1<!DOCTYPE html> 2<html> 3 4<head> 5 <title>Rooms® 4.0 - Launch Announcement</title> 6 <meta name="description" content="Introducing Rooms 4.0: a new home screen, a new Create hub, and more ways to discover creators." /> 7 <meta property="og:title" content="Introducing Rooms 4.0" /> 8 <meta name="twitter:title" content="Introducing Rooms 4.0" /> 9 <meta property="og:description" content="A new home screen, a new Create hub, and more ways to discover creators." /> 10 <meta name="twitter:description" content="A new home screen, a new Create hub, and more ways to discover creators." /> 11 12 <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> 13 <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://rooms.xyz/home/news/rooms4-images/rooms4-og.png" /> 14 <meta property="og:image" content="https://rooms.xyz/home/news/rooms4-images/rooms4-og.png" /> 15 <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" /> 16 <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" /> 17 18 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon.png" /> 19 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/common.css" /> 20 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/boring.css" /> 21 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/rooms4.css" /> 22 23 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no" /> 24 25 <!-- This shows a banner on iOS that prompts the user to install the app. --> 26 <meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=6443548715" /> 27</head> 28 29<body> 30 <div class="rainbow-fixed"></div> 31 32 <div id="container"> 33 <a class="rooms-back-link" href="https://rooms.xyz/">← Back to rooms.xyz</a> 34 35 <div class="boring-bla-bla press-release"> 36 37 <!-- Document header --> 38 <img class="doc-wordmark" src="/Rooms-Wordmark.png" 39 srcset="/Rooms-Wordmark.png 1x, /[email protected] 2x" alt="Rooms® Logo" /> 40 <div class="press-kicker">Launch Announcement · August 5th, 2026</div> 41 <h1>Introducing Rooms 4.0</h1> 42 43 <p class="press-lead"> 44 Rooms 4.0 is a big step forward for Rooms: a new home screen built around 45 discovery, a dedicated home for creation, and a long list of 46 improvements for both browsing and building. Browsing is no longer 47 an endless feed: it's intentional and finite, designed to inspire 48 you to create something of your own. Because the best part of Rooms is 49 what you make in it, not how long you can keep scrolling. 50 </p> 51 52 <figure class="portrait"> 53 <img src="/rooms4-images/home-with-frame.webp" alt="The new Rooms home screen" /> 54 <figcaption>The new home screen in Rooms 4.0</figcaption> 55 </figure> 56 57 <h2>A Proper Home Screen</h2> 58 <p> 59 Previous versions of Rooms opened onto an infinite feed, consumed one 60 room at a time. Rooms 4.0 replaces it with a real home screen that 61 brings together daily picks, the creators you follow, new creators 62 worth following, and what's trending right now. 63 </p> 64 65 <h2>Today's Picks for You</h2> 66 <p> 67 At the top of the home screen, Today's Picks for You delivers a daily 68 selection of 30 rooms you haven't seen, drawn from featured, trending, 69 and recent creations. It's finite by design: browse today's set, then 70 go make something of your own. 71 </p> 72 <p> 73 Each room in Today's Picks now carries a badge (Featured, Hot, or 74 Recent) so you always know why it's being shown to you. 75 </p> 76 77 <figure class="portrait"> 78 <img src="/rooms4-images/badging.webp" alt="Today's Picks showing a room with the Hot badge" /> 79 <figcaption>Badges explain why each room is in your picks</figcaption> 80 </figure> 81 82 <h2>Following, Front and Center</h2> 83 <p>
84 The new Following row shows rooms recently published by the creators 85 you follow, with the ones you haven't seen yet marked as new. And this 86 works both ways: when you publish a room, it appears above the fold on 87 the home screen of every one of your followers. 88 </p> 89 90 <figure class="landscape"> 91 <img src="/rooms4-images/following-row.webp" alt="The Following row with new rooms from creators you follow" /> 92 <figcaption>New rooms from creators you follow</figcaption> 93 </figure> 94 95 <p> 96 Following someone is easier too. The Creators to Follow section now 97 includes Follow buttons directly in the row, so you can follow someone 98 without opening their profile. 99 </p> 100 101 <figure class="landscape"> 102 <img src="/rooms4-images/easy-follow.webp" alt="Creators to Follow with inline Follow buttons" /> 103 <figcaption>Follow creators on the spot</figcaption> 104 </figure> 105 106 <h2>A Better Room Info Panel</h2> 107 <p> 108 The room info panel has been redesigned so it's clearly expandable, 109 and it now slides open smoothly. Expand it to see the room's 110 description, views, remixes, and featured status, along with quick 111 actions: Photo, Remix, Favorite, and Share. 112 </p> 113 114 <figure class="landscape"> 115 <img src="/rooms4-images/info-panel-expanded.webp" alt="The expanded room info panel" /> 116 <figcaption>The expanded info panel</figcaption> 117 </figure> 118 119 <h2>A New Home for Creation</h2> 120 <p> 121 Navigation is now three simple tabs, matching the three things you do 122 in Rooms: browse, create, be. Everything creative lives in the new 123 Create page: start a room from scratch, take part in a building 124 challenge, pick a starter template, or remix an existing room. 125 </p> 126 127 <figure class="portrait"> 128 <img src="/rooms4-images/create-screen.webp" alt="The new Create page with challenges and templates" /> 129 <figcaption>The Create page</figcaption> 130 </figure> 131 132 <h2>Introducing Activities</h2> 133 <p> 134 Rooms 4.0 also introduces Activities: guided builds with a small, 135 focused scope, like adding the missing object to a scene, coloring a 136 room, or building a surfer. They're a relaxed way to be creative 137 without starting from a blank canvas, and each activity has its own 138 gallery where you can see what everyone else made from the same 139 prompt. 140 </p> 141 142 <figure class="portrait"> 143 <img src="/rooms4-images/activities.webp" alt="The Activities list with guided building tasks" /> 144 <figcaption>Activities: guided builds with a small scope</figcaption> 145 </figure> 146 147 <h2>Also in 4.0</h2> 148 <ul> 149 <li> 150 <b>Easy comment replies.</b> React to comments with emojis and 151 reply directly from the notifications tray, without opening the 152 room. 153 </li> 154 <li> 155 <b>New fonts.</b> New typefaces for text objects and speech 156 bubbles, including Altera, a true monospace font. Text objects also 157 gain vertical alignment options. 158 </li> 159 <li> 160 <b>A nicer menu.</b> The main menu has been redesigned to be 161 cleaner and easier to navigate. 162 </li> 163 <li> 164 <b>Free, as always.</b> Everything in Rooms 4.0 is free, like the 165 rest of Rooms. 166 </li> 167 </ul> 168 169 <h2>Availability</h2> 170 <p> 171 Rooms 4.0 is available now on iOS and on the web at 172 <a href="https://rooms.xyz/">rooms.xyz</a>. 173 </p> 174 <div class="cta-bar"> 175 <a href="https://rooms.xyz/welcome" class="try-it-now-button"> 176 <div class="try-it-now-button-inner">Open on Web</div> 177 </a> 178 <a class="app-store-button" 179 href="https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6443548715?mt=8"></a> 180 </div> 181 182 </div> 183 <!-- .boring-bla-bla --> 184 185 <div class="doc-footer"> 186 <a href="https://rooms.xyz/">← Back to rooms.xyz</a> 187 <!-- Trademark notice, required now that "Rooms" is a registered trademark in the U.S. --> 188 <div class="doc-trademark">Rooms® - Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.</div> 189 <div class="doc-legal"> 190 <a href="https://rooms.xyz/terms">Terms</a> | <a href="https://rooms.xyz/privacy">Privacy</a> 191 </div> 192 </div> 193 </div> 194 <!-- #container --> 195</body> 196 197</html>
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