June Groupthink Improvements: Emojis, Threaded Chat & More!

Elle Morrill

We’re thrilled to announce our latest updates in June, packed with new features and improvements designed to enhance your experience with Groupthink. Here’s what’s new in our latest releases:

Emoji Reactions

Express yourself quickly and easily with our new emoji reactions to chat messages! Just like in Slack, you can now use a 👍 , 👎 , or 🔥 emoji to react to messages.

This adds a fun and interactive element to your conversations, making communication more engaging and lively. Stay tuned for a full emoji picker coming soon!

Threaded Chat Conversations

Keep your conversations organized with our new threading feature in chat. This makes it easier to follow discussions and ensures nothing gets lost. Threaded conversations help you manage multiple topics efficiently, enhancing your overall communication experience.

Experimental Dashboard View

Check out our new home page, available at /home. It shows upcoming meetings, recently visited meetings, tasks, a cat fact, and the latest posts from @groupthinkai. This centralized location streamlines your workflow, helping you stay on top of your schedule and tasks with ease. This page is hidden by default but can be accessed directly.

…And So Many More Improvements!

Meeting Agendas & Recaps

  • Inline Assignee Name: Clear visibility of responsibilities for inactive agenda items.
  • Item Sorting and Performance: Improved performance and sorting of agenda items.
  • Initial Empty Agenda Item: Added basic text for clarity.

Mobile

  • Create Meeting Button: Schedule meetings on the go.
  • Meeting Recordings View: Access your meeting recordings.
  • Password Change: Change your Groupthink password on mobile.

Notifications & Alerts

  • Event Notifications: Email notifications for meeting starts and reminders when you’re late.
  • Shared Agendas Alert: Notification that an agenda is shared via the link.
  • Host Contribution Reminder: Email reminder to contribute to the agenda 1 day before the meeting.

UI / UX Improvements

  • Slack Integration: Improved formatting for clearer, more organized recap messages via Slack.
  • Groupthink Video Persistence: Groupthink video now persists as you navigate the web app, allowing you to click into other meetings or your calendar without ending the call.

Bug Fixes

  • Agenda Item Status: Fixed items marked as complete when changed to “todo” or “later.”
  • Screenshare: Fixed the second and subsequent screenshares showing in bubbles.
  • Agenda Item Deletion: Fixed items taking a long time to remove from other users’ screens once deleted
  • User’s Agenda Role: Fixed role overwriting.
  • Meeting Endings: Fixed premature endings due to the agenda not being updated.
  • Slack Notifications: Fixed failing notifications breaking other notifications.
  • Timezone Display: Fixed errors to ensure accurate time representation.
  • Start Meeting Button: Reduced complexity and restored missing button on pending meeting status.
  • Audio in Video Calls: Fixed preventing audio from playing in Groupthink video calls.