A lighter update this week, with a handful of fixes across web and mobile.

Recommendations fixed on Android

We fixed an issue where the Recommendations page on Android was showing the same chatbots as the homepage instead of your personalized For You recommendations.

Persona avatar generation restored

Free and Get a Taste users can once again use the Generate option for Persona avatars on Desktop and Mobile Web. Previously, only the Upload option was appearing.

Other fixes

• Fixed chatbot rating counts showing as missing or zero for some characters on the homepage.
• Fixed Anime/Semi-Realistic V2 image generation ignoring a 0 LoRA scale setting and resetting it to 0.8.
• Fixed an Internal Server Error appearing when detaching a Lorebook from a chatbot.
• Fixed an error when uploading animated WebP images as chatbot avatars.

That’s it for this week. Thanks as always for the reports and feedback. 💜

A few useful updates went out this week, including some quality-of-life improvements, an important conversation access fix, and a small model lineup change.

Favorites page now has a dedicated Groups tab

We’ve added a dedicated Groups tab to the Favorites page.

Previously, favorite groups were shown together with chatbots. You can now browse your favorite Chatbots and Groups separately, which should make the page cleaner and easier to use.

Clearer subscription info for one-time payments

Users with one-time payment subscriptions now have a Manage Subscription option that opens a read-only subscription overview page.

This page shows your plan, payment type, expiry date, and days remaining. No more guessing about when your subscription will run out or whether you need to cancel.

Conversation access fix

We fixed a major issue where users could lose access to their conversations if a character was made private or removed from the platform by the creator or moderation team.

This has now been fixed, and you should be able to access your existing conversations even if something happens to the character later.

We saw some speculation and frustration around this one, so just to be clear: this was a bug, not an intended change. Thanks to everyone who reported it and helped us track it down.

WizardLM 144B has been sunset

We also sunset WizardLM 144B this week.

The model was outdated and had very low usage, so we’ve removed it from the model lineup.

Beta tester onboarding coming soon

We’ll also be opening up onboarding for new beta testers soon.

We’re always testing new models, features, and ideas, and we’d love to bring more of you into that process. Join Our Discord and keep an eye on announcements there if you’re interested in joining the beta group.

Apart from that, we’ve made a few smaller improvements and bug fixes across the platform.

As always, thank you for the reports, feedback, and patience. 💜

A smaller update this week, but we’ve pushed a few useful fixes and improvements across web and mobile.

Russian payment methods with VPN

Russian users should now be able to access Russian payment methods even when using a VPN.

On the checkout page, set your Billing Country to Russia, and the available Russian payment methods should load correctly.

Web fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Discard Changes confirmation did not appear on the Create and Edit Persona pages after making changes and trying to leave without saving.
• Fixed an issue where the Suggest Tags dropdown on chatbot profiles would stay open after clicking outside of it.
• Fixed an issue where some buttons on the Add Member page on group chat creation were not translated properly when using another site language.
• Fixed an issue where the Auto Suggestion button on the Create Group page was not generating content for the Greeting and Scenario fields.

Mobile app fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Generate Image modal could not be scrolled properly while the keyboard was open, making some fields hard to access while typing.
• Fixed an issue where the Unsaved Changes popup appeared on the Create Chatbot page even when no changes had been made.

That’s it for this week.

As always, thank you for the reports and feedback. 💜

We’ve got a few updates to share this week, including one many of you have been waiting for.

Group Chat is now available on Android

Group Chat is now live in the Android app, so you can create and join multi-character conversations directly from mobile. Please update to the latest version to access it.

More local payment options for China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, and Argentina.

 (Please note that these are only one-time payment options, so you'll have buy a new subscription each month) 

Fixes & improvements

We also fixed several issues this week:

* Fixed an issue where Text To Speech (TTS) could not be played for the greeting message until after sending the first chat message. TTS should now be available on the greeting as soon as you open the chat page.

* Fixed an issue where, after an image generation request was blocked by moderation, previous conversation messages and generated images could temporarily disappear.

* Fixed an issue where Blocked Creators were not loading properly on web/app.

* Improved TTS word recognition to reduce cases where the voice could stutter or sound inconsistent.

* Fixed an issue where tags could disappear from chatbot profile pages, and the Suggest Tag option was not showing properly.

That’s it for this week.

As always, thank you for the feedback and reports — they help us find and fix these issues faster. 💜

Hey everyone! Here's a roundup of improvements and fixes we shipped this week — a lot of it driven directly by your feedback. 🙌

But before that, I just wanted to share...

Since its release just one week ago, GLAM 5.1 has quickly become a fan favorite. Users are calling it our most immersive, most human-feeling model yet — with characters that stay believable, stories that drive themselves, and writing that genuinely feels alive.

If you haven't tried it yet, you're truly missing out.

👉 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐌 𝟓.𝟏  

The weekly update now:

🔍 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 & 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

✅ 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬. When you pick Latest or Popular, results stay sorted that way. Previously, relevance ranking could quietly override your choice — that's fixed, so browsing should feel a lot more predictable now.

✅ 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤. We fixed a frustrating bug where you could end up with multiple Definition Size filters selected and be unable to deselect them after certain page changes. You can now toggle them freely again.

🎨 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬

✅ 𝐅𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 "𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧" 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬. We resolved the issue where avatars were being wrongly flagged as real people. We've improved the system, so these false flags should be far less common going forward. We know it was annoying — thanks for your patience while we worked on it. 💜

✅ 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝. We resolved a bug where avatar generation could fail when using reference images. Image-based avatar creation should be much more reliable now.

As always, keep the feedback coming — it genuinely shapes what we fix next. 🚀

Hey everyone! 👋

We’ve got a few exciting updates to share — plus a little housekeeping on what’s coming next week.

🚧 Feature Updates & Upcoming Projects

Many of you have been asking about Lorebooks and Group Chats — here’s where we are:

📘 Private Lorebooks are currently live for our closed beta group, and early feedback’s been super helpful! We’re squashing bugs and aiming to roll it out to everyone within the next 3–4 weeks.

💬 Group Chats are actively in development and will also head to closed beta testing soon.

🌍 Multilingual Interface is in the works too, with an expected release early next year — so you’ll soon be able to browse Spicychat in your preferred language. 

We’ll also be opening up our beta testers group to more users tomorrow — keep an eye on announcements if you’d like to join!

We know these are highly requested features, and we’re taking our time to make sure they launch smooth and strong.

🔞 Age Assurance Launching Next Week

In order to effectively enforce our guidelines and policies, next week, we’ll start rolling out age assurance in places where it’s a legal requirement. It’s not the most exciting change — and we get that — but it’s something we have to do to support these regions. 

This rollout will cover:
 🇫🇷 France 
🇮🇹 Italy
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 
🇺🇸 U.S. states including AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WY

⚠️ Important: You’ll have a grace period to get verified when is convenient for you.

🛠️ Fixes & Improvements

Web:

• Fixed an issue where pressing Load Previous Messages jumped you back to the bottom.
  
  
• Fixed a UX issue where clicking on images in selected messages would open them incorrectly.
  
  
• Fixed crashes when selecting or searching tags while creating chatbots.
  
  

Android:

• Fixed “See More” being blocked when viewing full bot personalities.
  
  
• Fixed Remove Conversation button not showing for the last chat card.
  
  

That’s all for this week — lots happening behind the scenes, and even more coming your way soon. 💜

Thanks, as always, for your patience, feedback, and love for the platform.

Hi everyone

A quick update on the iOS situation: while the due date for the app’s removal has arrived, we still haven’t heard back from Apple on our appeal. We'll keep you posted as soon as we have some news. Please remember that monthly subscriptions purchased through iOS will not renew. To continue your subscription, head over to https://spicychat.ai/subscribe and grab your plan directly on the website.

 🛠️ Bug Fixes (Web)

* Fixed an issue where editing a bot in draft status would give an error.

* Cloning a message now properly redirects you to the cloned chat.

* The Title field on Chatbot/Persona creation now expands correctly for long titles.

* Saved Chats now load properly, even for users with a very large number of conversations.

📱 Android App Updates

* Our refreshed SpicyChat logo is now live in the app.

* The “Less Like This” option has been added, letting you hide bots you’re not interested in and improving future recommendations.

* Reporting bots has been fixed — you can now flag content that violates our guidelines without issues.

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These are the smaller fixes and tweaks on the surface — but behind the scenes, the team is working hard on two major features many of you have been waiting for. We’re aiming to roll them out in the final quarter of this year, and we can’t wait for you to try them.

Thanks, as always, for being the heart of this community. 💜

• Better Readability Across Devices: Chat bubbles now adjust more naturally to your screen size. Whether you’re on desktop or laptop, the text should feel less cramped and easier to follow.
• Cleaner Message Alignment: All user messages now align consistently to the left, making conversations look more polished and easier to scan.
• Smoother Message Actions: When you want to remove or clone a message, the entire chat bubble is now clickable instead of just a small section, making the process much simpler.
• Consistent Chat Alignment Across Platforms: The chat alignment behaviour is now unified between Web and Native, so it feels the same no matter where you’re chatting.

• Fixed an issue where the Province/State field in checkout wouldn’t always save correctly.
• Fixed a problem where errors weren’t showing up properly if you added more than 12 tags while creating a chatbot.

We’ve got a fresh round of updates this week on both the native apps and the website, so let’s jump right in!

📱 Mobile  App Updates (V 1.0.73)

💬 New Chat Layout is Live!

The community has spoken... and we listened! The chat layout with the most votes from our recent poll is now live, bringing you a more polished and conversational style chat bubble.

🗣️ Text-to-Speech Upgrades

• Narration Toggle: You can now choose whether the narrator reads both dialogue and action, or dialogue only.

• Improved Voice Selection: You’ll now find separate buttons to preview and select a voice, plus a cleaner layout!

🌐 Preferred Chat Language

You can now choose your chat language directly from your profile settings in the mobile apps, just like on the website!

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Old chat mixing up with new chat? Fixed.

• Voice playback continuing after switching voices? Resolved.

• PNG avatars showing with a blue background instead of transparent? That’s gone too.

• Deleting/cloning chats wasn’t auto-selecting the last message — all fixed up now.

📌 Please note: To see the updates in action, make sure to manually update your app. Otherwise, the changes will roll out automatically over the next few days if you have auto-updates turned on.

💻 Web Updates

✨ New Chat UI Released

Just like the native, the new chat UI is released for our website too!

🔧 Minor UI Tweaks Across the Platform

• Refined the "Discard Changes" modal with the proper CTA button.

• Smoothed out visual issues in the "Tags" field on the chatbot creation page.

• The spinner icon for image generation was polished.

Thanks again for being a part of our community! Try out the new features and let us know how they feel — your feedback always fuels our next move! 💜

Hey everyone! 👋

We’ve just rolled out a few helpful fixes to improve your experience on the web:

• 📝 Editing Prompt Bug: In Chat Page V2, the chat would sometimes scroll away from the cursor while editing messages or image prompts. This has now been fixed.
• 💾 Draft Save Confusion: When saving a chatbot as a draft, you may have seen a "Discard Changes" modal pop up unnecessarily. That’s now resolved and should behave properly.
• 🏷️ Hidden Error Messages on Tag Submission: If you submitted a tag and there was an error, the warning message would sometimes appear behind the modal. This has been fixed so it’s clearly visible.

📱 iOS App Update:
The updated iOS version we mentioned last week is still pending approval from Apple. We’ll let you know as soon as it’s live!

PS: We have an exciting update planned for later today, stay tuned!