4.14.4
- Adds event notification announcements in French and German
- Spoken notifications volume is now louder
- Device screen will not dim or lock while the event countdown page is open and active
- UI improvements and bug fixes
4.14.2
- Added eclipse path map for ASE2024, 2 Oct 2024
4.14
- New: Timeline summary: tapping the Info button at the bottom right of the map displays a new Timeline page with detailed timings of the day's events. This button replaces the info button that previously appeared at the lower right of the timeline itself
- Updated: Tap the Info button, then Settings (top right) to manage your display preferences: you can now select from Sun, Moon, Galactic Center, and choose which events are shown in the timeline
- Updated: Night mode no longer need to be enabled manually - adjust the time of day by dragging on the altitude chart
- New: The Timeline page includes an Event Countdown and Notifications page providing a easy-to-read countdown to key timeline events, plus optional device notifications
- New: You can preview the event countdown for any time, any place, in "Rehearsal Mode", or see/hear live updates in "Live Mode"
The Event Countdown and Notifications feature can be used during the upcoming total eclipse of April 8 to view timing updates for the eclipse contacts, which are of critical importance to photographers. Enable notifications to hear spoken announcements in English or Spanish. In this release, we include announcements for Sunrise, Moonrise, C1, C2, Maximum Eclipse, C3 and C4.
The Notifications Status page shows whether your Notifications settings are configured optimally to receive time sensitive event notifications. When event notifications are enabled, you can view a list of scheduled notifications and delete any you do not wish to receive, or cancel all pending notifications.
A warning indicator is shown if your device location is more than 1.5 km or 1 mile from the location for which the event countdown and pending notifications are configured.
A Note on Notifications:
- You must enable notifications, grant authorization and ensure that your device's focus mode and other settings are configured to allow the notifications to be received and/or heard
- In Rehearsal Mode, notifications are scheduled when you tap Play and canceled upon Pausing. In Live mode, notifications are scheduled relative to the actual clock time of the corresponding events, irrespective of any time you select within the app.
- You can background the app or quit it and notifications will still be received. This is useful for testing your configuration.
- The following events are currently announced in this version: C1 (30m, 5m, 60s, 30s, 15s, 5s), C2 (30m, 15m, 5m, 2m, 60s, 30s, 15s, 5s), Max Eclipse (60s, 30s, 15s, 5s), C3 (60s, 30s, 15s, 5, +15s, +30s, +60s), C4 (30m, 5m, 60s, 30s, 15s, 5s), Sunrise (30m, 15m, 5m, 2m, 60s, 15s, 5s), Moonrise (30m, 15m, 5m, 2m, 60s, 15s, 5s). Other events are notified as they occur.
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