Changelog

More reliable audio exports.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent songs from saving as MP3, M4A or WAV.

Go from a beat or a guide straight to recording in your browser, with lyrics that save and better search.

• Record over any beat right in your browser. The beat menu opens Studio with that beat.
• The tools page links recording, beats and lyrics, grouped by what you want to make.
• Guides for recording in your browser.

• Open a track in Music House to remix it, with your vocals. See what you can make in the Music House changelog.
• Settings has Do Not Sell or Share.
• Ads no longer interrupt a playing track or an open sheet.

• Open a track in Music House to remix it, with your vocals. See what you can make in the Music House changelog.
• Settings has Privacy Choices, with Do Not Sell or Share.
• Studio: brighter waveform lanes and a loop toggle in the top bar.

• Producers: start or manage your Drop Club from the menu on your profile.
• Fewer pop-ups the first time you open the app.
• Profiles load cleanly, with no empty stats.

• Producers: start or manage your Drop Club from the menu on your profile.
• Home opens on Featured Tracks, with tabs for Featured Tracks, Featured Beats, For You and Followed Artists.
• Profiles have a full-bleed header and cleaner tabs, and load without empty stats.

• A fresh Discover with challenges up top.
• My Playlists on the Beats tab, with Liked Beats and New Playlist.
• Drop Club: see what each club is about and join in a tap. Producers can start or manage theirs from their profile.

• A fresh Discover with featured picks and challenges up top.
• My Playlists on the Beats tab, with your Liked Beats and New Playlist.
• Drop Club: see what each producer's club is about and join in a tap. Producers can start or manage their club from their profile.

Creators in the Creator Squad beta get their own portal to submit videos, get feedback and track earnings.

• Creator Squad portal: sign in with Rapchat, follow the trial steps, submit original videos and live post links, and see feedback and earnings.
• 30 example videos for inspiration.

Browse every beat collection on the web, with new playlist and challenge artwork.

• Browse all fourteen beat collections, through Community Picks, in the same order as the app.
• New artwork for playlists and challenges.
• Story and Feed images you share include your artwork.

• New Home cards: announcements, suggested artists to follow, and a card to share your profile, with Apps We Love in one compact row.
• Gold Pass: watch one ad each week to unlock an hour of Rapchat Gold.
• Email sign-in links: already have an account? We can email you a link to sign in.

• Watching an ad to unlock vocal effects no longer reports unavailable when the ad is already loading or the automatic ad limit has been reached.

Messages show the newest reply, load all your conversations and keep unread counts right.

• Conversations show the newest reply, and you can load past the first 50.
• Unread counts cover your whole inbox, and opening a thread clears it.
• If messages fail to load, you can try again.

• Performance improvements, and your data is cleared from ad partners when you log out.

• Joining and managing a Drop Club opens signed in, and your membership updates as soon as you close the club page.
• Launch fixes.

• Turn product news and offer emails on or off in Settings > Notifications.
• Plays now count when you switch tracks while something is already playing.

• Start a community challenge right from a beat.
• See which songs are Boosted in For You, and run up to 5 Boosts at once.
• Comment previews show when a comment is pinned.

Cypher is in beta: pass the mic with up to four other artists, record together and post the song to Rapchat.

• Cypher (beta) at rapchat.com/cypher: one host and up to four artists pass the mic, record full-quality takes, then export the song or post it to Rapchat.
• Song and beat owners can pin a comment.
• Choose which Rapchat emails you get in Settings > Notifications.

• Project invite links show the project name, cover and who invited you.
• A new What's New row in Settings shows what changed in each update.
• VoiceOver reads the Studio record and play buttons and the feed controls.

• Fixed Studio crashes when recording, changing effects, and editing or duplicating segments.
• Sign in with Apple on the login screen no longer shows "Sign In Failed" before signing you in.
• Project invites open over other screens, invite links always open the invite, and "Not Now" no longer leaves the app unresponsive.

• Gold Pass: watch one ad each week to unlock an hour of Rapchat Gold.
• Profile videos in the feed: videos from a profile open in the full-screen video feed.
• Apps We Love: a new section featuring other awesome apps.

Video songs play right on their page, and sign-in brings you back to where you were.

• Video songs play on their page, with seek, sound, fullscreen and retry.
• Public profiles show your links, including TikTok.
• Like, comment or sign up from a beat and you return to that beat after sign-in.

• A smoother first-run experience when you set up Rapchat.
• Better vocal timing in Studio.
• More reliable uploads, with recovery when something goes wrong.

Beat owners can edit titles and artwork on rapchat.com, and joining a Drop Club is clearer.

• Edit a beat's title and artwork from its page. If you need to sign in first, you land back on the editor.
• Drop Club Join buttons are easier to spot and fit long names.
• The Drop Club Join dialog stays open while checkout starts, and you can retry if it fails.

• Studio effects and editing feel steadier, including saving your own presets with Save As.
• Exports and mastering finish more reliably, and a song is only marked as saved once the file is really ready.
• Older saved projects open with their beats in place.

• Recording handles Bluetooth headphones and microphone changes more smoothly.
• Freestyle Video opens the camera more reliably.
• Videos you add keep the right orientation.

• Drop Club on profiles: discover an artist's Drop Club right from their profile.
• Apps We Love has compact cards and quick app previews.
• Better microphone and audio-route settings in Studio.

• Freestyle Video: open Create and tap Record Freestyle Video. Record over a beat or acapella, watch it back, retake if you want, then post to Rapchat.
• For You video feed: swipe through performances in For You, New and Following. Tap the beat on any video to record your own take over it.
• Inbox shortcuts: jump straight to Activity, DMs, Collab Invites, Notification Settings and Message Settings, and mark everything read at once.

• Freestyle video feed: watch, like, comment on and share freestyle videos in a full-screen feed, and start your own from there.
• Boosts: boost your songs to reach more listeners.
• Message Settings: choose who can message you: everyone, verified artists and people you follow, or only people you follow.