iOS Release Note
v2.24.2
Support iOS17
Enhanced "Multi functional ETA"
- (VIP Only)You may now refresh the widget in iOS17
Fixed a rare issue in Apple Watch which sometimes it might not display ETA.
Release date: 20/09/2023
v2.24.1
Bug fix and performance enhancement
Releasedate: 13/09/2023
v2.24.0
Enhanced "HK Holiday":
Enhanced "HK Calendar":
- You can use it within the app now
Enhanced "Bus/Minibus":
- In searching screen, when there're bookmarked stations, they will be placed at the top.
- Fixed an issue of searching a joint route
- Fixed an issue of bookmarked minibus route in searching screen
Enhanced "iPhone Widgets":
- As the number of widget is growing, You may drag the widgets to change the order now.
- If you don't take a light rail, you can put the light rail widget at the bottom to make room for other widgets
Enhanced "MTR ETA":
- Fixed an edge case that sometimes bookmarked station cannot filter destination accurately.
Enhanced "Apple Watch":
- Fixed sometimes app icon is not visible in widget
Enhanced "Advertisement":
- You may enable personalised ads in setting (Ads size is unchanged)
Release date: 08/09/2023
v2.23.0 - v2.23.1
Enhanced "Bus ETA":
- Introducing Stop Transfer! It helps discovering what route / stop you may interchange with.
Enhanced "Bus/Minibus":
- No longer limit to "nearby bus/minibus" anymore. It helps searching all bus routes / stops in HK.
- Added new minibus routes
Enhanced "Apple Watch":
- Support 2 ETA now.
- If you choose sort by distance in app, it will be sorting by distance in Watch too.
Enhanced "Road Condition"
- Added "West Kowloon Highway westbound" JTI
Release date: 29/08/2023
v2.22.1
Enhanced "MTR ETA":
Release date: 21/07/2023
v2.22.0
Since NWFB has been merged with CTB, we strongly recommend user to update to this version.
If there's any bus widget issue in the new version, Please re-setup the widget.
Enhanced “Bus ETA”:
- Merge NWFB into CTB and fixed merging issue
- Fixed bus ring bell function cannot notify user under “do not disturb” mode
Enhanced “Fav. Station”:
- Support sorting Fav station by distance between you and the stop/station.
Enhanced “HK Holiday count down”:
Release date: 03/07/2023
v2.21.1
Fixed Multi functional ETA lock screen widget display issue.
Release date: 14/05/2023
v2.21.0
Enhance Bus ETA stability
Release date: 13/05/2023
v2.20.2
Fixed Admiralty & Mei Foo cross line ETA issue
Release date: 21/04/2023
v2.20.1
Enhanced "MTR ETA":
Enhanced "LightRail ETA":
Fixed the display issue of MTR bus in live activity
Release date: 20/04/2023
v2.20.0
Enhanced all ETA Widgets:
- Introducing count down mode! (Public beta)
- You may apply this mode in setting now!
- (iOS 16.0+ only)
Enhanced MTR ETA:
Enhanced Bus ETA:
- Custom style widget could be customized for medium/large widget.
Enhanced Lightrail ETA:
- Fixed an issue when searching for a station, the grouping of platform/destination is not working.
- When you type the no. of route, show stations accordingly
Enhanced traffic condition:
Enhanced Weather widget:
- Fixed last update time text color cannot be customised in widget
- Fixed an issue about receiving a push notification that you didn’t subscribe.
Release date: 15/04/2023
v2.19.2
Fixed an issue of cannot click live activity setting for iPhone X below model.
Release date: 26/03/2023
v2.19.1
Enhanced "Live Activity":
- Extend the support to more iPhone models below iPhoneX
- Fixed sometimes it cannot launch live activity issue
Enhanced "HK Holiday Calendar":
- Fixed an issue about background image customization in medium/large widget
Release date: 16/02/2023
v2.19.0
Enhanced "Bus ETA":
- Support live activity to count down the bus ETA that you just viewed! Once you leave the app, you will see the bus ETA in the dynamic island and Lock Screen. It lasts for 3 minutes for free user while subscribed user lasts for 20 minutes and able to configure it in settings.
- Support live activity for the bus ring bell function. Once you leave the app, you will see how far apart from the destination in the dynamic island and Lock Screen.
- * Only support iOS16.1+ & iPhoneX or above model. Does not support joint stop operated by 2 bus company.
Added "One Click to enable all notification"
Release date: 10/02/2023
v2.18.3
Enhance "MTR ETA" & "Multifunctional ETA":
- Support South Island Line ETA
Release date: 02/02/2023
v2.18.0 - v2.18.2
Introducing the first VIP widget "Multifunctional ETA"
Fixed the issue that iOS14 cannot choose widget.
Release date: 16/01/2023
v2.17.0
Enhanced “MTR ETA”:
- Support cross-line ETA. Taking Hung Hom station as an example, you can see both East Rail Line & Tuen Ma Line in a bookmark or Siri call.
Enhanced the error handling of widget.
Fixed the issue of complication which cannot be added in Apple Watch.
Release date: 04/12/2022
v2.16.0
Enhanced "Weather Forecast":
- Support Lock Screen widget
Enhanced "Bus/Minibus ETA":
Added "Home Screen Quick Actions":
- Quickly launch different functions upon long pressing app icon
Added "Apple Watch Complication":
- Added a complication for quickly launching the watch app
Optimized for iOS 16.1
Fixed Lock Screen display issue under iOS 16.1
Fixed an issue when sharing news
Release date: 31/10/2022
v2.15.2 - v2.15.3
Enhanced"MTR ETA"：
- Add『1 row per eta』option with platform display
Add『1 row per eta』option with platform display
Release date: 10/10/2022
v2.15.1
Enhanced "Fav. Station":
- Fixed next vias display issue
Enhanced "Light Rail ETA":
- Fix Tin Shui Wai filtering issue
Release date: 22/09/2022
v2.15.0
Optimize for iOS 16
Introducing ETA Lock Screen widget!
Introducing Fav. Station!
Favourited stations will be sync. to Apple Watch as well!
Enhanced "Bus / Mini bus ETA":
- Enhance route setting in widget by searching.
- Fixed an issue about user cannot select a route.
Enhance "Viral in HK":
- Support news sharing website, enhance sharing experience
Enhance "MTR ETA":
- Support destination filter in widget & Siri
Enhance "Music in HK":
- Support push notification when new song is released
Enhance "Weather forecast":
- Support weather warning signal push notification
Release date: 21/09/2022
v2.14.1
Fix bus routes update issue
Release date: 30/08/2022
v2.14.0
Enhanced "Weather forecast":
- Support weather photo & time dynamic background
- Support widget customization
Enhanced "Bus / minibus ETA":
- Better route searching result
- Slightly enhance nearby bus / minibus loading speed
Enhanced "Music in HK":
- Added "New" badge for new song released within 2 weeks
Enhanced "Road Condition":
- Added Yuen Long Highway eastbound near Shap Pat Heung Interchange JTI
Release date: 23/08/2022
v2.13.1
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
- Fixed Lantao Bus ETA issue （open source dataset upgrade）
Release date: 19/07/2022
v2.13.0
Since this version, widget will ask for location sharing permission. Widget only uses user location when it's looking for weather station or light rail station. If you do not need the above function, you may refuse to share your location and no impact to app functionality. Even if you agree to share location, your precise location will not be sent to any server. You may also refuse to share location first, when you active nearby-related function, there will be reminder message for enabling location sharing permission.
Introducing "Weather Forecast"!
Enhanced "Viral in HK":
- No longer play video when low power mode enabled.
- Slightly smoother scrolling for the news feed.
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
- Fixed no starting minibus stop for circular routes
Enhanced "MTR ETA":
- Support via racecourse station for EAL line
Enhanced "Light Rail ETA":
- Support Nearby light rail station
Enhanced "HK Holiday Count down":
- Support countdown specific holiday
Release date: 10/07/2022
v2.12.2
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
Enhanced "HK Holiday count down":
- Added 2023 public holiday
Release date: 03/07/2022
v2.12.1
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
- Fixed an issue about not showing KMB routes within the app.
- Fixed a rare issue about you can't set some MTR Bus route in widget.
- Fixed a rare issue about the crash after clicking widget
- Slightly enhance the speed of widget setup.
- Enhance overall stability.
Enhanced "Traffic condition":
- Added JTIs at Repulse Bay Road northbound near Island Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road northbound near the Hong Kong Country Club & Long Tin Road southbound near Parkside Villa
Release date: 27/05/2022
v2.12.0
Enhanced "MTR ETA"
Enhanced "Holiday countdown":
- Added medium widget
- Added the first and fifteenth days in lunar calendar notification
- Added widget customization
- Added 24 solar terms display
- Fxied iPad widget issue
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
- Fixed a bug of repeat siri message under English system language.
Release date: 19/05/2022
v2.11.0
Introducing HK holiday calendar widget!
Enhanced "Traffic condition":
- Fixed speed map issue (open data source update)
Release date: 08/04/2022
v2.10.0
Support Apple Watch Siri shortcut!
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
Enhanced "Traffic condition":
- Fixed Journey Time Indicator issue (open data source update)
Release date: 06/04/2022
v2.9.0
Introducing "Music in HK"!
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
- The ring bell function works properly even if you leave the bus detail screen.
Release date: 21/02/2022
v2.8.0
Enhanced "Holiday countdown":
Enhanced "Viral in HK":
- You can filter news source now.
- Current push notification will only notify you when a keyword reached 2k search count. You may also enable in setting to receive keyword with 1k search count.
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus arrival time":
- Fixed an issue related to circular route
Release date: 14/1/2022
v2.7.0
Added an easter egg
Fixed dark mode related issue
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus":
- Support Medium & Large widget customization
- Added 63 new minibus routes
- Added opposite direction route switching button
- Fixed an issue of missing recent search
- Medium & Large widget will display in the order of your bus stop setting
Enhanced "Holiday Countdown":
- Fixed some issues of statutory holiday in 2022.
Release date: 28/12/2021
v2.6.1
Fixed Journey Time Indicator issue (open data source update)
Release date: 8/12/2021
v2.6.0
Support Dark mode
Enhanced "Hong Kong Map":
- Added recycle data
- Enhanced busstop icon
Release date: 21/11/2021
v2.5.2
Cancel Siri daily limit
Enhanced "HK holiday countdown":
- Fix widget display issue in dark mode
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus arrival time":
- Fixed some abnormal ETA in some routes
Release date: 10/11/2021
v2.5.1
Support iOS15.1
Enhanced "HK Holiday countdown"
- Support widget customization including adding customize holiday
Enhanced "Road condition":
- Add more journey time indicator and traffic snapshots
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
- Fixed some abnormal ETA in some routes
- Fixed Siri issue when reading route number
Fixed『Hong Kong Map』:
- Fixed FEHD facility cannot display issue
Release date: 5/11/2021
v2.5.0
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus ETA":
- Added MTR Bus including Siri & widget customization
- Fixed widget option page "Unable to Load" error
- Optimise widget option page speed
Enhanced "Siri ETA":
- Fixed the error if you haven't installed iOS shortcuts app
- You may now configure how many ETAs Siri to be read at most
Release date: 9/10/2021
v2.4.2
Fix medium/large bus / minibus widget cannot display all stops issue.
Fix font size in MTR widget
Release date: 4/10/2021
v2.4.1
New App Icon released!
Siri shortcut released!
Support iOS 15! Now you can add Datatone widgets into iPad!
Medium / Large widget supports dynamic font. You may adjust font size in phone setting.
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus Arrival Time":
- Added Siri support
- Added get off alarm function
- Added medium / large widget
- Joint-route can merge special/busy route now.
- Digit keyboard present when searching route.
- Added 64 minibus routes
Enhanced "Viral in HK":
Enhanced "MTR arrival time":
Enhanced "Light rail arrival time":
- Added Siri support
- Fixed advertisement too large in small phone issue.
Enhanced "Road condition":
- Fixed critical error - journey time indicator unable to refresh issue.
- Fixed "Replace with speedmap" config not working issue
Enhanced "HK holiday countdown":
- Fixed winter solstice date display issue
Release date: 3/10/2021
v2.3.0
Added “Widget Customisation”
Added “Airport HK resident traffic”
Enhance "Bus/ Minibus":
- Fixed the crash when pull to refresh
Enhance “Road condition”:
- Re-added “Speed Map”! (Thanks for feedback from user!)
- You can choose to replace journey time indicator with speed map panel.
- The road condition widget will display according to the sequence of the options you chose now.
- Enhance widget stability
Enhance “Bus & Minibus arrival time”:
- Add refresh button inside the app.
Release date: 24/8/2021
v 2.2.2
Enhance "Light rail arrival time":
- Added filter by destination in widget
Enhanced "Traffic condition"
Enhance "Bus/ Minibus":
- Fixed one route destinations display issue
- Fixed ETA of minibus on map
Enhance "MTR arrival time"
- Correct the font used in app
- Improve widget stability
- Fixed the app setting of showing seconds in ETA.
- Fixed the app setting of showing blacksite in "Traffic condition".
- Fixed the display issue when iPhone set display zoom.
Release date: 27/7/2021
v 2.2.1
Fixed the bug of "Subscription with ad free"
Release date: 21/7/2021
v 2.1.4
Added "Traffic Condition", replacing speed map
Special design for driver.
Through journey time indicator and traffic snapshot to view the traffic condition and cross-harbour tunnels travelling time.
Original speed map widget needs to be re-configured
Added "Subscription with ad free"
Enhance "Bus & Minibus Arrival Time":
- Fix bus route update issue
Enhance "MTR arrival time" & "Light rail arrival time":
- Support Pull to Refresh in the app.
Release date: 19/7/2021
v 2.1.3
Enhance "Bus & Minibus Arrival Time":
- Added 90 minibus routes!
- Increase the accuracy of the ETA for the nearby Bus & Minibus.
Enhance "MTR arrival time":
- Support Tuen Ma Line by replacing West Rail Line (Existing widget need to select station again.)
Release date: 28/6/2021
v 2.1.2
Enhance "Bus & Minibus Arrival Time":
- Widget supports joint operate route (Please go to FAQ to learn more)
- Support showing traffic condition in map
- Fixed ETA in circular route
- Fixed some routes are not searchable
- Fixed New Lantao Bus display issue
Enhanced "Viral in HK":
- Support medium size widget
- Fixed sometimes the app won't open the keywords when clicking keyword sharing
Enhanced "Light Rail Arrival Time":
- Support group by platform or destination option
Enhanced "HK Holiday countdown"
- Support Statutory Holidays (Please go to app setting to configure)
- Added 2022 holidays
Release date: 21/6/2021
v 2.1.1
Enhance bus & minibus arrival time widget:
- Will look for the next eta for the closest bus stop after you searched a route
在Added Widget display in setting:
- Allow to choose whether showing seconds in widget
- Allow to choose whether different bus company shares the same background color
- Slightly fine-tune the color on bus widget
- All ETA will follow system 12/24 hour format.
Release date: 14/6/2021
v 2.1.0
Added "Light Rail arrival time" widget
Enhanced "Viral in HK":
- You may now share keywords to other Datatone user
Enhanced "Bus & Minibus arrival time"
- Different bus company come with different widget background color
- Fix some cases that abnormal ETA of circular route
- Improve stability, avoid app crash issue
Enhance all ETA widget:
- Added last update timestamp
Release date: 14/6/2021
v 2.0.1
Fixed a bug in "Public Transit"
Release date: 31/5/2021
v 2.0
Bug fix and maintenance.
Release date: 27/5/2021