Apart from the Switch, Nintendo has a bunch of mobile apps it's still maintaining and one of them happens to be the Switch Online app, which allows users to connect and interact with others online in select multiplayer games.
While updates for this mobile application don't normally do much, the latest one (Version 2.10.0) actually adds a landscape mode to the Android version of the app. In case you're not sure what exactly landscape mode means - when you flip your phone on its side the screen (and app) also rotate and adjust to this particular resolution.
As you can see below "various other small changes have also been made" in this latest update.
Landscape mode is supported on a lot of different mobile apps from launch, so it's interesting to see it's only just arrived on the Switch Online app. The Apple version of app has also been updated, with Version 2.10.0 resolving "various issues".
Switch Online previously added landscape mode to iPad devices in November last year in the Version 2.8.0 update.
Do you still use this mobile app? What would you like to see from this app going forward? Tell us in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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Well then. I wonder if they will make this app more useful for Switch 2. I used to use it for animal crossing, but it would be really nice if it also at least showed your games and play times rather than only being semi useful for 4 specific games.
Maybe add achievement support. Would be fun to have goals or something to add incentives to complete some challenges in games
@FishyS It is useful for the Splatoons as there's a good deal of information and items to order for the games, but some further account-based information certainly wouldn't go amiss.
Well now I just have to install it
It's a bit ridiculous they waited until the END of the switch console's life to finally add landscape, which is probably mainly for tablet's. I have the NSO app on my galaxy tablet, but I don't have much use for the app anymore, since Splatoon 2 is old news, and Splatoon 3's two years of support are close to ending (if they dont extend that).
I so often forget about this app until I need it for something Splatoon-related. I have still to this day never used the voice chat option with it, nor will I likely ever.
This is comical. I swear the NSO team consists of one guy who is an underachiever.
They should add the wishlist on it and notify when games are on sale!
I just got this last week to pick up some Wandercrust/Splashtag stuff in Splatoon 3. I have it on Galaxy Tab, so hey, landscape is welcome.
I mostly just keep it because is an easy way to pull out my Switch friend code whenever I don't have my Switch on me. And occasionally I use the Animal Crossing app whenever I do play the game which isn't all that much.
The voice chat is terrible, I rather just stick to using Discord instead.
@Chibi_Manny How do you use discord while you game on switch? I know you can just talk on your pc while you play your switch but for me my game audio always gets picked up by my mic and I usually play switch in docked mode so I gotta have my monitor switched to the switch instead of my pc
I wish Nintendo would fix the shoddy voice chat part of this app. It happens so many times in games like Mario Kart or Splatoon 3 where there's a communication error and we all get booted from the voice chat and then when we go to create a new room, the voice chat doesn't re-enable. There's no button to select to connect to a new lobby. Closing the app and restarting it does nothing. And before people say "just go use Discord." Their latest update is absolutely crap and for some reason some days it works with my AirPods Pro and other days it won't accept them as a microphone making it utterly useless for voice chat.
Splatoon 3 is literally the only thing keeping me using this app. So much missed potential. Imagine if we could play our NSO games right there on our phones using the app. If only…
game companies need to take some imput from Microsoft when it comes to this. Hands down over the years Xbox has been the best community software wise. Hoping Switch 2 has way more options when it comes to getting people together easily.... (b ' ' )b
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