# Sanity Sanity React App SDK v2.19.0: Presence now works in both directions

- Product: Sanity (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity)
- Vendor: Sanity
- Date: 2026-08-03
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/82d09497-0178-4e73-a51b-3d5b4c75a09a
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-82d09497-0178-4e73-a51b-3d5b4c75a09a

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Until this release, an app could see other people in a document but never appeared to them, so a Studio user editing alongside your app saw nobody. Your app can now announce its own users, read presen…

- **added** — Apps can now announce their own users for presence, allowing Studio users editing alongside the app to see the app's users