Saropa Contacts June 2024 Newsletter

As time progresses, our app continually adapts and introduces updates to meet your ever-changing needs 😊

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As time progresses, our app continually adapts and introduces updates to meet your ever-changing needs 😊

  • 📺 New Features and Updates: A YouTube media tab has been added, and emergency services were expanded to Ethiopia, Egypt, Costa Rica, Kenya, and Tunisia.
  • 🔧 App Enhancements: The app now integrates keywords for searching iconic people, such as F1 Drivers, and has added new relationship types and updated design elements for better readability and navigation.
  • 🎈 Pro Upgrade for Free: All pro upgrade features are now available for free to all users, providing more value and features at no extra cost.

All features below are free to use, except for features marked with a ✨ are for Free pro users. Learn more at https://app.saropa.com

Contact Matters — Saropa Contacts

The landing page for the Saropa mobile app.

  • Saropa Contacts is proud to be used in 176 countries and regions by more than 8,500 users!
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  • Pro upgrade features are now 100% free for everybody — no more paid subscriptions!
Just login to your Google or Apple account and await you go!
Just login to your Google or Apple account and await you go!
  • ✨ F1 Drivers have been added to Saropa Icons
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  • ✨ Connected users are now correctly showing green connection dots
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  • A religious category was added for Emergency Services
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  • ✨ Added a YouTube media tab that shows recent videos from your Contact and Icons
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  • Added 363 daily emergency preparation prompts to help prepare individuals, families, and organizations
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  • When contacting someone (such as phoning them) we now automatically show their birthday and anniversary events
Added an option to pop-up recent and upcoming events when calling
Added an option to pop-up recent and upcoming events when calling
  • Emergency services were added for Ethiopia
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  • Emergency services were added for Egypt
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  • Emergency services were added for Costa Rica
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  • Emergency services were added for Kenya
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  • Emergency services were added for Tunisia
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  • Emergency services were added for Papua New Guinea
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  • Added an privacy option to randomize events, family names, and social media links
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  • Relationships were added to the contact audit panel (long tap on the contact menu to show)
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  • Achievements and User badges are now restored back to the User Profile screen
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  • The User Settings screen is now grouped by logical sections
Disabled items are now clearly highlighted
Disabled items are now clearly highlighted
  • Show the app date and version number in the main menu. Note that you can long-tap (hold press) to copy to the clipboard
e.g. Pro v2024.0629.01a (Jun 29, 2024)
e.g. Pro v2024.0629.01a (Jun 29, 2024)
  • ✨ Trevor Noah was incorrectly given Saudi Arabian citizenship (due to typo SA instead of ZA)
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  • ✨ Added a cartoon editor to assign to creative avatars to any contact
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  • Now showing more zodiac details for both Gregorian and Chinese zodiac symbols
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  • Showing families on the homepage
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  • ✨ The Stop Watch was made generally more useful and user friendly
Also now correcly showing μs for microseconds
Also now correcly showing μs for microseconds
  • ✨ Coaches now correctly display on the homepage
Timely reminders for personal assistants
Timely reminders for personal assistants

Maintenance Chores

  • Deprecated setting MainMenuCloseDialogAfterClickEnabled
  • A multitude of minor performance adjustments (with an upgrade to the code linter)
  • Update the pub.dev package with moreuseful programming aids for development teams https://pub.dev/packages/saropa_dart_utils
  • Enable Google’s Play as you Download to optimize downloads by prioritizing assets that are needed first
  • Fixed the Timeline main icon spinning off the screen
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Coming Soon

  • A clay-mation make over for hero images
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A Final Word

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When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction. If you spot an error, please let us know at newsletter@saropa.com.

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Originally published by Saropa on Medium on July 2, 2024. Copyright © 2024