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New Onboarding Experience on Mobile: Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.
Bug Fixes: Lots of fixes on our Mobile app.
New Onboarding Experience on TV: Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.
Bug Fixes: Lots of Bug fixes on our Mobile and TV app
New Onboarding Experience on TV: Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.
Bug Fixes: Lots of Bug fixes on our Mobile and TV app
New Onboarding Experience on TV: Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.
Bug Fixes: Lots of Bug fixes on our Mobile and TV app
New Onboarding Experience on Mobile: Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.
Enhanced Video Performance on TV: Experience faster, more seamless video switch times.
Updates on Google TV Live Channels: Support for new upcoming live channel offerings for an even richer Google TV experience.
Performance Boost: We've optimized the app for smoother performance.
New Onboarding Experience on Mobile: Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.
Enhanced Video Performance on TV: Experience faster, more seamless video switch times.
Updates on Google TV Live Channels: Support for new upcoming live channel offerings for an even richer Google TV experience.
Performance Boost: We've optimized the app for smoother performance.
New Onboarding Experience on Mobile: Start your Haystack News journey with a revamped onboarding flow that lets you tailor your news experience from the get-go.
Enhanced Video Performance on TV: Experience faster, more seamless video switch times.
Updates on Google TV Live Channels: Support for new upcoming live channel offerings for an even richer Google TV experience.
Performance Boost: We've optimized the app for smoother performance.
Improved app stability and responsiveness.
Fixed bugs to ensure smoother performance.
- We’re excited to announce the addition of a new Notifications Tab! This dedicated section organizes all your Haystack News alerts, from breaking events to the latest local news, making it easier than ever to stay informed and engaged with the world around you.
- Your user experience matters to us. We’ve addressed and resolved several bugs to ensure our app runs more efficiently and reliably for you.
We have enhanced our notification feature to enable multiple notifications.
Additionally, we have resolved some bugs to ensure smoother performance.
New swiping experience on mobile.
Bug fixes.
Improved search functionality, returning the most relevant news.
Bug fixes.
Improved search functionality, returning the most relevant news
- Improved navigation for our mobile app.
- Bug fixes.
- Improved navigation for our mobile app.
- Bug fixes.
- New welcome screen and top bar on mobile.
- Notifications for Androd 13 devices.
- Fixes for the Chromecast button visibility.
- New welcome screen and top bar on mobile.
- Fixes for the Closed Captions positioning. Closed captioning will soon be available for many more videos.
- Fixes for the Closed Captions positioning. Closed captioning will soon be available for many more videos.
Haystack 4 is here, and its our biggest update in over a year!
[+] Introducing Haystack News Premium subscription using Google Play in app purchasing!
[+] Use Haystack on the go, in the subway, or in the car! Listening mode, offline and background playback are now available to Premium users.
[+] We improved our Bluetooth devices support.
[+] Other bug fixes.
[+] Improvements for your live watching experience.
[+] New Entertainment Space for tablets.
[+] Other bug fixes.
[+] Improvements for your live watching experience.
[+] New Entertainment Space for tablets.
[+] Full-screen fix for landscape mode.
[+] Other updates and bug fixes.
[+] Fixes to improve your live watching experience, including better handling of extreme buffering situations.
[+] Bug fixes.
[+] Fixes to improve your live watching experience, including better handling of extreme buffering situations.
[+] Other bug fixes.
For Android Mobile
[+] Enable Closed Captioning for live videos while casting
[+] Bug fixes and UI improvements for casting
For Android TV
[+] Major Bug fixes (included Crash Fixes)
[+] Enabled closed captioning for live videos
[+] Bug / Crash fixes
[+] Upgraded libraries
[+] New app name -- We're now Haystack News!
[+] Complete rebranding of the app for increased clarity and ease of use
[+] General bug fixing
[+] Bug Fixes for videos getting stuck
+ Critical bug fixes for video playback (e.g. EuroNews videos)
+ Faster video loading
+ Fixed Watch Offline downloading
+ Increased variety of videos that could be watched on Watch Offline
+ Fixed push notifications not respecting the user settings for sound/vibration
+ Several other minor bug fixes
Upgraded video player to fix some playback issues.
Fixed some crashes.
Small UI changes.
Minor Bug Fixes
Improved Chromecast connection stability and reliability.
Minor bug fixes.
Improved Chromecast connection stability and reliability.
Minor bug fixes.
Improved Chromecast connection stability and reliability.
Minor bug fixes.
Improved Chromecast connection stability and reliability.
Updated App Permissions
Updated App Permissions
[+] New category "My Weather". Select this by going to Settings > Configure to start seeing a short weather forecast as part of your headlines.[+] Improved Weather Widget[+] Added Local Time To Main Screen[+] Fixed issue where local videos for some locations were skipping[+] Additional Bug Fixes
[+] New category "My Weather". Select this by going to Settings > Configure to start seeing a short weather forecast as part of your headlines.[+] Improved Weather Widget[+] Added Local Time To Main Screen[+] Fixed issue where local videos for some locations were skipping[+] Additional Bug Fixes
[+] General Bug Fixes for Haystack TV app and Haystack Live Channels
[+] General Bug Fixes for Haystack TV app and Haystack Live Channels
[+] General Bug Fixes for Haystack TV app and Haystack Live Channels
[+] General Bug Fixes for Haystack TV app and Haystack Live Channels
