- Improved login experience for a smoother sign-in. - Bookmarks/Saved Articles improvements: clearer save/remove behavior and better syncing across the app. - Commenting expanded: logged-in users can now comment on free articles (membership still required for premium articles). - Performance and reliability improvements, including fixes for edge cases in the Switzerland edition.

We’ve upgraded comments across the app with smoother replies, better sorting, improved loading behavior, and a more polished overall experience. This update also improves comment counts, load more comments behavior, location selection when posting, and label consistency for Likes.

- Links now open correctly from within articles (both internal and external). - Faster, smoother reading: ad loading no longer slows down article loading.

We’ve made some great improvements to enhance your experience: • Comments are now improved for smoother and more engaging discussions. • Improved experience in both light and dark mode. • Menu topics like Games and Local Directory now open directly within the app for a faster, seamless experience. Update now for the best experience!

Improved article reading experience — content now displays fully to the end of the page.

Comment counts on the homepage: see how active the conversation is before you open a story. Tap the comment icon to jump straight to the comments.

We’ve made the app feel smoother and more consistent on iPhone: - Improved article reading and in-app web viewing - Embedded polls now display correctly - Newsletter preferences are now available directly in the app - More reliable navigation when opening pages from the menu and account sections

- Adding proper logging of app chases to the Firebase

- Adding ability to process Elementor pages in the app - Adding Device ID and Build ID for easier future issue detection - Resolving the issue with cut-off article (Post) if in body embedded social media posts

- Resolving the issue in iOS26+ with liquid glass effect on all pages

Resolving the issue with multiple reported app crashes

- Connecting Ads and CMP on the article pages

- Fixing consent cookie issue on the article page

* Error with consent pop-up fixed

- bug fixes

- This release includes dark mode

- store rating option now included

- members can now leave comments on articles

- fixes push notification bugs

- bug fixes

- bug fixes for edition selection issue

- Bug fixes - Account deletion

Completely new version of The Local app. Updated features include: * Entire archive of articles from The Local * Custom notification settings * New, easy to use interface * Access to all editions of The Local * Updated membership billing options

Additional bug fixes

Update includes changes to app initialisation and push notifications