• Add Welcome Tour for new users. • Fix Add Problems not showing up. • Fix email not showing up in Go Books Account screen in dark mode.

Fix bug with tall text in books sometimes cut off.

• Add Show Joseki in context menu – tap and hold on a corner stone. • Fix issue with imported files sometimes showing up in Inbox. • Fix bug with text in tips not readable in dark mode. • Fix bug where minimal neural net setting was ignored. • Fix bug where second row of toolbar icons remained visible.

• Add Analyze Game to Tools popup and second Replay toolbar. • Add settings icon for game analysis in second toolbar. • Fix bug where computer sometimes didn't respond after Pass. • Indicate move currently being analyzed during game analysis. • Improve centering of numbers letters on board points. • Make checkmarks in tree view more visible on black stones.

• Speed up scrolling through large books. • Speed up reading SGF files. • Fix bug where book text was showing ^T instead of a triangle. • Make triangle markings exactly equilateral.

• Add setting for showing real circle for SGF circle property instead of dot. Default to circle on stones, dot on empty points (Settings > Board Display > Circle as Dot). • Add option to mark most recent move with a circle (Settings > Board Display > Move Numbering). • Match player name variants when searching in game collections in My Files. • Add Copy SGF to the Hint / Pass / Reset menu for problems in books (tap on problem status to see that menu). • Fix issue with italic text not shown in book headings.

• Fixed issue where file in list could show information for wrong file. • Thumbnail of game in game collection now updates every move. • When creating a new folder, immediately go to it. • Improve conversion of SGF to go book: • Clarify winner if player names are the same (e.g. AlphaGo vs AlphaGo). • Remove redundant diagram splits at move 25, 50, and 75.

• Improved magnifying glass along edge of board. • Improved dragging while adding stones or marking points. • Fixed magnifying glass when board is top-aligned. • Fixed issue with editing comment during Hint. • Files in Inbox can now be deleted.

• Tap on move marked as bad to easily undo it or get a hint for a better move. • Added option to mark bad moves when starting game against computer. • Board graphics: added settings for Thick Lines and Darker Board. • New setting Games > Add Info in Empty Board can be turned off so you can create a completely blank game (e.g. for problems).

• Scrolling performance improvements. • Show thumbnail of first game for game collections. • Update thumbnail immediately after playing a move. • Fixed: Move numbering when variation starts with a pass. • Fixed: Up/down arrow when focus is on list of games.

• Mark and highlight bad moves while playing against the computer. • Game analysis now finds and marks all bad moves. You can make recognition of mistakes more or less sensitive in Settings > Computer Play. • Renamed SmartGo++ to KataGo, as it’s directly using the built-in KataGo engine. • Added Overtime in the list of SGF properties when editing Game Info.

• Fix crash on startup. • Auto-replay Until Find: new option for automatically relaying game until you reach a marked node (e.g. an annotation).

• Custom app icons: choose from 7 alternate app icons in Settings > App Icon. • Fixed: EPUB diagrams shown as blank in Europe.

• Share book as EPUB, with either static or interactive diagrams. • Dark and tinted app icon. • Copy any book diagram as SGF, so you can paste to My Files for further study. • Animation when rotating board. • Auto-rotate board on iPhone when zoomed in. • Added next/previous game icons on second toolbar during replay. • Hold down Shift key to get opposite color when playing move or adding stone. • Fixed enabling of items in second toolbar. • Fixed trackpad scrolling on iPad mixing up horizontal and vertical.

• Share and copy image of board position, as PNG or SVG (options in Settings > Share). • Add setting for continuous hint (turned off by default). • Fix crash when creating partial view (Markup > tap and hold on triangle icon > Partial View).

• Add setting to use alternate names for Korean players (e.g. Lee Sedol instead of Yi Se-tol). • Add translations for status and go style in player info.

• Improve KataGo settings for less powerful devices. • Reduce app size by 100 MB. • Improve book verification in airplane mode. • Fix labels shown for joseki matching.

• Fix wrong score after two passes in some positions. • Avoid computer passing early in high-handicap games. • Improve pass behavior when game is over.

• Fix crash when playing against computer on less powerful devices. • Fix SGF handling for lines and arrows. • Fix Pass popup in wrong place.

• Fixed crash when playing against the computer on less powerful devices. • Fixed bug causing the error message "Can’t get move from moveInfos". • Added setting Computer Play > Number of Threads for better KataGo performance on more powerful devices.

Fix issue where SmartGo sometimes stops playing moves.

• Improved KataGo speed and strength: more powerful neural net, much better performance. • More versatile Hint function: one-time or continuous. Press and hold on the Hint icon for more options. • Simpler computer play settings using time per move. • Swiping below the board to replay game is now speed sensitive: swipe slowly to replay move-by-move, swipe fast to skim through the game. • New in Settings > Board Display: Top-align Board (gives you more space for swiping below board). • Underline player name to clearly indicate whose turn it is (can be turned off in Settings > Games > Underline Player). • Add option for showing search speed (Settings > Computer Play > Show Search Speed).

• Fixed issue with problem collections not downloading immediately after purchase. • Added download indicator for purchased problem collections.

• Added rank estimation in problems – work on the problems around your level. • Fixed issue with marking problem as solved. • Fixed some icons in dark mode. • Fixed move numbering at end of game.

• Fixed markup not resetting to A. (Tap and hold on the letter icon to see more options.) • Games and books in My Files now reload after being modified outside SmartGo. • Tapping on the comment field will no longer create an empty comment.

• You can now swipe in the empty area below the board to replay the game. • Improved handling of player names in team games.

• Added support for annotating positions with lines, arrows, and partial views. • Added more options for labeling points. To access these functions, tap on Markup in the Tools popup, then tap and hold on the markup icons. • Random orientations of problems now better match the available space.

• Added tags for books to make it easier to find books you want to read. Search for books with problems, books on strategy, or books about joseki, for example. • Improved Spanish translation.

• Deleted files are now moved to Recently Deleted so you can retrieve them (in the Files app). • Tap and hold on .gobook file in My Files, then choose Create SGF to convert it to SGF.

• Better display of currently reading books: larger thumbnails, show percentage read. • Tap and hold on a book to mark it as completed. • Minimum iOS version is now iOS 16 (was iOS 15). • Fixed text color of tips in dark mode. • Fixed missing stones in some positions when creating book.

• Fixed crash with some SGF files. • Fixed issue with bottom toolbar not shown in matching games. • Removed popup menu in tree view as it interfered with dragging. (Tap and hold on the Hint icon to get a menu with those commands.)

Added monthly and lifetime options for Pro upgrade.

• You can now start a new game on iPhone without going back to the list of games: tap on ellipsis icon in top right, then New Game. • Player info now shows the most frequent opponents for each player. Tap on stats against that opponent to see all games between those two players. • Fix sorting by surname and given name. • Improve automatic scrolling during game replay while zoomed in.

• Added tips with extra clues for some icons. • Fixed some bugs.

• Added randomize as a sort option. • Sort players by given name or family name. • Fixed sorting files by game date. • Fixed finding some female players. • Fixed list scrolling when keyboard appears.

• Fixed issue of purchased books being forgotten in airplane mode. • New options for filtering games: female players, teams and unmarked games. • New options for filtering players: female players and origin.

You can now select multiple items in My Files, Pro Games, and Problems — easily mark, copy, or delete many games at once. Tap the icon in the top right, then Select, or swipe two fingers on the list.

• Added account removal for go books. • Fixed icons in popup menu not correct in dark mode. • Fixed missing submenu items on macOS Sonoma. • Made numbers on white stones slightly more bold.

• Fix issue with computer sometimes stopping to play after Hint. • Show ! or ? on next moves on board if marked as good or bad. • Fix up bad komi of 650 to 6.5 in SGF files from Fox server. • Much faster sorting of pro games by komi and handicap. • Add sections for 2, 3, 4, and 5 komi when sorting by komi.

• Crisper display of stones, especially when zoomed in. • Sort files by kind (such as sgf, zip, book, folder). • Sort games by annotations (favorite, hotspot, checkmark). • Show easiest unsolved problems first when sorting by problem status. • Make book diagram replay buttons easier to hit. • Fix layout and replay controls of side-by-side diagrams. • Avoid changing zoom scale of tree view when deleting moves or starting auto-replay.

Fix possible hang.

• Show heart in games list when marking games as favorites. • Avoid possible delay when Find in All Games is turned on. • Faster maximum auto-replay speed. • Make auto-replay easier to stop. • Fix bug with hotspot and checkmark sometimes not saved.

• Fix issue with current position not restored. • Add commands for marking games with hotspot or checkmark. • Add filtering of games by marked state.

The bottom toolbar now expands to reveal additional functions, in particular: • Search for moves with comments, marks, or specific text. • Replay forward/backward 10 moves. • Additional board marks in Markup mode.

• Fix issue with Pro subscription sometimes not showing up. • Bigger book diagrams on iPad and Mac. • Fix MUSTER shown across book samples instead of SAMPLE. • Add PL property in file when tapping on player stone to change whose turn it is to play.

• Improved search in pro games: search for close games, resignations, handicap games, komi games, and board size. • Mark your favorite players, and search for pro games by those favorite players. • Easily see when pro games have been updated, and see the games that were added. • Use quotes for more precise search (e.g. "Li He" shows games only by that player). • Going from a player to their games shows the right set of games. • Include event property in search when desired, e.g. "Kisei Final". • Copy Player Name and Copy Player Info in player list popup menu.

• Fix "No Connection" shown by mistake. • Pick randomly between different problem answers in book problems.

• Keep device awake with no user input while in tournament mode. • Import File allows you to select multiple files. • Pull down on book list to refresh books from the server. • Added circle markup (tap on Markup in popup menu – iPad only). • Handle left/right arrow key while editing comment. • Added Shift-Cmd-B to toggle coordinate display. • Fixed: could not delete file after Group or Compress. • Fixed: go to random game in list of matching games. • Fixed: tree view not shown with some unusual files. • Fixed: possible crash when deleting a variation.

• Fix Show Comments in books. • Fix replay in inline diagrams. • Improve size of inline diagrams.

• Starting new game from end-of-game alert now uses correct settings. • Fix next move button not working when replaying narrow book diagrams. • Fix keyboard commands for previous/next chapter (option-left/right-arrow).

• Speed up and improve layout in book view. • Add 7x7 board size when starting game against computer. • Add context menu for problems in list. • Fix crash when tapping on No matching positions.

• Different levels of computer play make it easier for you to win: choose between SmartGo++ (full strength, as before), SmartGo+ (minor mistakes), SmartGo (default, adapts to your level), and SmartGo- and SmartGo-- (more mistakes and some blunders). • Fix remembering your reading position in multi-lingual books.

• Allow computer to resign (Settings > Computer Play > Computer May Resign). • Add sorting by date in My Files. • Fix sorting files by modification date. • Fix multiline captions in books not centered.

• Read UGF, NGF, and GIB go game files (.ugi, .ngf, and .gib extension). Read-only, will be converted to SGF when modified. • Improved book view and conversion of SGF to book file: smaller variation diagrams, letters for coordinates in text. • Add 7.0 komi setting when starting a new game. • Added setting to show disabled links in books.

• Improvements in keyboard navigation of games: • Control-left/right arrow for backward/forward 10 moves. • Option-left/right arrow for previous/next annotation. • Command-left/right arrow for start/end of game. • Delete key deletes last move. • Keyboard navigation in books: • Option-left/right arrow for previous/next chapter. • Command-left/right arrow for start/end of book. • Remove New Window command from iPhone (long tap on game in My Files). • Delay starting KataGo until needed (improves performance). • Fix display of win rate in dark mode.

• Fix bug where computer was not starting to play in handicap games. • More consistency in navigation bar icons. • Add command for search. • Various bug fixes.

• Player info has link to go directly to games of that player. • Improved look of score graph with dark theme. • Various bug fixes (including elusive crash in problems).

• Fix possible crash when comment was hidden. • Refinements in tree view: orange outline around selected score, hotspots and checkmarks in color.

Fix bug that caused all problems to start with a black move.

• Fix crash when using Hint late in the game. • Reduce frequency of computer playing move instead of passing at end of game.

Major improvements to Hint: • Show expected move sequence or top move choices (or both). • Tap and hold on Hint icon to switch between modes. • Set longer time limits for Hint (Settings > Computer Play). • Added Hint icon in Replay mode. • Keyboard shortcut for Hint (Cmd-K for KataGo).

Localized into Korean.

* SmartGo One en français – mais oui! * By popular demand, the ability to number all moves is back: Settings > Board Display > Move Numbering > Number All Moves.

Added ability to show player names in Japanese, Chinese, or Korean (Settings > Player Names).

• Localized in Japanese and German. • Hint now shows estimated winning percentage and score. • Territory computation shows win rate and score, and doesn’t put board into territory marking mode. • Fix bug where alternate player name would only match black player. • Fix bug where new game didn’t set date property. • Fix bug with swapping players in New Game screen.

New feature – Tournament Mode • Turn on Tournament Mode in the New Game screen. While you’re recording that game, all AI functions and joseki matching are disabled, and there’s a visual indication (green bar at the top) to indicate that you’re in recording-only mode. • This feature might need some tweaks – please let me know what you think before the Go Congress!

• NEW: Games marked with checkmark or hotspot in the root node now show that mark in the games list. • IMPROVED: When creating book from SGF, existing labels are preserved, and labels are added for coordinates in text. • FIXED: Some changes to game did not cause the game to be saved. • FIXED: Sorting by file size.

• NEW: Guess moves in pro games. Think about where the pro might play, find your blind spots. • NEW: Train joseki – practice joseki by combining pattern matching with guess mode. • NEW: Added option to only use recent games for pattern matching (Settings > Games > Games to Match). • NEW: Books can be sorted by level, making it easy to find the right books to start with. • Fixed issue with pattern matching on empty board. • Fixed issue with \n showing up in some books.

• Fix starting new game after finishing a computer game. • Fix bug where wrong move could be saved when hint was showing.

Fix issue where starting a new game would always create a computer game.

• Save comment being edited when switching out of app. • Add ‘Play Computer’ in the + menu; simplify ‘New Game’ to focus on human games. • Show ’Tap + to play’ the first few times as a hint on how to start a new game.

- Fixed: Back button was sometimes missing on iPad. - Fixed: Automatic handicap was not working when no player name entered. - Fixed: Manual marking of territory on 19x19 board is now always enabled. - Added: Space bar turns auto-replay on and off. - Fixed: Constant updating of history while skimming through book. - Fixed: Overlapping book navigation links with long chapter titles. - Fixed: Back-to-start button in inline diagrams. - Improved: Language setting is remembered in books you’re reading. - Improved: Tapping on inline diagrams. - Made tap targets slightly bigger to help replay in book diagrams.