Faster check-ins on iPhone. Much, much faster.

Jun 21st

Yesterday, we hit a pretty big milestone (10,000,000 people on foursquare!). Today, to celebrate, we released foursquare 3.2 for the iPhone. Faster check-ins (with a big new ‘Check In’ button), an improved Explore tab that helps you find Specials, and a ton of other improvements.

For those of you in a rush, the faster check-ins will really save you time. Tap ‘Check In,’ and the list of nearby places should load much much faster. We’ve been testing it internally for a bit, and everyone has been loving it.

We did a bit of pruning, too: with this release, we’re retiring the stand-alone shout button. Since foursquare is ultimately location-based, we decided that shouts should always be attached to a check-in. From now on, if you want to shout, just enter your text when you’re checking in someplace (millions of you do, every day). Though a bunch of us here at HQ were also bummed about the loss, we found it lays the groundwork for better things in the future.

Enjoy 3.2. Android and BlackBerry, we’ve got updates coming your way soon. Stay tuned!

Posted in Foursquare iPhone

86 Comments

  • http://twitter.com/JohnnieXu 許哲寧

    Plz support Windows Ohone

  • http://davidvkimball.weebly.com David V. Kimball

    Agreed. Windows Phone would love an update, too.

  • http://twitter.com/deabruzo Dennis

    Does this mean GPS will load faster. I have to hit refresh 3 to 5 times before it clicks in. Other apps don’t take that long to snap up the GPS.

  • http://twitter.com/deabruzo Dennis

    Does this mean GPS will load faster. I have to hit refresh 3 to 5 times before it clicks in. Other apps don’t take that long to snap up the GPS.

  • http://twitter.com/deabruzo Dennis

    Does this mean GPS will load faster. I have to hit refresh 3 to 5 times before it clicks in. Other apps don’t take that long to snap up the GPS.

  • http://benhebert.com Ben Hebert

    Sounds sweet. Question though how do we check what user # we are if we used twitter to sign up?

  • Anonymous

    Android!

  • Anonymous

    Android!

  • Anonymous

    Android!

  • Teste

    and Symbian was left behind (again)

  • Teste

    and Symbian was left behind (again)

  • Ferrer_vila

    Android, BlackBerry… and Symbian?? 

  • Ferrer_vila

    Android, BlackBerry… and Symbian?? 

  • Ferrer_vila

    Android, BlackBerry… and Symbian?? 

  • Ferrer_vila

    Android, BlackBerry… and Symbian?? 

  • http://twitter.com/roteague Robert Teague

    Windows Phone 7. 4th & Mayor is nice, but prefer the native app.

  • http://twitter.com/roteague Robert Teague

    Windows Phone 7. 4th & Mayor is nice, but prefer the native app.

  • http://twitter.com/roteague Robert Teague

    Windows Phone 7. 4th & Mayor is nice, but prefer the native app.

  • Anonymous

    i find myself doing the same thing

  • Anonymous

    i find myself doing the same thing

  • http://twitter.com/RodmanPT Rui

    Foursquare should have the option to link with Gowalla …

  • http://twitter.com/RodmanPT Rui

    Foursquare should have the option to link with Gowalla …

  • http://twitter.com/RodmanPT Rui

    Foursquare should have the option to link with Gowalla …

  • http://twitter.com/RodmanPT Rui

    Foursquare should have the option to link with Gowalla …

  • http://twitter.com/jtwebman Jeff Turner

    It would be cool to see states on what platform the 10,000,000 members use the most. Is it iPhone and that’s why it’s out first?

  • Tom

    you can see your user-id in your settings!

  • http://twitter.com/TimothyShawnH Timothy S. Harrison
  • Petr Klika

    :/ shame of missing shouts

  • http://twitter.com/Foolish_boy Vinicius Nunes

    And about the SYMBIAN update?

  • http://benhebert.com Ben Hebert

    thanks tom. i was 232341

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000263633439 Wilekiyo Yang Yang

    Symbian !

  • http://twitter.com/ptrrrrrck Patrick / ptrrrrrck

    same here

  • http://twitter.com/ptrrrrrck Patrick / ptrrrrrck

    Sounds great! Can’t wait for the Android release. I hope it will be MUCH faster :)

  • Mikko J Puska

    How about Symbian? When we will get new version to Symbian devices

  • Nithya

    struggling with my check-ins on BB; would like to have this faster app soon

  • Anonymous

    Ditto… :-)

  • Ignacio Sanz

     Está mucho mejor!

  • http://twitter.com/russelleggins Russell Eggins

    it is faster but dislike after a check-in it goes back to Friends as opposed to the the Check In screen I WAS ON… Very irritating..

  • http://twitter.com/russelleggins Russell Eggins

    it is faster but dislike after a check-in it goes back to Friends as opposed to the the Check In screen I WAS ON… Very irritating..

  • http://www.gugoo.gr Evangelos Tselentis

    Awesome update!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/jonjongoco Neil Ross Goco

    Hey foursquare. Please provide an update for Symbian client!

  • amier

    agreed! why foursquare not release new update for symbian users? We using v1.0.8 for couple of month! :(

  • amier

    Foursquare already abandon symbian platform. :( please..give the new update for symbian user 

  • amier

    Foursquare already abandon symbian platform. :( please..give the new update for symbian user 

  • amier

    congrats for the latest v3.2 for iphone user..but why symbian users still stuck on v1.0.8? :( hope we can get new foursquare version soon.

  • amier

    congrats for the latest v3.2 for iphone user..but why symbian users still stuck on v1.0.8? :( hope we can get new foursquare version soon.

  • Junhaowee

    i update the foursquare ,den i check in.den i see my facebook don’t have my check in .? can tell me what happen?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1461824238 Adnan Çalık

    Foursquare should have the option to link with Gowalla …

    try http://otomobilhaberleri.gen.tr

  • http://www.facebook.com/KeenanAdams Keenan ThePhotographer Adams

    If you dont have an iPhone or Android phone, you have a piece of shit phone. Truth Hurts. Update your phone!

  • http://twitter.com/ananthv9 ananthv

    Congrats FS team. You guys rock! Looking forward to more wonderful updates soon

  • John Wetsell

    Their is a ux problem.  After I check in to a place the only button available action is “Explore”. I want the “Back” button to come back. Here is how I use it. I search for my work location, the building comes up and my company as well. I check in to the building and then I would hit back then click my company and check in.

    Now I have to search for my company, check in, hit “explore”, repeat search for company, check in.

    So you wanted to speed up check in but now it is much more of a hassle for me, it also takes more time. Please fix asap.

  • http://twitter.com/ptrrrrrck Patrick / ptrrrrrck

    using crosspost for a while and it works great when on gowalla is a similar venue like on foursquare. If there’s no venue there will be no checkin on gowalla. 

  • http://twitter.com/ptrrrrrck Patrick / ptrrrrrck

    using crosspost for a while and it works great when on gowalla is a similar venue like on foursquare. If there’s no venue there will be no checkin on gowalla. 

  • http://twitter.com/ptrrrrrck Patrick / ptrrrrrck

    using crosspost for a while and it works great when on gowalla is a similar venue like on foursquare. If there’s no venue there will be no checkin on gowalla. 

  • http://twitter.com/ptrrrrrck Patrick / ptrrrrrck

    using crosspost for a while and it works great when on gowalla is a similar venue like on foursquare. If there’s no venue there will be no checkin on gowalla. 

  • http://twitter.com/ptrrrrrck Patrick / ptrrrrrck

    Let’s see how we handle this on Android, since there’s a hardware back-button. I also used to do it like that when I want to check in more than 1 venue

  • Anonymous

    I would recommend just switching from one tab (ie friends tab) to another (ie places tab), wait for satellite (GPS) icon to stop blinking, and then clicking refresh for nearby venues… should work every time!

  • Anonymous

    Any chance we can get the 24hr check-in cap raised from 30 now? I sometimes have to use my standalone shouts to tell people where I am on a busy day while waiting to get out of timeout (so to speak… or to ensure I do not go into timeout)!

  • http://twitter.com/deabruzo Dennis

    Sounds the same as tapping refresh three times. Just different buttons. 

  • Anonymous

    Also, what about the feature on the mobile site? What about third-party apps that have access to shouts like @Soundtracking, @HootSuite, and @TweetDeck?

  • http://about.me/SpamSpam Spam

    Getting a GPS lock faster, as far as I know, is out of foursquare’s control. A better idea would be to allow an option in the app that would wait for a GPS lock before requesting a list of nearby places from foursquare.

  • Anonymous

    I recommend that you unlink and then relink your Facebook account… that should resolve any issues!

  • Anonymous

    well, it depends on if you get the indicator to activate upon hitting the refresh or not… my Android does not always do that, but switching tabs always works… once it is engaged, I just wait for the blinking to stop and then refresh the venue list!

  • http://about.me/SpamSpam Spam

    Refreshing works just as well. The app doesn’t have control over how long it takes to get a lock–that’s up to the device–so it’s just a matter of refreshing the list of places once the lock happens (either by using “Refresh” in the menu, as Dennis and I do, or switching back and forth between tabs as you do).

  • http://www.jumpstartmypc.com/ Chris | JumpstartMyPC.com

    I just tested this out on my iPhone 4 and WOW!!!  Check-ins are much, much faster, just as promised.  I like this a lot!!
    Great job guys.

  • Anonymous

    ummm.  it doesn’t work.  I haven’t been able to checkin since downloading the updated iPhone app.

  • Chris Corke

    Hey Guys (and Girls), great work. Am loving seeing this app devlop.

    One thing I am having trouble with though; I am running v3.2 on my iPhone – all good. However, when I click checkin, I get a list of nearby places – all good. When I select one and check in there, it gives me the usual info i.e OK! we’ve got you………… You are 5 days away from….. etc etc. The problem I have is that there is no way to navigate back to the list of other nearby places or view any other features of FS.

    Seems like a bug to me but wanted to get your input.
    Thanks
    Chris

  • Rihards Ščeredins

    I just purely love this update, looks much more like the Android version haha. (:

  • Teemu Karppinen

    I’m having the same trouble using iPhone 3G and iOS 4.0.

  • Chris Corke

    I’m also running iOS 4.0 – Can the good folk at Foursquare shed any light on this issue?

  • http://www.mark9.net Mark9.net

    i love the update

  • Jens

    Search for the 4th And mayor app on the marketplace. foursquare dropped their application for WP because they felt this one was way better. Enjoy ! Yesterday was V2 rolled out, with a lot of new features!

    http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2011/06/4am-v2/
    http://wmpoweruser.com/4th-mayor-v2-hits-marketplace-with-new-many-features/
    https://www.facebook.com/4thandmayor

  • Jens

    Search for the 4th And mayor app on the marketplace. foursquare dropped their application for WP because they felt this one was way better. Enjoy ! Yesterday was V2 rolled out, with a lot of new features!https://www.facebook.com/4thandmayorhttp://blog.4thandmayor.com/

  • ppnadeau

    Hopefully, a BlackBerry update is coming. The GPS hasn’t been working since 1.9.0.85 on the Torch! As a location based app, this should be the first thing working… I’m always between 2 miles away (in cities) and 20 miles away (in rural areas) from where I stand, so sometimes too far away to check in…

  • ppnadeau

    Hopefully, a BlackBerry update is coming. The GPS hasn’t been working since 1.9.0.85 on the Torch! As a location based app, this should be the first thing working… I’m always between 2 miles away (in cities) and 20 miles away (in rural areas) from where I stand, so sometimes too far away to check in…

  • http://totoro.pip.verisignlabs.com/ The Marching Morons

    don’t think so – google maps/latitude loads a billion times faster.

  • http://totoro.pip.verisignlabs.com/ The Marching Morons

    iPhone will be the last phone i’ll use (and even then immediately destroy afterward!); Android by the way is “operating system” not phone, update your facts!

  • http://www.nulleurocent.de Restposten

    A very good text, has made real fun to read. Thanks for this one to you ..

  • http://www.facebook.com/kilowattseattle John Neil Beaulieu

    Is there a Symbian update coming any time soon? I feel kind of like as a Nokia user I’m being left out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kilowattseattle John Neil Beaulieu

    Is there a Nokia update coming before August 1st?

  • Jon

    How do I get the mile high badge now that I cannot do a standalone shout and there is nowhere to checkin to in the sky!

  • SC93

    You say was right :) because the topic that they say was not common sense or unrelated to iPhone :(

  • http://www.aphrodite1994.com StyleJunkie

    I’m glad that the check in facility works on Foursquare.  I can’t get the check in facility to work at all for Facebook on my phone. 

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  • http://twitter.com/nino304 Nino Gen

    Any chance I could get an .ipa of the previous version? I’m on a 3G iOS 4.0 and the update isn’t working for me :-( much apprciated!

  • Adams Abigail72

    Great! Good job foursquare. Keep innovating new versions. legal problem