What's new in WiFi Signal 4.4.10
Oct 11, 2023
- Fixes an issue where the network name may not be displayed.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.9 (Sep 29, 2023)
- Updates vendors database.
- Other minor changes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.8 (Mar 23, 2023)
- Fixes an issue introduced in the last update where the AP name will only be displayed for Aruba APs.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.7 (Feb 28, 2023)
- Adds support for Arista, Alcatel-Lucent, and Extreme Networks AP names.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.6 (Jan 26, 2023)
- Adds support for 6 GHz networks on Macs with Wi-Fi 6E.
- Fixes incorrect BSSID and vendor name when app doesn't have permissions to access Location Services.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.5 (Apr 20, 2022)
- Adds option to check and update vendor database automatically.
- Fixes incorrect vendor name for some Ruckus APs.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.4 (Mar 13, 2022)
- Adds support for Ruckus and Fortinet AP names.
- Fixes a crash that may occur when using a display pattern that produces empty text.
- Fixes an issue that may cause the app to stop updating certain metrics.
- Updates vendors database.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.3 (Jun 17, 2021)
- Improves device name discovery.
- Updates vendors database.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.2 (Apr 8, 2021)
- Fixes an issue that would cause the status pattern to display different values than the popover for signal strength and noise.
- Improves device name discovery logic.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4.1 (Jan 8, 2021)
- Fixes an issue where the MCS index was not shown in specific systems even if the metric was available.
- Removes support to display the maximum transmit rate as the Wi-Fi adapter doesn't longer report this metric accurately.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.4 (Jan 6, 2021)
- Adds support for Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax).
- Adds the ability to display annotations in notifications (see Preferences > Notifications).
- Adds the ability to display the number of spatial streams (supported Mac models only) in the status display using pattern %L (see Preferences > Status).
- Adds support to display annotations created in WiFi Explorer Pro 3 automatically.
- Removes support for maximum transmit data rate as this metric is no longer reported accurately by the Wi-Fi adapter.
- Fixes crash that may occur when viewing event logs.
- New app's icon and help book.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 4.3.1 (Aug 2, 2020)
- Adds support for bold text in the status display pattern by using ** around the desired text portion, e.g. "Ch **%C**"
- Fixes an issue where the position of the status item in the system bar could not be changed.
- Fixes an issue displaying a two-line status on older versions of macOS.
New in WiFi Signal 4.3 (Jul 30, 2020)
- Adds support for a two-line status display pattern.
- Adds support for vendor name (%V) in status display patterns.
- Adds support for WPA3 networks.
- Adds support for annotations.
- Adds ability to notify when transmit rate drops below a given threshold.
- Fixes issues when switching between light and dark system appearances.
- Fixes Spanish localization.
- Updates vendor database and improves vendor name resolution.
- Other minor changes and UI tweaks.
New in WiFi Signal 4.2.2 (Oct 30, 2019)
- Fixed an issue where the device name for Apple access points would not be resolved.
New in WiFi Signal 4.2.1 (Oct 18, 2019)
- Fixed a few issues when using a dark menu bar with a light system appearance.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.2 (Oct 11, 2019)
- Extended syntax of the display pattern to let you modify the string shown in the menu bar (see Preferences > Status for details).
- Added ability to detach the popover window from the menu bar so you can keep it around and over your Desktop.
- Added AP name support for MikroTik and Mist access points.
- Fixed a few issues when switching between system appearances.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.1.3 (Aug 9, 2019)
- Fixed vendor name resolution for certain newer AP models.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.1.2 (Jul 2, 2019)
- Fixes annotations integration with WiFi Explorer.
- Fixes not finding device name for certain access points.
- Improves heuristics to resolve vendor names.
New in WiFi Signal 4.1.1 (Oct 11, 2018)
- Fixes truncated values in the UI.
New in WiFi Signal 4.1 (Oct 2, 2018)
- Adds support for macOS Mojave 10.14.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0.7 (Dec 29, 2017)
- Fixes annotations integration with the latest version of WiFi Explorer and WiFi Explorer Pro.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0.6 (Aug 21, 2017)
- Minor bug fixes.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0.5 (Oct 30, 2016)
- Improves display of status bar pattern when value items are not available.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0.4 (Sep 13, 2016)
- Improves stability.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0.3 (Aug 19, 2016)
- Fixes a crash in OS X 10.9 and older.
- Fixes sticky device name (if available) when roaming.
- Updates vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0.2 (Jul 7, 2016)
- Fixes memory management issues.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0.1 (May 30, 2016)
- Fixed an issue where signal strength could not be displayed as % in the system menu bar.
- Fixed a transparency issue with the top portion of the popover window.
New in WiFi Signal 4.0 (May 27, 2016)
- Added dark mode support.
- Added Preferences to simplify app's menu.
- Added options to fully customize status display and to hide the signal strength indicator from the system menu bar if necessary.
- Added notifications for when the computer joins or disconnects from a network, roams to another access point, switches to a different channel, or the signal strength drops below a certain threshold.
- Added event logging for when the computer joins or disconnects from a network, roams to a different access point, the data rate changes, or the associated access point switches to a different channel.
- Updated vendors database.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 3.4.1 (Oct 7, 2015)
- Updated vendors database.
- Minor bug fixes.
New in WiFi Signal 3.4 (Aug 6, 2015)
- Updated vendors database.
- Minor bug fixes and UI improvements.
New in WiFi Signal 3.3.2 (Apr 8, 2015)
- Fixes incorrect channel number in popup window.
New in WiFi Signal 3.3.1 (Apr 1, 2015)
- Fixes to popup window for Retina displays.
- Added option to enable/disable verbose status.
- Other minor fixes.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 3.3 (Mar 7, 2015)
- Fixed problem when refreshing device name.
- Added options to display channel width.
- Other minor fixes and performance enhancements.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 3.2.1 (Jan 20, 2015)
- Fixed an issue that causes the app to show incorrect maximum transmit rates.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 3.2 (Nov 13, 2014)
- Fixed truncated vendor field.
- Added back option to display max. data rate.
- Added options to display SNR and channel in status icon.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 3.1 (Nov 10, 2014)
- Fixes position of window when status item is located close to right edge of screen.
- Fixes display data rate to show current data rate instead of maximum supported rate.
- Fixes device name not working for Cisco APs.
- Other minor fixes.
New in WiFi Signal 3.0 (Nov 3, 2014)
- New UI and fixes for OS X Yosemite.
- Updated vendors database.
New in WiFi Signal 2.1 (Apr 22, 2014)
- Minor UI tweaks and improvements
- Updated and normalized vendors database
New in WiFi Signal 2.0.1 (Nov 11, 2013)
New in WiFi Signal 1.3 (Jan 23, 2013)
- A new green icon and a few bug fixes.
New in WiFi Signal 1.2.2 (Dec 5, 2012)
- Fixes crash in Snow Leopard and other stability issues.
New in WiFi Signal 1.2.1 (Oct 17, 2012)
- New app name: WiFi Signal.
- Updated vendors database.
- Removed unnecessary log messages.
- Retina Display icons.
New in WiFi Signal 1.2 (Jul 18, 2012)
New in WiFi Signal 1.1 (Jun 15, 2012)
- Fixes to channel recommendations and other few minor improvements.