- Upgrade Dependencies - Security Updates - Remove Top Stories section of browse page

This release updates the app home screen to radio / live listening, as well as fixing minor bug and updating dependencies.

Maintenance release aimed at ensuring your experience with our app remains top-notch. This update brings you the latest upgrades and optimizations.

Multiple featured stories are now available through our new discovery carousel over the Browse Screen. Find a full history of our radio highlights through the new Top Stories screen. 24 hour replay has also been introduced for select programs on our Radio Schedule.

Latest episodes of The Rundown podcast from WBEZ now surface over the Browse Screen, and play back automatically in select queuing.

Introducing the Rundown from WBEZ Chicago. This twice-daily news podcast can be accessed from the Browse Screen as well as automatically in playback queuing.

Fix for ad impression reporting

WBEZ App now supports reading. Push notifications can notify users of articles and visual journalism stories, opened through an in-app browser.

Bug Fixes and analytics improvements

Push notifications have been improved to encourage more subscriptions. We also improved analytics tracking features.

Listen to WBEZ, NPR, Reset, Motive Nerdette, and story highlights in our improved Browse Screen.

Get alerts! The WBEZ app now offers push notifications, so you can hear the best stories from Chicago and beyond on your schedule. When news breaks, we have you covered, with options to receive daily alerts or special coverage only.

We fixed some analytic bugs.

We introduced some track player improvements.

We are releasing some analytic fixes.

We have made more design improvements. We have improved the loading state to the show pages to more clearly display our full episode catalogue.

We have made additional stability improvements.

We have made more stability improvements.

The App will maintain uninterrupted play when switching between networks. We have fixed several common crash behaviors. We have added a loading state to the show pages to more clearly display our full episode catalogue.

Various big fixes and improved crash monitoring.

Fixed an audio scrubbing bug that was causing the app to crash.

The WBEZ App has been completely overhauled to improve its performance and add new listening features. This release includes: A browse experience highlighting key stories and moments from the WBEZ broadcast The ability to rewind live programming Featured Audio Stories from WBEZ HLS Streaming A complete design refresh The app is built on a new framework to allow more frequent updates and new features

WBEZ now supports CarPlay. Stream WBEZ 91.5 or Vocalo 91.1 directly from CarPlay interfaces. You can also browse podcasts and replay shows you missed from the airwaves. We also added support for audio scrubbing. So you can easily skip forward or backward in whatever audio you're listening to. Finally we have streamlined the homepage to make shows more accessible, updated the UI and added several bug fixes.

FIXED: Issues with Universal Links have been solved by disabling them until a future release.

NEW: Qualifying donors can now access the Pledge Free Stream to bypass the WBEZ pledge drive iPhone X users can now enjoy the WBEZ app using their device's entire screen