Whats up! We’re excited to announce that at the moment, 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 embrace.
Lap Monitoring
The interface of Lap Monitoring has been redesigned. Here is an in depth look:
It could seem like we simply gave issues a contemporary coat of paint, however imagine us after we say that we have sunk a whole bunch of work hours into enhancing how issues operate behind the display. The accuracy of the app in its monitoring of laps is even higher than earlier than, and we have verified this by means of quite a few checks. 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.
If you happen to’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 a bit extra than simply the identify. (Distant Join is designed to help you use your smartphone as a distant to your Delphin. You don’t want to attach your Delphin to a cellphone 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 take a look at your apps and set Favorites (the 4 apps that seem on the house display). The Setup screens additionally now embrace a pleasant reminder to show the Delphin display off by rapidly urgent the Energy button.
Additionally, Distant Join now options WiFi auto-configuration. WiFi auto-configuration for Distant Join works much like the best way it does for a tool like a Chromecast. Merely choose the WiFi community of your alternative in your cellphone (and enter the password if required), and your Delphin shall be linked to that WiFi community, with no extra steps required.
Distant Join’s smartphone counterpart is known as Delphin Distant, and it is obtainable for each iOS and Android. You may have to 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 have to take with a purpose to replace these apps in your Delphin will differ relying on the Delphin’s firmware. The overwhelming majority of Delphin items use one in all two editions of firmware; for simplicity’s sake, we’ll name them the “previous” firmware and the “new” firmware. Here is the simplest solution to inform which firmware you have got: If you happen to swipe up from the underside to entry a listing of apps, you have got the new firmware. If you happen to swipe left and proper on the house display to navigate between apps, your firmware is previous.
With a view to obtain the updates in your Delphin with new firmware, it’s best to first briefly set the display timer to 10 minutes or better, so the Delphin does not fall asleep through the center of an replace. Subsequent, be certain your Delphin is linked to WiFi, after which faucet the again button if you are on the house display. Your Delphin will start checking for updates, and they need to start downloading routinely. (Remember to vary the display timer again after the apps are up to date!)
When you have a Delphin with previous firmware, you possibly can 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 previous firmware however need Distant Join in your Delphin, you will have to ship your Delphin to us to be up to date with the most recent firmware.
When you have any questions on these updates, if you want to offer us suggestions, or if you wish to organize to ship in a Delphin with previous firmware to be up to date manually, please e mail us at [email protected].
