What's new in Hound

Tap anyone on a challenge leaderboard and react to their progress with 🔥 💪 👏 😮. Reactions show under each person's name for the day, and yours are outlined. Tap one again to take it back. The first reaction you give someone each day sends them a notification.

Give a friend a push to get moving: "Jordan nudged you 👋". You can nudge each person once a day. Nudges you get also show up on your Today screen, so you won't miss one.

Every challenge now has a Trash talk wall. Tap a ready-made taunt that uses the real standings, like "I'm 4,200 steps ahead of Casey 😏", or type your own (up to 140 characters). Global challenges are taunts only.

• Tap a message to report it, or to mute someone so you stop seeing their messages.
• Getting too many notifications? Tap Mute on a challenge's Trash talk card to stop them for that challenge only. You'll get at most one every 2 hours per challenge anyway.
• Once a challenge ends, its wall goes read-only and is cleared a few days later.

Search for anyone on Hound by name, and see "People you may know": people in your challenges, friends of friends, and people who just joined. Would rather not be found? Turn off Show me in Find people in Settings.

Your friend link now walks people through getting the beta first (TestFlight on iPhone, or the Android download), then gives them your invite code. New people can enter that code on their Today screen to connect with you right away.

• A friend activity feed on the Friends tab.
• Add someone as a friend straight from a challenge leaderboard.
• A cleaner Friends page, with the add options up front.
• You now see everyone's avatar frames, backgrounds and icons.
• Tapping a friend request notification opens it, ready to accept.

Challenges open to everyone on Hound. Join from Today while the join window is open, and see how you stack up against the whole pack.

• Workouts and steps from before your turn now count, from the last 24 hours by default.
• Whoever creates a game picks the window: 12, 24 or 48 hours.
• Claiming a square with a workout no longer resets your step count, and a workout can't be used twice.
• Hikes now count as walks.

When a challenge ends, start a rematch with the same group in one tap, or share how you did. Leaderboards now show ▲▼ arrows for who moved up or down since yesterday.

Some challenge types unlock as you earn Bones, so there's always something new to work toward.

Open Hound each day for free Bones. Keep a streak going for a bigger bonus on day 7. Tap Remind me tomorrow so you don't break it.

One-time badges for things like your first win, a 7-day streak or walking 10,000 steps in a day. Each one pays Bones, and your friends can see yours on your profile.

New to Hound? Connect your health app, add a friend and join a challenge to earn a Bones reward.

Spooky frames, backgrounds and icons in the Shop, only until October 31.

Pick an icon to show on your avatar in place of your initials. The Locker now has its own hanger button at the top of every screen, and there's an Add Bones shortcut next to your Shop balance.

A quick look back at your week, right on Today.

Your data now says "Last 7 days", so it's clear what the totals cover. The daily average counts only finished days, so today's partial steps don't pull it down.

A how-to guide for every challenge type and feature, with search.

Hound now tells you when your phone isn't set up for notifications, and how to fix it. Tapping a notification takes you straight to the right challenge or friend. Choose which ones you get in Settings → Notifications.