The Economist (Legacy) US
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4.5.10for iPhone
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About The Economist (Legacy) US
This is the legacy edition of The Economist app. Read full editions of The Economist, 1843 magazine and The World in 2021 with your subscription to The Economist.
To purchase subscriptions via in-app purchase, please download our new app “The Economist” and start your 7-day free trial.
For existing in-app subscribers:
Annual and quarterly subscriptions automatically renew. You can manage this in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you’ll need to update your subscription at least 24 hours before your renewal date if you don’t want to be charged again
• Within 24 hours of your renewal date, your subscription will be charged at a cost of £55.99 / $55.99 / €85.99 (for a quarterly subscription) or £179.99 / $189.99 / €279.99 (for an annual subscription)
Full terms of use can be found at www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy can be found at www.economist.com/privacy
To purchase subscriptions via in-app purchase, please download our new app “The Economist” and start your 7-day free trial.
For existing in-app subscribers:
Annual and quarterly subscriptions automatically renew. You can manage this in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you’ll need to update your subscription at least 24 hours before your renewal date if you don’t want to be charged again
• Within 24 hours of your renewal date, your subscription will be charged at a cost of £55.99 / $55.99 / €85.99 (for a quarterly subscription) or £179.99 / $189.99 / €279.99 (for an annual subscription)
Full terms of use can be found at www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy can be found at www.economist.com/privacy
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.5.10
Last updated on Oct 21, 2021
Old Versions
Minor fixes and enhancements
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Version History
4.5.10
Oct 21, 2021
Minor fixes and enhancements
4.5.9
Jul 15, 2021
Minor fixes and enhancements
4.4.9
Oct 15, 2020
Audio player improvements following customer feedback.
4.4.7
Jun 24, 2020
We’ve updated the audio player to help you quickly add and play the articles you’re interested in.
4.4.6
Jun 19, 2020
We’ve updated the audio player to help you quickly add and play the articles you’re interested in.
4.4.3
Mar 24, 2020
Audio Content
At The Economist, we’re prioritising the health and well-being of our staff which means there will be delay in publishing the audio edition to the app and website. We expect the audio content to be published, at the latest, by 10pm UK Time on Thursdays.
For more information, please see our regularly updated FAQs for COVID-19 in settings, FAQ
At The Economist, we’re prioritising the health and well-being of our staff which means there will be delay in publishing the audio edition to the app and website. We expect the audio content to be published, at the latest, by 10pm UK Time on Thursdays.
For more information, please see our regularly updated FAQs for COVID-19 in settings, FAQ
4.4.2
Mar 2, 2020
- Minor bug fixes & performance enhancements
4.4.1
Dec 7, 2019
- Minor bug fixes & performance enhancements
4.4
Dec 5, 2019
- Minor bug fixes & performance enhancements
4.3.8
Nov 22, 2019
- Keep track of what you've read with article tick marks
- Minor bug fixes & Improvements
- Minor bug fixes & Improvements
4.3.6
Nov 15, 2019
Keep track of what you've read with article tick marks
4.3.5
Oct 3, 2019
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
4.3.4
Jun 5, 2019
- Jump straight to your favourite sections using our new section navigation button
4.3.3
Feb 28, 2019
Small bugs and accessibility improvements.
4.3.1
Jan 18, 2019
• Various fixes and improvements to the audio player
• Other bug fixes and performance improvements
• Other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.2.5
Jun 22, 2018
• Added introductory pricing
• We hope to have fixed an issue where night mode and text size settings were not preserved across page swipes. Please let us know if you still experience this problem
• We hope to have fixed an issue where night mode and text size settings were not preserved across page swipes. Please let us know if you still experience this problem
4.2.4
May 29, 2018
Changes to registration page.
4.2.3
May 4, 2018
- Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
4.2.2
May 2, 2018
- Fix for an issue where the latest edition was deleted when the device was somewhat low on disk space
4.2.1
Mar 23, 2018
- Restored the option to increase and decrease the playback speed of audio
- iPhone X support
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements (especially in the audio player)
- iPhone X support
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements (especially in the audio player)
4.1
Nov 15, 2017
- Added support for The World in 2018
- App should remember your place more frequently
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements
- App should remember your place more frequently
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements
4.0.17
Nov 13, 2017
- Changes to analytics system.
4.0.14
Sep 29, 2017
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
4.0.11
Aug 21, 2017
- App will now remember your place in the edition more often than it did before
- Improvements to audio player, including a fix to the bug where it would loop forever
- Audio speed options have been removed until we are able to improve the quality of the speeded-up audio
- Various other bug fixes and performance improvements
- Improvements to audio player, including a fix to the bug where it would loop forever
- Audio speed options have been removed until we are able to improve the quality of the speeded-up audio
- Various other bug fixes and performance improvements
4.0.10
Jun 14, 2017
This is a major update, in which the app has been moved on to a new technical platform. This has allowed us to add:
* Search. You can now search within a particular issue.
* Streaming audio. Audio is now streamed when you press play, and you don’t have to wait for it to download fully.
* Improved downloads. A new download service means downloads are less likely to fail.
* Look and feel. Fonts and style have been updated.
Because of moving to a new platform, the following will be lost when updating:
* Bookmarks. Bookmarks will not be retained when updating the app.
* Downloaded issues. Issues downloaded with the old version are not compatible with the new version of the app. These will need to be re-downloaded after the app is updated.
* Apple Watch. The Apple Watch app has been removed.
* Search. You can now search within a particular issue.
* Streaming audio. Audio is now streamed when you press play, and you don’t have to wait for it to download fully.
* Improved downloads. A new download service means downloads are less likely to fail.
* Look and feel. Fonts and style have been updated.
Because of moving to a new platform, the following will be lost when updating:
* Bookmarks. Bookmarks will not be retained when updating the app.
* Downloaded issues. Issues downloaded with the old version are not compatible with the new version of the app. These will need to be re-downloaded after the app is updated.
* Apple Watch. The Apple Watch app has been removed.
3.2.12
Mar 15, 2017
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.2.11
Jan 26, 2017
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.2.10
Oct 26, 2016
This update fixes a critical bug where audio would not play when the app was in the background.
Apologies for the inconvenience that this has caused.
Apologies for the inconvenience that this has caused.
3.2.9
Oct 24, 2016
Bug fixes and performance improvements
3.2.8
May 13, 2016
* Fixed a bug where the app would forget your place the next time you opened it.
* Fixed a bug where zoomed images would not change orientation when the device was rotated.
* Various other bug fixes and performance improvements.
* Fixed a bug where zoomed images would not change orientation when the device was rotated.
* Various other bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.2.7
Apr 27, 2016
enhancements and performance improvements
3.2.6
Mar 30, 2016
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
3.2.5
Feb 23, 2016
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
3.2.4
Dec 21, 2015
- Support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus with Quick Actions and Peek and Pop. Press the Home screen icon to access various Quick Actions. Lightly press an article in the table of contents to preview it, and press more firmly to open it.
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.2.2
Nov 16, 2015
- The app now notifies you that a new issue is available when you auto-resume into an older issue.
- Compatibility updates for iPad Pro.
- Fixed a bug where using the audio feature in the app would stop alarms from going off.
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements.
- Compatibility updates for iPad Pro.
- Fixed a bug where using the audio feature in the app would stop alarms from going off.
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.2.1
Oct 17, 2015
- Fixed an issue where opening the app would stop audio playback
- Other bug fixes
- Other bug fixes
3.2.0
Sep 20, 2015
- iOS 9 compatibility
- Tap-to-zoom on images
- Auto-deletion of old issues after three months (by default, can be changed or disabled in the app's settings)
- Tap-to-zoom on images
- Auto-deletion of old issues after three months (by default, can be changed or disabled in the app's settings)
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