2.0.28
2019-02-27
New Features:
• Even more Chat performance updates and optimizations!
• Other performance updates and bug improvements throughout the app.
2.0.27
2019-02-16
New Features:
• A ton of Chat performance updates means it’s easier than ever to chat with your friends.
• Now optimized for the iPhone XS Max!
• More performance updates and bug improvements throughout the app.
2.0.26
2019-01-03
Happy New Year! We have a BIG UPDATE for you:
• REAL TIME CHAT IS HERE! Highlights:
• New and improved chat UI with animations.
• See when your friends are online.
• See when your friends are typing.
• Message delivery and read confirmation.
• Gif support added - Express yourself through gifs!
• Tons of performance updates and bug improvements means making new friends around the world has never been more fun or easier.
2.0.25
2018-11-01
New Features:
• Awesome new user profiles, featuring a brand-new design and enhanced functionality. Customize your new profile today. Don't forget to smile!
• The app has a much smaller footprint. Now it takes up less storage space on your device!
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.24
2018-10-12
Bug Fixes & Performance Updates
• You asked for it! A number of bugs squashed and new performance updates to make the app run smoother than ever!
2.0.23
2018-09-30
Bug Fixes
• Fixed a bug preventing users from selecting different country codes when logging in with their phone number. (Thank you for your patience - we have the best users on the planet!)
2.0.22
2018-07-21
New Features:
• GDPR & Privacy Updates to protect our awesome users! We’ve made it super clear what data we collect and how it’s used. We don’t sell personal data to 3rd parties. Ever.
• Easier Profile Updating.
• Bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.20
2018-07-13
Quick Fixes:
• Fixed Profile Picture Image Caching
• Performance Updates
2.0.19
2018-07-09
Fun Fact: The 2018 Global Peace Index ranks Iceland as the safest place to live on earth. In our humble opinion, it’s also one of the most beautiful.
New Features:
• New Invite Your Friends feature so you can chat directly in Pen Pals!
• New Achievement Stamp! Can you unlock the new Socialite stamp?
• Faster image loading.
• UI enhancements.
• Bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.18
2018-06-16
Fun Fact: Pen Pals is a great way to talk to other people around the world about while you watch the cup!
New Features:
• Progressive Loading for faster performance.
• Integrated auto-memory clearing feature.
• Fixed Location permissions.
• UI enhancements.
• Bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.16
2018-05-23
Fun Fact: The last time an American married a British royal was in 1936. Congrats to newlyweds Prince Harry & Meghan Markle!
New Features:
• Faster control over your mailbox settings in the new Mail Center!
• UI enhancements.
• Bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.15
2018-02-27
Fun Fact: The United Kingdom’s official national dish is chicken tikka masala - yum!
New Features:
• Bug fixes and delicious performance updates.
2.0.14
2018-02-23
Fun Fact: The beautiful country of Austria has won the most medals of any other country at the Winter Olympics.
New Features:
• Thanks to your feedback, this release features numerous performance updates to make the app faster, better and easier to make new friends!
2.0.13
2018-01-30
Fun Fact: The late Hungarian-born conductor Sir Georg Solti holds the record for the most GRAMMY Awards won in any genre with an astonishing 31!
New Features:
• We’ve been listening to you and made numerous performance and speed updates throughout the app, including faster image loading.
• Exciting Chat updates, including BIG emojis and Animations
• Ability to “Unfriend” so you don’t need to Block people
2.0.12
2018-01-16
Fun Fact: Martin Luther King Jr. is the only non-president with a United States national holiday in his honor.
New Features:
• Performance Updates throughout the app.
• Profile Photo bug fixed.
• Chat Optimization.
• Faster Image loading.
• Made it easier to write longer messages.
• Profile Optimization.
• Removed Subject Bar in messages.
2.0.11
2018-01-14
Fun Fact: We love Haiti and welcome all Haitians with open arms!
New Features:
•Fixed a big bug that was intermittently logging out some users.
•Notifications Optimization
Please note: This update might require some users to re-login to the app (just once).
2.0.10.2
2018-01-06
Fun Fact: The smallest bug in the world (Dicopomorpha echmepterygis) was discovered in Nicaragua in 1999. Small bugs are sometimes the hardest to find!
New Features
We squashed a bug preventing some users from accessing their friends and chats.
2.0.9.5
2018-01-04
Fun Fact: Sydney Harbour in Australia hosts a huge New Year’s Eve party featuring 8 metric tons of fireworks, costing over $7 million AUD. Our New Year’s resolution: Make Pen Pals better and more exciting than ever. Happy New Year everyone!
New Features:
• UI Optimizations.
• “Uncharted Territory” bug fixed.
• Ukraine flag fixed (shoutout to Mila for finding that!).
• Martinique flag fixed.
• Chat optimization (now in order of latest activity).
• Notifications optimization (including grouping!).
• Smaller bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.8.7
2017-12-14
Fun Fact: According to some people, Santa Claus was born in Turkey. Happy Holidays from the Pen Pals team!
New Features:
• Smaller bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.7.5
2017-11-22
Fun Fact: November of 1989 was the month the Berlin Wall fell. We don’t like border walls - Everyone is welcome on Pen Pals.
New Features:
• Even more iPhone X optimization.
• Improved message-sending experience.
• Other smaller bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.6.9
2017-11-16
Fun Fact: Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production. Much of that coffee was consumed by us to bring you this big update!
New Features:
• iPhone X Optimization (Woohoo!).
• Faster image loading.
• Squashed a bug where some of our users were logged out unintentionally.
• Other smaller bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.5.1
2017-11-08
Fun Fact: Nigeria is home to some of the world’s greatest Scrabble players. We’re bringing you a new update, and it's worth spelling out that this update fixes a few small bugs.
New Features:
• Bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.4.1
2017-10-14
Fun Fact: Africa is home to the largest bug in the world - The Goliath Beetle. That said, no actual bugs were harmed in the making of this update :)
New Features:
• Bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.2.6
2017-10-04
Fun Fact: Mexico introduced chocolate to the world. While we aren't giving out chocolate, we are giving you a new app update. That's sweet!
New Features:
• Bug fixes and performance updates.
2.0.1.8
2017-09-27
Fun Fact: Italy has only been a country for 156 years. Just like them, we're pretty young, so there's always room for improvements!
New Features:
• Sign in with Facebook!
• Bug fixes and performance updates.