What’s New
We ship improvements every week.
- New Feature
Fermentation & Lab Use-Case Pages
Two new SEO landings for the broader fermentation operator (kombucha, vinegar, koji, sourdough) and lab-monitoring buyer (research, biotech, pharma stability storage). Both pages emphasise per-vessel monitoring, calibration tracking, and audit logs.
- Improvement
BreadcrumbList Structured Data
Comparison and use-case pages now emit schema.org BreadcrumbList JSON-LD. Google can render the page hierarchy directly in search results.
- New Feature
Callout Blocks in Blog & Docs
Authors can insert info / warning / success / tip callout cards from the rich-text toolbar in blog and documentation. Improves scannability and signposts gotchas in technical guides.
- Improvement
Pricing Single Source of Truth
Tier prices are now defined once and reused across the visible pricing cards, structured-data offers, and the ROI calculator. Eliminates the chance of structured-data drift.
- New Feature
/pricingPlans Decision Helper
A 6-row HVC tier-decision table on /pricingPlans surfaces the right tier for grow rooms, brewers, multi-room cultivators, food production, and large operators in one glance, with an 8-question pricing FAQ.
- New Feature
Compare /scada and /plc-integrator
Two new comparison landings position LoopString against industrial-grade SCADA and against the $20k–$80k PLC integrator project — both with feature matrices and FAQ.
- Improvement
/security Page Rebuilt
Replaced placeholder content with an end-to-end data-flow walkthrough, a four-role RBAC matrix, and an 8-question security FAQ covering data residency, isolation, deletion, subprocessors, SSO, incident disclosure, offline behaviour, and vulnerability disclosure.
- Improvement
Actionable Empty States
Dashboard, recipes, alerts, analytics, and alert-config screens now show Configurator + docs CTAs when no device data exists. Closes the leak where a first-Pi user lands on a passive "waiting…" message.
- Improvement
CMS Field Validators
Slug, route, canonical-URL, and JSON-LD validators run at admin-write time in the CMS. Editors can no longer silently publish malformed slugs, broken canonical URLs, or invalid structured data.
- New Feature
/compare/home-assistant, /blynk, /thingsboard
Three new SEO comparison landings targeting the highest-intent organic queries from HVC buyers evaluating us against existing platforms. Each ships with a verdict card, feature matrix, switch reasons, and FAQ.
- Improvement
HVC-Tailored Pricing Descriptions
Tier descriptions and "Best for" tags now name the actual HVC verticals (cannabis cultivators, mushroom farms, craft brewers, multi-location food producers) so prospects can self-qualify into the right tier.
- New Feature
/demo Product Tour
Real product screenshots replace the placeholder video on /demo, plus a vertical-use-case grid that routes buyers from hero / compare pages to the right use-case landing.
- Improvement
Quota Wall Founder Conversation
The in-app quota-exceeded banner now offers a direct "talk to the team" mailto alongside the upgrade CTA. High-intent users hitting the rolling-30d quota wall get a founder conversation instead of a checkout dead-end.
- New Feature
Flow Deploy via Edge HTTP
Configurator deploys now use a direct edge HTTP endpoint with a synchronous /api/deploy + /api/install-packages handshake. Faster, more reliable, and no longer routed through Firebase RTDB.
- Improvement
Edge-First Transport Default
WebSocket + SQLite over Tailscale is now the default transport. Live sensor data, actuator commands, and PID setpoints flow directly between dashboard and Pi without round-tripping through Firebase.
- Improvement
RTDB Cost Elimination
Eliminated continuous-poll chains for setpoints, sensors, PID config, network scans, and peripheral scans. Historic readings now roll into 5-minute buckets with idempotent doc IDs.
- Improvement
Edge-First Sensor History
Sensor history is now stored locally on the Pi in SQLite and pushed to the cloud in batches. Eliminates real-time database polling and reduces Firebase costs.
- Improvement
Per-Device Health Monitoring
Device health checks now query each device individually instead of scanning the entire database. More efficient at scale with large device fleets.
- New Feature
Multi-Channel Room Selector
Assign each channel of a multi-signal HAT to a different room in the Configurator. Cross-room proxy nodes appear automatically, and room tabs can be reordered by dragging.
- New Feature
Documentation Pages & Knowledge Base
Public docs section with category navigation, search, and CMS-powered content. Browse guides by topic or use full-text search to find answers quickly.
- New Feature
6-Tier Subscription Pricing
Expanded from 3 to 6 tiers with annual billing discounts up to 20%. New tiers give teams more granular control over device counts, sensor slots, and collaboration seats.
- New Feature
Dashboard Card Resize & Layout Presets
Drag to resize sensor cards and save custom layout configurations. Multiple presets can be saved and switched per device, so different team members can use their preferred view.
- New Feature
Dark Mode Support
OS-preference detection with persistent light/dark toggle in settings. All dashboard surfaces, the Configurator, and analytics charts adapt to the selected theme.
- Improvement
Mobile Navigation Overhaul
Swipe navigation, quick actions FAB, and pull-to-refresh across all views. The redesigned mobile experience makes it easy to check sensor status and send actuator commands from a phone.
- New Feature
Sensor Calibration Wizard
Offset and linear calibration modes with live preview on all dashboard surfaces. Calibration parameters are mirrored to the Pi edge so readings are corrected at the source.
- New Feature
Multi-Location Grouping
Group devices by physical location for fleet management across sites. Each location gets its own dashboard, RBAC scope, and exportable activity log — built for multi-site food producers and regional HVAC fleets.
- Improvement
Analytics Synchronized Downsampling
LTTB algorithm for smooth multi-signal chart rendering. When comparing many sensors over long time ranges, all signals are downsampled to the same time grid so trends stay aligned.
- New Feature
Scheduled Automation Rules
Time-based rules for actuators, setpoints, and PID controllers. Schedules are mirrored to the Pi edge so they execute reliably even when the device is temporarily offline.
- New Feature
Flow Version History
Snapshot diffs and one-click rollback for Configurator deployments. Every deploy is saved as an immutable snapshot, so you can compare changes side-by-side and revert instantly.
- Bug Fix
SetpointInput Phantom Confirm
Fixed ghost confirmation when switching between setpoint inputs. Rapidly tabbing through multiple setpoint fields no longer triggers spurious RTDB writes.
- New Feature
Device Health Dashboard
CPU temp, memory, disk, and uptime metrics from every connected Pi. Threshold alerts can be configured per metric so you're notified before a device runs out of disk space.
- Improvement
Notification Center
In-app alert inbox with unread badge and mark-all-read. Notifications are grouped by device and severity so high-priority alerts are never buried under informational messages.
- New Feature
Role-Based Access Control
Team invites with owner/editor/viewer roles. Owners can manage billing and delete devices, editors can modify configurations and deployments, and viewers have read-only access.
- New Feature
Dashboard Sharing
Public read-only links with room filtering and expiration. Share a filtered view of specific rooms with stakeholders who don't have a LoopString account.