UbiTimer Changelog

v3.0 — March 2026

New 🚀 NEW

• Presenter-only timer mode — timers can now be hidden from the audience and shown only in the presenter preview. This is useful for conferences, classrooms and rehearsals where the presenter needs timing guidance without displaying it on the slide.
• Live preview improvements — the Appearance tab now shows an immediate timer preview when the timer is started, making it easier to test styling and layout before presenting.
• Analytics — new analytics tools provide clearer insight into timer usage and practice sessions, helping you understand timing, pacing and presentation activity while rehearsing.

Improvements ✨ IMPROVED

• Radial timer visual enhancements — improved rendering of the circular countdown display for smoother animation and clearer remaining-time indication.
• Danger-zone countdown ring — the radial timer now highlights the final seconds with a clearer visual ring to improve time awareness near the end of the countdown.
• Timer preview logic — the preview panel now prioritises a clean textual timer display for reliable preview rendering across PowerPoint environments.
• Timer visibility behaviour — improved logic when switching between audience-visible timers and presenter-only timers.

Fixes 🔧 FIXED

• Fixed an issue where timer shapes could remain visible on slides after switching to presenter-only mode.
• Fixed cases where radial timer preview could fail to render correctly depending on colour selection.
• Fixed timer reset behaviour in certain preview states.
• Minor stability and rendering fixes.

v2.6 — February 2026

New 🚀 NEW

• Tabbed interface — redesigned task pane with dedicated tabs for Timer, Appearance, Sync, Advanced and Account for a cleaner, more organised workflow.
• Sticky action bar — Start, Pause and Reset controls are now fixed at the bottom for faster access during setup.

Improvements ✨ IMPROVED

• Timer Group stability — improved reliability of auto-start behaviour when entering grouped slide ranges.
• Sticky controls in Group mode — Pause, Resume and Reset now behave consistently when using Timer Groups.
• Pause accuracy — pausing the global or group timer now correctly freezes elapsed time and resumes smoothly from the paused value.
• Rendering logic refinement — global timer updates only the intended slide(s) in Group mode, preventing unintended shape updates.
• Visual warning controls — clearer and more predictable behaviour when disabling countdown colour changes.
• Sound settings behaviour — improved consistency when disabling the end-of-timer alarm.

Fixes 🔧 FIXED

• Fixed an issue where the timer could continue progressing in the background after being paused in Timer Group mode.
• Fixed reset behaviour that could unintentionally restart the timer within grouped slides.
• Fixed global timer shapes appearing on unintended slides in Edit mode.
• Fixed visual warning overlays appearing during the final countdown when the warning option was disabled.
• Fixed alarm sound triggering even when “Play alarm when timer ends” was unchecked.
• Minor UI and stability fixes.

v2.5 — January 2026

Improvements ✨ IMPROVED

• Slide Show mode reliability — timers now run more consistently during presentations, including smoother behaviour when moving between slides.
• Radial (analog) timer stability — improved rendering and reliability of the radial countdown display.
• Timer save & restore — enhanced persistence so timers are more reliably restored after restarting PowerPoint.
• Customization controls — smoother timer positioning and customization experience.

Fixes 🔧 FIXED

• Fixed cases where timers could fail to reappear after restarting PowerPoint.
• Improved license validation reliability.
• General stability and performance improvements.

v2.4 — December 2025

New Features ✅ NEW

• Multi-language support — added 15 more interface languages so teachers and presenters around the world can use UbiTimer in their own language.
• Timer size presets — quickly switch between Large, Standard, and Compact timer shapes to match different slide layouts.

Improvements 🚀 IMPROVED

• Custom alarm sounds now load and play reliably — improvement based on anonymous taskpane feedback.
• More robust snapshot handling with safer global timer restoration and validation.
• Added the ability to clear/remove saved snapshots directly from the taskpane.
• Enhanced error handling and clearer taskpane messages during snapshot load or sound selection.

Fixes 🛠️ FIXED

• Fixed an issue reported by Mike where the timer shape background (fill color) could not be edited after inserting the timer.
• Resolved snapshot restore cases that could cause the global timer to restart incorrectly or fail silently.
• Fixed custom sound upload errors caused by unsupported audio source formats.

v2.3 — November 2025

New Features ✅ NEW

• Apply to All Slides — one click to sync text size, fill color, and font style across the entire deck.  ▶️ Watch

Improvements 🚀 IMPROVED

• Radial timer visuals — smoother second ticks & accurate clock-style markers.
• Slide transition logic — prevents duplicate or leftover radial shapes.
• Clearer status messages and task-pane labelling.

Fixes 🛠️ FIXED

• Handled “Apply-to-All” on locked/read-only slides more gracefully.
• Resolved occasional font update issues on global timers.

v2.2 — August 2025

New Features ✅ NEW

• Full multi-language UI (10 languages: EN, FR, DE, ES, PT, RU, ZH, AR, HI, SW).  ▶️ Watch

Improvements 🚀 IMPROVED

• Accessibility: clearer labels, better keyboard navigation, smarter tooltips.
• Language preference remembered automatically across sessions.

v2.1 — July 2025

New Features ✅ NEW

• Radial timer mode — elegant circular countdown for classrooms & live sessions.  ▶️ Watch

Improvements 🚀 IMPROVED

• Modernized task-pane layout — faster duration & mode setup.
• More reliable global timer sync while navigating slides.
• Pro styling options expanded; performance tuned.

v2.0 — April 2025

Major Release 🚀 IMPROVED

• Performance overhaul with shared runtime architecture.
• Faster startup, reduced CPU usage, more responsive controls.