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FeatureImprovements
a week ago

New Gadgets management UI for Soracom LTE-M Button now available

We are excited to release a new Gadgets interface for the Soracom LTE-M Button, giving customers improved visibility and easier control over their buttons directly in the User Console.

Soracom LTE-M Button

Within this new interface, you can now view important information including your Soracom LTE-M Button's current mode, last connection, battery voltage, and other useful details. The interface also makes it easy to update button settings, such as changing the operation mode, configuring external accessories, and enabling additional options in order to take advantage of all of the Soracom LTE-M Button's features.

New Gadgets user interface

Gadgets UI Features

  • View and manage all of your buttons in one place
  • Check the connection, battery, and other status to identify problems quickly
  • Configure button settings such as operation mode, external accessories, and other options
  • Connect buttons to Soracom Beam, Soracom Funk, and Soracom Harvest Data for forwarding data to your web server, a cloud service, or simply storing directly on Soracom

For more information or to start managing your Soracom LTE-M Buttons with the new Gadgets interface, visit the Soracom LTE-M Button documentation.

Feature
a week ago

Soracom Flux support for SoraCam Motion/Sound Detection now supported

We are pleased to announce the addition of the SoraCam Motion/Sound Detection event source to Soracom Flux.

This new event source allows you to run a Flux App when a Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) compatible camera detects motion or sound. With this new feature, customers can now build workflows based on real-world activity captured by SoraCam-compatible cameras.

To use this event source, please ensure that motion detection and sound detection features are enabled on the target SoraCam-compatible camera. For configuration instructions, refer to the SoraCam: Enable or disable motion detection recording documentation (Japanese).

For any questions or assistance, feel free to contact Soracom Support.

Feature
2 weeks ago

Soracom Flux Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Flash AI actions now available

We are excited to announce that Soracom Flux now supports the newly-released Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Google Gemini 2.0 Flash models.

To use these models in your Soracom Flux application, simply add an AI action and select Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Google Gemini 2.0 Flash from the list of available AI models.

Each AI action request will consume the following number of Flux credits:

Model Consumed credits
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite 3 credits
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash 4 credits

For more information on Soracom Flux, please refer to the Soracom Flux documentation.

Feature
2 weeks ago

Flux usage graphs now available in the User Console

Soracom Flux now allows you to view your event and credit usage for the past four months, including the current month, in graphical format.

To access this information, log in to the Soracom User Console and click Menu → Soracom Flux → Flux Usage Status. The following panels will be available:

TitleDescription
Daily Event CountDisplays the daily number of events as a stacked bar chart, showing the top 5 Flux applications with the most executed events during the aggregation period, along with the total count of all other applications.
Cumulative Event Count and QuotaShows the cumulative number of events executed during the aggregation period and the configured event quota, providing a clear view of event trends and quota status. The Quota displays the current setting value. The Quota can be changed from Change Quota. For details, see Setting Quotas for Event Count and Credit Usage.
Daily Credit UsageDisplays daily Flux credit usage as a stacked bar chart, showing the top 5 Flux applications consuming the most credits during the aggregation period, along with the total usage of all other applications.
Cumulative Credit Usage and QuotaShows the cumulative credit usage and the configured usage quota for the aggregation period, allowing you to quickly check usage progress against the quota. The Quota displays the current setting value. The Quota can be changed from Change Quota. For details, see Setting Quotas for Event Count and Credit Usage.

For details, please refer to View Flux Usage.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact the Soracom support team.

Feature
3 weeks ago

Soracom Air for Cellular plan-US-max MO SMS now supported

Soracom Air for Cellular plan-US-max now supports MO (Mobile Originated) SMS, giving IoT devices that use plan-US-max for connectivity the ability to send SMS messages.

In addition to the existing support for receiving MT (Mobile Terminated) SMS, this update now allows for bidirectional communication between devices and servers using SMS.

Please note that plan-US-max MO SMS support is limited to sending messages to the Unified Endpoint SMS address 901001. Data sent to Unified Endpoint can be stored in Soracom Harvest Data or forwarded to a different destination using another service such as Soracom Beam. Sending messages to other addresses is not supported.

For more information, please refer to the Sending Data with SMS & USSD documentation.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Soracom support team.

Feature
a month ago

SoraCam time-lapse video feature now available

We are excited to announce a new time-lapse video creation and download feature for Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam). With this feature, users can choose a specific time period, interval, and frame rate, and create a summarized time-lapse video from an existing video that has been uploaded by a SoraCam device. This allows for more efficient monitoring of on-site conditions, without the need to download and review entire videos.

Note that a cloud continuous recording license is required to use this feature.

For more information about the time-lapse video feature, please refer to Generate and Download Time-Lapse Videos (Japanese).

Feature
a month ago

SoraCam 8x speed video playback now supported

Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) now supports up to 8x speed playback of video recordings saved to the cloud. This improvement over the previous maximum of 2x playback allows for more efficient review of recorded footage.

For detailed instructions on how to use this feature, please refer to the Playback videos stored in the cloud documentation (Japanese).

Feature
a month ago

Harvest Data Batch Write feature now available

We are pleased to introduce a new Batch Write feature for Soracom Harvest Data. This feature enables saving multiple time series data points to Harvest Data in a single operation, helping devices to reduce data transfer costs and battery consumption.

Usage

To use the Batch Write feature, your device should send JSON data containing an array of data points to Harvest Data. In the following example below, the array of data points is found in the data attribute.

{
  "data": [
    { "value": 123, "time": "2025-03-26T12:34:56Z" },
    { "value": 456, "time": "2025-03-27T12:34:56Z" },
    { "value": 789, "time": "2025-03-28T12:34:56Z" }
  ]
}

In addition, each data point should include an attribute that indicates the timestamp of the data in a supported format, such as ISO-8601. The Batch Write feature must be used in combination with the Harvest Data Timestamp Overwrite feature, which will use this attribute to save the data to the provided timestamp. In this example, the timestamps are found in the time attribute of each data point.

Additional Information

For more details, please refer to the Batch Write documentation documentation.

Feature
a month ago

Scheduled Timer Event Source for Soracom Flux now available

We are pleased to announce that a new Scheduled Timer Event Source is now available for Soracom Flux.

The Scheduled Timer allows you to run your Flux app on a fixed recurring schedule, such as a specific time every day, or a specific day of each week or month.

Together with this release, the existing Timer Event Source, which instead allows you to run your Flux app at regular intervals, will be renamed to Interval Timer to help prevent confusion.

Scheduled Timer is available for the Soracom Flux Standard and Enterprise plans.

For more information, please refer to the following Soracom Flux Event Source documentation:

  • Scheduled Timer Event Source
  • Interval Timer Event Source
FeatureImprovementsDeprecation
2 months ago

Soracom Air coverage updates

We are pleased to announce the following coverage updates for Soracom Air for Cellular connectivity.

plan01s and plan01s-LDV

Country Network Before After Remarks
Albania Telekom.al 2G, 3G 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) open
Bahamas BTC 2G, 3G 3G 2G sunset
Brunei DST 3G 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) open
Congo (Republic) Airtel - 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) Network open
Egypt Etisalat - 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) Network open (*1)
Estonia Elisa 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Germany O2 2G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1, NB-IoT LTE Cat.M1, NB-IoT open
Hong Kong 3 - 3G Network open
Hong Kong CSL 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Ireland Vodafone 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Macau 3 - 3G Network open (*1)
Malaysia Digi 2G 2G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) open
Mayotte SFR - 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) Network open
Mexico AT&T 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Mexico Movistar 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1 LTE Cat.M1 open
Nigeria MTN 2G, 3G 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) open (*1)
Pakistan Jazz 2G, 3G 2G 3G sunset
Philippines Globe 2G, 3G 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) open
Poland Orange 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1 LTE Cat.M1 open
Portugal MEO 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Portugal NOS 2G, 3G 2G 3G sunset
Portugal Vodafone 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1 3G sunset, LTE Cat.M1 open
Singapore StarHub 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Spain Movistar 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1, NB-IoT NB-IoT open
United Kingdom 3 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
United Kingdom Vodafone 2G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1 LTE Cat.M1 open
Vietnam VietnaMobile 2G, 3G 3G 2G sunset
Vietnam Viettel 2G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Vietnam Vinaphone 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset

(*1) plan01s only

planP1

Country Networks Before After Remarks
China China Unicom 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Germany Vodafone - 2G, 4G (LTE) Network open
Hong Kong CSL 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Ireland Vodafone - 2G, 4G (LTE) Network open
Macau CTM 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Mexico AT&T 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Pakistan Jazz 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE) correction
Portugal Vodafone 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Singapore StarHub 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Slovakia Orange 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Thailand TrueMove H 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G open
United Kingdom 3 3G, 4G (LTE) 4G (LTE) 3G sunset
Vietnam Mobifone 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset
Vietnam VietnaMobile 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE) 3G, 4G (LTE) 2G sunset