What’s New - February 2026

Written By Carlos Sandrea

Luna Chat — Conversational Goal Creation

  • Chat with Luna to create goals — Instead of a multi-step wizard, you now have a natural conversation with Luna. Tell her what you want to achieve, answer a few questions, and she builds a personalized plan.

  • Goal Picker — A new starting screen with popular goals, Browse by Interests (Health, Work, School, Social, Fun), and Browse by Skills (Focus, Organization, Emotions). Or just type your own.

  • Confidence Cards — After stating your goal, tap a card to tell Luna your experience level: Complete Beginner, Some Knowledge, or Ready for a Challenge. This shapes the plan complexity.

  • Blueprint Preview — Luna generates a multi-phase plan (Learning, Practicing, Mastery) and shows it as a tappable card in the chat. Tap "View" to open the full Blueprint Drawer with every step, duration, and support level.

  • Step Selection Cards — Want to modify specific steps? Luna shows your current plan as checkable cards. Select the ones to change, then describe what you want.

  • Make Changes in Chat — Ask Luna to make the plan easier, harder, shorter, or different. She regenerates the plan and shows a new blueprint.

  • Motivational Send-Off — After confirming your plan, Luna gives an encouraging farewell and automatically navigates you to your new goal.

Safety & Content Moderation (Major Upgrade)

  • Three-Layer Safety Pipeline — Every message now passes through local keyword detection, OpenAI Moderation API, and unclear input detection before reaching the AI.

  • Safe Word Exceptions — The safety system is smart enough to know "skills" is not "kill" and "class" is not inappropriate. Normal goal conversations flow smoothly.

  • Crisis Detection & Resources — If you express distress, Luna immediately shows a full-screen modal with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Crisis Text Line. Direct tap-to-call and tap-to-text links.

  • Crisis Cooldown — After crisis resources are shown, the chat pauses for 5 minutes to encourage reaching out to professional support.

  • Fail-Closed Moderation — If safety systems experience a temporary issue, the chat pauses rather than proceeding without protection. A retry resolves it.

  • Content Safety Blocks — Harmful content is gently redirected with positive goal suggestions, never lectures.

Supporter Features

  • Owner Selection Cards — When a supporter creates a goal, Luna asks "Who is this goal for?" with card-style options showing each supported individual.

  • Automatic Owner Detection — Mention someone's name naturally ("I want Natalia to learn cooking") and Luna recognizes who the goal is for, with a confirmation step.

  • Supporter Goal Metadata — Goals created for others properly track both the goal owner and who set it up.

Video Coaching

  • Video Suggestion Cards — Luna can recommend YouTube tutorial videos during step coaching. Cards display the video title, channel name, duration, and a "Watch on YouTube" link.

  • Available in All Chat Modes — Video suggestions work in step coaching, step suggestions, and general help conversations.

Chat Persistence ("Resurrection State")

  • Auto-Save Progress — If you leave the goal creation chat before finishing, your progress is saved for 24 hours. When you come back, everything is right where you left it.

  • Stale Draft Notification — If your draft is more than an hour old, Luna lets you know: "Restored your previous draft — Pick up where you left off!"

  • Start Over — Tap "Start Over" in the top corner to clear everything and begin fresh.

UI/UX Improvements

  • Voice Input — Tap the microphone to speak your message instead of typing. Luna transcribes it automatically.

  • Typewriter Animation — Luna's messages appear with a natural typing animation.

  • EF-Friendly Language — Luna uses gentle, non-judgmental language. She says "If you feel up to it..." instead of "You need to..." and "Paused" instead of "Failed."

  • Motivation Recognition — When you share why a goal matters, Luna celebrates your motivation instead of redirecting you.

  • Hesitation Detection — If you feel overwhelmed, Luna gently asks what's making things hard and offers ways to simplify.

  • Topic Guardrails — Luna stays focused on goal planning. Off-topic requests get a gentle redirect back to your goal.

Other Changes

  • Home Tab Create Goal — The "Create First Goal" button on the home screen now opens Luna Chat instead of the old wizard.

  • Bottom Tab Bar — Properly hides when Luna Chat is open, so the chat input is always accessible.

  • Multi-Provider AI Fallback — Luna uses multiple AI services behind the scenes. If one is unavailable, she automatically switches to another.

  • 162 Automated Tests — Comprehensive test suites covering safety, parsing, components, and state management.

Carlos Sandrea