📢 Release Notes - v2.3.0
✨ New Features
🖼️ Image Previews in Chat
- Direct links to public images and GIFs can now appear as previews in SheevChat, the Chat dock, Mobile/Tablet view, Mod dashboard, and built-in Chat overlays.
- App chat and broadcast overlays have separate preview controls, so you can choose exactly where shared images appear.
- GIF previews stay compact while preserving their original shape, keeping busy chats easy to follow.
🔴 Connect Additional YouTube Livestreams
- You can now manually connect another active YouTube livestream using its video ID or URL.
- Messages from multiple connected broadcasts are combined in SheevChat for easier event and collaboration management.
- Manually connected streams appear as removable controls, making it simple to disconnect one stream or clear them all.
🎁 Recurring Giveaway Promotions
- Giveaways can now automatically post promotional messages to chat while they are running.
- Choose the promotion interval, platforms, and message for each giveaway.
- Promotion messages support giveaway details and update along with the active giveaway.
🔧 Improvements
🟣 Richer Twitch Chat
- Twitch chat now has improved support for badges, name colors, replies, shared-chat messages, and emotes.
- Native GIPHY content from Twitch can now display directly in supported chat views.
- Twitch messages have a more reliable fallback so chat continues appearing if the richer message source is temporarily unavailable.
💳 Cleaner Twitch Credits
- Improved how Prime subscriptions are handled in Credits to prevent duplicate or misleading subscription entries.
🎨 Overlay Builder
- Discarding unsaved Overlay Builder changes now uses a clearer, accessible in-app confirmation window.
🔄 To receive the update, simply launch SheevChat or right-click the system tray icon and choose _Check for Updates_.