# Updated Chat Experience

Source: https://help.zira.us/whats-new/updated-chat-experience
Summary: Chat creation and messaging have been refreshed so conversations are easier to start, preview, and manage.
Updated: 2026-04-26

The chat experience has been refreshed across the drawer, conversation view, and new-chat flow.

## What changed

- Creating private and group conversations now feels more guided.
- The chat drawer uses a cleaner search and navigation style.
- Mini chat opens as a centered preview when you need a quick conversation surface.
- Sending, editing, and seeing recent messages should feel more immediate.

## Why it helps

Starting a conversation should feel lightweight, and returning to active conversations should feel predictable. This refresh makes chat easier to scan and smoother to use alongside the rest of Zira.