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Afternoon all,

Sync for Lemmy (Android) is now available for pre-registration on Google Play.

I'm currently working with 100 internal testers to add the final parts / resolve any issues and should be ready to go live within the next week.

I'll be emailing everyone that signed up with the previous form today too.

Cheers,

Lj

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[โ€“] erre@programming.dev 95 points 2 years ago

Pre-registered! Can't wait!

it's happening

[โ€“] uncreativechap@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Can't wait to say goodbye to Liftoff and welcome back Sync as my daily toilet scroll addiction

[โ€“] ashtefere@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm testing it now. Honestly you couldnt tell this isn't just like before. The main thing sync has over the other clients is speed. Scrolling the feed doesn't result in it jumping everwhere as images load in. They are already loaded and sized properly. And a million other little things and polish that make it amazing. (Posted from sync!)

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[โ€“] Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

I'm loving Liftoff, but I'm still excited about sync.

[โ€“] portside@monyet.cc 9 points 2 years ago

Liftoff has been pretty great, Lemming looks polished already but it does not seem to be active anymore

[โ€“] Encode1307@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[โ€“] Abstract8188@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm sure it's nothing personal. For instance, I've been using Sync for reddit for over 10 years as my primary method of accessing reddit, so I know this is going to make me a lot more comfortable using Lemmy.

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[โ€“] Cabeza2000@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used RIF in Reddit, never used Sync for Reddit.

Now I am using Liftoff here in Lemmy because is closer to the RIF experience among the apps I tried so far (Jerboa, Connect for Lemmy, Voyager).

I am looking forward to see if the experience is closer to RIF than Liftoff, or not.

[โ€“] Starburn@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I've been using Thunder for my RiF clone.

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[โ€“] dodslaser@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember vividly the day I got a Nintendo 64 when I was a kid. I also had pizza that day.

It was a good day.

[โ€“] Wodge@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Oh yes, I remember, Christmas of 1998, my dad got it for me and my brother, had it with Body Harvest and F1 World Grand Prix, my Dad is an F1 fan, so got an absolutely awful V3 racing wheel to go with it. During covid, I got back into racing games, and went a little mental.

[โ€“] TheVillageGuy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hi, something you might want to check before releasing; several current Lemmy apps are having trouble displaying lists of very large images. Either they try to load them all in one go, instead of going for the thumbnail as a preview (causing the app to crash), or they only get the preview and then don't show the full size when opening.

Example:

!RimWorldPorn@rimworld.gallery

[โ€“] ljdawson@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] TheVillageGuy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'd love to try it

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[โ€“] pandamacabro@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Yes! Really excited to try it out, have been missing Sync here!

[โ€“] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LET'S GOOOOOOO

Will there be a sync pro as well?

[โ€“] pekempy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Currently being discussed in the discord. Likely to have free, pro (no ads) and ultra (extra features) similar to S4R

[โ€“] sma3in@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

based on the app screenshots, it looks amazing!! can't believe the hype is almost over!!

[โ€“] Igloo7@reddthat.com 11 points 2 years ago

Just pre-registered! So excited!

[โ€“] IverCoder@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Before you forget:

Set Play Store to automatically install the app when it becomes available

[โ€“] MicrosoftSam@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amazing, i registered! Is there an expected release date? And thanks again!

[โ€“] ljdawson@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hoping within the next week.

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[โ€“] ShaolinRaiden@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I'm very happy to see this. Registered with auto install asap. I was a pro, Dev, and ultra lifetime user. Looking forward to supporting the new endeavor.

[โ€“] Pillarist@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] KingOfNoobs@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was a RIF user. Will I like Sync?

[โ€“] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 6 points 2 years ago

I think so, I like sync because of its massive customisation potential, and it also offered some quick template like way to change them, so it was never overwhelming. You can make sync the way you like it, and I've been following the dev for a while as well. Truly passionate fellow.

[โ€“] HamSwagwich@showeq.com 8 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah, thank you for all your hard work!

[โ€“] faintedheart@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Can't wait. I missed the reddit sync badly. Excited to use it again.

[โ€“] big_slap@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

my beloved client ๐Ÿ’•

[โ€“] hogart@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Using Voyager and the devs have been more than awesome. I don't encounter any bugs on Android. Still gonna throw my money at Sync when it arrives though. Sync was the only reason I even used reddit. A bit wierd but before I stumbled on the Sync I couldn't even stand reddit. I was a Sync user, not a reddit user.

[โ€“] 1984@lemmy.today 8 points 2 years ago

Within the next week sounds much sooner than I though...!

[โ€“] exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow! Congratulations! It's really weird - I feel like going back to reddit, because it looks and feels exactly like when I used Reddit back when it was awesome to do - through sync... But it's not reddit. Kinda tells me how much of my "Reddit experience" was actually not Reddit, but sync.

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[โ€“] localidiot@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Welcome back!

Sent from my Sync for Lemmy

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[โ€“] TheBest@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

We're about to feast yall - and thank God im starving

[โ€“] snow_storm55@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Great news! I just refuse to use Lemmy a lot without sync.

[โ€“] Batbro@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Let's fucking gooo!

[โ€“] tacosplease@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

So excited for this!

[โ€“] bonnetbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Will it also be released on F-Droid in the future?

[โ€“] Huschke@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sync for Reddit was not open source, so I doubt this will be.

[โ€“] bonnetbee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, thanks for the info. Too bad.

[โ€“] kenbw2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I just want it to be usable without Google Play Services

[โ€“] jadedwench@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I guess I goofed the form as I can't find anything in my email, but I pre-registered through the play store! Super excited.

[โ€“] Random_user@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never used it. What does it do that Connect doesn't do?

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Can't wait to give you my money again!

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