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New Emojis - Most Wanted 3

Download GroupMe’s latest emoji pack for free! We have our favorite (melting face, ahem) but don’t let us sway you. Try them out today and let us know which ones express you best!

#emojis #groupme

Take control of your groups

Last summer we launched Campus Connect, a new feature that makes it easier than ever to connect with your classmates. Now, we’re giving you the tools to manage who can join your groups.

Starting today, you can enable Request to join on your groups. With this enabled, when someone tries to join you group either via a join link, QR code, or Campus Connect, an admin will have to approve their membership first.

But wait, you say - how will I know who these people are and if I should let them in? We’re glad you asked! You can also set a join question for your group - when someone requests to join your group, you can require they answer a question first, from “Why do you want to join?” to “What’s the secret password?” Maybe you judge them by their favorite GroupMe emoji. It’s up to you!

With all these new features, creating a group with everything set up just right can be a little tough - so we’re also introducing a new, easier group creation process. Everything you need, all in one place.

Now back to class #)

#GroupMe #backtoschool #groups #newfeatures

What’s new with GroupMe

Hi there! Been a long time since we posted updates here, so we wanted to let you know what we’ve been up to.

Skype Calls

You can now create Skype calls from your GroupMe chats! Just tap the Skype button in the chat header and send the link to your friends. No sign up or account required!

Want to schedule your call for later? We’ve got you covered there too! Just tap Add Skype call link while creating an event in GroupMe and a Skype call link will be included in your event.

Message Search

Need to find that meme from last month? Forget a link someone sent you? Just search! Searching from your chat list now searches your recent messages as well as group titles.

If what you’re looking for wasn’t recent, you can search an individual conversation’s history as well. Just open the chat and choose Search messages from the menu.

Sharing

Over the past few months we’ve enhanced what you can share with GroupMe.

Share up to 10 images or gifs with each message

You can now attach additional file types

Share longer videos

We’ve got lots more good stuff coming, stay tuned. Enjoy #)

#search #skype #groupme

Document Sharing is here.

Today, we’re releasing the ability to share any document with your group. Whether you want to share your Chem lab syllabus, your BBQ shopping list, or expense spreadsheet from your travels so everyone pays up, GroupMe has you covered.

Document Sharing is rolling out today across iPhones, iPads, Android and Windows 10 devices and on the web. You can share documents up to 50MB in size and from any local or cloud storage provider you prefer like OneDrive, Dropbox or GoogleDrive. On iPhones and iPads we’ve rolled out Dropbox support and will soon offer OneDrive and GoogleDrive as well. Your files will stay on GroupMe as long as you want and you can back them up wherever you’d like.

Give it a go and for any questions reach out to us via [email protected].

Don’t have GroupMe? Get GroupMe for Windows 10, iPhone, iPad, Android or use from the web.

#GroupMe DocumentSharing

GroupMe is now available on your Windows 10 PC

Today, we’re releasing GroupMe for Windows 10 PCs. The app includes all the features you love, so you can goof off with your friends, check in to see what everyone is up to and make plans to hang out right from your desktop.

Anytime you’re not staring at your mobile phone (primarily because you can’t always be glued to it in class or at work), GroupMe is available on the bigger screen as well. Shhh, don’t tell anyone.

By the way, if you don’t have a Windows 10 PC, no worries, you can use GroupMe from the web. This comes in handy if you’re planning anything, so you can run multiple apps and tabs to chat about what you’ve discovered with your friends.

Enjoy!

#GroupMe #Windows 10

GroupMe for Windows 10 Mobile is here!

Hello, GroupMe users! We’ve got some exciting news to share - GroupMe is now available for Windows 10 mobile! You can get it from the Windows store here: http://aka.ms/groupmewin10

We’ve completely rewritten the app from the ground up for Windows 10. We think you’ll love it! The new app is built to integrate perfectly with your Windows 10 phone – you can quickly reply to messages with interactive notifications, share photos and links directly to GroupMe, seamlessly log in with your Microsoft account, and soon, you’ll even be able to see your GroupMe groups right in the People app!

We’ve included lots of the features you’ve come to know and love about GroupMe! Our exclusive emoji are here, along with your groups, direct messages, photo sharing, memeing, animated GIFs, and more.

We are still hard at work, and will be bringing you all of the features you love from the other GroupMe apps, like photo gallery, video sharing, @mentions, and calendar. Stay tuned #) Team GroupMe

#windows 10 #GroupMe

The semester is almost half way over and you know what that means, SPRING BREAK! Use GroupMe to decide on a location, set the date in the Calendar, coordinate travel plans, and share the excitement.

We’ll be on campuses, giving away FREE SWAG, including sun glasses, Xboxes, and frisbees. Whether we visit your campus or not, you’ll also have the chance to win a FREE Spring Break!

To enter the sweepstakes,

TAKE A PIC of your Spring Break group

TAG IT #groupme #beachbreak #sweeps

SEND IT to @groupme on Twitter or Instagram

So get your Spring Break group together on GroupMe and check out all of the Spring Breakers on https://groupme.com/BeachBreak

University of California, Santa Barbara

Date: 3/6/2015

Location: Lot 22 Patio

Cal State University Long Beach

Date: 3/9/2015

Location: In front of the bookstore

UCLA

Date: 3/10/201

Location: Bruin Plaza

University of Southern California

Date: 3/12/2015

Location: USC Noontime Show

San Diego State University

Date: 3/17/2015

Location: Camponile Walkway

UNLV

Date: 3/19/2015

Location: Pida Plaza

Introducing Calendar. We are thrilled to announce our newest feature to help groups stay together. Whether organizing get-togethers among friends, coordinating meetings in a club, reminding families about annual bbq’s, Calendar helps you keep connected with your group.

Organizing group events can be a really cumbersome process. Since you’re already using GroupMe to talk about upcoming events, Calendar event invites alleviate the constant back and forth, while providing an easy way to keep the group organized and everyone in-the-know. Send an invite to your group, set up automatic reminders, keep track of who is going, and view all of your group’s events in a single place.

Here’s how it works:

Then,

And,

Whether you’re an organizer or attendee, GroupMe Calendar is a simple way to schedule events with all the groups in your life.

Download it now:

iOS , Android, WP

xo

Team GroupMe

Oh, hey, gorgeous. Don’t look behind you! We’re talking to you...and the brand new GroupMe for iOS.

We're excited to release the 5.0 version of our iOS app with a new design and features that are beautiful, simple, and fun.

Adorable…

An emoji is the response to a friend’s message? Now, it appears even larger to give your emoji-only messages some extra punch.

Popular...

Keep track of messages that you like and the most-liked messages in your group chats with “Popular”. Relive the hysterical, sentimental, or simply awesome moments shared in your group.

Smart...

One tap creation of a group or direct message? Check.

Ability to block people? Check.

Direct message someone right from your contact list? Check.

View which groups you share with someone? Check.

All these new features in addition to your favorites (we know sending GIFs during fantasy football season is clutch) are available today!

Download now

xoxo

Team GroupMe

Happy Back to School! You are happy, right? Who needs entire days of hanging out by the pool, sleeping in on weekdays, and balmy 80 degree weather? Over it. We’re super excited about new text books, all-nighters, clubs/organizations, and of course, being reunited with school friends.

We know that you might use GroupMe to stay connected with your fraternity, sorority, and athletic team, but here’s a list of groups in your life that you might want to keep in touch with as you return to campus:

- Family: Remember those people who you ask for money when you’re at school? Oh yeahhhh. Your parents. They want to hear what’s going on in your life...and if they’re invited to Parents Weekend.

- Clubs: Maybe your club meets every week...or every semester. Be in-the-know about meeting times, events, and what you can do to make it the most successful year ever for your organization.

- Dormmates: You’re in the best.dorm.ever. Decide when to grab dinner, which dining hall to go to, or if it’s just going to be a Domino’s night.

- Study Group: Midterms creep up before you know it. Keep up with all of your work by having a study group for your classes.

- Roommates: Is it your turn to take out the trash? Probs. Make sure that your room or apartment is, um, habitable. Whether it’s heading to the party together or dividing up chores, with GroupMe, everyone is on the same page.

- Hometown friends: Make new friends, but keep the old. Don’t wait until Thanksgiving to see what’s going on in your friends’ lives.

As you head back to class, we want to wish everyone a happy, healthy, productive school year.

xo

Team GroupMe #)

It’s Emoji Day! In honor of the most important day this summer, excluding Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, the day you start your vacation, sign a new apartment lease, visit your grandparents, and, oh yeah, actually make it to the pool….Ok, in honor of maybe the 8th most important day this summer, we’re celebrating our exclusive emoji (which also turn 1 year old today)!

For a highly amusing and entertaining interpretation of Beyonce’s Drunk in Love using only GroupMe’s exclusive emoji, check out

Drunk In Emoji from GroupMe on Vimeo.

. Thank you to Jesse Hill for the inspiration behind this video, and of course, Queen Bey.

We have hundreds of emoji with which to express yourselves. Here are some of Team GroupMe's favorites:

Let us know what your favorite emoji are!

Happy Birthday, GroupMe emoji! Happy Emoji Day!

We are excited to announce that sharing on GroupMe just got easier. We are partnering with If This Then That (IFTTT), a service that connects different apps and services, such as Instagram, ESPN, DropBox, and GroupMe to each other. Now you can automatically share content from these apps directly to specified groups on GroupMe.

Here are just some of the fun ways to use IFTTT:

Let ESPN tell your friends know when a game starts and send updated scores.

Don’t make your family and friends plead for your vacation photos. Send Instagram photos of your latest excursions to the people who matter most.

Always have the latest revisions. Coworkers can share their public Dropbox files so that everyone has the most up-to-date documents.

Never forget another team practice, meeting...or happy hour. A Google Calendar notification of upcoming events keeps your group on track.

Send and share images and articles from Pocket, Instapaper, and Readability to any of your groups.

You can also combine recipes:

SMS => Google Calendar => GroupMe allows you to create a Google calendar event via text message then share that event with your group!

Getting Started:

Sign up for an account at IFTTT.com

Click on any of the above examples to get started

Authorize IFTTT to post messages in GroupMe by logging into GroupMe when prompted

Enjoy!

Team GroupMe #)

Say it like 'gift'. Jk, we're not going to get into that right now.

When it comes to communicating over the internet with friends, the gif is one of the most enjoyable ways for us to express ourselves. So a few weeks ago, when we decided that the next big feature to come to GroupMe would be gif search, our faces were all:

After a lot of hard work, we're proud to annouce that gif search is available today on iOS (we even took it a step further by adding video and image search into the mix as well). We call it Media Search. Head to the App Store and install the lastest version of GroupMe to give it a try.

Building Media Search

So how did this all go down?

First, we partnered up with Giphy and Bing to provide the best gif, image, and video search experience:

Next, the design team came up with the fresh designs:

The dev team met with the product manager to review the designs and plan out the work:

After that, it was time for coding:

Some people even worked through their lunch break:

When the new feature was completed, it ran through the QA gauntlet to make sure it was bug free:

We managed to find a few bugs, but the team squashed them with ease:

Next up, we submitted the app to Apple and patiently waited:

And when the app was finally approved:

How does Media Search work?

Tap the attachments to reveal the new Search button.

Tap the Search button and the new media search will slide up with today's most popular gifs front and center. With a swipe to the left or right, you can also browse through images and videos.

If you're looking for something specific, tap the search input at the top and start typing. We'll give you some search suggestions to make it that much easier.

Hit search on your keyboard to see your results and tap one you like to get a full screen view.

If you're happy with what you see, tap the checkmark to continue.

Your gif is ready to go, but maybe add some witty text first?

Last thing to do is hit send.

We hope you have fun with Media Search. Give it a try and let us know what you think!

Hey there, Android users! We want to let you in a on a little secret…we’ve been working on completely redesigning our Android app and we want YOU to help us test it!

We’re not quite finished building out this version, but here’s what you can expect starting today:

GroupMeme - meme or re-meme images uploaded to the chat

See GIFs animated (up to 3mb) sent from your gallery or via a link

Save GIFs your friends send in the chat to your gallery

Use GroupMe direct messages to have private one-on-one messages with any of your friends using the app - find the full list in your Contacts

Clear chat history for groups and direct messages

Explore your Chats Archive

Major improvements to battery usage, notifications, emoji download, picture sending, and generally just more awesome all around

And coming soon:

Robust in-app notifications

Links to Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo and more will display the content in the chat

The ability to change your phone number and email address within the app

Improved registration and PIN delivery

Support for 22 languages

+ lots more!

You'll need to sign up for GroupMe to try out the beta. Already use GroupMe? Here's how to get access:

FIRST join this Google+ community

SECOND become a tester. If you get an error on this page, make sure you've joined the community first!

THIRD check for an update to GroupMe in the Play Store on your device. Be patient - it may take a little while for you to see the update.

Then, just login with your email and password and start using the app. You can invite your friends to join the beta community too! Feel free to post on the G+ community with any and all feedback you have. We want to make this the best version of GroupMe yet and we can only do that with your help.

Thanks!

Love, Team GroupMe #)

It's a holiday miracle! We just released the newest version of our iPhone app with some really great new features for you and your friends.

First off, there's premium emoji. Now, you can access even more exclusive emoji packs!

There's the Most Wanted Pack, available for 99 cents, which includes all the most-requested emojis from the last few months.

Then there's South Park, with plenty of faces from Cartman, Kenny, and the rest of the gang.

Finally, we've got packs for fans of the University of Alabama and the University of Texas. Don't see your favorite team represented? Send us the schools you want to see next!

Don't worry, we'll still give you lots of free emoji packs! Only certain packs will be available for purchase. Premium emoji is available today on iPhone, and will be coming to our other platforms in the near future.

Today's iPhone update also includes the ability to add nearby users to groups. Now, the app can automatically find people near you who are also using GroupMe. It's perfect for starting groups with your classmates, or with people you meet at conferences! Just tap the add member button, and nearby users' avatars will appear at the top.

That's today's iPhone update; we hope you like it! Send us your feedback anytime: [email protected].

Ever tried to find an old photo someone shared in a group? You can scroll back forever and ever and eventually it's just not worth it.

Here's a tip: just use our handy gallery view! It's a quick and easy way to see every photo ever shared in any group. From our web app, just click the Photo Gallery button in the details panel, and boom — you've got quick access to all your group's photos.

In our iPhone and Android apps, pull over to the right drawer. Then hit the photo icon (iPhone) or tap "Gallery" (Android) to see them all.

Hopefully this helps you find some old memories to dig up and share with your friends. Have fun!

Start a group for Thanksgiving and we'll give a dollar to help feed families in need.

Whether you’re traveling thousands of miles to see your family or just hanging out with friends, GroupMe is the perfect way to plan your Thanksgiving and stay connected to the people who are most important to you.

Plus, once again we're using this holiday as an opportunity to give back to our home, New York City. For each new group created between today and next Friday (11/29) with the word Thanksgiving in the group name, we'll donate $1 to a local food bank, up to a maximum of 5000 groups. For every $1 donated, 5 meals can be provided to New Yorkers in need. With your help, we'll help thousands of hungry families this holiday season.

Try starting a group now and adding everyone who’ll be at your Thanksgiving feast this year. Whether they’re coming from near or far, you'll always be in the know: who’s arriving when and who’s bringing what. Maybe you'll even be able to avoid that thing where everyone brings brussels sprouts.

PLUS: Our new pack of Thanksgiving emojis is out, and they are awesome. Spread the holiday spirit with these (mostly food-related) little guys.

Note: you may have to scroll the bottom bar over in order to see the leaf icon!

From all of us on Team GroupMe, happy Thanksgiving!

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