slowly lets others know that your account is ID-verified. It builds trust while allowing you to remain private behind a nickname and avatar. Plus users only.
New Achievement Stamps: Unlock all 12 and celebrate your Slowly journey.
Emoji Status: New emojis to personalise your status even further.

Improvements:

Bug Fixes and Performance: We’ve fixed bugs and made general improvements for a smoother experience.

8.0
What’s New:

Open Letters: Share open letters with more people and boost your matching potential!
Writing Tools: Ignite creativity with a 4-step guide, offering abundant writing prompts and samples.
Anniversary Stamps: New achievement stamps to honour our long-term supporters.

Improvements:

Enhanced UI: Enjoy a clearer category grouping in your profile settings.
Bug Fixes and Performance: We’ve also addressed other bugs and made general improvements for a smoother experience.

7.4.18
Bug Fixes & Improvements

Mitigation for Android devices text input hang
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

7.4.9
Bug Fixes & Improvements

Fixed a permissions issue that prevented Android 13 from reading photos
Mitigation for Samsung devices ( Android 13 with Grammarly keyboard ) text input hang

7.4
What’s New:

My Stamps: Added hide stamp and keyword search functions
Stamp Selection Bar: Redesigned UI with shortcut and search function, more consistent with the My Stamps interface design.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Improves device camera compatibility for QR code scanning
Optimises performance on iOS 16 & Android 13
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

7.3
What’s New:

Top up Plus bonus: 100 monthly free coins
Stamp Store revamp, including:
- Current and coming Exclusive Stamps for your location
- Coming Special Day Stamps with reminder function
- New interface for Random Stamps with full listing and drop rate
- Indicator for owned stamps
- New product: Stamp Series
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

7.2.10
What’s New:

Upgraded AdMob SDK to support the latest ad formats
Added Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP) SDK to comply with the latest IAB standards (for EEA and UK users only)
Added on-device language detection for the first letter to prevent language mismatch
The default stamp for new users changed to one of their regional stamps (if available)
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

7.2
What’s New:

Enhanced Profile – For finding your perfect pen pals!
You can now:

Add custom Subtopics
State your preferred Letter Length and Reply Time
Show your Favourite Stamps & Stamp Collection

Other Improvements:

Reduces app start-up time
Improves performance when reading letters
Improves cross-platform UI alignment
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

7.1

(7.1.9) Improved compatibility with iOS 15
Allows drag and drop to re-order My Stamps Bookmarks ( long press to start dragging )
Supports split screen and rotation on iPad / Tablets
Supports screen change on foldable devices
Optimizes performance on different screen sizes
Reduces memory usage on Stamp Collection
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

7.0
What’s New:

My Paragraphs: Write anytime and insert into letters later
Shortcut Bar: Make it easy to get started with usage tips
Reply Reminder: Assist you to become a consistent pen pal
Word Counter: Count your words and make every word count!

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

Improves font scaling in drafts
Addresses an issue when editing remarks
[ Android 9 ] Addresses an issue when scrolling in drafts
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

6.6

New Free Gifts
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

6.5

World Explorer: Get to know over a thousand world heritage and top destinations in Slowly
QR code scanner on home screen (top right corner). Quick shortcut to log into Slowly Web
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

6.4
What’s New:

Show Weather & Local Time of your penpals ( Optional On/Off )
Attachment filters for Letter Search; searching letters with photos, audio notes or gifts

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

Upgraded the Facebook SDK for better privacy control
Upgraded the Google Sign-in SDK
Fixes an issue when saving Auto-match’s preference
Fixes an issue when synchronizing drafts
Fixes an issue when recording audio notes
( iOS 14 ) Addresses stability issues when selecting text in drafts
( Android ) Addresses stability issues when using specific virtual keyboards
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

6.3
What’s New:

Letter Search – Swiftly find your old letters by keywords
Save For Later – Shortcut to save profiles from Explore Manually

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

( Android ) Optimizes for faster startup time
Allows unhiding hidden matches from Explore Manually
Divides Drafts screen into Friends and Matches
Improves user privacy controls for personalised ads
Fixes an issue when saving avatars
Fixes an issue when downloading photos
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

6.2
What’s New:

Birthday Reminder – Never forget your pal’s birthday again!
20+ New Achievements – Be the first to unlock them!
Featured Slowly Stories section
Re-designed UI of Achievements
New UI language: Filipino

Bug Fixes & Improvements:

( Android ) Addresses stability issues when using specific virtual keyboards
Increases character limit for Decline’s reason
Allows sorting My Stamps by newly added
Fixes an issue when editing birthday
Fixes an issue when saving avatar
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

6.1

Added option to hide PLUS badge
Added New Friend Suggestions
Added Social Share function for stamps and avatars
Improved audio note loading time
Fixed alert box colour to follow the selected mode
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

6.0
New Features:

SLOWLY PLUS Membership with exclusive features and bonus gifts
Power Search ( PLUS only ): Filtering by city, exact topics, exact languages and new members
Double Quota ( PLUS only ): Double friend limit, excluded topics, excluded regions and photo sharing quota
High-res Photo Sharing ( PLUS only )
Dark Mode
Audio Note Sharing upon permission
Decline a Letter: Declined letters will not be counted in Sent:Received Ratio
( iOS ) Sign in with Apple

Improvements:

Added new avatar Items
Added new Report a User categories
Added new interface languages: Swedish & Thai
Improved categorisation of stamps
Improved stability of the draft synchronisation
Improved performance of the text editor on specific mobile devices
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

5.2.21

Added matching languages, including Cornish, Balochi & Inupiaq

5.2.15

Added matching languages, including BSL, Cantonese, Manchu, Navajo & Sorani

5.2.12

Display the distance unit based on device’s preference
Added matching languages, including Silesian ( Ślōnskŏ gŏdka ) & Ossetian ( Ирон ӕвзаг )

5.2.8

Improved performance for drafting function on specific mobile devices
Fixed display error for new drafts to unmatched users

5.2

Draft synchronisation across platform
Permanent deletion of removed users
Phone verification service provider changed to Google Firebase
New interface language: Catalan
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

5.1.9

New interface language: Ukrainian and Serbian
New options of Emoji Status
Improved stability of push notifications

5.1

New Feature: Reply reminder
New Feature: Watch videos for free coins
Added categories to improve Stamp Store navigation
( Android ) Reduced APK file size
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

5.0

New Feature: Slowly Web Version
New interface language: Arabic
Better UI support for RTL languages
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

4.3.3

Added interface languages: Vietnamese

4.3.2

Added interface languages, including Japanese & Sinhala

4.3

Added Emoji profile status
Added send-as-a-gift feature for products in Stamp Store
Support receiving OTP via WhatsApp when sign in with phone number (for those who cannot receive OTP via SMS)
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

4.2

Added Manual / Pull to refresh across different screens
Added matching languages, including ASL, Ladino, Cherokee, Bashkir, Tsonga, Sardinian & Uyghur
Added interface languages, including Czech, Dutch, French, Hebrew & Indonesian
Improved sorting of Pen Friends list
Enhanced mechanism to crack down on spams
( Android ) Fixed the photo uploading error on specific devices
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

4.1

Use “Pin Letter” feature to read the letter while drafting
New interface languages, including Russian, Turkish, Hungarian & Polish interface
( Android ) Allow installation on external storage, e.g. SD Card
Other performance improvement and bug fixes

4.0

Released the all-new avatar customisation tool
Supporting more interface languages, including Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, Brazilian-Portuguese, and Slovak interface*
Fixed the location updating error on specific devices
Fixed the photo uploading error on specific devices
Enhanced mechanism to crack down on spams
Other performance improvement and bug fixes*Special thanks to all the translation volunteers! (Credit list on the app and website)

3.2

Add friend by Slowly ID (Friends added by Slowly ID will not affect “Sent:Received Ratio”)
Select all countries / regions by continent
Stamp Store: Able to enlarge a stamp inside a stamp set
Notifications: Added “New Letter – Sending” option (Off by default)

3.1

Stamp Store Opening
New Languages Added: Ancient Greek, Assamese, Breton, Interlingua, Odia & West Circassian
New Topics Added: Astrology, Aviation, Collecting, Cosplay, Dancing, Fitness, Gardening, Shopping & Singing
Bug fixes and improvements

3.0

Non-binary gender option
Deleting letters from your own devices (can only delete letters from your own devices; deleting letters will not change the Sent:Received Ratio)
Bookmarking your frequently used stamps
Sharing your Stamp Collection via URL
Enhancement to the stamp selecting UI
Manually updating your zodiac sign in limited times
Option to show joined date in profile
Other bug fixes and improvements

2.3

Greatly reduced the chance of session lost due to connectivity issues.
Bug fixes and stability improvements.

2.2.7

You can now preview your own profile.
UI enhancement, Performance tweaks, and bug fixes.
Landscape mode for Tablet ( You can change the orientation mode under Settings ).
( Android ) Re-enabled the “Back button” on the Editor screen.

2.2.5

Faster app launching time.
After hiding a user on the explore list, the screen will stay in the same position.
When writing a new letter will attach the last selected stamp by default.
Better support for RTL languages.
Fixed a bug while emailing a copy with Emoji/Kaomoji inside.
Fixed a bug when drafting the letter with over 50k characters.
( Android ) Fixed a bug causing the app frozen on the splash screen.
Other UI enhancement, performance tweaks, and bug fixes.

2.2.3

Added Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, and other RTL languages.
Sent: Received ratio now available on user’s profile.
Friend list sorting improvement on alphabetical & delivery time.
Avoid unexpected session timeout.
You can now check the profile when writing to a new friend.
Fixed a bug that causing auto-match & user explore list with duplicated results.
Friend list yellow dot reminder is back.
( Android ) Editor font size is now aligned with the letter’s font size.
Other UI enhancement, performance tweaks, and bug fixes.

2.2.2

10 new topics added.
Friends screen now have a better indication of “Sending out” and “Receiving“.
Option to turn off “Confirm to send” reminder.
Fixed a bug when calculating the total number of friends on the client side.
Word count requirement with a better indication when sending out the first letter.
Report user profile when browsing.
Improved accuracy on push notifications.
Text on user’s profile now able to copy by long press.
Interested Topics now limited to 30.
Performance tweaks and other minor bug fixes.
( Android ) Fixed a bug causing timeout when renewing location on some models.
( Android ) Fixed a bug of freezing or unable to sign in when some stored data corrupted.

2.2

You can now exclude up to 5 Topics.
Exploring users now combined into a single list and filters are memorized.
New filters: Last online within 24 hours; Users with ‘About Me’ only.
More options for sorting pals: Alphabetical.
Auto-match will now wait for your confirmation before sending out.
Auto-match will try to match with users from different regions.
More options to display Birthday & Age.
Big improvement on auto-saving drafts.
Sending the first letter to a new user requires a longer message.
Applying the “Confirm to send” alert to avoid pressing the “Send” button by mistake.
“Request photo-sharing permission” will now wait for your confirmation before sending out.
Corrupted Stamp can be re-downloaded by a long press on “My Collection” Screen.
Better error handling and data sync.
( Android ) Back button disabled when composing.
( iOS ) Landscape Mode for iPad.
( iOS ) Fixed a few bugs caused the freezing screen when sending a letter.

2.1.5

Letter composer performance greatly improved.
Letters now available to copy to clipboard & Email a copy.
Fixed a bug that changing stamps require to tap twice.
Auto-match now with auto-save.
Improved the loading time when browsing manually.
(Android) Fixed a bug that when auto-complete a double-bytes Emoji lead to a crash.

2.1.1

Introducing the age filter.
Added an option to show your age publicly without showing your birthday.
Attached Images can be saved to Camera roll more easily.
UI enhancement for Tablet.
Drafts are now auto-saved.
iOS & Android version is now in sync.
( iOS ) Swipe left to go back enabled.

2.0

SLOWLY for Android Public Beta released.

1.3.4

Fixed an issue where some users not able to receive push notifications.
UI Enhancement on iPad.
UI Enhancement on iPhone X with iOS 11.2+.

1.3.3

UI fine tune for iPhone X.
Fixed Birthday display issue for some timezone.

1.3.2

You can now set your Birth Date and control how to display it.
Allow copying a paragraph when reading a letter.
Explore users with Zodiac Sign filter.
Christmas Background with Hidden Stamps.
Fixed Dashboard & Google Maps Bugs.
Enhanced UI on iPhone X.
Minor Bug Fixes and Performance Enhancement.

1.3.0/1.3.1

Photo-Sharing Feature. ( Learn More )
Fixed friend list bug.
More accurate notifications.
Sign in with phone number now powered by AccountKit.
Performance tweaks & other bug fixes.

1.2.2

Add remarks to your friends.
Option to sign in with Phone Number ( Powered by Digits ).
Setup Password for Email sign in.
More topics.
Performance tweaks & other bug fixes.

1.2.1

Bug Fixes for iOS 9.x

1.2

You can now hide inactive friends.
Increased the maximum number of friends to 100.
Manual Explore now able to filter by Topics & Countries.
Tips and rule for writing the first letter to new friends.
Added “Accepting Auto-match” option.
Added “Show Last Online” option.
Able to exclude users from up to 5 countries.
More topics.
UI Enhancement & bug fix.

1.1.0

You can now check previous conversations without leaving the editor.
Friends / Letters now with better indications – Unread, Not replied yet, Replied.
Friend list now able to sort by Frequently Contacted.
Auto-match & Manual Explore now able to filter users by last online within 48 hours.
Auto-match now able to specify Proficiency.
Auto-match now only able to run every 24 hours.
You are now able to update your nickname and gender for one time after registration.
Release notes now available inside Settings Version.
More topics & more languages.
Fixed some minor bugs.

1.0.1

Fine-tuned the editor experience.
Manual exploring now includes sorting by Farthest & Closest.
Auto-match & Manual exploring now able to exclude the same country.
Fixed some minor bugs.

1.0

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