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The latest updates and improvements to Build Anything.

Monday, July 13, 2026

Pin your favorite apps to the top

On the My Apps screen you can now pin an app to keep it at the top of your list. Open an app's menu and choose “Pin to top” — it jumps to the front right away, and your most recently pinned apps lead the list. Pinned apps stay ahead of everything else no matter how the rest is ordered, so the ones you reach for most are always the first thing you see. Choose “Unpin” from the same menu to send an app back to its usual spot.

Style notes to guide how your apps look

You can now tell the AI the look and feel you want, and it'll apply that whenever it builds or updates your apps. Add account-wide style notes on your Account page — something like “clean and minimal, lots of whitespace, rounded corners, calm pastel colors” — and everything you create or change follows that guidance. Want one app to be different? Each app's own Settings page has its own style notes that take priority over your account-wide notes for that app.

A clearer “Out of Tokens” prompt in chat

When a request needs more tokens than you have left, the chat now shows a clear “Out of Tokens” card that explains what happened and gives you two ways forward right there: upgrade your plan or buy a one-time token pack. Either one takes you straight to the right place — jumping directly to the token packs when you choose to buy more — and brings you back to the exact chat you were in once checkout finishes or is cancelled, so you can pick up right where you left off.

Verify a phone number on your profile

The Edit Profile screen now lets you add and verify a phone number. Pick your country code, enter your number, and we'll text you a verification code to confirm it — your number is only saved once it's verified. A verified badge shows when your number is confirmed, and editing the number simply prompts you to verify the new one.

No more red keyboard tint on iPhone

On an iPhone, opening the chat in the app editor and bringing up the keyboard used to tint Safari's chrome the brand red — a red band along the bottom and a pink-tinted keyboard bar. That's fixed. While the chat sheet is open, the keyboard bar and the area below it now sit on a clean white (or dark, in dark mode) surface that matches the chat, while the status bar at the top stays red as before. Everything snaps back to red the moment you close the chat.

Install banner waits for a return visit

The “Add to Home Screen” banner that shows up in the apps you publish is now a lighter touch. It no longer appears on a visitor's very first load — it holds back until their second visit, and even then waits a few seconds so your app gets the first word. The idea is that first-time visitors get to actually see your app before any install nudge, while people who come back — the ones more likely to want it on their home screen — still get the prompt. Nothing else changes: the banner is still dismissible and stays gone once dismissed, it never shows when the app is already installed, and the “Add to Home Screen” option in the corner menu is available anytime.

Smoother publishing with a live status modal

The Publish button is now a steady call to action — it simply reads “Publish” and lights up whenever you have a change ready to go, instead of shifting labels as things churn behind the scenes. Once you click it, a modal appears right away and walks you through what's happening: it builds your update, runs final checks, and publishes automatically the moment everything's ready, moving from “Publishing” to “Going live” to a “View live app” link once it's out in the world — so you no longer have to watch and click again, and the link is ready the instant you want to share it. You don't have to wait around either: a “Keep editing” button lets you carry on while it deploys in the background. If a version can't go live because its checks failed or it hit a code problem, the modal now says so plainly and lets you either keep editing so the assistant can fix it or reject the change and start fresh. On a phone the window sits neatly inset from the screen edges to match the rest of the app's pop-ups.

Week of July 6 – July 12, 2026

  • More links in the Explore footer
  • New ways to sort Explore
  • Centered desktop preview on mobile
  • Dark mode chat fixes
  • Support, Privacy, and Terms pages
  • Clearer analytics breakdown cards
  • A dedicated App Settings page
  • Steadier chat drawer on iPhone
  • Your app's icon in the editor header
  • Unread badge on the mobile chat button
  • Tappable options are back on clarifying questions
  • Native iOS app polish
  • Install nudge banner on your apps
  • Low balance banner says “token pack”
  • Clearer “Remixing” loading screen

Week of June 29 – July 5, 2026

  • Reset password matches Log in and Sign up
  • A friendlier “building your app” preview
  • Close button sits in the corner on Log in and Sign up
  • Bold new look for Log in and Sign up
  • Install Build Anything on your device
  • Contact us from the profile menu
  • Push notifications when your build is done
  • Profile pages match the new Explore look
  • Explore reworked with a card + modal and smarter filter controls
  • Connect-a-domain page scrolls again
  • Analytics polish
  • Analytics for your apps
  • Dock the badge tag to any edge
  • New FAQ answers about the AI and your privacy
  • Cleaner View menu in the app editor
  • Reordered top navigation
  • Full live transcript while you speak
  • Polish on the new side-tag badge
  • Editor icon buttons no longer crushed
  • New side-tag badge
  • Smoother mobile chat

Week of June 22 – June 28, 2026

  • Custom domains for your apps
  • Easier-to-read live transcription on the homepage
  • Clearer live transcription while you speak
  • Bolder live transcription on the homepage
  • A new FAQ page
  • Renaming an app keeps its description in step
  • A calmer homepage prompt box
  • Longer voice input — up to 5 minutes
  • Shorter, more focused enhanced prompts
  • Cleaner, more readable mobile task stack
  • Honest “notify me” button on long-running steps
  • Build steps appear right inside your chat
  • See and browse all your build's steps on mobile
  • See each step of a build as it happens

Week of June 15 – June 21, 2026

  • Voice input works again on iPhone
  • Watch a build from another browser tab
  • View your app from the editor header
  • Voice button now reads "Press to Finish"
  • Your apps now live on a homescreen
  • Redesigned app editor with side-by-side chat and preview
  • Renamed the gallery tab to "Explore"

Week of June 8 – June 14, 2026

  • Redesigned homepage, login, and signup
  • Your generated app icon now shows up everywhere
  • App edits sync live across every tab
  • Older apps now show their age in years
  • Talk to your prompt — voice now writes polished prompts for you

Week of June 1 – June 7, 2026

  • Pick your app's icon from generated options
  • Speak your prompts
  • Chats come back instantly when you reopen an app

Week of May 25 – May 31, 2026

  • Queue up multiple requests — nothing gets dropped
  • More accurate progress updates
  • Upgraded to Claude Opus 4.8
  • Tab titles and a clearer 'thinking' state
  • Richer status badges on your app cards
  • Remix your own apps

Week of May 18 – May 24, 2026

  • Tag your apps and browse the Gallery by tag
  • Save apps to come back to later
  • Profile housekeeping: hide apps, sort apps, multi-line bios
  • Sort the Gallery and a polished loading state
  • Profile links accept bare URLs
  • Homepage prompt box now grows with you
  • Enhance your prompt with one click
  • Browse and remix apps in the new Gallery
  • Faster, snappier chat

Week of May 11 – May 17, 2026

  • Pick your own subdomain
  • Login and Sign Up now match the homepage
  • A bolder, simpler homepage
  • A real homepage with a build-it-now prompt

Week of April 27 – May 3, 2026

  • Automatic changelogs
  • Refreshed icon set
  • Redesigned app editor header
  • Latest OpenAI models
  • Smarter clarifying questions early in a build
  • Upgrade Card appears in chat when needed
  • Confirmations show up in the chat
  • Code blocks stay inside chat bubbles
  • Real-time chat updates
  • Clearer upgrade prompts when you hit a limit
  • Steadier responses and suggested replies

Week of April 20 – April 26, 2026

  • Preview shows a loading state while deploying
  • Upgraded to Claude Opus 4.7
  • Cleaner chat replies and no duplicate responses
  • Rename your app from the chat
  • Fixed confirmations that asked the same question twice

Week of April 13 – April 19, 2026

  • PR comments saved and smarter status messages
  • New flow engine and faster builds
  • Deployment status from backend
  • Model preference stored in backend

Week of April 6 – April 12, 2026

  • Mobile preview fits available space
  • Adaptive polling
  • Redesigned app cards
  • Generate app descriptions on demand
  • Server-side PR creation for builds
  • App favicons in app list
  • Restored publish and reject buttons
  • Typing indicator
  • Updated logo and brand colors
  • JSX and TSX file support
  • Conversation reliability fixes
  • Phone number collection in chat
  • AI-powered name suggestions

Week of March 30 – April 5, 2026

  • Forgot password flow
  • Infinite scroll for apps list
  • Time estimates in status messages
  • Smart suggested prompts
  • New auth and API backend
  • Updated to latest AI models
  • Chat-based publishing
  • Added What's New changelog page and image paste support
  • Added drag and drop file support
  • Introduced the flow engine

Week of March 23 – March 29, 2026

  • Added preview deployed card
  • Auto-name apps and image upload support

Week of March 16 – March 22, 2026

  • Model selector, app management, and dark mode fixes
  • Improved AI message handling
  • Preview toolbar, mobile toggle, and conversation history
  • Deploy status tracking from GitHub Pages
  • AI-powered decisions, iframe previews, and deploy status

Week of March 9 – March 15, 2026

  • Fixed chat input layout and stabilized app creation
  • Refactored app editor and improved project management
  • Improved GitHub Pages deployment and debug messaging
  • Added publish, merge, and project manager features
  • Reworked conversation models

Week of March 2 – March 8, 2026

  • Added PR-based dev previews and publish button
  • Added live draft previews and template workflows
  • Fixed preview panel and improved message rendering
  • Added markdown chat, signup, and login improvements
  • Added web app testing and frontend design tools

Week of February 23 – March 1, 2026

  • Built out the chat panel and app creation flow
  • Added chat interface and migrated to vanilla CSS
  • Client-side API framework and app model updates
  • Connected GitHub backend
  • Launched Build Anything with auth and app management

Week of February 16 – February 22, 2026

  • Project initialized