Orbx released a relevant update to the mobile version of its flight-tracking app Volanta, including new features and fixes.
The update, which is numbered v1.2.0, adds some relevant features carried over from the desktop version and also comes with plenty of fixes, mostly related to tracking issues present in the previous version.
Below you can read the full patch notes, courtesy of Volanta’s official Discord server.
Enhancements
- Added aircraft, statistics and achievement pages to profiles.
- Added image galleries for flights and aircraft and a slideshow timer option in the appearance settings.
- Added ground speed to flight charts.
- Added more aircraft icons.
- Stability and performance improvements.
Fixes
- Fixed the app starting up with an old flight as the active one.
- Fixed wrong statistics being shown on active flight for up to a minute when opening the app.
- Fixed the pause button not being visible in some cases.
- Fixed the flight chart sometimes overflowing the screen.
- Fixed the weather radar disappearing from the map when changing themes or to and from satellite maps.
- Fixed the active flight always being cancelled when pressing the “End flight” button.
- Resolved contrast issues in mobile light mode for area controllers.
- Not being able to tap flights flying over controller areas.
If you’re unfamiliar with Volanta, it’s a flight-tracking application developed by Orbx and available for free. An optional subscription is also available offering more features and perks if you’re so inclined.
It’s available on PC (via a dedicated application, Steam, and browser), iOS, and Android, and it’s platform agnostic, so it’s compatible with major simulators including Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, and Prepar3D.
Of course, this means that it’ll also work on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and today we have a lot of content about it for you, straight from a preview event in Arizona, US.
You can enjoy our hands-on preview with plenty of details for your perusal, our interview with Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann and Asobo CEO Sebastian Wloch, and our crazy A-10 flight through the gorgeous rendition of the Grand Canyon. There’s a lot more to come over the next few days, so make sure to check back again for more coverage.