Couchsurfing: Stay, Meet, Host

Your chats just got a serious glow-up! Messages now show sent, delivered, and read status so you always know when your host or travel buddy has seen your note. Reactions come alive with fun animations, the text area smartly expands as you type, and sharing photos and files works like a charm again. The "more actions" menu has been refreshed too, and archiving a conversation no longer causes that jarring full-page reload. Explore the rest of the app and you'll find plenty more to love. The Library menu now includes a Profile Tour to help you put your best foot forward, and empty states for Guests, Events, Stays, and Trips now surface helpful carousels so you're never staring at a blank screen. A brand-new image viewer with smooth animations makes browsing photos a genuine pleasure. First time opening the app? A warm "Welcome" greeting will greet you for your first week. Settings got a sleek new modal, dates now display in your device's regional format, and sign-in errors are surfaced clearly so you're never left guessing. Under the hood we've upgraded our core framework, sped up the feed with smarter image loading, and squashed a handful of crashes—keeping your adventures (and your app) running beautifully.

Ever notice the little things that make a trip run smoother? We've been sweating the details so you don't have to! Action buttons no longer show up on past events where they don't belong, chat bubbles now look crisp and perfectly placed, and mentions sent from the web finally display just right on your phone. We also tidied up the Stay context header and freed that freemium banner from hogging half your screen—it now scrolls along with the rest of your content where it belongs. Small fixes, big difference. Happy travels!

Good news for event lovers — curated events with active participants now rise to the top of the events list, so the most buzzing gatherings are always front and center. On the web, tapping "View" in the confirmation toast after booking a stay will now take you straight to your Stay details, exactly where you'd expect to land. We've also squashed a sneaky map bug on iOS that was causing the app to crash, so you can explore the map with confidence. Behind the scenes, we've been busy trimming down the app size, fine-tuning performance, and shoring up our infrastructure to keep everything running smoothly wherever your adventures take you.

Got a tablet? We've made verification smoother by adding a handy rotate-your-device prompt when you're in landscape mode, so nothing gets in the way of getting you set up. Third-party login buttons have been resized to keep the launch flow nice and seamless, and tapping community links inside the app now takes you exactly where you'd expect—no more surprise detours to a logged-out browser. We also fixed a hiccup where the chat list lost its place after removing a conversation, and as a fun finishing touch, hangout pins on the map now show profile photos so you can put a face to every green dot before you even say hello!

Ever feel like the little things make all the difference? This update is packed with fixes and fresh touches that smooth out your Couchsurfing experience from end to end. The "Recently Active" filter now surfaces the hosts and travelers it should, Hangout status chips stick around until a request is actually resolved, and tapping a community name on a post takes you straight to that community page—just as it should. Promotional offers now apply correctly to annual plans, the contact sync prompt will politely reappear if you left it unfinished, and tapping an event pin on the map reliably updates the event card below it. A handful of event bugs on location pages have been swept away too. On top of all that, chatting just got a little more lively. A subtle animation now plays on the chat button when messages are sent and received, giving conversations a satisfying pulse. Your chat inbox filters have been refreshed to behave more intuitively, and a handy new tag on chat rows lets you spot active and past Hangouts at a glance. Small details, big difference—happy travels!