QRV for Android is live — here's how to get it

[QRV Android Beta Testers]

Hi all,

Thanks for agreeing to test QRV on Android. It's live on Google Play now, and there are two steps to get it:

1. Opt in here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.getqrv.android
2. Install QRV from Google Play as usual. Updates arrive automatically from then on.

Both steps are needed… the opt-in link is what actually unlocks the download. This group serves as the member-list for Google.

QRV has been on iOS for a while; this is the Android version, rewritten natively in Kotlin. Everything is unlocked for the duration of the beta: no account, no ads, nothing asking for payment.

Features that are ready:

• band conditions and live spots from your grid
• callsign lookup with QRZ or HamQTH, including QSO history if you connect a logbook.
• POTA and SOTA activations
• DXpeditions
• band plans for 21 countries
• calculators and reference

Things that aren't in the Android version yet:

• push alerts
• home-screen widgets
• in-app help

Google won't let QRV reach the public Play Store until a minimum number of testers stay opted in continuously for two weeks. Leaving and rejoining resets that count rather than adding to it, so staying installed for the duration — even if you don't open it daily — is genuinely the most useful thing you can do.

If you notice anything wrong, please reply here, post to the group, or email sup...@getqrv.com. Your device model and Android version help a bunch. I'm looking for everything: broken, slow, confusion, ugly. I'm especially interested if something doesn't feel "Androidy." I want this app to be first-class!

73
Adam, K2CAT