AnimalAnalysis

Now supporting iOS 16 and above, minor updates related to this change.

• We have quite a few background improvements in this update to provide better performance and error handling related to third party dependencies.
• We already don't track you in relation to this app, but we have improved the randomness around the ID values used to deliver chat messages to improve the privacy and security of our system overall.
• There are also improvements around logging to reduce logs on your device and limit logging to our server. (Logging to our server is focused around advertisement display and performance, and basic app usage.)

Well some of our human experiments have finished and we are removing some of those tests in this release. Don't worry, you passed. (That other guy though... lol) Lab 5 says they will have some new stuff for you soon but they can't say when. Hopefully soon though, that team is my favorite!

Have a great day!

• Fixes a bug where the chat did not reconnect if the app was sent to the background and made active again

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• Updated dependencies to provide a better experience
• Replaced some external tools with our own to reduce network traffic
• Optimizations to network operations related to the chat system
• Optimizations to reduce the computational load on your processor (looking out for your battery life)

Improved handling of push notifications

added sounds to the chat interface and other routine maintenance

Remember when we said that Debra was the GOOD intern? Well turns out she couldn't spell and her mistakes are all over the code. The other developers are so embarrassed that you received a version of the app with bad spelling in the code, so that's fixed now.

Bruce found a way to crash the app that he couldn't explain, but luckily Debra was able to translate so now she's the head of user experience. Crazy how fast she climbed from intern to upper management! But she put her foot down and made the development team fix the problem. As it turns out the problem was that you would try to post a message in the chat and the app could crash. But don't worry, it's all fixed now.

So the rumor around the office is that Debra planted that bug so she could get a promotion. So now Tommy and the dev team have been running around trying to catch moths, ants and other bugs so they can do the same thing. A few of us think they are all crazy but it sure is fun watching them run around the lab with fishing nets. So far they haven't caught any bugs, so maybe it is good that Debra got the promotion instead of these guys! Could you imagine how buggy this place would be without someone like her?

Anyway, have fun with the app and let us know what you think! :)

• Improving chat logging to help us understand how you use the app
• To avoid confusion, the camera button is now hidden until a thought displays on the screen

We had been asked if the words were 'Photoshopped' onto images when a photo was taken, this is not the case. We want you to see that they appear in 3D space around your animal so you can enjoy the augmented reality aspect of the app. Then you can take a photo and position the text in 3D where you want it to appear in your image.

Maintenance update

We've added new animals! Sorry it took so long, once we got rid of Doug for the "fish are not animals" thing, it took us a while to figure out how to fix things because apparently he was the only one doing any work around here.

Thank you to all of our users for proving Carl wrong on the power of mind reading. The world did not end, and the internet is not being run by cats as he predicted.

Also, if you take the time to do a review, please say "Hi" to Bridget. She's taken over all of Doug's tasks so the rest of us can keep up with all of the gossip around the lab. Our app doesn't work on Humans yet so we have to resort to other measures.

So Joey got a promotion after the camera button update last time which means he's been playing a lot of golf with the boss. Then Carol thought the camera button was all wrong, so she suggested that we move it to the middle and make it bigger for you. The team has their fingers crossed that you will like it.

Tommy fixed a bug that was causing a crash if you closed the app while in the chat. You may not have ever noticed it but we gave him a high-five!

And the big news is that the team in the research lab decided that it was ok for us to turn up the sensitivity again, so expect to see more mind reading power in your hands this time around! Carl is a little worried about this whole mind reading thing but we told him that our users are capable of being responsible with this much power, so please help us prove Carl wrong.