• New Dynamic Background Shaders: Beautiful live Aurora Borealis, Breathing Glow, and Particle Snowfall background options. • Enhanced Misty Window Performance: Smooth wiping interactions with optimized Metal rendering pipeline. • App Showcase: Discover curated apps in our family of wellness tools. • General UI refinements and performance improvements.

• Introducing the Interactive Misty Window! You can now physically wipe away the mist with your finger during breathing exercises for a deeply tactile and calming experience. • New Sceneries: Customize your meditation background with Misty Forest, Ocean Sunrise, and Mountain Peaks. • Thematic Background Music: Each scenery now comes with its own ambient music that plays throughout the app, seamlessly adapting to your environment. • Various bug fixes, UI improvements, and performance enhancements to keep your practice smooth and distraction-free.

- Added Misty Window feature with interactive touch swiping. - Added 3 distinct background music themes depending on scenery selection. - Forced Light Mode throughout the app for a cleaner experience.

This update makes Respia feel smoother, clearer, and more personal. Foundational Breathing is now the new name of our core breathing program. Your session preferences now stay saved between app launches, including hold durations, auto-continue, custom cold exposure duration, and water temperature. Added new downloadable ambient music for a calmer, more immersive session experience. Improved contrast in the Progress tab for better readability.

Playlist playback is now much smoother during breathing and cold exposure sessions. This update fixes an issue where some tracks could stall, skip, or leave long gaps between songs. We also improved downloaded track handling and overall background audio reliability for a more seamless session experience.

Dynamic Playlists & Music Management Custom Playlists: You can now create multiple custom playlists to set the perfect mood for your practice. Create, rename, and manage your collection directly from the new Playlists tab. Unified Track Library: Easily mix and match music from our built-in library and premium downloadable expansion packs (ODR). Smart Playback Modes: Standard playback controls now include Shuffle and multiple Repeat modes (All, One, or Off). Drag-and-Drop Reordering: Customize the flow of your session by reordering tracks within your playlists with simple drag-and-drop gestures. Seamless Migration: If you had a previous music selection, we've automatically migrated it into a new "Favorites" playlist so you can keep listening without skipping a beat. Personalized Breathing Timing Fine-Tuned Breath Pace: Total control over your experience with independent adjustments for Inhale and Exhale durations. Global Overrides: Set your preferred breathing rhythm in Settings, which will automatically apply to your exercises, overriding the default technique paces. Adaptive Guidance: The voice guidance and audio cues now dynamically sync with your custom pace, ensuring segments and instructions land exactly when they should. Live Activity Sync: Your customized timing is now communicated to the Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, keeping the visual indicators perfectly synchronized with your actual breath cycle.

Added new music tracks and more flexibility for setting up the breathing options.

- Fixed on demand voice - Stronger haptics - Rain background music - Fixed gong

- Fixed on demand voices download - Fixed offeset voice guidance

## Overview This changelog documents the major audio system enhancements including On-Demand Resources (ODR), multiple voice options, and background music capabilities. These features transform Respia from a single-voice app into a flexible audio platform with user choice and reduced initial download size. --- ## Major Features ### Multiple Voice Options #### Voice Selection System - **Four Voice Options Available** - **Joseff** (`joseff`) - Calm, professional male voice (bundled) - **Rachel** (`rachel`) - Warm, encouraging female voice (bundled) - **Mira** (`mira`) - Soothing, meditative female voice (ODR) - **Sam** (`sam`) - Confident, motivational male voice (ODR) #### Voice Features - **Audio Sprite System** - Each voice uses a single optimized audio sprite file instead of 57 separate MP3 files - **Instant Voice Switching** - Change voices in Settings, applies immediately - **Persistent Selection** - Voice preference saved across app launches - **Smart Fallback** - Automatically falls back to Joseff if ODR voice unavailable - **Voice Preview** - See voice descriptions and characteristics before selecting Technical Implementation - **Audio Sprite Format**: One MP3 file + JSON sprite map per voice - **Sprite Map**: 57 breathing cues mapped to precise time positions - **File Size**: ~9 MB per voice sprite (vs ~15 MB for 57 separate files) - **Performance**: Preloaded sprites enable instant playback

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Background Timer - Never lose track during ice baths Photos during cold exposure - Capture and preserve your cold exposure journey! Remember the temperature - Have a thermometer handy? Now it can be remembered! Custom timer - You decide how long you want to stay! History Gallery - Browse photos linked to previous sessions

• Gorgeous ripple animations during phase transitions • Butter-smooth performance using Metal • Zen-like visual cues for breath holds and recovery • Subtle, calming effects that enhance focus • Automatically respects Reduce Motion accessibility setting

iCloud Sync: Exercise history and habit streaks now stay in sync across your devices. Control it in Settings, with status and a “Sync Now” option. Refreshed onboarding and Learn: clearer guidance and a smoother first-time experience. Haptics & Cold Exposure: more responsive feedback with milestone-based guidance. Apple Watch: improved breathing/cold sessions and haptic cues for better pacing. Various bug fixes and performance improvements. Thank you for using this app!