4th & Mayor - App Blog
This is mostly a maintenance release that addresses feedback. Here’s what is new!
Push Notifications
- The push beta is now active for all 3.1 users
- Check-in pings: when friends check-in near you, you’ll get a toast
- Leaderboard live tile
- You can turn pings on/off for individual users in a profile page’s app bar
- If you find these annoying, you can always turn off push in the app settings. 3.2 will add new options for improving the push experience.
Map improvements
- The map view has a new app bar icon
- The map view supports panning to see friends now
- Map only shows nearby friends within the last 3 hours per foursquare guidelines
- When viewing a place, the map page (touch the map) now will show your current location plus the destination on the same screen
- You can open up the Bing Maps app on the phone and it’ll give you directions to the place
Specials
- Specials now have a slightly improved link
- Specials show the fine print required for cashiers to redeem your specials
Places
- Places now show their tags
- “Here now” is only shown at a place when people are actually there
- New ‘share…’ options to improve the visual design
- Share a link to a place using social networks
GPS Changes
- Improved options to resolve locations quicker
- Iterative improvements to try and address customer issues with location not always being found
Other updates
- New dedicated pin pages available
- The ‘What’s New’ page shows information about whether we notified Twitter, FB, or checked you in off-the-grid
- Addresses many bug reports and crashes
Hope you enjoy the new release!
