Umbra  — next release will be on Tuesday

Umbra was released on Tuesday and it looks nothing short of stunning. We had a chat with the team behind it and as reported previously it will be a rolling release. This means many new features will be introduced each week or as soon as they are available. The team is also outsourcing small tasks so some new developers are now working on additions to make Umbra something really extraordinary. The next release will be on Tuesday.

Another feature under development is username integration and avatars will be assigned to make the group chat experience easier. At the moment members can give their chat partners names within the address book but once you can register your own username it will make it a much better fit. This will be especially true with large group chats.

Other small adjustments are being made to the chat system and it will soon be used as the official Slack replacement for the group. We believe other groups will soon follow and adopt Umbra for their communications. The focus is on making it a very smooth experience with future mobile use in mind.

A Chinese version of the website is now being prepared together with a big promotional push into that country. Acceptance of Umbra in China will go hand in hand with SDC going onto exchanges there.

A mobile chat app is also in the works and together with many small rollouts coming up, Umbra will become an even greater experience.

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