We are committed to making our app accessible. Earlier this year, we announced a host of changes to make our app accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.

With feedback from thousands of disabled users, we are now pushing tweaks and optimisation to strengthen accessibility further. Here's what we have in store:

• Subscription Upgrade: Upgrade subscription to Joint NL-TNM plans to enjoy more benefits.
• Improved interaction with error toasts, loaders, and warnings, ensuring better communication with screen readers.
• Better screen reader navigation: Enhanced screen reader compatibility for visuals in story pages and critical functions on podcast player functions: you can now adjust speed, sleep timer, and timestamp using up and down gestures.
• Keyboard input: The keyboard now adapts to email and phone inputs, ensuring the right keyboard appears for each screen
• CarPlay: Advanced car play support for a seamless podcast experience in your car and while taking calls

We are committed to making our app accessible. Earlier this year, we announced a host of changes to make our app accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.

With feedback from thousands of disabled users, we are now pushing tweaks and optimisation to strengthen accessibility further. Here's what we have in store:

• Improved interaction with error toasts, loaders, and warnings, ensuring better communication with screen readers.
• Better screen reader navigation: Enhanced screen reader compatibility for visuals in story pages and critical functions on podcast player functions: you can now adjust speed, sleep timer, and timestamp using up and down gestures.
• Keyboard input: The keyboard now adapts to email and phone inputs, ensuring the right keyboard appears for each screen
• CarPlay: Advanced car play support for a seamless podcast experience in your car and while taking calls

Version 1.0.2 (177v)

What's New:

- Enhanced Podcast Player: Experience improved playback and smoother speed controls.
- Bug Fixes: We've squashed some bugs to make your experience better.

Key features and changes include:

- Reader Mode: Dark Mode Support
- Accessibility fixes
- Overall app fixes and improvements

Key features and changes include:

- Reader Mode: Dark Mode Support
- Accessibility fixes
- Overall app fixes and improvements

- Podcast player optimisation and enhancements
- NewsAble: We have made big changes to make our app accessible. News is a public interest product and everyone should have access to it, without any barriers.

Key features and changes include:

• Talkback and Voice Over Support: Compatibility with screen readers to help visually impaired users navigate the app
• Voice Search: Search by speaking with just a tap, with filters for authors, sections, and tags
• Transcripts, Read Aloud, and Subtitles: An in-built, one-click transcript for all podcasts, and read-aloud functionality for text stories. Plus, subtitles in videos
• Dyslexia Font and Motion Control: Dyslexia font to make text more readable for Dyslexic users, and motion control to help users with ADHD
• Reader Mode: A clean reading format, without any distractions in the form of banners, widgets, and pop-ups
• Colour Filters and Contrast: Colour themes for those with color blindness, alongside a dark mode and light mode. Option to choose between high-contrast and low-contrast designs to tweak the contrast between text and background for better readability

- Podcast player optimization and enhancements
- NewsAble: We have made big changes to make our app accessible. News is a public interest product and everyone should have access to it, without any barriers.

Key features and changes include:

• Talkback and Voice Over Support: Compatibility with screen readers to help visually impaired users navigate the app
• Voice Search: Search by speaking with just a tap, with filters for authors, sections, and tags
• Transcripts, Read Aloud, and Subtitles: An in-built, one-click transcript for all podcasts, and read-aloud functionality for text stories. Plus, subtitles in videos
• Dyslexia Font and Motion Control: Dyslexia font to make text more readable for Dyslexic users, and motion control to help users with ADHD
• Reader Mode: A clean reading format, without any distractions in the form of banners, widgets, and pop-ups
• Colour Filters and Contrast: Colour themes for those with color blindness, alongside a dark mode and light mode. Option to choose between high-contrast and low-contrast designs to tweak the contrast between text and background for better readability

- Podcast player optimisation and enhancements
- NewsAble: We have made big changes to make our app accessible. News is a public interest product and everyone should have access to it, without any barriers.

Key features and changes include:

• Talkback and Voice Over Support: Compatibility with screen readers to help visually impaired users navigate the app
• Voice Search: Search by speaking with just a tap, with filters for authors, sections and tags
• Transcripts, Read Aloud and Subtitles: An in-built, one-click transcript for all podcasts, and read-aloud functionality for text stories. Plus, subtitles in videos
• Dyslexia Font and Motion Control: Dyslexia font to make text more readable for Dyslexic users, and motion control to help users with ADHD
• Reader Mode: A clean reading format, without any distractions in the form of banners, widgets and pop-ups
• Colour Filters and Contrast: Colour themes for those with colour blindness, alongside a dark mode and light mode. Option to choose between high-contrast and low-contrast designs to tweak the contrast between text and background for better readability

Bug fixes and improvements on:
- NL Store crash fix
- Merch changes

Bugs fixes and improvements on:

- Notification permission for older devices
- (iOS) App refresh bug
- Few minor changes

Bug fixes and improvements on:
- Minor story pages change
- NL Store crash
- Privacy Policy update

Bug fixes and improvements on:
- Network Issues
- Podcast improvements
- Minor bugs

Improvements and Bug fixes around:

- Notification prompt
- Account update
- Keyboard input bug

Improvements and Bug fixes around:
- Login failure
- Podcast queue handling

Bug fixes and improvements on:

- Podcast download storage
- Podcast queue interruption
- Story notifications
- Article font size
- Autoscroll-keyboard for email based login
- Web in-app login

Bug fixes.

Bug fixes and improvements

- Podcast improvements
- Bug fixes
- App crash fix

Bug fixes and improvements

- Podcast and notification improvements
- Minor bug fixes

Bug fixes and app size reduction

Podcast player and performance improvements

Features:
· App update helper
· Ability to share podcast show
· Keeps track of last read story
· Support for student subscription

Bug Fixes:
· Remembers your email in forgot password flow
· Takes you to saved content section if you're offline
· Podcast mini-player fix
· Podcast downloads to appear in order latest to earliest
· Removed animations for people having trouble with visuals (accessibility reasons)
· Story images now zoomable
· So-Sketchy image layout fix

v0.9.2

Features

• podcast: ability to share podcast show via native share functionality
• story: keeps track of the last-read story

Bug Fixes

• offline: open saved tab on app open if no-network-connection
• swiper: onboarding screen swipe glitch fixed

and other minor improvements.

* Performance Improvements
* Bug Fixes