Manage Your Expiring Keys
What changed: Expiring keys now stand out in your list of shared keys, and you can change or remove the expiration after you’ve shared the key.
Where to find it: Sharing tab > tap the key you shared from > the shared key in the list > Key Expiration
What you’ll see: An expiring key carries an “Expiring” badge and a line telling you when it runs out — for example “Expires in 3 days” — instead of looking identical to every other shared key. Once the date passes it reads “Expired” and dims, so you can tell at a glance that it no longer works. Opening the key gives you a Key Expiration section where you can pick a new date and time, remove the expiration entirely, or add one to a key that never had it. Keys you just shared also show up in the list immediately.
What you need to do: No action needed. Keys you’ve already shared pick this up automatically.
Who this affects: Members, Community Managers
Safer Android Auto Sign-In Message
What changed: When you open Nimbio on Android Auto while signed out, the car screen used to say only “Please log in on your phone.” It now explains that you sign in from your phone and reminds you to look at your phone only when it’s safe to do so.
Where to find it: Connect your phone to an Android Auto-compatible vehicle or head unit and open Nimbio while signed out.
What you’ll see: A two-line message on the car screen instead of a bare instruction — what to do, and a reminder to do it only when it’s safe.
What you need to do: No action needed.
Who this affects: Members who use Android Auto.
Readable Add Community Screen in Dark Mode
What changed: On the Add Community screen, the “No communities currently found.” message and the link to nimbio.com’s getting-started page were rendered in the light-mode colors, which left dark text on the dark card in dark mode.
Where to find it: Profile tab > My Communities > Add Community (and the same screen during first-time setup).
What you’ll see: In dark mode the empty-results message and the nimbio.com link are now light-on-dark and easy to read. Light mode looks exactly as it did before.
What you need to do: No action needed.
Who this affects: Members and Community Managers using dark mode.
One-Tap Logout
What changed: Logging out now signs you out completely on the first tap. Previously the app could flash back to your key list showing the old account’s keys, and you had to log out a second time to actually reach the login screen.
Where to find it: Profile tab > Logout.
What you’ll see: After confirming the logout, you go straight to the login screen — no reappearing keys, and reopening the app keeps you signed out.
What you need to do: No action needed.
Who this affects: Members and Community Managers.
Faster, More Reliable App Startup
What changed: Fixed an issue where the app could get stuck on the loading screen after signing in or after updating, most noticeably for community managers responsible for a large number of communities. All push-notification setup now runs quietly in the background with strict time limits, so it can never hold up the app.
Where to find it: No new screens — this improves the loading experience when opening the app.
What you’ll see: The app reaches your keys faster and no longer hangs on “Loading Connection” after an update. Notification preferences finish syncing in the background over the next few app launches.
What you need to do: No action needed.
Who this affects: Members and Community Managers — especially managers of many communities.
Community Messages — Review Past Announcements and Tap to Open
What changed: You can now revisit the messages your community managers have sent, and tapping a community-message notification takes you straight to it instead of just opening the app.
Where to find it: Profile tab > Community Messages.
What you’ll see: A “Community Messages” screen listing your communities’ announcements newest first — each showing the community, the sender, the time, and the message. If you belong to more than one community, filter chips let you narrow to one. Tapping a community-message push notification opens the app directly to this screen (and, when possible, scrolls to that message); the back button still works normally, so you don’t lose your place.
What you need to do: No action needed.
Who this affects: Members
Expiring Keys — Share Access That Ends Automatically
What changed: When you share a key, you can now create an “Expiring Key” that works normally until a date and time you choose, then automatically stops working — no need to remember to revoke it later.
Where to find it: Keys (Home) tab or Manage Key > Create Key > Expiring Key.
What you’ll see: A fourth key type, “Expiring Key,” in the Create Key list. After choosing a contact you’ll pick when it expires — a quick option (1 Hour, 1 Day, 1 Week, or 1 Month) or an exact date and time from a calendar. A summary shows exactly when the key will expire. By default an expiring key can’t be re-shared, but you can turn re-sharing on.
What you need to do: Choose an expiration when creating the key. No action is needed afterward — it turns itself off at the time you set.
Who this affects: Members
Home-Screen Widget to Open a Gate
What changed: You can now add a Nimbio widget to your Android home screen that opens a gate with a single tap, without opening the app first. When you add the widget you pick which gate it should control, and the widget displays that gate’s name so it’s clear what it opens.
Where to find it: Long-press your home screen > Widgets > Nimbio > drag the widget to your home screen > choose the gate it should open.
What you’ll see: A Nimbio widget on your home screen labeled with your chosen gate’s name. Tapping it sends the open request straight from the home screen and shows whether it succeeded. The widget fits itself to your device’s font size and to the size you give it on the home screen: at larger display fonts the text grows to a readable point and then stops, and if the widget is short it shows fewer lines rather than squeezing the Open button. Resize it taller to get the community name back.
What you need to do: Add the widget and pick a gate. You need to be signed in to the app; the widget uses your existing account and keys. If you change your device’s font size, open the Nimbio app once and the widget re-fits itself.
Who this affects: Members
Faster Community Search When Adding a Community
What changed: Searching for your community when adding one now happens on the server instead of downloading the entire community list to your phone and filtering it there. As you type, the app asks the server for the closest name matches and shows them — so the search stays fast and light no matter how many communities exist.
Where to find it: Profile tab > My Communities > Add Community (also shown during onboarding and while waiting for your first key) > the “Search Communities” box.
What you’ll see: The same search box as before. Results appear a moment after you stop typing, ranked by how closely they match your community’s name.
What you need to do: No action needed — just type your community’s name as usual.
Who this affects: Members
One-Tap Sign-In Code Autofill
What changed: During phone sign-in, the verification code sent by text can now be filled in automatically. Android shows a single “allow” prompt to read the incoming message, then the app enters the code and finishes signing you in as soon as all six digits are in place — no typing and no extra button tap. Sign-in codes are now six digits.
Where to find it: Login flow > enter phone number > the code entry screen.
What you’ll see: After the code text arrives, a one-tap system prompt appears; approving it fills in the code and signs you in automatically. You can still type the code by hand if you prefer.
What you need to do: No action needed — tap “allow” when prompted, or type the code as before.
Who this affects: Members, Community Managers
Cleaner, Correctly-Scoped Push Notifications
What changed: Push notifications now stop when you sign out, and they clean themselves up automatically when you switch accounts, leave a community, or your role changes — so you only receive the alerts that still apply to you. A one-time cleanup runs the first time you open this update to clear out any leftover notification subscriptions from older versions.
Where to find it: No navigation needed — this happens automatically in the background (including after Profile tab > Sign Out and after community or role changes).
What you’ll see: You stop receiving notifications for accounts or communities you’re no longer part of, and signing out fully stops notifications on that device.
What you need to do: No action needed.
Who this affects: Members, Community Managers
Returns You to Login if Your Account Is Removed
What changed: If your account is removed while you’re signed in, the app now detects this the next time it loads your profile at startup and sends you back to the login screen, instead of getting stuck on the “Community & Keys” loading screen. (A brief connection hiccup is treated differently — the app still retries to reconnect rather than signing you out.)
Where to find it: The startup loading screen, shown after sign-in while the app loads your communities and keys.
What you’ll see: Instead of an endless loading spinner, you’re returned to the login screen so you can sign in again.
What you need to do: No action needed. If your account was removed, sign in again with a valid account.
Who this affects: Members