Android Update: Combo Creator, Home Recommendations, and a Full Technique Catalogue
A few weeks after the Shadow Boxing App launched on Android, the next update is out and it closes a real chunk of the gap with iOS. Three things to call out: the combo creator is in, the home screen has a recommended section, and the technique catalogue is now fully populated.
The combo creator is in
On iOS, the combo creator is one of the features people use the most once they get past the beginner phase. You build a sequence by stacking punches, defensive moves like slips and rolls, and footwork, then drop the result into a session so the app calls it round after round. That whole flow is now on Android.
You can save several combos into a single named session, set rounds and timing, and run the workout the same way you would run any guided session. The 1-2-3-roll-roll, the 1-2-step-back-2, the long combinations you have been wanting to drill on muscle memory: build them once, run them whenever.
If you want background on why custom sequences are worth drilling instead of always running pre-built workouts, the older piece on building custom combos covers it.
Recommended sessions on the home screen
The home screen on Android now has a Recommended For You section that surfaces sessions and programs picked for your profile and what the app knows about your training. A beginner who has set their boxing level low and said they have a jump rope but no bag will see Boxing 101, fundamentals workouts, and the Learn to Jump Rope program near the top. Someone training consistently at intermediate level with a heavy bag will see longer sessions, the heavy bag program, and exercises that build on what they have already drilled.
The point is to cut down the decision time at the start of a session. Open the app, see what fits today, hit start. If you want the app to surface better picks, go set your level and your equipment in the profile, those are the inputs it uses.
Technique catalogue, complete
The first Android release shipped with most of the technique library but a number of intermediate and advanced entries were either missing or still on placeholder videos. With this update the catalogue is fully populated and matches what is on iOS.
That means every punch, every defensive movement, every footwork variant, and every jump rope technique with its tutorial video. The check hook, shifting, the L step, the pivot, the Ali shuffle, the full set of slips and rolls, the lead and rear uppercut variants. If you were studying a specific move on iOS and could not find it after switching to Android, it should be there now.
Bonus: sound effect customisation
Small one, but worth a mention. Sound effect customisation made it into this release too. You can swap the bell, the callouts, and the round transition sounds, the same way you can on iOS. Not a headline feature, but it is the kind of detail people ask for, so it is in.
What is still missing on Android
Being straight about the gaps. Quick start session generation is not on Android yet. Kickboxing exercises are not there. The deeper performance stats are still iOS-only. Those are the next pieces of work.
The pace is what matters. Android went from launch to this update in a few weeks, and the way the app keeps getting better on iOS is the same approach being applied to Android now. If something on Android feels rough or a feature you care about is not there, write to us through the contact page so we can prioritise it.
If you have not installed it yet, you can grab the Shadow Boxing App on the Play Store.
