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You've been able to do that for ages

You could look at the combined timetable, yes. But I was referring to the map view which shows where the buses are tracking. Its only been recently where it's included the checkbox to show X22 buses as well.

I agree with what others have said, this is a very useful addition. I can check on X21 and X22 at the same time now.

7515 on 97 experienced a broken window so went NIS.

NSA silent on 6947.

Travelled on E244 late on Thursday afternoon.

Was nice to finally travel on a 76 with working next-stop announcements! (both visual and audio)

Only feedback I can provide is that I think there needs to be a bit more of a 'pause' between announcing the stop name, then the route/destination, when the bus has called at a stop.

It might be hard to put into words, but it sounded like reading the following sentence in one go without punctuation:

"Robin Hood Island Seventy-Six to Solihull station"

Yes I mentioned this further up about the X22 where it effectively jumbled into one quick sentence, but it has since been rectified, certainly on the X21, X22 and 23 anyway. Can't speak for the other BC routes.

7533 says the next stop but doesn't announce anything upon reaching the stop or the route and number, then carries on to the next stop afterwards.

7516 going one step further, not changing to just the stop name on approaching/reaching the stop and completely silent.

I've encountered this before, I believe it's caused by some faulty door sensor which affects the logic programming of the announcement sequences.

Yeah I suspected it may have something to do with the doors.

A driver accidentally selecting X21 to Colly Gate amused me when it come up on the NSA this morning. I didn't know that one was programmed in.

Audio working on 6838 but blank NSA screen.

EDIT: Upstairs anyway, downstairs screen working.

7533 says the next stop but doesn't announce anything upon reaching the stop or the route and number, then carries on to the next stop afterwards. 

I noticed an anomaly on 6884 on X21 the other evening, all robotic apart from when it said 'Marston Road' in the old voice. Reminded me of the old Harborne network NSAs with their mixture of voices on stops like Serpentine Road.

Also, the Shenley Academy stop still hasn't been fixed despite the fact that the stop was moved forward on Long Nuke Road ages ago,  likewise the Shenley Fields Centre inbound stop on Woodcock Lane was moved forward slightly so no doubt that one is out of sync too.

Will the 16 go back to MS15 at some point?

Looks like major disruption for the X21/22 in 2025 if this is happening?
"In addition to this both services will use Bristol Road, Edgbaston Park Road, Pritchatts Road in both directions due to full closure of Edgbaston Park Road from January 6th to March 25th".

The closure on one network seems to be listed for July though so maybe postponed?

https://www.tfwm.org.uk/media/n0bo5dfl/7-and-19-12-24.pdf
https://one.network/

Not sure if that's good or bad to be honest. What is Edgbaston Park Road being closed for though?

Not an error. They are shown on the timetable on the NX website at 07:25, 07:37, 08:14, 08:17 & 09:15 to University.
https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/services-timetables/x21-birmingham-bartley-green

Alright fair enough didn't know they were on the timetable now I just remember Tony mentioning a couple of duplicates originally.

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/tnxb-e277?date=2024-12-17

Is this a bustimes error or have more X21 peak shorts been added? As far as I'm aware there were only 2 previously, around the 7:20 and 7:40 departures outbound. 

When all buses are using the new system am I right in assuming it will be easier to modify for future changes?
Not just the changes themselves, but once implemented would they change for all buses across the board or would you have to update each bus individually.