Below are the major changes & improvements in today’s update…

• SMS command improvements
• Improvements to Group Text
•     Changes to adding International Numbers to a chat
•     Multi-Part SMS Message Handling
•     Message Notifications Appearing Stuck
•     Display of Emoji Icons
•     Shows Real Names in conversations if available
• Quality of image display has been improved
• Improvements to Brightkite.com experience and bug fixes in both Firefox 3.5.8 and Internet Explorer 8
• You can now post via Email with Japanese Characters
• Resolved an issue that displayed a login page on certain pages when an expired session or cookie was detected
• Improved Geo-Targeting
• iPhone Mobile Site user interface improvements and modifications

“Update: Patched in fix to ensure Group text works on all browsers”