I see well over 50 users for the recent beta versions in the Developer Console and no negative feedback or crash reports! This makes me very hopeful regarding the readiness of this version.
Thank you for all to take part in the testing v4.3x, I am pushing it to production within a few hours.
Here is the impressive change list:
ANDROID WEAR
~significantly reduced watch-face battery use (overdraw=OFF)
*fixed background redrawing problems in non-overdraw mode
+step counter live-info bubble with configurable daily-steps goal
+optional brightness control in the smartwatch app
+enable lock bubble in app-drawer mode too
*improved clock bubble dial display on high resolution watches
*improved spacing of the archive cloud
+option if the ambient peek cards should be shaded or transparent
+steps icon matche appearance of other color-changing bubbles
*brightness control off in settings → refresh view
~changed default watch bubble size variance 5 → 4
+bubble size in archive cloud grows with variance
*cleaner lock behaviour in app-drawer mode
~lock clock by default
*fixed ambient background color by minute of the hour
+added note about step count starting at “0”
~optimized clock bubble redraw
+improved visibility of peek cards in ambient mode
+gray ambient-translucent option in settings if no ambient
+notice to recommend non-overdraw mode for wear watchface users
+toasts for the Wear Cloud and Ambient radio choices (hints for the black icons)
WEAR CLOUD EDITOR
+change multiple bubbles to the same color by multi selecting
~bump/push mode keep bubbles inside circle
+grid lines in the layout designer
+always show color picker if more than 1 bubble is selected
+fixed: Tasker bubbles are now added to the layout designer
*flash light bubble image in Layout Designer
+configuration appears the first time you assign each live-info
WEAR CLOCK BUBBLE CUSTOMIZATION
+new analog clock bubble color customization
*fixed a crash when trying to load custom clock bubble images
+improved custom image assignment
+delete individual clock bubble parts → colors will be used
~increased image resolution for image import
WIDGET
+prompt to add orphaned bubbles to newly created clouds
+”Restore saved bubbles from deleted widgets” button
*made strings in orphaned cloud lists localizable
+remind user they have to double tap if pencil hidden
+new option: disable double tap to configure
~smarter auto-population with multiple auto-populated widgets
+remind to “Force Redraw All widgets” after app updates
APP GENERAL
~Material styling, colors, spill-effects all around
+linked new youtube tutorials for Tasker related features
+start main app after purchase
+link new features video to What’s new box
…I think we can call this v4.40
