> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/news/2026/2026-11-07-rounds-community.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

Rounds is the community app, separate from Backed's grant management, so this has no Help Centre
article.

## What's new

- **A new look on the phone and the desktop.** The desktop has a sidebar and a search bar, and a
  phone has a tab bar. Search now finds grants as well as posts and people.
- **Home and the feed.** Home shows how many grants are open and closing soon, features the next
  grant to close, and lists what is trending. `Following` shows posts from the people you follow.
  A post opens on its own page with its comments.
- **Your network.** Follow people, send and answer connection requests, see your followers, and
  find grant writers by focus. A member can list themselves as a grant writer.
- **Groups.** Search the groups and join one.
- **Messages.** Message anyone you are connected with. An open conversation checks for new
  messages by itself, and you can mute one or report it to support.
- **Invite a colleague.** Your invite link takes a colleague to the access request form, and their
  request names you.
- **Activity, Explore and your pipeline.** See what has happened on your posts and profile, browse
  communities, popular funders and what closes soon, and check your funding at a glance. Rounds
  does not track applications yet, so your pipeline figures are zero.

Anything marked `Soon` is on its way and does not work yet. The live briefing at `/live` is a
sample of how one will look, and says so.