A communication app that uses pictures to facilitate two-way conversations for nonverbal individuals.

Release Notes

What's new in CherryChat.

Published Oct 13, 2026

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•Stability and maintenance publish — no new public content this release (October 2026).

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•Stability and maintenance publish — no new public content this release (September 2026).

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•Stability and maintenance publish — no new public content this release (September 2026).

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•Stability and maintenance publish — no new public content this release (September 2026).

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•Published 1 new article on the CherryChat blog: Getting Started with AAC Modeling (Demo).
•Added 1 new community board to the shared library.

•Secondary navigation tabs now include icons and sit flush under page titles.
•Board Builder shows a 'No board selected' state, matching the Quick Chats design.
•Community board titles parsed into clean display names with grade/subject tags.
•Grid size buttons updated to include 64 and remove the 'All' option.

•Community Library refinements: Kindergarten relabeled as 'K' and moved to the front of grade levels.
•Grid size filter now includes 64 and drops the 'All' option, aligned on one line with the grade filters.
•Community board cards standardized — board name at top with a clean, fixed-height preview.
•Community board deletion restricted to the original creator; active grade filters use the section-blue theme.

•Completed comprehensive security audit: 17 findings identified, 17 remediated, 13/13 adversarial tests passed.
•Fixed client-writable privilege escalation, cross-classroom data exposure, weak guardian authorization, unrestricted clinical scope, and multiple IDOR paths.
•Added PII stripping for all LLM prompts — student and guardian names never reach AI providers.
•Implemented clinical credential verification with daily expiration checks.
•Built automated security monitoring (every 30 min), monthly staff access reviews, and admin role audits.
•Published finalized policies: Terms, Privacy, Acceptable Use, Student Privacy Notice, FERPA/COPPA, Clinical, AI.
•Evidence Package now code-protected — access codes generated and emailed to authorized reviewers.
•Security cadence established: monthly, quarterly, and annual review cycles.
•Initial security audit officially closed. This is the baseline for future releases.

•Cell website links now open in an in-app overlay instead of a new tab — students stay focused on the board.
•Removed video link type from cell media links; website links are now the single link type.
•Added COPPA & FERPA compliance tools: parental consent tracking, audit logging, and configurable data retention periods.
•Students without granted parental consent are now blocked from logging in when FERPA mode is enabled on their classroom.
•New Privacy & Terms pages linked from the homepage.

•Predictive text engine added to the sentence bar — students see word suggestions as they type.
•Text-only boards now display the full grid alongside the text input, so students can tap labels and type in the same view.
•CVI / high-contrast mode overhaul: maximum-contrast styling applies to all tiles, buttons, inputs, and text.
•Cell media links: attach a website URL to any board cell; students tap the badge to open it.
•Progress Report: split 'symbols used' into total and unique counts; added most-frequently-used symbol tracking.
•Community Library expanded with Recess, Math, Phonics, and Reading topic boards.
•Session Planner supports 'anytime' recurrence and cross-classroom template export.

•Board Builder: per-board symbol overrides for label and spoken text.
•Symbol folder links: tapping a symbol can open a nested board as an overlay.
•Fitzgerald key auto-coloring applied to student board cells based on category metadata.
•Quick Chat phrases support drag-and-drop reordering.
•Unified full-screen dashboard overlays for Board Builder, Quick Chats, Symbol Library, Community Library, Session Planner, and Progress Report.