Glint update: friend codes, room invites and a tidier top menu

Last week Glint got friends. This update is about the two things that came up most since then: finding each other, and getting each other into the same room. You now have a friend code you can say out loud, and you can invite a friend into your room the way you’d invite them to a game. The invite lands in their messages as a card with your room’s picture and a Join button.

What’s new in this update?

What	Where to find it	What it does
Friend codes	Bottom of the Friends panel	A short code like Mia#3f2a that anyone can type to find you
Add a friend	Top of the Friends panel	Type a friend code or paste a friend link
Room invites	Friends panel, a friend’s card, or your chat with them	Your friend gets a card with your room and a Join button
Top right menu	My Spaces	New, Friends, notifications and your account in one place
Friend link page	When someone opens your friend link	Shows who invited them, with one clear next step
Messages	The Friends panel	A cleaner look, and GIFs that open on what’s trending
iPhone app	The next App Store update	Friends, messages, notifications, friend codes and room invites

What is a friend code?

It’s your name plus four characters, like Mia#3f2a, the way game accounts have a tag. You’ll find yours at the bottom of the Friends panel with a Copy button next to it. A friend types it into Add a friend at the top of their panel, presses Find, and adds you from there. Capitals and the space before the # don’t matter. If two people happen to share a code, both show up and your friend picks the right one.

Friend links still work too. Copy friend link sits right under your code, and Make a new link retires the old one if it ended up somewhere it shouldn’t.

How do I invite a friend to my room?

While you’re in a room, open Friends and every friend has an Invite button. You can also open a friend’s card and choose Invite to your room, or tap Invite Leo to Tea and tiny projects above the message box when you’re chatting with them.

Your friend gets a card in their messages with your room’s picture, its name and a Join room button. If you’re still in the room, the card says so with a little green dot, so they know someone is waiting. If they’re online they also get a pop up, and on the iPhone app a notification that says which room.

Invites follow the same rules as your room’s link. From a public room or a link room, anyone in it can invite their friends. In a private room only you, the owner, can invite, and your invite lets your friend in without any extra link. If the room is deleted later, the card says it isn’t available anymore.

What changed on My Spaces?

The buttons in the top right are now one small menu: New, Friends, notifications and your account, side by side. It works the same on phones, and new requests and notifications show right on their icons.

What happens when someone opens my friend link?

They land on a proper page instead of a bare card: your avatar as a little sticker on the Glint gradient, your name, and one clear button. Someone without an account can sign up and comes right back to add you. If you already sent them a request, the page offers Accept, and once you’re friends it offers Message instead. An old or retired link says so, and suggests asking for a new one or for your friend code.

What’s new in messages?

Messages got the same look as the rest of Glint. The GIF picker now opens on trending GIFs instead of an empty search, and searches as you type. Room invites show up here as cards, and your list of conversations says Room invite with the room’s name, so they’re easy to spot.

Is this on the iPhone app too?

Yes. The iPhone update with friends, messages, notifications, friend codes and room invites is with Apple for review, and arrives as soon as it’s approved. On the iPhone you invite friends from Invite a friend in the room menu, and invites from your friends show up as the same cards.

Is it free?

Yes. Friends, friend codes, messages and room invites are free for everyone, like the rest of Glint. Open app.glint.so, share your friend code and invite someone over.