Welcome to this week’s Online+ Beta Bulletin — your go-to source for the latest feature updates, bug fixes, and behind-the-scenes tweaks to ION’s flagship social media dApp, brought to you by ION’s Product Lead, Yuliia.
As we edge closer to launching Online+, your feedback is helping us shape the platform in real time — so keep it coming! Here’s a quick rundown of what we tackled last week and what’s next on our radar.
🌐 Overview
It’s been a big week of tightening, tuning, and pushing the product closer to the finish line. You can feel this in every commit now. With our core features all in place, we’ve shifted into a new mode: refining, stabilizing, and making sure everything performs as smoothly behind the scenes as it does on screen.
From addressing memory leaks and restoring chats, to locking in translations and logic upgrades, we focused on delivering a seamless experience across modules. The Feed, Wallet, and Chat each got careful attention, and the difference is tangible — everything feels sharper, faster, and launch-ready.
And we’re not slowing down. This week, a final round of Feed features is landing, along with deep optimizations across the entire stack. We’ve moved past the feature frenzy, now it’s about getting every last detail just right.
🛠️ Key Updates
Here are some of the main tasks we worked on over the past week as we continue to fine-tune Online+ ahead of its public release.
Feature Updates:
- Auth → Implemented keypair restore instead of linking a new device
- Chat → Updated the UI for the device keypair upload dialog.
- Feed → Updated the copy for the Link Device modal.
- Feed → Added support for content topics across posts, articles, videos, and stories.
- Profile → Introduced flow handling for blocked and deleted users.
- General → Disabled landscape mode across the app for improved UX.
- General → Added full German language support in-app, with 40 more languages coming this week.
Bug Fixes:
- Auth → Resolved registration errors.
- Auth → Fixed camera issue during onboarding photo capture.
- Auth → Clarified text in “Verify with passkey” modal.
- Wallet → Resolved issue where removing coins in “Manage Coins” did nothing.
- Wallet → Centered ION label correctly.
- Wallet → Fixed issue where the main wallet wasn’t found.
- Wallet → Added alphabetical sorting for networks in “Import Token” flow.
- Chat → Prevented keypair restore prompt after registering a new user on the same device.
- Chat → Ensured chat messages restore properly after device keypair recovery.
- Chat → Some of the emojis are duplicated or broken. Resolved broken or duplicated emoji display.
- Chat → Enabled recipients to correctly open shared stories.
- Chat → Fixed message delivery failure when the app is closed.
- Chat → Enabled bounce scroll for short message threads.
- Chat → Fixed multiple minor UI issues for a smoother experience.
- Feed → Fixed video timeline scrubbing issue — now only the playhead moves.
- Feed → Addressed jumping cursor issue in poll editor.
- Feed → Fixed navigation error when viewing quote posts from profile.
- Feed → Corrected filtering bug that caused non-followed users to appear.
- Feed → Shared post stories are now properly clickable.
- Feed → Aligned the navigation between stories with a regular story.
- Feed → Fixed lingering bottom sheet after quoting a post.
- Feed → Resolved UI inconsistencies in the post creation bottom sheet.
- Feed → Prevented media duplication when sharing with limited access.
- Feed → Fixed memory leak related to the “Block User” feature.
- Profile → Enlarged clickable area on three-dot menu for more reliable interaction.
💬 Yuliia’s Take
This past week wasn’t about big flashy features. It was about something just as important: making sure everything runs smooth, stable, and strong. We’ve hit a new phase of fine-tuning, optimizing for memory, performance, and polish across the board. The goal at this stage is simple: deliver the best possible UX from day one.
The team has been incredible. Long days, night shifts, weekends — all poured into this product with care and determination. We’ve built something we believe in, and now we’re counting down the days until it’s in your hands.
“Day one” is coming!
📢 Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
Two new partners are joining the Online+ ecosystem, both pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on-chain:
- GAEA is building the silicon-based future of Web3, and they’ve just joined Online+! With 150,000+ users already co-creating, GAEA is a decentralized, AI-driven platform and Layer 3 blockchain where public data and idle compute power fuel intelligent systems. Through their integration into Online+ and upcoming dApp built with the ION Framework, GAEA is turning AI and DePIN into a shared, social experience.
- Nodex is joining Online+ to bring seamless crypto payments, NFT tools, and degen-friendly trading into the social layer. From lightning-fast transactions to AI-optimized wallets and dynamic NFT profiles, Nodex is making Web3 interaction as intuitive as any Web2 app — and now they’re building a community dApp to match.
Together, they represent what Online+ is all about: real-world utility, active user bases, and bold new ideas brought to life through decentralized social infrastructure.
🔮 The Week Ahead
We’re heading into a big development week, especially for the Feed. A few final, high-impact features are landing, and they’ll likely be the last major additions.
At the same time, we’re going deep on optimizations across the whole app. It’s not just about smoothing out the UI — we’re fine-tuning the logic, strengthening the infrastructure, and polishing all the behind-the-scenes details that make everything feel fast and fluid.
It’ll be a focused, full-throttle week that’s all about making sure Online+ runs exactly the way it should when we open the doors to the world.
Got feedback or ideas for Online+ features? Keep them coming and help us build the social media platform of the New Internet!