Changelog

Here you will find a chronological documentation of all past software updates and their included features and changes.

v.3.3.1: 26.10.2020

  • Bugfixes

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-media download where the size of downloaded .zip files varies

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-analytics where the data in the xls for photo, gif and boomerang would not be shown

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-analytics where the entries for offline forms would not correspond with users’ entries

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-device management where the passwords set for the app would not sync between cloud and app

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-config where upreach would not be shown as sender of emails

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-backend where deployments would not be installable on booths

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-deployments where a configuration could not be removed from a deployment

    • Fixed a bug in cloud-user management where a newly invited admin in not automatically selected as the company’s admin

    • Fixed a bug in app/cloud where emails could not be sent due to a server error

    • Fixed a bug in app-boomerang where the first frame in a movie would not be received

  • Changes

    • Changed the chroma-keying pop up in the app so it would only show when the selector it is set to “custom”

    • Improved the socket sending of commands on app-side

    • Improved the socket sending of commands on cloud side

v3.2.1: 11.02.2020

UpReach Cloud

  • Configurations

    • Sharing settings

      • Option to limit prints per session to prevent excessive printing (max. 5 prints)

      • Auto printing to enforce printing (max. 2 prints)

      • Email text formatting is preserved (e.g. line breaks)

    • Scenes: many improvements & fixes (incl. mirroring, drag & drop, title input…)

    • File uploads

      • file size is being validated to make sure that too large files cannot be uploaded

      • file sorting improved: now alphanumeric instead of strictly alphabetic

      • mp4 files are supported as Start & Standby Screen backgrounds

  • Deployments

    • Set photos deletion/retention time in Deployment settings (default: 30 days)

    • “Copy Deployment” is now properly working again

  • UpReach Live

    • inform user about photo deletion time

    • different error messages for “not uploaded yet”, “deleted” and “wrong URL” + redirect user to UpReach.com if live.upreach.com is visited

  • Analytics & Media

    • QR code analytics now differentiates between users

    • Download media ZIP based on rules: only display rules that are actually available

  • “Undo” option for deletion of table items (in “deleted” notification at the bottom right corner)

  • User passwords: more special characters allowed than before

UpReach App

  • UpReach Air is now fully supported

  • Restart/shutdown buttons inside the App (in header menu)

  • Support phone number & times added to App header menu

  • Chroma keying

    • advise user at first App/Config start to check the chroma keying settings

    • warn user if segmentation gets worse & suggest settings changes

  • Photo strips are previewed separately for better understanding

  • Option to remove single Configs in the UpReach App (instead of removing all Configs at once)

  • Live view in Start Screen is turned off after 30sec

General info

  • Printer issues are solved

Future releases

 Draft: future releases

v3.#.#: ##.##.2020

v3.2.4 Hotfix: 25.02.2020

  • fixes Printer issues

v3.2.2 Hotfix: 14.02.2020

  • runs App with Windows administrator rights to prevent some printer issues

  • order of “Exit” menu items in App header menu changed

v3.1.3: 23.01.2020

UpReach Cloud

  • Scenes MVP

    • add multiple overlay & background sets for all capture modes at once

  • Configurations

    • Photos can now overflow the layout, i.e. be larger than the layout (e.g. for zooming/cropping the photo)

    • Alphabetic sorting for multiple files upload

    • While Config is saving, user must wait before being able to leave or save it again

    • Data Forms: use the same email settings like email sharing

  • Remove Deployments from device remotely via the Deployments or Devices sections

  • Devices list:

    • Close/start Dropbox on a device to improve performance

    • App passwords queue: passwords can now always be changed, even when device is offline

  • Analytics & Media

    • Download data (media, analytics) based on selectable rules

    • XLS download now supports multiple data forms in one file

  • Simple text & title input for advanced HTML emails: <TEXT> and <TITLE> inside the HTML code are replaced by the “Text” and “Title” field contents

UpReach App

  • Scenes: user can select Scene in live view

  • Improved Chroma Keying

    • “Default” mode is now an automatic mode which selects the best color by itself

    • Now works much better in low light situations & with uneven colors

    • Adapts automatically to changing light conditions

    • Fixed Boomerang preview in App

    • Reduced green edges

  • Automatic Configuration download after adding a Config or Deployment via ID or remote install

  • Use live view as Start Screen background (new experimental feature)

  • Sharing

    • Email address validation: “send” button gets disabled for incorrect emails (so wrong emails don’t block the queue anymore)

    • Printer bleed area is not included on the print preview anymore

  • Redesigned App update screen with new design and determinate progress bar as a preparation for independent updating by Client

  • UpReach Badge: tiny UpReach logo on bottom right corner of the UpReach App

  • Improvements:

    • Warn user if “back” button deletes photo

    • Sharing Screen: new QR code label text

    • Restart the camera connection automatically if the camera closed it

    • Upload queues: improved reliability

    • Printing: increased reliability

    • Confirm pop-ups with “enter” key

    • …and many more!

General info

  • SMS will not support emojis for now as this is not supported by our SMS provider

  • Client company accounts now do not require a Client Admin user anymore

v2.3.1 Hotfix: 21.11.2019

  • solves bug with camera disconnecting from time to time

v2.3.0: 11.11.2019

UpReach Cloud

  • Help center with manuals & documentations (+ link to help center in Cloud header menu)

  • Improved Cloud for Client accounts

    • Client users only see what they need

    • Client company accounts are not required to have a Client Admin anymore

  • Possibility to delete users in front-end

  • Tables

    • Dropdown menus: search items & alphabetic sorting

    • Table sorting: sort also unloaded rows

    • Faster table search: start typing anywhere without having to click the search button

  • Dropbox folder sync: automatically sync photos to a predefined Dropbox folder based on certain rules (set up in Deployment)

Chroma keying

  • enable/disable chroma keying in the Config

  • local color adjustment in the App camera settings (tap on the live view to select a color)

Configurations

  • Quick Setup Wizard ready & all new options added to advanced configuration

  • Preserve values of fields after disabling & enabling them

  • Option to upload the original photos to the Cloud (without layouts & filters)

  • Animated overlays/backgrounds: upload multiple frames at once

  • Show OL/BG in live view: moved to individual capture modes (instead global option)

  • Option to mirror the photos on the final layout as alternative to mirroring the layout in the live view (this is the new default setting, i.e. photos = live view)

  • Option to disable color filters

  • Option to upload custom capture mode icons for the Start Screen

  • Auto-sync changes in Configs to the App (even while the Config is being used!)

  • HTML emails

    • placeholder to include all available photos: <PHOTOS>

    • placeholder to include live gallery URL: <LIVE_URL>

  • Data forms

    • use email from sharing (no separate HTML email anymore)

    • allow parallel usage of “after taking photo” + “as sharing option”

  • Analytics report

    • Option to change time frame temporarily

    • Include QR code scans

    • Option to download all data as an XLS file (incl. form submissions)

  • Live Gallery: indicate if images have not been uploaded yet

UpReach App

  • Upload & sharing queue is now visible in the App settings

  • Lowest possible camera quality is selected automatically to improve performance (based on layout sizes)

  • mp4 videos include multiple repetitions (instead of just 1)

  • added App version number to header menu (next to UpReach logo)

  • Sharing screen

    • added text on sharing buttons for better understanding

    • Pop-up to warn user if no sharing was done and user taps DONE button

v2.1.1: 25.09.2019

  • New experimental sharing option: QR code

  • Improved sharing notifications on sharing screen: show notification only after email/sms has really been sent

  • Update configuration on Booth without deleting: simply add it again

  • New uploading queue architecture to avoid missing analytics data

  • Mirror live view overlays/backgrounds so the users can properly position themselves

  • Improved Deployment - Configuration - Booth connection (no assignment anymore, but dynamic connection, i.e. more error-proof)

  • Central email & sms sending: messages are now sent centrally from the cloud and photos just uploaded once per session

v2.0.6: 18.09.2019

UpReach App

  • New home & password screen designs

    • warning message for Config download

    • Camera settings: select camera

    • New default exit & settings password: upreach

    • Display App version & environment info in settings (lower right corner)

  • New camera architecture

    • better stability, less errors

    • Intel RealSense & Webcams support

    • Faster live view loading (LV is activated earlier already)

  • Live view overlays

    • option to display the layout designs already in live view

    • works with animated overlays

  • Sharing screen: new button designs for better recognizability

  • Print notifications: SMS notification

  • New desktop background & splash screen during app startup

  • TeamViewer auto start/stop

UpReach Cloud

  • Devices list: highlight online status with green dot

  • SMS sharing text: notify user if text was too long after copy & paste

  • App update version list: sort descending (newest on top)

  • Improved sorting & filtering in tables

  • Analytics: PDF export

  • Possibility to open pages in new tab

Fixed bugs

  • Corrected layout sizes & positions: no white edges anymore

  • Config applying not possible without internet

  • Print files not shown in email & live gallery

  • Start screen to live view transition delay (when tapping on start screen icon)

  • Missing analytics & photos

    • improved uploading queues

    • all Deployment download methods can be used again

  • Camera connection lost: improved visual indication if buttons are temporarily not usable

  • Animated overlays are not always smooth

  • Data forms opening, closing & email sending not working in all cases

v1.4.8 Hotfix: 21.08.2019

  • adding progress indicator if camera is not available when default start screen icons are not used

v1.4.7 Hotfix: 20.08.2019

IMPORTANT: This release will change our TeamViewer user flow. As TeamViewer is slowing down the computer significantly and is responsible for many performance issues, the App will from now on close TV automatically. We can then start it remotely via the Cloud.

  • TV will be on for 10 minutes after the App has started.

  • After 10 minutes, the App will close TV. The Booth will be offline in TV.

  • You can check the online status of the Booth in the Cloud (Settings > Devices https://cloud.upreach.com/app/devices)

  • You can turn on/off TeamViewer via the Devices list, too: click on the 3 dots at the right side & click turn on/off TV (App must be started for that!)

  • 1.4.5 - Added auto start/auto stop of TeamViewer to solve performance issues.

  • 1.4.6 - Added Cloud controls in devices list to start and stop TeamViewer from the Cloud

  • 1.4.7 - Added local time stamp for sent media objects (fixes wrong analytics after “offline mode”)

v1.4.4 Hotfix: 05.08.2019

  • JavaScript error when App has been started multiple times (i.e. multiple instances running)

  • Print layouts not being displayed in email & gallery when sharing both print & digital was activated

  • Downloading single photo digital layout from live gallery on mobile phones not possible

  • Files are being deleted before email was sent if user ends the session

v1.4.3: 31.07.2019

v1.3.2 Hotfix: 08.07.2019

  • reverted SMS sharing phone number input to old format: Germany as default country for numbers with leading “0”

  • changed Windows desktop shortcut name to “UpReach App”

  • better .gif file quality in GIF capture mode: GIF dithering settings were changed

  • assigning a Booth to a deployment is not necessary (& possible) anymore: simply download the deployment to a Booth, and all data from this Booth will be associated with this deployment

  • UpReach Email templates: HTML code input is not required anymore. We now have 3 email templates to choose from (DE informal, DE formal, EN) and then can simply enter email subject, title & text

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