New Software Release: YakChat Messaging App and Admin Portal

YakChat Messaging App and Contacts Release 2025-03-26

Notes
Release Date: March 26, 2025

New Features

  1. New Contacts UX/UI: A new, improved contact management experience has been implemented, supporting multiple contact sources, introducing group tags, and more. You can learn more about this feature here.
  2. Filtering contacts: you can easily filter and find contacts that you created, by shared inbox assignment and by group tags.
  3. New message flow: A new, intuitive and easy-to-use message flow has been implemented including the ability to search and add recipients by name, number, or group tag. 
  4. New contact panel: The right-side panel in the messaging app has been redesigned to bring a better user experience and to show full contact information, including contact notes, group tags, shared inboxesetc. 
  5. Out-of-Office replies: Messaging App users can now configure an Out-of-office message for their Inbox. An informational banner will be shown when the out-of-office configuration is active.
  6. Tychron integration: we are now able to send and receive SMS and MMS via Tychron messaging API. 
  7. Informational banners: we are adding informational banners in several situations to keep users informed and help them use YakChat to its maximum benefit.
    1. Credit banner: A banner will be displayed to make users aware when there are low on or out of credit. 
    2. Free trial banner: A banner will be displayed to warn users when the free trial period is about to end and when it has ended.  
  8. New APIs and infrastructure upgrade: for increased security and performance improvements.