Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Byzans: Chat about books since it was posted on our website on 2019-06-23.
The latest version is 1.1.64 and it was updated on soft112.com on 22 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 1.1.64
posted on 2023-12-18
You can now post images in the cafés!
version 1.1.62
posted on 2023-08-21
In this new update, you can (finally) add ratings and reviews to your books
version 1.1.59
posted on 2023-01-24
- New reply function in the cafés. The message you respond to is now quoted
- The selection of reading languages, especially for your feed personalisation, is now placed in the side menu of Byzans. Many languages have been added
- You can change now the app language in your user profile
version 1.1.55
posted on 2022-02-04
Notifications open time is optimized
version 1.1.54
posted on 2022-01-29
You can now block another user in Byzans
version 1.1.53
posted on 2022-01-01
- Your draft messages are now saved. You can leave a club and come back,
they will still be there
- You can open the book page from the club setting screen
version 1.1.51
posted on 2021-12-07
You can now consult book information (synopsis, author, published date,
language...) by tapping on a book cover anywhere in the app
version 1.1.49
posted on 2021-10-25
- You can now receive and send messages in earlier statuses. For example if you are in the Read club, you can now access the Want to Read club and the Currently Reading club.
- You can now ask opinions about one book to people who have read it. Simply ask your question in the Want to Read club.
- App support for chinese traditional and chinese simplified
- In-app notifications for general chat
- Various bug fixes
version 1.1.49
posted on 2021-10-08
- Fix of a few issues relating to the new feature of general chat
version 1.1.47
posted on 2021-07-29
- New general chats where you can discuss any bookish topic with our
lovely community
- We created also some thematic chats: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, YA,
Nonfiction, Group reads, App Feedback
- Tons of issues are fixed: home menu freeze, spoiler tag, computation
of number of books in the profile...
version 1.1.45
posted on 2021-06-29
You can search users now! Just go to the search screen and find all your friends :)
version 1.1.42
posted on 2021-05-14
- You can now follow your friends
- Filter the feed on the events that relate to your friends
- Count of the total number of pages you have read
- Improve notification performances
version 1.1.39
posted on 2021-03-17
- New design of the home menu
- New design of the trending clubs screen
- New design of the club settings screen
- You can now share your profile
- Preview of links in the café and improvement of preview in the salon
- New splash screen and new app icon
- Tons of bug fixes
version 1.1.38
posted on 2021-02-16
- New user profile screen
- Tap on the avatar of another user and discover her library and the clubs you have in common
- You can see the date of the last comment on a salon post
- Filter on Russian books in the feed
- If you change your user name, it will update all your previous messages in the café
- In-app notification of new message stays longer on screen
- The feed stays at the same level when you go to another screen and come back
version 1.1.35
posted on 2020-11-29
- Onboarding support for new users
- New design for the search screen.
- Scan screen is merged with search screen.
version 1.1.33
posted on 2020-09-18
- You can now edit messages(café and salon)
- You can now mark text as spoiler in the salon
- You receive in-app notifications when there's a message in another club
- New button to scroll the salon comments to the bottom in one tap
- Many other improvements and bug fixing
version 1.1.32
posted on 2020-08-19
- Discover the new design of Byzans, clearer, with a dedicated screen
for your library.
version 1.1.30
posted on 2020-07-16
- Byzans push notifications will now be removed automatically from the notification center when you open Byzans (you don't have any more to remove them manually)
- fixed feed issue when device language is not EN, FR or DE
version 1.1.29
posted on 2020-06-17
- Fixes an issue with the comments in salon
- Fixes an issue with the feed filter on salon messages
- Added the flags of Denmark and Sweden in the search results
version 1.1.27
posted on 2020-06-12
- You can now customize your feed by language of books, or by event type (for example, only the new messages). By default, the language of the feed will be set to the language of your device. To customize your feed, tap on the little arrow on the feed tab (same as to filter on My Books)
- When you add a book from the feed, you remain at the same place in the feed, you can continue to scroll down and add other books
version 1.1.25
posted on 2020-05-19
- The number of members in a Currently Reading club was sometimes false. This is fixed.
- Issue with the generation of some notifications is fixed
- New flags appear in the search results
- Fixed prompts "has left" when leaving a club
version 1.1.24
posted on 2020-04-16
- You can now leave a club from inside the club. Tap on the dented wheel, then on "Leave club". This will also remove the related book from your shelves.
version 1.1.23
posted on 2020-03-26
Small improvements
version 1.1.22
posted on 2020-03-04
- You can now filter your books in My Books, and your clubs in My Clubs. Just tap on the tab another time to have the input field of the filter appear.
- You can now see directly in the notification tab how many members are in a club
- Swipe-right in a club to display the list of members
- The notification tab only displays the most recent notification for a given club
version 1.1.20
posted on 2020-02-20
- You can now reply to a message in a café. To do so, long-press on a message, and select "Reply"
- You can now copy a link to a club in the clipboard, and share (paste) it in another club. To do so, tap on the gear wheel relating to the club you want to copy a link, and then tap on "Copy link"
version 1.1.18
posted on 2020-01-22
Improvements of the notifications management
version 1.1.17
posted on 2019-12-13
Bug fixing and small improvements.
If you have any questions or improvement ideas, please contact us at info@byzans.com
version 1.1.16
posted on 2019-12-06
You can now activate / deactivate the push notifications on a club by club basis. To do that, go to My Clubs and tap on the gear wheel (settings). OR, directly in the club, tap on the list of members, then on the gear wheel.
version 1.1.14
posted on 2019-11-07
- You can now change your status (want to read, currently reading, read) from within a club
- New icon for the "top clubs" screen
version 1.1.13
posted on 2019-10-28
New notifications in the café when another member joins, leaves or move to another club
version 1.1.12
posted on 2019-10-21
We increased the fonts for cafés
version 1.1.11
posted on 2019-10-18
Improve navigability
version 1.1.9
posted on 2019-10-10
Bug fixes and improved navigability
version 1.1.8
posted on 2019-10-04
You can now see the language of the book in the search results.
version 1.1.7
posted on 2019-10-01
Improved navigability on posts in Salons
version 1.1.6
posted on 2019-09-25
- We've made it easier to remove a book from your shelves
- Approval of Terms of service and Data Policy have been added on the login screen
version 1.1.5
posted on 2019-09-11
Messages written before you join are now visible in Currently Reading clubs (cafés)
version 1.1.4
posted on 2019-09-03
- Improved notification system
- You can now see when a user joined a club
version 1.1.3
posted on 2019-08-13
- New screen with statistics: see the clubs with the most members in the 3 categories (want to read, currently reading, read)
version 1.1.2
posted on 2019-07-31
We improved the notification mechanism by removing 90% of the "new member" notifications. We focus on the notifications for new messages.
Simplification of the login screen
version 1.1.0
posted on 2019-07-25
New email login. You can now log in to Byzans via Facebook or via email.
version 1.0.8
posted on 2019-06-06
- Auto-capitalization when starting a sentence
- Auto-search is disabled when looking up an ISBN code
- Various bug fixes
