Horizon Explorer AR APK Version History

Horizon Explorer AR v1.23.0 APK (Latest Version APK)

► Updated: December 13, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.23.0:

- Fix bug where camera fails to connect / black screen on start.
- Upgrade ARCore SDK to 1.14.0.
- Fix bug where wikipedia pane didn't always disappear when pointing away from the marker for short articles.
- Improve performance when first pointing at Wikipedia marker.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.22.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: December 2, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.22.0:

- Portrait Layout: You can now use Horizon Explorer in portrait or landscape mode.
- Zoom improvements - Pinch to zoom in / out.
- Smaller images & buttons & text
- Small bugfixes & upgrades

Horizon Explorer AR v1.20.2 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: August 12, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.20.2:

100% Brightness can now be disabled through the Settings menu.
Compass calibration dialog can now be closed without calibrating the compass.
Autofocus enabled for camera.
Upgrade to latest ARCore SDK 1.11.0
Fixed issue where AR tracking didn't always start after resuming the app (black screen & white cube shown).
Fixed missing libraries errors.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.19.1 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: August 2, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.19.1:

Live Airplane data is temporarily free! Enable from the settings menu. Point at an airplane to see altitude, destination & more. Users who purchased within the last month have been refunded.
You can now get a custom version of Horizon Explorer showing your own points for your business. Find out more at https://horizon-explorer.com/licensing.
Added ARM64 support, required for Google Play from August 2019.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.18.1 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: July 2, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.18.1:

Fixed graphics rendering bug where a distorted red box appeared in the bottom left of the screen on some devices.
Changes since 1.17.0:
Performance improvments: Less lag when moving, higher framerate overall.
Fixed bug where some letters didn't always show up in dialogs.
App download size decreased by 1.4MB

Horizon Explorer AR v1.17.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: June 17, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.17.0:

Zoom the camera by using the zoom (pinch) gesture.
Brightness is now set to 100% for better visibility outdoors in sunlight.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.16.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: May 28, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.16.0:

Buildings can now be enabled from the settings menu. Buildings 15m 500m away will render when pointed at when in an area with mapped buildings.
Periodically retry loading failed map tiles (eg. because of bad internet connection)
Updated Unity and switched compiler, required for Google Play ARM64 requirement August 2019.
Switched to use the new "Android app bundle" for smaller app downloads (in future)
Please report bugs to hello@horizon-explorer.com

Horizon Explorer AR v1.15.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: April 25, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.15.0:

Compass is tested and if found to be inaccurate you will be prompted to calibrate your compass by waving your phone in the air in a figure-8 shape.
Decreased app size from 49MB to 37MB.
Some spanish translations fixed.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.14.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: April 16, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.14.0:

Faster loading (2-3x) of map tiles that are in front of you.
New Languages: French, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, Hindi & Korean (existing English & Spanish).
Fixed bug where using the slider while map was loading could result in floating placename text being shown huge & with incorrect distances.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.13.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: April 8, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.13.0:

Added lighting & hillshade to the terrain (both when the slider is up, and in 3D Map mode).
Fixed bug where Wikipedia markers never appeared if app was started with the box unchecked.
Make horizon-line wider so it's easier to see.
GPS marker now hides immediately when altitude slider is dropped quickly (prevents blue flash).
Do not show "What's new" dialog when in tutorial.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.12.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: April 1, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.12.0:

Spanish! Buttons, tutorial & settings menu is in Spanish if phone language is set to spanish.
Wikipedia Language Options: Choose which Wikipedia to load markers & articles from. Different Wikipedias may have more / less markers & article content for different places.
ARCore 1.8 & other library upgrades: More stable tracking, better future Android support.

Horizon Explorer AR v1.11.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: April 1, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.11.0:

Spanish! Buttons, tutorial & settings menu is in Spanish if phone language is set to spanish.
Wikipedia Language Options: Choose which Wikipedia to load markers & articles from. Different Wikipedias may have more / less markers & article content for different places.

Horizon Explorer (ARCore) v1.10.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: January 2, 2019

► What's New in Version 1.10.0:

Added an arrow & twist tips to aid with alignment during the tutorial.
Tutorial can now be replayed by choosing it from the settings menu (tutorial will restart).
Decreased delay between enabling planes or Wikipedia markers in settings & them appearing on screen.
Placenames drop to the ground slowly as altitude slider is increased.

Horizon Explorer (ARCore) v1.9.0 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: December 17, 2018

► What's New in Version 1.9.0:

3D AR floating place names now appear above cities and settlements (Enable / disable from the settings menu).
The name may be partially obscured by hills if the settlement is partially behind a hill.
Names of cities further away (out of sight) will float in the air in the direction of the city.
Fix bug where compass point disappeared when looked directly at.

Horizon Explorer (ARCore) v1.8.1 APK (Old Version APK)

► Updated: December 4, 2018

► What's New in Version 1.8.1:

New version to avoid Google Play's "update available" bug even after update.
Added compass direction markers, North, South, etc. They can be turned on / off from the settings menu.
Made the settings menu scrollable on small screens.
Fixed bug where settings menu didn't always display when the settings button was pressed)
Relabelled "Auto align" and "Point actions" buttons to make it clearer what they do.