What's New

NEWS April 2013 - All users will get a Free Upgrade to V2.9 due mid April. This brings back Mic Boost and adds extended graphics for iPhone 5. NO IN-APP purchases - ALL features are INCLUDED in the price.

V2.8 is a small update featuring interim graphics for the iPhone5 and a few more iOS6 tweaks with a few more to come in the near future.

There are a couple of minor issues relating to audio changes in iOS6 and we are working hard on bringing Mic Boost back and improving Ducking smoothness.

For maximum App performance, we suggest that Auto-Pause is your default setting.

App Description

NEWS April 2013 - All users will get a Free Upgrade to V2.9 due mid April. This brings back Mic Boost and adds extended graphics for iPhone 5. NO IN-APP purchases - ALL features are INCLUDED in the price.

* EVERY iPHONE USER NEEDS AWARENESS!® THE HEADPHONE APP * Take your iPhone listening experience to the next level and hear not only your music, but the world around you.

"ONE OF THE TOP 500 APPS IN THE WORLD" The SUNDAY TIMES.

Perfect for exercising at the gym, jogging outside, awaiting a boarding call at the airport, or even listening to a podcast while watching kids in the playground.

You control how much outside sound is heard and when. No need to remove or re-adjust your earphones, even with noise cancelling or noise isolating headsets.

AWARENESS!® V2.8 is heavily refined, has a new helpful interface, a new help system and includes all the features that were previously paid options.

Enjoy your music – but still hear danger
Awareness!® will interrupt your music for sudden loud noises like cars, screams or announcements. A must-have for joggers, cyclists and travellers.

- DOES NOT WORK with Bluetooth/Wireless
- WILL NOT WORK on iPhone 3G
- Need a headset with an inline mic for best results

★ Awareness!® could save your life, stop you missing a flight, or just let you listen & talk 

★ If you walk, run, jog or cycle with headphones, you need Awareness! 

★ Listen to music AND the outside world
★ DOWNLOAD NOW

Awareness!® listens to the outside world using the inline mic in your headset. If a sound exceeds background noise, Awareness! feeds the sound into your headphones and you hear it

★ Joggers & cyclists - hear that truck before it flattens you
★ Travelers - watch a movie without missing your announcements
★ Workers - listen to music but hear the phone ringing
★ Multitaskers – talk to friends AND listen to music at the same time!

REVIEWS

"ONE OF THE TOP 500 APPS IN THE WORLD" The SUNDAY TIMES.

5 Star "One of the most useful apps we’ve seen” - WHAT MOBILE

"A modern ESSENTIAL!.” - STUFF.TV

"One of The Best Sound Aware Apps" SUNDAY TIMES

"The app automatically set a level to allow us to hear the loud noises around us, including when someone asked us to borrow a chair from our table. At home it blissfully kept neighborhood sounds from interrupting our music listening but piped through dog barks warning us of a visitor." - APPSHOPPER

"Without doubt the most important app around" User Review.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- iOS4.2 or above inc iOS6.1+
- iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS
- Pod Touch 5/4. iPad1/2 with iOS 4.2+
- iPod Touch 3 with headset
- all iPads but with iPhone graphics

FEATURES
Awareness! works by monitoring ambient sound - when the volume passes a threshold you set, the mic input is passed through to your headphones.

- Auto or Manual Listening Levels - Choose the level that sounds interrupt your music, or let the app monitor background levels at an interval of your choice.
- AutoPause - Pauses music when the mic is triggered (iOS Music Player only)
- Bypass/Mic - Manual override to listen to what’s going on around you
- ClearVoice - Makes speech picked up by the microphone clearer and easier to hear
- Ducking - Lowers music when the mic is triggered
- NoiseMeter - A dB Meter which measures environmental noise
- Vibrate Alarm - Vibrates when mic is triggered - warning you of dangerous environmental noise levels.
(Note: Works with all audio apps except Music player)

★ EAR CARE: If you need to turn the microphone volume up high, you may be listening to music too loudly

★ VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/user/EssencyHeadphoneApps

★ SAFETY: We say NEVER wear headphones where there is any risk of personal danger!

★ Comments, Tech Support? Get in touch at http://www.essency.co.uk/

© Essency 2010/3. All rights reserved. Global Patents Pending

App Screen Shots

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App Changes

April 01, 2013 Price Decrease: $6.99 -> $3.99
December 21, 2012 New version 2.8
October 17, 2012 New version 2.6
March 25, 2012 Price Decrease: $6.99 -> FREE!
September 11, 2010 Initial Release

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