Lolo Patch Notes

Lolo Patch Notes: August 22 to 28, 2026

A social app should not make you study the interface before you can use it. This week, Lolo cut steps from sign-in and onboarding, gave Circle creators better controls, and made planning feel more exact.

What shipped

Phone-first sign-in: the phone field is now the one visible entry path. Apple, World ID, and Google remain available behind a single alternative-options link, so the first choice is clearer without removing the others.
A shorter first run: Lolo removed the old interests step and the button-by-button feature tour. New users can move into the people, Circles, and map experience with less ceremony.
QR scanning during onboarding: new users can open Lolo's scanner and point the camera at a friend's code, giving personal invites a direct path into the app.
Better Circle controls: Circle creators can edit a Circle's name and description, then add a website and social links that give members more context.
Events made for a Circle: Circle creators can start an event from the Circle and post it directly to that community's members.
Real date and time selection for Smart Plans: planning now uses a proper picker instead of making people work around preset timing choices.
Clearer event management: the old pins wording is now events across the app, and event owners can delete events they no longer need.

Lolo Connect screen with phone sign-in as the primary visible option, a collapsed link for alternative sign-in methods, and the Terms and Privacy consent row below the form. — Phone is now the clear first path, while the other sign-in methods stay one tap away.

Lolo Connect screen with alternative sign-in expanded to show Apple, World ID, and Google beneath the phone form, followed by the Terms and Privacy consent row. — The expanded state keeps Apple, World ID, and Google available without crowding the first screen.

Lolo QR scanner open over the map with the Scan tab selected and a camera frame ready to scan a friend's Lolo code. — The QR scanner gives a friend's invite a direct route into onboarding and connection.

Solana Global Circle page showing its description, website and social links, open membership, member count, invite button, New Event button, settings, and member list. — Circle pages can explain the community with a description, links, membership details, and clearer creator controls.

Lolo Smart Plans composer for a coffee event showing that the event will be posted to Solana Global for Circle members to see. — A plan can be created for a specific Circle so its members see the event in the right community context.

What improved

Legal consent sits where people expect it: the Terms and Privacy checkbox now appears at the bottom of the sign-in form. Every sign-in path still requires consent.
Circle joining starts with a person: the onboarding step that asks who brought you in can now carry the relevant Circle too, rather than sending people through a separate category screen.
A cleaner linked-accounts profile: the profile surface now focuses on X linking instead of repeating providers that already belong to the sign-in system.

Growth/community notes

Faster entry matters: fewer choices and fewer tutorials mean less time between opening Lolo and finding people worth knowing.
Circles can explain themselves: editable descriptions, websites, and social links help a group show what it is before someone joins or makes a plan with it.
Plans need real timing: a proper date and time picker makes Lolo more useful for dinners, meetups, event coordination, and anything that cannot live inside a vague preset.

What’s next

Finish the Circle rollout: complete the remaining production checks for Circle event and eligibility changes before treating every path as ready.
Make the first people more relevant: keep improving who appears during onboarding, including stronger self-exclusion and better ranking around the person who invited you.
Harden account recovery: keep making phone and provider linking safer so one person stays attached to one Lolo profile.