Release Notes

Release notes for Version 8.0.6

Release notes for Version 8.0.6

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Improved experience for LIRR riders 

  • Improved Track Predictor
  • Redesigned how official LIRR alerts render in Recent Alerts
  • Grand Central Madison is now an official terminal with features such as
    • Track Predictor
    • MyTrains
    • Track History
    • Track numbers via push/e-mail

Improved experience for Metro North riders

  • Enhanced departure board
  • Changes colors used in the app to improve readability

Various aesthetics and consistencies in user interface

  • Improved image rendering in News You Need
  • Improved ordering of icons/features in MyTrains
  • Remove some banner ads
  • Enriched links to social sites (added TikTok)

Account Management 

  • Tightened password requirements and enriched the tooltip to explain it.
  • New feature: the ability to delete your account

 

 

Release notes for version 7.0.4

Release notes for version 7.0.4

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Features and End User Experience

  • Overhauled track prediction page
    • Improved data access
    • Enhanced pie chart experience
  • Increased the number of MyTrains from 3 to 4

Note: Departure board and Leaderboard are now components of the Premium experience.

Bug fixes

  • Extended the Snooze range and fixed issue with 2022
  • In-app purchase has been overhauled

 

 

Release notes for version 6.1.1

Release notes for version 6.1.1

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Features and End User Experience

  • New ability for Premium users to see reason and end date
  • Users of free app now see official info from transit providers
  • Content sharers automatically get free Premium service
  • In-app icon changes for clarity and consistency

Bug Fixes

  • Font size on Departureboard
  • Hidden text on Provide Metrics page
  • Repairs to train metrics reports

Tech and Infra

  • Upgrades and investigations for tech platform
  • Enhancements to B2B platform / XML
  • Upgrade to push notification infrastructure
  • Fix handling of train schedule imports
  • Renew iOS Distribution Certificate

What’s new in version 6.0.4

What’s new in version 5.0.3

What’s new in version 5.0.3

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Bug Fixes

  • Unsubscribe link not working properly
  • 6 and 22 hour snooze feature does not default to proper start time
  • Metro North MyTrains Selector shows (#)
  • Fix RSS feeds rendering issue

Tech / Infrastructre

  • Resolve timezone issue for app log
  • Update Web SSL certificate valid until June 2020
  • UIWebView API Deprecation
  • iOS - Missing Push Notification Entitlement
  • Implement remote hosted database backups
  • Update e-mail inbox structure
  • Improve monitoring/alerts for back-end servers
  • Ensure proper function of ads on free version
  • Upgrade push notification library
  • Update overall app wrapper/hanlder
  • Fix LIRR GTFS memory size issue
  • Upgrade the Firebase Crashlytics SDK
  • Upsize back-end server
  • Fix GTFS duplicate validation
  • Fix Comms & Config (toggles)
  • Upgrade plugin for push notifications
  • Fix MyTrains and Commuter Forecast add/remove/render

What’s new in version 4.1.3

What’s new in version 4.1.3

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The usual mix of bug fixes, useability and infrastructure 

  • News Your Need feature now works as expected:
    We added a way to acknowledge/dismiss an announcement after reading it…and therefore decrement the counter on the Recent Alerts page
    Also improved the way images are rendered there.
  • Overhauled the way MyTrains works for Metro North
  • Upgraded the plumbing for sending e-mails and text messages
  • Upgraded the version of the operating system we use to code the back-end
  • Fixed instances of duplicate push notifications