Our small group leaders run on a mess of GroupMe, WhatsApp and text threads. Planning Center's fall update goes straight at that problem: people can now message any member of their group or team inside Church Center. Every chat that includes a minor automatically adds two adults, and that alone makes it worth a look for your student ministry.
Also in the update: you can import donation history from your old giving platform into Planning Center Giving, so you don't end the year with split giving statements. Calendar gets a week view, Church Center gets digital announcements (basically a bulletin board), and People workflows can now run automatic steps like welcome emails.
On Oct 21, Registrations added buy-one-get-one discounts and a total cap, like "no family pays more than $500 for camp." Camp season budgeting just got easier.