RecovR Release Notes

Dealers

Lot Management 1.50.0

October 16, 2024

Coming Soon!

🚀 New Features

🚗 Automated Offsite Unpaired Locator Reconciliation

Issue: Previously, we had a highly manual and infrequent solution for tracking and billing Unpaired Lost Locators. This presented challenges both in surges in billing as well as trouble tracking down these lost locators in a timely manner.

Solution: We implemented a weekly position request for unpaired locators. Based on the result of that position request, locators unpaired locators are now automatically marked as LOST (or FOUND, when appropriate). We also increased dealer visibility for this information (details below)

    • Weekly Position Updates from Unpaired Locators
      • We now issue a weekly position request for Locators that are Unpaired
      • For the purposes of marking as Lost/Found only positions reported with an accuracy better than 200m will be used.
    • Automatically Mark Offsite Unpaired Locators as LOST
      • Now that we are issuing a weekly position request for unpaired locators, we added a mechanism to automatically mark these devices as LOST when they report offsite.
      • After the first off-site position is reported the locator will be flagged as “Suspected Off-Site”
      • After the second off-site position is reported the locator will be marked as Lost and a Lost Record will be created and billed accordingly.
      • Locators that are on-site at a sister location within the same company are NOT marked as Lost
    • Automatically Mark Onsite Lost Locators as Found
      • We also now mark these locators as FOUND when they report back Onsite. If a Unpaired Locator previously marked as LOST reports back Onsite (with an accurate position), it is marked FOUND (with status ‘Available’)

Close of Business Report Updates

🚗 Additional Lost Locator Information

To help you better handle and recover lost locators, we’ve updated the daily Close of Business email to include a section detailing recent Lost Locators.  

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🚗 Off-Site Vehicles broken out by type

In addition to the above change, we’ve also broken out the off-site section by vehicle type to help you better understand if the off-site vehicle is problematic or not at a glance.

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Dealers

Lot Management 1.49.0

September 6, 2024

Coming Soon!

Lost Locator Logic Improvements

Locators that are on-site at another location within the same company will no longer be marked as lost. Additionally when Reconciling a lost locator, if it is on-site at a sister location it will be marked as found and credited appropriately.

Case insensitive KeyTag ID on PEN sales

Previously when entering Tag IDs on PEN Sales upper case letters would not be accepted.  This information is now case insensitive and will accept any combination of upper and lower case characters.


🐛 Fixed

  • Close Of Business Daily Report was not showing proper values for Vehicles Added.  This has been fixed.

Dealers

Lot Management 1.48.0

August 7, 2024

Coming Soon!

🐛 Fixed

  • Invoice link to show Sales should not filter Voided sales
  • Color swatch does not automatically update Color Name when Bulk Editing Vehicles
  • Filtering Sales on ProductTypes doesn’t work properly

Dealers

Lot Management 1.47.0

July 10, 2024

Coming Soon!

🚀 New Features

🚗 Ability to Enable/Disable Map Icon Aggregations

We have gotten a lot of feedback that the map icon aggregations are not always helpful.  With this release we will allow users to turn this feature on or off as desired.  

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NOTE: When this feature is disabled the number of positions shown will be limited to the amount set on the pagination

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We additionally will track how often users turn this feature on or off in order to better understand how useful this feature is for users.

🚗  Lost Locator History

Current State

This will update from Lost to Found when it is Found via Reconciliation, Pairing, or manually being marked as Found.

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Reconciliation History

This will show the date and time that a Reconciliation is performed, as well as the result if the Locator is on-site vs off-site.

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Billing State

This will show any record of Billing State changes, e.g. from Not Yet Billed to Never Billed when it is billed on an invoice.

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🚗 Automatic Position Retries

When a locator receives a position with accuracy worse than 100m we will retry the position update up to 3 times.

With this change anytime a locator receives an inaccurate position (common with cell/wifi positions) it will retry up to 3 times in an attempt to get a better position.  This process takes place over several hours since the request must be sent from the back-end on the next heartbeat.

🚗 Auto-transfer Zone Logic

Previously when multiple locations within the same company were located in close proximity and auto-transfer was enabled for these locations sometimes a locator would move back and forth between locations.  This would often happen when the accuracy circle for a given vehicle encompassed zones from multiple locations.  

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This release updates the auto-transfer logic so that a locator will only transfer to a sister location when it is not onsite (within .1 miles of any zone) for the location to which it is assigned.  This helps in situations we have seen in the past where a locator jumps back and forth between locations when they are in close proximity.

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These vehicles remain in their original location and will NOT transfer as the vehicle is still onsite (within < .1 miles from the nearest zone) at the original location.

Consumer App

Android Release 1.14.68

October 31, 2022

What's New

  • [LIVE] Consumer Account Activation Updates — Previously, consumers would click a checkbox that mentioned that they had agreed to both the Privacy Notice and the Terms & Conditions. This is not sufficient to obtain meaningful consent from users. It also does not comply with some regions’ (e.g. Canada) data privacy laws. There are a few updates we’ve made to be compliant with legislation and more transparent with our users:
  • We will now surface Key Highlights that provide a high level summary of our data privacy practices before users consent to the Privacy Notice. You can read the full Key Highlights here.
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  • We have also updated the checkboxes:
  • We have separated out the Privacy Notice and the Terms & Conditions (RecovR Vehicle Location and Theft Recovery Device Agreement) into two separate checkboxes. Both are required.
  • We have added an additional checkbox to allow users to opt-in or out of marketing communications (note: this does not impact our ability to send email or SMS alerts from the native app). This is optional.
  • The options that the user selects will be stored in user metadata in case we need to filter out consumers from receiving marketing communications or provide proof that they have opted-in to the legal terms.
  • [LIVE] Adding Additional Information to “My Data” — It’s important that users have transparency and control over their personal data. We currently have no automated way of deleting historical data, so we have provided some additional instructions on how to ask questions around our Data Privacy Practices and request data deletion. The “Chat” option will open an Intercom message with a pre-filled message, “Hello, I have a question or request regarding the Privacy Notice or my personal information.”
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  • [LIVE] Update “State” selections and displays to include Canadian Provinces — Users are able to select the State for their Contact Address as well as for the License Plate Information. This has been updated to say “State/Province” in the selection and contain Canadian provinces as options.
  • [LIVE] Adding Toll-Free Canada Support Phone Number — Anywhere we are currently displaying the support phone number, we are now providing options for the user to select the US or Canada support number.
  • [LIVE] Various Copy and Icon Consistency Updates — There were a few different places where we had inconsistencies in how we refer to the Mobile App or the service. There were also some inconsistent iconography. We’ve cleaned these items up to provide a more consistent experience to users
  • [LIVE] Remove Photo Action Update — Previously, users would see the option to remove their vehicle photo even if they hadn’t uploaded one. We’ve removed this so that they will only see it when a photo is currently added.
  • [LIVE] Disable Email Updates for Metadata Changes — Previously, an email would send to consumers anytime their user metadata is updated. There are a few things that are saved in user metadata, such as the data sale permission on the “My Data” screen (see screenshot below). The email for these updates is not the most usable and can be a little startling to users especially because it is sent when they first activate their account. This is because this permission isn’t set until the account is activated, and the system recognizes this as an update. We have decided to temporarily disable these emails since they are causing alarm from users, which would be further exacerbated in this release because their opt-in to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Notice are also stored as user metadata. Users will still receive similar emails when their password or contact information is changed.
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Consumer App

iOS Release 1.14.86

October 31, 2022

What's New

  • [LIVE] Consumer Account Activation Updates — Previously, consumers would click a checkbox that mentioned that they had agreed to both the Privacy Notice and the Terms & Conditions. This is not sufficient to obtain meaningful consent from users. It also does not comply with some regions’ (e.g. Canada) data privacy laws. There are a few updates we’ve made to be compliant with legislation and more transparent with our users:
  • We will now surface Key Highlights that provide a high level summary of our data privacy practices before users consent to the Privacy Notice. You can read the full Key Highlights here.
Screen Shot 2022-10-20 at 7.35.33 AM.png
  • We have also updated the checkboxes:
  • We have separated out the Privacy Notice and the Terms & Conditions (RecovR Vehicle Location and Theft Recovery Device Agreement) into two separate checkboxes. Both are required.
  • We have added an additional checkbox to allow users to opt-in or out of marketing communications (note: this does not impact our ability to send email or SMS alerts from the native app). This is optional.
  • The options that the user selects will be stored in user metadata in case we need to filter out consumers from receiving marketing communications or provide proof that they have opted-in to the legal terms.
  • [LIVE] Adding Additional Information to “My Data” — It’s important that users have transparency and control over their personal data. We currently have no automated way of deleting historical data, so we have provided some additional instructions on how to ask questions around our Data Privacy Practices and request data deletion. The “Chat” option will open an Intercom message with a pre-filled message, “Hello, I have a question or request regarding the Privacy Notice or my personal information.”
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  • [LIVE] Update “State” selections and displays to include Canadian Provinces — Users are able to select the State for their Contact Address as well as for the License Plate Information. This has been updated to say “State/Province” in the selection and contain Canadian provinces as options.
  • [LIVE] Adding Toll-Free Canada Support Phone Number — Anywhere we are currently displaying the support phone number, we are now providing options for the user to select the US or Canada support number.
  • [LIVE] Various Copy and Icon Consistency Updates — There were a few different places where we had inconsistencies in how we refer to the Mobile App or the service. There were also some inconsistent iconography. We’ve cleaned these items up to provide a more consistent experience to users
  • [LIVE] Remove Photo Action Update — Previously, users would see the option to remove their vehicle photo even if they hadn’t uploaded one. We’ve removed this so that they will only see it when a photo is currently added.
  • [LIVE] Disable Email Updates for Metadata Changes — Previously, an email would send to consumers anytime their user metadata is updated. There are a few things that are saved in user metadata, such as the data sale permission on the “My Data” screen (see screenshot below). The email for these updates is not the most usable and can be a little startling to users especially because it is sent when they first activate their account. This is because this permission isn’t set until the account is activated, and the system recognizes this as an update. We have decided to temporarily disable these emails since they are causing alarm from users, which would be further exacerbated in this release because their opt-in to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Notice are also stored as user metadata. Users will still receive similar emails when their password or contact information is changed.
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Consumer App

iOS Release 1.4.64

February 8, 2022

Thanks for protecting your vehicle with RecovR! In this update, we have implemented a few bug fixes and performance improvements.

Consumer App

Android Release 1.4.38

November 3, 2021

Thanks for protecting your vehicle with RecovR! In this update, we have implemented a number of bug fixes and performance improvements to help make accessing your vehicle's location easier than ever.


Consumer App

Android Release 1.5.41 (Mobile 2.0)

September 7, 2023

What's New

Mobile 2.0
  • We have done a major makeover of Mobile app for Car Owners. Though it was largely driven by preparing the app for RecovR for Keys, existing users will be able to take advantage of significant improvements including better navigation, instant Theft Recovery Mode activation, native customer support experience, and more.
New Onboarding Flows

Existing users will see a new onboarding flow introducing them to the app changes

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New users will see a onboarding flow after registration explaining key app features

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Consumer App

iOS Release 1.5.41 (Mobile 2.0)

September 7, 2023

What's New

Mobile 2.0
  • We have done a major makeover of Mobile app for Car Owners. Though it was largely driven by preparing the app for RecovR for Keys, existing users will be able to take advantage of significant improvements including better navigation, instant Theft Recovery Mode activation, native customer support experience, and more.
New Onboarding Flows

Existing users will see a new onboarding flow introducing them to the app changes

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New users will see a onboarding flow after registration explaining key app features

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Consumer App

Android Release 1.5.21

May 18, 2023

What's New

  • Lock mode alerts now adhere to app notification settings for SMS and Email
  • Updated the logic to select the street address returned by google which seems to be more accurate based on testing
  • Fixed a bug where the Share Location button is active, but when pressed it doesn't do anything

Consumer App

iOS Release 1.5.21

May 18, 2023

What's New

  • Lock mode alerts now adhere to app notification settings for SMS and Email
  • Face/Touch ID now automatically launches when the app is opened after being logged out allowing users to quickly log back in
  • Automatic Face/Touch ID does not occur when a user manually logs out of their account
  • Updated the logic to select the street address returned by google which seems to be more accurate based on testing
  • Fixed a bug where the Share Location button is active, but when pressed it doesn't do anything