First View

First Student Inc.

About this app

For K-12 parents and caregivers, we understand the importance of a stress-free school commute for your student. That's why we've developed FirstView, our easy-to-use vehicle tracking app. FirstView allows you to plan your day and stay connected with your student's trips, regardless of the type of vehicle your student travels in. With FirstView:

- See real-time vehicle location and track its progress
- Easily monitor multiple students, including yellow school bus and special/alternative transportation journeys
- Quickly access updates and vehicle details for each trip
- Receive instant notifications and service alerts from your district
- Set up family members and caregivers to receive customizable trip update alerts
- Dedicated customer support at your fingertips

Ratings and reviews

The bus tracking aspect of the app is reliable. Distance based notifications are not reliable. The app allows distance based notifications and the ability to notify email addresses. However I've setup, deleted and re-setup larger distance based notifications to no avail. The notifications will fire for a day or two and then completely stop working. This is unfortunate because I implemented home automation to provide audible announcements in the house. Please fix this critical part of the app.

This is a great app upgrade from the previous version. I love the more accurate tracking for the bus! But, the push notifications are way too early for my child's stop time. Another thing I have noticed in the last couple days (since the most recent update) is that the notifications of the bus getting to a stop, I will get the notification at 4:43pm that the bus got to the stop at 2:23AM. So, something is wrong with the time stamp thing or something. Otherwise, great improvements!

The app does what it's designed to do and keeps track of my child's bus to a reasonable degree. What I find shortcoming however is the distance notification. Rather than base it on a radius around the stop, allow the user to mark a point (not radius) anywhere on the map and as soon as the bus reaches that point a notification will be sent. That gives the parent the heads up they need and prevents false notifications because the stop is too close to the road the bus happens to pass by.

What's new

- Enhanced security with new tracking limits to help protect data.
- Improved accessibility to meet ADA standards, including clearer screen reader labels and smoother TalkBack navigation.
- Smarter push notifications — only get alerts during live tracking, not when backend updates adjust trip data later.
- Updated Spanish and Canadian French translations for a more accurate, consistent experience.

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