Entertainers - Enhanced Profiles: Entertainer cards now display official category labels, making it easier to identify specialties at a glance. - Improved Discovery: Refined tags and category displays for a cleaner, more intuitive browsing experience. - Faster Onboarding: The verification process is now more intuitive, with clear highlighting of missing required fields to speed up your approval. - Updated Forms: "Subcategory" is now "Tags" on entertainer forms to better reflect how you describe your talent. - Verification Sync: Improved the verification star icon to accurately reflect account status throughout the approval process. Events - Easier Planning: You can now favorite events directly from an entertainer's profile. - Smarter Ticketing: We've removed "Get Tickets" buttons on free events that don't require registration to keep things simple. App Experience - New Login Option: Sign in with Apple is now fully functional for a faster, more secure way to join. - Visual Refresh: We've implemented the Inter font across the entire app for a modern, crisp, and more readable experience.

A Stunning New Look & Feel • Complete Explore Redesign: We’ve fully redesigned the Explore tab. Browsing Events, Venues, Entertainers (formerly Artists), and your Favorites is now more intuitive and visually engaging. • Upgraded Event Discovery: Finding what's hot is easier with beautiful new layouts for Featured, Popular, and Trending events. • Refreshed Event Details: We’ve overhauled the Event Details and Ticket Selection screens to give you all the information you need at a glance, matching our sleek new design system. • Notification Polish: Keeping track of your alerts is easier with a cleaner, redesigned Notifications layout. Introducing Premium Events • Discover exclusive, high-end experiences in our brand-new Premium Events section. Look out for the diamond badges and beautifully crafted premium event cards! Venue Table Bookings • Table Bookings: You can now book tables directly from the venue pages! Faster, Smarter Payments • Seamless Checkout: We’ve introduced a new hosted card checkout screen and dynamic payment method loading. • Mobile Money Upgrades: Initiating Mobile Money payments is now synchronous and noticeably faster. • Better Error Handling: If a payment fails, our new intuitive failure states will guide you on exactly how to fix it and try again. Entertainers Hub • We’ve rebranded the "Artists" section to "Entertainers" and added new Specialty Chips so you can easily filter and find exactly the type of performance you are looking for. Organizer Dashboard • Are you an event organizer? You can now access a real-time, API-powered Organizer Dashboard right from the app! Track your stats, manage widgets, and view completed events on the go. Enhanced Security & Account Verification • Verified Accounts: We’ve rolled out a brand-new account verification screen supporting seamless OTP flows for both Email and Phone. • In-App Legal: Easily read our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions directly within the app without being kicked out to a browser. Quality of Life Improvements & Bug Fixes • Timezone Intelligence: Never miss a beat—all event times are now fully timezone-aware so you always show up on time. • Instant Favorites: Tapping the heart icon to save an event now features a smooth micro-animation and saves instantly without any loading spinners. • Better QR Codes: Fixed an issue so your specific Ticket Type now clearly displays on your ticket's QR code screen and during scanner check-ins. • Smarter Networking: Say goodbye to cryptic error messages! We’ve completely overhauled our network error handling to provide you with friendly, helpful alerts if your connection drops. • Squashed Bugs: Fixed layout issues on the booking confirmation screen, improved Uganda phone number validation, and resolved a bug to ensure your saved events stay perfectly synced across all tabs. Update now to experience the best version of Hoppers yet. Discover. Plan. Experience!

Bug fixes and UI improvements