Facebook-owned WhatsApp bumped its App Store app this morning to version 2.18.51.
WhatsApp gains inline Facebook and Instagram video playback, stickers coming soon
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FreshCut, SleepX, Taskade, and other apps to check out this weekend
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features an app to help you always get the perfect haircut, a new sleep and energy tracker, and a powerful todo list/task manager. And as usual, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Facebook shows off dark mode for Messenger & other upcoming design changes
Facebook at yesterday's F8 developers conference in California made good on the promise that it'd declutter the Messenger app by implementing design changes and a darker appearance.
Fantastical developer Flexibits updates Cardhop with smart contact groups, printing & more
Developer Flexibits today updated its contact-management Mac app Cardhop with some handy new features, such as smart groups, support for printing contacts in a variety of formats, the ability to add notes with timestamps and more.
Halide Camera gains Apple Watch remote, self-timer, revamped reviewer & more
Halide Camera, the premium RAW and manual shutter image-taking app by Chroma Noir LLC, was updated on App Store this morning with an all-new Apple Watch remote function, a self-timer feature, a redesigned reviewer and other perks.
Tinyclouds is a beautiful, mesmerizing weather app for iOS
What do you get when you mix the seemingly endless desire for weather apps with the adorable, quirky, and Minecraft-like style of design and animation? If you guessed Tinyclouds, the adorable weather app for iOS, you'd be spot on!
Hal, Telescope, Weightroom Workout Tracker, and other apps to check out this weekend
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features a new digital assistant run by humans, a powerful news reader app and a minimal workout tracker. And as usual, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Snapchat launches AR games you can play using touch, motion and facial expressions
Snapchat today unveiled augmented reality games in the latest version of its mobile app.
WhatsApp’s next update to bring account info download feature to all users globally
Following yesterday's launch of Instagram's data-download tool, WhatsApp has now announced that its next update due in the coming weeks will bring a similar feature of its own.
Google finally releases native Tasks apps for iPhone
Alongside the launch of the new Gmail, Google today released a Tasks app for iPhone.
Your Stories are headed back to the Discover page as part of a new Snapchat test
Snapchat may be planning to revert one of the biggest changes in its recent redesign.
This tweak removes the app bar from the iOS 11 Messages app
One of my most significant quarrels with iOS 11 is the app bar that appears at the bottom of the Messages app. I never use extensions while iMessaging friends and family, so it feels somewhat intrusive to me that Apple pushes the app bar down my throat in every conversation.
Anyone in agreeance may want to try a new free jailbreak tweak called NoMoreAppBar by iOS developer Reed Haffner. Just as the name implies, this tweak removes the app bar from the iOS 11 Messages app.