The Hamilton Spectator for iPad

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Changed minimum app support to version iOS 9.2

Updated phone icon with new logo

Summary: Warranty release changes for Metroland-built iOS, Android and Blackberry apps for Hamilton Spectator, Waterloo Region Record and Guelph Mercury-Tribune.

Benefit: Enhance functionality and resolve outstanding defects on initial Metroland app releases for Spectator, Record and Mercury-Tribune.

Upgraded the app

Fixed random crash.

- Corrected the feed issue which prevented content from appearing in the previous version
- Added a Pan Am Games category
- Various bug fixes

Bug fixes.

* Introduced additional user controls that allow you to better control the data downloaded for Offline Mode reading (when the feature is turned on). There are now two options:
- Download article text only (“Offline reading” toggle on)
- Download article text and thumbnail images (“Download thumbnails” toggle on)
* Performance and stability improvements
* Fixed several bugs

- Improvements to third-party libraries
- Stability and performance enhancements

Stability and performance improvements

• Stability and performance improvements

• Map view and sharing for events
• Internal browser appearance improvements
• Stability and performance improvements

• Support for video galleries
• Support for events listings
• Improvements to embedded webpages
• Facebook login now comes from login in Settings app
• Fix for inaccurate article age in article lists
• Performance and stability improvements
• URL module support
• Bug fixes for third-party libraries

Bug fix for default weather units