Polita 6.6.0

This is a major cumulative update from the previous 5.0.4 store release, with extensive new features, redesigns and reliability improvements across Polita.

What's new:

• Online Arcade
- Added the full Polita Arcade experience with dozens of playable games
- New game browser, search, filters, popout player and improved navigation
- Added persistent game-only volume controls

• Multiplayer & Parties
- Added Party support for supported multiplayer games
- Invite Polita friends, accept/decline invites and join games directly
- Online, Idle and Offline presence shown when choosing friends
- Improved party handoff, waiting states and player-name integration

• Notifications
- Multiplayer invites now appear in Notifications
- Added live invite counts and Join Game actions
- Retired multiplayer games are filtered from active invites

• Pings
- Major messaging upgrade with server-backed conversation persistence
- Archive, Restore and Delete for Me
- Accurate unread counts and improved conversation layout
- Added emoji support and Files/image controls with native image selection
- Emoji and Files popups now close when clicking outside them
- Improved composer layout and fixed accidental navigation
- Inbox, Sent and Archived now switch without blank/flicker refreshes
- Received Pings can reflect the sender's Polita Appearance theme

• Twitch Cosmetics
- Badge metadata now uses authoritative Polita Rewards data instead of guessing FREE/PAID status
- Improved Global vs channel-specific badge classification
- Better handling for subscription, gift-sub, Bits/Cheer and event/watch rewards
- Improved earning information and badge previews

• Home, Friends & Presence
- Added Online Now experience to Home
- Improved avatar consistency across Home, Friends and Pings
- Added live-platform indicators for Twitch, YouTube and Kick
- Improved Home navigation reliability

• Free Chest
- Improved full-window presentation and centering
- Prevented background scrolling while open
- Removed duplicate opening/reward text

• Interface & Performance
- Smoother Hub/Arcade transitions and improved internal navigation
- Major 24/7 low-CPU optimisation pass
- Reduced unnecessary DOM scanning and improved hidden-tab behaviour
- Optimised Twitch badge/chat scanning and cosmetic refresh work
- Added stale extension-context self-healing
- Fixed first-open/first-switch rendering races and Cosmetics first-paint flicker
- Numerous stability and compatibility improvements

Polita 6.6.0 is a major expansion of the extension since 5.0.4 while preserving existing badge, cosmetic, reward and account functionality.

Polita 6.5.39

This is a major cumulative update from the previous 5.0.4 store release, with extensive new features, redesigns and reliability improvements across Polita.

What's new:

• Online Arcade
- Added the full Polita Arcade experience with dozens of playable games
- New game browser, search, filters, popout player and improved navigation
- Added persistent game-only volume controls

• Multiplayer & Parties
- Added Party support for supported multiplayer games
- Invite Polita friends, accept/decline invites and join games directly
- Online, Idle and Offline presence shown when choosing friends
- Improved party handoff, waiting states and player-name integration

• Notifications
- Multiplayer invites now appear in Notifications
- Added live invite counts and Join Game actions
- Retired multiplayer games are filtered from active invites

• Pings
- Major messaging upgrade with server-backed conversation persistence
- Archive, Restore and Delete for Me
- Accurate unread counts and improved conversation layout
- Added emoji support and Files/image sharing
- Images can be selected from the device and viewed from the conversation Files panel
- Improved composer layout and fixed accidental navigation
- Inbox, Sent and Archived now switch without the old blank/flicker refresh
- Received Pings can reflect the sender's Polita Appearance theme

• Twitch Cosmetics
- Badge metadata now uses authoritative Polita Rewards data instead of guessing FREE/PAID status
- Improved Global vs channel-specific badge classification
- Better handling for subscription, gift-sub, Bits/Cheer and event/watch rewards
- Improved earning information and badge previews

• Badge Preview
- Redesigned shared badge preview modal
- Improved centering, positioning and visual stability
- Click the backdrop to close

• Home, Friends & Presence
- Added Online Now experience to Home
- Improved avatar consistency across Home, Friends and Pings
- Added live-platform indicators for Twitch, YouTube and Kick
- Improved Home navigation reliability

• Free Chest
- Improved full-window presentation and centering
- Prevented background scrolling while open
- Removed duplicate opening/reward text

• Interface & Performance
- Smoother Hub/Arcade transitions and improved internal navigation
- Major 24/7 low-CPU optimisation pass
- Reduced unnecessary DOM scanning and improved hidden-tab behaviour
- Coalesced cosmetic refresh/render work
- Optimised Twitch badge/chat scanning
- Added stale extension-context self-healing
- Fixed first-open/first-switch rendering races and zero-flicker Cosmetics first paint
- Numerous stability and compatibility improvements

Polita 6.5.39 is a major expansion of the extension since 5.0.4 while preserving existing badge, cosmetic, reward and account functionality.

Polita 5.0.3 — Release Notes
New Global Home — rebuilt Home into a shared Polita space with live community features and global information
Global Chat — chat with Polita users across the platform in real time
Game Chat — a dedicated global room for Polita commands, games and live Polita bot responses
Global Rankings — integrated rankings with cleaner compact stat formatting
Live Streams — new Home discovery card for finding who is live and what to watch
Categories Discovery — browse live content by category with improved filtering, search and layout
Following — redesigned following experience integrated into Home
World Economy — new live economy dashboard showing tracked world value, games played, economy players, businesses, gold volume and activity
Free Chest — new server-authoritative reward chest available every 15 minutes, with rarity-based chest rolls and three rewards
Drops improvements — extension Drops now stay synced with live Polita badge drops and Supporter drops automatically
Supporter Drops — support for free Polita Supporter promotional drops
Home reliability — major fixes for opening, closing and reopening Polita, including stale Home state and Free Chest loading issues
General UI polish — improved spacing, layouts, icons, navigation and visual consistency throughout the Polita interface
Performance & stability — numerous fixes to startup, live updates, loading states and background communication
Clean release metadata — removed internal development labels from the official browser build

Polita 5.0.3 is a major update from 4.6.39, bringing the new global Polita experience, live social features, discovery, World Economy, Free Chest and a substantial set of reliability and UI improvements.

Polita 4.6.37

Major update since the previous 3.x release:

• New Polita interface and navigation
• One identity across Twitch, Kick and YouTube
• Cross-platform chat cosmetics, badges and uploads
• New Friends, Notifications and Pings areas
• New Game Store with New Releases, Free, Discounts and Upcoming
• New Drops, Badges and In-Game Items sections
• Automatic Twitch reward and badge discovery
• Faster Store loading with server-side 24/7 updates
• Improved performance, reliability and first-load behaviour
• New Profile and Name Paints coming-soon experiences
• Public branding updated to Polita

Polita 4.6.37

Major update since the previous 3.x release:

• New Polita interface and navigation
• One identity across Twitch, Kick and YouTube
• Cross-platform chat cosmetics, badges and uploads
• New Friends, Notifications and Pings areas
• New Game Store with New Releases, Free, Discounts and Upcoming
• New Drops, Badges and In-Game Items sections
• Automatic Twitch reward and badge discovery
• Faster Store loading with server-side 24/7 updates
• Improved performance, reliability and first-load behaviour
• New Profile and Name Paints coming-soon experiences
• Public branding updated to Polita

Polita+ 3.2.6

This update improves Polita+ drop/event badge hover previews in Twitch chat.

Changes:
- Fixed shared drop/event badge hover lookup.
- Drop/event badges now use the hovered Twitch user’s own cosmetic badge state first.
- Prevents shared event badges from showing another user’s outline state in the hover preview.
- Keeps existing badge visuals, badge outlines, gradients, Diamond effects, and normal badge behaviour unchanged.
- No permission changes.
- No login required to view badges in Twitch chat.
- General stability polish for Polita+ Twitch badge previews.

Polita+ Extension 3.2.5 Release Notes

This update improves the Polita+ Twitch chat badge hover card and keeps the existing Diamond LED badge rendering from version 3.2.1.

Changes from 3.2.1 to 3.2.5:

Added animated Diamond LED support inside the badge hover card.
Hover cards now match the user’s selected Diamond LED sequence, including chase, comet, pulse, nova, glitch, ice, ripple, and strobe.
Fixed the hover card previously showing only a static two-colour gradient outline when an animated Diamond/Diamond LED outline was selected.
Updated the hover card design from a white card to a dark Polita-style card.
Changed the hover card background to a dark #0c0c0c style for better Twitch chat visibility.
Fixed the brief white flash that could appear for a split second when opening the hover card.
Kept the main Twitch chat badge renderer unchanged and stable.
Kept existing animated badges, Diamond LED outlines, badge positioning, and Twitch chat rendering behaviour intact.

Version 3.2.1 is a small visual/compatibility update for the Polita+ Twitch chat badge renderer.

Changes from 3.2.0:

• Improved Diamond animated outline rendering so Twitch chat badges now follow the same exact animation sequence formulas used in the Polita Hub.
• Added support for the Diamond LED sequence names: chase, comet, pulse, nova, glitch, ice, ripple, and strobe.
• Preserved the proven 3.2.0 badge renderer behaviour: no badge size change, no badge shape change, no ring/shell layout change, and no new fallback glow system.
• Improved consistency between the Polita Hub badge preview and the live Twitch chat badge display.
• No new permissions were added.
• No tracking, analytics, or user data collection was added

Version 3.2.0

• Improved Polita+ Twitch chat badge rendering.
• Added final Diamond outline polish for supported Polita+ users.
• Improved Shine/Diamond outline handling and stability.
• Updated badge outline behaviour so premium animated Diamond effects are handled correctly.
• General performance and reliability improvements for Twitch chat badge display.

Polita+ 3.0.6 Release Notes

This update improves the Twitch badge hover preview experience and prepares Polita+ for public store release.

What changed:

• Improved badge hover preview behaviour on Twitch.
• Fixed the hover preview badge image opening the browser image right-click menu.
• Hover preview now behaves like part of the Twitch page instead of a standalone image.
• Keeps the existing badge outline, hover card, and colour preview behaviour from 3.0.5.
• Updated Chrome and Firefox extension packages to version 3.0.6.
• Cleaned package structure for browser store upload.

Main feature:
Polita+ lets viewers use custom static and animated badges in the Polita Badge Hub and Twitch chat experience, giving communities a more personal badge-style reward beyond normal emotes or fixed channel badges.

Polita+ v3.0.5 improves Twitch chat badge display and hover previews.

Changes:

• Fixed badge hover preview outline colours so they match the user’s selected outline colour
• Improved compatibility with the Polita badge API outline colour fields
• Kept badge rendering lightweight and smooth for Twitch chat
• No new permissions were added
• No new tracking, ads, analytics, or external dependencies were added

Version 3.0.4 update:
- Added improved 1px inner outline rendering for Polita+ Twitch chat badges.
- Added 24/7 performance optimisations for long-running Twitch chat sessions.
- Added fetch timeout protection.
- Reduced always-running overlay update pressure.
- Added badge asset preload limits.
- Changed image decoding to async for smoother rendering.

No login is required. The extension runs on supported Twitch chat pages and fetches public Polita+ badge data from polita.bot.