What's new

Everything that has changed for you on Gabonova, on the website, in the mobile app and in the agency area. Only what is already live, dated from the day you could start using it.

19 updates since 18 September 2026

November 2026

    • Website
    • Mobile app

    Links now show a preview in your messages

    A link to a Gabonova listing appears as a card with the photo, title, price and location of the property. A link to another website shows its image, title and description. You know what it is before you open it.

    • Website
    • Mobile app

    See when the other person is typing, and when they have read

    While they type, “typing…” appears under their name. In the app, ticks now show whether your message is being sent, has been sent, or has been read, just like on the website.

    • Mobile app

    Confirm your email address from the app

    In your profile, request a code, enter it, and your email address is confirmed without going through the website. It is the last step to a 100 % complete profile.

    • Mobile app

    Version 1.4.9: voice messages come to the app

    Record a voice message, listen back before sending it, and play the ones you receive right inside the conversation. The full emoji panel is there too. Available on the App Store and Google Play.

    • Website

    Voice messages and emojis on the website

    When nothing is typed, the microphone replaces the send arrow: record, listen back, then send. Voice messages you receive play inside the bubble, and a full emoji panel sits next to the text box.

    • Website
    • Mobile app

    React to a message, or reply to a specific one

    On a bubble, pick one of six reactions, or reply quoting that message: your reply shows it above your text. Hover or right-click on the website (since 4 November), long-press in the app. The author is notified of your reaction.

    • Website

    Follow listings and the blog by RSS

    Subscribe your feed reader to the 50 latest listings and the 30 latest blog articles: everything new reaches you without coming back to the site.

    Listings feedBlog feed

    • Website

    Today on Gabonova

    A page showing the properties published today, as large cards with photo, price and details, followed by the ones from the day before.

    See today's page

    • Mobile app

    Blog articles open in the app

    A gabonova.com/blog link received by message or on social media now opens the article straight in the app, when it is installed.

    • Email

    Unsubscribe from the weekly newsletter in one click

    The “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the weekly newsletter now works: one click and you stop receiving it.

    • Website
    • Mobile app

    Lighter photos, listings that load faster

    Listing photos are now sent at the size of your screen, which saves your mobile data. A photo that no longer exists shows “photo unavailable” instead of a broken image.

October 2026

    • Agency area

    Your agency settings, complete

    Phone, contact email, province, agency type and social networks can now be edited from the Settings tab. The agency verification file stays available there with its status, even once approved. When recruiting an agent, search results show each account's photo.

    Agencies area

September 2026

    • Website

    A help centre built from real customer questions

    The questions you ask us most (signing in, phone number, posting, listing not published, visits, agencies, subscription…) each have their answer and their own direct link, ready to share.

    Open the help centre

    • Website

    Add your phone number by SMS from your profile

    On the website, your profile sends you a code by SMS to confirm your phone number.

    • Website

    A failed sign-in now tells you why

    Too many attempts, suspended account, service briefly unavailable, account opened with Google or Apple: the sign-in message gives you the real cause.

    • Website
    • Mobile app

    Fix it, or publish anyway

    If your listing text contains a phone number or a price, a window lets you fix it or publish anyway: they are then removed from the text automatically. Everything that blocks publication is shown at once.

    • Agency area
    • Mobile app

    Your agency subscription status, always visible

    A banner tells you where your agency subscription stands: trial, active, payment due, grace period or suspended. When a payment is due, it shows the due date and how to pay.

    • Website
    • Mobile app

    Pay with the Mobile Money number of your choice

    When paying for a Boost, an advert or an agency subscription on the website, you enter the Mobile Money number that pays. In the Android app, this applies to Boost.

    • Website
    • Mobile app

    Call the advertiser in one tap

    The Call button dials the advertiser's verified number. If they do not have one yet, you are taken to the messages to write to them. Phone numbers are no longer shown on listings.