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What’s New Version 2.8.2
Minor fixes plus Reset into Firmware Loader support for regular NCS builds, not just Bare Metal.
Description
nRF Connect is a powerful generic tool that allows you to scan and explore your Bluetooth Low Energy (henceforth Bluetooth LE, also called Bluetooth Version 4.0+ of the Bluetooth specification) devices and communicate with them.
nRF Connect also allows your iOS device to advertise as a peripheral, with full support of many of Bluetooth SIG adopted profiles.
Additionally, nRF Connect supports Nordic Semiconductor’s Device Firmware Update profile (DFU) capabilities, allowing you to update compatible peripherals!
+ Features:
• Supports DFU on all Nordic Semiconducto-powered devices.
• Supports Nordic Thingy™ from Nordic Semiconductor.
• Scan and discover nearby Bluetooth LE peripherals.
• Filter Scanned Peripherals by Name, Manufacturer, Services (Advertised & Connected) and RSSI Level.
• Parsing Multiple Formats of Bluetooth LE Advertisement Data.
• Live RSSI Chart of Scanned Bluetooth LE Peripherals.
• Complete iPad Support, including Multi-Tasking and Mouse Support as of 13.4.
• Logs: Including BLE Function calls, and Export Function as CSV and Text.
• Privacy-Oriented: Full-Disclosure of Scanned Data, Advertised Data, and User-Performed Actions held by nRF Connect.
• Connecting to Any Connectable Bluetooth LE Smart Device.
• Discovery of Services, Characteristics and Descriptors.
• Read and Write Characteristics and Descriptors.
• Enable and Disable Notifications and Indications.
• Advertising as a Bluetooth LE Peripheral.
• Setting up a Bluetooth LE (Peripheral) Server and Notifying/Indicating back to connected Central(s).
• Low-Fat: nRF Connect for iOS is Very Small, so You Can Always Keep Us With You!
>= Requirements:
• iOS 16.0 and above.
- Notes:
nRF Connect also works with our Development Kits, which you may acquire online here:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/buy-online
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Version history 25 versions
Build 887088951v2.8.22026-06-17 18:33:44
Minor fixes plus Reset into Firmware Loader support for regular NCS builds, not just Bare Metal.
Build 886008903v2.8.12026-05-22 17:07:54
Includes fixes requested by users as well as bug-fixes in the underlying DFU library.
Build 883584026v2.82026-03-20 19:57:12
All new redesigned Device Details Client & Server screens.
Build 882299920v2.7.252026-02-09 19:11:57
Fix for the high number of crashes we've noticed from the previous version.
Build 882075104v2.7.242026-02-02 19:51:05
Array of bug fixes & improvements ahead of bigger feature development. For more, please see 'What's New' or tap on Application Version from Settings.
Build 880514947v2.7.232025-12-11 00:22:25
More development time was put into this release, including rewrite of the "Logs" code, as well as extensions for iPadOS. And of course, fixes.
Build 879451945v2.7.222025-11-04 02:54:21
Long-awaited update that brings significant DFU speed-ups, improvements (less cut-outs) as well as missing features, like targeted Reset modes, and other minor details. For more information, please see 'What's New' on first start, or tap "Application Version" from Settings.
Build 876765171v2.7.212025-07-28 20:20:15
We noticed too many crashes in 2.7.20 to be comfortable for us, so we worked on this quick emergency release to try and alleviate the top two issues.
Build 876641550v2.7.202025-07-23 22:53:55
There are big improvements regarding DFU Speed & Stability. We've also made some minor changes in critical components of the app to try and improve crash rates.
Build 875140584v2.7.192025-05-29 01:38:41
Quick version turnaround to fix a minor, but important, issue.
Build 874965800v2.7.182025-05-22 02:10:41
We're primarily trying to fix the crashes from Device Details' Logs. There's also a lot of Performance Improvements. For details, please read 'What's New' on first app start, or tap the Application Version from Settings.
Build 873116299v2.7.172025-03-11 01:21:12
Performance Optimisations plus bug-fixes. For more information, please check 'What's New' on first app start.
Build 872230874v2.7.162025-02-04 21:17:15
Minor update to incorporate DFU (Device Firmware Update) Improvements.
Build 871912653v2.7.152025-01-21 16:51:23
Bug-fixes & overall improvements. For more information, please check 'What's New'.
Build 871268345v2.7.142024-12-19 18:51:16
We've made some bug-fixes as well as UI Improvements. For more details, check 'What's New' on first start after the update or, go to Settings and tap "Application Version".
Build 870725360v2.7.132024-11-27 12:22:20
Fixes & Improvements. For more detailed information, please read 'What's New' on first app start or go to Settings -> Application Version.
Build 870505332v2.7.122024-11-18 23:23:43
Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements. This update also includes extended SUIT Device Firmware Update support & capabilities. For more information, please read 'What's New' on first app launch after the update.
Build 869042908v2.7.112024-09-16 17:53:45
Fixes for a couple of crashes, one of them related to DFU. The other one to Peripheral Logs.
Build 868790285v2.7.102024-09-05 23:39:14
We're working hard on improving the crashes caused by rotation & logs. For more information, please check 'What's New' on first app start after the update, or from Settings tab.
Build 868558001v2.7.92024-08-28 18:19:54
We keep working on fixing issues raised by our customers. There are also usability improvements. For more details, please check 'What's New' on first app launch after the update.
Build 867846292v2.7.82024-08-13 00:16:42
Low-level changes to make the app more stable. For more information, go through all of the 'What's New' changes on first launch of the app. Or, go to Settings tab and tap on the version number.
Build 867485001v2.7.72024-07-15 16:41:36
There are far too many changes to summarise here, but there are UI changes & updates to keep modernising the app. Secondly, we've greatly improved SUIT (Software Update for the Internet of Things) Support.
Build 864022757v2.7.62024-02-26 17:08:27
Big list of fixes and user-level improvements as you can read from 'What's New' screen on first app launch after the update.
Build 863155789v2.7.52024-01-24 23:04:43
We wanted to tackle iPad issues here as well as fix the DFU crashes that were not there in the previous release. Hopefully things are better now.
Build 863037137v2.7.42024-01-19 21:14:47
We've made some work here towards reducing the number of crashes. Making relatively small architectural changes and so on. There are also some UI changes, but minor since we don't want to embark on a full "dot" release just yet.
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Change log 29 changes · US
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releaseNotes updated
Minor fixes plus Reset into Firmware Loader support for regular NCS builds, not just Bare Metal.
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description updated
nRF Connect is a powerful generic tool that allows you to scan and explore your Bluetooth Low Energy (henceforth Bluetooth LE, also called Bluetooth Version 4.0
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subtitle updated
The #1 Bluetooth LE utility
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name updated
nRF Connect for Mobile
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Version 2.8.2 released
Minor fixes plus Reset into Firmware Loader support for regular NCS builds, not just Bare Metal.
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Version 2.8.1 released
Includes fixes requested by users as well as bug-fixes in the underlying DFU library.
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Version 2.8 released
All new redesigned Device Details Client & Server screens.
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Version 2.7.25 released
Fix for the high number of crashes we've noticed from the previous version.
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Version 2.7.24 released
Array of bug fixes & improvements ahead of bigger feature development. For more, please see 'What's New' or tap on Application Version from Settings.
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Version 2.7.23 released
More development time was put into this release, including rewrite of the "Logs" code, as well as extensions for iPadOS. And of course, fixes.
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Version 2.7.22 released
Long-awaited update that brings significant DFU speed-ups, improvements (less cut-outs) as well as missing features, like targeted Reset modes, and other minor details. For more information, please see 'What's New' on first start, or tap "A
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Version 2.7.21 released
We noticed too many crashes in 2.7.20 to be comfortable for us, so we worked on this quick emergency release to try and alleviate the top two issues.
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Version 2.7.20 released
There are big improvements regarding DFU Speed & Stability. We've also made some minor changes in critical components of the app to try and improve crash rates.
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Version 2.7.19 released
Quick version turnaround to fix a minor, but important, issue.
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Version 2.7.18 released
We're primarily trying to fix the crashes from Device Details' Logs. There's also a lot of Performance Improvements. For details, please read 'What's New' on first app start, or tap the Application Version from Settings.
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Version 2.7.17 released
Performance Optimisations plus bug-fixes. For more information, please check 'What's New' on first app start.
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Version 2.7.16 released
Minor update to incorporate DFU (Device Firmware Update) Improvements.
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Version 2.7.15 released
Bug-fixes & overall improvements. For more information, please check 'What's New'.
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Version 2.7.14 released
We've made some bug-fixes as well as UI Improvements. For more details, check 'What's New' on first start after the update or, go to Settings and tap "Application Version".
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Version 2.7.13 released
Fixes & Improvements. For more detailed information, please read 'What's New' on first app start or go to Settings -> Application Version.
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Version 2.7.12 released
Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements. This update also includes extended SUIT Device Firmware Update support & capabilities. For more information, please read 'What's New' on first app launch after the update.
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Version 2.7.11 released
Fixes for a couple of crashes, one of them related to DFU. The other one to Peripheral Logs.
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Version 2.7.10 released
We're working hard on improving the crashes caused by rotation & logs. For more information, please check 'What's New' on first app start after the update, or from Settings tab.
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Version 2.7.9 released
We keep working on fixing issues raised by our customers. There are also usability improvements. For more details, please check 'What's New' on first app launch after the update.
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Version 2.7.8 released
Low-level changes to make the app more stable. For more information, go through all of the 'What's New' changes on first launch of the app. Or, go to Settings tab and tap on the version number.
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Version 2.7.7 released
There are far too many changes to summarise here, but there are UI changes & updates to keep modernising the app. Secondly, we've greatly improved SUIT (Software Update for the Internet of Things) Support.
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Version 2.7.6 released
Big list of fixes and user-level improvements as you can read from 'What's New' screen on first app launch after the update.
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Version 2.7.5 released
We wanted to tackle iPad issues here as well as fix the DFU crashes that were not there in the previous release. Hopefully things are better now.
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Version 2.7.4 released
We've made some work here towards reducing the number of crashes. Making relatively small architectural changes and so on. There are also some UI changes, but minor since we don't want to embark on a full "dot" release just yet.