What's new in ÖffiGo

New connection rescue and journeys across several days

Build 416 brings a new connection rescue. It uses your walking pace, stays steady and only suggests another way when it gets you there noticeably sooner. Journeys across several days show “+1” on times after midnight and a separate line for each day.

Disruption notices appear only when their stop is on your route. The tab bar stays on every screen, and saved departure boards work without a connection.

More reliable search and realtime

Stop search checks empty results again after a short interval. Departures and arrivals use current realtime data, and withdrawn cancellations become visible sooner.

Alerts for saved journeys are updated regularly. Confirmed reports are counted once even when sent again.

Progress right from where you are

Build 415 greys out the travelled route exactly where you are, in the guidance panel as well as in all steps. If you drive or cycle to the first stop, the map and the lock screen show that too. If your bus arrives late, the times of the walk after it move along.

In the background ÖffiGo needs less memory, and a trip in progress continues as soon as you open the app. “Stefansplatz” finds Stephansplatz, and your location is ready in the planner right away.

The new ÖffiGo

Build 414 redraws every surface of the app. Realtime looks the same everywhere: on time, “+3 min” or timetable. Guidance runs live at every step, a changed platform stands out right away, and each ride says after which stop you get off.

Disruptions now come from all of Austria, and you see the ones for your routes, your departure board and your area. Search understands typos, abbreviations and places without a stop. New are the “Your route” and “Quick start” widgets and quick actions on the app icon. On first launch an intro shows everything new; the same scenes play at oeffigo.app/en/neu.

Larger text, smaller iPhones and one colour for delays

Today, Departures, the planner and Settings grow with the iPhone's text size. On iPhone mini and SE long destinations and stop names wrap. Delays are yellow from one minute everywhere, red marks cancellations.

Widgets, the watch and the Live Activity show how old their data is. The app runs more smoothly and refreshes in step with the next departure.

Heading cone and walking legs in guidance

On foot the map turns with the direction you walk, and the cone at your position points the same way. On board it follows the direction of travel.

Walking legs are drawn as a dotted line, the lock screen runs a single Live Activity, and the warning before a transfer is set with one slider.

Trip map and more precise cancellation notices

Stops and the trip map share one view, with markers for start, destination, cancellations and notices. A cancellation notice says whether the departure, the arrival or part of the trip is affected. When the route search finds no connection, it says so.

The app only refreshes what is on screen.

Setup walks you through the start step by step

Location, notifications, helping out and your first saved route are separate steps, and you can go back at any point. Sharing is off at the start. Walking legs are guided step by step, and stop search finds umlauts typed as “oe” and “ue”.

The map shows stops and lines. Service notices currently cover Vienna; timetables and realtime cover all of Austria.

The home page is a departure board

The home page opens with a split-flap board showing the next departures at a real stop. Search for your own stop anywhere in Austria and the board shows your departures. Green means operator realtime, yellow means three minutes late or more, white means timetable.

Below it are screens from the current test build and a short film made from them.

Sharper stop search and a new first launch

Stop search works while you type: “Wien hau” finds the main station, abbreviations like “Hbf” and spellings like “Moedling” work, and a matching name counts for more than distance. Among equally good matches, the stops you pick often come first. Those preferences stay on your device.

A fresh install starts with your location and goes straight to your first connection.

Departures, route changes and warnings in the right place

Saved stops refresh after a stretch without signal, and warnings appear on the trip they belong to. After a route change you only see notices for the new route. Calendar, walking legs and status indicators have clearer labels.

A status page for ÖffiGo

ÖffiGo has a status page at status.oeffigo.app. It shows seven service areas, current incidents and planned maintenance. Updates are available by email or RSS.

Clearer realtime and steadier trip guidance

Missing realtime, estimates and cancellations are kept clearly apart. Conflicting reports do not show a green live signal, and arrival and departure stay correctly assigned in the trip view. Saved connections and push unsubscribes are handled more reliably.

Polish across the app

Vertical pages no longer move sideways. Short stop headers show distance and walking time, map bars keep their distance from the screen edge, and the Continue button in the beta notice is always reachable. When editing a saved route, newly chosen stops and times stay put.

The Vienna metro map with live departures

The website has a schematic map of all five Vienna metro lines. Tap any station to see its departures from Wiener Linien open data, with countdown and delay.

The map is drawn by us, not to scale and not the official network map.

Line alerts across Austria

For a saved route with a fixed departure time, ÖffiGo checks that exact connection before you leave and reports delays, cancellations, skipped stops, a platform change, rail replacement buses or a transfer that has become too tight.

Line monitoring covers Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck and regional services.

Connection rescue stays with its trip

A connection rescue belongs to the trip it came from. After a route change its suggestion only appears in the matching guidance.

The running steps box stays at the bottom of the screen after switching apps.

Warning before your saved connection

Shortly before a saved connection, ÖffiGo can warn you about delays or cancellations. The regular reminder stays independent of it.

Departure times flip like a station board when they update, the open trip view moves along, and buses, trains and stops on the map can each be tapped.

More precise notices on regional buses

Stops where you may only get off in town are marked as such. When the operator reports that the bus is waiting for you, the app shows it.

The margin to the screen edge comes from iOS and matches other apps on every iPhone. The map in guidance runs smoothly, and trams wear their olive.

Search finds every matching stop

Stop search returns every match; “Prater” also finds Praterstern.

In rural areas it tells you when the nearest stop with departures is further away than it looks.

Arrival suggestions and later connections

Arrival suggestions, “Later departures” and “Later connections” are available.

On-time trains show no warning triangle, on-board Wi-Fi does not trigger a warning, and the S-Bahn is red.

Directions when you change

When you change, there are expandable directions such as “Take the stairs” or “Take the lift”.

Walking legs whose exact path is unknown are dashed and only show the direction.

Connections via Verkehrsauskunft Österreich

Place search, journey planning and service notices run on the official access of Verkehrsauskunft Österreich.

Connection rescue works with the phone locked

Connection rescue keeps working when guidance is not on screen and the iPhone is locked in your pocket.

Guidance knows when you have boarded

As soon as you are on board, guidance switches from the walk to the ride, and the prompt to get off comes at the right stop.

One line, one colour

Every line has the same colour everywhere: in the app, on the Watch, in widgets and on the map.

Own live estimates from official realtime

ÖffiGo computes its own estimates from the operators' official realtime reports. The green badge only appears when the estimate is reliable enough. Implausible values, such as delays over 80 minutes, are left out.

A little bus for waiting

While loading, a green bus drives along a dashed road.

The departure board at Vienna's main station scrolls smoothly, delayed departures show the scheduled time struck through beside them, and trip statistics ignore GPS outliers.

The planner keeps the stop you chose

The stop you tap in search stays selected, even when more results arrive.

Times read “Dep 18:04 · Arr 18:30”, and the S1 is red.

Vienna metro realtime everywhere

Official Wiener Linien realtime appears on every board and in the trip view. U1 to U6 wear their official colours.

Partial cancellations are named as such

When part of a trip is cancelled, the trip view says “Cancelled between X and Y”. Stops where you can only board or only alight are marked.

There is also anonymous usage statistics without third parties: coarse counters, no device ID, no location. You decide about it during onboarding.

Missed connection, alternative ready

Guidance takes your location into account. If you are still at the stop after your bus has left according to the display, it asks and has an alternative ready from where you are.

Also new: official network maps under “More”, step-free journey planning, a widget for your nearest favourite, push notices that open the notice itself, and the first TestFlight beta.

The Watch app

On Apple Watch you plan routes, start the chosen connection on your iPhone, see disruptions and estimates and accept alternative connections.

Connections can be sorted by Fastest, Fewest changes or Least walking. The app learns on the device where you usually head from here; that history stays local and can be deleted at any time.

In rural areas the Today tab shows where something runs

Rural junctions often have separate stops for each direction. The Today tab shows the one where something actually departs, plus all saved routes.

As many favourite stops as you like

Home and Work have their own spots; every other favourite sits in a row beside them.

When a connection is about to fail, guidance suggests one from your position. The map has Wide, Close and Dynamic views, and the departure display pauses in the background to save battery.

Addresses and places as destinations

Type “dentist”, a restaurant or an address: ÖffiGo also searches Apple Maps and plans to the door.

Saved routes sit directly in the Plan tab, and the calendar is fully localised.

A notice when GPS is weak

When your position is very inaccurate, guidance says so: “Weak GPS · position inaccurate”. The heading cone turns smoothly.

ÖffiGo on Apple Watch and the first mile in the countryside

The first Apple Watch app: departures, favourites, route planning by dictation, and running guidance on your wrist.

If the timetable service finds nothing from your address, the app checks the walk to the nearest stop with departures and the drive to the station. Routes can include up to two intermediate stops, with a minimum stay.

Navigation inside stations

When changing at large stations, the app shows the way through the building, via escalator, stairs or lift. The data comes from OpenStreetMap; the indoor route appears where the station is mapped there.

The app guides the whole trip

Guidance follows your trip on the map, reminds you in time to get off and change, and keeps running with the iPhone locked.

Departures that are still to come

The departure board only shows trips still to come. When nothing else runs today, it says so and shows the next day's departures.