As we've added a lot of useful features to the web dashboard, we've realized something.

Many of you wanted to use it on-the-go through your mobile browsers. This wasn't possible before. We had a blank screen.

Well, no more!

You can now launch your admin dashboard on your phone or tablet browser and do everything you expect:

• Invite team members
• Add phone numbers
• View and modify phone number settings like auto-replies, auto-recording, and more
• Set up integrations (Slack, email, Google Contacts, and more coming soon)
• Make changes to your billing

Check it out on my.openphone.co ⤴️

Got feedback? Text us at (855) 746 6304 💬

Today's 2.1.5 release has tons of improvements and fixes to make your OpenPhone contacts better.

Contacts settings ⚙️

We've introduced a simple Contacts Settings menu with three explicit options for syncing your iOS contacts.

Tap on your OpenPhone account on the top left -> Settings -> Contacts to access them.

• 🙅🏻‍♀️ Don't sync your contacts at all (keep your iOS contacts completely away from OpenPhone);

• 📲 Sync locally on your existing device (sync your iOS contacts with the existing device so that if someone calls or messages, you know who they are based on your iOS address book);

• ☁️ Sync remotely (upload your contacts to OpenPhone servers so that you can see them when using OpenPhone web + desktop apps).

Bulk select for contacts ✅

You can now select multiple contacts in order to share them or delete them from OpenPhone.

Bug fixes 🐛

No release is complete without bug fixes. Here's what we've fixed:

• We had an issue on iOS with calls being dropped in some cases at the 10-11 minute mark. Sorry about that, it's solved now!

• If you're a user with the issue of duplicate contacts from different devices, it's fixed. You can now disable contacts sync from one of your devices from the new Contacts Settings screen in the side menu.

• If you're a new user and have multiple devices, you won't have your contacts duplicated between them.

• Revoking access to the device contacts on iOS didn't remove them from the web app. This is solved now.

• Rarely, you'd get a notification about a message without the content of that message. You'd have to open the app to see the content of the message. We've fixed this issue now. No more mysterious notifications.

Update your app here to get all the new stuff 📲

Have feedback for us? We're all ears!💬

Enjoy!

It's always a good day when we have an update both for iOS and Android users.

Here's what's new in 2.1.4

Put callers on hold (or call waiting) 🤙

You can now put callers on hold. So if you're on an active call and have a second call coming in, you'll be able to either reject the second call or pick it up and place the original call on hold. Neat, eh?

More details on how call waiting works (if you're interested in the nitty-gritty):

1 - If you are on a call that you've received, the second incoming call will give you the following options:

• End the existing call and accept the new call
• Decline the new call
• Put the existing call on hold while you accept the second call.

While you have 2 calls happening at the same time, you can switch between them. Multitasking at its finest!

2 - If you are on a call that you've made, the new incoming call will give you the options to:

• End the existing call and accept the new call
• Decline the new call

3 - Call waiting currently only works on direct (non-shared) phone numbers. If you have a shared phone number and are on an existing call, your teammates will get other incoming calls to help you share the load.

Bug fixes 🐛

This update includes fixes to the following bugs:

• Sometimes the badge number wouldn't update after reading a message. So even though you read a message, it looked like you didn't. So annoying. Well, no more. Thanks to Jack for reporting this issue. 🙏

• On some devices, numbers typed through the dialpad couldn't be fully visible. We've optimized the dial screen to devices of all sizes. Enjoy!

• Some of you reported an issue with sending screenshots through OpenPhone. Regular images were working fine. This is now fully fixed - keep those screenshots coming!

• We also had a completely unnecessary 'x' button in the dialer that was there even if no digits were entered. We don't like clutter so that's removed now.

Update your app to get all the new stuff 📣

As always, let us know what you think and if you have a moment, we'd love an App Store review. We read and respond to all reviews.♥️

Hey folks, we've got a big Android update for you today.

Here's what's new in Android 2.2.9

Reply from the notification itself ⚡️

You can now reply to messages directly from the notification.

If you have a quick reply for someone, no need to launch the conversation screen and open the app, respond right from the notification.

Besides being able to reply from the notification directly, you can also:

• Mark the conversation as Read
• Call your contact

Dialer user improvements 🤙

We've made a lot of improvements to the dial screen to make your workflow faster.

• Easier to switch between phone numbers if you have multiple OpenPhone numbers.
• Contacts show up as you enter phone number digits in case we find a match in your address book.
• Need to navigate away from the dialer screen? That's easier now, too.

Bug fixes 🐛

This update also includes fixes to these bugs:

• Many of you told us the sound of the OpenPhone ringtone wasn't loud enough. We've made some optimizations on the ringtone to make sure it comes through loud & clear.
• At the same time, the sound of pressing dialer keys was a little too loud which was distracting. Fixed that too.
• If you log out of the app, you won't be getting notifications about new calls (sorry about that!)
• We had a really odd issue where sometimes, audio playback on call recordings and voicemails could resume randomly while using other applications on your device. We were able to reproduce and fix this issue for good.
• Much easier to tell when a message was received vs sent from the conversation view. Look for the "You:" prefix. Small change, but handy when you have a busy inbox.

Update your app to get all the new stuff 📣

As always, let us know what you think and if you have a moment, we'd love a Play Store review. We read and respond to all reviews. ♥️

We're launching some of your top requested features today, folks. Here's what's new.

⚡️ Snippets

Tired of typing the same response over and over again? Or copying and pasting?

Create message templates for common questions.

Type / in the message box to access snippets and other hidden commands.

• /snippets to insert, create, and edit snippets
• /invite to refer your contact to OpenPhone

☝️ You can share snippets with the whole team so that everyone saves time and your messaging is consistent.

👥 Google Contacts sync

If you use Google Contacts, you'll be able to sync them with OpenPhone in a single click.

You can sync contacts from multiple Google accounts, too.

If you need to revoke access to a Google account or resync your contacts we've got you covered.

Connect your Google Contacts ⤴️

🔀 Forward phone menu options to external numbers

You can now set up an auto-attendant on OpenPhone with the option to forward calls to external (non-OpenPhone) numbers.

Calls can be forwarded to any US or Canadian number - landline, someone's cell number, an answering service, etc.

Add a phone menu here ⤴️

⚙️ Bulk actions + Contacts settings

Since we've made it possible to bring a large number of contacts into OpenPhone, we wanted to make sure you have the tools to manage them easily.

You can now:

• Share a list of contacts with your team
• Select and delete a list of your contacts from OpenPhone
• Delete all of your contacts from OpenPhone
• Manage and delete contacts uploaded via CSV files

Access your contacts settings ⤴️

🍿 Live demo + Q&A

We've started hosting live demos to show you OpenPhone in action and answer your questions.

Want to get our best tips and learn some of the lesser-known features?

Join us next week ⤴️

(And even if you can't make it live, we'll send you the recording)

Launch your web app to get all the new stuff 🎁

We'd love to get your thoughts and always enjoy hearing from you. We're @OpenPhoneApp on Twitter and you can text us at (855) 746-6304 ✌️

If you're new to OpenPhone, want to see it in action or curious to step up your calling & messaging game, join us on our first-ever live demo.

Date: Thursday, July 2nd at 9:30 AM PST.

You'll learn how to:

🧘‍♀️Set up OpenPhone to fit your workflow

⚡️Talk and text efficiently

👌 Stay on top of your professional relationships

🎯 Share the responsibility for a phone number with your team

Register here ⤴️

Hope to see you here!

ps - even if you can't make it live we'll send you the recording!

A picture is worth a thousand words. An emoji must be worth a lot too. We're excited to bring the magic of an emoji keyboard to the OpenPhone web and desktop (in beta) apps.

You can now type :calendar: or :coffee: to add 📅☕️ to your messages.

Best part? These are entirely keyboard-friendly so you don't need to touch your mouse at all.

Just start typing :cal and navigate the list you see with 🔼 and 🔽 keys.

Go ahead and add some flair to your communications.

Launch the web app ⤴️

Want to get early access to the installable desktop app on Mac & Windows? We've got you. Sign up for the waitlist.

ps - we've launched a lot of features this month. Want a breakdown? Check out our blog.

More updates coming your way today. These came as a direct result of your feedback.

Keep sharing your thoughts and we'll keep building 💪

Update your iOS app to get new stuff ⤴️

Search for a contact from anywhere in the app 🔍

No matter where in the app you are, there's a search bar to make it easy and fast to find the contact or information you need.

For example, just pull down your screen or tap on 🔍 to find the person you want to call, message, etc.

This even works on the dialer screen.

Seems like a small thing, but incredibly useful and powerful if you want to communicate faster.

Search for custom properties and notes

If you left a note on a contact but not sure which one, you can now find it in seconds.

Want to see all contacts with a specific tag? No problem! You can search your tags and other custom properties.

UX Improvements

This update is full of little big details to make your life easier.

• We've moved the new message button to the bottom right corner so it's faster to access and more familiar to you.

• You can now rename and delete any of your voicemail recordings. Don't like a recording you made? No problem! Get rid of it forever. We've been there ;)

• There was a crash with contact information not being saved right away. Sorry! It's fixed now and works nicely.

Update your iOS app to get all these updates ⤴️

We'd love to get your thoughts and always enjoy hearing from you. We're @OpenPhoneApp on Twitter and you can text us at (855) 746-6304 ✌️

Tired of searching through endless browser tabs to answer your OpenPhone calls? Not anymore🙅

Many of you have been requesting an installable OpenPhone desktop app. We're excited to announce that our desktop app is now in beta - unlock the power of OpenPhone directly on your Mac or PC 👊💥

Want early access? Get your beta invite here

Why the desktop app?

🏃‍♀️ Speed and Stability

You can call, text, and communicate more efficiently, faster than ever before

🚨 Desktop Notifications

Alerts directly on your desktop, so you'll never miss a call or text again

🖥 Ease of Access

Easily handle all talk and text, conveniently on your desktop

We'd love to hear your thoughts. Sign-up today and experience OpenPhone directly on your Mac or PC!

Hi folks, the web app is getting much faster with this update. Plus, we've got some new features for you. Enjoy!

Reload your web app to get all the new stuff ⤴️

Speed ⚡️

If you have a lot of conversations on OpenPhone, you probably had to wait for your web app to load on many occasions. I know this has been the case for me. And if you have multiple numbers, that means every inbox took time to load. Pretty frustrating, eh?

We've been making changes behind the scenes, rewriting big chunks of the app for improved speed and reliability over the past few weeks.

This update makes the web app significantly faster.

See how quickly you can go through your inbox (use the up ⬆️ & down ⬇️ keys)

Drafts ✍️

Have you ever drafted that perfect response just to click into another conversation and lose your draft? That won't happen again.

You can now see your drafts in the web app. So don't worry about clicking away or even refreshing the app. Your drafts will be automatically saved.

Delete conversations 🗑

Did you ever want to delete a conversation? No, not just mark it as "Done". Delete it entirely.

You can now delete it right from your conversation screen via the 3-dot menu.

You can block the contact from the 3-dot menu too. In fact, blocking a contact deletes your conversation with them. 🎯

Organize your phone numbers 🗃

If you have multiple numbers on OpenPhone, you may want to display them in a certain order. That's now possible. Drag & drop your phone numbers into the order that works for you.

The web app will remember your preference so if you log in again, you'll see your inbox exactly how you prefer.

Reload your web app to get new features ⤴️

We'd love your thoughts and always enjoy hearing from you. We're @OpenPhoneApp on Twitter and you can text us at (855) 746-6304 ✌️