What's on the top on your wish list?

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How long until we can use iOS / Android location as a trigger for Blynk events?

It occurs to me that This could be done with varying degrees of precision. iOS location service is good for a rough estimate, but something like bluetooth connect / disconnect would be better for locating me in my car. Wifi connect / disconnect would be able to tell when I’m actually in my apartment, and not just near the building.

I’d love to be able to use additional sensor data from my phone, but location is at the top of my list for controlling IoT devices.

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THIS

I am using Blynk as a garage door opener but it would be awesome if it automatically opened when I entered my wifi network range or used my GPS. Also would love an apple watch app for my “button”.

I had those features working using IFTTT’s Do Button / iOS location and coding in Particle but for some reason my relay would just start freaking out and opening and closing for no reason. Blynk is MUCH more stable and I haven’t had the same problems even though they are theoretically doing the same thing right now!

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These are all things that are easy to do with tasker on Android.

I have set up multiple tasks to control esp8266 using Blynk. I can also control these tasks from my Pebble watch.

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If only I had an android :stuck_out_tongue:

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Blast you, Steve Jobs!

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Direct Connection to esp8266 without internet connection.

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@electronrancher
It’s already there :wink:

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You made my day!

I must have overlooked it, can you tell me if there is an example name or a doc to read up on?

Thanks!

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Sorry, Pavel meant it’s already there from the hardware point of view.
The App itself can’t connect directly to the ESP8266.
Actually this feature is developed along with Bluetooth 4.0 LE support (the usage is very similar).
It’s the next step after delivering Project Sharing, so keep tuned!

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Thanks for the explanation!

Can you tell me, are the changes for direct connection required on the esp8266 side or the app side? App mostly, I think…?

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  1. hc-05 bluetooth arduino compatability. Would love it if i could use my phone as a serial monitor!
  2. being able to share or even sell the app with/to a large group of people
  3. Alerts coming on phone
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  1. BLE is planned soon.
    Have you looked at Terminal Widget for serial output?
  2. This is the major feature we are currently working on. Selling is an interesting point
  3. Alerts = push notifications? If yes - it’s already available
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“Direct connection between blynk app and esp8266 running server without internet access.”

This would be awesome, it’s pretty much the only thing holding me back from using blynk almost exclusively. I use it a lot now of course, but i have several friends (and projects) that don’t have wifi access that i would love to introduce this to, especially now that you guys have sharing working.

Some sort of ‘default start’ mode for the app would be pretty cool too, eg, an overall settings page that lets you choose the default project and developer/user mode for it. That way you could just hit the icon and it opens and runs your selected project automagically.

Anyway, thanks for all your hard work, can’t say enough how amazed i am by this program/library.

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  1. I cant wait! And i ll take a look for sure, today!
  2. Get a monetisation scheme going so you can make money of us. I’m sure everyone here feels you deserve it!
    Like webguy 16, I would also like to remind you that you guys are creating something totally awesome and you should be proud!
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@tbm

You can do that with Virtual Pins.

For instance 1 gauge widget and 1 trend widget connected to different virtual pins can read the same physical pin on your board and display the same information.

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Hi, i am new here. I am searching the net for viable IOT software solutions for my new home. I will make the hardware myself (Arduino and ESP)
I like Blynk’s graphics and i am sure many more nice options will follow. However i think the first and foremost important thing is that button/sliders but also leds and Gauges etc., should be made interactive so that they always represent the actual state of things. Regardless of the origin of the change. Which might be a second/third Blynk phone but also physical buttons. When opening the app or re-entering the wifi network the app should update itself . MQTT might play an important role here (no need to reinvent the wheel). I hope you guys have put this functionality high upon your to do lists.

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:watch:> Additionally I want a widget that would display color (RGB) and may be its color name reading/input from TCS34725 RGB Color Sensor.

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Multi-screen Projects either supporting scrolling vertically to eliminate the constraint of the current single page or to allow multiple pages (enabling switching between pages through swiping) linked to a single project and authentication code.

More widgets? Perhaps a smaller button widget although if the above (multiple pages) would be enabled I would care less about the size of the current buttons…

Allowing to set a scale (min and max value on the y-axis) when adding a histogram…

Keep up the good work

Thanks Bruno

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Android home screen widgets. I don’t want to have to open the app to toggle a switch or see a value.

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Hi, most controls from the project screen would be impossible to add to home screen widget, due to android limitations imposed on the home screen widgets development. At now moment i could expect that such controls as buttons and value display could be added, nothing more. But i’ll also need time to rethink ui for them.