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October 28, 2026

• An easier truck ride to Manhattan

  The moving truck’s thousand miles from Alabama are much easier now: Aunty swerves less often and more gently, with more warning, Annie wants less and waits longer for it, Fluffy and a sleepy Aunty give Charlie more time to bark, and however bumpy it gets the truck always makes it to Manhattan, so a bump only costs a star and a tantrum only costs points.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 35 Show me: An easier truck ride to Manhattan ›

• More time in Chill Mode

  Chill Mode’s More time switch has a new job: every clock or meter that can lose a mission gives Charlie half as long again, so buyers are slower to notice and to walk out, Fluffy is slower to get drunk or lose his patience, the Super’s meter fills slower, Moose growls longer, Fluffy takes longer to bring up the party in Miami, and the photo at Federico’s comes later.

  Where: Game Settings, Chill Mode, More time Show me: More time in Chill Mode ›

• Everyone, drawn head to toe

  The people Charlie meets were floating emoji faces, and now they’re drawn from head to toe: nurses in their scrubs, waiters in their tuxedos, guards, chefs, shoppers and patients sitting up in bed, each with their own hair, skin tone and outfit, holding up whatever they’re carrying.

  Where: Everywhere: the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode Show me: Everyone, drawn head to toe ›

• Real furniture and hospital gear

  The things around Charlie are drawn properly now instead of as icons: the hospital beds, the wheelchairs, the crash cart and the oxygen tanks, Fluffy’s bed and the apartment’s furniture, Paola’s tables, Park Avenue’s trees, planters and real fire hydrants, and Lamb Lamb and the bones on the floor.

  Where: Everywhere: the apartment, the ER and the hospital, Park Avenue, Central Park and Paola’s

• The whole cast, redrawn

  Dad, Lubna, Federico, Michael, CJ, Victor, the doormen and everyone else who was a big-headed cartoon is drawn like Fluffy and Grandpa now, with real proportions, soft shading and their own faces and outfits (Dad with his thick brown hair), and Federico’s four dogs and Peaches too.

  Where: Everywhere: the title screen’s cast, Meet the Cast, the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• Every room, fully furnished

  Every bench, fence, desk, shelf, sofa, sign, statue and fountain in every place Charlie goes is drawn properly now, from Central Park’s dog run and Aunty’s penthouse to the firehouse, the airport, the UN, Federico’s gardens and Victor’s warehouse, and the cars, the toys and the plush chicken too.

  Where: Everywhere: every place in Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode Show me: Every room, fully furnished ›

• Every prop, drawn by hand

  The little things in Charlie’s world were emoji, and now each one is drawn by hand: Central Park’s reeds, the roadside pines, Federico’s roses, champagne and violins, the phones, coffees and takeout, the shoes, socks and gloves Charlie carries, the shopping bags, suitcases and boxes, and every bite of food.

  Where: Everywhere: the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode Show me: Every prop, drawn by hand ›

• Bubbles and signs, redrawn

  The speech bubbles, Charlie’s thoughts and the floating words are just words now, the few marks left in the world are inked like a comic’s (the question mark over a curious buyer, the speech balloon, the sleepy Zs, the music, the hearts, the anger vein), and Fluffy’s, Grandpa’s and Nichole’s moods are one slim meter over their heads.

  Where: Everywhere: the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode Show me: Bubbles and signs, redrawn ›

• Grass, water and floors, redrawn

  The ground under Charlie is painted now: Central Park’s grass, its paths and its pond with reeds and lily pads, the beach and the dunes, Park Avenue’s sidewalks and every floor indoors, from the wood and the tiles to the carpets, the marble and the rugs.

  Where: Everywhere: Central Park first, then every place in the game

• Ducks, dogs and pigeons, drawn

  The animals were emoji, and now they’re drawn: Central Park’s ducks paddling on the pond, the dog run’s fancy dogs (a poodle, a Dalmatian, a corgi, a doodle, a dachshund, a Frenchie) trotting on their leashes, the pigeons, the gulls, the deer and their fawns, Gary the raccoon, the roaches, the flies and the pet store’s fish, hamsters and parakeet.

  Where: Everywhere: Central Park and its dog run, the beach, the listing, the pet store and the Townhouse

• Hamptons Discount Realty and Craig

  Aunty’s brokerage is Hamptons Discount Realty now, and her manager is Craig, who thinks very little of her: the big listings go to Derek, Aunty gets the garbage, and when a client calls for her he hands it to another agent and swears nobody called.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: the listings meeting, Wednesday afternoons; Free Roam Mode: the office at the east end of Park Avenue, south side (9 AM to 6 PM)

• A cleaner, hand-drawn interface

  The menus, the buttons and the top bar are in clean words now instead of emoji: the mission counters say what they count (Offers 0/3, Walkouts 0/3), and a few hand-drawn icons stay where they help: Charlie’s health, the Puppy Eyes, Bark and Zoomies buttons, Fluffy’s mood and a mission’s stars.

  Where: The game’s top bar and buttons, the main menu and every menu Show me: A cleaner, hand-drawn interface ›

• Rats in Aunty’s Mini

  The check engine light finally makes sense: rats live in the engine bay of Aunty’s Mini, chewing the wiring (its insulation is soy-based, so it smells like dinner, and the engine bay is warm and dry), Fluffy has worked it out on the drive to Southampton, and Aunty still says the light is decorative.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 9 and 10; the garage in Free Roam Mode; Auto Play Mode’s trip to Southampton Show me: Rats in Aunty’s Mini ›

• Michael, Cuban, and the saucer

  Michael is Cuban-American now, Miami born and raised (loud, warm and quick, a cafecito on the hot plate for everyone, Spanish mid-sentence, still hiding from the divorce papers behind the water heater), and one day a flying saucer takes him, cot, sunglasses, fondue set and all, while he talks the whole way up, Howard arrives a second too late, and Barb and Lou, for once, tell a truth that nobody believes.

  Where: Mission 38, He Isn’t Home (the finale); Auto Play Mode: Tuesday in Miami; Free Roam Mode: Go to… Miami, at night

• The garage, under Aunty’s building

  The garage is under Aunty’s own building now, not next door: its ramp is in her building’s front on Park Avenue, her elevator goes down to it, and by her Mini you can hear the rats in the engine bay gnawing away until Charlie gets too close.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Park Avenue, the garage and Go to; Auto Play Mode’s trip to Southampton; Mission Mode, Missions 9 and 10 Show me: The garage, under Aunty’s building ›

• Annie’s intervention for Aunty

  Annie is staging an intervention for her mother at the penthouse (a seating chart, index cards, a printed agenda, a safe word), while Joseph, who labeled the chairs, wants to go home, Sam leaves early for a thing, Fluffy, there for the catering, tells one obvious lie after another, Aunty agrees with every one, and Charlie keeps finding the bottles she hid.

  Where: Mission 40, Holding Space; Auto Play Mode: Wednesday evening at Aunty’s penthouse, before the sleepover Show me: Annie’s intervention for Aunty ›

• Samantha, a skater, and her ghosts

  Fluffy meets Samantha, a grungy, tomboyish skater who lives for her board, on the plaza outside Hudson Yards Bathhouse (eucalyptus towels, a smoothie bar, a free sauna and an outdoor pool deck where everyone mingles and nobody swims), and then she moves to an old house in West Hollywood with three ghosts and very bad juju, keeps calling Fluffy about them, and Fluffy and Charlie fly out to sniff them out, settle each one gently and watch her land her trick.

  Where: Missions 41 and 42, Guest Pass and Bad Juju; Auto Play Mode: Monday at Hudson Yards Bathhouse, her calls, Sunday night in West Hollywood; Free Roam Mode: Go to… Hudson Yards Bathhouse, its pool deck or West Hollywood Show me: Samantha, a skater, and her ghosts ›

• Each flight’s own gate

  At the airport in New York, the boarding sign, Gate 22’s desk, the departures board and the door to the plane now name the flight Fluffy and Charlie are really taking (Chicago, Alabama, Miami, Ohio or Los Angeles), and on the other trips nobody at the gate talks about Chicago.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: the airport, on the way to Chicago (Thursday), Alabama (Friday), Miami (Tuesday morning), Ohio (Tuesday night) and Los Angeles (Sunday night) Show me: Each flight’s own gate ›

• Anjali, across Aunty’s landing

  Across the private landing at the top of Aunty’s building lives Anjali, a painter, who keeps inviting Aunty over for dinner and asking her to review her artwork (six portraits of Aunty, from memory); Aunty brings comps, Fluffy eats everything, and Charlie keeps the evening strictly business.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 43; Auto Play Mode’s Wednesday evening; Free Roam Mode’s Go to, Home and the building Show me: Anjali, across Aunty’s landing ›

• First class, Charlie in his seat

  On the plane Charlie is in Seat 2A at last, sitting up by the window with his blanket and his water bowl, Fluffy beside him in 2B and every other seat taken, a different cabin every flight, all of it redrawn: walnut-and-ivory suites, windows onto the sky with the clouds going by, the overhead bins, the galley and its trolley, a carpet with a runner down the aisle, and the lights going down at night.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: the flights to Chicago (Thursday), Alabama (Friday), Miami (Tuesday morning), Ohio (Tuesday night) and Los Angeles (Sunday night), and home; Mission Mode, Mission 32 Show me: First class, Charlie in his seat ›

• Digging, made clear

  At the beach house every buried toy’s mound now has a DIG tag, and until Charlie has dug one up the mound he’s near says HOLD STILL TO DIG (with how to stop on your device) while a ring fills and the sand flies.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 11 (Southampton Beach House); Survival’s Beach Panic Show me: Digging, made clear ›

• A Bathhouse full of posers

  Hudson Yards Bathhouse is packed now, and everyone is busy being photographed: around the pool, a crowd in swim briefs, board shorts and swimsuits posing, filming each other and retaking every shot (a ring light, a tripod, a selfie stick, a pose on the diving board, and still nobody in the water), and on the gym floor people filming each other at the machines and posing in the mirror instead of exercising.

  Where: Hudson Yards Bathhouse: Mission 41, Guest Pass; Auto Play Mode on Monday afternoon; Free Roam Mode: Go to… Hudson Yards Bathhouse or its pool deck Show me: A Bathhouse full of posers ›

• Aunty’s loop, and her three men

  At her penthouse Aunty keeps pulling Fluffy aside with the same questions (should she quit her brokerage for another one? should she keep seeing Lenny, Dale or Vince, who are all broke, divorced, unemployed and moody?), then she quits on the spot, takes all three back and goes hunting for a fourth at the bar on Third, with Fluffy as her wingman, and reminds him she took him to the US Open.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Tuesday at the bar on Third, after happy hour; Wednesday’s listings meeting; Thursday morning at Aunty’s. Free Roam Mode: her penthouse with Fluffy, 5 to 6 PM, and the bar on Third from 9 PM. Mission Mode: Mission 7 Show me: Aunty’s loop, and her three men ›

• Narrator in step with the picture

  In Auto Play Mode every line is now heard with what it’s about on the screen: nothing under the fast-forward card at the top speed, nothing before a new place has faded in, and on Tuesday in Miami every line about the saucer comes as it happens: the beam, Michael going up, the empty sky.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, at every speed; the saucer on Tuesday in Miami Show me: Narrator in step with the picture ›

• Adaptive difficulty

  Lose a mission and your next try is made easier (more health, slower hoomans, quicker abilities, twice the time and softer hits), lose it twice and Charlie’s got it, so that try can’t be lost, and a win puts the mission back to normal.

  Where: Mission Mode, after a loss; the switch is in Game Settings, Adaptive difficulty Show me: Adaptive difficulty ›

• Samantha skates, and she’s famous

  Samantha really skates now (pushing, carving, an ollie, a kickflip with her board turning over under her, a frontside fifty-fifty along the plaza’s ledge with sparks, a boardslide down the handrail, a drop-in, a carve and an air out of her bowl, a bail now and then), and she’s famous: two filmers riding alongside her, kids with their boards wanting her autograph, a high five, and Fluffy telling everyone they go way back.

  Where: Missions 41 and 42, Guest Pass and Bad Juju; Auto Play Mode: Monday at Hudson Yards Bathhouse, Sunday night at her bowl; Free Roam Mode: Go to… West Hollywood by day, and the plaza’s kids in the afternoon Show me: Samantha skates, and she’s famous ›

• Aunty’s listings, best offer

  Aunty’s own listings are the dumps Craig gives her, condemned and under a million, priced “make your best offer” (the Townhouse asks $890,000 or best offer; the Southampton dump and the Florida gentleman’s walk-up take any offer), while the big ones go to Derek and the millions stay in her dreams.

  Where: Mission Mode: Missions 12, 26 and 33; Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: the Townhouse and Aunty’s listing in Southampton Show me: Aunty’s listings, best offer ›

• Fluffy’s exam, and Aunty’s lessons

  Fluffy fails the state salesperson exam again (the proctor keeps a tally on the board), so Aunty trains him herself, with an eye to the listings: on the courthouse steps he hands out her cards (“Selling the apartment?”), and at a funeral home Craig explains his theory, Charlie walks up the aisle in the middle of the eulogy, and Aunty and Craig ask the room if anyone’s selling.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Monday at 12:30 PM, the exam and the courthouse steps; Sunday at 9 AM, the funeral home with Craig. Free Roam Mode: Go to… the testing center, the courthouse steps or the funeral home Show me: Fluffy’s exam, and Aunty’s lessons ›

• Softer walls, fewer dark lines

  The walls indoors were dark bands boxed in black lines, every end and every doorway its own box; now they’re plaster in each place’s own colours, one wall from end to end with a soft shadow at its foot, the floor runs on through the doorways, and the furniture’s outlines are thin.

  Where: Everywhere indoors: Fluffy’s apartment first, then Aunty’s penthouse, the lobby and every place Charlie goes

• Aunty’s commission split

  Aunty now wastes Fluffy’s time over her commission’s split too: the buyer’s side, Craig’s share (paid late, every time), the math again and again, and whether to give her assistant (Fluffy) any of it.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: her penthouse with Fluffy, 5 to 6 PM, and the bar on Third from 9 PM. Auto Play Mode: Thursday morning at Aunty’s. Mission Mode: Mission 7 Show me: Aunty’s commission split ›

• Michael and the aliens

  Michael is obsessed with aliens now, with posters on the garage wall, the light left on for them and the sky every night, always asking why they haven’t contacted us.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Miami, the garage. Auto Play Mode: Tuesday in Miami. Mission Mode: Mission 38, He Isn’t Home Show me: Michael and the aliens ›

• Craig pays Aunty late

  Whenever Aunty complains that her commission’s late, it’s Craig she means now, her manager at Hamptons Discount Realty, who pays her late every time.

  Where: Everywhere Aunty talks money: Free Roam Mode, Auto Play Mode and her missions Show me: Craig pays Aunty late ›

• Only one Lamb Lamb

  There’s only ever one Lamb Lamb and one Chicken now, Charlie’s big plushes in Fluffy’s room, and the toys he fetches are bones, the squeaky duck, the bully stick and the teddy.

  Where: Mission Mode: the apartment’s missions, Mission 13 and the pet store, Mission 30 Show me: Only one Lamb Lamb ›

• PA announcements, richer places

  The airport calls your flight by name (boarding, the final call, the odd gate change, a word about security), the captain welcomes you aboard and brings you down into the right city, the hospitals, the nursing homes, Hudson Yards Bathhouse, the courthouse, the testing center and the pet store speak over a real tannoy, and every place sounds fuller, by day and by night: sirens and buses on Park Avenue, a saxophone in the park, the radiator at home, the surf in East Hampton, the train in Chicago, the lake in Ohio.

  Where: Everywhere, with Sound and Voices on: Auto Play Mode’s trips (the airport and the plane), Free Roam Mode’s Go to… and the missions. The announcements are heard once they’re recorded; Sound captions shows their words Show me: PA announcements, richer places ›

• Odd jobs around the city

  In Free Roam Mode people all over the city have a job for Charlie, from Paola’s deliveries and the doormen’s lost boxes to pigeons on the hot dog cart and Samantha’s board parts: walk up to a gold tag, take the job, and earn treats, Golden Dog Bones, bandanas and Scrapbook moments.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: anyone with a gold tag over their head; the Jobs button by the pause button for the job log (J on a keyboard, RT or R2 on a controller, the pause card on the Apple TV)

• Aliens welcome on Michael’s lawn

  Michael’s parents’ front lawn now has a twelve-foot inflatable alien holding a banner that says ALIENS WELCOME HERE, and two little resin aliens waving by the steps and the driveway.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Miami. Auto Play Mode: Tuesday in Miami. Mission Mode: Mission 38, He Isn’t Home Show me: Aliens welcome on Michael’s lawn ›

• Free Roam Mode: the open city

  Free Roam Mode is one big neighbourhood now: walk off the end of Park Avenue and Charlie is on the next block, from Fifth Avenue and Central Park’s Reservoir to Third, with Fabio on Madison and the bar on Third behind their own doors, and a map that shows what he’s found, sets a waypoint with an arrow to follow and hails a cab from any street.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: walk off any block; the Map button (T on a keyboard, LT or L2 on a controller, Play/Pause on the Apple TV remote)

• The exam, clearly marked

  Fluffy’s exam is the NYC Real Estate Salesperson Exam now, with a banner hung across the exam room, a sign at the check-in and the proctor and the narrator saying so.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… the NYC real estate testing center. Auto Play Mode: Monday Show me: The exam, clearly marked ›

• Welcome to Hudson Yards Bathhouse

  Hudson Yards Bathhouse now welcomes you by name on the plaza, by the pool and over the towel desk, so you know where you are at a glance.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Hudson Yards Bathhouse. Mission Mode: Missions 41 and 42 Show me: Welcome to Hudson Yards Bathhouse ›

• Andre, at the bar with CJ

  On the stool beside CJ’s at the bar on Third sits Andre, a superstar lawyer who has passed the bar exam in every US jurisdiction and is now unemployed, and who is furious every time Fluffy tells him he’s behaving badly.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the bar on Third, noon to 11 PM. Auto Play Mode: Tuesday’s happy hour at the bar on Third Show me: Andre, at the bar with CJ ›

• Every holiday, recognized

  Every major holiday, from New Year’s, Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day to Diwali, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, now has its own banner on the main menu, its own piece for Charlie (and costumes for the cast on the holidays that dress up) and its decorations in the apartment, the lobby and on the streets, for its week every year.

  Where: The main menu; Fluffy’s apartment, the lobby and the streets in Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode, in each holiday’s week

• Divorce court, clearly marked

  The courthouse where Aunty gives Fluffy his first lesson is plainly divorce court now, with DIVORCE COURT on a big banner across its columns, on the stone over the doors and on a sign on the plaza.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Divorce court steps, downtown. Auto Play Mode: Monday Show me: Divorce court, clearly marked ›

• Save progress on every screen

  Game Settings gives you a save code now that carries your missions, stars, Scrapbook, bandanas and Golden Dog Bones between the website and the app on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, and an Apple TV links to your save with a short code you approve on your phone.

  Where: Game Settings: Save progress (the website, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV) Show me: Save progress on every screen ›

• Play together, and chat

  Turn on Play together and Free Roam Mode is shared: other players’ dogs walk the same places in their own bandanas with their names over them, and you can wave, bark and chat with them in a public room of up to 16 or a private room for friends with its code, every line filtered, and anyone a tap from report, block or mute.

  Where: Game Settings: Play together, or the pause card in Free Roam Mode; then Chat, bottom left Show me: Play together, and chat ›

• Graystarve, and Caroline

  Before Aunty’s lessons, Fluffy was a leasing assistant at Graystarve, a firm that charges tenants for air, until Caroline made his days there so miserable that he resigned, and now she sneers at him on the divorce court steps.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Monday, the exam and the divorce court steps. Free Roam Mode: Go to… the divorce court steps, downtown Show me: Graystarve, and Caroline ›

• Central Park, redrawn

  East Meadow and the Reservoir look like the real Central Park now, with big old elms and London planes, the park’s green World’s Fair benches and numbered globe lamps, its low hoop fence, Manhattan schist outcrops, worn dirt paths and fallen leaves, turtles on a log in the pond, the towers along Fifth reflected in the water, squirrels and pigeons about and cyclists on the East Drive.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Central Park, or walk west from Fifth Avenue. Mission Mode: Missions 18, 23 and 25 Show me: Central Park, redrawn ›

• Three levels of dog bone

  Dog Bones come in three levels now, each drawn and counted on its own: the regular Dog Bone, the rarer Golden Dog Bone (the twenty hidden in Free Roam Mode, and every seventh Dog Bone in a mission, worth more) and the rarest Diamond Dog Bone, five hidden in the open city’s hardest-to-reach corners, with a sparkle and a sound of its own.

  Where: Mission Mode and Free Roam Mode: the bones, the counter at the top and the cards at the end Show me: Three levels of dog bone ›

• Dog Bones are the currency

  Every Dog Bone Charlie picks up goes in his wallet now (a Golden Dog Bone is worth 10, a Diamond Dog Bone 100, and the golden ones already found count too), and the Bone Shop in the Wardrobe trades them for any bandana he hasn’t earned yet, with no money involved and no way to buy bones.

  Where: The main menu and Free Roam Mode show the wallet; the cards at the end show what a run put in it; the Bone Shop is in the Wardrobe Show me: Dog Bones are the currency ›

• How Charlie came home

  Charlie’s backstory, drawn in four scenes: born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, at Rustic Lace, where Tamara raised him, he flew to Newark with her, and Fluffy was waiting at arrivals with a sign.

  Where: Player Guides: How Charlie came home Show me: How Charlie came home ›

• The call window: who’s calling

  When someone phones in, a little window in the corner shows who’s on the other end, where they are and what they’re saying, with a ring as it opens and a timer while it’s on, and on the map Fluffy holds the phone to his ear (Victor’s calls are video calls).

  Where: Whenever someone calls: Auto Play Mode every day (Nichole from Chicago, Marlene from Miami, Victor from Ohio, Samantha, Grandpa from the hospital), Free Roam Mode, Survival and the missions Show me: The call window: who’s calling ›

• Holiday levels, for a limited time

  Mission Mode has a Holiday row now, with a mission of its own for each holiday that’s only there while the holiday is on, starting with Halloween’s Trick or Treat on East 94th Street, where Charlie in his bat wings rings the brownstones’ doorbells for Dog Bones, steers clear of a giant inflatable spider and never touches the chocolate.

  Where: Mission Mode: the Holiday row, at the top, while its holiday is on Show me: Holiday levels, for a limited time ›

• Auto Play keeps going for hours

  Leave Auto Play Mode running and it keeps going with nothing to tap, Sunday night rolling straight into the next week with a card that says which week it is and fades away by itself, and the screen stays awake while it plays.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: just leave it running (pausing it, or leaving it, lets the screen sleep again) Show me: Auto Play keeps going for hours ›

October 27, 2026

• Federico at the UN

  Federico arrives at the UN in Turtle Bay by helicopter, on official NATO business and representing Italy, where everyone reveres his mother, the Ambassador, and Fluffy beeps at the security arch and is taken for a delegate in the lounge with the free canapés.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Friday morning; Free Roam Mode, a cab from Park Avenue (9 AM to 6 PM) Show me: Federico at the UN ›

• Victor, in a cloud

  Victor now calls through a haze, one joint lit off the last, pitching synergy and his “empire” (his parents’ toilets), getting every word confidently wrong and sure all of Ohio envies him, from a trailer full of pizza boxes.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone, and the main menu’s cast Show me: Victor, in a cloud ›

• CJ and the bar on Third

  When Fluffy’s broke he goes to the bar & grill on Third, where his friend CJ (charming, sleepy, full of tall tales) always has a stool; Fluffy has a hopeless crush, CJ has no idea, and CJ keeps falling asleep on Charlie’s bean bag.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, happy hour at the bar on Tuesday and Monday morning at 13A; Free Roam Mode, the bar’s door on Park Avenue (noon to 11 PM) Show me: CJ and the bar on Third ›

• Mission 39: Dad and Lubna in Ohio

  Fluffy flies to Ohio to see his father, Dad, in his grand house on the lake (twelve bedrooms, twelve bathrooms, the pride of Ohio), where his stepmom Lubna, who promised to pick them up at the airport and didn’t, tells Dad that Fluffy doesn’t care and shows everyone the plans for her gold-plated house back home: a mission, and a red-eye every week in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 39; Auto Play Mode, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning Show me: Mission 39: Dad and Lubna in Ohio ›

• Grandpa, Fluffy’s roommate

  Everyone calls him Grandpa, but he’s no relation to Fluffy, just the old man Fluffy shares the rent-controlled apartment with, so to Grandpa, the nurses and George, Fluffy is the roommate now.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Grandpa’s calls, the hospital, the lobby Show me: Grandpa, Fluffy’s roommate ›

• An easier drive to Southampton

  The road trip to Southampton is much easier now: Aunty swerves less often and more gently, with more warning, her dinner stays under the seat longer, the F-150 takes it easier, and however bumpy it gets Charlie always makes it there, so the bumps only cost stars.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 9 and 10 Show me: An easier drive to Southampton ›

• Free Roam Mode: go anywhere

  In Free Roam Mode the Go to button takes Charlie to any place in the game at any hour, from Paola’s and the ER to Southampton, Federico’s estate in East Hampton, Michael’s garage in Miami, Nichole in Chicago, Annie’s dorm and Dad’s house on the lake, with everyone there doing their thing.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the Go to button by the pause button (T on a keyboard, LT or L2 on a controller, Play/Pause on the Apple TV remote)

• Victor, in person

  Victor is finally off the video call: his camper trailer and its big renovations (one step, one tile, a mailbox) are down the road from Dad’s in Ohio, next to Pallet Palace Logistics, where he supervises Ruth cleaning the restrooms and his parents still don’t trust him with a mop.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Wednesday morning on the way home from Dad’s; Free Roam Mode, Go to → Ohio Show me: Victor, in person ›

• Only what Charlie notices

  Free Roam Mode has calmed down: only what touches Charlie or is right in front of his nose lights up, talks or makes a noise, two things at a time, while everyone else carries on quietly behind him.

  Where: Free Roam Mode (and for the old busy view, Game Settings, Show everything in Free Roam Mode)

• Nichole’s lipo hunt in Chicago

  In Chicago, Fluffy and Charlie go with Nichole to her appointments: she’s shopping for the cheapest liposuction in town, and three cosmetic surgeons kindly tell her there’s nothing to remove, so she ends up at a nail salon with a sign in the window (a toenail clip and lipo, same day, half off), where Kevin, who calls himself a doctor, removes… the toenails.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Thursday, on the trip to Chicago Show me: Nichole’s lipo hunt in Chicago ›

October 26, 2026

• A tidier main menu

  Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode, then Player Guides and Game Settings, and the whole cast around Charlie: tap anyone and they step to the front.

  Where: The main menu, Player Guides and Game Settings Show me: A tidier main menu ›

• Marlene calls from Miami

  Grandpa’s cousin Marlene phones Fluffy every day from Miami to say how much she loves Grandpa, never helps (her hip, canasta, the humidity), asks when his check comes, and answers everything the same way: Fluffy’s getting the rent-controlled apartment, after all.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone Show me: Marlene calls from Miami ›

• Missions 34–36: Annie comes home

  Aunty’s daughter Annie is done with college in Alabama and moving home, so Aunty packs her dorm, drives a Haul Mary truck all night and fills a storage unit, while Fluffy “looks after Charlie” and her brothers Joseph and Sam turn up: three missions, a weekly trip in Auto Play Mode and Upper East Stash in Free Roam Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 34 to 36; Auto Play Mode, Friday into Saturday morning; Free Roam Mode, the Upper East Stash door on Park Avenue (9 AM to 7 PM) Show me: Missions 34–36: Annie comes home ›

• Victor video-calls from Ohio

  Fluffy’s friend Victor, Senior Executive Vice President of Global Hygiene Operations (the toilets, at his parents’ warehouse in Ohio), video-calls through a haze to say Fluffy ruined his life and to show off his big renovations, which are all on his camper trailer.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone Show me: Victor video-calls from Ohio ›

• Fluffy’s wild boar

  Fluffy has a secret weapon, a wild boar that’s loyal only to him: when he’s mad he threatens to call it and everyone backs right down, and in Devil Mode, with someone he really hates nearby, he whistles (what boar?).

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Free Roam Mode and Mission Mode: whenever Fluffy’s mad Show me: Fluffy’s wild boar ›

• Marlene is Grandpa’s cousin

  Marlene, on the phone from Miami, is Grandpa’s cousin (not his sister), and she says Grandpa by name now, so you always know who she means.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone Show me: Marlene is Grandpa’s cousin ›

• Missions 37–38: Federico, Michael

  Fluffy’s friend Federico, who works at NATO (he’ll tell you), gives a reception at his East Hampton mansion where his four dogs run off with Fluffy’s gloves and loafers, and in Miami Federico’s husband Michael hides in his parents’ garage from the process server Federico keeps sending with divorce papers: two missions, and two visits a week in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 37 and 38; Auto Play Mode, Tuesday in Miami and Thursday night in East Hampton Show me: Missions 37–38: Federico, Michael ›

• Federico, and the prenup

  Fluffy’s friend goes by his full name now, Federico, said the Italian way, and he keeps trying to have his husband Michael served with divorce papers, but Michael won’t be divorced until Federico meets their prenup: the settlement in full, the guest cottage, the dogs every other weekend and a farewell toast without NATO.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 37 and 38; Auto Play Mode, Tuesday in Miami and Thursday night in East Hampton Show me: Federico, and the prenup ›

October 25, 2026

• George hangs up on 13A

  Call George about the toilet, the leak or the latest fire and he hangs up on you, then tells the receiver what he really thinks: the rent’s months overdue, Grandpa and Fluffy are useless loafers, and nobody fixes anything for a rent-controlled apartment.

  Where: Fluffy’s apartment, whenever something’s broken, in Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• Mission 33: Nothing to See Here

  Aunty’s new listing is a Manhattan townhouse with a hole in the ceiling and pigeons in the chandelier, and Charlie keeps every buyer looking at him instead: Mission 33, the open house in Free Roam Mode and a Sunday sale in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 33; Free Roam Mode, the Townhouse door on Park Avenue (11 AM to 4 PM); Auto Play Mode, Sunday morning Show me: Mission 33: Nothing to See Here ›

• One Player Guide

  Fewer buttons on the main menu: How to play, The cast and Charlie’s Guide are in Player Guides now.

  Where: Player Guides on the main menu Show me: One Player Guide ›

• A week away

  Auto Play Mode stays out all week, and the apartment is just Monday morning (unless Grandpa beats them home): Aunty’s sleepover at her penthouse, a night at the Townhouse before its early open house, and an overnight service-dog evaluation at Candid Camera Medical (with a bill).

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights Show me: A week away ›

• Auto Play Mode never stops

  The days run straight into each other with no card to dismiss, and the day so far is on the pause screen (Today so far), the whole week on the week’s results.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: pause → Today so far Show me: Auto Play Mode never stops ›

• More to hear

  The hospital’s machines and curtains, bingo and a piano at the nursing home, the ambulance and the fire engine from the inside, and Central Park from the dawn chorus to the crickets.

  Where: Everywhere, with Sound on

October 24, 2026

• Fluffy meets Pepe

  The first time Fluffy sees Aunty’s cat, Pepe goes for Charlie, Fluffy throws himself in the way, and Animal Control takes Pepe away for good.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 8 (play it again if you’re past it), or wherever Fluffy meets him first Show me: Fluffy meets Pepe ›

• Grandpa, held against his will

  Grandpa was taken to the hospital against his will: he argues with security, phones everyone to say nobody helps him, hears “tomorrow” every time he asks to go home, escapes barefoot, and something goes wrong the moment he’s home.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Free Roam Mode, and Missions 24 and 27 Show me: Grandpa, held against his will ›

• Aunty, by the book

  Aunty is never anywhere without Fluffy (he brings Charlie, she tags along), she only wants listings worth millions and sneers at rentals, and her ex-husband keeps chasing her: she’s the only one who ever passed his MNPI.

  Where: Wherever Aunty goes Show me: Aunty, by the book ›

• Mission 16: Pepe’s ghost

  Pepe’s Revenge is a haunting now: his ghost swoops through Fluffy’s apartment, wailing, and Grandpa has finally found a pet he can see.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Devil Night Show me: Mission 16: Pepe’s ghost ›

• Champagne at the Commission Party

  Mission 13’s guests are popping champagne, so the trouble at Aunty’s party is the corks now.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 13 Show me: Champagne at the Commission Party ›

• Their new lines, out loud

  Grandpa arguing with the guard, the nurses who really do help, Aunty and her millions, the Ex chasing her, Animal Control and the narrator’s telling of Pepe’s story now speak in their own voices.

  Where: Everywhere, with Voices on

• The whole cast, out loud

  The whole cast speaks now, in R and PG alike: every mission, outing, Free Roam Mode visit, Auto Play Mode morning and Meet the Cast, with thousands more ways for Aunty to take a call or pitch a listing.

  Where: Everywhere, with Voices on

• No more reruns

  The nurses, the paramedics, the firefighters and the doormen have far more to say, and nobody repeats a line until they’ve used up the rest.

  Where: Everywhere

• Fluffy’s food, by name

  The porter only ever brings Fluffy food now, and everyone says what it is: a pizza, chicken wings, a burger order, chicken nuggets or Chinese takeout.

  Where: The apartment, in Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• East Meadow

  Charlie’s dog park in Central Park goes by its real name now: East Meadow.

  Where: Central Park, Missions 18, 23 and 25, and Auto Play Mode

• Every place sounds like itself

  The sea rushes up the sand at Aunty’s Southampton house, songbirds and playing dogs fill Central Park and East Meadow, the hospital’s machines beep down the hall, Engine 22 idles in its bay, and every other place Charlie goes has its own recorded sounds now.

  Where: Everywhere, with Sound on

• Fabio, and a $500 haircut

  Aunty’s hairdresser has a salon around the corner on Madison, and Fluffy finally goes to see what the fuss is about: Mission 28, The Emperor’s New Haircut, a visit in Free Roam Mode, and Aunty’s Thursday blowout in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 28; Free Roam Mode, the west end of Park Avenue (10 AM to 7 PM) Show me: Fabio, and a $500 haircut ›

• Grandpa’s smuggled phone

  From his hospital bed Grandpa begs his cousin Marlene in Florida to fly up (she misses him SO much; we’ll see) and calls Fluffy every time a nurse says “tomorrow” (Fluffy says “sure, tomorrow”), and Fluffy only visits when Grandpa threatens to give his room away or the nurses say it keeps him there, with edibles that are gone the moment he leaves.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode, and Missions 24 and 27 Show me: Grandpa’s smuggled phone ›

• The Super is George

  The Super has a name, George, and one thing on his mind, the dog in the REGULAR elevator; he never comes up to fix anything, and the doormen have plenty to say about that behind his back.

  Where: The lobby, in Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• “Is that a Border Collie?”

  Everyone who sees Charlie out with Fluffy wants a photo, a pet or a hello, and half of them think he’s a Border Collie: Fluffy corrects every one of them, a little less patiently each time.

  Where: Out with Fluffy: Park Avenue, the lobby, Central Park, the beach and Paola’s, in Free Roam Mode, Auto Play Mode and the missions

• Mission 29: The Money Train

  The Ex-Husband owns Candid Camera Medical now: the money train gets him, Medicare and Medicaid get the intern, and Charlie leads every patient he won’t see to the intern’s door.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Mission 28; Free Roam Mode, next to Fluffy’s building (9 AM to 6 PM); Auto Play Mode, Fluffy’s checkup Show me: Mission 29: The Money Train ›

• Hamptons Discount Realty

  Aunty’s brokerage has an office around the corner on Lexington: Craig, her manager, in his glass office, Derek with every big listing, the rentals corner, and Aunty’s desk right beside it.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the east end of Park Avenue, south side (9 AM to 6 PM); Auto Play Mode: Wednesday afternoons

• Aunty’s hook

  Fluffy meets Pepe in the elevator now: he goes for Charlie, then for Puppy, and Aunty takes the bite on her left hand (a big bandage that day, a pirate hook ever after).

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 8 (play it again if you’re past it), or wherever Fluffy meets Pepe first; then everywhere Aunty goes Show me: Aunty’s hook ›

• Mission 30: Anything He Sniffs

  The door of the pet store on Park Avenue opens: Fluffy goes shopping for one bag of food and buys everything Charlie sniffs, in Mission 30, a Free Roam Mode visit (9 AM to 9 PM) and a Friday trip in Auto Play Mode, where the receipt never ends.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 30; Free Roam Mode, the pet store on Park Avenue (9 AM to 9 PM) Show me: Mission 30: Anything He Sniffs ›

• The Maid’s daughter

  The Maid brings her nine-year-old daughter every Friday and bosses her around all morning, and all the daughter wants is to play with Charlie: she sneaks off to him, gets called back and sneaks off again (her mother never points the vacuum at her, and she rescues his toys from the trash).

  Where: Wherever the Maid is: Mission 1 (7:00 AM Sharp), Missions 3 and 14, Survival, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode on Friday mornings Show me: The Maid’s daughter ›

• Nichole’s going-away party

  Nichole only turns up when Fluffy’s paying now, and at her going-away party she eats too many edibles, quits her job and moves to Chicago for the deep dish (after that, she only calls).

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 31, and Auto Play Mode, one Tuesday night Show me: Nichole’s going-away party ›

• Nichole’s Chicago, first class

  Fluffy flies Charlie to Chicago to see Nichole, always first class with Charlie in his own seat: her desk at Shady Pines Capital, where the CEO thinks she’s wonderful, and her apartment at Leakview Towers, where nobody may use the toilet.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 32; Auto Play Mode, every Thursday once she’s in Chicago Show me: Nichole’s Chicago, first class ›

October 23, 2026

• Meet the Cast

  A narrated, tap-along introduction to everyone in Charlie’s life, and they’ve never been worse.

  Where: The cast on the title screen, or Meet the Cast in Bonus extras Show me: Meet the Cast ›

• Mission 27: Grandpa’s Great Escape

  Grandpa walks out of the hospital barefoot in his gown, and Charlie has to keep him in one piece at home until the ambulance comes back.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Aunty’s Listing Hunt Show me: Mission 27: Grandpa’s Great Escape ›

• Mission 26: Aunty’s Listing Hunt

  Aunty works the nursing home for listings with a clipboard and a bag of gummy bears, and Charlie steals the show.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Catch of the Week Show me: Mission 26: Aunty’s Listing Hunt ›

• Aunty, broke

  Aunty is broke, in a football jersey and sweatpants, spilling her bottle, chasing listings and interrupting everyone.

  Where: Wherever Aunty goes Show me: Aunty, broke ›

• Grandpa, against all advice

  Grandpa really needs the hospital but hates every rule there, so he walks out barefoot and the trouble starts again at home.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode Show me: Grandpa, against all advice ›

• The messy week

  The apartment gets messier every day, pizza boxes, towels and worse, until the Maid arrives on Friday.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode Show me: The messy week ›

• A nature-documentary narrator

  The whole story is now told by a hushed documentary narrator, observing the humans in their natural habitat.

  Where: Everywhere

• PASSENGERS ONLY

  The Super now guards the elevator and never comes inside: dogs use the SERVICE elevator.

  Where: At the elevator Show me: PASSENGERS ONLY ›

• Nichole goes LIVE

  When Nichole’s joy is full she goes live to her followers, and she and Aunty can no longer stand to be in the same place.

  Where: Wherever Nichole goes Show me: Nichole goes LIVE ›

• A simpler main screen

  Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode up front, with Survival, the Daily Walk and Top Dogs in Bonus extras.

  Where: Main screen and Bonus extras

October 22, 2026, afternoon

• Engine 22 and bingo

  In Charlie’s Day you can now walk round the corner to Engine 22 for a biscuit and a ring of the bell, or take a cab to the nursing home in visiting hours (10 AM to 8 PM) for tea and a game of bingo.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the east end of Park Avenue

October 22, 2026, lunchtime

• Two new outings in Auto Play Mode

  Charlie’s week now has Disc Dog practice at East Meadow on Wednesday afternoons, and on Tuesdays an elevator standoff between Fluffy and the Super that only the doormen can settle.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons Show me: Two new outings in Auto Play Mode ›

• Engine 22 and visiting hours

  Fluffy walks Charlie to Engine 22’s open house on Saturday mornings for the chili and the bell, and on Sunday afternoons to visiting hours at the nursing home, for bingo with the residents and a quiet minute with Grandpa when he’s held there.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon Show me: Engine 22 and visiting hours ›

October 22, 2026, midday

• Mission 25: Catch of the Week

  The week’s finale at East Meadow’s Disc Dog Cup: catch every frisbee Fluffy throws without looking up, then Aunty’s curveballs, while the nursing home’s minibus cheers and Engine 22 brings the hose.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Visiting Hours Show me: Mission 25: Catch of the Week ›

• Hamptons Discount Realty, fairer

  Mission 12’s buyers walk in keener now, so the one touring the moldy bedroom while Charlie charms the other doesn’t storm straight out.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 12: Hamptons Discount Realty Show me: Hamptons Discount Realty, fairer ›

October 22, 2026, later that morning

• Mission 24: Visiting Hours

  Grandpa is at the nice nursing home this week, and Charlie’s new diploma makes him a therapy dog: visit everyone who asks before they doze off, mind the dinner trolleys, and keep a jealous Grandpa happy too.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Good Boy School Show me: Mission 24: Visiting Hours ›

• Mission 23: Good Boy School

  East Meadow has a board now, and the board says Charlie graduates from obedience class or he’s out: sit, come, speak and look, right on the beat, while the frisbees fly and Nichole shouts the wrong commands.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Stop, Drop and Sniff Show me: Mission 23: Good Boy School ›

October 22, 2026, morning

• Mission 22: Stop, Drop and Sniff

  Open house at the firehouse: Fluffy put his things down everywhere for one selfie in the bunker gear, and Charlie follows his cologne past the decoys and the drills.

  Where: Mission Mode, after The Regular Elevator Show me: Mission 22: Stop, Drop and Sniff ›

• Mission 21: The Regular Elevator

  The Super says dogs ride the SERVICE elevator and he’d like a word with Fluffy about it, so Charlie keeps the two of them apart in the lobby until the regular one gets to L.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Oh, Deer Show me: Mission 21: The Regular Elevator ›

• Park Panic and Beach Panic

  Survival now asks where: Park Avenue as always, Park Panic in Central Park with joggers who stop for nobody, or Beach Panic at Southampton with waves and gulls, each keeping your own best.

  Where: Bonus extras, Survival Show me: Park Panic and Beach Panic ›

• Daily Walk streaks

  The Daily Walk now counts your streak of days in a row, shows your last five weeks of walks on a calendar (tap a day to see how it went) and shares a postcard of today’s walk.

  Where: Daily Walk in Bonus extras Show me: Daily Walk streaks ›

• The mission map

  Mission Mode now opens on a hand-drawn map of Charlie’s week, from the lobby to the Hamptons, with a pin for every mission and the next one glowing.

  Where: Mission Mode (List | Map at the top) Show me: The mission map ›

• Follow anyone in Auto Play Mode

  Pick who the camera follows in Auto Play Mode, Charlie, Fluffy, Puppy or whoever is causing trouble, and keep an eye on Charlie in a little window while you do.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, the chips along the bottom

• Audio Guide

  Play the missions by ear: a beacon pans toward where Charlie should go next, every danger has its own warning sound, and “Where am I?” says what’s around him.

  Where: Controls → Audio Guide

• Plays offline

  After one visit the website works without a connection and can be added to your Home Screen like an app.

  Where: gdaycharlie.com

October 22, 2026, early morning

• Mission 20: Oh, Deer

  Dusk at the beach house: the deer are out on the lawn, and for once Charlie wants to say hello instead of chasing them, so he has to freeze whenever they look up.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Who’s Walking Who? Show me: Mission 20: Oh, Deer ›

• Mission 19: Who’s Walking Who?

  Fluffy finally remembered Charlie’s walk, and never looked up from his phone, so Charlie (an Aussie: it’s his job) herds him down Park Avenue.

  Where: Mission Mode, after The Face of Hamptons Discount Realty Show me: Mission 19: Who’s Walking Who? ›

October 21, 2026, night

• Mission 18: Face of the Campaign

  Golden hour in Central Park: Aunty is shooting her new ad on her phone, Charlie is the face of the campaign, and Fluffy is the (unpaid) lighting.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Fluffy’s Birthday Show me: Mission 18: Face of the Campaign ›

• Daily Walk fixes

  Leave Charlie alone and he wakes up and the walk ends, the countdown says when tomorrow’s walk starts, and yesterday’s unsent score is still there to send.

  Where: Daily Walk in Bonus extras Show me: Daily Walk fixes ›

October 21, 2026, evening

• Mission 17: Fluffy’s Birthday

  Nobody remembered Fluffy’s birthday except Charlie, so it’s a cake from Paola, a candle, a balloon and his booth (and one surprise guest).

  Where: Mission Mode, after Pepe’s Revenge Show me: Mission 17: Fluffy’s Birthday ›

• Daily Walk

  One counted Survival walk a day on this device, on the same streets as everyone else, with its own board for the day.

  Where: Daily Walk in Bonus extras Show me: Daily Walk ›

October 21, 2026, afternoon

• Mission 16: Pepe’s Revenge

  Pepe’s ghost is haunting Fluffy’s apartment, wailing through the walls and swooping at Charlie’s toys.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Devil Night Show me: Mission 16: Pepe’s Revenge ›

• Chill Mode

  Extra hearts, slower hoomans, quicker abilities, no running out of time, or Just a Walk: turn on as much as you like, and your stars still count.

  Where: Chill Mode, at the bottom of the title screen Show me: Chill Mode ›

• Photo Mode

  Pause anything and pick Photo to freeze the chaos, frame it, add a caption the cast really said, and share it.

  Where: Pause → Photo (F on a keyboard, R3 on a controller) Show me: Photo Mode ›

• Side Sniffs

  Three optional bits of mischief in every mission and five new ones each day in Free Roam Mode, for the dogs who like a to-do list.

  Where: A mission’s intro, pause and result cards; a paw in Mission Mode means all three Show me: Side Sniffs ›

• Charlie’s Scrapbook

  The funniest things you’ve seen, from the first smoke alarm to Fluffy’s first eruption, kept with the day you saw them.

  Where: Bonus extras → Scrapbook Show me: Charlie’s Scrapbook ›

• Charlie’s Bandanas

  Sixteen bandanas, collars and the odd hat, earned by playing, and Charlie wears them everywhere, photos included.

  Where: Bonus extras → Wardrobe Show me: Charlie’s Bandanas ›

• Controls your way

  Tap to toggle instead of holding, and put any action on any key or controller button.

  Where: Controls, at the bottom of the title screen Show me: Controls your way ›

• Charlie’s Guide

  Every hooman and how to handle them, how to get three stars in every mission, and help when something isn’t working.

  Where: Guide on the title screen, How to play, or Help on the pause card Show me: Charlie’s Guide ›

• The cast, properly introduced

  Every character has a page now: who they are, who they can’t stand, and the lines they’re famous for.

  Where: The cast on the title screen: it’s Meet the Cast now Show me: The cast, properly introduced ›

• Accessibility page

  Everything the game offers for playing by ear, with bigger text, less motion or a controller, and what it doesn’t do yet.

  Where: Accessibility, at the bottom of the title screen Show me: Accessibility page ›

October 21, 2026, morning

• Today on Park Avenue

  Every night in Auto Play Mode, a card recaps the day’s highlights in order, and Sunday’s adds the whole week.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, at the end of each day (or pause → Today so far) Show me: Today on Park Avenue ›

• Describe Auto Play Mode

  With VoiceOver on, Auto Play Mode tells you between the voices who’s talking, where Charlie is and every highlight.

  Where: Game Settings → Controls → Describe Auto Play Mode (on by default) Show me: Describe Auto Play Mode ›

October 20, 2026

• Highlights in Auto Play Mode

  Speed 5 fast-forwards the quiet stretches and plays the big moments in full, so a whole week takes about seven to ten minutes.

  Where: Auto Play Mode → Speed 5 Show me: Highlights in Auto Play Mode ›

• Zoom

  Close, Room or Whole: see the fire coming before it reaches the hallway.

  Where: Wider in the top bar, pinch, or − and + Show me: Zoom ›

• One voice at a time

  The hoomans finally take turns talking, and their speech bubbles never pile on top of each other.

  Where: Everywhere

• Grandpa’s “water”

  In the hospital and the nursing homes Grandpa hides his cigarettes and whiskey, and it’s water, it’s water.

  Where: Auto Play Mode’s hospital trips Show me: Grandpa’s “water” ›

In the app

Charlie for iPhone, iPad and Mac shows the newest of these once after each update, with a “Show me” for each, and keeps the whole list in Game Settings → What’s new.

Version 3.2 October 30, 2026

• Aliens welcome on Michael’s lawn

  Michael’s parents’ front lawn now has a twelve-foot inflatable alien holding a banner that says ALIENS WELCOME HERE, and two little resin aliens waving by the steps and the driveway.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Miami. Auto Play Mode: Tuesday in Miami. Mission Mode: Mission 38, He Isn’t Home

• Free Roam Mode: the open city

  Free Roam Mode is one big neighbourhood now: walk off the end of Park Avenue and Charlie is on the next block, from Fifth Avenue and Central Park’s Reservoir to Third, with Fabio on Madison and the bar on Third behind their own doors, and a map that shows what he’s found, sets a waypoint with an arrow to follow and hails a cab from any street.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: walk off any block; the Map button (T on a keyboard, LT or L2 on a controller, Play/Pause on the Apple TV remote)

• The exam, clearly marked

  Fluffy’s exam is the NYC Real Estate Salesperson Exam now, with a banner hung across the exam room, a sign at the check-in and the proctor and the narrator saying so.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… the NYC real estate testing center. Auto Play Mode: Monday

• Welcome to Hudson Yards Bathhouse

  Hudson Yards Bathhouse now welcomes you by name on the plaza, by the pool and over the towel desk, so you know where you are at a glance.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Hudson Yards Bathhouse. Mission Mode: Missions 41 and 42

• Andre, at the bar with CJ

  On the stool beside CJ’s at the bar on Third sits Andre, a superstar lawyer who has passed the bar exam in every US jurisdiction and is now unemployed, and who is furious every time Fluffy tells him he’s behaving badly.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the bar on Third, noon to 11 PM. Auto Play Mode: Tuesday’s happy hour at the bar on Third

• Every holiday, recognized

  Every major holiday, from New Year’s, Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day to Diwali, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, now has its own banner on the main menu, its own piece for Charlie (and costumes for the cast on the holidays that dress up) and its decorations in the apartment, the lobby and on the streets, for its week every year.

  Where: The main menu; Fluffy’s apartment, the lobby and the streets in Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode, in each holiday’s week

• Divorce court, clearly marked

  The courthouse where Aunty gives Fluffy his first lesson is plainly divorce court now, with DIVORCE COURT on a big banner across its columns, on the stone over the doors and on a sign on the plaza.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Divorce court steps, downtown. Auto Play Mode: Monday

• Save progress on every screen

  Game Settings gives you a save code now that carries your missions, stars, Scrapbook, bandanas and Golden Dog Bones between the website and the app on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, and an Apple TV links to your save with a short code you approve on your phone.

  Where: Game Settings: Save progress (the website, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV)

• Play together, and chat

  Turn on Play together and Free Roam Mode is shared: other players’ dogs walk the same places in their own bandanas with their names over them, and you can wave, bark and chat with them in a public room of up to 16 or a private room for friends with its code, every line filtered, and anyone a tap from report, block or mute.

  Where: Game Settings: Play together, or the pause card in Free Roam Mode; then Chat (on Apple TV: quick chat and emotes, from the pause card)

• Graystarve, and Caroline

  Before Aunty’s lessons, Fluffy was a leasing assistant at Graystarve, a firm that charges tenants for air, until Caroline made his days there so miserable that he resigned, and now she sneers at him on the divorce court steps.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Monday, the exam and the divorce court steps. Free Roam Mode: Go to… the divorce court steps, downtown

• Central Park, redrawn

  East Meadow and the Reservoir look like the real Central Park now, with big old elms and London planes, the park’s green World’s Fair benches and numbered globe lamps, its low hoop fence, Manhattan schist outcrops, worn dirt paths and fallen leaves, turtles on a log in the pond, the towers along Fifth reflected in the water, squirrels and pigeons about and cyclists on the East Drive.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Central Park, or walk west from Fifth Avenue. Mission Mode: Missions 18, 23 and 25

• Three levels of dog bone

  Dog Bones come in three levels now, each drawn and counted on its own: the regular Dog Bone, the rarer Golden Dog Bone (the twenty hidden in Free Roam Mode, and every seventh Dog Bone in a mission, worth more) and the rarest Diamond Dog Bone, five hidden in the open city’s hardest-to-reach corners, with a sparkle and a sound of its own.

  Where: Mission Mode and Free Roam Mode: the bones, the counter at the top and the cards at the end

• Dog Bones are the currency

  Every Dog Bone Charlie picks up goes in his wallet now (a Golden Dog Bone is worth 10, a Diamond Dog Bone 100, and the golden ones already found count too), and the Bone Shop in the Wardrobe trades them for any bandana he hasn’t earned yet, with no money involved and no way to buy bones.

  Where: The main menu and Free Roam Mode show the wallet; the cards at the end show what a run put in it; the Bone Shop is in the Wardrobe

• Charlie for Apple Watch

  Charlie comes to Apple Watch: tap him to pet him, make him bark, turn the Digital Crown for his tricks, play Catch the treats for Dog Bones and Golden Dog Bones, see his day from your saved progress, and put his face on any watch face.

  Where: Charlie on Apple Watch: it comes with the iPhone app (the Watch app on your iPhone, or the App Store on the watch); his face is a complication for any watch face

• How Charlie came home

  Charlie’s backstory, drawn in four scenes: born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, at Rustic Lace, where Tamara raised him, he flew to Newark with her, and Fluffy was waiting at arrivals with a sign.

  Where: Player Guides: How Charlie came home (and Extras: The story so far)

• The call window: who’s calling

  When someone phones in, a little window in the corner shows who’s on the other end, where they are and what they’re saying, with a ring as it opens and a timer while it’s on, and on the map Fluffy holds the phone to his ear (Victor’s calls are video calls).

  Where: Whenever someone calls: Auto Play Mode every day (Nichole from Chicago, Marlene from Miami, Victor from Ohio, Samantha, Grandpa from the hospital), Free Roam Mode, Survival and the missions

• Holiday levels, for a limited time

  Mission Mode has a Holiday row now, with a mission of its own for each holiday that’s only there while the holiday is on, starting with Halloween’s Trick or Treat on East 94th Street, where Charlie in his bat wings rings the brownstones’ doorbells for Dog Bones, steers clear of a giant inflatable spider and never touches the chocolate.

  Where: Mission Mode: the Holiday row, at the top, while its holiday is on

• Auto Play keeps going for hours

  Leave Auto Play Mode running and it keeps going with nothing to tap, Sunday night rolling straight into the next week with a card that says which week it is and fades away by itself, and the screen stays awake while it plays.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: just leave it running (pausing it, or leaving it, lets the screen sleep again)

Version 3.1 October 28, 2026

• An easier truck ride to Manhattan

  The moving truck’s thousand miles from Alabama are much easier now: Aunty swerves less often and more gently, with more warning, Annie wants less and waits longer for it, Fluffy and a sleepy Aunty give Charlie more time to bark, and however bumpy it gets the truck always makes it to Manhattan, so a bump only costs a star and a tantrum only costs points.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 35

• More time in Chill Mode

  Chill Mode’s More time switch has a new job: every clock or meter that can lose a mission gives Charlie half as long again, so buyers are slower to notice and to walk out, Fluffy is slower to get drunk or lose his patience, the Super’s meter fills slower, Moose growls longer, Fluffy takes longer to bring up the party in Miami, and the photo at Federico’s comes later.

  Where: Game Settings, Chill Mode, More time

• Everyone, drawn head to toe

  The people Charlie meets were floating emoji faces, and now they’re drawn from head to toe: nurses in their scrubs, waiters in their tuxedos, guards, chefs, shoppers and patients sitting up in bed, each with their own hair, skin tone and outfit, holding up whatever they’re carrying.

  Where: Everywhere: the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• Real furniture and hospital gear

  The things around Charlie are drawn properly now instead of as icons: the hospital beds, the wheelchairs, the crash cart and the oxygen tanks, Fluffy’s bed and the apartment’s furniture, Paola’s tables, Park Avenue’s trees, planters and real fire hydrants, and Lamb Lamb and the bones on the floor.

  Where: Everywhere: the apartment, the ER and the hospital, Park Avenue, Central Park and Paola’s

• The whole cast, redrawn

  Dad, Lubna, Federico, Michael, CJ, Victor, the doormen and everyone else who was a big-headed cartoon is drawn like Fluffy and Grandpa now, with real proportions, soft shading and their own faces and outfits (Dad with his thick brown hair), and Federico’s four dogs and Peaches too.

  Where: Everywhere: the title screen’s cast, Meet the Cast, the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• Every room, fully furnished

  Every bench, fence, desk, shelf, sofa, sign, statue and fountain in every place Charlie goes is drawn properly now, from Central Park’s dog run and Aunty’s penthouse to the firehouse, the airport, the UN, Federico’s gardens and Victor’s warehouse, and the cars, the toys and the plush chicken too.

  Where: Everywhere: every place in Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• Every prop, drawn by hand

  The little things in Charlie’s world were emoji, and now each one is drawn by hand: Central Park’s reeds, the roadside pines, Federico’s roses, champagne and violins, the phones, coffees and takeout, the shoes, socks and gloves Charlie carries, the shopping bags, suitcases and boxes, and every bite of food.

  Where: Everywhere: the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• Bubbles and signs, redrawn

  The speech bubbles, Charlie’s thoughts and the floating words are just words now, the few marks left in the world are inked like a comic’s (the question mark over a curious buyer, the speech balloon, the sleepy Zs, the music, the hearts, the anger vein), and Fluffy’s, Grandpa’s and Nichole’s moods are one slim meter over their heads.

  Where: Everywhere: the missions, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• Grass, water and floors, redrawn

  The ground under Charlie is painted now: Central Park’s grass, its paths and its pond with reeds and lily pads, the beach and the dunes, Park Avenue’s sidewalks and every floor indoors, from the wood and the tiles to the carpets, the marble and the rugs.

  Where: Everywhere: Central Park first, then every place in the game

• Ducks, dogs and pigeons, drawn

  The animals were emoji, and now they’re drawn: Central Park’s ducks paddling on the pond, the dog run’s fancy dogs (a poodle, a Dalmatian, a corgi, a doodle, a dachshund, a Frenchie) trotting on their leashes, the pigeons, the gulls, the deer and their fawns, Gary the raccoon, the roaches, the flies and the pet store’s fish, hamsters and parakeet.

  Where: Everywhere: Central Park and its dog run, the beach, the listing, the pet store and the Townhouse

• Hamptons Discount Realty and Craig

  Aunty’s brokerage is Hamptons Discount Realty now, and her manager is Craig, who thinks very little of her: the big listings go to Derek, Aunty gets the garbage, and when a client calls for her he hands it to another agent and swears nobody called.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: the listings meeting, Wednesday afternoons; Free Roam Mode: the office at the east end of Park Avenue, south side (9 AM to 6 PM)

• A cleaner, hand-drawn interface

  The menus, the buttons and the top bar are in clean words now instead of emoji: the mission counters say what they count (Offers 0/3, Walkouts 0/3), and a few hand-drawn icons stay where they help: Charlie’s health, the Puppy Eyes, Bark and Zoomies buttons, Fluffy’s mood and a mission’s stars.

  Where: The game’s top bar and buttons, the main menu and every menu

• Rats in Aunty’s Mini

  The check engine light finally makes sense: rats live in the engine bay of Aunty’s Mini, chewing the wiring (its insulation is soy-based, so it smells like dinner, and the engine bay is warm and dry), Fluffy has worked it out on the drive to Southampton, and Aunty still says the light is decorative.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 9 and 10; the garage in Free Roam Mode; Auto Play Mode’s trip to Southampton

• Michael, Cuban, and the saucer

  Michael is Cuban-American now, Miami born and raised (loud, warm and quick, a cafecito on the hot plate for everyone, Spanish mid-sentence, still hiding from the divorce papers behind the water heater), and one day a flying saucer takes him, cot, sunglasses, fondue set and all, while he talks the whole way up, Howard arrives a second too late, and Barb and Lou, for once, tell a truth that nobody believes.

  Where: Mission 38, He Isn’t Home (the finale); Auto Play Mode: Tuesday in Miami; Free Roam Mode: Go to… Miami, at night

• The garage, under Aunty’s building

  The garage is under Aunty’s own building now, not next door: its ramp is in her building’s front on Park Avenue, her elevator goes down to it, and by her Mini you can hear the rats in the engine bay gnawing away until Charlie gets too close.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Park Avenue, the garage and Go to; Auto Play Mode’s trip to Southampton; Mission Mode, Missions 9 and 10

• Annie’s intervention for Aunty

  Annie is staging an intervention for her mother at the penthouse (a seating chart, index cards, a printed agenda, a safe word), while Joseph, who labeled the chairs, wants to go home, Sam leaves early for a thing, Fluffy, there for the catering, tells one obvious lie after another, Aunty agrees with every one, and Charlie keeps finding the bottles she hid.

  Where: Mission 40, Holding Space; Auto Play Mode: Wednesday evening at Aunty’s penthouse, before the sleepover

• Samantha, a skater, and her ghosts

  Fluffy meets Samantha, a grungy, tomboyish skater who lives for her board, on the plaza outside Hudson Yards Bathhouse (eucalyptus towels, a smoothie bar, a free sauna and an outdoor pool deck where everyone mingles and nobody swims), and then she moves to an old house in West Hollywood with three ghosts and very bad juju, keeps calling Fluffy about them, and Fluffy and Charlie fly out to sniff them out, settle each one gently and watch her land her trick.

  Where: Missions 41 and 42, Guest Pass and Bad Juju; Auto Play Mode: Monday at Hudson Yards Bathhouse, her calls, Sunday night in West Hollywood; Free Roam Mode: Go to… Hudson Yards Bathhouse, its pool deck or West Hollywood

• Each flight’s own gate

  At the airport in New York, the boarding sign, Gate 22’s desk, the departures board and the door to the plane now name the flight Fluffy and Charlie are really taking (Chicago, Alabama, Miami, Ohio or Los Angeles), and on the other trips nobody at the gate talks about Chicago.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: the airport, on the way to Chicago (Thursday), Alabama (Friday), Miami (Tuesday morning), Ohio (Tuesday night) and Los Angeles (Sunday night)

• Anjali, across Aunty’s landing

  Across the private landing at the top of Aunty’s building lives Anjali, a painter, who keeps inviting Aunty over for dinner and asking her to review her artwork (six portraits of Aunty, from memory); Aunty brings comps, Fluffy eats everything, and Charlie keeps the evening strictly business.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 43; Auto Play Mode’s Wednesday evening; Free Roam Mode’s Go to, Home and the building

• First class, Charlie in his seat

  On the plane Charlie is in Seat 2A at last, sitting up by the window with his blanket and his water bowl, Fluffy beside him in 2B and every other seat taken, a different cabin every flight, all of it redrawn: walnut-and-ivory suites, windows onto the sky with the clouds going by, the overhead bins, the galley and its trolley, a carpet with a runner down the aisle, and the lights going down at night.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: the flights to Chicago (Thursday), Alabama (Friday), Miami (Tuesday morning), Ohio (Tuesday night) and Los Angeles (Sunday night), and home; Mission Mode, Mission 32

• Digging, made clear

  At the beach house every buried toy’s mound now has a DIG tag, and until Charlie has dug one up the mound he’s near says HOLD STILL TO DIG (with how to stop on your device) while a ring fills and the sand flies.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 11 (Southampton Beach House); Survival’s Beach Panic

• A Bathhouse full of posers

  Hudson Yards Bathhouse is packed now, and everyone is busy being photographed: around the pool, a crowd in swim briefs, board shorts and swimsuits posing, filming each other and retaking every shot (a ring light, a tripod, a selfie stick, a pose on the diving board, and still nobody in the water), and on the gym floor people filming each other at the machines and posing in the mirror instead of exercising.

  Where: Hudson Yards Bathhouse: Mission 41, Guest Pass; Auto Play Mode on Monday afternoon; Free Roam Mode: Go to… Hudson Yards Bathhouse or its pool deck

• Aunty’s loop, and her three men

  At her penthouse Aunty keeps pulling Fluffy aside with the same questions (should she quit her brokerage for another one? should she keep seeing Lenny, Dale or Vince, who are all broke, divorced, unemployed and moody?), then she quits on the spot, takes all three back and goes hunting for a fourth at the bar on Third, with Fluffy as her wingman, and reminds him she took him to the US Open.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Tuesday at the bar on Third, after happy hour; Wednesday’s listings meeting; Thursday morning at Aunty’s. Free Roam Mode: her penthouse with Fluffy, 5 to 6 PM, and the bar on Third from 9 PM. Mission Mode: Mission 7

• Narrator in step with the picture

  In Auto Play Mode every line is now heard with what it’s about on the screen: nothing under the fast-forward card at the top speed, nothing before a new place has faded in, and on Tuesday in Miami every line about the saucer comes as it happens: the beam, Michael going up, the empty sky.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, at every speed; the saucer on Tuesday in Miami

• Adaptive difficulty

  Lose a mission and your next try is made easier (more health, slower hoomans, quicker abilities, twice the time and softer hits), lose it twice and Charlie’s got it, so that try can’t be lost, and a win puts the mission back to normal.

  Where: Mission Mode, after a loss; the switch is in Game Settings, Adaptive difficulty

• Samantha skates, and she’s famous

  Samantha really skates now (pushing, carving, an ollie, a kickflip with her board turning over under her, a frontside fifty-fifty along the plaza’s ledge with sparks, a boardslide down the handrail, a drop-in, a carve and an air out of her bowl, a bail now and then), and she’s famous: two filmers riding alongside her, kids with their boards wanting her autograph, a high five, and Fluffy telling everyone they go way back.

  Where: Missions 41 and 42, Guest Pass and Bad Juju; Auto Play Mode: Monday at Hudson Yards Bathhouse, Sunday night at her bowl; Free Roam Mode: Go to… West Hollywood by day, and the plaza’s kids in the afternoon

• Aunty’s listings, best offer

  Aunty’s own listings are the dumps Craig gives her, condemned and under a million, priced “make your best offer” (the Townhouse asks $890,000 or best offer; the Southampton dump and the Florida gentleman’s walk-up take any offer), while the big ones go to Derek and the millions stay in her dreams.

  Where: Mission Mode: Missions 12, 26 and 33; Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: the Townhouse and Aunty’s listing in Southampton

• Fluffy’s exam, and Aunty’s lessons

  Fluffy fails the state salesperson exam again (the proctor keeps a tally on the board), so Aunty trains him herself, with an eye to the listings: on the courthouse steps he hands out her cards (“Selling the apartment?”), and at a funeral home Craig explains his theory, Charlie walks up the aisle in the middle of the eulogy, and Aunty and Craig ask the room if anyone’s selling.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Monday at 12:30 PM, the exam and the courthouse steps; Sunday at 9 AM, the funeral home with Craig. Free Roam Mode: Go to… the testing center, the courthouse steps or the funeral home

• Softer walls, fewer dark lines

  The walls indoors were dark bands boxed in black lines, every end and every doorway its own box; now they’re plaster in each place’s own colours, one wall from end to end with a soft shadow at its foot, the floor runs on through the doorways, and the furniture’s outlines are thin.

  Where: Everywhere indoors: Fluffy’s apartment first, then Aunty’s penthouse, the lobby and every place Charlie goes

• Aunty’s commission split

  Aunty now wastes Fluffy’s time over her commission’s split too: the buyer’s side, Craig’s share (paid late, every time), the math again and again, and whether to give her assistant (Fluffy) any of it.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: her penthouse with Fluffy, 5 to 6 PM, and the bar on Third from 9 PM. Auto Play Mode: Thursday morning at Aunty’s. Mission Mode: Mission 7

• Michael and the aliens

  Michael is obsessed with aliens now, with posters on the garage wall, the light left on for them and the sky every night, always asking why they haven’t contacted us.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: Go to… Miami, the garage. Auto Play Mode: Tuesday in Miami. Mission Mode: Mission 38, He Isn’t Home

• Craig pays Aunty late

  Whenever Aunty complains that her commission’s late, it’s Craig she means now, her manager at Hamptons Discount Realty, who pays her late every time.

  Where: Everywhere Aunty talks money: Free Roam Mode, Auto Play Mode and her missions

• Only one Lamb Lamb

  There’s only ever one Lamb Lamb and one Chicken now, Charlie’s big plushes in Fluffy’s room, and the toys he fetches are bones, the squeaky duck, the bully stick and the teddy.

  Where: Mission Mode: the apartment’s missions, Mission 13 and the pet store, Mission 30

• PA announcements, richer places

  The airport calls your flight by name (boarding, the final call, the odd gate change, a word about security), the captain welcomes you aboard and brings you down into the right city, the hospitals, the nursing homes, Hudson Yards Bathhouse, the courthouse, the testing center and the pet store speak over a real tannoy, and every place sounds fuller, by day and by night: sirens and buses on Park Avenue, a saxophone in the park, the radiator at home, the surf in East Hampton, the train in Chicago, the lake in Ohio.

  Where: Everywhere, with Sound and Voices on: Auto Play Mode’s trips (the airport and the plane), Free Roam Mode’s Go to… and the missions. The announcements are heard once they’re recorded; Sound captions shows their words

• Odd jobs around the city

  In Free Roam Mode people all over the city have a job for Charlie, from Paola’s deliveries and the doormen’s lost boxes to pigeons on the hot dog cart and Samantha’s board parts: walk up to a gold tag, take the job, and earn treats, Golden Dog Bones, bandanas and Scrapbook moments.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: anyone with a gold tag over their head; the Jobs button by the pause button for the job log (J on a keyboard, RT or R2 on a controller, the pause card on the Apple TV)

Version 3.0 October 27, 2026

• Grandpa, Fluffy’s roommate

  Everyone calls him Grandpa, but he’s no relation to Fluffy, just the old man Fluffy shares the rent-controlled apartment with, so to Grandpa, the nurses and George, Fluffy is the roommate now.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Grandpa’s calls, the hospital, the lobby

• An easier drive to Southampton

  The road trip to Southampton is much easier now: Aunty swerves less often and more gently, with more warning, her dinner stays under the seat longer, the F-150 takes it easier, and however bumpy it gets Charlie always makes it there, so the bumps only cost stars.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 9 and 10

• Free Roam Mode: go anywhere

  In Free Roam Mode the Go to button takes Charlie to any place in the game at any hour, from Paola’s and the ER to Southampton, Federico’s estate in East Hampton, Michael’s garage in Miami, Nichole in Chicago, Annie’s dorm and Dad’s house on the lake, with everyone there doing their thing.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the Go to button by the pause button (T on a keyboard, LT or L2 on a controller, Play/Pause on the Apple TV remote)

• Victor, in person

  Victor is finally off the video call: his camper trailer and its big renovations (one step, one tile, a mailbox) are down the road from Dad’s in Ohio, next to Pallet Palace Logistics, where he supervises Ruth cleaning the restrooms and his parents still don’t trust him with a mop.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Wednesday morning on the way home from Dad’s; Free Roam Mode, Go to → Ohio

• Only what Charlie notices

  Free Roam Mode has calmed down: only what touches Charlie or is right in front of his nose lights up, talks or makes a noise, two things at a time, while everyone else carries on quietly behind him.

  Where: Free Roam Mode (and for the old busy view, Game Settings, Show everything in Free Roam Mode)

• Nichole’s lipo hunt in Chicago

  In Chicago, Fluffy and Charlie go with Nichole to her appointments: she’s shopping for the cheapest liposuction in town, and three cosmetic surgeons kindly tell her there’s nothing to remove, so she ends up at a nail salon with a sign in the window (a toenail clip and lipo, same day, half off), where Kevin, who calls himself a doctor, removes… the toenails.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Thursday, on the trip to Chicago

Version 2.9 October 27, 2026

• Federico, and the prenup

  Fluffy’s friend goes by his full name now, Federico, said the Italian way, and he keeps trying to have his husband Michael served with divorce papers, but Michael won’t be divorced until Federico meets their prenup: the settlement in full, the guest cottage, the dogs every other weekend and a farewell toast without NATO.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 37 and 38; Auto Play Mode, Tuesday in Miami and Thursday night in East Hampton

• Mission 39: Dad and Lubna in Ohio

  Fluffy flies to Ohio to see his father, Dad, in his grand house on the lake (twelve bedrooms, twelve bathrooms, the pride of Ohio), where his stepmom Lubna, who promised to pick them up at the airport and didn’t, tells Dad that Fluffy doesn’t care and shows everyone the plans for her gold-plated house back home: a mission, and a red-eye every week in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 39; Auto Play Mode, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning

• Federico at the UN

  Federico arrives at the UN in Turtle Bay by helicopter, on official NATO business and representing Italy, where everyone reveres his mother, the Ambassador, and Fluffy beeps at the security arch and is taken for a delegate in the lounge with the free canapés.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Friday morning; Free Roam Mode, a cab from Park Avenue (9 AM to 6 PM)

• CJ and the bar on Third

  When Fluffy’s broke he goes to the bar & grill on Third, where his friend CJ (charming, sleepy, full of tall tales) always has a stool; Fluffy has a hopeless crush, CJ has no idea, and CJ keeps falling asleep on Charlie’s bean bag.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, happy hour at the bar on Tuesday and Monday morning at 13A; Free Roam Mode, the bar’s door on Park Avenue (noon to 11 PM)

• Victor, in a cloud

  Victor now calls through a haze, one joint lit off the last, pitching synergy and his “empire” (his parents’ toilets), getting every word confidently wrong and sure all of Ohio envies him, from a trailer full of pizza boxes.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone, and the main menu’s cast

• Marlene is Grandpa’s cousin

  Marlene, on the phone from Miami, is Grandpa’s cousin (not his sister), and she says Grandpa by name now, so you always know who she means.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone

Version 2.8 October 26, 2026

• Victor video-calls from Ohio

  Fluffy’s friend Victor, Senior Executive Vice President of Global Hygiene Operations (the toilets, at his parents’ warehouse in Ohio), video-calls through a haze to say Fluffy ruined his life and to show off his big renovations, which are all on his camper trailer.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone

• Fluffy’s wild boar

  Fluffy has a secret weapon, a wild boar that’s loyal only to him: when he’s mad he threatens to call it and everyone backs right down, and in Devil Mode, with someone he really hates nearby, he whistles (what boar?).

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Free Roam Mode and Mission Mode: whenever Fluffy’s mad

• Missions 37–38: Federico, Michael

  Fluffy’s friend Federico, who works at NATO (he’ll tell you), gives a reception at his East Hampton mansion where his four dogs run off with Fluffy’s gloves and loafers, and in Miami Federico’s husband Michael hides in his parents’ garage from the process server Federico keeps sending with divorce papers: two missions, and two visits a week in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 37 and 38; Auto Play Mode, Tuesday in Miami and Thursday night in East Hampton

Version 2.7 October 26, 2026

• Auto Play Mode never stops

  The days run straight into each other with no card to dismiss, and the day so far is on the pause screen (Today so far), the whole week on the week’s results.

  Where: Auto Play Mode: pause → Today so far

• More to hear

  The hospital’s machines and curtains, bingo and a piano at the nursing home, the ambulance and the fire engine from the inside, and Central Park from the dawn chorus to the crickets.

  Where: Everywhere, with Sound on

• A tidier main menu

  Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode, then Player Guides and Game Settings, and the whole cast around Charlie: tap anyone and they step to the front.

  Where: The main menu, Player Guides and Game Settings

• iPhone Duo

  Charlie fills both screens, closed or open, and the game carries on as you unfold it.

  Where: On an iPhone Duo: open it or close it any time, even mid-game

• Marlene calls from Miami

  Grandpa’s cousin Marlene phones Fluffy every day from Miami to say how much she loves Grandpa, never helps (her hip, canasta, the humidity), asks when his check comes, and answers everything the same way: Fluffy’s getting the rent-controlled apartment, after all.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode: Fluffy’s phone

• Missions 34–36: Annie comes home

  Aunty’s daughter Annie is done with college in Alabama and moving home, so Aunty packs her dorm, drives a Haul Mary truck all night and fills a storage unit, while Fluffy “looks after Charlie” and her brothers Joseph and Sam turn up: three missions, a weekly trip in Auto Play Mode and Upper East Stash in Free Roam Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Missions 34 to 36; Auto Play Mode, Friday into Saturday morning; Free Roam Mode, the Upper East Stash door on Park Avenue (9 AM to 7 PM)

Version 2.6 October 25, 2026

• Nichole’s going-away party

  Nichole only turns up when Fluffy’s paying now, and at her going-away party she eats too many edibles, quits her job and moves to Chicago for the deep dish (after that, she only calls).

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 31, and Auto Play Mode, one Tuesday night

• Nichole’s Chicago, first class

  Fluffy flies Charlie to Chicago to see Nichole, always first class with Charlie in his own seat: her desk at Shady Pines Capital, where the CEO thinks she’s wonderful, and her apartment at Leakview Towers, where nobody may use the toilet.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 32; Auto Play Mode, every Thursday once she’s in Chicago

• George hangs up on 13A

  Call George about the toilet, the leak or the latest fire and he hangs up on you, then tells the receiver what he really thinks: the rent’s months overdue, Grandpa and Fluffy are useless loafers, and nobody fixes anything for a rent-controlled apartment.

  Where: Fluffy’s apartment, whenever something’s broken, in Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• The cast, on stage

  Tap The cast in Player Guides and the narrator brings the cast on, one at a time, in Meet the Cast: no more cards to read.

  Where: The cast in Player Guides

• One Player Guide

  Fewer buttons on the main menu: How to play, The cast and Charlie’s Guide are in Player Guides now.

  Where: Player Guides on the main menu

• Mission 33: Nothing to See Here

  Aunty’s new listing is a Manhattan townhouse with a hole in the ceiling and pigeons in the chandelier, and Charlie keeps every buyer looking at him instead: Mission 33, the open house in Free Roam Mode and a Sunday sale in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 33; Free Roam Mode, the Townhouse door on Park Avenue (11 AM to 4 PM); Auto Play Mode, Sunday morning

• A week away

  Auto Play Mode stays out all week, and the apartment is just Monday morning (unless Grandpa beats them home): Aunty’s sleepover at her penthouse, a night at the Townhouse before its early open house, and an overnight service-dog evaluation at Candid Camera Medical (with a bill).

  Where: Auto Play Mode: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights

Version 2.5 October 24, 2026

• Fabio, and a $500 haircut

  Aunty’s hairdresser has a salon around the corner on Madison, and Fluffy finally goes to see what the fuss is about: Mission 28, The Emperor’s New Haircut, a visit in Free Roam Mode, and Aunty’s Thursday blowout in Auto Play Mode.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 28; Free Roam Mode, the west end of Park Avenue (10 AM to 7 PM)

• Grandpa’s smuggled phone

  From his hospital bed Grandpa begs his cousin Marlene in Florida to fly up (she misses him SO much; we’ll see) and calls Fluffy every time a nurse says “tomorrow” (Fluffy says “sure, tomorrow”), and Fluffy only visits when Grandpa threatens to give his room away or the nurses say it keeps him there, with edibles that are gone the moment he leaves.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode, and Missions 24 and 27

• The Super is George

  The Super has a name, George, and one thing on his mind, the dog in the REGULAR elevator; he never comes up to fix anything, and the doormen have plenty to say about that behind his back.

  Where: The lobby, in Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• “Is that a Border Collie?”

  Everyone who sees Charlie out with Fluffy wants a photo, a pet or a hello, and half of them think he’s a Border Collie: Fluffy corrects every one of them, a little less patiently each time.

  Where: Out with Fluffy: Park Avenue, the lobby, Central Park, the beach and Paola’s, in Free Roam Mode, Auto Play Mode and the missions

• Mission 29: The Money Train

  The Ex-Husband owns Candid Camera Medical now: the money train gets him, Medicare and Medicaid get the intern, and Charlie leads every patient he won’t see to the intern’s door.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Mission 28; Free Roam Mode, next to Fluffy’s building (9 AM to 6 PM); Auto Play Mode, Fluffy’s checkup

• Hamptons Discount Realty

  Aunty’s brokerage has an office around the corner on Lexington: Craig, her manager, in his glass office, Derek with every big listing, the rentals corner, and Aunty’s desk right beside it.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the east end of Park Avenue, south side (9 AM to 6 PM); Auto Play Mode: Wednesday afternoons

• Aunty’s hook

  Fluffy meets Pepe in the elevator now: he goes for Charlie, then for Puppy, and Aunty takes the bite on her left hand (a big bandage that day, a pirate hook ever after).

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 8 (play it again if you’re past it), or wherever Fluffy meets Pepe first; then everywhere Aunty goes

• Mission 30: Anything He Sniffs

  The door of the pet store on Park Avenue opens: Fluffy goes shopping for one bag of food and buys everything Charlie sniffs, in Mission 30, a Free Roam Mode visit (9 AM to 9 PM) and a Friday trip in Auto Play Mode, where the receipt never ends.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 30; Free Roam Mode, the pet store on Park Avenue (9 AM to 9 PM)

• The Maid’s daughter

  The Maid brings her nine-year-old daughter every Friday and bosses her around all morning, and all the daughter wants is to play with Charlie: she sneaks off to him, gets called back and sneaks off again (her mother never points the vacuum at her, and she rescues his toys from the trash).

  Where: Wherever the Maid is: Mission 1 (7:00 AM Sharp), Missions 3 and 14, Survival, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode on Friday mornings

Version 2.4 October 24, 2026

• The whole cast, out loud

  The whole cast speaks now, in R and PG alike: every mission, outing, Free Roam Mode visit, Auto Play Mode morning and Meet the Cast, with thousands more ways for Aunty to take a call or pitch a listing.

  Where: Everywhere, with Voices on

• No more reruns

  The nurses, the paramedics, the firefighters and the doormen have far more to say, and nobody repeats a line until they’ve used up the rest.

  Where: Everywhere

• Fluffy’s food, by name

  The porter only ever brings Fluffy food now, and everyone says what it is: a pizza, chicken wings, a burger order, chicken nuggets or Chinese takeout.

  Where: The apartment, in Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode

• East Meadow

  Charlie’s dog park in Central Park goes by its real name now: East Meadow.

  Where: Central Park, Missions 18, 23 and 25, and Auto Play Mode

• Every place sounds like itself

  The sea rushes up the sand at Aunty’s Southampton house, songbirds and playing dogs fill Central Park and East Meadow, the hospital’s machines beep down the hall, Engine 22 idles in its bay, and every other place Charlie goes has its own recorded sounds now.

  Where: Everywhere, with Sound on

Version 2.3 October 24, 2026

• Their new lines, out loud

  Grandpa arguing with the guard, the nurses who really do help, Aunty and her millions, the Ex chasing her, Animal Control and the narrator’s telling of Pepe’s story now speak in their own voices.

  Where: Everywhere, with Voices on

Version 2.2 October 24, 2026

• Fluffy meets Pepe

  The first time Fluffy sees Aunty’s cat, Pepe goes for Charlie, Fluffy throws himself in the way, and Animal Control takes Pepe away for good.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 8 (play it again if you’re past it), or wherever Fluffy meets him first

• Grandpa, held against his will

  Grandpa was taken to the hospital against his will: he argues with security, phones everyone to say nobody helps him, hears “tomorrow” every time he asks to go home, escapes barefoot, and something goes wrong the moment he’s home.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Free Roam Mode, and Missions 24 and 27

• Aunty, by the book

  Aunty is never anywhere without Fluffy (he brings Charlie, she tags along), she only wants listings worth millions and sneers at rentals, and her ex-husband keeps chasing her: she’s the only one who ever passed his MNPI.

  Where: Wherever Aunty goes

• Mission 16: Pepe’s ghost

  Pepe’s Revenge is a haunting now: his ghost swoops through Fluffy’s apartment, wailing, and Grandpa has finally found a pet he can see.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Devil Night

• Champagne at the Commission Party

  Mission 13’s guests are popping champagne, so the trouble at Aunty’s party is the corks now.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 13

Version 2.1 October 23, 2026

• The R version, in the app

  The app now starts in the R version, crude, sweary and dark like the website’s, and the clean PG version is a tap away in Settings.

  Where: Settings, Version

• Meet the Cast

  A narrated, tap-along introduction to everyone in Charlie’s life, and they’ve never been worse.

  Where: The cast on the title screen, or Meet the Cast in Bonus extras

• Mission 27: Grandpa’s Great Escape

  Grandpa walks out of the hospital barefoot in his gown, and Charlie has to keep him in one piece at home until the ambulance comes back.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Aunty’s Listing Hunt

• Mission 26: Aunty’s Listing Hunt

  Aunty works the nursing home for listings with a clipboard and a bag of gummy bears, and Charlie steals the show.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Catch of the Week

• Aunty, broke

  Aunty is broke, in a football jersey and sweatpants, spilling her bottle, chasing listings and interrupting everyone.

  Where: Wherever Aunty goes

• Grandpa, against all advice

  Grandpa really needs the hospital but hates every rule there, so he walks out barefoot and the trouble starts again at home.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode

• The messy week

  The apartment gets messier every day, pizza boxes, towels and worse, until the Maid arrives on Friday.

  Where: Auto Play Mode and Free Roam Mode

• A nature-documentary narrator

  The whole story is now told by a hushed documentary narrator, observing the humans in their natural habitat.

  Where: Everywhere

• PASSENGERS ONLY

  The Super now guards the elevator and never comes inside: dogs use the SERVICE elevator.

  Where: At the elevator

• Nichole goes LIVE

  When Nichole’s joy is full she goes live to her followers, and she and Aunty can no longer stand to be in the same place.

  Where: Wherever Nichole goes

• A simpler main screen

  Mission Mode, Free Roam Mode and Auto Play Mode up front, with Survival, the Daily Walk and Top Dogs in Bonus extras.

  Where: Main screen and Bonus extras

Version 2.0.16 October 22, 2026

• Quieter Highlights

  When Fluffy erupts during the fast-forward, your phone no longer buzzes, rumbles or interrupts VoiceOver, and the eruption still shows on the card.

  Where: Auto Play Mode at Highlights

Version 2.0.15 October 22, 2026

• Tuesdays fit at every speed

  At Fast and Highlights, Auto Play Mode keeps all of Tuesday’s outings: the elevator standoff now starts at three, nothing gets skipped while the elevator’s on its way, and Fluffy’s moods last as long as they should.

  Where: Auto Play Mode at Fast or Highlights

Version 2.0.14 October 22, 2026

• Little things, tidied

  The end-of-day card’s lines match their moments, map labels no longer get cut off at the edge, and Settings is honest about which lines are voiced.

  Where: Auto Play Mode’s end-of-day card, the mission map, Settings

Version 2.0.13 October 22, 2026

• A week that keeps its plans

  Auto Play Mode’s week holds together much better: outings reach their big moment, the beach trip and dinners happen even at Highlights speed, and Charlie no longer gets stuck at the salon.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, any speed

Version 2.0.12 October 22, 2026

• Engine 22 and bingo

  In Charlie’s Day you can now walk round the corner to Engine 22 for a biscuit and a ring of the bell, or take a cab to the nursing home in visiting hours (10 AM to 8 PM) for tea and a game of bingo.

  Where: Free Roam Mode: the east end of Park Avenue

• Play it all from the keyboard

  On the Mac every screen works with just the keyboard: Tab to move, Space or Return to choose, Esc to go back.

  Where: Any screen on the Mac

Version 2.0.11 October 22, 2026

• Two new outings in Auto Play Mode

  Charlie’s week now has Disc Dog practice at East Meadow on Wednesday afternoons, and on Tuesdays an elevator standoff between Fluffy and the Super that only the doormen can settle.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons

• Engine 22 and visiting hours

  Fluffy walks Charlie to Engine 22’s open house on Saturday mornings for the chili and the bell, and on Sunday afternoons to visiting hours at the nursing home, for bingo with the residents and a quiet minute with Grandpa when he’s held there.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon

Version 2.0.10 October 22, 2026

• A Game menu with shortcuts

  On the Mac (and on iPad with a keyboard: hold ⌘ to see them), everything is a shortcut away: ⌘1 the mission map, ⌘7 Survival, ⌘8 Auto Play Mode, ⌘[ and ⌘] to follow someone else.

  Where: The Game menu (hold ⌘ on iPad)

• Clearer when the board is down

  If Top Dogs can’t be reached, Charlie now says whether it’s your connection, a slow network or our server, with a Try again button.

  Where: Top Dogs and sending a score

Version 2.0.9 October 22, 2026

• Mission 25: Catch of the Week

  The week’s finale at East Meadow’s Disc Dog Cup: catch every frisbee Fluffy throws without looking up, then Aunty’s curveballs, while the nursing home’s minibus cheers and Engine 22 brings the hose.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Visiting Hours

• Hamptons Discount Realty, fairer

  Mission 12’s buyers walk in keener now, so the one touring the moldy bedroom while Charlie charms the other doesn’t storm straight out.

  Where: Mission Mode, Mission 12: Hamptons Discount Realty

• More Game Center achievements

  An achievement for each of Missions 16 to 25, Daily Walk streaks of 3, 7 and 30 days, every Side Sniff in Mission Mode, and Park Panic and Beach Panic boards of their own.

  Where: Game Center, from the title screen

Version 2.0.8 October 22, 2026

• Mission 24: Visiting Hours

  Grandpa is at the nice nursing home this week, and Charlie’s new diploma makes him a therapy dog: visit everyone who asks before they doze off, mind the dinner trolleys, and keep a jealous Grandpa happy too.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Good Boy School

• Mission 23: Good Boy School

  East Meadow has a board now, and the board says Charlie graduates from obedience class or he’s out: sit, come, speak and look, right on the beat, while the frisbees fly and Nichole shouts the wrong commands.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Stop, Drop and Sniff

Version 2.0.7 October 22, 2026

• Mission 22: Stop, Drop and Sniff

  Open house at the firehouse: Fluffy put his things down everywhere for one selfie in the bunker gear, and Charlie follows his cologne past the decoys and the drills.

  Where: Mission Mode, after The Regular Elevator

• Mission 21: The Regular Elevator

  The Super says dogs ride the SERVICE elevator and he’d like a word with Fluffy about it, so Charlie keeps the two of them apart in the lobby until the regular one gets to L.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Oh, Deer

• Park Panic and Beach Panic

  Survival now asks where: Park Avenue as always, Park Panic in Central Park with joggers who stop for nobody, or Beach Panic at Southampton with waves and gulls, each keeping your own best.

  Where: Bonus extras, Survival

• Daily Walk streaks

  The Daily Walk now counts your streak of days in a row, shows your last five weeks of walks on a calendar (tap a day to see how it went) and shares a postcard of today’s walk.

  Where: Daily Walk in Bonus extras

• A nudge for the Daily Walk

  Switch on a daily reminder and Charlie lets you know he’s waiting by the door, only on days you haven’t walked yet.

  Where: Daily Walk, at the bottom

• The mission map

  Mission Mode now opens on a hand-drawn map of Charlie’s week, from the lobby to the Hamptons, with a pin for every mission and the next one glowing.

  Where: Mission Mode (List | Map at the top)

• Follow anyone in Auto Play Mode

  Pick who the camera follows in Auto Play Mode, Charlie, Fluffy, Puppy or whoever is causing trouble, and keep an eye on Charlie in a little window while you do.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, the chips along the bottom

• Audio Guide

  Play the missions by ear: a beacon pans toward where Charlie should go next, every danger has its own warning sound, and “Where am I?” says what’s around him.

  Where: Settings → Audio Guide (on by itself with VoiceOver)

Version 2.0.6 October 22, 2026

• Mission 20: Oh, Deer

  Dusk at the beach house: the deer are out on the lawn, and for once Charlie wants to say hello instead of chasing them, so he has to freeze whenever they look up.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Who’s Walking Who?

• Mission 19: Who’s Walking Who?

  Fluffy finally remembered Charlie’s walk, and never looked up from his phone, so Charlie (an Aussie: it’s his job) herds him down Park Avenue.

  Where: Mission Mode, after The Face of Hamptons Discount Realty

Version 2.0.5 October 21, 2026

• Mission 18: Face of the Campaign

  Golden hour in Central Park: Aunty is shooting her new ad on her phone, Charlie is the face of the campaign, and Fluffy is the (unpaid) lighting.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Fluffy’s Birthday

• More iPad and Mac shortcuts

  ⌘4 Daily Walk, ⌘5 Scrapbook, ⌘6 Wardrobe, ⌘F Photo Mode, ⌥⌘, Chill Mode and ⌥⌘/ Charlie’s Guide, in the menu bar and the iPad’s ⌘ list.

  Where: The menu bar on the Mac, or hold ⌘ on an iPad keyboard

• Daily Walk fixes

  Leave Charlie alone and he wakes up and the walk ends, the countdown says when tomorrow’s walk starts, and yesterday’s unsent score is still there to send.

  Where: Daily Walk in Bonus extras

Version 2.0.4 October 21, 2026

• Mission 17: Fluffy’s Birthday

  Nobody remembered Fluffy’s birthday except Charlie, so it’s a cake from Paola, a candle, a balloon and his booth (and one surprise guest).

  Where: Mission Mode, after Pepe’s Revenge

• Daily Walk

  One counted Survival walk a day on this device, on the same streets as everyone else, with its own board for the day.

  Where: Daily Walk in Bonus extras

Version 2.0.3 October 21, 2026

• Mission 16: Pepe’s Revenge

  Pepe’s ghost is haunting Fluffy’s apartment, wailing through the walls and swooping at Charlie’s toys.

  Where: Mission Mode, after Devil Night

• Chill Mode

  Extra hearts, slower hoomans, quicker abilities, no running out of time, or Just a Walk: turn on as much as you like, and your stars still count.

  Where: Settings → Chill Mode

• Photo Mode

  Pause anything and pick Photo to freeze the chaos, frame it, add a caption the cast really said, and share it.

  Where: Pause → Photo (F on a keyboard, R3 on a controller)

• Side Sniffs

  Three optional bits of mischief in every mission and five new ones each day in Free Roam Mode, for the dogs who like a to-do list.

  Where: A mission’s intro, pause and result cards; a paw in Mission Mode means all three

• Charlie’s Scrapbook

  The funniest things you’ve seen, from the first smoke alarm to Fluffy’s first eruption, kept with the day you saw them.

  Where: Bonus extras → Scrapbook

• Charlie’s Bandanas

  Sixteen bandanas, collars and the odd hat, earned by playing, and Charlie wears them everywhere, photos included.

  Where: Bonus extras → Wardrobe

• Controls your way

  Tap to toggle instead of holding, and put any action on any key or controller button.

  Where: Settings → Controls

• Charlie’s Guide

  Every hooman and how to handle them, how to get three stars in every mission, and help when something isn’t working.

  Where: Guide on the title screen, How to play, or Help on the pause card

• The cast, properly introduced

  Every character has a page now: who they are, who they can’t stand, and the lines they’re famous for.

  Where: The cast on the title screen: it’s Meet the Cast now

Version 2.0.2 October 21, 2026

• Today on Park Avenue

  Every night in Auto Play Mode, a card recaps the day’s highlights in order, and Sunday’s adds the whole week.

  Where: Auto Play Mode, at the end of each day (or pause → Today so far)

• Siri and Shortcuts

  Say “Watch Charlie’s week,” “Play Survival in Charlie,” “Continue Mission Mode in Charlie” or “Start Charlie’s Day,” and the game takes it from there.

  Where: Siri, Spotlight or the Shortcuts app

• Describe Auto Play Mode

  With VoiceOver on, Auto Play Mode tells you between the voices who’s talking, where Charlie is and every highlight.

  Where: Settings → Describe Auto Play Mode (on by default)

Version 2.0.1 October 21, 2026

• Highlights in Auto Play Mode

  Speed 5 fast-forwards the quiet stretches and plays the big moments in full, so a whole week takes about seven to ten minutes.

  Where: Auto Play Mode → Speed 5

• Zoom

  Close, Room or Whole: see the fire coming before it reaches the hallway.

  Where: Wider in the top bar, pinch, or − and +

• One voice at a time

  The hoomans finally take turns talking, and their speech bubbles never pile on top of each other.

  Where: Everywhere

• Grandpa’s “water”

  In the hospital and the nursing homes Grandpa hides his cigarettes and whiskey, and it’s water, it’s water.

  Where: Auto Play Mode’s hospital trips