Release notes

# New features

• Interface redesigned for tablets:
  • new dedicated full-screen views (routines, places, meal plan, loyalty…)
  • new two-column widget layout
  • reworked home screen (title highlighted, buttons repositioned)
• Filter by member:
  • filter events, tasks and routines by household member

# Improvements

• Melia (voice assistant in enhanced voice mode):
  • more natural and more reliable voice conversations
  • jump in and speak at any time (barge-in)
  • the screen stays on during voice mode
• Calendars:
  • reconnect a calendar whose access has expired in one tap
  • help setting up an iCloud calendar (app-specific password)
• Clearer subscription and plan comparison

# Fixes

• iOS free trial shown only when it’s actually available

# New features

• Your expenses, finally under control in the Budget module:
  • track your expenses and all your transactions in one place
  • import your transactions in seconds
  • find any transaction with search and filters
  • redesigned info and summary tabs for a clear view of your budget
  • and entering an expense is now more flexible, down to the cent
• The first native widgets arrive on your phone’s home screen:
  • a brand-new Calendar widget to see your upcoming events at a glance, without even opening the app
  • available on iOS and Android
  • tap it to go straight to the right calendar screen
  • it updates on its own as soon as your schedule changes
• Melia now talks, in real time (new “Enhanced voice” option, in Beta):
  • a real voice conversation, smooth and natural, like talking with a loved one
  • interrupt her whenever you want: she stops right away and listens
  • she stays with you in the background while you keep browsing
  • she understands the screen you’re on, for more relevant answers
  • a lively visualization that reacts to her voice as well as yours
• Better-organized shopping:
  • filter your products by aisle to save time in the store

# Improvements

• Clearer subscription tracking:
  • clear, reassuring information if there’s a payment issue, with direct access to sort it out in one tap
  • the household owner is notified by email and notification
  • a pending cancellation is now shown with no ambiguity
• Friendlier screens when there’s nothing to show yet:
  • the Budget module guides you better until an expense is recorded
  • the empty fridge screen points you to the right actions

# Fixes

• Budget: entering an expense with cents works again
• Calendar: birthdays from the neighboring week now show correctly in month view
• Calendar: fixed the display of all-day events in day view
• Gift lists: fixed a display limit issue
• Fixed the week number calculation
• Products: your position in the list is kept after a deletion
• Home: fixed the display of home screen information
• More reliable and stable real-time connections
• Dark theme: the Melia panel controls are clearly visible again

# Improvements

• Melia and community recipes:
  • Melia can now browse the recipes shared by the community and present them to you
  • she can also instantly import one or more community recipes into your household
• A livelier conversation with Melia:
  • recipes and suggestions appear right in the conversation thread, in order
• Melia’s internal searches no longer clutter the conversation
• Invite your loved ones right from the first setup
• New reassurance step during onboarding

# Fixes

• More stable and reliable Melia connection

# New features

• Calendar redesign:
  • quick button to switch between views
  • redesigned week view
  • redesigned day view
  • redesigned list view
  • smoother overall calendar screen
  • refreshed calendar widget on the home screen

# Improvements

• Meal planning now in a weekly view
• Weather: forecasts are now saved on your device for a faster, more stable display

# Fixes

• Gifts: no more flickering when opening the grid

# Improvements

• Search recipes right in the household recipe tabs
• Home screen:
  • pull-to-refresh now works reliably, even when the content fits on the screen
  • all widgets refresh together (weather, birthdays, tasks, trash pickup, travel, optimization)
  • fewer duplicate network calls at startup
• Polished Circles display
• More reliable Instagram recipe imports
• Melia answers with shorter sentences in audio mode

# Fixes

• Home screen: the Birthdays widget is filled in correctly
• Circles: display fixed in dark theme
• Places: correct location when creating a place
• Melia:
  • reconnect without restarting the app
  • card confirmation restored for older versions of the app
• Instagram: better retrieval of the preview photo

# New features

• Melia, more interactive every day:
  • interactive cards to confirm her actions in one tap (create, edit, delete)
  • guided questions in the chat (single choice, multiple choice, free text)
  • explicit confirmation before creating or editing a recipe
  • a refusal typed in your own words now cancels pending actions
• Melia, your recipe assistant:
  • import a recipe from a URL with the built-in wizard, right from the chat
  • import from Facebook (shares, Watch, fb.watch) and better image retrieval from Instagram carousels
  • open a recipe in reading mode from the chat
  • open the shopping list wizard from the chat
  • adjust the number of servings on request
  • automatic estimate of nutritional information
  • quick link from a recipe to edit it with Melia
• Easier sharing:
  • share a URL from any app to Melimelo to create a recipe
• Household:
  • join a household by scanning a QR code
  • improved member invitation wizard

# Improvements

• Recipes:
  • richer content in the “Info” tab
• Circles:
  • redesigned Circles screens
  • improved user quick menu
• Fridge:
  • limit on the number of items in the fridge
• Melia:
  • improved Melia panel
  • clearer error messages when importing a recipe
• Android sharing:
  • improved share sheet

# Fixes

• Fixed quick sign-in for accounts without an email
• Fixed infinite scroll on the completed tasks list
• Fixed an issue when creating a baby profile

# New features

• Richer push notifications for shared additions:
  • notification when an event is added to the calendar
  • notification when a loyalty card is added
  • notification when a place is added
  • notification when a contact or a recipe is added
  • notification when a product is added to the fridge

# Improvements

• Smoother lists thanks to infinite scroll:
  • task lists now load progressively as you scroll
  • the participant picker now loads as you scroll
• Simpler subscription management:
  • any household admin can now activate the first paid subscription and becomes its owner
• Various improvements:
  • new interactive empty-state card
  • shopping list notifications handled more efficiently

# Fixes

• More reliable household updates:
  • automatic reload on pull-to-refresh and when you return to the app
  • members who aren’t admins now instantly see changes an admin makes to the enabled apps

# New features

• Export recipes as PDF:
  • export your recipes to print them or share them easily
• New info tab in the Wellbeing section:
  • a dedicated space to manage your information
• Customizable behavior for completed tasks:
  • choose what happens when a task is marked as done
• Item limit in shopping lists for free accounts:
  • up to 15 items per list, with an invitation to go Premium beyond that

# Improvements

• Sign-in and sign-up:
  • your email address is retrieved automatically after you re-authorize Apple
  • we ask for your first name if it’s missing after signing up with Apple or Google
  • clearer messages when your email isn’t available
• Shopping lists:
  • redesigned shopping screen for more clarity
  • better handling of the item limit
• Recipes and meal plans:
  • quickly add a recipe to a meal plan
  • improved screen when no meal is planned yet
• Calendar:
  • improved event toggle button
• Notes:
  • reworked layout for better readability
• Circles:
  • improved screen
• Premium management:
  • the Shopping and Tasks tabs are turned off when the household no longer has a Premium subscription

# Fixes

• Changing a recipe’s servings no longer changes its quantities
• No more duplicate notes on the first manual save
• Fixed household creation getting stuck in some cases
• Sign-up with Apple or Google: accounts with a missing or unverified email are now cleanly declined
• Subscription dates are now correctly reset when switching to the free or unlimited plan

# New features

• Travel, your new planning app:
  • brand-new Travel app with full trip management
  • Travel widget for the home screen
  • trip budget management
  • dedicated Premium information
• Complete overhaul of recurring events (in line with Google Calendar):
  • new 3-choice dialog (This event / This and following events / All events)
  • reliable handling of time zones and daylight saving time changes
  • better handling of single-occurrence edits and exceptions
• Melia becomes more autonomous:
  • continuous voice mode for near-live conversations
  • Melia creates recipes, with a matching generated image
• More complete recipes:
  • automatic calculation of nutritional values
  • nutrition calculation on community recipes too

# Improvements

• Smoother calendar:
  • faster loading (the grid shows right away, participants load in the background)
  • redesigned Repeat sheet and event screen
  • support for recurring occurrences that span several days
• Recipes:
  • filter household recipes by tag
  • more accurate AI import
  • improved image generation
  • simpler management
• Meal plans and meals:
  • add an item to the shopping list straight from your meal plans
  • faster meal planner
  • richer meal plan management
• Home screen:
  • reworked, more practical widgets
  • simpler way to add an app
  • improved overall behavior
• Melia: more natural voice output (formatting cleaned up for text-to-speech)
• Faster app startup
• Outlook sync now incremental after the first sync

# Fixes

• Home calendar correctly realigned to the current week
• Deleting a recurring event with a swipe now works the same way as from the form
• Birthday list: all contacts now show up (beyond 50)
• Shopping list: no more error when reordering during a refresh
• Text editor: several causes of crashes fixed
• More robust display of notifications and pop-up messages
• External calendar sync: events without a title are now handled
• Stronger overall stability (household, calendar, reminders)

# New features

• Social sign-in:
  • sign in and sign up with Apple and Google in an instant
  • social sign-in buttons available on the invitation screen
• Biometric lock:
  • lock the app with your fingerprint or face recognition
  • extra protection for Budget, Documents and Wellbeing
• Next-generation calendar:
  • full support for recurring events, with RRULE expansion and exception handling
  • real-time sync for Google and Outlook
  • automatic incremental sync every 5 minutes for iCloud
  • two-way sync of participants between members and events
  • rich descriptions with Markdown formatting
  • availability indicator (busy, free, tentative, out of office)
  • calendar picker in the event form
  • create and manage custom calendars
  • reminders on virtual occurrences of recurring events
• Batch actions with Melia:
  • confirm several actions at once in a swipeable carousel
  • “Confirm all” and “Decline all” buttons to handle everything in one go
  • add a whole recipe to the shopping list, with smart product matching
• Full-text search:
  • instant search across all the app’s content, even without accents

# Improvements

• Redesigned home screen
• Haptic feedback:
  • new option in User settings
  • haptic feedback on the Home button
• Calendar sync open to everyone in beta (Google, Outlook, iCloud)
• Redesigned calendar sync screen with multi-select and swipe to delete
• More responsive voice experience with adaptive calibration to background noise
• Infinite scroll on loyalty cards
• Network errors shown as discreet pop-up messages after the initial load

# Fixes

• Fixed the display of all-day events (exclusive end date, RFC 5545)
• Fixed the event card display when no type is selected
• Fixed the automatic assignment of the default calendar when creating an event
• Fixed subscription dates getting corrupted during in-app purchase sync
• Fixed upgrading from the free plan
• Voice playback now stops automatically when you interact with pending actions