More bugs fixed
Thank you for all the feedback. Today's release fixes the bug where message search sometimes didn't show you the full message.
Squashin’ bugs
What's new in Knit
A short note for every release we ship. See what's coming →
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Attachments on messages and comments
You can now share photos and documents in Knit. Receipts, school forms, the insurance letter. Whatever you need to run your household.
Add photos, PDFs, and other common file types to a Message or a comment.
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Search
Search has arrived in Knit.
Search across every task and message in your household. That note about orchestra rehearsal, whether the cat's vet appointment got scheduled. Type a few words and it's there.
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A dismiss button for closed messages
A closed message waits in your feed until you've seen it wrap up. Now you can tap Dismiss to send it to history yourself.
After a message closes, it lingers in your active feed as a quiet confirmation, then moves to history once you've seen it. That's still the default. But sometimes you've already seen it, or you just want a clean feed. Any closed card that's still showing now has a Dismiss button. Tap it and it goes to history right away.
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The activity log picks up two new events
When someone reopens a closed message or answers a Question, your household history now records it.
The activity feed now records two things it missed before: a closed message being reopened, and a Question being answered. Both show up as plain entries, with who did it and when. If you use the log to settle the occasional "wait, who answered that?", these fill the gaps.
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You'll know when the loop closes
When everyone has acknowledged your FYI, or someone answers your Question, you get a push right away and the message closes with a small receipt. Thanks to those of you who flagged it.
A few of you noticed that a fully acknowledged message kept its ack circles and buttons, with no sign the loop had closed. Now a closed message shows a muted card with a receipt: "Acknowledged by all · closed [time]," or for a Question, "Answered & closed · [time]." It stays in your feed until you've seen it close, then moves to history on its own. Push notifications now fire the moment a Question is answered or an FYI is fully acknowledged, so you don't have to open the app to find out.
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You decide which emails reach you
The notification preferences we promised. A new Email Notifications panel in Settings lets each person pick which emails land in their inbox.
Open Settings, then Email Notifications, and you'll find a toggle for every kind of email Knit sends: new FYIs and Questions, the morning reminder for an open Question, a heads-up when your own Question is answered or your FYI is fully acknowledged, and the task due and overdue digests. Flip anything off and it stops. Your choices follow your account, not the device. Nothing changes until you touch it. Still on the way: attachments and search.
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Read receipts that actually mean "read"
A message you posted waits in your feed until you've seen it wrap up, then moves to history on its own. And a message only counts as seen once it's been on your screen long enough to read.
Two refinements. First, a message you posted stays in your active feed after it's acknowledged or answered until you've actually seen it close. There's no timer. It waits on you. If you're the one acknowledging or answering, it goes to history right away. Second, "seen" now means you had time to read: a card has to stay on your screen for a moment before it counts, and longer notes need longer. These read receipts are the groundwork for showing who in your household has seen a given message.
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Small improvements
Email links now drop you on the exact comment, with a quick highlight so you can't miss it. Messages read newest-first. Notification preferences are next.
These are the kind of fixes you only notice once they're gone. A link in an email used to land you somewhere near the right comment. Now it lands on it and gives it a quick flash. Message threads read newest-first, the way you'd reach for them anyway. Next up: notification preferences so you pick which emails reach you, then attachments and search.
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Questions, answered
Questions are now a real part of Knit. Ask someone directly and Knit tells you the moment they answer.
Only the person you ask hears about it. Their reply shows up in one place, and the email takes you straight to the conversation. If a Question goes unanswered, Knit sends one reminder the next morning, then leaves it be.
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Messaging (and a name of your own)
Logistics is now Messaging. Same thing, clearer name. You can also set your own display name now.
If you joined as "Mom's Phone" or a placeholder nobody ever fixed, you can change it yourself in Settings. No admin required.