Over the past weeks, some of you told us that bells occasionally stayed silent — with the screen locked, or when a call came in. That couldn’t stand: the bell is the heart of a timer meditation. So we fundamentally reworked the entire audio chain on iOS.
Bells that ring reliably
Interval and ending bells now arrive dependably — even when the screen has long been locked. The ending bell keeps its double strike, so you can tell it apart from an interval bell without looking at the screen.
When life interrupts
A call, the alarm, Siri: your session finds its way back on its own afterwards. The background sound resumes, and the ending bell still arrives — without you having to open the app.
The screen stays on
On iOS and Android, the screen could occasionally lock in the middle of a session. It now reliably stays on for as long as your meditation runs.
Small things
The Dynamic Island now shows the remaining time compactly, plus many small improvements under the hood.
Thank you to everyone who wrote to us — feedback like yours is exactly what makes Breathe better.
Just breathe.
— Johannes
