Explore Vlatua in 34 languages. This update improves startup and map responsiveness, makes the introductory sky guide smoother, and fixes message badges and map interactions.

VLATUA IS RISING! • A WHOLE NEW WAY TO BEGIN The new cinematic experience takes you on a smooth journey around the world. Discover everything Vlatua can do, from aircraft and wildfires to your past map and the most extraordinary events in space. • AIRCRAFT NOW TRULY BELONG IN THE SKY A new generation of 3D aircraft looks more realistic, moves more smoothly, and naturally follows your viewing angle. All that detail now comes through significantly lighter and faster models. • THE LIVE MAP IS STRONGER Wildfire and aircraft layers now work faster, more consistently, and more reliably across the map. Explore wider areas while following what is happening around the world in real time. • EVERYTHING HAS ITS PLACE IN SPACE Planets, stars, galaxies, constellations, and other celestial objects now appear with more natural depth and visibility across the sky. Turn your camera away from a selected object and a directional arrow will help you find it again. • SIMPLER AND MORE PERSONAL Map controls, time and date displays, greetings, and the camera experience have all been refreshed. Vlatua now makes its tools easier to understand and puts everything you need to explore the world within clearer reach. See you in the next update, Vlat’s Bat

VLATUA IS RISING! • THE UNIVERSE JUST GOT A LOT BIGGER galaxies are now part of vlatua. explore them across the sky, find the center of our own milky way, and see where everything really is around you in space. • SHARE WHAT YOU FIND OUT THERE anything you discover in space can now become something worth sharing. stars, planets, galaxies, eclipses and more can be turned into beautiful visual cards built around what you saw, where you saw it, and when. • POINT YOUR CAMERA AT A PLANE look up and vlatua will show you the aircraft in the sky around you, right through your camera — including which plane you’re actually looking at. • TAKE THE PHOTO. VLATUA DOES THE REST. capture a plane through the camera and vlatua instantly turns the moment into a shareable flight card, complete with details like where the aircraft came from, where it’s going, and what you just spotted. • THE FIRE MAP GOT SERIOUSLY FASTER we rebuilt and optimized the wildfire map so large numbers of active fires load and move much more smoothly. less waiting, more of the world happening live in front of you. See you on the next update, -Vlat's Bat.

VLATUA'S SOLAR ECLIPSE TIME! new season, new vlatua. the sky just got a lot more alive. • YOUR LOCK SCREEN IS LIVE NOW live events are here for earthquakes, fires, and space events. when something happens inside your map alert zones, you don’t even have to open vlatua. follow it live, right from your lock screen. • JUMP TO ANY DATE IN SPACE no more swiping forever to reach a specific day. pick any date in the space layer and jump straight there. yesterday, next month, or years from now. • SOLAR ECLIPSES ARE ON THE MAP don’t just see when an eclipse happens. see exactly where it crosses the earth, directly on the map. • AND THE SHADOW MOVES. LIVE. this one is special. watch the moon’s shadow travel across earth in real time during a solar eclipse. follow the eclipse as it moves across the planet, second by second, right on the vlatua map. big update. but if you ask vlat, we’re still just getting started. have fun.

VLATUA JUST LOOKED UP new season, new vlatua. we've been busy. • THE SKY IS A COMPASS NOW camera compass is here. raise your phone and the planes flying over you show up right in your camera. where it took off, where it's headed, which plane it actually is, all of it, live. • THE STARS ARE IN TOO point your phone at the night sky. that bright dot? we'll tell you if it's a star, a planet, or part of a constellation. live, straight through your camera. • 3X THE FIRES, 100X THE MAP no exaggeration. the fire count tripled, so we made the map 100 times faster. zero chance of lag now. open your map, explore tens of thousands of fires smoother than ever, set your alarm, and hear about the fire before the fire department does. • EVERYONE HAS A MAP NOW routes are here. just like everyone has a cover photo on their profile, now everyone has a cover map. and so does every newspaper. open a newspaper and follow the lines dot by dot, who went where that day, and what they did. • PREVIEW ON THE MAP tap anything on the map and read the quick summary right there. want the full thing? jump straight to the post. huge drop. but if you ask vlat, he's still just warming up. have fun.

VLATUA JUST LEVELED UP new season, new vlatua. we've been busy. • WE ARE EXPANDİNG! Our satellites are covering the whole world now! Are you in France, Spain or Portugal? Not a problem! You are safe with Vlatua. Just open your wildfire alert and leave the rest to us ;) • BRAND NEW ONBOARDING first time opening vlatua now actually feels like something. we rebuilt the whole intro from zero. cleaner, faster, and it finally shows you what vlatua can really do before you even sign up. • FRESH LOOK ON THE STORE new screenshots, new vibe. go check the app store page. it finally looks as good as the app feels. • FASTER EVERYWHERE we went through the whole app and made it quicker. less loading, less waiting, more just-works. you'll feel it the second you open it. • THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE IN this one's big. real fire departments have signed off on our fire map. when vlatua says something's burning, the people who actually fight fires agree. • THE SATELLITES ARE OFFICIAL we locked in the commercial rights to the satellites feeding vlatua. the eyes in the sky are now fully ours to use. no shortcuts, all legit, all yours. huge drop. but if you ask vlat, he's still just warming up. have fun.

VLATUA IS ON FIRE fire season is here, and so are we. FIRE MAP IS 5X FASTER we rewired the whole fire pipeline. detection is 5x faster, the map loads instantly, and you can scrub through hotspots without waiting for anything to catch up. if it's burning, you'll see it before the news does. SENSORS GOT SMARTER we retuned every sensor on the map. we're now picking up factory smokestacks by their heat signature, not just wildfires. if it's hot and it's on earth, vlatua sees it. FLIGHT ENGINE V2 IS LIVE we rebuilt the flight tracking engine from scratch. we'd swear on our lives it's the best on the market right now. smoother, faster, more accurate. we just can't prove it. try it yourself and tell us we're wrong. huge drop. but if you ask vlat, he's still just warming up. have fun.

VLATUA IS ON FIRE fire season is here, and so are we. FIRE MAP IS 5X FASTER we rewired the whole fire pipeline. detection is 5x faster, the map loads instantly, and you can scrub through hotspots without waiting for anything to catch up. if it's burning, you'll see it before the news does. SENSORS GOT SMARTER we retuned every sensor on the map. we're now picking up factory smokestacks by their heat signature, not just wildfires. if it's hot and it's on earth, vlatua sees it. FLIGHT ENGINE V2 IS LIVE we rebuilt the flight tracking engine from scratch. we'd swear on our lives it's the best on the market right now. smoother, faster, more accurate. we just can't prove it. try it yourself and tell us we're wrong. huge drop. but if you ask vlat, he's still just warming up. have fun.

VLATUA IS ON FIRE ! After Miami fires, we came up with extending the cache 4x, so now you can track fires 4 times more! ► THE HOME PAGE IS FINAL NOW we've been tuning the home page for a long time, and this is it. the final form. everything sits where it should now, nothing out of place, nothing left to move. you open it and it just feels right. this is the home page we always wanted, and it's not changing again. ► MAP IS IN THE TAB BAR NOW no more digging for it. the map gets its own button in the tab bar now, right where your thumb already is. one tap, you're on the live map. earthquakes, fires, flights, the whole world is one press away from anywhere in the app.huge update. but if you ask vlat, he's just warming up. have fun!

VLATUA TAKES OFF. "make the planes real, rebuild the alerts, fix every flight." we said okay. vlat cracked his knuckles. three things landed at once. ► THE PLANES ARE 3D NOW flat little icons? that's over. every plane on the map is a real 3D aircraft now. and vlat didn't stop there. tune in close and watch one turn, you'll see it bank, you'll see it lean into the curve, left wing dipping just like the real thing. they don't spin in place anymore. they fly. every move matches the real world, one to one. ► EVERY ALERT, REDESIGNED we threw out the old alerts and built them again from zero. cleaner, sharper, easier to read at a glance. earthquakes, volcanoes, fires, flights, the whole board got a new look. you'll notice the difference the second you open it. ► THE BEST FLIGHT ENGINE WE'VE EVER SHIPPED this is the heart of the update. the algorithm now fills in the gaps, when the data drops or glitches, it corrects it on the fly so the plane keeps moving smoothly instead of jumping. every route is optimized. no more stutter, no more teleporting dots. just clean, continuous flight that looks exactly like it should. huge update. but if you ask vlat, he's just warming up. have fun!

VLATUA IS RISING! "smoother map, more volcanoes, the whole planet" you said. we said "okay." vlat cracked his knuckles. 3 things landed at once. ► THE MAP GOT FASTER performance is up. way up. planes used to stutter. now they glide. smoother movement, sharper tracking, no more "is it lagging or is it just me?" it's not lagging. it's never been lagging. vlat fixed it before you noticed. ► VOLCANOES WENT GLOBAL remember when it was just hawaii? cute. that's over. every volcano on earth is on the map now. indonesia to italy. iceland to japan. the andes, the ring of fire, that quiet one nobody talks about. all of them. vlat sees the magma. vlat respects the magma. ► THE WHOLE WORLD IS COVERED no more gaps. no more "coming soon to your region." the entire planet is in. every corner, every coast, every dot you can think of. if it's on earth, it's on the map. vlat doesn't do half. this is a huuuuuuuuge update. but if you ask vlat, he is just warming up... have fun!

VLATUA IS RISING. "alarms, airports, smoother flights" you said. we said "okay." vlat didn't even blink. 4 things landed at once. ► MAP ALARMS ARE HERE the map talks back now. drop a pin, set an alarm, go to sleep. wildfire breaks out 300 feet away? you'll know. earthquake hits while you're on vacation and mom's home alone? you'll know. set alarms for mom's house, your kid's school, your wife's office, the field you bought last summer. vlatua watches all of them. no more "is the lamp shaking or is it just me?" the lamp is fine. vlatua already told you. ► AIRPORTS HAVE LANDED yes, finally. every airport is now on the map. search by name, tap to explore, find the one you flew out of in 2007. vlat remembers it too. ► FLIGHTS GOT SMOOTHER planes used to drift. now they glide. smoother movement, sharper updates, no more jittery tracking. the sky finally moves like the sky. ► INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION the ISS joined the map. watch it pass over your head in real time. wave if you want. it's polite to wave. this is a huuuuuuuuuge update. but if you ask vlat, he is just flexing a little... have fun!

VLATUA IS RISING. "we want more aircraft, more info, unlimited tracking" you said. we said "okay." but not quietly. we dropped 6 things at once. ► 10 NEW AIRCRAFT the fleet grew. 10 new models just landed on your map. the sky is fuller, Vlatua is happier. ► AIRPORTS ARRIVED: GATE VL4TU4 did we mention Vlatua has been a spotter for 450 years? added the Wright brothers' first plane to the map himself. scroll enough to see 100 years before and you can see it. long story short, airports are now on the map! spotters, send your ideas to askvlatua@gmail.com, we will add before you hit send button! ► International Space Station Now you can track the live location of the ISS from the map. ► MAP? 50x PERFORMANCE BOOST 50x map performance boost. 10,000 aircraft on screen? No problem. ► AIRCRAFT INFO CARDS REDESIGNED tap on a plane. model, operator, route, details.. it's all there. you used to ask "what is this?" now the aircraft introduces itself. ► SMART AIRCRAFT DETECTION the era of guessing unknown aircraft is over. Vlatua's new algorithm classifies every aircraft automatically. knows the type. assigns the icon. tells you before you ask. what can we say, old journalism habits.. ► SEARCH MODE know the flight number? type it. tail number? type it. squawk code? type it. model? type it. let Vlatua find it. we're listening, as always :)) ► 3 MINUTE LIMIT? GONE. we used to say "enough" after 3 minutes. not anymore. unlimited tracking. open, watch, forget, remember, come back. Vlatua is waiting. ► VLATUA EDITOR JUST WOKE UP. "can we blur videos too?" you asked. Vlat said okay. now you can. drop a clip, blur whoever didn't want to be there, send it to your paper, keep the scoop rolling. also: photos got blur, rotate, crop, filters. (yes, twilight filter too...) and yes that part is just a footnote. Vlatua told us to write it that way. this is not a big feature update. Vlat just got bored and decided not to sleep for a few weeks, have fun!

Performance improvements.

VLATUA JUST GOT SHARPER. you said the flights looked like a drill going through the sky. our lead engineer heard that, locked himself in for 15 hours, and rewrote the entire flight algorithm from scratch. the result? the smoothest flight animation on any app. ever. you'll say "is this real satellite footage?".. it's not. it's just vlatua. ► FLIGHTS REBORN the entire flight engine has been rebuilt. planes now glide across the map like they actually belong in the sky. no more stuttering. no more teleporting. just smooth, real time movement that makes flightradar look like a slideshow. sorry, we had to say it cuz the Vlatua's ego... ► OCEAN ANIMALS FIXED seals, dolphins, sharks, whales.. they all move properly now. no more frozen dots on the ocean. they swim. you watch. marine biologists would approve. probably. ► PLANET PRECISION planet positions now update every second. not every hour. not every minute. every. single. second. mercury, venus, mars, jupiter.. wherever they are right now, you're seeing it right now. our solar system deserved better. now it has it. ► SENSITIVITY UPGRADED map layer accuracy across the board has been cranked up. earthquake detection, wildfire boundaries, aurora coverage.. everything is tighter, faster, more precise. we went through every layer and asked "can this be better?" the answer was always yes. ► SMOOTHER EVERYTHING scroll the map. tilt the map. zoom the map. it all feels different now. we optimized rendering across every layer so the whole experience runs like butter. your phone didn't get faster. vlatua did. This isn't a major feature drop. this is us obsessing over the details until everything feels exactly right. because good enough was never good enough. open vlatua. tilt your phone. watch a plane cross the atlantic. tell us that's not beautiful.

VLATUA HAS RISEN. Yes, the big update is here. ready? doesn't matter because we already shipped it. ► LIVE MAP! you can now see whispers on the map. who posted what, where? you'll know by the emojis. wildfire news? you'll see the fire emoji. earthquake? you'll see it. someone posted about the lunch line? you'll see it. even apple's latest emojis are supported. zoom out, see what's happening. zoom in, see who wrote it. that simple. follow your friends on the map. learn what's happening around you. is it a world first? we don't think so. is it the best? we don't care. will you love it? absolutely. tilt your phone and watch the map move in 3d. your phone's sensors make it feel alive. ► VLATUA CAMERA! point. shoot. pause. pick up right where you left off. life doesn't wait when you hit pause, we know. that's why vlatua's camera doesn't either. stop recording, come back 5 minutes later, keep going. special moments don't come in one block, your camera shouldn't either. share up to 3 photos, videos or gifs. cut, speed up, slow down with our editor built from scratch just for vlatua. like a real journalist. ► 4X ZOOM! 4 times the zoom your phone normally allows. capturing a bird or superman across the street? done. becoming your school's best journalist? open vlatua, hit zoom, shoot. ► BLUR PEN! someone in your photo doesn't want to be seen? swipe the blur pen over their face and they're gone. only in vlatua. ► MAP LAYERS! whispers are just the beginning. earthquakes, wildfires, flights.. that's just the sauce. • wildfire: track active wildfires live • earthquake: see recent earthquakes on the map • flight: watch every plane in the sky • weather: storms, floods, hail, all on the map • aurora: don't miss the northern lights • planet: see where the planets are • meteor: past and upcoming meteors • ocean: track sharks, dolphins, sea turtles • moon: moon calendar and phases ► CHAIN! replies now flow as chains. someone whispers, you reply, they reply back and every answer links to the last. follow any story from the first word to the latest take. no more scattered comments. just one clean thread, building link by link. break the news, watch the chain grow. ► SPAM SCANNER ACTIVE! our testing phase is over. the spam filter blocks all violent, abusive, hateful or harassing content from appearing on explore. you can still see your own posts, but we guarantee nobody else will :) ► AGE PROTECTION! anonymous features are fully disabled for users under 18. industry-standard security filtering for unsafe websites has been integrated. ► 30 SECOND VIDEO! you can now record and share up to 30 seconds of video. now open vlatua. be your school's journalist. share the lunch line in real time, save your friends. whisper the latest office gossip. livestream from grandpa's garden. or just open the map and feel the pulse of the world. What should we call you.. News Catcher? Nahh.. Map Hunter? Nope.. Whatever, get ready to be your city's journalist with Vlatua!

What’s New? Let me explain Limit the DMs! • Now you can limit anonymous or usual dms to only people you know! If you want, only mutual followers can dm you anonymously. Hey, we are here to create in class gossip and fun! Let the fun begin! (No abuse allowed anymore ;) GIF support added. • News does not have to be serious to matter. • Who doesn't want to announce starting a karate school with a cat making kung fu! URL support added. • Share songs, videos, and links in chats and news. • Let lyrics say what you don’t. New splash screen. • Waiting is no longer boring. • Every launch starts with a small mystery. Dedicated control pages added. • Blocked users. • Hidden users. • Muted newspapers. • Everything you silence, in one place. Hidden newspapers can now be restored instantly. • One tap. No digging. GIF support added. • News does not have to be serious to matter. • Who doesn't want to announce starting a karate school with a cat making kung fu! Default role selection added. • Choose reader or writer as default. • Or make everyone a writer. • Your newspaper, your rules. As always: Less noise, deeper signal. More Vlatua.

This update focuses on simplifying usage and giving you more control. What’s New Added translation support. • Language is no longer a barrier. Added anonymous replies to anonymous posts. • Ideas speak for themselves. Eye to eye. Deleted newspaper names are now instantly available for reuse. • No waiting. If it’s free, it’s yours. Recent searches in Explore are now persistent. • They stay until you remove them. • No need to search the same users again. We remember for you. Automatic newspaper name selection added during creation. • We suggest the best option so you can focus on content. • You can change it anytime. Default roles are now ready out of the box. • Admin, writer, and reader roles are enabled by default. • Start publishing instantly without setup. Blocking feature added. • When muting isn’t enough, block. • Blocked users can’t view your content or send messages. Message history limit removed. • You can now access all messages, not just the last 10. New control section added to newspaper profiles. • Edit, poke, follow, and manage actions are now available in one place. As always: Less clutter, more Vlatua.

This update focuses on small details that make a big difference in daily use: • You can now add a note to pokes. A little message, without turning it into a DM. • Mute newspapers, just like muting people. Stay in peace without anyone noticing • Edit button added to newspaper profiles. More control, where it belongs. • Major performance improvements. Smoother and faster overall experience. • App size reduced by 30%. We now save your internet and your time. This update will save you around 15 seconds. • Libraries updated and stability improved. Fewer crashes, more confidence. Less weight. More focus. More Vlatua.

You asked, we shipped. • Hide Newspapers & Users Not in the mood for astrology today? Hide it. Don’t want to unfollow a friend but don’t want to see their posts? Just hide. • Smarter Notifications Notifications are now more relevant and less noisy. Tap once and you’re instantly inside the room. • Poke Your Friends We added pokes. Time to send playful, joke-filled notifications. • Live Messaging Messages are now truly real-time. The moment a message is sent, it appears on your screen. Latency is basically zero thanks to improved triggers. • Premium Upgrade Premium users now get 10x higher character limits. • Performance Improvements Faster, smoother, lighter. You’ll feel it everywhere. Je taimme.. or something like that.

Vlatua is now: • Uses 70-80% less memory • Scrolls much smoother (stable 60 FPS) • Loads images faster • Skeleton loading has been added • Uses smart prefetching • Has improved cache management Oh, and one more thing… • Notifications are live: follow notifications, vote notifications, replies, and messages now reach you instantly!

Minor bug fixes and performance improvements. Notification delivery and in app stability have been improved. Now you can see the replies in your notifications page! And.. the update is yours.

We made a few stability improvements. Everything should feel a bit smoother and more reliable.

What’s New • Smoother scrolling on Whispers feeds thanks to improved cell reuse and smarter image loading. • Optimized image rendering and caching to reduce flicker and prevent wrong images showing during fast scroll. • Better performance for visual content: more efficient handling for photos and GIF posts. • Map previews feel more responsive, with improved gesture behavior while scrolling the feed. • Voting and reply interactions are now more consistent with updated permission handling and UI state sync.

What’s New • Performance improvements and stability enhancements. • Minor UI refinements for a smoother experience. • General bug fixes and optimizations.