The season may be winding down, but we're still at it. NEW FEATURES - Now includes Washington, D.C. and its five foliage destinations, including the National Mall and the U.S. National Arboretum. - Additional destinations, primarily in southern states. - Official foliage reports accessible from the app. Find them in the region explorer or in Preferences. - Updated the delivery pipeline to enable over-the-air updates for places and trails. IMPROVEMENTS - Better handling of leaf drop reports due to drought resulting in more accurate maps in CA, NV, and TX. - The Intensity map now carries the color intensity forecast all season. - Headline text on the Explore tab is easier to read on bright photos. - More graceful handling when all stops are deleted from a saved trip. - Formatting improvements to the Preferences and About pages. - Foliage ID photos now sync over iCloud. - More accurate locations for a small number of destinations. FIXES - Searching from the Explore tab no longer glitches the map. - A location's peak color dates could alternate during app loading and background refresh. - A "Leaves may drop early" notice could display after the leaves were already off the trees. - Adjusted text placement in the Dynamic Island. - Fixed a bug where widgets could show a stale countdown. - Driving totals no longer disagree on Trips. - Fixed a couple of bugs for places that have multiple photos in the carousel.

Fixed a mapping bug on iPhone Duo.

The hiking, biking, and riding update is here! NEW FEATURES - Trails. More than 44,000 hiking, biking, horse, ATV and 4WD trails are included on the map. - Trail cards. Every trail shows a 2D elevation profile with fall foliage along the route. - 3D trail view. Pinch and zoom to explore any trail in 3D. - Build a Route. Tap connecting trails to build longer routes. Save routes to edit or rename them - or to build a trip around. - Export. Send any trail or route to your favorite 3rd-party app such as Strava or AllTrails. - Map Color Strength. Change the default foliage strength to see roads and terrain underneath. ALSO NEW - Automatic Live Activities on your Lock Screen with Season Pass. - Added thousands of website links to individual trails and places. - Foliage ID photos open large, and you can pinch to zoom. IMPROVEMENTS - Model improvements, primarily in the south where color progression was early by up to 10 days. - Search is more forgiving with typos. - City names on maps are darker and easier to read. - Itinerary sharing is better structured and includes additional options. - Trip itineraries now show every day of the trip, including days with nothing planned. - Improved descriptors for good weather days early and late season. - Enhanced weather notices for snow, wind and heavy rain warnings. FIXES - Fixed a bug where a place’s card could have a different color than the map. - A snowy or windy day could be recommended as the best day to go. - Peak foliage dates that ran past Dec 31 were cut off. - Fixed a repeating notifications bug.

The fall season is gaining speed, and so are we. NEW FEATURES IN IOS 27 - Ask Siri. Fallcast provides fall colors directly to Siri. Try: - “Hey Siri, what's the color in Stowe in Fallcast?” - “Hey Siri, what’s the color near me in Fallcast?” - “Hey Siri, how is my Blue Ridge trip looking in Fallcast?” - Search from your Home Screen. Results are now in Spotlight search. Type a location, a tree species name, or the name of one of your saved trips. You can get your answer without opening Fallcast. - Live Activities. On travel days the Live Activity will show information about your next stop. - Extra Large Widget. A new extra large widget gives you significantly more foliage information. ALSO NEW - Color intensity forecasts are provided for all locations, even dropped pins. - Fallcast now runs on iOS 18.6. IMPROVEMENTS - Standardized place cards so button layout and navigation interactions are more consistent. - The app asks for location sharing up front, improving the walkthrough tutorial experience. - The weather forecast now includes icons for partly cloudy and mostly cloudy. - Map opening logic is more predictable. - Searching for a location plus the state name no longer confuses the search. - Improved the trip-taking confirmation workflow. FIXES - A place could show two different peak color ranges on its card. - Towns that are also color destinations occupied multiple places in search. - The timing map could come up blank. - Cleaned up Wikipedia link logic. - A few places that weren’t showing on the map are now visible. - Information on Trips Overview and Itinerary tabs could sometimes disagree. - Peeper was doing too much waiting to show the pace of fall color changing. That map would never have unlocked. It’s visible now. - Clarified the color pace legend. - Better handling of low temperatures and pace of color change. - Fixed a few map gestures and interactions.