7.3
2024-01-03
This release includes some maintenance items to improve your overall news experience. Thanks for supporting local journalism!
7.2.1
2023-10-26
Our version 7.0 mobile app has a brand new look and feel! You'll still get all the up-to-the-minute breaking news, accurate weather, and in-depth investigations from the station you know and trust, but in a new package.
We've spent months talking with readers and viewers like you to understand what's most important. This new mobile app is a direct result of your feedback, so thank you! Our new design brings a bold, fresh focus to the biggest news of the day.
YOUR PREFERENCE FOR NEWS UPDATES
Readers told us that being able to choose how they read the news is a top priority.
A new menu at the top of the Home screen gives you more control over how you read the news in our app.
Choose "Top News" to read news stories curated by our local news team as the most important news of the day or choose "Most Recent" to read news stories published most recently.
24/7 LIVE STREAMING VIDEO
In the new "Watch" tab, our news is streaming any time you want to watch.
Whether it's our 24/7 streaming channel, or video on demand clips, you're in control over what you want to watch, and when you want to watch it.
DARK MODE
Making sure the app reflects your preference on how you use your device was also important to you, whether your device is in Light Mode or Dark Mode. Our new app honors that system preference and gives you the choice to use the app in Light Mode or Dark Mode.
We’re excited to see the new mobile app in action and hope you are too. Let's keep the conversation going. Have feedback on the new design? Let us know in the app by going to Tools > Contact Support.
6.43
2021-12-14
Thanks for supporting local journalism! This release includes maintenance items to improve your overall news experience. Additionally, we've discontinued the Premium subscription options that were available previously as monthly and annual in-app purchases.
6.41
2021-10-11
This release includes some minor maintenance items to improve your overall news experience. Thanks for supporting local journalism!
6.33
2020-11-11
Thanks for supporting local journalism! This release includes maintenance items and performance improvements to improve your overall news experience.
6.32
2020-08-27
• A new weather radar map from our weather provider is in this app update, as our weather provider will discontinue the old radar map in the near future.
Please be sure to update to this version of our app to ensure your weather radar map continues to display radar in the future.
To upgrade the new radar map, we had to update the app's code base to support the latest iOS operating system versions. As a result, it's possible there could be some older iOS devices that may have trouble running this updated app.
6.24
2019-10-15
We've added some minor performance improvements in this release.
6.22
2019-07-08
Thanks for supporting local journalism! This release includes minor bug fixes for intermittent app crashes as well as performance improvements to improve your overall news experience.
6.21
2019-05-06
Thanks for supporting local journalism! This release includes minor bug fixes and performance improvements to improve your overall news experience.
6.18
2018-07-03
• We fixed a bug that caused Twitter embeds in stories to not load correctly.
• Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.
6.17
2018-05-31
Version 6.17:
• Peek and Pop: The Top Stories list in the app's home screen is now enabled with Apple's Peek and Pop technology, which lets users 'peek' (or preview) app content, and press a little deeper to 'pop' into related features in the app. With Peek and Pop, you can quickly Save a story to your device or Share it with friends.
• 3D Touch: The app's icon is now enabled with 3D Touch, an Apple technology that senses how deeply you press the display in iPhone 6S and later iPhone models. By 3D touching the app icon on your iPhone, you can go directly to the app's Top Stories, Weather and Search sections right from the home screen of your iPhone.
• We moved Video from the bottom navigation bar to the top of the app's home screen, so you can browse Top Stories by text or video.
• Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.
6.15
2018-02-20
We’ve added performance improvements and squashed a few minor bugs.
6.14.1
2017-11-09
6.14.1
- Bug fixes
6.14
- Video will now play in-line on articles. Tilting the iPhone to landscape will play the video fullscreen.
- Editors can now display weather data cards in the Top Stories feed. Cards include Hourly Forecasts, Daily Forecasts and Interactive Radar.
6.14
2017-10-31
- Video will now play in-line on articles. Tilting the iPhone to landscape will play the video fullscreen.
- Editors can now display weather data cards in the Top Stories feed. Cards include Hourly Forecasts, Daily Forecasts and Interactive Radar.
6.13
2017-08-17
- We've added a text-size selector to article screens so that you can quickly adjust text-size on the fly without messing with your settings.
- We've added an annual ad-free subscription for $9.99
6.12
2017-06-14
- Quiet time. Handily silence push notifications on your preferred schedule.
- Captions on images when in gallery view.
6.11
2017-04-27
This release features a new weather radar that allows you to see the freezing rain (pink) areas of radar in addition to the more common precipitation types of rain and snow.
6.10
2017-03-30
- We have overhauled our registration and authentication features. All communication, with our backend systems, is now encrypted (over SSL).
- Among the most notable UI/UX updates, you can now go to the top of "Top Stories" and "Video" by tapping on the tab.
- Bug Fixes and performance enhancements.
6.9
2017-01-26
- Search! We’re really excited to bring you this highly requested feature. Now you can search the app for stories and videos. Just tap the search icon on the tab bar.
- We are excited to offer an ad-free experience for purchase within the app for $0.99/month. The subscription removes all in-app ads, including pre-roll video. Linked content loaded in a web-view is not included. The subscription will auto-renew monthly. Thanks for supporting local journalism!
- Save stories. Just tap the "bookmark" icon on story screens to save a story to read for later. Find your saved stories in the "Sections" tab.
- Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://www.wptv.com/about_us/legal/privacy-policy
- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
- Bug fixes and performance enhancements
6.8
2016-10-17
- We re-ordered the weather section to make planning your day easier, with hourly and daily forecasts first
- School closings alerts will automatically appear on the home screen when closings are happening
- Bug fixes and performance enhancements
6.7
2016-08-15
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
6.6
2016-07-22
We’ve been pouring through your emails and reviews and are thrilled to release these brand new features:
- Swipe to next story. No need to keep going back to the home screen, just swipe left to read the next story, or swipe right to go back.
- Stories marked read. When you’re on the home screen, stories you’ve already read will be marked by a greyed out headline, so you’ll always know which stories you’ve read and which ones you haven’t.
- Simplified and refined card design. We heard a ton of feedback about how cards work. We got rid of mixed action cards. Now story cards simply open a story and video cards open a video. Breaking and top stories will continue to be highlighted in a large format, but the rest of the list will be smaller cards for quicker and more efficient browsing.
We’ve got a ton more features in the pipeline thanks to feedback from users like you, so keep it coming and let us know how we can serve you better.
6.5
2016-05-18
You asked and we listened.
- You can now get weather for your current location, even if you're out of market.
- The "More" tab has been changed to the "Sections" tab, and we've added more sections based on your feedback.
- We also polished the article layout on tablet for an improved reading experience.
Thanks for updating and keep letting us know what features you want to see.
6.4
2016-04-08
- Editors can now display Twitter cards directly in the news feed.
- Performance optimizations and bug fixes.
6.3
2016-03-24
- Editors can now link a card directly to a web view, for easier access to traffic, live video and contests in the feed.
- Fixed a bug that caused the wrong image to be shared.
6.2
2016-02-03
What’s New:
•Brand new design that’s faster and easier to use
•New native weather section, with hourly and daily forecasts
•Lightning fast weather radar powered by Weathersphere technology
•One-tap live streaming video
5.3
2015-10-14
One tap live streaming.
Now you can share directly from a push notification.
Bug fixes and performance enhancements.
5.2
2015-05-07
We've added a brand new notification preference center in Settings, so now you can choose which alerts you get, and which ones you don't.
This release is optimized for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and performance enhancements.
5.1
2014-12-04
v5.1
- Fixed a deep linking bug
v5.0
We’ve listened to your feedback and have incorporated a lot of it into this feature packed release:
- iOS 8 compatible
- The app is now universal so it works on iPhone and iPad.
- Editors can link push notifications directly to stories
- Single touch video playback
- Background refresh enabled
- Brand new UI with full bleed images, parallax scrolling and new animations
- Video and photo counts on article screens
- Swipe to next media item directly from the article screen
- Updated timestamp logic - stories with red timestamps have been updated in the last half hour
- Offline mode for iPhone and iPad
- Dynamic type in iPhone section front and article screens and iPad article screens
Keep the suggestions coming!
5.0
2014-10-29
We’ve listened to your feedback and have incorporated a lot of it into this feature packed release:
- iOS 8 compatible
- The app is now universal so it works on iPhone and iPad.
- Editors can link push notifications directly to stories
- Single touch video playback
- Background refresh enabled
- Brand new UI with full bleed images, parallax scrolling and new animations
- Video and photo counts on article screens
- Swipe to next media item directly from the article screen
- Updated timestamp logic - stories with red timestamps have been updated in the last half hour
- Offline mode for iPhone and iPad
- Dynamic type in iPhone section front and article screens and iPad article screens
Keep the suggestions coming!
4.0
2014-09-11
- Refreshed UI
- Minor bug fixes
- Performance enhancements
3.50.0
2013-12-03
- Improved performance
- Easy to use Facebook and Twitter sharing tools
- New font for increased readability
- Higher resolution for photos and video
- Swipe between stories and sections
- New side navigation that put more news front and center on the home screen
- Photos and video in stories
- Save stories to read later