What's New
Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes on uni.xyz.
July 2026
See Your Competition Entry Status at a Glance
Competition pages now show a status strip letting you know at a glance whether you're registered or have already submitted your entry, and the entry call-to-action is hidden once the deadline has passed.
Jury Panel Links Now Open the Right Competition
Fixed jury panel links that were sending jurors to a generic dashboard instead of the specific competition, and corrected entry counts so they match what the panel actually shows.
Publication Editor No Longer Freezes After Step 1
Fixed an issue where the Next button in the publication editor could get stuck after completing the first step, blocking authors from continuing.
New Email Notifications: Weekly Bookmark Digest & Milestones
You can now get a weekly digest of your saved bookmarks, plus email alerts when your projects and publications hit like milestones, when your organization membership changes, or when a comment you posted needs moderation attention.
June 2026
UI Updates Now Respond Instantly Across the Platform
Fixed a rendering issue where the interface could appear stale — for example, the dark/light theme not applying immediately, or journal editor buttons (Next, Publish) staying grayed out even after conditions were met. All apps now refresh in real time when your session or page state changes.
Welcome Back Email Series for Returning Members
If you have been away from uni.xyz and log back in, you will now receive a short three-email welcome-back series over your first week — helping you rediscover competitions, disciplines, and projects tailored to your interests.
Smart Activity Notifications for Competitions & Projects
You now receive timely email notifications across every stage of your competition and project journey — from voting opening and jury deadlines to draft entry reminders, project like milestones, comment digests, team invite follow-ups, and a daily network activity digest. All emails include one-click unsubscribe support.
Clearer Deadline Labels on Competition Cards
Competition cards now consistently show "starts" and "ends" suffixes on all phase deadlines — including Jury, Voting, Registration, and Submission phases — even when custom phase names are used. This makes it easier to quickly tell at a glance whether a deadline is upcoming or expiring.
Smoother Phone Verification with "Verify Later" Option
Adding a phone number to your profile is now more flexible — you can tap "Verify later" to save the number as pending and complete verification at any time. A Pending badge clearly indicates unverified numbers, and OTP codes are now valid for 24 hours with a 3-minute resend cooldown.
Competition Deadline Reminders & One-Click Sharing
Entry owners and team members now receive timely email reminders as voting and submission deadlines approach (30 days, 7 days, 48 hours, and 12 hours out), plus in-app bell notifications and push alerts. When clicking "Share your project" in the reminder email, a dedicated share modal opens instantly with links to X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Facebook — and a copyable referral link.
Automated Award Closure Reminders and Status Updates
Winners now receive automatic reminder emails if their award closure is pending, with step-by-step status notifications covering submission confirmation, verification, rejection, and disbursement — so you always know where your award stands.
May 2026
Smarter Similar Projects Recommendations
The "Similar Projects" section on every project page now uses AI-powered semantic search to surface genuinely relevant work — matching by meaning and creative direction, not just tags or recency. Recommendations now show up to 8 projects and link out to broader discovery.
Large Image Uploads Now Reliable
Very large images (over 16 megapixels) now upload and display correctly. Previously, extremely high-resolution photos could silently fail during processing — this is now fixed.
Collaborators Team Protected From Accidental Deletion
The primary Collaborators team on your project can no longer be accidentally deleted. The delete button is hidden for collaborators teams, and error messages now clearly explain why a team or member cannot be removed.
Your Competition Entries Now Load Completely
Your profile dashboard previously only showed up to 20 competition entries, cutting off older registrations. It now loads all your entries across every competition, and they appear newest-first so your recent work is always at the top.
Membership Entry Quota Fixes
Fixed several issues with how competition entries are counted against your membership quota: entry counts now reset correctly when you renew your membership, free competition categories no longer consume your entry quota, and Senior membership holders now receive their included competition entry.
Competition Entry Count Display Fixed
Fixed an inconsistency where the entry count shown on the awards and fees page could differ from the pricing details. Competition entry counts now display consistently across all pages.
Award Closure Email Notifications & Improved Payout Flow
Winners now receive email notifications when an award closure is initiated. The payout page has been updated with clearer status indicators, making it easier to track where you are in the payment process.
Project Editor: Media Deletion Fixed
Fixed a bug in the project editor where the delete confirmation dialog buttons were unresponsive, preventing creators from removing media files. The delete flow now works correctly.
Cleaner Image Captions in Articles
Image captions in articles and journals no longer show raw HTML markup. Captions now render as clean, readable text.
Community Feed in Journals
A new Community feed is now available in the Journals sidebar. Browse all posts from the broader uni.xyz community in one place, separate from your curated Following feed.
Improved Government & Public Sector Landing Page
The Government & Public Sector industry page now features richer visuals with layered solution cards and per-industry hero images, making it easier for public-sector organisations to understand how UNI supports procurement-compliant design competitions.
April 2026
Report Dialog Fixed for Project Cards
The report dialog now opens correctly centered on screen with a full-viewport backdrop, fixing an issue where it appeared misaligned or left the navbar visible behind it.
Publish Projects Without Limits
You can now publish as many projects as you like, regardless of your membership plan. Previously, free accounts were capped at 5 published projects.
Testimonials Now Linked from Home Page
The home page testimonial carousel now has a "View all testimonials" button that takes you to the full Testimonials Wall. Testimonial photos also load faster and transition more smoothly between slides.
Testimonials Wall Now Shuffles on Every Visit
The testimonials wall now shows quotes in a fresh, randomized order each time you visit — giving every community voice a chance to be seen first.
User Profile Popover Improvements
Hovering over a username now correctly loads profile data, and shows the user's location when no bio is available. Popover cards across the platform are more reliable.
About Page Visual Refresh
The uni.xyz About page now features a richer 3D animation — blended parametric curves with atmospheric fog and volumetric lighting for a more immersive experience.
Testimonials Wall
Explore what the uni.xyz community has to say on the new Testimonials page — featuring an editorial masonry layout, immersive card modals, a live scrolling ribbon, and structured review schema for search visibility.
Profile Bio Sections Now Display Correctly
Achievements, education, and experience entries on your profile now render their content correctly, even when saved in a rich-text format. Previously, some users would see raw formatting code instead of formatted text.
Faster Homepage Load
The uni.xyz homepage now paints the hero section instantly without waiting for data to load, making the experience feel noticeably snappier on first visit.
Publication Publish Button Now Reflects All Required Fields
Fixed an issue where the Publish button on the publication editor could appear incorrectly enabled or disabled. The button now accurately reflects whether your cover image, publication type, and discipline are set, preventing confusing errors when submitting.
New Competition Discovery Sections
The competition feed now includes four new editorial sections -- Popular This Week, New Releases, Hospitality and Leisure Design, and Cultural -- making it easier to find competitions matched to your interests and practice.
Competition Feed Sorting Fixed
Competitions without a deadline date no longer appear at the top of the feed when sorted by date. Listings without deadlines now always sort to the end, keeping the most relevant upcoming opportunities front and centre.
Browse All Ongoing Competitions in One Feed
The competitions feed now shows all currently open competitions at the bottom, sorted by closest registration deadline. After loading curated sections, you can now scroll to discover every open competition on the platform without switching pages.
Profile Bio Paragraph Formatting Fixed
Profile bios now correctly preserve paragraph breaks and formatting when saved. Previously, paragraph spacing could be lost or HTML entities could appear in your bio text.
Smarter Email Unsubscribe
You can now unsubscribe from specific email types (competition updates, blog newsletters, promotional emails, and more) instead of being removed from all emails at once. Just click the unsubscribe link in any email to opt out of that category only.
Contact Form Smart Category Routing
When you reach the contact page from a specific context (like billing, competitions, or technical support), the relevant category is now automatically pre-selected, saving you an extra click.
Journal Editor Dark Mode Polish
The journal editor toolbar and content styling have been refined for dark mode, with improved contrast for formatting controls and a cleaner reading experience on the journal detail page.
Removable Filter Chips on Search Pages
Active filters are now shown as removable chips below the search bar across competitions, projects, inspirations, and journals. You can quickly clear individual filters without reopening the filter panel.
March 2026
Guided Tours Across the Platform
Learn UNI as you go. Contextual, dismissible tours highlight key features on each page - competition detail, projects feed, profile edit, and more.
Platform Updates Page
This page! A central hub to browse all platform announcements, new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Filter by category and browse by month.
Web Push Notifications
Get notified in the browser the moment something happens - comments on your project, shortlist alerts, competition results, and new mentions. Rich notifications with images.
Bing Search Integration
uni.xyz is now verified with Bing Webmaster Tools for improved search visibility, alongside a refreshed admin interface.
Staff Operations Tools
New internal tools for ops task management, marketing campaign planning, and improved moderation queue with bulk actions and better filtering.
Explore Page Redesign
The Explore page has been redesigned with a new hero section, app icon cards, and a cleaner layout to help you discover everything uni.xyz offers.
Entry Analytics Dashboard
The entry analytics page now features a redesigned stats layout, creator promo section, and skeleton loading states for a smoother experience.
Certificate Design Refresh
Competition certificates have been refreshed with a cleaner card layout, improved verification page, and better print formatting.
Floating Action Bar on Journals
Like, bookmark, share, and follow the author without leaving the article. The floating bar on journal pages keeps actions one click away as you read.
Publication PDF Viewer Upgrade
The PDF viewer for publications has been significantly improved with a new toolbar, table of contents panel, minimap navigation, and presentation mode.