Changelog
This page collects the recent changes in the nRF Cloud system.
May 2022
This section lists the changes deployed in May 2022.
New features
A new Ground-Fix endpoint for REST, to retrieve the location of the device based on the nearest Wi-Fi access points or LTE towers.
- This option minimizes the number of requests and can extend battery life for low power devices.
- It allows devices to send whatever they have and let the Location Service determine the best location based on what the device provides.
- You can send either or both, using the same formats as with cell or Wi-Fi endpoints. The server returns the best location.
Owner role in the Teams feature.
- Owners have all of the privileges that Admins had before.
- There can only be one Owner in a team.
- All existing teams are updated to promote Admins to Owners. If there was more than one Admin on a team, the Admin that was created first has been promoted to Owner.
- Admins can no longer do the following:
- Invite users to a team by email address.
- Cancel an invitation you created before the invitee accepts.
- Modify team information, such as the name.
- Delete a team. All associated devices and user relationships are deleted, and any outstanding invitations are rejected.
- Generate evaluation tokens.
Breaking changes
Total
field in theListMessages
response:- Previously, the
ListMessages
REST API request returned a total as: "Reflects the total results, not just the total returned by a singular page of results." - Due to the migration to a new type of database for scalability and efficiency, the total now shows the total returned by a single page of results, not total results for all pages.
- The usage of the API has not changed. If there is a
pageNextToken
in the response, there are more results. Pass this token in your next request to obtain the next page of results.
- Previously, the
Enhancements
- Updated Location Services to support automatic selection of the best vendor for the requested geographic region when doing cell requests.
Bug fixes
- Full modem FOTA fixes.
- Proper validation and denial of the
+
character in firmware version names. - Improved reliability of iBasis SIM card activation and removal.
Documentation
- Added documentation of ground fix endpoint to Wi-Fi and cellular tutorials for Location Services.
- Expanded instructions for FOTA updates through the REST API.
- Added
MDM_FULL
to firmware types.