Are Shard exchanges coming?

[Helinutz]

Im sure I saw it somewhere, but cant for the life of me find it again.
Are shard exchanges also planned soon?
Reason I ask is I have a load of shards for a couple of 550 characters, and would rather use those shards on a different 5 star, but if thats not going to happen in the near future, I will dupe the character for the 5* rewards (and maybe 5to6 ascension if thats ever a thing.)

[revskip]

They teased that as #comingsoon but never followed up on it.

https://forums.505go.com/discussion/91406/end-of-year-mpq-feature-updates/p1

@IceIX

Latest Legends Cover Exchange
We’ve decided to include the ability to exchange Latest Legends covers as part of our Cover Exchange system, but this is something that will be a part of our upcoming R318 build planned for January 6, 2025. These exchanges will cost more than a standard 5-Star exchange, which is broken out below.
Cover Exchange Costs
As a result of your feedback, we’ve made the following changes to the Cover Exchange costs, especially affecting 4 and 5-Star costs.
Current: 75HP / 100HP / 200HP / 500HP / 1250HP
Updated: 75HP / 100HP / 150HP / 400HP / 650HP (LL 1000HP)
Timing:
This will happen during the data patch this evening on Dec 20th. Note: This patch may go out a little earlier than normal nightly patches. We apologize for any inconvenience on people trying for their PVE clears, we’ll do our best to minimize disruption.
Shard Exchanges
Along with the addition of Latest Legends to the system, we plan on enabling the exchange of shards for covers early next year. This is already in the works and we plan on releasing this update by the end of January.
The Cover Exchange System is still early in its development along with many of the other features that we’ve outlined in our recent 2025 Roadmap. Please give it a shot and let us know what you think!

[Daredevil217]

I believe someone asked in the monthly Q&A, so hopefully it will be answered there

[LavaManLee]

At one time, the devs replied it would be around end of January 2025. Obviously that didn’t happen.