Directors are now able to see, in real time, who has checked into an event based on the opacity of the users dot in the drill. Users who have not checked in are dimmed (R5, R6, T10, T12, M4) while users that have checked-in to the event are shown in full opacity and color.

Users now have access to the Dot Book Widget on their device lock screen after pressing the power button while UDBapp Pro is open and running in the background. Users will see their coordinate, counts, xCounts, step size and the page number. Users will also be able to move forward and backward in the drill, updating all of the drill information. To get back into the full app, tap on the widget.

Directors are now able to add hyperlinks on each page of the drill. Directors can use this to link to videos, documents, websites, and more. Links will open in the native app (StrideTV, YourTube, GoogleDocs, etc,) or on the device web browser. To access the hyperlinks area, tap the "i" button and then the Links icon on the side bar.

All UDB users will now be able to open the Beam Music App within UDB. Users can tap the 'i" button and then the Beam button. Beam will open up to the most recently viewed song, or the home screen if opening from a closed state.

Directors now are able to remove all users (members, section leaders and staff) from their account to prepare for the next season. From the home screen, directors can tap Settings>Ensemble and then the red "Remove all Members" button at the top right. All directors of the ensemble will remain in the account.

Once a UDB ensemble subscription ends, directors will still be able to access the Settings of the account to view their access codes in order to log into the new Director Dashboard area of the website to renew for the next season.

Users can now choose to save their user names and passwords in the keychains.

xCounts now calculates the exact count that you either cross over the yard line or land on the yard line, meaning if your coordinate is "On the 45 yd ln," then your xCount will be the count in which you hit the yard line.

General improvements and updates. Additionally, only events older than 18 months will be imported to the calendar in an effort to improve efficiency and stability.

Android Version 155 (2.2.0) - Mobile+Tablet

iOS Version 2.2.0 (146) - Mobile+Tablet+M Series Mac

Beam is now available for download and use on Chromebooks (ChromeOS) and all "M" Series (M1, 2 and 3) Mac computers. Users can now view music, upload, assign, and run rehearsals from their desktop or laptop computers. To download, open the Apple App Store on Mac or the Google Play Store on Chromebook. Be sure to search for iPad/iPhone apps in the Apple App Store or Phone/Tablet apps in the Google Play Store.

Users now have the ability to toggle between the next and previous songs in a Collection or Setlist outside of a Live Mode. Previously, toggling was only available to the director who was running a Live Mode. This update allows any user to enter a C/S and move between songs without having to go back to the home screen.

Users can now duplicate a song inside of a Setlist so that it will be displayed multiple times. This now gives users the ability to have a Setlist start and end with the same song.

If a Live Mode is created while in the Collection or Setlist menu, or while in a song of a C/S, the C/S is opened with the ability to move between all songs of the C/S through the next/previous toggles or the burger menu at the top right. Previously, you would need to exit the song and then re-enter the C/S to have this functionality.

All users are now able to download all of the parts of any song with one click. Users can additionally remove the cached (stored) PDF part of a song by taping the green park icon next to the part in order to free up storage on their device, if needed.

Users can now sort the parts of a song by the downloaded parts, moving the parts that are downloaded to the top of the page. This is helpful if you play parts that are low in the score order.

All users can now select any number of parts to automatically download to their device. This will immediately download all of the parts selected, and download any parts that are added in the future. (Home Button>Settings>Auto Download and Default Part)

All users, after selecting the part to Auto Download, can tap the 'star' icon to make it your default part. This will be the part that is automatically selected to open for all songs (if available). You may switch to another part within any song at any time. This feature is device specific, so you can have different Default Parts on different devices. (Home Button>Settings>Auto Download and Default Part)

Directors can now view their Ensemble codes and passwords inside of the app. Tap on the Ens. Password or Dir. Password to copy them to send it out to other users. (Home Button>Settings>Beam Activation Codes)

Directors and Smart Access users are now able to use the Local Storage option to access any cloud (or internal) storage service.

On iOS: Open the iOS Files app and tap the browse tab. If you see Google Drive and Dropbox as options under locations, you're good to go. If not, tap the circle with three dots at the top right, tap edit, then toggle on the service you’d like to use. You'll now see all of these services when entering the Local Storage option within the Import window in Beam.

Android - You should be able to access any service through local storage once you are signed into the native app on the device you're using. To import multiple files at once, long press any file.

The name of the song is now displayed at the top bar during a Live Mode.

UDBapp now has a scrubber to easily move set by set or count by count quickly. No need to press the + or - buttons repeatedly anymore!

All performers will now be able to see their exact halfway point for every set. No more guessing!

All users of UDBapp Pro can now use a metronome in the place of the audio while being able to now animate the drill at any tempo they want! In addition, users can add a count-in so that UDB can be used as your rehearsal metronome.

It's easier than ever to know whether you're in count mode (yellow) or page mode (white).

An automated email with the attendance record for the week will be sent to the gmail account that is associated with the linked calendar inside of UDB every Sunday evening.

Directors now have the ability to tap on any student to see their attendance record by event. Within this view, a director can now change the attendance record for the student for any event they have a record for, without going into each individual event and searching for the student.

Here are all of the new features that have been added to the Beam Music App in released version 1.0.5 (196) for iOS and 1.2 (175) for Android. A detailed list with descriptions and examples can be found in the Beam Music App Knowledge Base here.

While viewing music on a tablet device, users can switch between viewing in portrait or landscape.

Dark Music Mode can be accessed by tapping on the Beam Button. It will invert the the colors on the screen, allowing you to eliminate glare on the screen, or view the music more easily in overly bright or dim venues.

Directors (or those with Edit Access) that start a Live Mode Session now have the ability to put all connected devices into Screen Saver Mode. Find out more info here.

The Beam Button allows you to access a suite of newly developed view and setting options. Tapping on the the Beam Button now allows you to:

Directors (and users with Edit Access) now have the ability to delete previous Live Mode Sessions that were left open and running.

Users have the ability to zoom in on any portion of a part or score and save that zoom level so that every time that page or part is opened, it is opened at that specific zoom level. Find out more info on this new feature here.

Directors now have the ability to delete/remove members from the ensemble.

Directors now have the ability to enable or disable the ability for all users (directors and members) to take screen shots or recordings while inside of Beam Music App. More info can be found here.

Users are now able to access their Beam Music App accounts when they have no internet or data access. Users will need to have previously accessed and downloaded (cached) the files that they wish to access.

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