HOOPT

Dear HOOPTers, A big drop today — and yes, it's quiet on purpose. We'll go loud later in May. HOOPT Private Communication suite is live. 1-on-1 and community video calls, screen sharing, and multi-device sync. And the thing many of you have been asking for: new friend invites and Communities are back. Both. Live. Now. Your personal invite link is waiting for you under Connections. Share it and bring your people in. Or create your own Community in seconds — give it a name, share its unique link, and watch your people find their home. Last month, so many of you messaged us about not being able to bring your people in. We're sorry — we had to pause all new users and HOOPT+ memberships while we finished moving everyone into the new world to Life OS 3. That door is now open. Your 1-on-1 invites. Your Communities. All of it. Bring your people home. This update also ships performance improvements, UI refinements, and smarter search and discovery. What's next: one feature left before full Baja release — a major photo albums update with our next-gen approach to storing your data. Our target is May 26, with the detailed Life OS 3 Baja website going up about two weeks before. In September, we're hosting our first-ever HOOPTer Live event in San Francisco. More on that soon. For now — enjoy your HOOPT, live YOUR life, and welcome your people in. — The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, This is another quiet one — a few soft releases before we make some noise. On April 23, we’re officially releasing HOOPT Baja: our biggest release yet — full story, its own webpage, a subscription announcement, and everything we’ve been building toward. In September, we’re hosting our first-ever HOOPTer Live event in San Francisco. More on that soon. But first — the thing many of you have been waiting for. New friend invites and Communities are back. Both. Live. Now. Your personal invite link is waiting for you under Connections. Share it and bring your people in. Or create your own Communities in seconds — give it a name, share its unique link, and watch your people find their home. For the past few weeks, so many of you messaged us since you were unable to bring your people in. Heartfelt apologies, we had to stop accepting all new users and HOOPT+ memberships while we finished moving everyone into the new world. That door is now open. Your 1-on-1 invites. Your Communities. All of it. Bring your people home. This update also brings performance improvements, UI refinements, smarter search and discovery — and a private video calling experience we’ve been tirelessly working on is available for you to use. We’ll be loud later in April. For now — enjoy your HOOPT, live YOUR life, and welcome your people in. — The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, This is a quiet one — a few soft releases before we make some noise. On April 23, we’re officially releasing HOOPT Baja: our biggest release yet — full story, its own webpage, a subscription announcement, and everything we’ve been building toward. In September, we’re hosting our first-ever HOOPTer Live event in San Francisco. More on that soon. But first — the thing many of you have been waiting for. New friend invites and Communities are back. Both. Live. Now. Your personal invite link is waiting for you under Connections. Share it and bring your people in. Or create your own Communities in seconds — give it a name, share its unique link, and watch your people find their home. For the past few weeks, so many of you messaged us since you were unable to bring your people in. Heartfelt apologies, we had to stop accepting all new users and HOOPT+ memberships while we finished moving everyone into the new world. That door is now open. Your 1-on-1 invites. Your Communities. All of it. Bring your people home. This update also brings performance improvements, UI refinements, smarter search and discovery — and a private video calling experience we’ve been tirelessly working on is available for you to use. We’ll be loud later in April. For now — enjoy your HOOPT, live YOUR life, and welcome your people in. — The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, This is a quiet one — a soft push to get this into your hands before we make some noise. On April 23, we’re officially launching HOOPT Baja: our biggest release yet, with the full story, its own webpage, a subscription announcement, and everything we are building toward. In June, we’re hosting our first-ever HOOPTer Live event in San Francisco — more on that soon. But first — the thing many of you have been asking about: invites are back. For the past few weeks, we paused all new invites while we finished moving everyone into the new world. That door is now open. Your 1-on-1 invites, your Community invites — all of it. Bring your people in. This update also brings performance improvements, UI refinements, smarter search and discovery, and private video calling experience that we have been tirelessly working on so it is super ready by June. We’ll be loud in April. For now — welcome your people home. — The HOOPT Team

Soft push of the first update of 2026... Our goal is to push it full by the end of next week with a newsletter and release details.

Dear HOOPTers, We're one step closer to HOOPT 3.0. This soft update includes early BETA versions of some of the key features we'll be expanding in our August HOOPT 3.0 release: - 1-on-1 HOOPT Audio & Video Calls - HOOPT Circles Group Meetings - Quotes 2.0 — iconic quotes, personal insights, and Gem from a friend Alongside these new features, this update also includes the updated user onboarding, performance and security improvements, plus bug fixes for a smoother experience. Stay tuned — our full 12-month roadmap drops in August 2025, with detailed feature sets for HOOPT+, HOOPT Premium, and HOOPT Pro. Happy HOOPTing!

This update includes additional bug fixes, security and performance improvements to our last big release (3.3.5).

This update includes additional bug fixes, security and performance improvements to our last release (3.3.5). ACTION NEEDED: Update HOOPT now! We've made HOOPT faster, smoother, and more secure by moving everything into one powerful system. What's new: - Seamless sync across all your devices - Stronger security and reliability - A better, faster HOOPT experience 1mo ago HOOPT Desktop & iPad are on the way-get ready. Update now to stay connected! Need help? Contact us at support@hoopt.app, and we'll get back within an hour.

This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements to our last release (3.3.5). ACTION NEEDED: Update HOOPT now! We’ve made HOOPT faster, smoother, and more secure by moving everything into one powerful system. What’s new: - Seamless sync across all your devices - Stronger security and reliability - A better, faster HOOPT experience HOOPT Desktop & iPad are on the way—get ready. Update now to stay connected! Need help? Contact us at support@hoopt.app, and we’ll get back within an hour.

This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements to our last major release (3.3.3), addressing issues on smaller iPhones like the SE 3rd Gen and improving phone number parsing for invites when copying and pasting. NEW FEATURE: AI ASSIST FOR SEAMLESS COMMUNITY & PRIVATE GROUP CREATION & INVITES A picture is worth a thousand words—now, HOOPT will instantly generate a unique, custom cover image for your group based on its name and description. Just enter your details, and AI Assist works its magic. Want to personalize it further? Add a website, a logo, or a slogan—or choose to remove any overlay text for a clean, professional look. Not quite the vibe you were going for? No problem. Just switch to the next Unsplash tab—we’ve partnered with Unsplash to give you access to 7M+ high-quality stock images from a community of 400K+ photographers. Search by keyword, pick the perfect one, and you’re set. COMING IN FEBRUARY: VOICE CALLING & ZOOM INTEGRATION Your highly requested chat feature is on the way. Seamlessly jump on voice calls or integrate Zoom directly within Chat & Connections. FUN FACT: Once this is live, here at the Company, we are super excited moving internal communication from Slack to HOOPT. HOOPT IS INVITE-ONLY. YOU CONTROL HOW IT GROWS Update now to start seamlessly creating your groups, inviting friends effortlessly, sharing private invite links via WhatsApp or your platform of choice. Remember, HOOPT is invite-only. Only you decide how your network and HOOPT grows. Happy Hoopting :)

ACTION NEEDED: Update HOOPT now! We’ve made HOOPT faster, smoother, and more secure by moving everything into one powerful system. What’s new: - Seamless sync across all your devices - Stronger security and reliability - A better, faster HOOPT experience HOOPT Desktop & iPad are on the way—get ready. Update now to stay connected! Need help? Contact us at support@hoopt.app, and we’ll get back within an hour.

NEW FEATURE: AI ASSIST FOR SEAMLESS COMMUNITY & PRIVATE GROUP CREATION & INVITES A picture is worth a thousand words—now, HOOPT will instantly generate a unique, custom cover image for your group based on its name and description. Just enter your details, and AI Assist works its magic. Want to personalize it further? Add a website, a logo, or a slogan—or choose to remove any overlay text for a clean, professional look. Not quite the vibe you were going for? No problem. Just switch to the next Unsplash tab—we’ve partnered with Unsplash to give you access to 7M+ high-quality stock images from a community of 400K+ photographers. Search by keyword, pick the perfect one, and you’re set. COMING IN FEBRUARY: VOICE CALLING & ZOOM INTEGRATION Your highly requested chat feature is on the way. Seamlessly jump on voice calls or integrate Zoom directly within Chat & Connections. FUN FACT: Once this is live, here at the Company, we are super excited moving internal communication from Slack to HOOPT. HOOPT IS INVITE-ONLY. YOU CONTROL HOW IT GROWS Update now to start seamlessly creating your groups, inviting friends effortlessly, sharing private invite links via WhatsApp or your platform of choice. Remember, HOOPT is invite-only. Only you decide how your network and HOOPT grows. Happy Hoopting :)

- Performance improvements & bug fixes Dear HOOPTers, We are ecstatic to announce that ‘HOOPT Core’ is now fully locked and ready to make big waves in 2025! Before we move onto the exciting HOOPT+ features rolling out each quarter in 2025, we’ve prioritized your most-requested updates for the Connections side of your app. From seamless invites to enhanced organization, pinned messages, chat search, and real-time translations, this release delivers the features you’ve been asking for. SEAMLESS INVITE SYSTEM HOOPT is invite-only, and you hold the keys to expanding this intentional, ad-free network. Refer your friends now and give them exclusive early access to everything HOOPT has to offer. Here’s how to invite: (1) Go to the Connections tab. (2) Tap two-heads-with-+ icon to open the “Add New Friends” invite modal. (3) Quickly add friends by entering their phone numbers or share group or community invites via WhatsApp. (4) As your friends add items, upper right button in 1-1 chat will show what you two have in common and activity feed for two-way inspiration & authentic interaction. Each invite is a step toward building a world of fun, intentional, and collaborative living—free from followers, influencers, click bait sound bites, and ads. KICK START YOUR COMMUNITIES Start your community now! With HOOPT+, you can grab your Community ID today and invite members instantly: (1) Go to the Connections tab. (2) Tap “New Group” to open the modal. (3) Add a name, cover photo, and description, then select Community to grab your Community ID. (4) Share your invite link via WhatsApp or another platform. (5) Watch as automated community intelligence appear instantly on the upper right of the chat screen as your members join. Be part of the first wave of communities ready to shine at the HOOPT Town Hall in April—a space where genuine connections and collaboration will thrive like never before. ON-DEMAND CHAT TRANSLATIONS Today, our communities have active HOOPTers from 52 countries. Language should never be a barrier to meaningful conversations. With real-time translations, you can now connect effortlessly across communities and cultures. Simply click on any message, and it will automatically detect the language, showing a translation in your preferred language. It’s on-demand magic at your fingertips. WHAT’S PLANNED IN 2025 HOOPT has always been about bringing you life’s abundance with innovative, user-centered features to organize what matters most to you. Today, we offer more than 300 million places, movies, and books with actionable information, alongside 400,000 discovery lists curated entirely by HOOPTer ‘wannas’ and ‘loved its.’ Approaching the incredible 1 million mark, this represents the largest unmanipulated, multi-category voting system of collective intelligence ever created. With HOOPT+, we’re taking this even further—transforming your organized world into full-on intentional living with proprietary tools that reward and act on everything you’ve been seamlessly capturing and HOOPT has been organizing. Here is a preview of our current 2025 roadmap: (Q1 2025) Launch of additional platforms and most user-requested features like personal lists, events, proposals, and day planners—all shareable within HOOPT or on your preferred social platform. (March-April 2025) Debut of the HOOPT Town Hall under Search & Discovery, a space to meet communities and collect from curated lists by fellow HOOPTers. (Planned rest of 2025) AI+ Assist, Smart Diary, Smart Notepad, Community Profiles and Host Dashboards, and enhanced location-based features. Re-connect and awaken the community leader in you—grab your Community IDs before they’re gone. Whether it’s your existing community, school alumni, book or movie clubs, or other interest areas, community stands for common unity, and we are so excited to see what HOOPTers around the world will bring to HOOPT Communities in 2025. Happy Hooptin’, The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, We are ecstatic to announce that ‘HOOPT Core’ is now fully locked and ready to make big waves in 2025! Before we move onto the exciting HOOPT+ features rolling out each quarter in 2025, we’ve prioritized your most-requested updates for the Connections side of your app. From seamless invites to enhanced organization, pinned messages, chat search, and real-time translations, this release delivers the features you’ve been asking for. SEAMLESS INVITE SYSTEM HOOPT is invite-only, and you hold the keys to expanding this intentional, ad-free network. Refer your friends now and give them exclusive early access to everything HOOPT has to offer. Here’s how to invite: (1) Go to the Connections tab. (2) Tap two-heads-with-+ icon to open the “Add New Friends” invite modal. (3) Quickly add friends by entering their phone numbers or share group or community invites via WhatsApp. (4) As your friends add items, upper right button in 1-1 chat will show what you two have in common and activity feed for two-way inspiration & authentic interaction. Each invite is a step toward building a world of fun, intentional, and collaborative living—free from followers, influencers, click bait sound bites, and ads. KICK START YOUR COMMUNITIES Start your community now! With HOOPT+, you can grab your Community ID today and invite members instantly: (1) Go to the Connections tab. (2) Tap “New Group” to open the modal. (3) Add a name, cover photo, and description, then select Community to grab your Community ID. (4) Share your invite link via WhatsApp or another platform. (5) Watch as automated community intelligence appear instantly on the upper right of the chat screen as your members join. Be part of the first wave of communities ready to shine at the HOOPT Town Hall in April—a space where genuine connections and collaboration will thrive like never before. ON-DEMAND CHAT TRANSLATIONS Today, our communities have active HOOPTers from 52 countries. Language should never be a barrier to meaningful conversations. With real-time translations, you can now connect effortlessly across communities and cultures. Simply click on any message, and it will automatically detect the language, showing a translation in your preferred language. It’s on-demand magic at your fingertips. WHAT’S PLANNED IN 2025 HOOPT has always been about bringing you life’s abundance with innovative, user-centered features to organize what matters most to you. Today, we offer more than 300 million places, movies, and books with actionable information, alongside 400,000 discovery lists curated entirely by HOOPTer ‘wannas’ and ‘loved its.’ Approaching the incredible 1 million mark, this represents the largest unmanipulated, multi-category voting system of collective intelligence ever created. With HOOPT+, we’re taking this even further—transforming your organized world into full-on intentional living with proprietary tools that reward and act on everything you’ve been seamlessly capturing and HOOPT has been organizing. Here is a preview of our current 2025 roadmap: (Q1 2025) Launch of additional platforms and most user-requested features like personal lists, events, proposals, and day planners—all shareable within HOOPT or on your preferred social platform. (March-April 2025) Debut of the HOOPT Town Hall under Search & Discovery, a space to meet communities and collect from curated lists by fellow HOOPTers. (Planned rest of 2025) AI+ Assist, Smart Diary, Smart Notepad, Community Profiles and Host Dashboards, and enhanced location-based features. Re-connect and awaken the community leader in you—grab your Community IDs before they’re gone. Whether it’s your existing community, school alumni, book or movie clubs, or other interest areas, community stands for common unity, and we are so excited to see what HOOPTers around the world will bring to HOOPT Communities in 2025. Happy Hooptin’, The HOOPT Team

Hello HOOPTers, We hope you’ve been savoring the vibrant greens and golden hues of fall. As the old gracefully makes way for the new, nature reminds us life’s beautiful cycles and the essence of change. Speaking of the new, we’re thrilled to share our November wrap up with you! WHAT’S NEW IN THIS VERSION:   WELCOMING NEW USERS Building on our last release, we’ve introduced guided onboarding and informational modals to make it even smoother and more intuitive for new users to dive into HOOPT. At the final step, users are invited to explore Connections, where they can privately connect with friends or communities that introduced them to HOOPT. This brings us closer to our full HOOPT BETA to App Store transition with our next version update of invite-only HOOPT access—reinforcing that this is your network. You build it, shape it, and decide how it thrives. SPOTLIGHT SEARCH Our ultimate goal at HOOPT is to empower you with a powerful, modern-day compass: your privately connected ecosystem where what you need is just a tap away. With Spotlight search on iPhone, you don’t even need to open the HOOPT App—simply swipe down, type a friend’s or community’s name, and quickly send a message or access all your collected items and automated lists—right when you need them. WELCOME HOOPT ANIMATIONS We’re excited to unveil our first wave of animations! To celebrate your ‘wanna’ and ‘loved’ actions, we’ve added delightful animations that bring your primary icons to life. Reactions in the activity feed, message responses, and our onboarding screens have also been given a fresh sparkle. For example, when you give an uplifting reaction to a friend’s item, a cheerful clap animation appears. Stay tuned for more of these fun features—let us know what else you’d love to see animated! LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REST OF 2024 & BEYOND (Revised based on latest plan on Nov 29) We’re gearing up for one more version update this year! Before the end of the year, this update will turn back on invite-only HOOPT access, exciting enhancements to the Connections epic, and chat features that our users and communities have eagerly requested. Plus, expect deeper iOS and iShare integration. In Connections, we’re addressing two top priorities highlighted by our users and community partners: seamless communication and enhanced organization. For seamless communication, we’re rolling out voice calling and on-demand message translation. On the organization front, you’ll find improved chat detail screens, including in-chat search, pinned items, and more. And as a holiday treat, we’re also working very hard to enhance your experience with sending videos. Looking ahead to January, new platform releases, including iPad and desktop releases for our HOOPT+ members, are on the horizon, pending quality approvals. We’re currently dedicating countless hours with our community partners—listening, collaborating, and fine-tuning—to ensure full alignment and aligned incentives on all fronts. Stay tuned for the super exciting 2025 product roadmap, which we plan on sharing before the end of the year with our next update. As always, we’re here for you—whether you want to say hi, submit a feature request, or need assistance. Warm wishes, Ali and The HOOPT Team

Hello HOOPTers, We hope you’re savoring the vibrant greens and golden hues of fall. As the old gracefully makes way for the new, nature reminds us of life’s beautiful cycles and the essence of impermanence. Speaking of the new, we’re thrilled to share our November update with you! WHAT’S NEW IN THIS VERSION: WELCOMING NEW USERS Building on our last release, we’ve introduced guided onboarding and informational modals to give new users a smoother, more intuitive introduction to HOOPT. At the final step, we invite users to explore Connections, where they can privately say hi to friends or communities who invited them to HOOPT. This brings us closer to our full HOOPT BETA to App Store transition of invite-only HOOPT access, reinforcing that, as a HOOPTer, this is your network, and you decide how it grows. SPOTLIGHT SEARCH Our ultimate goal at HOOPT is to empower you with a powerful, modern-day compass: a privately connected ecosystem where what you need is just a tap away. With Spotlight search on iPhone, you don’t even need to open the HOOPT App—simply swipe down, type a friend’s name or community, and quickly send a message or access all your automated lists and collected items, right when you need them. WELCOME HOOPT ANIMATIONS We’re excited to introduce our first wave of animations! To celebrate your ‘wanna’ and ‘loved it’ actions, we’ve added delightful animations that bring your icons to life. Reactions in the activity feed, message responses, and our onboarding screens also have a fresh sparkle. Stay tuned for more fun features—let us know what else you’d love to see animated! LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REST OF 2024 & BEYOND (Revised based on latest plans on Nov 27) We’re gearing up for one more version update this year! Coming in December, this update will introduce invite-only HOOPT access, exciting enhancements to the Connections epic, and chat features that our users and communities have eagerly requested. Plus, expect deeper iOS and iShare integration. In *Connections*, we’re addressing two top priorities highlighted by our users and community partners: seamless communication and enhanced organization. For seamless communication, we’re rolling out voice calling and on-demand message translation. On the organization front, you’ll find improved chat detail screens, including in-chat search, pinned items, and more. And as a holiday treat, we’re also working very hard to enhance your experience with sending videos. Looking ahead to January, new platform releases are on the horizon, pending quality approvals. We’re currently dedicating countless hours with our community partners—listening, collaborating, and fine-tuning—to ensure full alignment and aligned incentives on all fronts. Stay tuned for the super exciting 2025 product roadmap, which we plan on sharing before the end of the year with our next update. As always, we’re here for you—whether you want to say hi, submit a feature request, or need assistance. Warm wishes, Ali and The HOOPT Team

Hello HOOPTers, We hope you’re savoring the vibrant greens and golden hues of fall. As the old gracefully makes way for the new, nature reminds us of life’s beautiful cycles and the essence of impermanence. Speaking of the new, we’re thrilled to share our November update with you! WHAT’S NEW IN THIS VERSION: WELCOMING NEW USERS Building on our last release, we’ve introduced guided onboarding and informational modals to give new users a smoother, more intuitive introduction to HOOPT. At the final step, we invite users to explore Connections, where they can privately say hi to friends or communities who introduced them to HOOPT. This brings us closer to our full HOOPT BETA to App Store transition of invite-only HOOPT membership, reinforcing that, as a HOOPTer, this is your network, and you decide how it grows. SPOTLIGHT SEARCH Our ultimate goal at HOOPT is to empower you with a powerful, modern-day compass: a privately connected ecosystem where what you need is just a tap away. With Spotlight search on iPhone, you don’t even need to open the HOOPT App—simply swipe down, type a friend’s name or community, and quickly send a message or access all your automated lists and collected items, right when you need them. WELCOME HOOPT ANIMATIONS We’re excited to introduce our first wave of animations! To celebrate your ‘wanna’ and ‘loved it’ actions, we’ve added delightful animations that bring your icons to life. Reactions in the activity feed, message responses, and our onboarding screens also have a fresh sparkle. Stay tuned for more fun features—let us know what else you’d love to see animated! LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REST OF 2024 We’re planning two more updates this year. The next, in November, will activate invite-only HOOPT membership, along with enhancements to connections epic and chat functions, plus deeper iOS & iShare integration. If all goes well, new platform releases are on the horizon for December, pending quality approvals. HOOPT+ users can also look forward to quick, personalized collection list creation—think of it as your own Spotify like “playlists” for life, with easy sharing options across platforms like WhatsApp (e.g., My Go-to Spots in Los Angeles, 2025 Reading List). As always, we’re here for you—whether to say hi, submit a feature request, or address any issues. With best wishes, Ali and The HOOPT Team

Hello HOOPTers! As we bid farewell to the sunny, hazy days of summer, we're gearing up for an exciting sprint to the end of the year! This season might be wrapping up, but here at HOOPT, we’re just getting started. We’ve been busy behind the scenes, making HOOPT bolder, more secure, more intuitive, and packed with integrated new features you’ve been asking for that’ll take your experience to the next level. Here’s what’s new in this update: Log-in enhancements have been made for a seamless sign-up & log-in process. Big Maps Improvement: Our killer maps feature is officially live, and it’s a game-changer. Now, you can explore any place on Earth and add it directly to your collections with just one click. Simply tap on any location on the map, and the HOOPT Box will pop up with the quick add buttons, essential details, friends’ input and its feed. This important release makes discovering and saving your favorite spots faster, easier, and more accurate than ever before. Whether at a local neighborhood walking around or planning your dream destination halfway across the world, adding to your collections is now as simple as a tap. The whole world is at your fingertips! Enhanced Visual Storytelling: At HOOPT, we’re passionate about quickly and effectively capturing and inspiring with life’s stories—yours, ours, and everyone in between. Our new visual storytelling tools make it easier than ever to tag relevant collection items, friends, and communities directly in your photos. Whether you’re snapping a picture of the movie you're watching, books you just picked up, a friend who inspired you, or a community that led you to a new discovery, you can now make your memories even more meaningful and interactive by tagging them on the photo or in its caption. Your collections, activity feed, and photo albums will serve as an on-demand dynamic visual diary, allowing you to record and share your activities and connections in ways that words alone can’t capture. From snapshots of your favorite cafés to the books that changed your life, bring your HOOPT journey to life, one picture at a time. New, Guided Onboarding & Discovery Content: Starting a HOOPT journey has never been smoother or richer for your friend and community invites! Our all-new guided onboarding ensures your invited friends hit the ground running, walking them through what HOOPT has to offer. From sign-up to their 100th item, we make sure they feel right at home and safe in the HOOPT universe. We’re also excited to now offer the highest quality discovery content to both new and existing users, with over 500k places, movies, and books individually marked as "want to" or "loved it" by HOOPTers. This is intelligence built from real user desires and loved experiences—and only available to them on-demand, securely & contextually, with zero third-party manipulation. Coming Up: What to Expect Through 2024! Under HOOPT+ Subscription, we have been cooking an exciting lineup of new features, including integrated AI tools, Custom User Lists, Smart Diary, and External Sharing of items, lists, and photo albums—plus expanded HOOPT access on iPad and desktop platforms. In addition, our user friendly Help Center and language support will be available to all our users. So here's to a season of new beginnings and bold moves! Whether you're discovering new places, curating your collections, or simply connecting with your favorite communities, HOOPT is committed to keep your world connected, organized, vibrant, and authentically yours. Thanks for being part of our journey; as always, we value your feedback—let us know what you think! Happy HOOPTin’, The HOOPT Team

Hello HOOPTers! As we bid farewell to the sunny, hazy days of summer, we're gearing up for an exciting sprint to the end of the year! This season might be wrapping up, but here at HOOPT, we’re just getting started. We’ve been busy behind the scenes, making HOOPT bolder, more secure, more intuitive, and packed with integrated new features you’ve been asking for that’ll take your experience to the next level. Here’s what’s new in this update: Big Maps Improvement: Our killer maps feature is officially live, and it’s a game-changer. Now, you can explore any place on Earth and add it directly to your collections with just one click. Simply tap on any location on the map, and the HOOPT Box will pop up with the quick add buttons, essential details, friends’ input and its feed. This important release makes discovering and saving your favorite spots faster, easier, and more accurate than ever before. Whether at a local neighborhood walking around or planning your dream destination halfway across the world, adding to your collections is now as simple as a tap. The whole world is at your fingertips! Enhanced Visual Storytelling: At HOOPT, we’re passionate about quickly and effectively capturing and inspiring with life’s stories—yours, ours, and everyone in between. Our new visual storytelling tools make it easier than ever to tag relevant collection items, friends, and communities directly in your photos. Whether you’re snapping a picture of the movie you're watching, books you just picked up, a friend who inspired you, or a community that led you to a new discovery, you can now make your memories even more meaningful and interactive by tagging them on the photo or in its caption. Your collections, activity feed, and photo albums will serve as an on-demand dynamic visual diary, allowing you to record and share your activities and connections in ways that words alone can’t capture. From snapshots of your favorite cafés to the books that changed your life, bring your HOOPT journey to life, one picture at a time. New, Guided Onboarding & Discovery Content: Starting a HOOPT journey has never been smoother or richer for your friend and community invites! Our all-new guided onboarding ensures your invited friends hit the ground running, walking them through what HOOPT has to offer. From sign-up to their 100th item, we make sure they feel right at home and safe in the HOOPT universe. We’re also excited to now offer the highest quality discovery content to both new and existing users, with over 500k places, movies, and books individually marked as "want to" or "loved it" by HOOPTers. This is intelligence built from real user desires and loved experiences—and only available to them on-demand, securely & contextually, with zero third-party manipulation. Coming Up: What to Expect Through 2024! Under HOOPT+ Subscription, we have been cooking an exciting lineup of new features, including integrated AI tools, Custom User Lists, Smart Diary, and External Sharing of items, lists, and photo albums—plus expanded HOOPT access on iPad and desktop platforms. In addition, our user friendly Help Center and language support will be available to all our users. So here's to a season of new beginnings and bold moves! Whether you're discovering new places, curating your collections, or simply connecting with your favorite communities, HOOPT is committed to keep your world connected, organized, vibrant, and authentically yours. Thanks for being part of our journey; as always, we value your feedback—let us know what you think! Happy HOOPTin’, The HOOPT Team

Hotfix Update to Last Version, including fix of verification issue with auto-deleted Messages. Dear HOOPTers, We are happy to share our new release with you. HOOPT is off Beta and in the App Store! If you have been our Beta user, please check your email and follow the simple steps to transition smoothly and effectively. What's New: 1. Collections Improvements: Discover enhanced collection folders and shortcuts next to the 'Select List' feature, making it easier to explore and act on your and your friends' Collections. 2. Seamless Invites 2.0: HOOPT is invite-only, and you decide how the network grows. When you send a personal or group invite link, we will seamlessly carry your new invites from the link into their app. Post onboarding, they will automatically be your friend or find themselves in your group/community chat. 3. Introducing HOOPT+: The HOOPT+ subscription is now available for $8.99 per month, offering powerful Community Hosting and Invite privileges, along with our proprietary features such as automated Community Collections. Join HOOPT+ Today and Start Unleashing a World of Innovative New Features: 1. Your Private & Innovative App: HOOPT is crafted by 20 life enthusiasts like you and serves only you. Plus membership supports sustainable "for-you only" innovation. Your app is 100% personalized, private, free of brand advertising, and by design, does not allow for any third-party 'manipulation.' All it does in the background is continuously simulate, automate, machine learn, and get more artificially intelligent based on you and for you. 2. Community Hosting: Create, host, and revive your vibrant communities with ease. Secure unique community IDs, use Community invite links, and apply to become a Founding Community Launch Partner. Your non-host community members do not need a HOOPT+ subscription to participate. 3. Step into HOOPT+: Access new features like Community Insights & Dashboard, SmartDiary, MeetMe, and Ai+. Create and share custom lists externally. Use HOOPT on iPad and Desktop, with many more features as we roll them out rest of 2024! HOOPT Beta Highlights: HOOPT search now boasts over 250m items and collections totaling 338K entities, including 63K movies, 55K books, and 220K places. All are organized and available in context, making it easier to access, utilize, discover and share what we want and love. Collectively, our Beta users in 52 countries have had 385K app sessions, giving birth to 12K dynamic discovery lists, with their 87K loved it votes and 78K want to intentions, available on demand to our existing HOOPTers and insightfully welcoming new ones. Across the globe, we gather on one platform to live and share our life journeys, in private and with mutual respect, united by HOOPT. Special mention goes to our 35 1k+ Club members, whom we see as the global mayors of the HOOPT app and will be the hosts of our upcoming HOOPTer events. What's Upcoming: HOOPT 1. Guided user onboarding and How-To Articles with easy to follow Giphy videos. 2. Fun animations & iShare functionality! 3. Big Map Improvement & Major Google Integration. 4. Video Moments & Photo Albums 2.0. HOOPT+ 1. Community host insights & dashboard. 2. HOOPT on iPad & Desktop. 3. Custom user lists and the ability to share externally. Next Big Milestone: Our next big milestone is our very first HOOPTer Live Event from San Francisco on September 17. We will discuss the significance of the Beta period, the power of the core pillars you have helped create, see what is trending in our HOOPT Network, preview exciting new features, talk about privacy & security and show you how how your very own AI gets trained to support you. Few of our our community and category-leading partners will also join us for partnership announcements. All you will need is your HOOPTer ID to get in. Thank you for being an active part of the app and journey we have been creating! With a lot of love and excitement, Ali and The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, We are overjoyed to share some fantastic news with you. As of today, June 21, HOOPT is officially off Beta and has moved to its new home on the App Store! If you have been our Beta user, please check your email and follow the simple steps to transition smoothly and effectively. What's New: 1. Collections Improvements: Discover enhanced collection folders and shortcuts next to the 'Select List' feature, making it easier to explore and act on your and your friends' Collections. 2. Seamless Invites 2.0: HOOPT is invite-only, and you decide how the network grows. When you send a personal or group invite link, we will seamlessly carry your new invites from the link into their app. Post onboarding, they will automatically be your friend or find themselves in your group/community chat. 3. Introducing HOOPT+: The HOOPT+ subscription is now available for $8.99 per month, offering powerful Community Hosting and Invite privileges, along with our proprietary features such as automated Community Collections. Join HOOPT+ Today and Start Unleashing a World of Innovative New Features: 1. Your Private & Innovative App: HOOPT is crafted by 20 life enthusiasts like you and serves only you. Plus membership supports sustainable "for-you only" innovation. Your app is 100% personalized, private, free of brand advertising, and by design, does not allow for any third-party 'manipulation.' All it does in the background is continuously simulate, automate, machine learn, and get more artificially intelligent based on you and for you. 2. Community Hosting: Create, host, and revive your vibrant communities with ease. Secure unique community IDs, use Community invite links, and apply to become a Founding Community Launch Partner. Your non-host community members do not need a HOOPT+ subscription to participate. 3. Step into HOOPT+: Access new features like Community Insights & Dashboard, SmartDiary, MeetMe, and Ai+. Create and share custom lists externally. Use HOOPT on iPad and Desktop, with many more features as we roll them out rest of 2024! HOOPT Beta Highlights: HOOPT search now boasts over 250m items and collections totaling 338K entities, including 63K movies, 55K books, and 220K places. All are organized and available in context, making it easier to access, utilize, discover and share what we want and love. Collectively, our Beta users in 52 countries have had 385K app sessions, giving birth to 12K dynamic discovery lists, with their 87K loved it votes and 78K want to intentions, available on demand to our existing HOOPTers and insightfully welcoming new ones. Across the globe, we gather on one platform to live and share our life journeys, in private and with mutual respect, united by HOOPT. Special mention goes to our 35 1k+ Club members, whom we see as the global mayors of the HOOPT app and will be the hosts of our upcoming HOOPTer events. What's Upcoming: HOOPT 1. Guided user onboarding and How-To Articles with easy to follow Giphy videos. 2. Fun animations & iShare functionality! 3. Big Map Improvement & Major Google Integration. 4. Video Moments & Photo Albums 2.0. HOOPT+ 1. Community host insights & dashboard. 2. HOOPT on iPad & Desktop. 3. Custom user lists and the ability to share externally. Next Big Milestone: Our next big milestone is our very first HOOPTer Live Event from San Francisco on September 17. We will discuss the significance of the Beta period, the power of the core pillars you have helped create, see what is trending in our HOOPT Network, preview exciting new features, talk about privacy & security and show you how how your very own AI gets trained to support you. Few of our our community and category-leading partners will also join us for partnership announcements. All you will need is your HOOPTer ID to get in. Thank you for being an active part of the app and journey we have been creating! With a lot of love and excitement, Ali and The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, Our transition out of BETA and into our new home on the App Store is progressing smoothly. Yay! Please remember, our final transition date is June 15, 2024, when we will officially shut down HOOPT BETA. Until then, you can use both versions concurrently, but we strongly recommend switching completely to the App Store version, as that is where our future updates and enhancements will be released. Note: Please delete HOOPT BETA after transition. You do not need to keep Test Flight unless you wish to test drive new HOOPT features. What’s New: 1. Collections Improvements: Discover enhanced collection folders (ranked & automated) and shortcuts next to the ‘Select List’ feature, making it easier to explore and act on your and your friends' Collections. 2. Seamless Invites 2.0: HOOPT is invite-only, and you decide how the network grows. When you send a Personal or Group invite link (email no longer required), we will seamlessly carry your new invites from the link into their app. Post on-boarding, they will be automatically your friend or find themselves in your group/community chat, like magic. 3. Introducing HOOPT+: The HOOPT+ subscription is now available for $8.99 per month, starting today, offering powerful Community Hosting and Invite privileges, along with our proprietary and immediately valuable features such as automated Community Collections. Join HOOPT+ Today and start unleashing a world of innovative new HOOPT features! 1. Fuel Your Private App: HOOPT is crafted by 20 life enthusiasts like you and serves only you. 100% personalized based on your inputs, private, ad-free, and funded by users via App Store subscriptions. 2. Community Hosting: Starting today, create, host, and enhance your vibrant communities with ease and peace of mind. Secure unique community IDs, use invite links, and apply to become a Founding Community Launch Partner to help shape the feature roadmap. Please note that non-host community members invited are not required to have a HOOPT+ subscription to be an active member of your community. 3. Step into HOOPT+: Access innovative new features such as SmartDiary, MeetMe and Ai+. Quickly create custom lists and share them externally. Use HOOPT on iPad and Desktop, and many more jewels as we roll them out the rest of 2024! Regular Business: This update includes ongoing bug fixes, performance improvements, and enhancements to security and scalability. What's Upcoming: 1. Get ready for our initial batch of fun animations! 2. Guided Onboarding w/ Checklist & Super Awesome How-To Pages. 3. Map Improvements & Major Google Integration. Thank you for being an active part of the app and journey we are creating! The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, Our transition out of BETA and into our new home on the App Store is progressing smoothly. YaY! Please remember, our final transition date is June 15, 2024, when we will officially shut down HOOPT BETA. Until then, you can use both versions concurrently, but we strongly recommend switching completely to the App Store version, as that is where our future updates and enhancements will be released. Note: Please delete HOOPT BETA after transition. You do not need to keep Test Flight unless you wish to test drive new HOOPT features or join HOOPT+ early. What's New & Exciting : 1- You Asked, We Delivered: Now see total HOOPTer counts for places, movies, and books, and get distance measurements (up to 250m) added to all search results! 2- Seamless Transition: Personal and Group invite links have moved from HOOPT BETA to the App Store version. Your invites will now direct new users to download the App Store version. 3- Hello Verifications: We love seeing verifications left and right—critical to keep you and our platform super secure, ensuring that it’s filled with real, authentic, life-loving humans. Regular Business: This update includes ongoing bug fixes, performance improvements, and enhancements to security and scalability. What's Upcoming: 1- Get ready for our initial batch of fun animations! 2- User Onboarding Checklist & Super Awesome Help Articles/How-To Pages. 3- Map Improvements & Major Google Integration. Thank you for being an active part of the app and journey we are creating! The HOOPT Team

Dear HOOPTers, Our transition out of BETA and into our new home on the App Store is progressing smoothly. YaY! Please remember, our final transition date is June 15, 2024, when we will officially shut down HOOPT BETA. Until then, you can use both versions concurrently, but we strongly recommend switching completely to the App Store version, as that is where our future updates and enhancements will be released. Note: Please delete HOOPT BETA after transition. You do not need to keep Test Flight unless you wish to test drive new HOOPT features or join HOOPT+ early. What's New & Exciting : 1- You Asked, We Delivered: Now see total HOOPTer counts for places, movies, and books, and get distance measurements (up to 250m) added to all search results! 2- Seamless Transition: Personal and Group invite links have moved from HOOPT BETA to the App Store version. Your invites will now direct new users to download the App Store version. 3- Hello Verifications: We love seeing verifications left and right—critical to keep you and our platform super secure, ensuring that it’s filled with real, authentic, life-loving humans. Regular Business: This update includes ongoing bug fixes, performance improvements, and enhancements to security and scalability. What's Upcoming: 1- Get ready for our initial batch of fun animations! 2- User Onboarding Checklist & Super Awesome Help Articles/How-To Pages. 3- Map Improvements & Major Google Integration. Thank you for being an active part of the app and journey we are creating! The HOOPT Team

Help articles, onboarding components, bug fixes, and performance improvements toward our official off-BETA date of June 15, 2024.