Release Notes

23.2.1

Released September 19, 2023, over the air.

Bug fixes

For Users

Improved
  • iPhone users will now see the Messages app as an option when sharing content from Content Share Action Cards.

For Admins

Improved
  • If the user taps the “Save Image”, “Save Video”, or “Save to Files” option on the iOS share sheet, we will store the resulting content_action as a download, not a share

23.2.0

Released September 17, 2023 in the App Store

This is an iOS-only update that adjusts Content Sharing Action Cards. Now, images and videos can be shared to more apps more consistently, like Instagram and TikTok. You can also now save an image or video to your camera roll!

For Users

Improved

  • See more appropriate, complete, and consistent app options when sharing content via Content Share Action Cards.
  • New option for “Save Image” and “Save Video” to your Camera Roll from the iOS Share Sheet.

For Admins

Nothing in this version.


23.1.1

Released September 6, 2023, over the air.

Bug fixes

For Users

Fixed
  • In some cases, user avatars were broken when viewing previous reactions in a message in Chat.
  • User avatars for message reactions in Chat were showing the avatar of the user who sent the message, not the avatar of the user who added the reaction.
  • Custom fields were not properly getting inserted into template tags via Network Contact Action Cards
  • Reach was crashing when users tried to upload a file to share in chat.
  • The edit address screen had a number of bugs surrounding auto-complete and validation. Those have been fixed.

For Admins

Fixed
  • We have changed the naming of “Share Content” cards to “Content Share” cards for consistency.
  • We have removed the yellow banner asking you to email us for access to the content sharing features since everyone already has access to the features we have rolled out so far!

23.1.0

Released August 31, 2023, over the air.

Over the past few months, we have partnered closely with the DNC to dig into what sort of features could be added to Reach to have the biggest impact for campaigns and volunteers across the country as they try to protect and strengthen our democracy this cycle and beyond.

The DNC’s organizing theory is simple: supporters are the best advocates to the closest people in their lives. Organizing people you know to take action together is the core of organizing across decades, from the Civil Rights movement to the United Farm Workers to March for Our Lives. Every single member of our campaigns have a role in ensuring the people closest to us know what’s at stake for our families and for our country in this election. That means having conversations directly with our friends and families, and sharing key campaign messaging and content within our communities in person and online.

Through this partnership, we have designed an extensive new feature set for Reach centering on enabling users to share campaign-provided content on social media and other platforms more powerfully than ever before. These features will be introduced in phases over the coming months, and today we’re launching phase one. For now, admins will notice the biggest changes and users will notice a new type of action card as those are introduced by their campaign. Read on for details and keep your eyes peeled for more related features coming over the next few months.

For Users

New

  • Content Share Action Cards let you share images, videos, and links to other platforms using other apps on your phone!
Fixed
  • During Voter Registration, the contact script picker was opening instead of providing the standard Voter Reg script for messages and emails. This has been fixed.

For Admins

New
  • We have now introduced a whole new section of the admin interface for our upcoming Content Sharing features. The new “Content Library” section in your sidebar includes the following screens:
    • Assets
    • Galleries
    • Labels
    • Feedback
  • The old “Social Share” Action Card type has been retired and replaced by the new “Content Share” Action Card Type. Use the Assets screen to make Link, Image, or Video assets, then use the Action Cards screen to make a Content Sharing Action Card which uses the asset.

23.0.0

Released August 22, 2023 in the App Store and Play Store

A picture is worth a thousand words, right? And who wants to send texts with thousands of words? No one. So instead, Reach now allows campaigns to add image attachments to their Network Contact Action Cards and Contact Scripts so these images will appears in your outgoing text messages and emails!

For Users

New

  • Image attachments on Contact Scripts and Network Contact Action Cards. You will see previews of attached images in the script previews and you can tap them to zoom in on them. Then, when you text or email the script, the image will be automatically included in your message. If you choose to share the message using another app, you’ll get a helpful guide so you can copy the message text first and paste it in the image sharing flow of that other app.
  • Voter Registration pipelines are now supported in: AK, AR, DC, DE, HI, KS, MS, SC, SD, UT, VT, WV, and WY.

Improved

  • We’ve made the Add Person form look a little neater.
  • You will now see the Contact Script Picker even if there is only one contact script of that type on your campaign.
Fixed
  • Sometimes on the web app, if you refreshed the browser on the Home screen, it would quickly flash between the Feed tab and the Completed tab.
  • We’ve made the overlays behind our modals more consistently colored.

For Admins

New
  • Image attachments on Contact Scripts and Network Contact Action Cards.
  • For those who use the Reach API, there is a new endpoint that will let you invite users to your campaign. More here.
Fixed
  • Some of the filters around admin screens were not making the correct options available to you, especially for user names.
  • We have adjusted the language in the Feature Block about My Network to more accurately reflect current features.


22.11.0

Released June 12, 2023, over the air.

We’re excited to announce File Upload Action Cards!

For Users

New

  • File Upload Action Cards! We have created a new “File Upload” Call to Action button type. When a user taps this button, they will get a way to upload a file or image, or take an image with their phone camera. They will also get a way to include a comment/note with the file upload. Images are required with this type of submission. We’re excited about the countless use cases this has including asking supporters to submit pictures of themselves for postcards and collecting testimonials!
  • For campaigns which support multiple Relationship Types, you can now edit the type of relationship you have with someone in your Network without having to delete the relationship and re-add it. On the person screen, where you used to see a Delete button next to the Relationship Type, you will now see a pencil button. When you tap on it, we now open a new action sheet at the bottom with an option for “Remove Bran from your Network” and “Change Relationship Type”.

Improved

  • When you’re saving changes to your user profile, Reach will now show a cute loading animation.
  • On Android, when you’re uploading a new profile pic or a chat channel image, we’ll help you crop it to the square shape it needs to be.
Fixed
  • On web, the enter key will work more reliably while you’re uploading images to Reach.
  • On web, if your browser window is very short, the bottom of the User menu will no longer be cut off.
  • In rare instances, deep links into the Reach app were crashing.

For Admins

New
  • You now have the ability to create and edit File Upload Action Cards.

Improved

  • Filters on the Users Admin screen are now more reliable for campaigns with many user groups and invite codes. They are also named better.

22.10.0

Released May 25, 2023, over the air.

Reach has improved screen flows in the app and added functionality in admin to customize the user experience.

For Users

Improved

  • We have removed the option to add someone to your Network from the expanded Person Screen preview within Contact Import. This was making for a confusing experience where you were being asked to import a contact you had already added to your Network. Now, if you want to add someone to your Network, close the preview screen and import them like every other contact.
Fixed
  • Some links within text blocks had been positioned incorrectly on some Android devices. Now all links behave more consistently on Android and Web and look better. On iOS, the links will more consistently change color when you tap on them.
  • If the keyboard is up when a user opens the user drawer or campaign drawer, it will close.
  • In some cases, when you closed the User Profile Editing screen while editing an address, Reach would crash. This is fixed! Edit your address to your heart’s content.

For Admins

New
  • Tag Prioritization and Ordering! Campaigns can now add a numbered priority to control the order that tags appear for their users throughout the app. Tags without a priority set will be sorted by type and then alphabetically.
  • Campaigns can set default metrics/timespans for rankings. These defaults will be used the first time a new user on your campaign visits the Rankings screen. Once a user has customized their settings, Reach will remember those settings for that user. If you want to make sure a user gets to the Rankings Screen with specific settings, try an Internal Link Action Card.

Improved

  • Maintain State better across Admin Screens Everything you toggle, adjust, filter, sort, and change in Admin screens is maintained per campaign as long as you’re using the same web browser.

Fixed

  • Generating Exports from the Admin Exports screen was resulting in a “Something went wrong” message in Firefox. 
  • In Admin, refreshing on the users screen no longer causes a crash screen in certain cases.
  • The toggle to show and hide live chat under the Help menu is now more consistent and reliable. We can’t wait to talk to you!

22.9.0

Released May 9, 2023, over the air.

Reach can now collect more complete user addresses. Plus, some tweaks to language throughout the app to make things clearer.

For Users

Improved

  • You are now encouraged to add your full address when signing up for Reach. This helps your campaign better understand where you’re Reaching from. We have added fields for Address Line 1, Address Line 2, City, and State on the User Account Creation screen and the User Account Edit screens in addition to the existing Zip Code field. Google Places will also auto-complete allowing you to start to enter your address and see automatic suggestions which will fill the rest of the fields. 
  • Changed language from “Type to Filter” to “Type to Search” throughout the app.
  • On the question choice picker screen for multi-many and multi-one questions we changed the close “X” button to a Done button.
  • Improved language on the My Reach sorting drop-down to get more specific about how you’ve sorted your Network.
  • Automatic square cropping for profile pic uploads on web.
  • The “Type to Search” bar on the top of the network screen and network contact action cards is now always visible and will not scroll out of view as you scroll down your list.
Fixed
  • Social Media Share cards without a script are working again.

For Admins

New
  • Automatic square cropping for campaign/organization square logos.


22.8.0

Released April 19, 2023, over the air.

This one makes a few small improvements for users but Admins really get the juice. Our new Admin Dashboard redesign will make it much easier to see your campaign’s progress at a glance!

For Users

Improved

  • We had added section dividers on the various Filter screens throughout the app to make it easier to use those screens.
  • We have re-labeled the Filter and Refine buttons to “Filters & Prefs” to make it a bit more clear that they allow access to more than just Filters.
Fixed
  • On web, giphy embeds in chat were sometimes missing their shuffle/send buttons.
  • Tapping on an @ mentioned name in chat no longer seems misleadingly interactive on iOS.

For Admins

New
  • Charts and Graphs! The Admin Dashboard has been redesigned to include a new top section showing you some lovely data visualizations of the work happening in your campaign. You can even adjust the timespan and filter some of the graphs to make them useful to you!
Fixed
  • In Campaign Keys Admin, it is now easier to see everything at the bottom of the side bar when you scroll down on small windows.


22.7.0

Released April 6, 2023, over the air.

Remember all that work you put into building your Reach Network on your last campaign? Well, now you don’t need to start from scratch again on your next campaign. In addition to importing relationships from your phone contacts or Google contacts, you can now import relationships directly from other Reach campaigns as well. Keep in mind that this option will only work between campaigns which share the same underlying voter file or data source.

For Users

New

  • Import Relationships. You can now import relationships into your Network from other campaigns you are a member of.
  • The screen you see when your Network is empty is now much more helpful and descriptive.
  • When using a Network Contact Action Card, you will now have an option for Marking someone as Contacted outside of Reach.

Improved

  • When you have un-saved survey responses, you will now be unable to switch away from the Survey Questions screen.
  • The titles of the various contact import screens are now distinct so it’s easier to understand which step of the process you’re on.
  • When your search returns no results, if you have Search filters in place, we’ll remind you of that and give you an easy button to clear the filters and retry your search.
  • We’ve added some headers to the Campaign Directory screen to make it a bit more clear.
  • We have changed the Close button on Filter modals to a Done button to make it more clear that you won’t lose your selection when you tap it.
  • We’ve added some more specific language to the Guide Box at the top of the Nickname editing screen to help encourage users who are correcting deadnames to do so by editing the voter’s name, not adding a nickname.
Fixed
  • There was some bad text wrapping in the header of the My Reach/Voter Registration/Filters screen on some devices.

For Admins

New
  • When creating an Internal Link Action Card to the Rankings screen, you can now specify the timespan and metric you’d like selected when the user gets there.
Fixed
  • The icons were missing for cancelled exports in your export history.
  • There were some formatting bugs in Invite User Settings.