We’re excited to introduce phase one of a two-part update to Groups that we’ve been shaping over the past several months. This redesigned, yet familiar, group experience gives network owners and admins more flexibility to create spaces that organize members, deliver content, and support a wide range of community use cases.

Not every group exists for the same reason. One might be a place for member discussion. Another might work better as a resource center, a chat-first space, or a directory. Until now, each one followed the same Posts, Chat, and Members structure.

Groups 2.0 replaces fixed menu items with configurable navigation and posting controls where group members can post, or only admins can post.

This release also delivers significant group design updates, improving overall fit & finish and user experience improvements, most notably to the live chat experience.

Configure Each Group Around Its Purpose

The new group "Edit" view in the Control Center separates Settings, Menu Items, and Admins, so the controls for each group live in a central place.

In Menu Items, admins can show or hide standard destinations, rename and reorder menu items, add supported internal or external destinations, and decide which part of the group members see first.

Admins can also add new menu items that add to the group's navigation. Those menu items can point to things internal to the network, like a post, an event, a profile - or to external links that either load in an in-app browser, or open up in the devices default browser. Custom destinations can connect a group to relevant places inside or outside the community without forcing every group into the same structure.

Control Who Can Publish

Group member posting remains enabled by default. When a group should work as an admin-published resource or reference space, an admin can turn off Allow Posting in the group's Settings.

Group admins can still publish in the member applications, but group members will no longer see the groups + Post button.

One Redesigned Experience Across Every Client

With the new interface, we took a wholistic approach with customization and flexibility in mind. Groups 2.0 updates the headers, navigation, membership states, chat, member directory, group settings, and grop info across web, iOS, and Android.

Existing groups keep their familiar Posts, Chat, and Members destinations with member posting enabled until an admin chooses to customize them. There is no required customer migration.

Coming Soon in Groups, Phase 2

Groups 2.0. Phase 1 delivers a new, refined, and modern groups interface, along with powerful customizations to post controls, and menu items. Phase 2 will take customization even further, giving network owners and admins the ability to customize the Posts space to provide members with a forum-like design, or a "card" design, both with manual sorting, to create a currated space of discussions, resources, or libraries of content.

Groups 2.0 is generally available July 6, 2026 on web, iOS, and Android. It is included for every Honeycommb customer at no additional cost.

Our team had you, our customers, and your members in mind with every pixel and feature development. We hope you love this update as much as we are excited to bring it to you!



Sincerely,
The Honeycommb Product Team 🐝