Ably recently introduced several new features to enhance their Pub/Sub and Chat services, aiming to provide meaningful context and safer, cleaner chat experiences. Among these updates are annotations for Pub/Sub, new moderation providers for Ably Chat, React UI components for building chat interfaces quickly, and message reactions to enrich communication. These enhancements are designed to help users create scalable, reliable applications with WebSockets effortlessly. Ably offers a free forever plan that includes 6 million monthly messages, 200 concurrent channels, and 200 concurrent connections, all without requiring a credit card for signup.