SFMOMA Audio 4+

I visited two years ago and I was impressed by how well the app worked and what it could do. When you entered a new room, new contented popped up on your screen. It had videos and interactive maps.

Now it’s just a traditional audio guide, where you enter a number an listen to the audio clip. It works fine, but the app seems a bit dated and I can’t understand why SFMOMA had a great app and throw that away. Sad!

I used this today with my AirPods successfully. The content is simply fantastic but I do remember using this a while back where I could keep my phone in my pocket and it would guide me around. I had to rumble with my phone constantly today and it took away from my enjoyment. I wonder what happened.

I tried to use this app today and i couldn’t get it to work with my AirPods. I ended up listening to a few of the audio clips by turning up my volume and using it like a speaker which I thought was distracting to other guests so I stopped after 2 or 3. The few clips I did listen to were okay informationally but I found the background noise in the audio a bit distracting. The whole experience was lackluster. Great idea but poor execution.