Tex/Alerts for Zello Blackberry Live

By Bill Moore on May 8, 2012

Get Zello for Blackberry version 1.23 from Appworld.

This version supports  Zello Alerts.  You can pester someone with an Alert until they answer,  include a link or a little text if you like.

Thanks to Paweł Masarczyk this version adds Polish language support.  Contact translate@zello.com to add or improve your language.

As always, please rate and review Zello in the store and send  feedback to support@zello.com.

Text/Alerts for Zello Android Live

By Bill Moore on May 8, 2012

Get today’s Zello for Android update, version 1.27

You’ll find Alerts, similar to Nextel with an optional text message.

Plus new Polish and Hebrew localization

If you like the app, please rate and review in Google Play.  Please share your suggestions or problems with support@zello.com

Alert, Swipe Contact, Rename – iPhone update

By Bill Moore on May 8, 2012

Get the latest Zello from iTunes now for these improvements:

New Call Alert feature sends an attention message with optional text.  Select from the Zello Contact options.  The receiver will hear an immediate tone or feel a vibration that will be repeated every 1 minute until they dismiss or reply to the alert.  You can add a text message or links.

Swipe thru Contacts.  Switch thru your recent contacts by swiping the top display.

Rename Contacts.  From the Contacts list, click > then type in the name you want to use.

VoiceOver improvements including easier use of the History slider, better labeling and localization.

Crashes fixed from History, Channel Details and switching between Wifi and cell data.

Fixed @Work channel problems and improved  @work setup.  The Alert feature will be available across the Zello@work products in June.

More languages are on the way, visit translate.zello.com to add or improve yours.

iPhone app version 1.1

By Bill Moore on April 16, 2012

A Zello para atualização iPhone já? Não basta fazer a primeira versão??
…Sí, somos tan buenos :)

Изменения, которые нам нравятся больше всего:

  1. تقديم الدعم لتحسين صوتية
  2. UI oversatt til portugisisk, spansk russisk, arabisk og norske.

We have Zello users all over the world. Interested in helping us translate the app to your language? Email us at info@zello.com

In the meantime, grab the first Zello for iPhone update! Version 1.1 is available now with these improvements:

  • New Recent conversations tab
  • Ability to listen to history messages when offline
  • UI translated to Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic and Norwegian
  • Improved VoiceOver support
  • Improved voice quality when both users are on  WiFi
  • Faster call setup
  • Reduced CPU and memory use
  • Online status saved between application starts
  • Lots of bugfixes

Zello for Android 1.26 has push notifications

By Bill Moore on April 15, 2012

What’s in this version:

  • Added support for push notifications
  • Added option to mute seleсted users in a public channel
  • Added Norwegian by John Andre Netland, www.a-pro-studio.no
  • Prevent display timeout when Talk screen is active
  • Auto-scroll history to the last message
  • Audio quality selection based on connection type
  • Revised contacts sort order
  • Revised menu items order
  • Fixed incorrect timestamps for offline messages
  • Fixed status bar icon disappearing on ICS
  • Fixed audio playback issues on Asus Garminphone

Older Zello for Android release notes

Offline messages support

By Alexey Gavrilov on March 18, 2012

In the most recent updates of Zello for Android (v. 1.23) and BlackBerry (v 1.21) clients we added experimental support for offline messages. Now when someone is off the coverage or doesn’t have the app currently running, you still can send them a message (if they run the latest Zello).

The contacts capable of receiving offline messages will show as ‘Standby‘ in your list with a green circle status icon. The messages sent to such contacts are delivered as soon as the contact returns online.

Let us know what you think and don’t forget to tell you friends to update their Zello!

P.S. We are working to enable this feature in Windows and bring it to Zello Cloud. Upcoming Zello for iPhone will support offline messages too including push notifications about new messages.

 

Loudtalks Lite now supports private channels

By Alexey Gavrilov on November 25, 2011

Public channels are fun but sometimes you want to have a channel just for your family, friends or classmates. Now you can — just set the channel password and share it within your group.

When creating a channel Loudtalks Lite allows you to specify the channel password. If you do so the others will have to provide the correct password to connect to your channel. If you already have a channel and want to add a password to it there is a new ‘Edit channel’ option in the channel context menu, which is only available to the channel admin and allows to set or change channel password and description.

The feature is available in the most recent release of Loudtalks Lite across platforms. Go and get the update now:

Loudtalks Lite for Windows

Loudtalks Lite for Android

Loudtalks Lite for BlackBerry

Loudtalks Lite for Windows Mobile

Loudtalks Lite for BlackBerry is released

By Alexey Gavrilov on May 19, 2011

The long anticipated Loudtalks client for BlackBerry platform is available for download today. Please join the beta test and report any issues you face. To download the application visit http://loudtalks.com/bb/ on your BlackBerry.

The application allows you to talk to other BlackBerry users as well as to users of Windows desktop and Windows Mobile apps if they are using the new version of the client (at least 1.3).

This beta release (version 1.0.1) has the following limitations:

  1. No messages history
  2. Changing online status has no functional effect unlike Windows version where setting status to Away or Busy allows to receive the messages without playing them back right away
  3. Impossible to view the list of the users connected to a public channel

Please share any feedback you might have!

Loudtalks Cloud and Loudtalks Mesh clients for BlackBerry are expected within 2 weeks once the beta test of Loudtalks Lite is completed.

Loudtalks Cloud 1.2 and service pricing update

By Alexey Gavrilov on May 5, 2011

Today we have published a major update to Loudtalks Cloud client software — version 1.2.

Loudtalks Cloud client software version 1.2 has the following key differences from the previous 0.9.* releases:

  1. Reduced data usage and power consumption when idle. The new version uses 2.5 times less data while running in the background
  2. Faster status updates especially in the cases when one of the contacts lost network connectivity. With 1.2 detecting a client, which suddenly dropped off the network will take about 30 seconds — four times faster than before
  3. Improved reliability. We moved large portion of processing from the client to the cloud, which increases software stability and helps to address issues faster
  4. Compatibility with upcoming BlackBerry and Android releases

Important! The new version is not fully compatible with 0.9 releases (only communication via channels will work between 1.x and 0.9.x clients, direct communication between them is not possible), therefore it’s important to update the client software on all units in your network.

Changes in pricing
If you are using a premium service plan, your subscription plan monthly fee will not change. New customers pricing increases on average 50% starting today. You can check out updated Loudtalks Cloud prices here.

We are still offering a free service plan, which lets you use your private push-to-talk network for up to 10 users.

Loudtalks Lite 1.0!

By Alexey Gavrilov on February 1, 2011

After more than 3 years in beta we are announcing 1.0 release of Loudtalks Lite. We have been hard at work on this release for several months and along with bugfixes it brings in important architecture changes. People who use Loudtalks Lite on their mobile devices will benefit the most from the new features of 1.0.

Version 1.0 is not compatible with 0.9.* releases!

That means if you are using 1.0 and your contacts 0.9 there will be issues seeing each other online status and communicating. If you notice such issues please tell your contacts to upgrade to the latest Loudtalks Lite.

Release notes

- Improved network and power efficiency — the application now uses less bandwidth and power especially in stand by mode
- Disabled audio mixer code in Windows Mobile release to address lock up issues on various devices
- Compatibility with upcoming BlackBerry and Android Loudtalks Lite releases

Download Loudtalks Lite 1.0 for Windows
Download Loudtalks Lite 1.0 for Windows Mobile

Please report any issues with 1.0 in comments or by sending us a message via application’s “Report a problem…” function.

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