Ambie Changelog

What's new in Ambie 4.3.8

Apr 11, 2024
  • Telemetry improvements

New in Ambie 4.3.2 (Mar 19, 2024)

  • Fixed issue with sounds being incorrectly faded in when starting the playback of another sound
  • Changed streaks reminder default to false

New in Ambie 4.2.10 (Feb 11, 2024)

  • Changed design of background images
  • Remember last used page on app launch
  • Removed confirm close feature due to low usage
  • Added new task feature in Ambie Mini
  • Added button to modify subscription in settings page
  • Updated catalogue design

New in Ambie 4.2.1 (Jan 12, 2024)

  • Fixed issue with Ambie+ not being recognized when working offline
  • Added streaks feature

New in Ambie 4.1.1 (Dec 15, 2023)

  • Improved Ambie Mini mode (start the focus timer to see this mode)
  • Improved Korean translations

New in Ambie 4.0.23 (Dec 12, 2023)

  • Added ability to skip a rest break during a focus session.

New in Ambie 4.0.21 (Dec 9, 2023)

  • Fixing an issue with volume used when fading in
  • Removed some telemetry events that were no longer necessary

New in Ambie 4.0.19 (Dec 6, 2023)

  • New ability to fade sounds when playback is started or paused
  • Added new help message on where to get more sounds. Can be dismissed with a right-click > dismiss
  • Changed behaviour of close confirmation dialog to Off by default

New in Ambie 4.0.14 (Nov 2, 2023)

  • Improvements to Italian and Portuguese
  • Added Quick Resume feature on PC startup

New in Ambie 4.0.12 (Sep 11, 2023)

  • New UI
  • Meditation guides
  • Search
  • More!

New in Ambie 3.11.4.0 (Jul 25, 2023)

  • Added optional confirm close dialog when sounds are playing
  • Added beta for meditation guides
  • Adding support for using OS system accent colour

New in Ambie 3.11.4.0 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • Added optional confirm close dialog when sounds are playing
  • Added beta for meditation guides
  • Adding support for using OS system accent colour

New in Ambie 3.9.17.0 (Apr 22, 2023)

  • Fixed a crash that sometimes happens for users when they use the custom audio output setting
  • Added new feature #356. Sounds will now continue playing after a focus session ends to help people stay in deep focus. Also added an option to pause the sound (which was the previous behaviour)

New in Ambie 3.9.14.0 (Mar 31, 2023)

  • Fixed issue with not being able to play a sound via keyboard
  • Fixed issue with crashes occurring when clicking on a toast notification
  • Added zh-hant localization

New in Ambie 3.9.11.0 (Mar 17, 2023)

  • Increased max focus tasks count from 5 to 10
  • Fixing issues with timer banner visibility
  • Fixing issues related to UI thread
  • Added category groupings to catalogue page
  • Fixed bug with Ambie+ premium not working sometimes after purchasing Ambie+ Lifetime Access

New in Ambie 3.9.6.0 (Feb 28, 2023)

  • Fixed issue with focus sessions not completing
  • Updated build pipeline to support only x64 and ARM64

New in Ambie 3.8.5.0 (Feb 12, 2023)

  • New updates page
  • Support for localized names for sounds downloaded from the catalogue
  • Improved quality for brown noise
  • Added pink noise and binaural beats
  • Made it clearer that focus tasks can be rearranged

New in Ambie 3.6.1.0 (Jan 10, 2023)

  • Added new settings page
  • Implemented gapless playback
  • Fixed bug with a 60 minute focus session displaying "00:00"
  • Added ability to delete recent focus session configurations

New in Ambie 3.5.2.0 (Dec 29, 2022)

  • Added ability to reorder sounds on the home page
  • Added tutorial regarding sound reordering

New in Ambie 3.3.1.0 (Dec 8, 2022)

  • New Ambie Mini feature
  • Improved translations

New in Ambie 3.2.12.0 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • Minor UI fixes in catalogue page
  • Improvements to translations
  • Fixed bug with free sounds

New in Ambie 3.2.9.0 (Nov 5, 2022)

  • Fixing issue with premium sounds not being playable for Ambie Plus subscribers
  • Includes all improvements from 3.2.7
  • Added task module in focus page
  • Added sound titles to Windows media controls (#288)
  • Hiding buttons when user is inactive during screensaver mode (#287)
  • Fixed crash when downloading images
  • Improved UX when running a focus session
  • Improved performance when loading online sound catalogue

New in Ambie 3.1.8.0 (Aug 10, 2022)

  • Fixed cut of text in focus page.
  • Added support for active listener counts.
  • Added recent history module.
  • Added ability to log interruptions during focus session.

New in Ambie 3.0.15.0 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • Improved translations for some languages
  • Bug fixes

New in Ambie 3.0.11.0 MS Store (Jun 13, 2022)

  • New Windows 11 styling
  • New focus timer to help you be more productive
  • Moved dark screensaver option from app settings to screensaver page
  • Fixed accessibility issues with Narrator

New in Ambie 3.0.10.0 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • New Windows 11-based design
  • Added Focus Timer
  • Mica

New in Ambie 2.2.5.0 (Apr 1, 2022)

  • Added animated screensavers.

New in Ambie 2.1.1.0 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • Improved sound loops for pre-installed sounds.
  • Added option to automatically play sounds on app launch.

New in Ambie 2.1.1.0 MS Store (Feb 15, 2022)

  • Ambie 2.1.1 brings improved sound quality for pre-installed sounds. In particular, many will loop perfectly now

New in Ambie 2.0.18.0 MS Store (Jan 25, 2022)

  • Ambie 2.0 brings a fresh new look that puts the focus on your catalogue. View beautiful cards representing the sounds you have installed. Navigate to our catalogue to see an array of sounds ready to be downloaded. Parallel downloading is also included in Ambie 2.0 to help you install your sounds faster and more reliably. Lastly, introducing Ambie Plus: a membership that lets you access premium sounds from our growing catalogue. Please enjoy this new update!

New in Ambie 2.0.14.0 (Aug 28, 2021)

  • Fixed a11y issue in compact mode
  • Fixed crash when logging in and syncing sounds

New in Ambie 2.0.12.0 (Aug 15, 2021)

  • New languages
  • Pressing on an active sound will now pause it
  • Bug fixes for xbox

New in Ambie 2.0.7.0 (Jun 28, 2021)

  • Fixed crash when navigating from catalogue to home
  • Added tooltips to some buttons
  • Improved Italian translations
  • Added Tamil translation

New in Ambie 1.7.7 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • Memory usage improvements
  • Fixing crash for ARM devices

New in Ambie 1.7.1.0 (May 16, 2021)

  • New catalogue UI

New in Ambie 1.6.4 (May 8, 2021)

  • Custom backgrounds support

New in Ambie 1.6.3.0 MS Store (May 5, 2021)

  • Added option to use background images

New in Ambie 1.5.3 (Apr 15, 2021)

  • Added performance mode
  • Fixed some UI bugs

New in Ambie 1.5.1 (Apr 10, 2021)

  • new logo
  • new user interface design
  • ability to upload sounds

New in Ambie 1.3.1 (Mar 23, 2021)

  • Added cross device synchronization

New in Ambie 1.3.1.0 (Feb 23, 2021)

  • Added ability to synchronize your mixes and installed sounds across your devices

New in Ambie 1.2.5.0 (Feb 14, 2021)

  • Added sound mixer

New in Ambie 1.2.1.0 (Feb 2, 2021)

  • Custom sound mix support
  • Improved UI
  • Faster launch speed

New in Ambie 1.1.1.0 (Jan 25, 2021)

  • Support for premium sounds
  • Added support to preview sounds if preview is available

New in Ambie 1.0.4 (Jan 7, 2021)

  • Enabled screensaver button on Xbox
  • Enabled sound catalogue for all supported languages

New in Ambie 1.0.3 (Jan 6, 2021)

  • Added screensaver

New in Ambie 1.0.2 (Jan 2, 2021)

  • screensaver support

New in Ambie 0.9.9 (Dec 28, 2020)

  • Random sound button
  • Sound catalogue (beta) for English language users

New in Ambie 0.9.4 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • New fan and wind sounds

New in Ambie 0.9.2 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • New thunder sound
  • Bug fixes

New in Ambie 0.9.1 (Nov 16, 2020)

  • If it's rest you need
  • Then don't ever hesitate
  • Use new sleep timer

New in Ambie 0.8.9 (Nov 12, 2020)

  • Compact mode (aka "always on top")
  • Waterfall sound
  • Creek sound
  • Improved screen reader support for some buttons

New in Ambie 0.8.5 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • Xbox UI optimizations
  • Added translations for Italian and Spanish
  • Add a More button with new actions in the top right corner