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Last updated: 2026-08-24 · Android 0.1.475
Live chat
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Product highlights only — not every commit. Newest first. Peer-to-peer video, no classic account, free social score (not money).
Latest · August 2026
Android 0.1.475 · Start diamond · Friends Blocked
- Start — sits on the gold diamond between ruletka.me and Chat Roulette. Stop and Next stay hidden until you press Start.
- Friends — Chats · Calls · Blocked. Calls: Add / Block / Report. Friends: Message. Blocked: on-device face thumbs, tap to unblock.
- Android 0.1.475 — sideload from Downloads. Play listing is a separate AAB you upload in Console.
2v2 2×2 · leave on Stop · Android 0.1.471
- 2v2 — four equal tiles: their pair on top, you + teammate on the bottom. Swipe only the other pair (Next pair). Toggle still switches to a 4-column row.
- Stop / refresh — Stop or closing the tab tells the others you left. On Android, partner Stop goes to Next instead of a frozen last frame.
- Let’s Go — Find-3rd invite taps immediately (was eating the first press).
- 3-way — extra cameras kick sooner; gift effects stay on the person you gifted. Linking can still take a few seconds — no “fixed connect” claim.
- Android 0.1.471 — same 2v2 2×2, Stop→Next, Let’s Go. Sideload from Downloads. Play listing is a separate AAB.
Flags · Start 3D · Android 0.1.459
- Flags & location — your tile shows real country/city when Hide IP is off (not the costume flag). Hide IP on = costume flag only. “Location hidden” only with Hide IP. Partner chips use hub geo again.
- Start — arcade 3D pill on the gold diamond, gold pulse, Enter/Space, swipe left/right to Start (no red wash). Your name/flag autohide; hover your tile to see them. Partner loc stays.
- Linking — “Linking cameras” drops when we hear you or see a frame (no-cam laptop too). Same-WiFi still uses relay. No “fixed connect” claim.
- Connect — TURNS on 443 still (TLS). Mux is HAProxy so the hub sees your real IP (flags work). Russia without VPN still needs a real phone test.
- Android 0.1.459 — same geo rules, rematch offers apply, extra Add-friend in 2v2, landscape stack, 3D bars/fence. Sideload from Downloads.
2v2 hunt · TURNS 443 · Stop idle
- Find 3rd — a pair hunting a 3rd can match one person (2v1) or another pair that also accepted Find 3rd (2v2). Fourth from a live 3-way is still Call / Invite 4th. Never 5 people.
- 2v2 stage — your pair on one row, their pair on the other. Stop is Leave (not “Leave 3rd”). Next is Next pair. Smaller name chips. Phone landscape stacks tiles (needs a new APK to see).
- Stop — after a 1v1, the left tile goes back to the brand loop and Start, not a leftover black camera. Hard-refresh the live page.
- Connect — TURNS also on port 443 (TLS, same site) so some networks that block UDP still get cameras. Russia without VPN still needs a real phone test. Same-WiFi still uses relay.
- Linking — still working on a faster “I see you” feel. No “fixed connect” claim.
Groups of 4 · live as home
- Groups — 3-way and 2v2 (two friend pairs). A 4th person joins only when someone in the group Calls a friend in. Never 5 people. Friend calls stay 1v1 until Find 3rd is accepted.
- Live is the site — opening ruletka.me goes straight to chat. The old homepage is in Settings → About ruletka.
- Friends — online-now strip (tap to Call); incoming requests at the top of the list; one Add-by-code path.
- Settings — Lobby shows who’s online and who’s waiting. Hide / Blur them is the same glass frost over the live camera (not a pixel smear).
- Disco — hanging ball, pulsing color beams, floor spots. Face stays a hole so you can still see them.
- Android 0.1.457 — Invite a friend as 4th from a 3-way; party-full at 4 people; join-group copy. Sideload from Downloads.
- Linking — still working on a faster “I see you” feel. Same-WiFi still uses relay. No “fixed connect” claim.
Gifts that move · tap ★
- Gifts — balloons rise; snow, confetti, and flowers drift; disco is a hanging ball with color beams; spotlight sweeps. Face stays visible.
- Tap their photo or ★ — you spend 3★, they get 1★, shooting-star comet. Please stay lives in Partner actions (tap their face).
- Friend call — stays 1v1 until someone invites Find 3rd and the other accepts.
- Live chrome — partner timer moved to bottom-left (autohides); friend code now sits under Trusted; your name and ★ stay on your own camera.
- Android 0.1.456 — disco club overlay, friend-request Accept/Decline, call avatars, your photo in Settings.
- Linking — still working on a faster “I see you” feel. Same-WiFi still uses relay. No “fixed connect” claim.
3-way, gifts & feel
- 3-way — extra cameras kick sooner; mid tile paints as soon as video exists; gifts land on the face you tap; swipe the 3rd person to drop only them.
- Gifts — Heart inflates and pops; Flowers as a double garland; Crown with five equal tips; Spotlight cone (no yellow ring); gift sounds at 10%.
- Partner ★ — chip shows the larger of wallet and reputation (not empty Rep when they have spendable ★).
- Android 0.1.439 — faster taps, swipe Start video to search, debate without raw JSON, 3-way gift routing.
- Web — Space starts search; partner actions compact (icon · name · cost); Heart in the menu.
- Linking — still working on a faster “I see you” feel. Same-WiFi still uses relay. No “fixed connect” claim.
Cleaner live stage
- Cleaner live — no top bar; mid-tile name/★ only; fullscreen chip gone on 1v1 and 3-way.
- Mute mark — speaker + red ban on the person who muted you; your corner preview stays.
- Add friend card — closes after 5 seconds if you don’t tap.
- Android 0.1.416 — mute mark on who muted; Play/internal build path unchanged (do not invent Play ship).
- Linking — still working on faster “I see you” feel. Same-WiFi still uses relay. No “fixed connect” claim.
Call stability, swipe & polish
- Fewer random drops — multi-retry ICE soft recover before hangup; resume when you return to the tab or come back online.
- Swipe to next — optional left/right swipe on partner video (Settings → Match prefs). Coach tip, edge glow, haptic, short Undo.
- 14 languages — Czech, Bulgarian, Serbian, Arabic (RTL) plus existing packs.
- Identity chips — flag → country → city, then name below; ★ + avatar top-right; fullscreen control near the header.
- Deploys mid-call — P2P video keeps going if the hub restarts; UI soft-reloads when you’re idle.
- Android 0.1.1 — Play internal test AAB (versionCode 8); hub + 14 languages wired in the app packs.
Location, multi-party & post-call
- Real location chips — flag → country → city from hub IP geo (not GPS). Hide my IP → cosmetic flag only.
- Smarter geo — multi-provider vote + ISP site hints (e.g. Calgary vs wrong metro tags).
- Multi-party — clearer Next/role copy; extra streams auto-downscale; leave/reshape fixes for 2v2 and 3v1.
- Post-call cards — star review → Add friend; Report with reason picker.
- Stars sheet — taller Overview; Status shows full numbers; map copy wraps cleanly.
- Social score language — status & soft rank (not “report ×N ban power”); Hide IP off by default.
Server hardening
- Firewall — deny-by-default; only SSH, HTTPS, and TURN open.
- SSH — keys only; fail2ban on login storms.
- Deploy user — non-root account for day-to-day ops.
- Backups — daily data backups + off-box pull script.
Live chat · August 2026
Live chat UX
- 3-way / multi-party layout — vertical stack + equal grid toggle.
- Compose dock — partner chat pinned to the viewport bottom in stack mode.
- Camera & identity — local tile nesting fixed; name/flag/avatar stay above video.
- Remember devices — last camera, mic, speaker, and volume across visits.
- Audio modes — low-delay vs noise-reduction; multi-peer NS/AGC for parties.
- History Block — block past partners without a live call.
- Friend invites — share links open live; last-partner popup can Add friend.
Stars & reputation
Social score v2
- Dual system — Balance (gifts) vs Trust (peer ★ only). Hour bonuses raise balance, not trust.
- Status ladder — New / Known / Trusted / Senior (not “reporter ban power”).
- Social map — balance, trust, gifters, decay, soft match-rank.
- Gift unlock bar — mid-chat ★ progress next to the timer.
- Thanks — post-chat Thanks/vouch without minting trust.
- Mutual bonds — friends list ★↔ / 🙏↔; bonded friends sorted first.
Stars foundation
- Post-chat gifts — after long chats, gift ★ once per person.
- Hour reward — both get +1★ balance after a full hour together.
- Spend gifts — hearts, bars, flowers, balloons, confetti, fireworks, Please stay.
- Soft match rank — Trusted/Senior lightly preferred when the lobby is busy.
- Never for sale — stars stay hub-side; profile export never includes balances.
Safety
Brigade-resistant reports
- Stars ≠ ban guns — auto-bans use independent reporters, not star weight.
- Higher consensus — explicit needs 3 reports; spam/other need 4; underage stays 1.
- Mutual feud — A↔B report wars don’t auto-ban either side.
- Raid soft-handle — spike windows cap permanent escalate.
Mobile
Android & store path
- Expo app — WebRTC media; stranger prefs, report/block, friends, call.
- Stars on mobile — gifts, rate prompt, profile backup.
- App Links — Universal Links / Android App Links for friend invites.
- i18n — full packs including new Slavic languages + Arabic.
- Play testing — production AAB 0.1.1 (versionCode 8) for internal track.
Core product
Chat roulette foundations
- P2P WebRTC — video browser-to-browser; hub for match + signaling only.
- No classic account — browser identity + export/import profile.
- Friends — codes, requests, DMs, call when online; party paths.
- Safety tools — Next, Block, Report, blur-first, optional NSFW skip.
- Hide my IP — TURN relay-only when you want path privacy.
- Languages — 14 UI languages at full parity.
- Helpers — desktop island ZIPs for a private chat node.
Report issues with in-app Report during a call.