What's new in Bolt 3.23?
Written by Benji Weiser
Updated at July 4th, 2024
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Bolt 3.22 was rolled into 3.23 and never released on its own, so this post covers both versions.
Release dates
Bolt iOS 3.23.1 - 2024-04-04
Bolt Android 3.23.2 - 2024-04-11
Major changes
Extra support for consent providers
Useful for: Your ads team
All ads being served in a GDPR region (UK or EU) now need a certified consent management platform as per Google Ad Manager's new requirements, affecting all Google ads in Bolt apps.
To protect your ad revenue, we'd strongly recommend implementing a consent management platform if you have a significant user base in the UK or EU. Bolt now supports Google UMP (the standard, free platform) as well as OneTrust.
Who's affected: All Bolt customers with a significant user base in the UK or EU should implement a CMP to protect their ad revenue.
What you need to do: App update to 3.23 or higher, then choose whether you'd like to use Google UMP or OneTrust. Once you've created and set up an account, reach out to your Customer Success Manager who will link your consent management platform to your app.
Linking from website content into your app is much easier
Useful for: Your editorial and marketing teams
We've streamlined our end-to-end canonical URL service for all Bolt apps on version 3.23 or higher. Hosting this service ourselves (rather than you hosting) means much less work for you and makes it a lot faster and easier for us to debug any issues that may arise during setup or while live.
Implementing canonical URLs ensures the best user experience when directing users from your website to your app. A user will end up in the right place, regardless of whether they followed the link from your newsletter, social networks, messaging apps or push notifications.
Who's affected: All Bolt customers wanting to ensure the best UX when linking out to content in their app.
What you need to do: App update to Bolt 3.23 or higher. Read our canonical URLs documentation for more information on the benefits and how to get started, and reach out to your Customer Success Manager if you'd like a hand getting set up.
Additional changes
- Added the ability to override the screen_view and screen_class GA4-defined custom dimensions to the screen view event.
- Fixed an issue causing the BoltNotificationStatusChange event on Android to fire excessively.