Changelog
What changed in FutureNerds, newest first.
Messages open at the newest message
- Chat threads on iPhone open at the newest message.
- Inbox rows line up on iPhone and Android whether or not a thread is unread.
- Fixes from the October 13 review on the web, iPhone and Android.
- New public pages: one per feature under /product, honest comparisons under /compare, guides under /guides, this changelog, and llms.txt for AI assistants.
Copy contacts to siblings, and errors in your language
- Copy an emergency or pickup contact from one child to their brothers and sisters on the web, iPhone and Android.
- Report cards save at every classroom level.
- When the server refuses an action, the message shows in the reader's language with a short code support can look up.
- Sign in with a passkey sits below Sign in with Apple.
- iPhone buttons that show only an icon are now labelled for VoiceOver, and text sizes follow Dynamic Type.
- Large schools load the children roster a page at a time.
- People join a classroom's message board when they join the classroom.
One count for today's attendance
- Today's attendance numbers come from one rule on the web, iPhone, Android, the home screen widget and the classroom pages, so every screen shows the same count.
- Edit a contact for one child without changing it for the others.
- Money, chart labels and the daily summary draft are written in the reader's language.
- Documents and photos open inside the apps.
- Parents see each child once on Home and can save photos from a child's page.
Apple Watch, widgets and Live Activities
- An Apple Watch app for parents (pickup, events, messages) and teachers (arrivals).
- A Today widget for the home screen on iPhone and Android.
- Live Activities for field trips and conferences on iPhone, with an ongoing notification on Android.
- A morning countdown that tells parents when to leave for drop-off.
- Two-column layouts for the most used iPad screens.
- Parents' Needs You list updates live. Teachers can file an incident report from the classroom.
Blog, passkeys, Family Tools and school time zones
- A blog with posts for parents and Montessori educators.
- Sign in with a passkey on the web, iPhone and Android.
- Reply to a message from its notification. Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight on iPhone, and launcher shortcuts on Android.
- Family Tools: printable week, month, routine and trip sheets for families.
- Every date and time shows on the school's clock.
- Staff can remove a photo from a batch and publish the rest at once.
- Staff who are also parents see their own children without switching roles.
- A field trip can say it needs no parent volunteers.
Live messaging
- Messages arrive instantly on the web, iPhone and Android.
- The phones get the web's thread features: polls, GIFs, link previews, attachments and pinned messages.
- Message administration on the phones asks before every removal.
Push notifications on Android
- Android push notifications.
- One messages inbox on the web, iPhone and Android.
Clubs, account deletion and faster pages
- Schools can delete a club, or remove a child from one. A club with history is hidden for good instead.
- The Delete Account card says what deletion removes and what the school keeps.
- A school can reactivate a child before a parent signs in.
- Dashboard pages make fewer requests and load faster.
Field trip permission slips
- Parents sign a field trip permission slip when they sign up, on the web, iPhone and Android.
- Field trips can set a minimum number of children and send reminders.
- Parents can find everything they signed under School, Documents, with search.
- iPhone replaces pop-up alerts with banners and short sheets.
Personal calendar feed
- Each person gets a personal calendar feed to add to Apple Calendar or Google Calendar.
- The MCP server works for every role.
Email sign-in codes and family access
- Sign in with an emailed code. Passwords are gone.
- Co-guardians see the classrooms and boards of the children they share.
- Expired parent invitation links can be renewed.
- Parents confirm their name when they join, and schools get a communication log.
Shake to report a bug
- Shake an iPhone to report a bug.
- A school can hide a club, which stops billing for it.
- Every adult's photo and name show wherever the apps show them.
AI suggestions and push on iPhone
- Optional AI suggestions, off until a school turns them on. Children's names are removed before any text is sent.
- iPhone push notifications.
- Parents add a guardian or a pickup contact on iPhone and Android.
- People in a chat are told when a photo or file is sent.
- The room attendance register.
School directory settings
- Schools choose whether administrators and staff appear in the family directory.
- Parents can delete a child from the web profile.
Import families from a spreadsheet
- Import families from CSV or Excel. Rows that need fixing are held by name, and a second parent is linked to the family.
- Invited parents are skipped, and children who look like existing ones are flagged.
Open links in the apps
- Email and notification links open in the iPhone and Android apps.
- Errors show inside the form or dialog that failed, in plain words.
Welcome email for new schools
- New schools get a welcome email with their first steps.
- Invitations redeem after signing up in the apps.
School directory and Rooms
- A school directory so families can put names to faces.
- Settings has a page for each of the four ways parents join a school.
- Rooms has one home for classrooms and clubs.
School logos
- A school can upload its logo, which shows in the navigation bar.
iPhone and Android apps
- FutureNerds for iPhone and Android, version 1.0.1.