WordPress for iOS hasnt seen any update for a long time now. To be frank, I was browsing through the App store for some blogging apps yesterday. And guess what this morning a new update has popped in our update list. The new wordpress comes with a lot of features. To be precise, the update is version 2.6 and the biggest addition is video. You can now record a video, upload it and attach it to your post right from the app, and play it back too. Next up is autosave. When its turned on, a small grey WordPress logo shows up at the bottom right corner while you type, and tapping it takes you to a screen where you can restore an older autosave of that post. So no more losing half written posts!! They have also rewritten the local drafts part completely, the add blog setup is faster now and the old Photos tab has become a proper Media Library which shows the dimensions and file size of each item.
The WordPress folks say they spent the last three months fixing bugs as well, and a 2.6.1 bugfix release is coming shortly. The app is still free in the App Store, so go grab it if you blog from your iPhone or iPad. We will play with it for a while and let you know how it goes. Stay tuned.
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