8.9.42
2024-04-17
Added support for @threads (Meta)
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.41
2024-04-09
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.40
2024-03-26
Improved performances when browsing on facebook.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.39
2024-02-16
Fix random crashes while browsing on facebook.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.38
2024-02-11
Fix issue with facebook bottom tab bar not visible for some users.
Fix issue with facebook adblocker.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.37
2024-01-23
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.33
2023-10-25
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.32
2023-09-21
New: Add you favorite AI assistants.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.31
2023-09-19
New: Add you favorite AI assistants.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.30
2023-08-23
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.29
2023-08-22
New: Option to keep the Twitter Bird Logo on Twitter/X.
Fixed: Browsing issue on Instagram.
Improved support for Twitter/X.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.28
2023-07-25
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
8.9.27
2023-06-25
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
8.9.26
2023-06-21
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
8.9.25
2023-06-07
Addressing Facebook's' "Unsupported Browser" issue.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.24
2023-05-29
Fix issue where YouTube would not continue playing in background.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.23
2023-05-25
Better YouTube Ad Blocker.
Linkedin Ad Blocker.
Fix navigation issue on Instagram.
Fix Copy/Paste in Chat GPT.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.22
2023-01-31
Improved YouTube experience.
Better Flow for adding new WebApp profiles.
Better ad blocker for your favorite sites.
Fixed crash on startup on iOS 14.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.21
2022-11-07
Added Haptic Feedback Setting.
Better ad blocker for your favorite sites.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.20
2022-10-07
Fixes a random crash on startup.
Adds back some Haptic feedback.
Better ad blocker for your favorite sites.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.19
2022-10-03
Fix layout issue after opening a site protected by a pincode.
Faster loading of initial pages for some sites like Facebook.
Better ad blocker for your favorite sites.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.18
2022-09-29
Fix crash when entering a url in the navigation menu.
Better ad blocker for your favorite sites.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.17
2022-09-23
Better ad blocker for your favorite sites.
Fix issue with reload sometimes losing the current page location.
Improved navigation on major social networks.
Improved support for older devices.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.16
2022-07-14
Ad Transparency: See the who are the advertisers who are targeting you from the Address bar Shield button.
Improved navigation on major social networks.
Improved support for older devices.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.15
2022-06-22
Improved navigation on major social networks.
Improved support for older devices.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.14
2022-06-12
Improved navigation on major social networks.
Improved support for older devices.
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.9.13
2022-05-03
Fixes issues with menu
Added direct access to groups tab
Improved support for older devices
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
8.9.12
2022-02-15
Fixes issues with video playback, zoom and more
Fixes issues with iPad alternate icons
Improved support for older devices
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
8.9.10
2021-07-28
Siri suggestions and shortcut app support
Fixes login issues on some sites
Improved support for older devices
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
8.9.4
2021-01-14
- Fix to messenger for European users on iPad and some iPhones (it is still work in progress, so please report any issue using the "Report an Issue" in settings)
8.9.3
2020-12-20
- Enhanced experienced for profiles with messenger.com as home page
- Initial fix to messenger for European users (it is work in progress, so please report any issue using the "Report an Issue" in settings)
8.9.2
2020-12-10
- Enhanced profile switcher page with grid layout
- Enhanced profile icon picker (now works with most custom site. gives more choices)
- Made it easier to create new profiles from custom sites (Select Other in Add Profile)
- Improved memory and cookies management (should help with having to re-login too often)
8.9.1
2020-12-01
- Switch social profile directly from the address bar menu
- Enhanced storage management to drastically reduce storage size
- Updated Privacy Shield tracker blocker list
- Block deep link redirections
- Enhanced media detection
8.9
2020-11-20
- New Widget for iOS and iPadOS 14
- Updated block list for Privacy Shield
- Enhanced Save and Share for articles
- Enhanced Save and Share for older devices
- Enhanced Edit / Add Social Profile
8.8.2
2020-11-08
- Enhanced Addressed Bar: Added quick access to "Desktop Mode", "Reload", "Copy URL", "Save", "Share" and "Privacy Shield", "Switch Account".
- Reloading home page after it is changed in the settings
- Easier access to Hide/Highlight by keyword (from the Privacy Shield, or directly from a hidden or highlighted post by taping on the settings icon)
- New custom app icons
8.8.1
2020-10-29
- When website "Night Mode" is ON, the app automatically uses dark mode
- "Home Page" options are now easily accessible by taping on the "Top Stories / Most Recent" at the top of the feed
- "Hide by Keywords" / "Highlight by Keywords" are now easily accessible from the Privacy Shield options
- Enhanced Tracker Blocker for TikTok. Discover TikTok without an account.
- New "Home Page" options for LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Nextdoor, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit.
8.8
2020-10-24
Thank you for using Friendly! If you love this app, please consider upgrading to Friendly Plus. It makes those updates possible.
- You can now easily manage multiple profiles for any social site (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit, NextDoor, or enter the URL of any another social site). Try "Add new Profile" from the Account Screen.
- Improved Reporting for Privacy Shield (Blocker for social, advertising, analytics and content trackers). The « shield » icon in the address bar now shows the number of trackers that have been detected/blocked.
- Improved Save & Share, and fix some video save issues. Try the cloud button from the toolbar (for quick access to all media on page), or within the page.
You can now change the profile picture used in the Friendly account list. Use « Manage my social profiles » on the home page.
- Improved iPad layout
8.7
2020-08-13
- Fixes an issue where an account's name would not show in some cases
- Other bug fixes and improvements
8.6
2020-08-10
- Fixes an issue causing "other" accounts to not be selectable after the app restarts.
- Fixes an issue with appstore links not opening.
- Various fixes and improvements
8.5.4
2020-08-09
- New: Anonymous Browsing mode
- New: Add any account home page
- Pressing "Enter" in the address bar after entering a url navigates to this url
- Settings "contact us" tweaks
- Fix for "Switch between accounts"
- Fix for "Add new account"
- Fix for twitter night mode setting not retained between sessions
- Fix for FB Groups' pages and post in night mode
- Highlighted posts improvement (shows the tag that was matched)
- When the default browser is not installed, reverts to Friendly internal browser
8.5.3
2020-07-28
- Fix the background white noise issue on some phones
- Enhanced Instagram & Facebook dark mode
- Fix LinkedIn sign-in issue
8.5.2
2020-07-26
- Fix crash on startup for older iOS versions
- Fix crash on delete comments for iPad
8.5.1
2020-07-23
Welcome to Friendly 8.5.1
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
New: More FB, IG and Twitter feed customization options
New: Better IG compact mode
New: Improved Video player
Fixed: saving issues on twitter
Fixed: messenger send issue
Various fixes and performance improvements
What's new in Friendly 8.5:
Fixed: Login issues on some devices and iOS versions
Improved share and save features via the friendly "Cloud" button
Improved Video and photo viewer
Fixed: Crash when closing a page on some devices
Fixed: Crash when displaying the color picker on some devices
Fixed: Orange skin display issue
Fixed: Crash with autocomplete fields on some devices running iOS 12
Performance and memory management improvements
What's new in Friendly 8.0 & 8.0.1 & 8.0.2 & 8.0.3
Addressing log-in issues on some devices
New: Support for faster and more reliable WKWebView (iOS 12.4 and later)
Fixed: Photo upload in comments
Fixed: Crash with keyboard swipe gestures
New: Option to hide the filtered post by keyword hints
Fixed: Removed the 'unread' prefix in some notifications
Improved photo and video download
Various other fixes and performance improvements
What's new in 7.9.5
New: Added an option to open links with firefox or brave in private mode.
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.4
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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8.5
2020-05-18
Welcome to Friendly 8.5
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
Fixed: Login issues on some devices and iOS versions
Improved share and save features via the friendly "Cloud" button
Improved Video and photo viewer
Fixed: Crash when closing a page on some devices
Fixed: Crash when displaying the color picker on some devices
Fixed: Orange skin display issue
Fixed: Crash with autocomplete fields on some devices running iOS 12
Performance and memory management improvements
What's new in Friendly 8.0 & 8.0.1 & 8.0.2 & 8.0.3
Addressing log-in issues on some devices
New: Support for faster and more reliable WKWebView (iOS 12.4 and later)
Fixed: Photo upload in comments
Fixed: Crash with keyboard swipe gestures
New: Option to hide the filtered post by keyword hints
Fixed: Removed the 'unread' prefix in some notifications
Improved photo and video download
Various other fixes and performance improvements
What's new in 7.9.5
New: Added an option to open links with firefox or brave in private mode.
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.4
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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8.0.3
2020-03-07
Welcome to Friendly 8.0.3
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
Fixed: Crash on login on some devices
What's new in 8.0 & 8.0.1 & 8.0.2
Addresses an issue with facebook login on some devices
New: Support for faster and more reliable WKWebView (iOS 12.4 and later)
Fixed: Photo upload in comments
Fixed: Crash with keyboard swipe gestures
New: Option to hide the filtered post by keyword hints
Fixed: Removed the 'unread' prefix in some notifications
Improved photo and video download
Various other fixes and performance improvements
What's new in 7.9.5
New: Added an option to open links with firefox or brave in private mode.
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.4
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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8.0.2
2020-03-03
Welcome to Friendly 8.0.2
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
Addresses an issue with facebook login on some devices
What's new in 8.0 & 8.0.1
New: Support for faster and more reliable WKWebView (iOS 12.4 and later)
Fixed: Photo upload in comments
Fixed: Crash with keyboard swipe gestures
New: Option to hide the filtered post by keyword hints
Fixed: Removed the 'unread' prefix in some notifications
Improved photo and video download
Various other fixes and performance improvements
What's new in 7.9.5
New: Added an option to open links with firefox or brave in private mode.
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.4
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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Having Issue?
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8.0.1
2020-02-24
Welcome to Friendly 8.0.1
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
Fixes various bugs and performance issues
What's new in 8.0
New: Support for faster and more reliable WKWebView (iOS 12.4 and later)
Fixed: Photo upload in comments
Fixed: Crash with keyboard swipe gestures
New: Option to hide the filtered post by keyword hints
Fixed: Removed the 'unread' prefix in some notifications
Improved photo and video download
Various other fixes and performance improvements
What's new in 7.9.5
New: Added an option to open links with firefox or brave in private mode.
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.4
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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8.0
2020-02-21
Welcome to Friendly 8.0
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
New: Support for faster and more reliable WKWebView (iOS 12.4 and later)
Fixed: Photo upload in comments
Fixed: Crash with keyboard swipe gestures
New: Option to hide the filtered post by keyword hints
Fixed: Removed the 'unread' prefix in some notifications
Improved photo and video download
Various other fixes and performance improvements
What's new in 7.9.5
New: Added an option to open links with firefox or brave in private mode.
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.4
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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7.9.5
2020-01-30
Welcome to Friendly 7.9.5
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
New: Added an option to open links with firefox or brave in private mode.
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.4
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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7.9.4
2020-01-28
Welcome to Friendly 7.9.4
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
Fixes an issue with the title bar rendering of text
Fixes an issue with the Friendly's share extension not working in some cases
Fixes an issue with the defender screen's rendering of items blocked
Various other fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9.3
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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Having Issue?
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7.9.3
2020-01-10
Welcome to Friendly 7.9.3
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW: Ad and Trackers blocker detail screen
FIX: Crash on startup for some users
Various improvements
What's new if 7.9.2
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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7.9.2
2020-01-08
Welcome to Friendly 7.9.2
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW: Preferred browser setting with support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
NEW: Better share extension
NEW: Friendly Defender panel (Shield icon in top bar), better Ads and Trackers blocker
NEW: Open in friendly option for copied links
FIX: Navigation on Facebook Desktop
Various fixes and improvements
What new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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Having Issue?
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7.9.1
2019-10-20
Welcome to Friendly 7.9.1
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
FIX: Navigation from facebook
What new in 7.9
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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Having Issue?
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7.9
2019-10-16
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW: Instagram compact mode
FIX: Instagram stories playback
FIX: Facebook marketplace navigation
Various fixes and improvements
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7.8
2019-10-09
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
- Addresses app restart issues on iOS 13.0 and above
- New: Support for iOS13 dark mode
- FIX: Instagram and Facebook dark mode tweaks
- Various fixes and improvements
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7.7
2019-09-13
Welcome to Friendly 7.7
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW: Support for iOS13 devices
FIXED: crash with Facebook
FIXED: login issue with Instagram
FIXED: assistant display issue with Instagram
Various Bug fixes and improvements
What's new in 7.6
FIXED: Keyboard hiding comment or message boxes on Instagram
FIXED: Unlock with TouchID and FaceID
NEW: Facebook Stories download
NEW (privacy): Anonymous Facebook Stories Viewer mode
NEW: Improved Instagram browsing (photo zoom, video player)
"Disconnect Account" option in settings
FIXED - Photo viewer crash
Various Bug fixes and improvements
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7.6
2019-07-17
Welcome to Friendly 7.6
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
FIXED: Keyboard hiding comment or message boxes on Instagram
FIXED: Unlock with TouchID and FaceID
NEW: Facebook Stories download
NEW (privacy): Anonymous Facebook Stories Viewer mode
NEW: Improved Instagram browsing (photo zoom, video player)
"Disconnect Account" option in settings
FIXED - Photo viewer crash
Various Bug fixes and improvements
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7.5.1
2019-05-15
Welcome to Friendly 7.5.1
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW - Long-Press to copy in messages
FIXED - Issue with input field scrolling out of view in some cases
FIXED - Issue with video downloads
FIXED - Long press interferences with likes
FIXED - Crashes occuring when selecting web page's content
IMPROVEMENT - Advanced setting to disable the Long-Press to copy feature
What's new in Friendly 7.5
IMPROVEMENT - Reducted binary size and startup time
NEW - Shortcuts to facebook Watch and marketplace in the Facebook menu
NEW - Settings assistant in home feed
NEW - Long press to copy / share posts and comments
FIXED - Photo Upload in comments
FIXED - Issue with keyboard hiding text field in some cases
FIXED - night mode issues on fb
FIXED - HD Videos Download
FIXED - Photos Download issues
FIXED - FB Notifications
FIXED - Photo Viewer bug
Various performance enhancements
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7.5
2019-05-04
Welcome to Friendly 7.5
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
IMPROVEMENT - Reducted binary size and startup time
NEW - Shortcuts to facebook Watch and marketplace in the Facebook menu
NEW - Settings assistant in home feed
NEW - Long press to copy / share posts and comments
FIXED - Photo Upload in comments
FIXED - Issue with keyboard hiding text field in some cases
FIXED - night mode issues on fb
FIXED - HD Videos Download
FIXED - Photos Download issues
FIXED - FB Notifications
FIXED - Photo Viewer bug
Various performance enhancements
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7.4.2
2018-12-23
Welcome to Friendly 7.4.2
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
FIXED - Annoying bug when the feed auto-reloads without explicit user intent.
FIXED - Instagram photos and videos issues
Various memory and speed improvements
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7.4.1
2018-12-10
Welcome to Friendly 7.4.1
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
FIXED - Ad Blocker while navigating external websites
FIXED - Crash when removing an account from the settings screen
Various performance enhancements
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7.4
2018-10-28
Welcome to Friendly 7.4
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW: Advanced color selector
FIXED: Login issues with Instagram
FIXED: Display issues on Facebook
FIXED: open links in safari not working for some users
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7.3
2018-09-05
Welcome to Friendly 7.3
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW - Option to open links from the feed in Safari
FIXED - Upload on instagram
FIXED - Various navigation issues on external sites
FIXED - Random crashes related to the Passcode, TouchID and FaceID
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7.2.1
2018-07-05
Welcome to Friendly 7.2.1
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. We’ve also added a new share extension, to make sharing links to Facebook easier from other apps, as well as a quick-share option for copied links (that you can turn On/Off in the app settings). We are working on a share extension for Photos and Videos, but recent Facebook API changes are making this difficult. Thanks for your patience.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
FIXED - White Screen bug
FIXED - typos
NEW - Added Quick Share Advanced setting
What's new in 7.2:
NEW - Hide facebook Stories option
NEW - Turkish, Czech and Hungarian translations
FIXED - Page reload issue while editing a status update
FIXED - Random crash when a link is copied to the clipboard
FIXED - Instagram videos and photos issue
FIXED - Turn-off sounds when using reaction (like, love…)
FIXED - Issue with links copied to the pasteboard
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7.2
2018-07-02
Welcome to Friendly 7.2
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. We’ve also added a new share extension, to make sharing links to Facebook easier from other apps, as well as a quick-share option for copied links (that you can turn On/Off in the app settings). We are working on a share extension for Photos and Videos, but recent Facebook API changes are making this difficult. Thanks for your patience.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW - Hide facebook Stories option
NEW - Turkish, Czech and Hungarian translations
FIXED - Page reload issue while editing a status update
FIXED - Random crash when a link is copied to the clipboard
FIXED - Instagram videos and photos issue
FIXED - Turn-off sounds when using reaction (like, love…)
FIXED - Issue with links copied to the pasteboard
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7.1
2018-06-07
Welcome to Friendly 7.1
Thank you for using Friendly! This update focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements. We’ve also added a new share extension, to make sharing links to Facebook easier from other apps, as well as a quick-share option for copied links (that you can turn On/Off in the app settings). We are working on a share extension for Photos and Videos, but recent Facebook API changes are making this difficult. Thanks for your patience.
Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
NEW - Quickly share option for copied link
NEW - Facebook link sharing extension
FIXED - Video downloads
FIXED - Full resolution images
FIXED - Layout issue after rotation on some devices
FIXED - Message button issue on pages
FIXED - Some links opening a white page (links containing non English alphabet characters)
FIXED - Issue with instagram account name and avatar not being correctly detected
FIXED - Open Desktop site enabled on twitter and instagram accounts
FIXED - Added ‘Saved Items’ back to the facebook menu
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7.0.1
2018-04-03
We are happy to introduce a brand new design, with bottom tab navigation, a new social switcher, new friendly versions of Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube and fullscreen support for iPhone X.
Fixed in this release:
- FIXED - Crash / Unresponsive app when chosing an alternate App Icon
- FIXED - Crash / Unresponsive app when upgrading to the friendly Plus version
- FIXED - Crash / Unresponsive app when closing ad
- FIXED - Crash on the color picker on iOS9 devices
- NEW - Brand new design, with bottom tabs and fast social switcher for Instagram, Twitter, YouTube
- NEW - iPhone X fullscreen support
- NEW - Alternate app icons (Change in settings logo or color. Requires Friendly+ and iOS 10.3+)
- NEW - Options for home feed: Page Feed, Groups
- NEW - Access to My Videos, and other feeds from Facebook Menu
- NEW - Redesigned sharing/download ("..." and "cloud" button)
- NEW - Desktop Mode access for Facebook, Messenger and all other sites (via new "..." menu)
- NEW - Open in Safari will display reader view if available
- NEW - Translations: Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Traditional Chinese (If you are interested in helping with translations, please check the new "Help Translate" entry in the settings.)
- FIXED - App becoming unresponsive after tapping on a notification
- FIXED - Reported crashes
- FIXED - iPad displaying desktop version of Facebook, instead of Friendly version
- FIXED - Auto-night mode not stopping properly when starting after midnight
- FIXED - Ad Blocker not blocking some ads
- FIXED - Missing upload photo button in comments for some users on iPad
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7.0
2018-04-01
We are happy to introduce a brand new design, with bottom tab navigation, a new social switcher, new friendly versions of Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube and fullscreen support for iPhone X.
- NEW - Brand new design, with bottom tabs and fast social switcher for Instagram, Twitter, YouTube
- NEW - iPhone X fullscreen support
- NEW - Alternate app icons (Change in settings logo or color. Requires Friendly+ and iOS 10.3+)
- NEW - Options for home feed: Page Feed, Groups
- NEW - Access to My Videos, and other feeds from Facebook Menu
- NEW - Redesigned sharing/download ("..." and "cloud" button)
- NEW - Desktop Mode access for Facebook, Messenger and all other sites (via new "..." menu)
- NEW - Open in Safari will display reader view if available
- NEW - Translations: Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Traditional Chinese (If you are interested in helping with translations, please check the new "Help Translate" entry in the settings.)
- FIXED - App becoming unresponsive after tapping on a notification
- FIXED - Reported crashes
- FIXED - iPad displaying desktop version of Facebook, instead of Friendly version
- FIXED - Auto-night mode not stopping properly when starting after midnight
- FIXED - Ad Blocker not blocking some ads
- FIXED - Missing upload photo button in comments for some users on iPad
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6.5.2
2017-12-02
This release focuses on incremental improvements to bring you a fast and more stable app. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
iPhone X full-screen support will come in Friendly 7, our next big milestone. Thanks for your patience. Don’t hesitate to reach out on our Facebook page for any feature request.
NEW - Added Logout entry to the facebook menu tab
NEW - Added Copy link to post in the "cloud" menu
NEW - Added Open post in safari in the "cloud" menu
NEW - Badges for page, groups, etc... in the facebook menu tab
NEW - Online friends shortcut in the facebook menu tab
FIXED - InApp Purchase Crash
FIXED - Photo zoom issues
FIXED - Random crashes in version 6.5
NEW - Social Menu in the bottom for quick access to Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Reddit
NEW - Facebook search tab with fast auto-complete and trends
NEW - Facebook menu tab. Note: you can also search for any Facebook shortcut in the new search tab
CHANGE - Access to Facebook Desktop has moved to a new social menu at the center of the bottom bar
CHANGE - Trending topics are now available in the Facebook search tab
CHANGE: This version brings back the video download progress indicator
FIXED - Facebook search error
FIXED - Facebook menu error
FIXED - Save to Pocket
FIXED - Taping on News Feed tab now go back to the right place in news feed
FIXED - pages, groups and user links not opening for some users
FIXED - White screen at startup for some users
FIXED - Floating empty color bar for some users
FIXED - Facebook tabs not displayed on devices running iOS 9 or older
FIXED - Notifications not working for some users
FIXED - Strange character at the end of some notifications
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6.5.1
2017-11-26
This release focuses on incremental improvements to bring you a fast and more stable app. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
iPhone X full-screen support will come in Friendly 7, our next big milestone. Thanks for your patience. Don’t hesitate to reach out on our Facebook page for any feature request.
FIXED - Random crashes in version 6.5
NEW - Social Menu in the bottom for quick access to Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Reddit
NEW - Facebook search tab with fast auto-complete and trends
NEW - Facebook menu tab. Note: you can also search for any Facebook shortcut in the new search tab
CHANGE - Access to Facebook Desktop has moved to a new social menu at the center of the bottom bar
CHANGE - Trending topics are now available in the Facebook search tab
CHANGE: This version brings back the video download progress indicator
FIXED - Facebook search error
FIXED - Facebook menu error
FIXED - Save to Pocket
FIXED - Taping on News Feed tab now go back to the right place in news feed
FIXED - pages, groups and user links not opening for some users
FIXED - White screen at startup for some users
FIXED - Floating empty color bar for some users
FIXED - Facebook tabs not displayed on devices running iOS 9 or older
FIXED - Notifications not working for some users
FIXED - Strange character at the end of some notifications
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6.5
2017-11-25
This release focuses on incremental improvements to bring you a fast and more stable app. Please report any issue you find on our Facebook support page. Thanks!
iPhone X full-screen support will come in Friendly 7, our next big milestone. Thanks for your patience. Don’t hesitate to reach out on our Facebook page for any feature request.
NEW - Social Menu in the bottom for quick access to Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Reddit
NEW - Facebook search tab with fast auto-complete and trends
NEW - Facebook menu tab. Note: you can also search for any Facebook shortcut in the new search tab
CHANGE - Access to Facebook Desktop has moved to a new social menu at the center of the bottom bar
CHANGE - Trending topics are now available in the Facebook search tab
CHANGE: This version brings back the video download progress indicator
FIXED - Facebook search error
FIXED - Facebook menu error
FIXED - Save to Pocket
FIXED - Taping on News Feed tab now go back to the right place in news feed
FIXED - pages, groups and user links not opening for some users
FIXED - White screen at startup for some users
FIXED - Floating empty color bar for some users
FIXED - Facebook tabs not displayed on devices running iOS 9 or older
FIXED - Notifications not working for some users
FIXED - Strange character at the end of some notifications
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6.4.4
2017-10-17
This release focuses on fixes and enhancements.
- NEW: New Facebook Navigation Bar preserve context
- NEW: Search Menu now allows you to type-in an url / domain
- NEW: Text fields auto-expand while typing
- Fixes Messenger invite issue
- Fixes Ad Blocker issue
- Fixes night mode issues
- Fixes Instagram photo zoom
- Fixes issues with the menu and the search tabs navigation
- Fixes reported crashes
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6.4.3
2017-09-15
This release focuses fixes and performance enhancements.
* Fix issues with twitter's night mode
* Fix issues with instagram photos and videos
* Fix bug with notifications settings not saved correctly
* Fix issue with messenger
* Added Support for iPad Pro 10.5 inch
* Better Support for iOS11
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6.4.2
2017-07-26
This release focuses fixes and performance enhancements.
* Added Support for iPad Pro 10.5 inch
* Better Support for iOS11
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6.4.1
2017-07-18
This release focuses on fixes and performance enhancements.Especially a bug preventing iOS7 users to sign-in
* Fixed : Bug preventing iOS7 users to sign-in
* Fixed : slow / hanging switch accounts
Previous updates:
* Fixed : Download Video on instagram issue
* Fixed : Twitter avatar size issue
* Improvement : Faster feed loading on facebook and twitter during scrolling
* NEW : Twitter login
* NEW : Twitter night mode
* NEW : Instagram night mode
* Fixed : Facebook Video player to avoid auto-play
* Fixed : Facebook Search issue (some results would not open)
* Fixed : Facebook full size image not loading on zoom
* Fixed : Facebook save Photo/Video... hanging
* Fixed : Random crashes while browsing Facebook
* Fixed : Instagram browsing issues
* Fixed : Instagram Video download
* Fixed : Issue with account picture not updating after signing in
* Fixed : Issue when switching night mode on and off
* Fixed : Critical issue with devices on iOS7 and iOS8
* News Feed loading speed improvements
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6.4
2017-07-11
This release focuses on fixes and performance enhancements.
* Fixed : Download Video on instagram issue
* Fixed : Twitter avatar size issue
* Improvement : Faster feed loading on facebook and twitter during scrolling
Previous update:
* NEW : Twitter login
* NEW : Twitter night mode
* NEW : Instagram night mode
* Fixed : Facebook Video player to avoid auto-play
* Fixed : Facebook Search issue (some results would not open)
* Fixed : Facebook full size image not loading on zoom
* Fixed : Facebook save Photo/Video... hanging
* Fixed : Random crashes while browsing Facebook
* Fixed : Instagram browsing issues
* Fixed : Instagram Video download
* Fixed : Issue with account picture not updating after signing in
* Fixed : Issue when switching night mode on and off
* Fixed : Critical issue with devices on iOS7 and iOS8
* News Feed loading speed improvements
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6.3
2017-06-30
This release focuses on fixes and performance enhancements. We’ve also added Twitter support, and a new night mode for Instagram.
* NEW : Twitter login
* NEW : Twitter night mode
* NEW : Instagram night mode
* Fixed : Facebook Video player to avoid auto-play
* Fixed : Facebook Search issue (some results would not open)
* Fixed : Facebook full size image not loading on zoom
* Fixed : Facebook save Photo/Video... hanging
* Fixed : Random crashes while browsing Facebook
* Fixed : Instagram browsing issues
* Fixed : Instagram Video download
* Fixed : Issue with account picture not updating after signing in
* Fixed : Issue when switching night mode on and off
* Fixed : Critical issue with devices on iOS7 and iOS8
* News Feed loading speed improvements
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6.2.2
2017-04-09
NEW IN FRIENDLY 6.2.2
This release focuses on fixes and performance enhancements.
- FIXED : Infinite loop issue upon adding a new account.
- FIXED : Anoying flash on the account selector screen.
- FIXED : Issue with the feed auto-reloading too often.
- FIXED : Video player random crash.
NEW IN FRIENDLY 6.2.1
- FIXED : instability issues on iOS7 and iOS8 devices
- FIXED : various crashes on other iOS versions
- FIXED : night mode issues with some text when the current selected skin is "black"
NEW IN FRIENDLY 6.2
- NEW : Customize Night Mode Hours (7PM to 7AM by default)
- NEW : Setting to allow to use location changes as a trigger for notification check to improve reliability
- Fixed : Notifications not being marked as read on mobile
- Fixed : Messages notifications not being detected
- Fixed : Top bar buttons not displayed correctly
- Fixed : Posts from groups not showing in news feed
- Fixed : Issue with the message reply field partially hidden in some cases
- Fixed : Issue with status bar disappearing after playing a video in landscape
- Fixed : Issue with the adBlock indicator animation when loading a page
- Fixed : In some cases, the application would display a white screen after canceling login
- Fixed : The "manage accounts" bubble is now correctly dismissed
- Fixed : Color of the "manage accounts" button (bottom right)
- Fixed : "Download" button not responsive when viewing single post page
- Fixed : Ad Blocker not enabled on some external web sites
- Fixed : Progress bar color in night mode
- Fixed : Add account login screen
- News Feed loading speed improvements
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6.2.1
2017-04-06
NEW IN FRIENDLY 6.2.1
This release focuses on fixes and performance enhancements.
- FIXED : instability issues on iOS7 and iOS8 devices
- FIXED : various crashes on other iOS versions
- FIXED : night mode issues with some text when the current selected skin is "black"
NEW IN FRIENDLY 6.2
- NEW : Customize Night Mode Hours (7PM to 7AM by default)
- NEW : Setting to allow to use location changes as a trigger for notification check to improve reliability
- Fixed : Notifications not being marked as read on mobile
- Fixed : Messages notifications not being detected
- Fixed : Top bar buttons not displayed correctly
- Fixed : Posts from groups not showing in news feed
- Fixed : Issue with the message reply field partially hidden in some cases
- Fixed : Issue with status bar disappearing after playing a video in landscape
- Fixed : Issue with the adBlock indicator animation when loading a page
- Fixed : In some cases, the application would display a white screen after canceling login
- Fixed : The "manage accounts" bubble is now correctly dismissed
- Fixed : Color of the "manage accounts" button (bottom right)
- Fixed : "Download" button not responsive when viewing single post page
- Fixed : Ad Blocker not enabled on some external web sites
- Fixed : Progress bar color in night mode
- Fixed : Add account login screen
- News Feed loading speed improvements
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6.2
2017-04-01
NEW IN FRIENDLY 6.2
This release focuses on fixes and performance enhancements. Thanks to our TestFlight Testers! If you are interested in joining our TestFlight, please email beta@friendly.io
- NEW : Customize Night Mode Hours (7PM to 7AM by default)
- NEW : Setting to allow to use location changes as a trigger for notification check to improve reliability
- Fixed : Notifications not being marked as read on mobile
- Fixed : Messages notifications not being detected
- Fixed : Top bar buttons not displayed correctly
- Fixed : Posts from groups not showing in news feed
- Fixed : Issue with the message reply field partially hidden in some cases
- Fixed : Issue with status bar disappearing after playing a video in landscape
- Fixed : Issue with the adBlock indicator animation when loading a page
- Fixed : In some cases, the application would display a white screen after canceling login
- Fixed : The "manage accounts" bubble is now correctly dismissed
- Fixed : Color of the "manage accounts" button (bottom right)
- Fixed : "Download" button not responsive when viewing single post page
- Fixed : Ad Blocker not enabled on some external web sites
- Fixed : Progress bar color in night mode
- Fixed : Add account login screen
- News Feed loading speed improvements
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6.1
2017-01-07
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This release focuses on bug fixes and performance enhancements. We are also introducing a new 'Night Mode', that you can enable in the app settings.
We are working on redesigning notifications for the next release. We know this has been an issue for a lot of users. If you interested in helping us, please join our TestFlight Early Access program by emailing beta@friendly.io
- NEW 'Night Mode' Option
- NEW Share to Page/Group/Friend in "Cloud button"
- General performance enhancements
- Fixed issue with unresponsive accounts button
- Fixed issue with device rotation
- Fixed feed scrolling performance issue
- Fixed random crashes with Video Player
- Fixed issue with Force touch app shortcuts
- Fixed issue with the filtering of #hashtags