# A quick update on the status of Bear 2.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcement\ **Created:** [March 7, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873 "2023-03-07T14:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matteo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/matteo/32/21_2.png) [@matteo](https://community.bear.app/u/matteo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/1 "2023-03-07T14:10:55Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I inform you that Bear 2 has become frozen. No, it hasn’t succumbed to the elements—it is now feature complete! This means we’re getting close to a public beta. Everything we want to ship in Bear 2 is there, now we’re focused on general polish, bug fixes, and finalizing the iOS version. We hope to start the public beta in a week or two, and yes this means sync will be enabled. All hands are on deck for Bear 2, which means Panda is in a holding pattern until after we ship. Outside of major bugs or fixes, we don’t expect frequent updates to the beta since our goal is to give you something that is quite close to the final product. This is a really exciting time for us, and we thank you for all your testing and constructive feedback to make Bear 2 the bear-iest 2 it can be. Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![sauron918](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/sauron918/32/1366_2.png) [@sauron918](https://community.bear.app/u/sauron918)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/2 "2023-03-07T14:35:48Z")
Sounds great! Will “Bear Chrome extension” be also updated? ---
**Author:** ![sincerelyjoshin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/sincerelyjoshin/32/2722_2.png) [@sincerelyjoshin](https://community.bear.app/u/sincerelyjoshin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/3 "2023-03-07T14:37:22Z")
Congrats, can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![sauron918](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/sauron918/32/1366_2.png) [@sauron918](https://community.bear.app/u/sauron918)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/4 "2023-03-07T14:39:30Z")
And how about **external images support** in Bear 2.0 using `! [] (url)` syntax. > [@Markdown image support](https://community.bear.app/t/markdown-image-support/2132): > > Hi @TedwardBear and team. Apologies if this request has been asked and addressed - if so, I’m not finding it. But would it be possible for Panda to support markdown images - ie. ![](image\_url). I have no idea if that’s a huge development challenge or not, but it would be a super nice feature if possible. Much appreciated! -Anthony I have not heard updates about it. It’s really important for migration from other tools. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![schambersdunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@schambersdunn](https://community.bear.app/u/schambersdunn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/5 "2023-03-07T15:04:22Z")
Congratulations! Looking forward to it! ---
**Author:** ![charliesey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@charliesey](https://community.bear.app/u/charliesey)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/6 "2023-03-07T15:17:39Z")
Really looking forward to IOS and sync 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![wreckloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wreckloose](https://community.bear.app/u/wreckloose)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/7 "2023-03-07T17:52:12Z")
![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/5/534e836240a04e3990ebe41a4bc0bc03d877c390.jpeg) “60 seconds?! But I want it now.” ---
**Author:** ![Steve-McC](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/steve-mcc/32/1775_2.png) [@Steve-McC](https://community.bear.app/u/Steve-McC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/8 "2023-03-08T00:53:52Z")
Congratulations Matteo. It’ll be great for the team to hit this release. A great product taken to the next level. ---
**Author:** ![rff1013](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/rff1013/32/1697_2.png) [@rff1013](https://community.bear.app/u/rff1013)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/9 "2023-03-08T04:48:30Z")
Great news! Does this mean we’ll soon see a post asking for beta testers for the iOS version? ---
**Author:** ![krssno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/krssno/32/1338_2.png) [@krssno](https://community.bear.app/u/krssno)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/10 "2023-03-08T06:14:05Z")
As far as I’ve understood it will be a public beta ---
**Author:** ![Thoughtgun](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/thoughtgun/32/2211_2.png) [@Thoughtgun](https://community.bear.app/u/Thoughtgun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/11 "2023-03-08T07:15:04Z")
Fantastic news! Will the Shortcuts functionality be restored in the next beta (on MacOS or iOS)? Looking forward to testing that out… ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/12 "2023-03-08T11:04:24Z")
I don’t think any update will be required to the Chrome extension in order to work with B2, unless you have bugs to report. ---
**Author:** ![ankepunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@ankepunt](https://community.bear.app/u/ankepunt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/13 "2023-03-08T11:12:43Z")
Congratulations to the whole team for this wonderful product. ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/14 "2023-03-08T11:19:17Z")
We don’t have control over the actions Shortcuts.app display on macOS and if you have both B1 and B2 you are most likely using B1’s. The next beta update is built as a replacement for B1 so you should be able to see and use the new B2 actions. iOS doesn’t have this issue. ---
**Author:** ![MrMentos](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/mrmentos/32/2906_2.png) [@MrMentos](https://community.bear.app/u/MrMentos)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/15 "2023-03-08T12:38:36Z")
This is awesome news! Can’t wait to daily drive Bear 2 and put it through its paces! ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/brian/32/6580_2.png) [@brian](https://community.bear.app/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/16 "2023-03-08T13:45:30Z")
Congratulations on finally freezing Bear 2 features, leaving the non-sensical info column out in the cold. 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![krssno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/krssno/32/1338_2.png) [@krssno](https://community.bear.app/u/krssno)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/17 "2023-03-08T14:17:28Z")
What column are you talking about at all? In the last few days, out of impatience probably, the wrong assumption has spread that the development is being delayed due to feature requests. It would be good not to stretch the imagination too much and come up with reasons that have never been communicated in this way. I would love to know what message is hidden behind what you have written especially since you wrote the same elswhere in another thread ---
**Author:** ![wreckloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wreckloose](https://community.bear.app/u/wreckloose)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/18 "2023-03-08T14:23:02Z")
Hey can you maybe please keep B1 separate from B2 beta so that I can keep B1, B2, and Panda all on my Mac at the same time? 🤣 No, I’m totally just kidding, don’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![R2000](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/r2000/32/1204_2.png) [@R2000](https://community.bear.app/u/R2000)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/19 "2023-03-08T15:05:24Z")
Congratulations for the upcoming beta release. I couldn’t be more excited. ---
**Author:** ![rdparris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@rdparris](https://community.bear.app/u/rdparris)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873/20 "2023-03-08T19:51:20Z")
Amazing news!! I’m like hanging in there despite my own impatience but good wine always takes time. Regardless, I cannot wait. Thanks so much for the update! [Next page](https://community.bear.app/t/a-quick-update-on-the-status-of-bear-2-0/8873.md?page=2)