## Telegram & Slack Delivery + Custom Episode Time

Receive your daily episodes directly in Telegram or Slack, and choose exactly what time your episode is generated each day.

- **Added**  
  Telegram delivery: connect your Telegram account and receive new episodes as audio messages automatically.

- **Added**  
  Slack delivery: connect your Slack workspace and receive new episodes as playable audio in any channel.

- **Added**  
  Custom episode generation time: choose the hour your daily episode is generated to fit your schedule.

## Episode Memory & News Improvements

Episodes now remember what was covered recently so your podcast stays fresh and doesn't repeat the same stories.

- **Added**  
  Episode memory: your podcast now tracks previously covered news and sports topics to keep each episode fresh.

- **Improved**  
  More reliable and relevant news with better story coverage.

## Episode Generation Reliability & News Enhancements

Major improvements to episode generation reliability, better location detection, and a new historical fact feature in news summaries.

- **Fixed**  
  Episodes now generate more reliably by splitting script generation and audio processing into separate phases, preventing timeout issues.

- **Improved**  
  Better city recognition in location-based features for more accurate weather and local news.

- **Added**  
  New 'What Happened Today in History' feature on the news page showing interesting historical events from this day in the past.

## Timezone Consistency Improvements

We improved how Lemonpod handles timezones so daily and weekly updates better match your selected timezone.

- **Improved**  
  Calendar, tasks, and activity summaries are now aligned more consistently to your profile timezone.

- **Fixed**  
  Fixed timing edge cases around day changes that could shift events or summaries to the wrong day.

## Official Beta Release

Initial public beta launch for Lemonpod.

- **Added**  
  General launch readiness updates across the website.