Flutter WhatsNew is a Flutter package designed to help developers showcase new features and updates to their app users. It provides an easy-to-integrate, customizable onboarding-style experience that highlights recent changes, improvements, or additions in a visually appealing way. Ideal for promoting app updates, it supports multiple platforms including Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux. The package enhances user engagement by guiding users through what’s new, improving retention and awareness of new functionality.
Use cases
- App update announcements
- User onboarding for new features
- Highlighting feature releases
- Improving user retention
- Promoting app improvements
- Engaging returning users
Key features
- Customizable update cards
- Multi-platform support
- Simple integration
- Animated transitions
- Configurable appearance
- Supports rich content
Suitable for
- Developers seeking update visibility
- Teams focused on user engagement
- Apps with frequent feature releases
- Cross-platform applications
- Product managers tracking feature adoption
- UX designers enhancing onboarding flows
Considerations
- Requires manual update content management
- Limited built-in analytics
- May need custom styling for brand alignment
- Not suitable for real-time updates
- Depends on developer-defined release notes
- No automatic version detection