Smartwatches + The Church App

Apple Watch and Android Wear Support

The Apple watch is finally here–adding another sleek competitor to the smartwatch world. With the arrival of the Apple and Android watches, we’re very excited to announce that both watches support your Subsplash app! That's right, they work right out of the box!

How does your app talk with your watch?

We're glad you asked. Smart watches have a number of compatible features that connect with your app instantly. Control the audio from your app directly from your Apple or Android watch. Push Notifications also appear on both Apple and Android watches, giving you another platform to reach your audience with direct messages. Android watches also have the ability to display your artwork along with the audio! 

Why Smart Watches?

Smart watches eliminate the step of having to pull out your phone to perform certain functions. Rather than hearing your phone vibrate, checking your text, and then responding, your smart watch frees up your hands and gives your voice the power. Respond to texts, get directions, make calls, and open apps with just your voice! Yes, you may feel like an FBI agent for awhile. We are so excited about this new technology, and can't wait to hear how you use them!

Your App: Now Available in the Amazon Appstore

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The Subsplash Platform is now available in the Amazon Appstore! The Amazon Appstore can be accessed by both Kindle and Android devices.  Amazon has spearheaded its major global expansion phase, and the Amazon Appstore is now present in nearly 200 different countries. We are very excited to be a part of Amazon’s large-scale mobile movement.

Amazon Appstore Breakdown:

• 25 million app downloads every month.

• Over 200,000 apps in the Appstore (almost tripling in the last year).

• Available in nearly 200 countries including United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany and China.

• Available in China, while Google Play has restrictions.

Our expansion into the Amazon Appstore is driven by our desire to help reach as many people as possible on the most popular platforms and devices.  With app use continuing to dominate user’s time spent on smart devices, we’ve poured our efforts into making the Subsplash Platform widely available across various mobile phones and tablets. By adding Kindle Fire, the Subsplash Platform is now available in all major existing app stores including the Google Play Store, Windows Phone Store, Apple App Store, and the Amazon Appstore (running across all iPhone, iPad, Windows Phones, Android Phones and Tablets, and now Kindle Fire devices).  With these app store giant’s global reach, we can’t wait for our users to experience delight on our Platform regardless of their device.

Android Tablet on The Church App Platform

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Introducing Android Tablet to the Subsplash Platform. Last year, Android tablet accounted for 61% of all tablet sales. And today, there’s a tablet in nearly 2/3rds of every US household. There are more ways to engage people today than ever before, and tablets have become a preferred avenue for experiencing media. With that in mind, we’ve thoughtfully spent the last year developing a rich and intuitive experience on Android tablet. Every detail in our apps are crafted with the end user in mind. From incredibly fast speeds, visually stunning media delivery, and a new robust sharing experience tailored to each unique user and their desired sharing outlets.

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Android Tablet on the Subsplash Platform:

+ Available on a plethora of devices including: Nexus 7, Nexus 10, Samsung Note, Samsung Note, Samsung Galaxy and many more. + We wanted to build something that displayed media beautifully. Leveraging the capabilities of the Android Tablet UX, your media experience has never been better. + Video experience improvements. + Audio experience improvements. + Updated Now Playing experience. + Your large high res artwork looks brilliant within the app. + We've revamped the download experience. Managing and viewing your downloads is simple and intuitive. + Our improved sharing experience is delightful! Your audio and video content can now be shared from more places within the app than ever before, and to all of your social networks.

Available for download in the Google Play Store.

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Are you ready to go mobile? With the Subsplash platform, you can now offer your own customized app on iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Windows Phone, and Android Tablet. Sign up for the Subsplash Platform today.

Already one of our wonderful clients? Upgrade to add Android Tablet to your suite of apps today.

Updates to Android on the Subsplash Platform

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We've been updating the Android app experience on the Subsplash Platform so that your app will look brilliant! It will be optimized for Android KitKat and the new larger phones like the Galaxy S4, HTC Hero, and the Google Nexus 5! We are in the process of submitting updates to the Google Play Store so keep your eyes peeled for the update to hit! Here are some of the delightful new changes you can expect:

- New design for main navigation that now includes swiping from tab to tab.

- New & improved video experience that’s clean and elegant. When using video, rotate your device to landscape and it will automatically make your video go full screen.

- More intuitive and delightful (not to mention Android-friendly) audio and video sharing!

- We have redesigned the audio experience from the ground up.  Not only do the Now Playing, Downloads and Playlist views look more beautiful than ever, we made behind-the-scenes changes to improve performance and usability.

- Your audio and video content can now be shared from more places within the app than ever before, and to all of your social networks (that's right, even Pinterest!).  Not only that, but the sharing experience will feel intuitive and elegant - like an Android app should!

- User interface improvements for the latest versions of Android including: Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, and KitKat.

- It’s faster, more stable, and more responsive than ever!

- Optimized for small and large phone screen sizes: mdpi, ldpi, hdpi, xhdpi, and xxhdpi.

- Oh yea, we squashed a bunch of bugs too!

With the plethora of Android devices out there, and the many variables to consider, our goal is to make the user experience as consistent and clean as possible, and that's exactly what we've been working on!

Windows Phone on The Church App Platform!

Check out Windows Phone on The Church App Platform here.

Here's the skinny on why we're excited about Windows Phone:

- Adding Windows Phone to complement iOS and Android allows you to cover 99% of today's smartphone market.

- Windows Phone is projected to represent 10-20% of smartphone sales by the end of 2014.

- Adding Windows Phone to your suite of apps is easy! It instantly integrates with your content, and you don't have to do any extra work!

-Windows Phone is now 1/3 size of iOS globally.

-8.7 million Windows Phone devices were sold in Q2 of 2013.