What’s new in Samira

See all your landmarks

Your Sky now opens with all your landmarks, with the newest one in view.

Add a landmark from your Sky

Tap the lilac + at the top of your Sky to add a landmark.

Your baby’s age on every Growth photo

Growth photos now show your baby’s age on the day they were taken, whatever day that was.

Weeks, months or years

Show ages in weeks, months or years, or let Samira choose. Change this for a group of Growth photos or just one.

Things you might bring in

In NICU Mode, the Support page now has a few ideas for things you might bring into the NICU.

See photos in your Sky

Tap a star to see its photos without leaving the Sky. From a growth star, Go to Growth opens that photo series. Back to Sky returns you to the Sky.

Choose when your daily prompt arrives

Go to Settings and pick a time that works for you.

Calmer screens

We’ve simplified screens across the app and removed repeated wording.

Simpler screens and clearer wording

Answers and memories have consistent names across the app. The Add a photo button stays in view while you type. The Days home card on Today is now one line, with “?” for more information. Its progress bar is on the Days home page.

NICU Mode in Settings

Settings shows when NICU Mode is on.

Samira’s drawings in your book

Your book can begin each month with a seasonal drawing, based on the country you chose during setup.

A new Sky welcome

Open What’s new in Settings to see a celebratory new Sky welcome.

Photos from the Sky

Tap the birth star to open the day your baby was born. After you add a photo from a star, Samira returns you to the Sky with the updated photo count.

Fixes for saving

We’ve fixed a few saves that weren’t going through, including your choice of pages for your book.

Your version in Settings

Settings now shows which version of Samira you’re using.

Other small fixes

A round of small fixes to keep things running smoothly.

A new welcome to the Sky

Your first visit to the Sky now begins with a new animation.

Growth card photos

Your photo now appears behind the Ultrasound, Birth and Now cards, and “Just the baby” grows as you add photos. Growth stars in the Sky are easier to tell apart, and near-identical stars can be combined.

Calendar fixes

You can now swipe between months on the calendar, and tapping back keeps you in the month you were in.

Memories follow the photo’s date

When you add a photo, the memory date defaults to the day the photo was taken. Open “Edit your memory or date” to change the day or remove a photo.

Guesses

For people who start using the app before baby is born, once your baby is born, add the details and see who guessed closest.

Reminders for each parent

Each parent now gets their reminders, even if the other opened Samira first.

Other small fixes

A round of small fixes to keep things running smoothly.

Before your baby arrives

You can start a journal before your baby arrives, with questions for the weeks before the birth. When your baby arrives, tell Samira and your journal switches over.

Our Guesses

Write down your guesses before the birth. The page stays sealed until your baby arrives, and once you open it your guesses can appear in your book as a “Before We Met” chapter.

Invite your partner by email

Type your partner’s email address and Samira sends the invitation, then a reminder after a day and another after three days if they haven’t joined. If you have notifications on, Samira sends you a notice when they join. They can stop the reminders at any time.

A star for the day your baby was born

Once your baby is born, the Sky starts with a star for their birth date. Tap it to add a memory from that day.

Earlier versions of a memory are kept

When you edit a memory, Samira keeps the earlier version. Anyone who can read the memory sees that it was edited and can look at the history.

Memories on the right day

Choose which day a memory belongs to, so a photo from yesterday can land on yesterday.

Growth photos, easier to manage

You can change a growth photo’s date and reorder your series. Photos fade in as they load, and Samira tries again if one doesn’t load. Swiping and sharing are smoother too.

Ultrasounds and a growth series ready to go

You can add ultrasound photos to your growth collection’s “Before you arrived” section, and every journal now starts with a series ready for an ultrasound, a birth photo and one from today.

A plainer NICU question in setup

Setup now asks about the NICU with three choices: in the NICU now, was in the NICU and home now, or no NICU.

Days home

If you’re using the NICU features, Days home now counts your baby’s days at home and marks milestones—including your NICU Equinox, when they’ve been home as long as they were in the NICU. You can mark it with a photo and make a card to share.

Help adding Samira to your home screen

Get step-by-step help adding Samira to your phone’s home screen, with instructions for your phone and browser.

What’s new in Settings

Open What’s new in Settings to see the latest changes and past releases.

Give Samira a tap

Give her a tap whenever you see her and see what she does!

Add a landmark, faster

Type to find a landmark or name your own, or browse six everyday categories. In NICU Mode, NICU moments are there too.

Downloads include everything

Downloads include everything in the journal, even content from shared answers that haven’t been revealed to you yet.

A way to reach us

If Samira can’t let you in, the screen now shows how to email us.

Update 0.7.5.1 · October 6

Welcome emails in Jesse’s words

The welcome email and the gentle follow-up now use Jesse’s own words, along with a few small fixes.

A question for every day

Samira now plans a year of questions around your baby’s age and landmarks, and around the hospital stay if you use NICU Mode. You can pause daily questions anytime in Settings.

A friendlier first setup

Setup begins by asking what brings you to Samira, then sets up the journal to fit, including NICU Mode if it applies.

Settings, reorganized

Settings is now six short sections, each showing what’s set. Sign out is there too, and it asks first if a memory isn’t saved yet.

Growth photos in the Sky

Every growth photo gets a star in the Sky, and the photo from the day your baby was born gets a “Happy Birthday!” star. When you save a growth image, you can put the For scale photo on the left or right.

Your words wait for you

Words you start writing in a memory, today’s question or a landmark note stay on your device until you save, for up to two weeks, so a reload, a locked phone or a failed save won’t lose them. Photos aren’t kept.

A calmer Today

Questions you haven’t answered from earlier days are now compact, and you can swipe one to skip it, with Undo if you change your mind.

Samira answers when you tap her

Tap Samira the Star and she reacts. She might juggle, paint or look through a telescope.

Update 0.7.4.1 · October 6

A fix behind the scenes

Samira has a way to notice when something goes wrong for you. It wasn’t working until this update.