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This update is mostly a bug fix release, just stuff we have tinkered with, and things we have adjusted, all of which are too boring to talk about, but, rest assured they will make your experience marginally better... every little helps as they say. However, if you love to comment, we have done some UI work to tidy things up and those things you can see.

We’ve promised you a big update for some time, and now it’s finally here. Check out the highlights below.

- Design: All new navigation and design.

- Home Feed: The news is now listed in sections to make your reading experience even easier. Plus you can skip to your favourite sections.

- My News: A brand new tab that allows you to create your own personalised news feed by adding your favourite topics. You can also see your saved articles and followed columnists.

We would like to say we are back with a bang for this release, but for most of you, this is just a mere maintenance release that fixes some bugs, and has some behind-the-scenes updates… you know, the yawn-inducing stuff. However, for those of you who love a full-screen image, then we have an all-new gallery experience just for you! Galleries now offer thumbnails of upcoming images, and have more gesture controls, among other cool things for you to enjoy while you pinch and zoom!

From time to time we release maintenance updates that fix some things and lay the foundations for things to come. This release is one of those “things” releases. We fixed that annoying iPad crash some users experienced when you rotated the device whilst reading an article. We have also updated some behind-the-scenes logic that fixes some minor UI/UX issues and squashed a few more bugs for good measure. We have much bigger changes in the pipeline, so stay tuned, we think you are going to love them.

This update is small but significant. Firstly we have fixed more bugs, especially around stability. We also carried out some important maintenance in the background to make sure things run smoothly without issues.

It’s not all developer fun, this release also sees our Long Read articles get a lick of paint, they have been spruced up to show a bit more gravitas to the content.

Although not a big update this time, the team are hard at work on some very big app changes coming down the line. We can’t wait to show but until then, happy reading.

Have you been experiencing issues with commenting? Keep getting that “Oops” error when trying to post or even read comments? Yeah, that one, a pain in the neck right?

Well, we have managed to squash that nasty bug for the majority of cases, Just remember you need a display name to be able to post a comment, you can check if you have one by going to the My Account tab, and tapping “My Details”.

What this update does, is fix an issue that your audio playback was being taken over when using this app, no more will your listening pleasures be disturbed. We have naturally fixed some other pesky bugs too, but please continue to use the in-app feedback for the app if you are experiencing any issues. Until next time.

This release is an important one. This will be the last release for iOS13, it was a tough decision to make, but in order to advance the app we need to move to new technologies that aren’t available for iOS13. To continue receiving future updates with all new features and more, please update your device to iOS14 or above.

So for this final iOS 13 supported release:

- We have an all new navigation style that pins to the top of the view when you scroll… it's really rather lovely!

- We have a new large article preview format, for our first top story on iPad. This we think, uses the space better and we hope you like it.

- We have added new topic recommendations into top stories, so you can see what else is going on in other news that might interest you.

- And of course, we fixed a bunch of bugs, made more optimisations for speed, and completed some UI updates for good measure.

We have some really cool updates in the pipeline, so keep an eye out for more, and remember - to download them you will need iOS14 or above.

This update is very much a maintenance release, fixing some issues and laying some foundations for future updates.

Whats new in this release:
- This update provides some much needed back end changes to make your experience faster and more robust
- We have made some smaller design changes here and there in order to improve discoverability of features
- We have laid the foundations to support Sign in with Apple, so you can use your secure Apple ID to register and sign into a free account.

A quick bug fix release to address an issue that prevents some users from seeing any content. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Just a quick fire update to resolve an issue a small section of users have been seeing, we’ll be back with a bigger update shortly. TTFN

Happy New Year! So, we would like to announce a huge new update to kick off 2020, but this one is just a boring old bug fix release. Fear not readers, the code heads are beavering away on some shiny new things, so stay tuned.

This update is all about fixing things, our little elves have been busy behind the scenes sorting out a lot of things that were wonky.

• Dark Mode will now respond no matter where you are in the app - because, well it should do - our bad.
• Have you been in an article and seen content jumping up and down? No... okay well you won't now either.
• Lots of minor fixes here and there, too many to mention and mostly only the developers understand.

This update is all about fixing things, our little elves have been busy behind the scenes sorting out a lot of things that were wonky.

• Dark Mode will now respond no matter where you are in the app - because, well it should do - our bad.
• Have you been in an article and seen content jumping up and down? No... okay well you won't now either.
• Lots of minor fixes here and there, too many to mention and mostly only the developers understand.

Here is a super fast update, to fix a known iOS 13.1 issue. So if you have been browsing an article and suddenly you were whisked off to a whole new page without consciously tapping a link... then this build is for you, because we stopped that. Now browsing and tapping is what you would expect. Sweet!

We have made some more improvements to the app to help with your experience.

• Dark Mode for iOS 13 now works in tandem with your devices dark mode setting, but can also still be on/off independently.
• We updated the tablet view for Discover and made some minor tweaks for the iPhone view while we were at it.
• At the bottom of articles we added a list of all the tags associated with that story so you can find related content more easily.
• Speaking of the bottom of an article everything there, now loads with a snap, no more waiting for content to load.

We also improved some additional minor UI elements and fixed some bugs as well. Nice!

We have a big update for you today, here are just some of the highlights:

• Dark Mode! Yep we support iOS13 Dark Mode setting! If you don't have iOS 13, you can still use dark mode by setting it manually in the app under the "My Account" tab.
• Saving a Tag! Finding related content using tags is great, but now you can save your favourite tags to get to that content even faster.
• Discover Updates! Access your saved Tags and saved Authors from the Discover view and we also gave Discover a quick lick of paint too.
• Stability improvements across the board, especially for legacy iOS devices.
• Many smaller UI and code improvements to make your experience better.

We have even more in the pipeline as well, exciting times, so stay tuned!

Another quick fire release to fix some bugs and issues which some users have been seeing. Stay tuned we have a big update coming very soon.

A quick fire update to correct some issues with the new app.

- We have fixed the Live stories issue where some users didn't see the live content load.
- We have also cleaned up some UI issues, and fixed some minor bugs.

We have been promising a big update has been coming for a long time, and now finally we can say it's here! Below are just a few highlights available in our all new app
• Brand new Tap a Tag feature! Just like reddit you can tap tags in article teasers or articles in order to discover more related content, it's a whole new way to navigate and find the content you like in the app!
• An all new cleaner design for iPhone and iPad to help you find and read articles that interest you.
• You can now select the contrast colour of the type in articles, giving you a more personal reading experience
• A new comment history section has been added to My Account, so you can find all the comments you made in past articles.
• Speaking of comments, we have completely over hauled the experience to make it easier to see the latest comments first, a better way to see replies to comments and subscribe to your comment, so if you get a reply we'll notify you.
• The app has been rebuilt from the ground up to work on modern frameworks and architecture in order to fix all those annoying bugs in the previous version of the app

We aren't stopping there, we have even more new features on the way and enhancements to olds ones, stay tuned it's going to be a big couple of months!

In this update we have again been fixing some issues and bugs. We have also provided a way for you to delete your account from the My Details section, and removed some unimportant profile sections. We are still working very hard on a much bigger release so stay tuned!