• Menu sub-title customization has been added for the Privacy Policy Titles and Terms of Use Labels. (NOWAPP-339)
• Sticky ads are now supported on the home asset feed as well as on the webkit/article pages. The ad unit supports the following sizes: 300x50, 300x100, 320x50, 320x100, 728x90. (NOWAPP-330)
• A full-screen launch ad position has been added. (NOWAPP-287)
• Video casting capabilities have been added for Android and IOS through chrome-casting and airplay. (NOWAPP-327, NOWAPP-328) 
• The back button functionality has been updated in the "more" section pages to mimic the back button behavior on the article pages. (NOWAPP-323)
• Settings have been updated to include a link to the notification channel settings and a weather zipcode override. This allows you to customize your weather experience in the app. (NOWAPP-322)
• Topic rules have been updated to add flexibility in the navigation for external links or pages that did not meet the "Topic" rule criteria. (NOWAPP-321)
• We have added search in the app so you can search by keyword and also utilize advanced search rules to find desired content. (NOWAPP-319) 
• The arrows in the pinned content section have been updated for easier navigation. (NOWAPP-318)
• Additional customizations have been added for "Topic", "More" and "Info" subtitles in the menu (NOWAPP-317)
• The ability to control the Back Button, Share icon, Share text, Home Button, and Heart color scheme has been added. (NOWAPP-316)
• We have added the ability to turn on a promo page and a login screen in the app that recognizes web subscription services. (NOWAPP-352) 
• Volume control has been added to the video players for pre-roll. (NOWAPP-313)
• Current Weather, Hourly Weather, 7 Day and Weather Alerts card styles have been added in this release. (NOWAPP-312)
• A "Portrait" card style has been added to allow a unique display of photos in the BLOX Now app that differentiates from the main feature card. (NOWAPP-310)
• The app now includes flags on editorial asset cards triggered from BLOX article pages. (NOWAPP-288) 
• A Vertical Card has been added that allows automated control over the presentation of photos to combat cropping issues. (NOWAPP-279)
• A Live Stream alert banner has been added with the ability to customize the alert banner and text colors. (NOWAPP-39)

CHANGES

• Google is sun-setting the Google Services Legacy SDK for non-GA360 Customers in October. We will continue to service GA360 Accounts with the current method of analytics. The update for non-GA360 customers will be Firebase/GTM. TownNews Customer Service sent out documentation to customers outlining the process for the new analytic solution for Google Analytic non-360 customers. (NOWAPP-289, NOWAPP-340)

BUG FIXES