Hey! We’re excited to announce that in the present day, after a lot time spent in improvement, we’re releasing main updates to the Lap Monitoring and Distant Join (previously Telephone Join) apps, in addition to an replace to our iOS and Android app, Delphin Distant. We’ve been releasing minor updates to those apps as wanted since they have been first launched, however we really feel these app updates are massive sufficient and create sufficient distinction in person expertise to warrant an official description of what they embody.
Lap Monitoring
The interface of Lap Monitoring has been redesigned. This is an in depth look:
It might seem like we simply gave issues a contemporary coat of paint, however imagine us once we say that we have sunk a whole lot of work hours into bettering how issues perform behind the display screen. The accuracy of the app in its monitoring of laps is even higher than earlier than, and we have verified this by way of quite a few exams. The brand new replace to the app additionally takes much less energy to run, preserving extra battery life and permitting you to swim extra laps and take heed to extra music.
Should you’re an Apple Watch person, Lap Monitoring for Apple Watch has not been up to date but, however will probably be quickly!
Distant Join
Telephone Join is now Distant Join, and we have modified just a little extra than simply the title. (Distant Join is designed to mean you can use your smartphone as a distant to your Delphin. You don’t want to attach your Delphin to a telephone to make use of it, however utilizing a smartphone’s keyboard could make typing a lot simpler.)
Additions to the preliminary Setup screens have been made. Within the Setup screens, there’s now an evidence of how to have a look at your apps and set Favorites (the 4 apps that seem on the house display screen). The Setup screens additionally now embody a pleasant reminder to show the Delphin display screen off by shortly urgent the Energy button.
Additionally, Distant Join now options WiFi auto-configuration. WiFi auto-configuration for Distant Join works just like the best way it does for a tool like a Chromecast. Merely choose the WiFi community of your selection in your telephone (and enter the password if required), and your Delphin can be related to that WiFi community, with no extra steps required.
Distant Join’s smartphone counterpart is named Delphin Distant, and it is obtainable for each iOS and Android. You may must obtain this app to make use of Distant Join together with your smartphone. Delphin Distant has acquired an replace in tandem with Distant Join – we’re ensuring all the pieces’s getting polished.
Receiving the Updates
The steps you will want to take with a view to replace these apps in your Delphin will differ relying on the Delphin’s firmware. The overwhelming majority of Delphin models use considered one of two editions of firmware; for simplicity’s sake, we’ll name them the “outdated” firmware and the “new” firmware. This is the simplest technique to inform which firmware you may have: Should you swipe up from the underside to entry an inventory of apps, you may have the new firmware. Should you swipe left and proper on the house display screen to navigate between apps, your firmware is outdated.
With the intention to obtain the updates in your Delphin with new firmware, you need to first briefly set the display screen timer to 10 minutes or better, so the Delphin does not fall asleep through the center of an replace. Subsequent, be sure your Delphin is related to WiFi, after which faucet the again button if you are on the house display screen. Your Delphin will start checking for updates, and they need to start downloading routinely. (Remember to alter the display screen timer again after the apps are up to date!)
If in case you have a Delphin with outdated firmware, you may obtain the Lap Monitoring app replace by visiting the Amazon App Retailer. The brand new Distant Join app will solely work with new Delphin firmware, so if in case you have the outdated firmware however need Distant Join in your Delphin, you will want to ship your Delphin to us to be up to date with the latest firmware.
If in case you have any questions on these updates, if you need to provide us suggestions, or if you wish to prepare to ship in a Delphin with outdated firmware to be up to date manually, please e mail us at assist@underwateraudio.com.