Key Features

Account management

Updated 01/07/21 - Enhancement to Account Verification Page. Instead of putting Singpass verification as primary verification means and manual verification as secondary. The priorities have been reversed.

Updated 01/06/21 - Fixed problem of user misclicking on Login instead of Signup. User without account, when they try to login with SMS will be directed to sign up page instead.

New 01/06/21 - Introduction of Trust and Reputation Points. User can gain points for completing an action that benefits the community.

New 01/06/21 - Users can now invite family and friends via an invite code. Points will be gained for every successful referral.

New 01/06/21 - Avatar in my account page will now be linked to the user's profile page

Updated 01/04/21 - Users can now follow other users, with their activities showing on App notifications.

Updated 01/04/21 - Singpass Verification added to means of verifications methods for users. HiLife+ will retrieve the user's postal code upon user's validation. App will automatically direct user to his/her estate after Singpass validation.

New 15/03/21 - Users are able to register for an account via phone number. User login purely via SMS OTP or Password. User to key in estate postal code and will be diverted directly to that certain estate.

User newsfeed

New 01/07/21 - New Hashtag feature. Users can now include hashtags @ in their posts and comments to tag a friend

Updated 01/07/21 - Introduced a first-time login guide to serve as a guide for first time users

Updated 01/07/21 - New segment on news feed page - announcements and notifications. HiLife+ admins able to publish notices and HiLife+ Exclusive announcements on the news feed page

Updated 01/07/21 - Users can now select their scope of view on the news feed page - 1) Within own Community. 2) Within District 3) Within Singapore

Updated 01/07/21 - Recommended groups now also placed on news feed page to encourage group discovery

Updated 01/05/21 - Double tap on Home to update and refresh news feed page

Updated 01/05/21 - Post character limit 5000 to exclude Hashtags

Updated 01/05/21 - Homepage post now sorted by an algorithm based on time of post, popularity of post, location and a few other metrics

Updated 01/05/21 - 2 -tiered comments now introduced.

New 01/05/21 - Users can now post videos

New 01/05/21 - User can now see the recent additions to the estate or districts

New 01/05/21 - Introduction of Hashtag features to the app

Updated 01/04/21 - Posts can now be liked, commented on, bookmarked and shared. GIFs can now be posted. Post comments are now active and have a single-tier comment structure.

New 15/03/21 - Users can make postings on their estate walls. Posts can be texts or pictures (with text). Posts cannot be edited nor liked. Users cannot comment on postings.

In-app messaging

Updated 01/07/21 - In-app messaging access point changed from "Notices" tab onto the top right corner of the news feed page to allow easier access to PM

Updated 01/07/21 - In-app messaging now improved. Used to be one message having one timestamp. Included logic to have only one timestamp per "conversation chunk"

New 01/06/21 - In-App messaging feature now live. Users can send PMs to one another.



App notifications

Updated 01/06/21 - Users will receive app notifications when post is shared

Updated 01/04/21 - Users will also receive app notifications when someone he/she follows make a post. User will receive notification when a group he/she joins has a new activity.

New 01/04/21 - App notifications now active. Users will receive app notifications when another user likes, comments or shares on a post the user posted, liked or commented previously.

Interest groups

Updated 01/07/21 - Improved user experience. Users can now slide downwards within the group page to refresh the screen

Updated 01/07/21 - Admin tools enhancements to group page - Admins can now change group privacy settings and locations. Users can also report groups now

Updated 01/06/21 - Posts can now be pinned to top of groups

Updated 01/06/21 - Enhancements made to group administration. Admins can now make another user an admin, make another user a moderator and also remove users from groups.

New 01/06/21 - Group recommendation on Group Tab to promote group discovery

New 01/06/21 - Groups can now be shared with a link starting with s.hilife.sg

Updated 01/05/21 - Search for private groups and can request to join

Updated 01/04/21 - Users can create post in interest groups - text, pictures, gifs. Users also able to comment, like, bookmark, share. External content can also be shared into the interest groups by users.

Updated 01/04/21 - Creation of interest groups have various settings in place - Group name, Group description, Cover photo, Group privacy status and Group location.

New 01/04/21 - Introduced Interest Group to the app. Users can create, discover nearby interest groups based on user's address and search for interest groups on the entire platform based on keywords.