Updates

⚠️ Unfortunately, due to a change in a component of the Android app, you will need to reconfigure the connection — and, as a result, the dashboard. Sorry for the inconvenience!

However, even in version 0.9.0, an error was discovered during internal testing that prevented the release via TestFlight and the Play Store. But here they are—all the new features in this update.

What’s new in 0.9.1

• Push notifications for the VIOLET
• Prepared for remote access + push notifications for the ProCon.IP (via the PoolPilot Relay)
• Dosing control
• Heating/solar absorber control
• Timer control
• DMX512 support + convenience features
• Direct access to the pool control web interface with auto-login
• BADU Blue support/recognition + demo flavor
• Automatic detection and configuration of myVIOLET and BADU Blue remote access during setup
• Gauge view settings (display scale and tolerance; formely range) moved to settings tab
• More consistent gauge views through
• Consistent display across the app, widgets, and Watch or Wear OS
• App lock (biometric or via device PIN)
• Apple Family Sharing (prepared)
• Prepared to share Pro features with up to 10 third-party devices (via the PoolPilot Relay)
• Alternative app icons polish

Bug Fixes

• In-app and widget warning related to your own thresholds
• Various improvements to widget and Watch support
• Over 100 additional minor and major bug fixes and performance improvements

Despite the fact this release failed in internal tests and did not make it to the Beta, it represents another milestone on the way to a stable version. The app is now capable of controlling and monitoring most of the pool control functions.

A highlight is the support for push notifications – for the VIOLET out-of-the-box and for the ProCon.IP via the PoolPilot Relay, which also retrofits secure remote access for the discontinued model.

Even though this version will not be released as a Beta due to too many bugs, it provides a preview of the upcoming Beta version and the features it will bring.

What’s new in 0.8.0

• Push notifications for the VIOLET
• Prepared for remote access + push notifications for the ProCon.IP (via the PoolPilot Relay)
• Dosing control
• Heating/solar absorber control
• Timer control
• DMX512 support + convenience features
• Direct access to the pool control web interface with auto-login
• App lock (biometric or via device PIN)
• Apple Family Sharing
• Prepared to share Pro features with up to 10 third-party devices (via the PoolPilot Relay)
• Automatic detection and configuration of myVIOLET remote access during setup

Bug Fixes

• Various improvements to widget and Watch support
• Over 100 additional minor and major bug fixes and performance improvements

A little outlook between the release notes: PoolPilot is getting native push notifications from the VIOLET. The pool controller is set to notify the app directly — no detour through third-party services.

The best part: this is taking shape in a friendly, direct exchange with the makers of the pool controllers at PoolDigital — first-hand feedback that makes PoolPilot better across the board. Thank you!

For context: on the ProCon.IP, push notifications arrive via the PoolPilot Relay, which runs e.g. on a Raspberry Pi in your own network.

There is deliberately no release date yet — as soon as it lands, you will read it here.

What’s new in 0.7.0

• Switch a variable-speed filter pump on at a speed you pick, and see its running speed on the tile
• Open your controller’s web interface in a built-in browser
• Undo a deleted connection profile
• On Android: Material You colors, a per-app language (en/de), and a predictive back gesture
• Haptic feedback on control actions, plus fuller VoiceOver/TalkBack and Reduce Motion/Transparency support
• Fix: VIOLET reads its targets from the active dosing channel

What’s new in 0.6.0

• Remote access to your pool — a profile can now hold a remote address alongside the local one, and the app switches between them automatically (local network first, remote when the controller isn’t reachable at home). VIOLET uses its built-in remote-access feature; ProCon.IP has none, so it only works with your own setup (DynDNS, port forwarding, VPN or a reverse proxy)
• Timed relay switches — long-press a relay to switch it for a set duration, after which it returns to its previous setting (Auto/On/Off), with a custom-duration picker. VIOLET runs the timer on the controller, so it finishes even with the app closed; ProCon.IP runs it in the app — in the background on Android, but iOS needs to stay open (or you switch off from a notification)
• Manual dosing for ProCon.IP — trigger manual chlorine and pH dosing straight from the app, matching the controls VIOLET already offered
• Dashboard fixes — no longer goes blank after switching profiles, scrolls edge-to-edge behind the status bar, and falls back to a static background on Android devices that can’t render the animated one

What’s new in 0.5.0

• Trigger buttons for one-off actions — fire a VIOLET switching rule or a ProCon.IP digital input with a press-and-hold button, complete with haptic feedback
• Gauges that follow your controller — chemistry gauges now track the real warning bands and target values from your pool controller, and you can fine-tune any gauge’s range right from the dashboard
• Save your targets to the controller — set pH, Redox (ORP) and temperature straight from the app
• Your own labels everywhere — VIOLET outputs now show the names you configured on the controller
• More polish all around — fuller VoiceOver/screen-reader and Dynamic Type support, a true-to-life in-app demo, and plenty of stability and layout fixes (Android can now pick a background photo from Settings, just like iOS)

What’s new in 0.4.0

• A living water backdrop — or pick a calm still image or your own photo
• Home-screen widget and watch complication now stay fresh in the background (requires background app refresh to be enabled)
• Polished watch app mirroring your dashboard with gradient gauges
• Start manual dosing, refill and backwash right from the Switches tab
• Local-network connection fixes, complete German translation — plus accessibility, stability and visual polish

What’s new in 0.3.0

• Choose how many decimals each measurement shows — in the app, widgets and on your watch
• Demo profiles now open with a ready-made dashboard, so you can explore right away
• Pool cover controls now show live motion and status
• Numbers now follow your device’s language and region everywhere
• Optional crash reporting so bugs get fixed faster (off by default)
• Plus accessibility, stability and visual polish

The PoolPilot beta is here — free, no account. Both iOS and Android are live — via TestFlight (iOS) and Google Play (Android).

Join on iOS & Apple Watch

Open TestFlight and install PoolPilot for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch: join on TestFlight.

Join on Android (2 steps)

1. Join the Google Group — groups.google.com/g/poolpilot-beta. That unlocks you for the test.
2. Opt in, then install — open the test page, tap “Become a tester”, then “Download it on Google Play”.

The beta isn’t in the public stores yet — expect a few rough edges, and please report anything that looks off.

The next beta candidate is in internal testing.

Added

• Replace the controller toggle with a live connection-status light and connection status with reachability auth and type

Fixed

• Open the demo controller you picked in the first-run chooser
• Surface the gauge-style picker on compact temperature cards
• Pack two short dashboard cards side by side instead of stacking
• Drop the redundant inline Done button on the dashboard
• Auto-dismiss the control-action confirmation toast
• Accept relay writes POSTed in the form body
• Actually hide gauges hidden in the Measurements editor
• Collapse hidden Measurements cells instead of leaving empty space
• Re-enable R8 minification with verified keep rules

The first candidate for a beta launch, not a public release.

PoolPilot 0.1.0 — was meant to become the first beta version, but sadly didn’t make it out to the public. Still an important milestone for the project. One native app per platform that drives both the ProCon.IP and the VIOLET pool controllers (controller is chosen per profile).

Highlights

• Four-tab cockpit: Dashboard, Measurements, Switches, Settings.
• Live readings as banded gauges — pH, redox (ORP), chlorine, temperatures — with several gauge styles and adjustable ranges.
• Control relays, outputs and dosing (OFF / AUTO / ON), plus cover and VIOLET setpoints.
• Pin your most-used values and switches to the Dashboard — it starts empty, you decide what goes on it.
• Demo mode: explore both controllers fully offline, no hardware needed.
• Companions & glances: Apple Watch, Wear OS, home-screen widgets and (iOS) lock-screen complications.
• Per-profile backgrounds, auto-detect on connect, fully English + German.

Known issues & limitations

• Local network only: your phone must be on the same network as the controller (no remote/cloud access yet).
• Controllers talk over plain HTTP — you confirm this once before the first connection.
• If the app asks for a local-network permission, grant it — otherwise it can’t reach the controller and connections time out.
• The Dashboard is empty until you pin items to it.
• The exact set of Pro features is still being refined during the beta.

PoolPilot brings your pool controller to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android as a native app — one app for both the ProCon.IP and the VIOLET.

The app is in its final stretch before submission to Apple and Google. This website is already online so that privacy, help and the imprint are reachable from day one.

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