Portal - Immersive Escapes Hack 3.7.4 + Redeem Codes
Change Your Surroundings
Developer: Portal Labs Ltd
Category: Health & Fitness
Price: Free
Version: 3.7.4
ID: app.portal.ios.v1
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Description
Have you ever thought about the impact your surroundings have on your sleep, productivity, stress levels & overall mental wellbeing?
The truth is they have a profound impact and for me (hi there, I'm Nick the Founder of Portal) it took an episode of depression followed by a life-changing 6 weeks camping in the wilds of New Zealand to truly open my eyes to the incredible power of surroundings.
It's an insight that led to a simple thought - what if we could bottle up the essence of the world's greatest locations and make them accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime?
And this is exactly what Portal does.
We harness the power of immersive technologies, including spatial audio, smart lighting & retina-quality visuals, to provide instant escapes to some of the world’s most peaceful and awe-inspiring locations.
- Instantly wash away your stresses on a tropical beach in Thailand
- Drift off under the stars high in the Himalayas
- Find your focus in the midst of a thunderstorm deep in the Amazon Rainforest
- Meditate in the beautifully remote Highlands of Scotland
Our ultimate goal is to provide an experience that's as close to actually being there as you can get, allowing you to harness the power of the world's greatest surroundings whenever you need and wherever you may be.
It's an approach inspired by a life-changing experience and backed up by a growing mountain of scientific research and evidence.
Join us on a journey to better surroundings, and experience a wellbeing app like no other.
KEY FEATURES
- Over 50 portals to some of the most beautiful and peaceful corners of the world, captured to help improve sleep, focus and relaxation
- Immersive true-to-life Spatial Audio recordings
- Philips Hue, HomeKit & Nanoleaf smart lighting integration to match the lighting ambience of your room with that of your chosen portal (exclusive Nanoleaf discounts available)
- Stunning retina quality ultra-high-definition motion visuals
- Award-winning design for beautiful aesthetics and simple intuitive use
- Sunrise wakeup alarm for a more natural and energising start to your day
- Sleep timer that allows you to put down your device for the night and drift off to the sounds of the world
- Simplified pomodoro timer to help you stay focused and inflow throughout your day
- Meditation timer & breathing exercises
- Mix audio support to combine nature’s ambience with your favourite podcast, audiobook, playlist, or guided meditation
- Siri Shortcuts - deep integration for voice control or single tap shortcuts to your favourite portal
- Family Sharing - share Portal Premium with up to 5 other family members in your Family Sharing group
- Absolute Privacy - no third-party tracking, no targeted advertising, and no collection of your personal data. It's just you and nature
To experience Dynamic Spatial Audio you will need headphones that support head-tracking via Apple CoreMotion, currently AirPods (3rd gen), AirPods Pro, AirPods Max & Beats Fit Pro.
Upon downloading Portal, you will have immediate access to 6 free portals.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS
Portal Premium offers our best and most immersive experience with unlimited access to our entire portal library, smart lighting integration and dynamic spatial audio support.
Our subscription options include: a monthly subscription, an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial and a Lifetime subscription, which is paid for by a one-off upfront payment.
Please note that monthly and annual subscriptions will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. To manage your subscription you can go to your iTunes Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://portal.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://portal.app/privacy
The truth is they have a profound impact and for me (hi there, I'm Nick the Founder of Portal) it took an episode of depression followed by a life-changing 6 weeks camping in the wilds of New Zealand to truly open my eyes to the incredible power of surroundings.
It's an insight that led to a simple thought - what if we could bottle up the essence of the world's greatest locations and make them accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime?
And this is exactly what Portal does.
We harness the power of immersive technologies, including spatial audio, smart lighting & retina-quality visuals, to provide instant escapes to some of the world’s most peaceful and awe-inspiring locations.
- Instantly wash away your stresses on a tropical beach in Thailand
- Drift off under the stars high in the Himalayas
- Find your focus in the midst of a thunderstorm deep in the Amazon Rainforest
- Meditate in the beautifully remote Highlands of Scotland
Our ultimate goal is to provide an experience that's as close to actually being there as you can get, allowing you to harness the power of the world's greatest surroundings whenever you need and wherever you may be.
It's an approach inspired by a life-changing experience and backed up by a growing mountain of scientific research and evidence.
Join us on a journey to better surroundings, and experience a wellbeing app like no other.
KEY FEATURES
- Over 50 portals to some of the most beautiful and peaceful corners of the world, captured to help improve sleep, focus and relaxation
- Immersive true-to-life Spatial Audio recordings
- Philips Hue, HomeKit & Nanoleaf smart lighting integration to match the lighting ambience of your room with that of your chosen portal (exclusive Nanoleaf discounts available)
- Stunning retina quality ultra-high-definition motion visuals
- Award-winning design for beautiful aesthetics and simple intuitive use
- Sunrise wakeup alarm for a more natural and energising start to your day
- Sleep timer that allows you to put down your device for the night and drift off to the sounds of the world
- Simplified pomodoro timer to help you stay focused and inflow throughout your day
- Meditation timer & breathing exercises
- Mix audio support to combine nature’s ambience with your favourite podcast, audiobook, playlist, or guided meditation
- Siri Shortcuts - deep integration for voice control or single tap shortcuts to your favourite portal
- Family Sharing - share Portal Premium with up to 5 other family members in your Family Sharing group
- Absolute Privacy - no third-party tracking, no targeted advertising, and no collection of your personal data. It's just you and nature
To experience Dynamic Spatial Audio you will need headphones that support head-tracking via Apple CoreMotion, currently AirPods (3rd gen), AirPods Pro, AirPods Max & Beats Fit Pro.
Upon downloading Portal, you will have immediate access to 6 free portals.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS
Portal Premium offers our best and most immersive experience with unlimited access to our entire portal library, smart lighting integration and dynamic spatial audio support.
Our subscription options include: a monthly subscription, an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial and a Lifetime subscription, which is paid for by a one-off upfront payment.
Please note that monthly and annual subscriptions will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. To manage your subscription you can go to your iTunes Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://portal.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://portal.app/privacy
Version history
3.7.4
2023-02-21
Massive thanks go out to Alyx from the USA who recently helped us track down an elusive bug that was causing Portal’s audio and visuals to cut out! In truth, without his help we’d still be in the dark - what a legend!
*Bug Fix*
Downloading lots of portals at the same time now no longer causes audio playback to cut out and visuals to disappear.
*Improvements*
The awesome folks at Nanoleaf have kindly agreed to extend Portal customers’ exclusive discount across their full range of products. New discount code is available in Portal’s lighting setup.
Thanks again to Alyx and the Nanoleaf team - you both light up our world in your own way :)
PS. To everyone that’s put their hand up to help us test our Mac beta - the exciting news is we’re not too far away now. We simply can’t wait for you to give it a whirl. And if you haven’t volunteered yet but would like to, please drop us a line at [email protected] - the more the merrier!
*Bug Fix*
Downloading lots of portals at the same time now no longer causes audio playback to cut out and visuals to disappear.
*Improvements*
The awesome folks at Nanoleaf have kindly agreed to extend Portal customers’ exclusive discount across their full range of products. New discount code is available in Portal’s lighting setup.
Thanks again to Alyx and the Nanoleaf team - you both light up our world in your own way :)
PS. To everyone that’s put their hand up to help us test our Mac beta - the exciting news is we’re not too far away now. We simply can’t wait for you to give it a whirl. And if you haven’t volunteered yet but would like to, please drop us a line at [email protected] - the more the merrier!
3.7.3
2023-01-19
Happy New Year everyone!
We’ve been working hard to get our MacOS beta ready for release, it’s not quite there yet but we’re confident that we’re not too far off now - we’ll keep you posted.
In the meantime, a couple of pesky audio bugs have popped up following the latest iOS & iPadOS releases. So here are a couple of fixes that will get things sounding great again!
- Sometimes Portal could get into a state where Static and Dynamic Spatial Audio would play at the same time, this has now been fixed.
- We’ve clarified the messaging when headphones stop sending motion data (required for Dynamic Spatial Audio) and added an FAQ explaining how to fix the issue.
- Fixes an issue where Portal’s audio controls could become unresponsive following a Siri conversation.
As always we are super grateful to everyone that raised these with us and helped us get to the bottom of things.
If you’ve encountered any bugs or have any feedback, please don’t hesitate to let us know - we’d love to hear from you.
PS. We’re still on the lookout for more people happy to help us test our Mac beta. All that’s required is a Mac and a love of immersive sound and visuals! If you’re interested, please drop us a line at [email protected]
We’ve been working hard to get our MacOS beta ready for release, it’s not quite there yet but we’re confident that we’re not too far off now - we’ll keep you posted.
In the meantime, a couple of pesky audio bugs have popped up following the latest iOS & iPadOS releases. So here are a couple of fixes that will get things sounding great again!
- Sometimes Portal could get into a state where Static and Dynamic Spatial Audio would play at the same time, this has now been fixed.
- We’ve clarified the messaging when headphones stop sending motion data (required for Dynamic Spatial Audio) and added an FAQ explaining how to fix the issue.
- Fixes an issue where Portal’s audio controls could become unresponsive following a Siri conversation.
As always we are super grateful to everyone that raised these with us and helped us get to the bottom of things.
If you’ve encountered any bugs or have any feedback, please don’t hesitate to let us know - we’d love to hear from you.
PS. We’re still on the lookout for more people happy to help us test our Mac beta. All that’s required is a Mac and a love of immersive sound and visuals! If you’re interested, please drop us a line at [email protected]
3.7.2
2022-10-19
With Halloween coming up, we wanted to release a few tricky fixes and share a few treats too :)
*Improvements*
- Perfectly scaled visuals for iPhone 14 screen sizes
- Dynamic Island audio control support
- New App Intents support allows you to use “play” shortcuts to start Portal’s audio without needing to open the app or unlock your device
- Regularly used portals will now appear in Spotlight searches and Siri suggestions
- Automatic Siri support means you can now use Siri with Portal without manually setting up a shortcut first
*Fixes*
- Lock Screen controls now show every time, previously they might not show after exiting the Library
- Added note that AirPlay, Control Center & Lock Screen controls are not supported when using Mix Audio feature
- 3.7.1 fixes a crash that could stop the App from launching for some customers
- 3.7.2 hopefully fixes a crash that was affecting some customers, this one has been tricky to reproduce so please do get in touch if you are still experiencing issues.
If you have encountered any bugs or have any thoughts on how we might improve things, please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we love to hear from you.
PS. Excitingly, we’re making great progress on bringing Portal to Mac and we’d absolutely love your help testing out our beta. No technical expertise required, just a love of immersive sounds and visuals! If you’re keen, please drop us a line at [email protected]
*Improvements*
- Perfectly scaled visuals for iPhone 14 screen sizes
- Dynamic Island audio control support
- New App Intents support allows you to use “play” shortcuts to start Portal’s audio without needing to open the app or unlock your device
- Regularly used portals will now appear in Spotlight searches and Siri suggestions
- Automatic Siri support means you can now use Siri with Portal without manually setting up a shortcut first
*Fixes*
- Lock Screen controls now show every time, previously they might not show after exiting the Library
- Added note that AirPlay, Control Center & Lock Screen controls are not supported when using Mix Audio feature
- 3.7.1 fixes a crash that could stop the App from launching for some customers
- 3.7.2 hopefully fixes a crash that was affecting some customers, this one has been tricky to reproduce so please do get in touch if you are still experiencing issues.
If you have encountered any bugs or have any thoughts on how we might improve things, please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we love to hear from you.
PS. Excitingly, we’re making great progress on bringing Portal to Mac and we’d absolutely love your help testing out our beta. No technical expertise required, just a love of immersive sounds and visuals! If you’re keen, please drop us a line at [email protected]
3.7.1
2022-10-18
With Halloween coming up, we wanted to release a few tricky fixes and share a few treats too :)
*Improvements*
- Perfectly scaled visuals for iPhone 14 screen sizes
- Dynamic Island audio control support
- New App Intents support allows you to use “play” shortcuts to start Portal’s audio without needing to open the app or unlock your device
- Regularly used portals will now appear in Spotlight searches and Siri suggestions
- Automatic Siri support means you can now use Siri with Portal without manually setting up a shortcut first
*Fixes*
- Lock Screen controls now show every time, previously they might not show after exiting the Library
- Added note that AirPlay, Control Center & Lock Screen controls are not supported when using Mix Audio feature
- 3.7.1 fixes a crash that could stop the App from launching for some customers
If you have encountered any bugs or have any thoughts on how we might improve things, please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we love to hear from you.
PS. Excitingly, we’re making great progress on bringing Portal to Mac and we’d absolutely love your help testing out our beta. No technical expertise required, just a love of immersive sounds and visuals! If you’re keen, please drop us a line at [email protected]
*Improvements*
- Perfectly scaled visuals for iPhone 14 screen sizes
- Dynamic Island audio control support
- New App Intents support allows you to use “play” shortcuts to start Portal’s audio without needing to open the app or unlock your device
- Regularly used portals will now appear in Spotlight searches and Siri suggestions
- Automatic Siri support means you can now use Siri with Portal without manually setting up a shortcut first
*Fixes*
- Lock Screen controls now show every time, previously they might not show after exiting the Library
- Added note that AirPlay, Control Center & Lock Screen controls are not supported when using Mix Audio feature
- 3.7.1 fixes a crash that could stop the App from launching for some customers
If you have encountered any bugs or have any thoughts on how we might improve things, please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we love to hear from you.
PS. Excitingly, we’re making great progress on bringing Portal to Mac and we’d absolutely love your help testing out our beta. No technical expertise required, just a love of immersive sounds and visuals! If you’re keen, please drop us a line at [email protected]
3.7.0
2022-10-18
With Halloween coming up, we wanted to release a few tricky fixes and share a few treats too :)
*Improvements*
- Perfectly scaled visuals for iPhone 14 screen sizes
- Dynamic Island audio control support
- New App Intents support allows you to use “play” shortcuts to start Portal’s audio without needing to open the app or unlock your device
- Regularly used portals will now appear in Spotlight searches and Siri suggestions
- Automatic Siri support means you can now use Siri with Portal without manually setting up a shortcut first
*Fixes*
- Lock Screen controls now show every time, previously they might not show after exiting the Library
- Added note that AirPlay, Control Center & Lock Screen controls are not supported when using Mix Audio feature
If you have encountered any bugs or have any thoughts on how we might improve things, please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we love to hear from you.
PS. Excitingly, we’re making great progress on bringing Portal to Mac and we’d absolutely love your help testing out our beta. No technical expertise required, just a love of immersive sounds and visuals! If you’re keen, please drop us a line at [email protected]
*Improvements*
- Perfectly scaled visuals for iPhone 14 screen sizes
- Dynamic Island audio control support
- New App Intents support allows you to use “play” shortcuts to start Portal’s audio without needing to open the app or unlock your device
- Regularly used portals will now appear in Spotlight searches and Siri suggestions
- Automatic Siri support means you can now use Siri with Portal without manually setting up a shortcut first
*Fixes*
- Lock Screen controls now show every time, previously they might not show after exiting the Library
- Added note that AirPlay, Control Center & Lock Screen controls are not supported when using Mix Audio feature
If you have encountered any bugs or have any thoughts on how we might improve things, please don’t hesitate to get in touch - we love to hear from you.
PS. Excitingly, we’re making great progress on bringing Portal to Mac and we’d absolutely love your help testing out our beta. No technical expertise required, just a love of immersive sounds and visuals! If you’re keen, please drop us a line at [email protected]
3.6.1
2022-09-01
Hey all, just a small update from us that smooths out a couple of niggly issues that you’ve flagged with us. Special shout out to Andrey from Stockholm, who helped uncover a breathing-exercise bug that was causing Portal to crash - thanks again mate!
*Bug Fix*
- Portal no longer crashes when scrolling to the end of the list of breathing exercises whilst using an iPad trackpad.
*Improvements*
- Improved Premium sign-up wording that makes it clearer that only Annual Memberships include a 7-day free trial.
- Various small interface tweaks & fixes.
If there’s anything at all that we can do to improve your experience, however big or small, please feel free to get in touch at [email protected]
PS. THANK YOU for all the amazing feedback for our new St Lucia collection - we’re over the moon that it’s been so well received so far! There are more St Lu portals to come, so please keep your eyes peeled.
*Bug Fix*
- Portal no longer crashes when scrolling to the end of the list of breathing exercises whilst using an iPad trackpad.
*Improvements*
- Improved Premium sign-up wording that makes it clearer that only Annual Memberships include a 7-day free trial.
- Various small interface tweaks & fixes.
If there’s anything at all that we can do to improve your experience, however big or small, please feel free to get in touch at [email protected]
PS. THANK YOU for all the amazing feedback for our new St Lucia collection - we’re over the moon that it’s been so well received so far! There are more St Lu portals to come, so please keep your eyes peeled.
3.6.0
2022-07-11
Huge thanks to Ingo from Buenos Aires who recently flagged an issue preventing him from playing/pausing Portal via the touch controls on his Sony headphones.
This release fixes this and we've also snuck in some Library improvements which will go live in the next few days that will help make navigation easier as our collections continue to grow...(in fact we have some exciting new portals in the wings - so keep your eyes peeled!)
*Bug Fixes*
- Play/pause functionality now works reliably across a range of headphones when Portal's running in the foreground.
- Fixes an issue preventing lock screen audio controls from showing in certain circumstances.
*Improvements*
- Improved Library curation, making it easier for you to find & discover the perfect portal for whatever your mood, need or fancy.
- Improved Library signposting, so you know what's new, updated and what's just around the corner.
Thanks again Ingo and everyone else out there helping us improve Portal :)
If there's anything bugging you or you have any feedback on the Library changes, please drop us a line at [email protected]
This release fixes this and we've also snuck in some Library improvements which will go live in the next few days that will help make navigation easier as our collections continue to grow...(in fact we have some exciting new portals in the wings - so keep your eyes peeled!)
*Bug Fixes*
- Play/pause functionality now works reliably across a range of headphones when Portal's running in the foreground.
- Fixes an issue preventing lock screen audio controls from showing in certain circumstances.
*Improvements*
- Improved Library curation, making it easier for you to find & discover the perfect portal for whatever your mood, need or fancy.
- Improved Library signposting, so you know what's new, updated and what's just around the corner.
Thanks again Ingo and everyone else out there helping us improve Portal :)
If there's anything bugging you or you have any feedback on the Library changes, please drop us a line at [email protected]
3.5.10
2022-05-26
Everyone at Portal HQ is busy working on some exciting projects scheduled for release later this year. We’ve managed to find some time to smooth off a few sharp edges. We hope this bug-fix release helps those who are impacted by unexpected battery drain or screen brightness.
Changes in this release:
- Addresses an issue that could cause the display brightness to jump up unexpectedly after a wake-up alarm ends.
- Fixes an issue that could cause Portal to continue to consume battery when running in the background with the library screen open.
- Improves the Audio Settings screen to refer to "device" rather than "phone".
Huge thanks to all those that provided the feedback that helped make this release possible - you know who you are!
If there's anything bugging you or something you'd wish Portal could do, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected]
Changes in this release:
- Addresses an issue that could cause the display brightness to jump up unexpectedly after a wake-up alarm ends.
- Fixes an issue that could cause Portal to continue to consume battery when running in the background with the library screen open.
- Improves the Audio Settings screen to refer to "device" rather than "phone".
Huge thanks to all those that provided the feedback that helped make this release possible - you know who you are!
If there's anything bugging you or something you'd wish Portal could do, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected]
3.5.9
2022-04-22
With this update, we’re pleased to let you know that we’ve squashed a few Siri-related bugs and also introduced some improvements to our smart lighting experience that’ll make things a whole lot smoother.
*** Siri Bug Fixes ***
- Fixes crashes whenever Portal would respond to a Siri shortcut whilst running in the background.
- Portal no longer freezes when a Siri command is used whilst Portal is running in the foreground.
- Portal no longer dismisses Siri before he/she has had the chance to respond :)
*** Smart Lighting Improvements ***
- Lighting re-syncs to previous state whenever Portal’s brought to the foreground.
- The option to turn the lights off when un-syncing has been added. Just long-press the lighting control dial.
- A note clarifying that HomeKit wakeup alarms are only supported when Portal is left running in the foreground has been added.
Huge thanks to all those that provided the feedback that helped make the above possible - you know who you are!
If there’s anything bugging you or something you’d wish Portal could do, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]
*** Siri Bug Fixes ***
- Fixes crashes whenever Portal would respond to a Siri shortcut whilst running in the background.
- Portal no longer freezes when a Siri command is used whilst Portal is running in the foreground.
- Portal no longer dismisses Siri before he/she has had the chance to respond :)
*** Smart Lighting Improvements ***
- Lighting re-syncs to previous state whenever Portal’s brought to the foreground.
- The option to turn the lights off when un-syncing has been added. Just long-press the lighting control dial.
- A note clarifying that HomeKit wakeup alarms are only supported when Portal is left running in the foreground has been added.
Huge thanks to all those that provided the feedback that helped make the above possible - you know who you are!
If there’s anything bugging you or something you’d wish Portal could do, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]
3.5.8
2022-04-05
Spring's sprung here in the UK and we've taken the opportunity to do a spot of spring cleaning.
Just a small update this time, making it clearer which portals support Dynamic Spatial Audio for those new to Portal.
If you've any suggestions on how we might improve your experience, please don't hesitate to drop us a line at [email protected] we'd love to hear from you!
Just a small update this time, making it clearer which portals support Dynamic Spatial Audio for those new to Portal.
If you've any suggestions on how we might improve your experience, please don't hesitate to drop us a line at [email protected] we'd love to hear from you!
3.5.7
2022-03-18
This release includes several improvements that we've been keen on introducing for a little while. These include better support for App Store Events and helpful messaging to provide a much smoother experience, especially for those new to Portal.
If there’s anything at all we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]
If there’s anything at all we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]
3.5.6
2022-02-28
This update introduces fixes & improvements direct from your feedback :) And, to ensure we don’t miss a beat - we’re also making sharing feedback easier for people who aren’t Portal fans at the end of their free trial.
*New Features*
- Dynamic Spatial Audio support with Beats Fit Pro.
- End-of-trial feedback survey.
*Improvements & Bug Fixes*
- Fixes background audio issue leading to battery drain.
- Portal no longer makes requests to reachability.portal.app, improving privacy & battery usage.
- Alert to “enable WiFi” is no longer shown when opening Portal in Airplane mode.
Massive thanks as always to all the folks who have been in touch!
If there’s anything at all we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]
*New Features*
- Dynamic Spatial Audio support with Beats Fit Pro.
- End-of-trial feedback survey.
*Improvements & Bug Fixes*
- Fixes background audio issue leading to battery drain.
- Portal no longer makes requests to reachability.portal.app, improving privacy & battery usage.
- Alert to “enable WiFi” is no longer shown when opening Portal in Airplane mode.
Massive thanks as always to all the folks who have been in touch!
If there’s anything at all we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]
3.5.5
2022-02-10
We’re kicking off a jam packed year with an exclusive Nanoleaf discount, two new features and a sprinkling of improvements. Happy 2022 everyone!
*New Features*
- All Portal customers can now enjoy an exclusive time-limited 15% Nanoleaf discount. Find out more in the Lighting setup section of the app.
- Access to portal previews & descriptions in the Library are now available to all customers.
- Webpage links to individual portals & collections now open in the app, provided Portal is already installed on your device.
*Improvements & Bug Fixes*
- When starting a new timer, any currently sounding timers are now auto-cancelled.
- Improved Dynamic Spatial Audio setup, where motion tracking has been turned off in your device settings.
- Fixes AirPlay streaming to multiple devices when Portal is launched with ‘Mix With Others’ on.
- Clear signposting that ‘Mix with Others’ is not compatible with AirPlay.
- Fixes an issue that caused audio to cut out whilst connected to Apple HomePod speakers.
- Additionally v3.5.5 fixes an issue that could cause the App to crash when trying to connect to HomeKit.
Huge thanks to everyone who’s been in touch for your amazing feedback and suggestions, and of course for flagging these pesky AirPlay bugs!
If there’s anything we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate drop us a line at [email protected] :)
*New Features*
- All Portal customers can now enjoy an exclusive time-limited 15% Nanoleaf discount. Find out more in the Lighting setup section of the app.
- Access to portal previews & descriptions in the Library are now available to all customers.
- Webpage links to individual portals & collections now open in the app, provided Portal is already installed on your device.
*Improvements & Bug Fixes*
- When starting a new timer, any currently sounding timers are now auto-cancelled.
- Improved Dynamic Spatial Audio setup, where motion tracking has been turned off in your device settings.
- Fixes AirPlay streaming to multiple devices when Portal is launched with ‘Mix With Others’ on.
- Clear signposting that ‘Mix with Others’ is not compatible with AirPlay.
- Fixes an issue that caused audio to cut out whilst connected to Apple HomePod speakers.
- Additionally v3.5.5 fixes an issue that could cause the App to crash when trying to connect to HomeKit.
Huge thanks to everyone who’s been in touch for your amazing feedback and suggestions, and of course for flagging these pesky AirPlay bugs!
If there’s anything we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate drop us a line at [email protected] :)
3.5.4
2022-02-09
We’re kicking off a jam packed year with an exclusive Nanoleaf discount, two new features and a sprinkling of improvements. Happy 2022 everyone!
*New Features*
- All Portal customers can now enjoy an exclusive time-limited 15% Nanoleaf discount. Find out more in the Lighting setup section of the app.
- Access to portal previews & descriptions in the Library are now available to all customers.
- Webpage links to individual portals & collections now open in the app, provided Portal is already installed on your device.
*Improvements & Bug Fixes*
- When starting a new timer, any currently sounding timers are now auto-cancelled.
- Improved Dynamic Spatial Audio setup, where motion tracking has been turned off in your device settings.
- Fixes AirPlay streaming to multiple devices when Portal is launched with ‘Mix With Others’ on.
- Clear signposting that ‘Mix with Others’ is not compatible with AirPlay.
- Fixes an issue that caused audio to cut out whilst connected to Apple HomePod speakers.
Huge thanks to everyone who’s been in touch for your amazing feedback and suggestions, and of course for flagging these pesky AirPlay bugs!
If there’s anything we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate drop us a line at [email protected] :)
*New Features*
- All Portal customers can now enjoy an exclusive time-limited 15% Nanoleaf discount. Find out more in the Lighting setup section of the app.
- Access to portal previews & descriptions in the Library are now available to all customers.
- Webpage links to individual portals & collections now open in the app, provided Portal is already installed on your device.
*Improvements & Bug Fixes*
- When starting a new timer, any currently sounding timers are now auto-cancelled.
- Improved Dynamic Spatial Audio setup, where motion tracking has been turned off in your device settings.
- Fixes AirPlay streaming to multiple devices when Portal is launched with ‘Mix With Others’ on.
- Clear signposting that ‘Mix with Others’ is not compatible with AirPlay.
- Fixes an issue that caused audio to cut out whilst connected to Apple HomePod speakers.
Huge thanks to everyone who’s been in touch for your amazing feedback and suggestions, and of course for flagging these pesky AirPlay bugs!
If there’s anything we can do to improve your experience, please don’t hesitate drop us a line at [email protected] :)
3.5.3
2021-11-05
We've got a treat for your ears...the magic of Dynamic Spatial Audio has arrived!
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With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you're there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro, AirPods Max or 3rd generation AirPods this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that's specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods that support headtracking you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
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Additionally, 3.5.3 includes the following changes:
- We've added more details about what's included in Portal Premium.
- The audio controls now fit better on smaller iPad screen sizes.
- Launching Portal with 'mix with others" turned on whilst another audio source is playing no longer pauses the other App's audio.
- Shortcuts and Quick Actions now automatically start playback if Portal was previously in a paused state.
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With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you're there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro, AirPods Max or 3rd generation AirPods this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that's specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods that support headtracking you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
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Additionally, 3.5.3 includes the following changes:
- We've added more details about what's included in Portal Premium.
- The audio controls now fit better on smaller iPad screen sizes.
- Launching Portal with 'mix with others" turned on whilst another audio source is playing no longer pauses the other App's audio.
- Shortcuts and Quick Actions now automatically start playback if Portal was previously in a paused state.
3.5.2
2021-10-25
We've got a treat for your ears...the magic of Dynamic Spatial Audio has arrived!
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With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you're there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro, AirPods Max or 3rd generation AirPods this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that's specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods that support headtracking you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
Other Fixes & Improvements
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We've also taken the opportunity to make a few other updates and fixes:
- Improved the behaviour when plugging and unplugging different audio devices
- Added a 4:6 deep breathing exercise option
- We're making available monthly and lifetime subscription options for more flexibility with payment
- an issue with audio stuttering on some older devices.
- discovery of Nanoleaf light panels in some more advanced networks.
Additionally, 3.5.2 includes the following changes:
- Official support for the new AirPods (3rd gen) headphones and Nanoleaf Lines lights.
- A new way to navigate to the library from the explorer view.
- We now call reachability.portal.app to test for an active internet connection. No data is collected from these calls but they help improve app performance and reliability.
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With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you're there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro, AirPods Max or 3rd generation AirPods this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that's specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods that support headtracking you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
Other Fixes & Improvements
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We've also taken the opportunity to make a few other updates and fixes:
- Improved the behaviour when plugging and unplugging different audio devices
- Added a 4:6 deep breathing exercise option
- We're making available monthly and lifetime subscription options for more flexibility with payment
- an issue with audio stuttering on some older devices.
- discovery of Nanoleaf light panels in some more advanced networks.
Additionally, 3.5.2 includes the following changes:
- Official support for the new AirPods (3rd gen) headphones and Nanoleaf Lines lights.
- A new way to navigate to the library from the explorer view.
- We now call reachability.portal.app to test for an active internet connection. No data is collected from these calls but they help improve app performance and reliability.
3.5.1
2021-10-15
We've got a treat for your ears...the magic of Dynamic Spatial Audio has arrived!
-----
With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you’re there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that’s specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
Other Fixes & Improvements
-----
We've also taken the opportunity to make a few other updates and fixes:
- Improved the behaviour when plugging and unplugging different audio devices
- Added a 4:6 deep breathing exercise option
- We’re making available monthly and lifetime subscription options for more flexibility with payment
Additionally, 3.5.1 includes fixes for:
- an issue with audio stuttering on some older devices.
- discovery of Nanoleaf light panels in some more advanced networks.
-----
With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you’re there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that’s specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
Other Fixes & Improvements
-----
We've also taken the opportunity to make a few other updates and fixes:
- Improved the behaviour when plugging and unplugging different audio devices
- Added a 4:6 deep breathing exercise option
- We’re making available monthly and lifetime subscription options for more flexibility with payment
Additionally, 3.5.1 includes fixes for:
- an issue with audio stuttering on some older devices.
- discovery of Nanoleaf light panels in some more advanced networks.
3.5.0
2021-09-30
We've got a treat for your ears...the magic of Dynamic Spatial Audio has arrived!
-----
With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you’re there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that’s specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
Other Fixes & Improvements
-----
We've also taken the opportunity to make a few other updates and fixes:
- Improved the behaviour when plugging and unplugging different audio devices
- Added a 4:6 deep breathing exercise option
- We’re making available monthly and lifetime subscription options for more flexibility with payment
-----
With Portal our ultimate goal is to deliver an experience that allows you to truly escape and "feel like you’re there" in the midst of some of the world's greatest locations.
Sound has always been at the heart of this experience and we've been thrilled by recent advances in Spatial Audio technology that have allowed us to push what's possible in terms of realism and immersion.
If you own a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max this release adds support for Dynamic Spatial Audio which uses head tracking technology to anchor the soundscapes around you. If you turn your head your virtual surroundings will remain in place, just as they would do in real life.
It's been a labour of love and the culmination of almost 12 months of Research & Development, requiring us to completely re-engineer our entire sound production and delivery pipeline, all in the pursuit of a natural & realistic experience.
We've worked with the world's greatest Spatial Audio field recordists to re-release a large proportion of the library with full support for Dynamic Spatial Audio and we've partnered with Atmoky, a world-leading Spatial Audio R&D company, to implement state-of-the-art Spatial Audio rendering within the app that’s specifically tailored for natural ambiences.
Even if you don't have a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max you'll still hear the benefits over the coming months as we release new content using the upgraded technology and further push what's possible through both headphone and speaker playback... :)
Other Fixes & Improvements
-----
We've also taken the opportunity to make a few other updates and fixes:
- Improved the behaviour when plugging and unplugging different audio devices
- Added a 4:6 deep breathing exercise option
- We’re making available monthly and lifetime subscription options for more flexibility with payment
3.4.2
2021-08-09
This is a bug fix release but keep your eyes peeled for some exciting new features coming to your device very soon!
We've fixed two alarm issues that might have been impacting your enjoyment of Portal.
- Wake-up alarms are now more reliable.
- Wake-up alarms now restore your previous screen brightness when complete.
Big thanks to our customers who helped track down these issues, if you have any feedback, good or bad, please get in touch with us via [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
We've fixed two alarm issues that might have been impacting your enjoyment of Portal.
- Wake-up alarms are now more reliable.
- Wake-up alarms now restore your previous screen brightness when complete.
Big thanks to our customers who helped track down these issues, if you have any feedback, good or bad, please get in touch with us via [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.
3.4.1
2021-06-10
Immersive lighting just got a massive upgrade with the introduction of HomeKit, Nanoleaf, multi-colour & multi-zone support!
We love delivering immersive experiences that whisk you away to peaceful corners of the world. Our lighting integration plays an important role in shaping that experience, helping capture the feel and mood of a place. Until now we’ve only been able to share this with the Philips Hue community…this release changes that and also introduces some much requested new features and improvements.
* New Features *
Nanoleaf & HomeKit Support.
Effortlessly connect your Nanoleaf and HomeKit compatible lights. Just tap to sync - so simple it feels like magic!
Harmonise A Symphony Of Lights.
Sync your Philips Hue, Nanoleaf and HomeKit lights in perfect harmony with each other - across multiple rooms and even multiple lighting connections. Sit back and enjoy the show.
Multi-Colour Immersion.
If you sync multiple lights you’ll now enjoy a spectrum of colour that conveys the feel and mood of your chosen escape.
* Improvements *
- Wakeup alarm lighting now matches your chosen wakeup portal.
- Improved lighting connection stability to handle more edge cases and syncing issues.
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v3.4.1 includes the following additional changes:
- A new setting to customise what should happen if you have lights that are not able to render multiple colours is now available at: Settings > Lighting > White Light Behaviour.
- Lights no longer un-sync when entering the library. Now they remain synced with the last active portal.
- Nanoleaf zones now attempt to find a matching icon based on the zone name rather than always showing the Nanoleaf logo.
- To avoid confusion the zone select screen now makes it clear when some but not all connections in a grouped zone are selected.
- We've improved our FAQ to make it faster to find the information you need and easier for us to keep updated.
- Fix the brightness calculation for Philips Hue lights that could lead to some scenes appearing too dim.
- Nanoleaf panels now always correctly un-sync to their powered off state if that is where they started from.
- Connections that are unreachable when loading the zones list no-longer block it from loading, they now show a warning message below the list of available zones.
- The "Tap to Preview" audio volume in the alarm settings now works when audio is paused globally.
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Thank you to everyone who suggested these features and improvements - your enthusiasm and encouragement has been amazing! We hope you thoroughly enjoy them.
Please drop us a line at [email protected] or leave us an App Store review if you have any feedback - we’d love to hear from you.
We love delivering immersive experiences that whisk you away to peaceful corners of the world. Our lighting integration plays an important role in shaping that experience, helping capture the feel and mood of a place. Until now we’ve only been able to share this with the Philips Hue community…this release changes that and also introduces some much requested new features and improvements.
* New Features *
Nanoleaf & HomeKit Support.
Effortlessly connect your Nanoleaf and HomeKit compatible lights. Just tap to sync - so simple it feels like magic!
Harmonise A Symphony Of Lights.
Sync your Philips Hue, Nanoleaf and HomeKit lights in perfect harmony with each other - across multiple rooms and even multiple lighting connections. Sit back and enjoy the show.
Multi-Colour Immersion.
If you sync multiple lights you’ll now enjoy a spectrum of colour that conveys the feel and mood of your chosen escape.
* Improvements *
- Wakeup alarm lighting now matches your chosen wakeup portal.
- Improved lighting connection stability to handle more edge cases and syncing issues.
---
v3.4.1 includes the following additional changes:
- A new setting to customise what should happen if you have lights that are not able to render multiple colours is now available at: Settings > Lighting > White Light Behaviour.
- Lights no longer un-sync when entering the library. Now they remain synced with the last active portal.
- Nanoleaf zones now attempt to find a matching icon based on the zone name rather than always showing the Nanoleaf logo.
- To avoid confusion the zone select screen now makes it clear when some but not all connections in a grouped zone are selected.
- We've improved our FAQ to make it faster to find the information you need and easier for us to keep updated.
- Fix the brightness calculation for Philips Hue lights that could lead to some scenes appearing too dim.
- Nanoleaf panels now always correctly un-sync to their powered off state if that is where they started from.
- Connections that are unreachable when loading the zones list no-longer block it from loading, they now show a warning message below the list of available zones.
- The "Tap to Preview" audio volume in the alarm settings now works when audio is paused globally.
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Thank you to everyone who suggested these features and improvements - your enthusiasm and encouragement has been amazing! We hope you thoroughly enjoy them.
Please drop us a line at [email protected] or leave us an App Store review if you have any feedback - we’d love to hear from you.
3.4.0
2021-06-02
Immersive lighting just got a massive upgrade with the introduction of HomeKit, Nanoleaf, multi-colour & multi-zone support!
We love delivering immersive experiences that whisk you away to peaceful corners of the world. Our lighting integration plays an important role in shaping that experience, helping capture the feel and mood of a place. Until now we’ve only been able to share this with the Philips Hue community…this release changes that and also introduces some much requested new features and improvements.
* New Features *
Nanoleaf & HomeKit Support.
Effortlessly connect your Nanoleaf and HomeKit compatible lights. Just tap to sync - so simple it feels like magic!
Harmonise A Symphony Of Lights.
Sync your Philips Hue, Nanoleaf and HomeKit lights in perfect harmony with each other - across multiple rooms and even multiple lighting connections. Sit back and enjoy the show.
Multi-Colour Immersion.
If you sync multiple lights you’ll now enjoy a spectrum of colour that conveys the feel and mood of your chosen escape.
* Improvements *
- Wakeup alarm lighting now matches your chosen wakeup portal.
- Improved lighting connection stability to handle more edge cases and syncing issues.
Thank you to everyone who suggested these features and improvements - your enthusiasm and encouragement has been amazing! We hope you thoroughly enjoy them.
Please drop us a line at [email protected] or leave us an App Store review if you have any feedback - we’d love to hear from you.
We love delivering immersive experiences that whisk you away to peaceful corners of the world. Our lighting integration plays an important role in shaping that experience, helping capture the feel and mood of a place. Until now we’ve only been able to share this with the Philips Hue community…this release changes that and also introduces some much requested new features and improvements.
* New Features *
Nanoleaf & HomeKit Support.
Effortlessly connect your Nanoleaf and HomeKit compatible lights. Just tap to sync - so simple it feels like magic!
Harmonise A Symphony Of Lights.
Sync your Philips Hue, Nanoleaf and HomeKit lights in perfect harmony with each other - across multiple rooms and even multiple lighting connections. Sit back and enjoy the show.
Multi-Colour Immersion.
If you sync multiple lights you’ll now enjoy a spectrum of colour that conveys the feel and mood of your chosen escape.
* Improvements *
- Wakeup alarm lighting now matches your chosen wakeup portal.
- Improved lighting connection stability to handle more edge cases and syncing issues.
Thank you to everyone who suggested these features and improvements - your enthusiasm and encouragement has been amazing! We hope you thoroughly enjoy them.
Please drop us a line at [email protected] or leave us an App Store review if you have any feedback - we’d love to hear from you.
3.3.3
2021-05-12
A small update that fixes a sneaky background audio issue impacting battery life.
Thanks to all those who reported this issue which snuck in following our previous release. We’re sorry if this impacted your enjoyment of Portal. Please do get in touch if you have any problems, battery related or otherwise. You can reach us anytime via email - [email protected]
Thanks to all those who reported this issue which snuck in following our previous release. We’re sorry if this impacted your enjoyment of Portal. Please do get in touch if you have any problems, battery related or otherwise. You can reach us anytime via email - [email protected]
3.3.2
2021-04-15
This is a minor update, we've squashed some bugs and made some tweaks based on all your amazing feedback. We hope it helps to make your day run that little bit smoother.
- Startup Freezes: A small number of customers reported freezes on the launch screen after the last update. This should be fixed now. Please reach out if you are still experiencing the issue after updating.
- Video Freezes: Portal videos no longer pause when you remove your headphones. Now only the Audio playback pauses. (Pro-tip: you can long-press on the speaker icon to resume audio playback.)
- Clock Hiding: Several customers got in touch confused with how the clock hiding and auto-hide interface options interacted. We've combined these into a single option called "Clock & Controls Visibility" you can find it in "Settings".
- Haptics Confusion: Haptic options for breathing exercises are now only shown if your devices supports them. So that's iPhone 7 or newer running iOS13 and up.
- Download Indicators: Checkmarks for previously downloaded portals had vanished from the library but their back now. Phew.
- New Website: Ever wondered why we exist, what we believe in or who’s our ultimate guide and inspiration? Check out our brand-new website at portal.app and let us know what you think!
Thanks to all our customers who have provided suggestions or reported issues and patiently waited for these fixes. Please do keep the feedback flowing by emailing us at [email protected]
- Startup Freezes: A small number of customers reported freezes on the launch screen after the last update. This should be fixed now. Please reach out if you are still experiencing the issue after updating.
- Video Freezes: Portal videos no longer pause when you remove your headphones. Now only the Audio playback pauses. (Pro-tip: you can long-press on the speaker icon to resume audio playback.)
- Clock Hiding: Several customers got in touch confused with how the clock hiding and auto-hide interface options interacted. We've combined these into a single option called "Clock & Controls Visibility" you can find it in "Settings".
- Haptics Confusion: Haptic options for breathing exercises are now only shown if your devices supports them. So that's iPhone 7 or newer running iOS13 and up.
- Download Indicators: Checkmarks for previously downloaded portals had vanished from the library but their back now. Phew.
- New Website: Ever wondered why we exist, what we believe in or who’s our ultimate guide and inspiration? Check out our brand-new website at portal.app and let us know what you think!
Thanks to all our customers who have provided suggestions or reported issues and patiently waited for these fixes. Please do keep the feedback flowing by emailing us at [email protected]
3.3.1
2021-03-31
Spatial audio is almost here – and we couldn’t be more excited!
We’re real nerds when it comes to sound quality and delivering your ears the most immersive and realistic experience possible. So, we’ve been working hard to amp things up and bring spatial audio to Portal!
This update is the first step towards being able to do so.
Remastered For Your Listening Pleasure
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We’ve remastered a selection of our current portals so that they’re crisper and clearer for a more immersive and high fidelity experience, as well as crucially being spatial audio ready :)
We’ll be updating some of our Free portals in this update, and our Premium portals in the next week or so. We hope you (and your ears) love them as much as we do.
If you’ve any questions or just want to chat, we’d love to hear from you at [email protected]
We’re real nerds when it comes to sound quality and delivering your ears the most immersive and realistic experience possible. So, we’ve been working hard to amp things up and bring spatial audio to Portal!
This update is the first step towards being able to do so.
Remastered For Your Listening Pleasure
---
We’ve remastered a selection of our current portals so that they’re crisper and clearer for a more immersive and high fidelity experience, as well as crucially being spatial audio ready :)
We’ll be updating some of our Free portals in this update, and our Premium portals in the next week or so. We hope you (and your ears) love them as much as we do.
If you’ve any questions or just want to chat, we’d love to hear from you at [email protected]
3.3.0
2021-02-03
We've been stuck in lockdown over here in London and Andy's taken the opportunity to do some early spring cleaning in the app, squishing some bugs and implementing a few small features we've been wanting to introduce for a while!
New Features
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Feel It In Your Fingers.
Haptic feedback for breathing exercises for those that prefer to close their eyes and breathe.
If At First You Don’t Succeed, We Have A Plan B.
Ability to manually provide an IP address when Hue Bridge discovery isn’t possible.
Gather Around The Campfire.
We’ve launched our blog, “The Campfire”, where you can hear our thoughts, plans and aspirations at the intersection of nature & technology. Find it here: https://portal.app/campfire
Improvements
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* Portal start times are randomised to avoid always launching portals with the same starting point.
* Enhanced Philips Hue syncing and error feedback.
* Improved automatic Philips Hue Bridge discovery.
* Fixes an issue when launching Siri shortcuts whilst the Library is open.
* Fix for when breathing exercise animations occasionally fall out of sync.
* Fixes an issue that could cause the incorrect focus timer alarm to sound when the Library is open, or audio playback is paused.
Massive thanks to everyone who has reported a bug and provided suggestions for improvements, your support as ever is amazing and very much appreciated!
Please do keep them coming by emailing us at [email protected]
New Features
---
Feel It In Your Fingers.
Haptic feedback for breathing exercises for those that prefer to close their eyes and breathe.
If At First You Don’t Succeed, We Have A Plan B.
Ability to manually provide an IP address when Hue Bridge discovery isn’t possible.
Gather Around The Campfire.
We’ve launched our blog, “The Campfire”, where you can hear our thoughts, plans and aspirations at the intersection of nature & technology. Find it here: https://portal.app/campfire
Improvements
---
* Portal start times are randomised to avoid always launching portals with the same starting point.
* Enhanced Philips Hue syncing and error feedback.
* Improved automatic Philips Hue Bridge discovery.
* Fixes an issue when launching Siri shortcuts whilst the Library is open.
* Fix for when breathing exercise animations occasionally fall out of sync.
* Fixes an issue that could cause the incorrect focus timer alarm to sound when the Library is open, or audio playback is paused.
Massive thanks to everyone who has reported a bug and provided suggestions for improvements, your support as ever is amazing and very much appreciated!
Please do keep them coming by emailing us at [email protected]
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QuantumElectron,
Incredible for Sleep and Getting Work Done
This app was a game changer for me. I’ve always struggled to go to sleep. I have tried music, sleeping masks, white noise, muscle relaxation, etc. This app was really helpful in transporting me to beautiful, serene locations, putting my mind at ease, and finally allowing me to sink into the depths of unconsciousness at night, It’s soundscapes are beautifully realized visually, with varied, 3D immersive sound. I discovered that some of the soundscapes, especially the barley field and the cloud rainforest, were great aids to helping me write and work without getting distracted. Overall, the app has been a great improvement to my quality of life, which I did not expect initially.
I initially got the free version and was really satisfied with the included features, so I upgraded. I have to say the monetization model was really wonderful, encouraging me to support developers without making me feel like I had to pay for a good experience. Recently the app was updated with tons of new sounds from Scotland and Slovenia. It now includes a subscription model, but for the quantity and quality of content, it seems well worth it, especially because it will help the developers flesh out the app even more. On top of that, they gave everyone who had purchased the app free access to everything, which is incredibly generous! I look forward to great new content in the future. Thank you so much!
I initially got the free version and was really satisfied with the included features, so I upgraded. I have to say the monetization model was really wonderful, encouraging me to support developers without making me feel like I had to pay for a good experience. Recently the app was updated with tons of new sounds from Scotland and Slovenia. It now includes a subscription model, but for the quantity and quality of content, it seems well worth it, especially because it will help the developers flesh out the app even more. On top of that, they gave everyone who had purchased the app free access to everything, which is incredibly generous! I look forward to great new content in the future. Thank you so much!
LCLMomma1392,
Great app! Great developers!!
Update: Everything said before still goes! A year (or more?) later and developers still staying true to their customers! And thankyou for update on new sounds coming, I can not wait!!! And thankyou for taking in customer feedback and adding more variety of sounds💛
Previous review: I just wanted to update review since last app update and say again, it was refreshing to see an app devoloper stay consitent, although they switched to a subscription model they did add a way to pay a 1 time fee, and although its more then the $4, still compared to other apps $30 for lifetime is far more reasonable. But most important thing to note is they allowed the users who previously paid the $4 to buy the app to keep the full version along with all the updates, so when you purchase from this devoloper you can be assured you will keep what you paid for regardless of any future changes in the pricing model, and that is hard thing to come by now a days in the apple world, so thankyou! Suggestions: I also would love to see some more light autumn/forest sounds, maybe without birds (or at least light bird sound in distance and spread out a bit) in future, there are lots of water ones wich are great but more like the barley field one (wich is PERFECTLY done!) I would love!
Previous review: I just wanted to update review since last app update and say again, it was refreshing to see an app devoloper stay consitent, although they switched to a subscription model they did add a way to pay a 1 time fee, and although its more then the $4, still compared to other apps $30 for lifetime is far more reasonable. But most important thing to note is they allowed the users who previously paid the $4 to buy the app to keep the full version along with all the updates, so when you purchase from this devoloper you can be assured you will keep what you paid for regardless of any future changes in the pricing model, and that is hard thing to come by now a days in the apple world, so thankyou! Suggestions: I also would love to see some more light autumn/forest sounds, maybe without birds (or at least light bird sound in distance and spread out a bit) in future, there are lots of water ones wich are great but more like the barley field one (wich is PERFECTLY done!) I would love!
V713321,
Love this App. Gorgeous and Relaxing.
LOVING this app. I love that it was a one time purchase for DLC rather than subscription. Seriously thank you. i wouldn’t have been able to pull the trigger for a subscription but happy to buy DLC. The sound is exquisite and the video footage is gorgeous without obvious loops. The feature that got me the most excited and convinced me to buy the full version of the app was the ability to mix it with audiobooks and other apps. I’ve been looking for a way to add background sound to my Audible app when i listen to audiobooks for forever! Now this is my absolute Go-To for ambient sound. I leave my ipad by my bed with the ocean soundscape running while i fall asleep and i’m out. A great feature to add would be the ability to airplay it to an apple TV. Right now you can mirror your screen to the TV like you would with any other app but there’s not a built in casting feature. Still that’s just a wish list item for me. This app was made with love and care and special attention to a LOT of handy above and beyond features. It’s not a money grab and is excellent value for what you get. I hope the devs keep up the great work. Can’t wait to see what new environments come next! Maybe an urban setting or a coffee shop? Or maybe more beautiful locations from around the globe. FIVE STARS.
Cerazo,
Incredible just got better!!!
I originally was overjoyed to come across an app that I loved that actually had a one time payment fee. The design and elegance of this app along with the amazingly rendered sounds and visuals sold me instantly! It’s been an incredible experience sleeping and working to these sounds. Today I open my app to realize that there’s been an update and a huge one at that! This app that I already love just blew me out of the water again! I’m guessing since I was one of the original purchasers I got the whole new library of sounds for free as there is a subscription model now. I went through each new sound seeing which ones I wanted to pick to download and by the end of it I pretty much downloaded all of them because they were so good! To anyone reading this, this is easily worth the price of subscription at this point since it seems like there’s going to be more and more sounds that are going to be put out.
In summary keep up the great work and I really appreciate the team taking care of their original customers instead of pushing them out like some other apps that transition to subscriptions have done. Also was this a one time promotion for original purchasers or would I be a lifetime subscriber? If it’s the latter then I’m going to be incredibly happy 😆.
In summary keep up the great work and I really appreciate the team taking care of their original customers instead of pushing them out like some other apps that transition to subscriptions have done. Also was this a one time promotion for original purchasers or would I be a lifetime subscriber? If it’s the latter then I’m going to be incredibly happy 😆.
Bikelink,
Fantastic and wonderful will only grow more so
I have to go 5 stars I have suggestions but the overall effect is it’s displaced much of my other music listening and ‘white noise’ sleep machine use. Overall currently there is a trend towards steady sounds for relaxation sleep and focus and fewer that make me feel more awake and feel a bright sunny day (like the cows of Slovenia!). The Scottish locales are fantastic along with brooks, the winters mountains and wind awesome. It’s a bit of a learning curve what to navigate (check out the faqs I learned that sleep mode isn’t just certain portals it’s a MODE as are the others), and as above some perhaps ‘activating’ (bright sky something motor than continuous sound but not distracting jars of surprise obviously. The rustling barely field is another good one. I also very much enjoy the smart nightjar integration and had a ‘oooooh’ moment changing to the fireplace and having my light go from some glue to amber flames! Looking forward to playing around getting it on bigger screens and seeing what happens with the range of dynamics in portals as they come up. Clearly some are the favorites but I suspect it’s hard to predict until they make it and see. Shirt of my one fav streaming music app possibly the best yearly subscription (and much less $!) I’ve spent!!
AceCard8,
Amazing UI and Phenomenal Customer Service
I was initially resistant to try Portal because of concerns about getting to interested in an app with a high subscription cost. However, the nice permanent free offering convinced me that some things are worth it. This app is extraordinary. First, it respects your privacy and collects no data on you which is a rarity these days. Then, if you love soundscapes you will not find a better program to transport you around the world. The sound quality is excellent and the time between loops is long enough to be near imperceptible. The UI makes exploring interesting and seamless. Integration with the 3D audio is great too though I usually do have my phone use speaker or Bluetooth. My only gripe is if my phone is not plugged in overnight, the background battery usage can be more than I expect (10-15%) on an IPhone 13 Pro, as the battery usage chart shows it is active overnight. This may be nothing though. I had questions and a problem with purchasing the app and the team could not have been more helpful. I hope one day the permanent purchase price is more affordable. I look forward to further integrating this app into my workflows. Keep up the great work team! Always excited for new portals!
Katmariexo,
Amazing!
I just downloaded this app, and I am so happy that I did. I’ve been looking for a decent app that plays sound like this for awhile. It helps me to sleep or really focus when I am studying. Some of the other apps just haven’t done it for me, and while searching for a new one I found Portal. You get a few “portal’s” for free, but have to purchase the rest. For me, this wasn’t an issue. I happily paid the $3.99 to unlock all the features as a one-time payment. Some apps make you pay for each separately, so it was nice to only have to pay once to unlock it all. The sounds are so crystal clear and sound great. The look and feel of the app is also very nice. You can hook it up to philips hue lights which I don’t have yet, but plan on buying in the future so I think that will be cool. I really only have one complaint. In the portals there is a guided breathing exercise, and it tells you on the screen when to breathe in and out. I really wish there was a way to have it narrated for you. Sometimes I like to close my eyes when doing breathing exercises and obviously I can’t see the screen when my eyes are closed. Other then that, this app is awesome! 5 stars for sure. I can’t wait to see what other portals they add in the future.
alicequeen2309,
Never knew I needed an app like this
I’ve always play background sounds and music wherever I work or study but it never relaxing enough. They just sound like noises at the back of my head and I would have to turn them off. After a few time using this app, I decided to purchase the full version and it was the very best decision ever since. It really helps me reduce stress and relax my mind, especially when everything is virtual and you have to look at a computer for a long time. After playing the sound collection for a while, I completely forgot that I turn it on, only realize that when I have to leave the room. I don’t know how you feel but to me that’s the reason why I feel the need to leave a review. It is so natural and relaxing that you don’t even realize it’s there. It was a nice little surprise to see that I have access to all the new contents after the update, so thanks developers for doing that to old customers.
I would love see an enhancement in the breathing exercise module. I tend to close my eyes doing breathing exercise so if the app somehow have a way to indicate breath in/out by sound, that would be awesome!
I would love see an enhancement in the breathing exercise module. I tend to close my eyes doing breathing exercise so if the app somehow have a way to indicate breath in/out by sound, that would be awesome!
khbmiyg,
Worth it
This app is amazing. Some background: I am ADHD and so I can always find distractions even when there aren’t any. I once caught myself admiring a table instead of reading my textbook. My way to minimize this had been music, but I hadn’t found ambiance that wasn’t distracting and lasted for a while. Portal fixes both of these problems. Especially once you open up the full library, the sounds it provides are amazing and perfect for helping you focus or escape. All of it’s sounds are amazing and I’ve gotten a real boost in efficiency thanks to the app. My only wish is for more sounds. The 14 they provide are all very effective and neat, but I’m very tempted to ask for more. For instance: they provide mainly nature sounds form around the world. Maybe one or two city (I’m a suburb boy) soundscapes would be interesting. Also, maybe another synthesized sound scape like the whale or jellyfish would be nice. But I absolutely love the app and I recommend it much more than the others that charge a subscription fee
bssmithy,
The best work-from-home tool I've found
Portal is that rare app that's worthy of your time and attention because that's precicely what it gives you in return—time and attention. It's. so. zen.
I've used Portal on my iPhone for a couple of years, projecting it to my Homepod for pleasant morning birdsong and water lapping on the shores of Lake Bled, or Triglav thunderstorms for a soothing night's sleep; I've even taken the birds of Fingle Woods with me on my walks while I simultaneously listen to a podcast or audiobook.
But the desktop app brings a whole new dimension to the experience. I'm mesmerized by the beauty of the video taking over my desktop background in its gentle, near-seamless loop. It's a window into the outside world—any outside world that you want right now. Is it a river? A waterfall? A beach? A field? A rainy forest? Portal has brought my mind to a whole new place of focus and productivity I hadn't felt for some time. I adore it. This is a uniquely poignant and important productivity tool, the true missing piece in the remote worker's arsenal. You might try mixing it with music, too—I always love a good afternoon Lo-Fi listen—and see where your focus takes you.
I've been in contact with the team behind Portal, and they're a pleasure to talk with. They take feedback sincerely and their craft seriously. I can't wait to see what they bring to Portal next!
I've used Portal on my iPhone for a couple of years, projecting it to my Homepod for pleasant morning birdsong and water lapping on the shores of Lake Bled, or Triglav thunderstorms for a soothing night's sleep; I've even taken the birds of Fingle Woods with me on my walks while I simultaneously listen to a podcast or audiobook.
But the desktop app brings a whole new dimension to the experience. I'm mesmerized by the beauty of the video taking over my desktop background in its gentle, near-seamless loop. It's a window into the outside world—any outside world that you want right now. Is it a river? A waterfall? A beach? A field? A rainy forest? Portal has brought my mind to a whole new place of focus and productivity I hadn't felt for some time. I adore it. This is a uniquely poignant and important productivity tool, the true missing piece in the remote worker's arsenal. You might try mixing it with music, too—I always love a good afternoon Lo-Fi listen—and see where your focus takes you.
I've been in contact with the team behind Portal, and they're a pleasure to talk with. They take feedback sincerely and their craft seriously. I can't wait to see what they bring to Portal next!
