It’s our first app exclusively designed for iOS 7
Over the summer we released an all-new version of our iOS and Mac apps. We felt good about the speed and grace with which our native apps supported group chat. But then we noticed that our shiny new app wasn’t behaving the way we expected on iOS 7.
Throughout the fall we’ve been iterating to support Apple’s new iOS 7 operating system. And with good reason. Our friends at Mixpanel cite 80% of iOS web traffic is on iOS 7.
We strive for parity across our native apps. So the change shouldn’t feel too drastic.
Now, after lots of internal dog-fooding (we’re big iOS7 fans), we’re ready to share our first-ever dedicated iOS 7 app.
In addition to the basic visual fixes we made, you’ll notice:
- Room topics now properly updated in real-time
- Support for @here notifications
- Persistence of message drafts across sessions
- Automatically sets your status to “idle” when HipChat runs in the background
Note: 2.1 only supports iOS 7. If you are still running on iOS6 then (sadpanda) the app store will not give you the option to upgrade.