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2.9.4 Audio Upgrades + Update on 3.0

Hi Everyone!

Sorry it’s been so long since we posted an update. Here’s what’s going on…

Lightning Bug 2.9.4

Last weekend we released some patches to Lightning Bug with the following audio upgrades:

- Users with devices running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or greater will now benefit from a totally new audio component for eliminating playback gaps. This new component has much improved stability and provides totally clean playback when the app is moved to the background! If you are using Android 4.1 or higher, Lightning Bug will automatically use the new component as long as you have ‘Lightning Bug Audio’ enabled under clock settings.

- Over the last few weeks we’ve had a lot of complaints from users, especially those on Ice Cream Sandwich devices, of the audio system crashing. So we’ve also made some tweaks and bug fixes to the original audio component for devices running Android 2.3 – 4.0. These changes will also apply automatically.

As always, if you experience any problems with Lightning Bug, audio or otherwise, please contact support AT lightningbug.me.

New App

It’s been a long time since we released a major update! I want to assure you that the new app is under development and looking absolutely *fantastic*! So I think it will definitely be worth the wait. It’s still a little premature to announce a release date, but we will be sending out invitations to beta test the new app soon! Beta seats are limited, but if you would like to participate please contact support AT lightningbug.me!

- Chris

2.9.1 Jelly Bean Fix + Update on 3.0

Greetings all!

Since the release of Jelly Bean we’ve gotten quite a few reports of Lightning Bug crashing on startup for some Jelly Bean devices. Unfortunately, we hadn’t been able to reproduce the issue on our Jelly Bean test devices, so it looked like we were just gonna have to live with it.

But then yesterday we were contacted by a user in Germany named Ralph who was gracious enough to run Lightning Bug while his Jelly Bean phone was hooked up to the Android SDK debugger tool. This is an advanced debugging step, and one we would usually try to avoid, but it totally paid off. Ralph sent us the system log from his debugging session and voilà. So, thanks to Ralph the issue is now patched and 2.9.1 has been released to the Play store!

On another note, a lot of you have been asking about the status of 3.0. Just wanted to let you all know that development is in full swing and the new app is looking and sounding fantastic! There’s no release date yet, but should be ready in another month or so.

We can’t thank you enough for your patience, but thanks all the same!

- Chris

Lightning Bug – One Million Downloads and Counting!

Last week Lightning Bug officially cleared one million downloads!

Lightning Bug has been through over 20 releases since it’s original launch in September of 2009. Making Lightning Bug the best ambience application in the Android Market has been a great journey so far and we can’t wait for you to see what’s coming next.