Whoa.

Whoa helps to connect you to your world so you can enjoy it more. Delivering factual information relative to your location, helping you to explore your environment, Whoa serves up information like CDC data, weather, census results, recently-seen endangered species and much much more. And all without sending or storing your personal data.

On a recent evening in North Williamsburg, Brooklyn, just before the sun was about to set, a siren sang somewhere near my apartment. It sounded like an air raid siren, and I assumed that it was probably just a test of the service. Then another went off, and another, and a fourth. I started to wonder about why they were doing that, so I checked Google. I learned that every Friday, sirens go off in Williamsburg 10 minutes before sunset to signal the beginning of Shabbat to the large Orthodox Jewish population in the neighborhood. Thousands of people were gathering to pray in those moments and I had no idea. There's a Whoa for that now, which everyone in Williamsburg on a Friday will see.

Happy exploring.

Notes: This app does require an internet connection and heavily recommend allowing it to use your location, which it updates only occasionally and doesn't track anywhere but on your device for personalization purposes. More info in privacy policy.