Outage Alerts BC

A Laupin app for Android

Outage Alerts BC is an unofficial Android app for tracking BC Hydro outage reports, saving outage areas you care about, and getting local notifications when saved or nearby outages change.

Unofficial app. Outage Alerts BC is made by Laupin and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by BC Hydro. Outage details can change quickly, so confirm urgent restoration information with BC Hydro's official outage resources.

Google Play coming soon Download APK SHA-256 GitHub releases

The direct APK is available now as latest.apk. The Google Play release is still being prepared.

Features

Browse the latest BC Hydro public outage list.
Search near an address, municipality, or postal code.
Save favourite outage areas for faster follow-up.
Turn on background refresh for saved and nearby outage alerts.
Use local notifications without creating an account.
Open privacy, support, and optional Buy Me a Coffee links from Settings.

Screenshots

Outage list screen with refresh, search, and outage cards — Outage list

Search results sorted near an address or postal code — Nearby search

Saved favourite outages screen — Favourites

Settings screen for notifications and nearby alerts — Settings

Requirements

Android 8.0 (API 26) or newer.
Network access to fetch current public outage data.
Notification permission on Android 13 and newer, if you want alerts.

Installing

Google Play

The Play Store listing is not live yet. Once approved, this page will link directly to the Google Play install page.

Direct APK

Download latest.apk from this page on your Android device. Sideloading requires you to allow installs from the app that opens the APK, usually your browser or file manager.

QR code linking to the Outage Alerts BC APK download

On a laptop? Scan this with your Android phone to open the APK download.

https://laupin.ca/apps/outage-alerts-bc/latest.apk

Updating

Google Play installs should update through Google Play. Direct APK installs will need to be updated by downloading the newer APK from this page or from GitHub Releases. Android will only allow the update when the new APK is signed with the same app signing certificate as the installed copy.

Verifying the download

The current APK's SHA-256 hash is published at latest.apk.sha256. From a workstation, compare the APK's SHA-256 hash against that file:

# Windows (PowerShell)
(Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 outage-alerts-bc.apk).Hash.ToLower()

# macOS / Linux
shasum -a 256 outage-alerts-bc.apk

Signing certificate SHA-256: F0:A0:A1:BA:F1:53:6F:54:0F:AF:0B:FD:70:33:B6:78:67:DF:79:E2:93:A1:63:E4:1C:92:7B:4A:63:87:41:63

Privacy

Outage Alerts BC does not require an account, does not include ads, and does not include analytics. Favourites and settings are stored locally on your device. If you use nearby outage alerts, the address or postal code you enter may be sent to the Android geocoding service available on your device so it can be converted to an approximate location. Laupin does not operate a backend that stores this information.

Read the full privacy policy or contact support@laupin.ca for help.

Source & releases

Release artifacts and notes will be published on the Laupin-ca/outage-alerts-bc GitHub releases page. The app source code is available in the same repository.