[App] AWS Events
The AWS Events app is your companion in planning and navigating AWS Summits and featured events like re:Invent and re:Inforce. Download the app to:
Explore the sessions, experts, and exciting new services and features that will be available at AWS Events
Plan your AWS Events experience by adding sessions of interest to your planner
Find and reserve open seats, build your schedule, and resolve scheduling conflicts (reserved seating available only available for certain events)
Get real-time shuttle estimates to help you navigate the Events campus (shuttle estimates and service only available at certain events)
Get updates on the latest content, speakers, and services added to the catalog
AWS Events user reviews :
Calendar section of app has a green bar for the current time that doesn’t update. If you look at the calendar at 4:30 and switch back to the app at 5:30, the green bar will still say its 4:30. Notifications text gets cut off and clicking notifications doesn’t take you to notifications. Cannot find historical notifications
Content disagrees with website. Key example, website says session is booked, app says spaces available. Sometimes pressing buttons does nothing, so you don’t know if you can’t do something because of policy (enforces 1hr between sessions at different sites), if you’ve lost WiFi, or the app has crashed Some good features but it’s too heavy, switching apps on my 3GB Android makes it restart, last thing I need when I’m moving between seminars.
Have the developer’s of this app ever been to a conference? Especially one like reinvent that is oversold so most sessions are full. Start with the app is slow and hangs up. After you get over that it’s not very friendly for navigating the catalog or managing your calendar. Simple things like single day view are missing. You have to use this for reinvent, but other than that I’d never download this mess of an app.
Pretty bad, especially with such a simple app. App experience is slow to the point it’s unusable. I couldn’t even provide any feedback for the talks because I was only able to type one character every 5 seconds. Also, the fact that this is not an offline first app that caches most of the content (a schedule, a couple of maps??) and hardly works without a reliable internet connection (especially at venues with poor reception or wifi) is appalling.
For the most part the app does what it needs to, but at reinvent 2019 I keep getting notifications with useful information, then when I click them they disappear and I can’t read the whole message or get it back. About half the time I load the app my schedule says it isn’t available yet and I have to try for a few minutes to restart the app and my phone until I can get it to load.
invaluable but incomplete slow and most tedious frequently has to completely reload often enough that I am always standing there waiting for it when I need it in a timely way. I would make two key changes to this application. One: fix the timeouts so it’s not constantly reloading when I need it. Two: make it easier to view the overall reinvent schedule. I often found myself going back to the website for that information.
Reserved seating just opened yesterday for re:Invent 2019. I was expecting to be able to view the catalog and see my schedule in the app, but they’re completely missing. Only basic profile info and transportation info is available. Definitely a disappointment, especially from a tech company like AWS. Hoping all the pertinent event data is available soon, otherwise this app will be useless. EDIT: catalog and planner + more are now available. Looking much better!
Although the app isn’t as snappy quick as other apps, I didn’t experience the slowdowns my colleague and other users have experienced (I use a Samsung S10+). That being said, there were times where info was unavailable, or that sessions I already reserved shows no more seats available. The information provided was very useful, but reliability could’ve been better.
Good app, as far as information it gives (how to get around and whatnot). Well thought out with regard to the UI. However, it does run slow when registering button clicks. It doesn’t seem to be storing my planner locally (said the server wasn’t available at the start of the conference when I was trying to find the room for my bootcamp) and that’s kind of weird. Also, it gives lots of event info, but it would also be nice if it gave the network password for where you are currently located.
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