5.8.1
2023-05-29
- Bug fixes and improvements.
5.8
2023-05-23
New 911+ Capability! Now, when you press the Call 911+ option, you will be presented with a new selection screen. This screen will present you with the option to choose either 1. Use My Location (default), or 2. Use Emergency Location, for the purposes of 911 Call Routing and the location that is sent to the 911 Operator. There is a 10 second countdown so if no option is selected, the 911 call will initiate regardless using your own real-time location. The ability to select “Use Emergency Location” will open up many use-cases for customers. If you are not on-site but want to call 911 on behalf of your facility, this will be a great option. Additionally, we will be starting to leverage this service with the STOPit Incident Response Center that will slowly be incorporated into assisting customers silently and immediately notifying 911 on their behalf. More on this in the coming months! Enjoy, and stay safe.
5.7.8
2023-03-06
- Pushwoosh notification issue fixes
5.7.7
2023-02-28
- Improved Location sharing Algorithm during an Emergency
- New 911+ Server Routing
5.7.6
2023-01-24
In this update, we are shipping one major new feature called Practice Mode, along with some minor updates and bug fixes.
Introducing “Practice Mode”
Need a refresher on how to use PunchAlert during an emergency? We have now introduced “Practice Mode” so you can practice using the application without actually reporting any real emergencies or communicating with anyone. It’s your own little personal emergency practice sandbox. Here’s how it works:
1. Go to your left navigation
2. Select Practice Mode
3. Press “Proceed” to start 60 seconds of Practice Mode
4. It will start on the countdown page as if you had just hit the big red button
5. Choose a sample Organisation from the dropdown at the top
6. Choose an Emergency Category
7. Then Report Now or wait for the 30 second countdown.
8. Practice submitting Text, Audio, Photos, Video, or Attendance
9. Navigate the map at the top right to see where the (fake) emergency is located.
10. Submit your Status.
11. Hit back button to end Practice Mode or it will end automatically after 60 seconds.
Remember that the Orange border colour means you are in Practice Mode so not actually reporting something real or communicating with anyone.
We’d highly encourage you to remind others in your organisation to Practice using this feature so they are prepared for emergency. If you have any thoughts or feedback, please let us know!
5.7.5
2022-12-28
- Bug fixes and improvements.
5.7.4
2022-11-29
Couple great improvements to share:
1. Banner suppression for notifications of chat messages when looking at the emergency stream now supports all device types and users with various setting options. This was nagging a subset of our users and shouldn’t be a problem going forward.
2. Category visualisation is significantly improved with a separate section visible for the organisation’s 3 Priority Categories.
5.7.3
2022-11-16
- Bug fixes and improvements
5.7.2
2022-11-12
We’ve made some great improvements to PunchAlert with 5.7.2.
1. Improved refresh rate of categories for responders when the situation changes.
2. Updated and improved the reset password experience.
3. Fixed a bug that didn’t allow the conference calling feature to load if the emergency banner was pressed too quickly after opening up the app.
4. Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect stream entry to occur in rare occurrences when reporting from outside a geofence.
5. Updated and improved the emergency template experience used by responders to Send Mass Updates during an emergency.
6. Fixed an Org Logo centring issue on the Emergency Countdown page that was more noticeable on iPads than iPhones.
7. Fixed an image loading issue that occasionally caused a crash in some devices.
8. Fixed bottom bar alignment affecting only some iPad models.
5.7.1
2022-10-30
- Bug fixes and improvements.
5.7
2022-09-04
- Bug fixes, improvements and latest OS version compiled
5.6.4
2022-06-20
- Bug fixes and improvements.
5.6.3
2022-03-18
- Bug fixes and improvements
5.6.1
2021-11-09
- Bug fixes and improvement
- Brand new connection manager that helps to understand the connection strength in few seconds of time.
5.6
2021-09-30
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Greetings and salutations! Obviously, its been a minute and we have had to go through several internal point releases. This build squashes some nasty little bugs and also preps the app for iOS 15. Thanks again for you continued support!
5.5.5
2021-03-08
- Bug fixes and improvements.
5.5.4
2020-08-23
WOW, what a year! With all of the craziness in the world, we have been hunkered down trying to stay safe and healthy. In order to help as many as we can, we thought we would provide a tool to help with the safe return to offices and campuses. This build introduces SENTRY, a simple survey tool for Safe Entry back to the workplace.
5.5.3
2020-07-08
- Bug fixes and improvement
5.5.2
2020-06-24
- Bug fixes and improvement
5.5.1
2020-06-09
- Bug fixes and other improvements.
5.5
2020-06-02
Just in time for #LaunchAmerica - Here we go! The big enchilada. The big deal. The major point release. Well, sort of, I mean, it’s a bit of an oxymoron to call a point release 'major,' but here we are. I guess some organizations subscribe to that belief, that every point release could be considered major, but I'm not so sure. I could talk about version theory for a while, but whatever. This is a major release for PunchAlert and it just happens to be on the half mark, so go figure. In reality, we could have called it 6.0 - but believe it or not, its going to get bigger and better in 6.0, so I'll just leave it alone. Full changelog feature details can be found here - https://pnch.in/fEGcJc4
5.4.16
2020-04-27
Another week in lockdown, another point release as we march ever closer to the highly anticipated and legendary 5.5 release. The good news is that we have had an abundance of time to really focus on enhancements and features while building out 5.5 and some of them are so good, we just can't wait, so we are trickling out point releases. In this particular release, we have better aligned the announcement section with the admin console in both features and functionality. Enjoy!
5.4.15
2020-04-13
- APN linking issue fixed.
- Multiple link support in the Activity and Stream
- Okta login support added
- Other improvement and bug fixes.
5.4.14
2020-04-03
Well, being on lockdown at home, physically isolated from everyone has given us time to pause and run down some bugs while on our way to 5.5. This is a minor release that extends our sign-up functionality that allows users to join public lists when they follow organisations. Again, we hope everyone is staying safe, healthy and away from each other.
5.4.13
2020-03-29
I promise, work on 5.5 is really being done, There just some big changes that take time - there is also the matter of a GLOBAL PANDEMIC that is slowing things down. This release concerns a few bugs, annoyances really. In all seriousness, stay safe, stay healthy and above all, stay away from each other.