Bluetooth Inspector

November 6, 2023

Fixes: • Fix a missing animation when navigating to a peripheral on a compact display and make navigation more reliable.

June 2, 2023

Fixes: • Fix a missing animation when navigating to a peripheral on a compact display and fix navigating between services and characteristics in split view.

May 5, 2023

Features: • Background Scanning: Scan for peripherals in the background. Suggests suitable service IDs for scanning. • Location: Count devices found per location. Show locations scanned on a map. • Live Activity: Keep track of background scanning status outside the app. Supports Always-On display and Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro.

April 7, 2023

Fixes: • Improvements to layout and legibility of various parts of the app for users with an accessibility font size set.

March 28, 2023

Features: • A new Hex option in the Write Value shortcut action lets you write a hex value to a characteristic from the Shortcuts app. • Manually reload a characteristic value with the reload button above the characteristic value history. • 5 battery icons are now used for more granularity in battery level. Fixes: • Make sure the peripheral is in the expected state before trying to write to a characteristic of it.

December 23, 2022

Features: • Continuing with the backend performance improvements last version, this version improves the frontend UI performance. Swift Concurrency and refactoring of frontend and backend interaction code has enabled a better separation between the two. Fixes: • When first receiving a value for a characteristic, don't try to read the same value again unprompted.

December 18, 2022

Features: • The backend of the app now uses Apple CoreData, allowing for much more efficient temporary storage of detected devices, tested up to thousands of concurrent detections. • Bluetooth Inspector now keeps track of the time a peripheral was last seen, updating a count of devices currently visible separate from all devices. A new row customisation option has been added to show the time since the device was last seen. Fixes: • Various fixes and improvements to VoiceOver reading peripheral information.

May 18, 2022

Features: • A new shortcut action, ‘Write Value’ will write a value to a characteristic on a peripheral. Strings and numerics can be written to any writable characteristic discovered from interrogation on scanned peripherals.

May 13, 2022

Features: • Cancel a ‘disconnect all’ action and show when completed. • Set scanning mode and see more information about peripherals in the App Clip. Fixes: • Improve support for iOS 14, reducing crashes and improving layout.

May 7, 2022

Features: • Display ANCS authorisation: Detect and display if devices have Apple Notification Center Service access to your notifications. • Better detect device disconnection: Detect situations where the peripheral you're interrogating disconnects from you, including during the initial interrogation process and while waiting for a response to a message you sent. Fixes: • Sometimes the initial information obtained through advertisement data would incorrectly take priority over the results of interrogation, leading to empty services. This has been resolved.

Bluetooth Inspector Pro

2-way communication & advanced functionality