River - September 12, 2025 Ok, yes… there are some big changes around here! We’ve consolidated the experiences between activity and messages to give you a unified new inbox. A one stop shop for everything going on in your corner of the app. Profile pages just got a full revamp...

River - August 26, 2025

We’ve updated the styling on channel pages, and we’ll soon be bringing a similar facelift to profile pages. Let us know what you think :)

River - August 19, 2025 We’ve introduced the ability to connect and reply to posts from the lightbox. Tap on any post in the feed to surface the reply input and connect button. Also, we’ve restored the ability to scroll through the channel feed by tapping on a post from a chann...

River - August 6, 2025 You can now pin a post to the top of your channel. Pinning a post notifies all followers, making it an easy way to prompt and engage directly with the people who follow your channel.

River - July 30, 2025 We’ve launched a new feature to help you find and participate in channels you may be interested in. When an image or video catches your eye, tap on the post to discover alike posts others have shared. Explore rabbit holes and connect with other people wh...

River - July 29, 2025 Hi, it's been a while. You can now share your profile to your friends or via Instagram stories just like you can for channels! We've added the ability for you to remove a channel cover image you've set in the past, doing so will revert it to the default b...

River - July 3, 2025 We’ve added the ability to send a message when accepting or declining a submission. Tap the notification, choose accept or decline, and leave a note! Stay cool out there.

River - June 30, 2025 We’ve added the ability to create new channels from the connect sheet. Also, we’ve rolled out the ability to share a screenshot of your channel (or anyone else’s) to your Instagram story. Let us know what you think of this feature! Happy Monday.

River - June 11, 2025 You can now upload multiple files per post (limited to video and images for now) Enjoy the grids!

River - May 27, 2025 You can now message one another on River. Head to the App Store to download the latest version of the app. Additionally, ‘Inbox’ has been renamed to ‘Activity’, but functions the same as before. We’ve also introduced a bad connection screen to let you kno...

River - May 13, 2025 You can now pinch to zoom into images on the feed. Also, we’ve added the ability to mute channels! You can do this via the dropdown menu on any post.

River - May 9, 2025 We’ve bumped the character limit on text posts and captions. Additionally text is now copyable across the app. Lastly we’ve improved gesture handling to make navigating between screens much easier. Hope everyone has a lovely Friday.

River - April 15, 2025 We’ve fixed the issue where River would pause music you are listening to from another app. Enjoy your tunes.

River - April 11, 2025 We’ve introduced the ability to mention users in posts and replies on River. We're excited to see how another way to connect with ideas affects our collective conversation. If you don’t see the update, please double check that you’re on the latest version...

River - March 19, 2025 We’ve introduced support for 3D models (.glb), audio files, and PDF documents. We’ve also added the ability to use the in-app camera to take photos and videos directly in River! You’ll have to update the app via the App Store to access these new features....

River - March 11, 2025 We redesigned the inbox to make it easier to find incoming submissions, and easier to swipe-to-delete pending submissions you have sent out. We also adjusted some styling in various places. More blues on light mode, more greys on dark mode.

River - March 4, 2025 We have redesigned the search page to provide a better view of overall network activity. We have also added more flexibility to the connect feature, now providing the choice of whether or not to include the original caption. Happy March, spring is near :...

River - February 28, 2025 You can now customize how your channel is displayed to other users. You can choose between grid, list, and feed views via the dropdown located in the header of channel pages. Keep in mind, this feature is only accessible for channels you have created.

River - February 27, 2025 You can now delete channels you’ve created via the dropdown located in the header of channel pages. You can also delete pending submissions from the sent tab in your inbox. Happy cleaning :)

River - February 27, 2025 We heard from some of you that you were having trouble finding the following feed. Now it is just a swipe away. Follow channels that make you smile.

River - February 25, 2025 We've redesigned channel pages to include cover images and a grid. Cover images default to your channel's most recent post and can be changed at anytime by tapping the edit channel button. We’ve also introduced blurhashes across the app for more visual...

River - February 19, 2025 We improved scroll performance on the everything, following, and channel feeds. We also added channel thumbnails across the search and connect features. Reminder to get the latest version of River from the App Store if you don’t have automatic updates...

River - February 18, 2025 We fixed some navigation bugs and improved image loading performance around the app. If you don’t have automatic updates on, make sure to grab the latest version of the app from the App Store.

River - February 13, 2025 Upload functionality has been restored to normal. Thank you for your patience.

River - February 13, 2025 We’re experiencing an issue with image and video uploads. Please hang tight as we sort this out. Love and light.

River - February 5, 2025 We made a few styling tweaks to the cards you see on the home + channel feeds, as well as a more significant change to dark mode. We also cleaned up some bugs in the search page input, and the new channel flow accessed via the upload tab.

River - February 3, 2025 When connecting a post, we now preserve the original caption. We fixed the issue where extra whitespace appeared at the end of text posts.

River - January 31, 2025 You can now click on supported links in posts, replies, bios, and channel descriptions. Here are a few of our favorites: door.link soma.fm nts.live 2000.town forcedto.work

River – March 20, 2024 -- 1.Introduced “River Feedback” page 2.Added “Public” setting for channels 3.Added cross-channel item composability - “Add to channel” 4.Added thumbnails for videos 5.Updated item page sidebar 6.Updated channel description max character length 7....

River – February 13, 2024 -- 1.Implemented initial profile page with user channels 2.Implemented “Group channels” 3.Implemented “Remove items” 4.Implemented channel “Index” on item pages 5.Added grid view to channel pages 6.Added Markdown, WebP, and HEIC file support 7...