You can now force-invalidate the active sessions of a user when changing or deleting that user's password from the Soracom User Console. This helps you immediately cut off access for a user who has left the organization, respond quickly to suspected unauthorized access, or rotate permissions during organizational changes.

Previous limitation

Until now, even after you changed or deleted a user's password, any session that the user had already obtained by signing in remained active. To revoke access immediately, you had to wait for the existing session to expire on its own.

Force session invalidation when changing or deleting a user password

On the password change or delete screen for a user, you can now choose to invalidate that user's active sessions in the same operation. When you select this option, the target user's active sessions are invalidated immediately, and the user must sign in again to use the Soracom User Console or the Soracom API.

For details, refer to Change or delete a SAM user's password (Japanese).

If you have any questions, please contact Soracom Support.

The following AI models available in Soracom Flux AI Actions will be discontinued by their providers on the dates below:

• Google Gemini 2.5 Pro: June 17, 2026
• Google Gemini 2.5 Flash: June 17, 2026
• Amazon Bedrock – Anthropic Claude 3.5 Haiku: June 19, 2026

For more information, see Gemini deprecations and Model lifecycle (Amazon Bedrock).

As a result, AI actions in Soracom Flux apps that use these models will be disabled after the discontinuation date.

If you are using any of these models, please switch to another AI model before the discontinuation date.

You can view the available AI models for Soracom Flux AI Actions in the Soracom Flux documentation.

If you have any questions, please contact Soracom Support.

The initial cost of Soracom Air for Cellular plan-D (data only, no bundle) has been updated.

Please note that new sales of this product have already ended. This price change is due to a pricing revision by the supplier.

• Before: 871.2 JPY (tax included) per IoT SIM
• After: 863.5 JPY (tax included) per IoT SIM

This new pricing applies to orders placed on or after April 3, 2026.

Applicable products

• Soracom IoT SIM card plan-D Size: Nano (data only) x1
• Soracom IoT SIM card plan-D Size: Micro (data only) x1
• Soracom IoT SIM card plan-D Size: Standard (data only) x1

The above prices do not include shipping and handling fees. The initial costs for other IoT SIMs, such as Soracom IoT SIM card plan-D D-500MB, remain unchanged.

Please note that this service is currently only available for customers located in Japan.

We would like to inform customers that the pricing structure for the Private Networking service (VPG and certain add-on features) will be revised from monthly to hourly billing, effective May 1, 2026.

Overview of Changes

1. Private Networking Service (Japan Coverage / Global Coverage)

Virtual Private Gateway (Type-E / Type-F / Type-F2) and certain VPG add-on features

The pricing structure for VPG and related features will be revised from monthly to hourly billing. Pricing will also be revised accordingly.

Effective Date

May 1, 2026

• These changes will automatically take effect for all existing subscriptions as of the effective date. No action is required. For details, please refer to the detailed pricing table (PDF) (Japanese).
• This revision applies only to customers located in Japan.
• Items not listed above will remain unchanged in terms of pricing and service terms.

Inquiries

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your sales representative or the Soracom support team.

We appreciate your understanding and continued support of Soracom.

The Soracom Beam Website Entry Point now supports setting an optional path in the destination.

Previously, only protocol, hostname, and port could be configured for the destination. With this update, you can include a path in the destination (e.g., https://example.com/base). When a destination path is set, the device's request path is appended after it (e.g., a request to /path1 is forwarded to https://example.com/base/path1).

For protocols that are used exclusively with the Website Entry Point, such as WebSocket, this eliminates the need to configure a path on each device when the destination path is fixed.

For details, see Website Entry Point. If you have any questions, please contact Soracom Support.

Starting today (March 24, 2026), Messages via Satellite is available for users of iPhone 14 or later with Soracom Air for Cellular plan-D / plan-DU.

Messages via Satellite supports iMessage and SMS.

Pricing

Standard SMS rates apply to SMS via satellite, but the service is available free of charge for the time being. If there are any changes to pricing, we will announce them on our website.

For details on iMessage fees and Messages via Satellite, please refer to the Apple Newsroom (Japanese).

Notes

plan-D / plan-DU is available only as a physical SIM card. Please verify device compatibility on your own. SMS via satellite is supported only on plan-D IoT SIMs with SMS functionality. Please note that this service is currently only available for customers located in Japan.

International SMS (sent from Japan to overseas carriers) on Soracom Air for Cellular plan-D (with SMS functionality) previously had no usage limit. Starting April 1, 2026, a monthly usage limit of 20,000 JPY (excluding tax) will be applied.

Scope

• plan-D IoT SIMs with SMS functionality
• Automatically applied to all existing and newly activated lines

Details

• Once international SMS usage reaches 20,000 JPY (excluding tax) per month, international SMS sending will be disabled for the remainder of the month
• The usage limit is set per line and cannot be changed

If you have any questions, please contact Soracom Support.

Please note that this service is currently only available for customers located in Japan.

Soracom Flux is an IoT automation service that enables business efficiency and automation by combining processes such as notifications and generative AI-based analysis using IoT data collected from sensors, cameras, and other devices.

Using Soracom Flux's app template feature, IoT apps can be created simply by selecting a template optimized for a representative use case. You can customize each app as needed with minimal parameter adjustments.

We have added a new app template, "Capture still images from multiple SoraCams and notify by email".

This template captures still images from multiple cameras, aggregates them using Soracom Flux, and sends the images as email attachments for notification.

For an overview of the template, estimated costs, and specific usage instructions, please visit the IoT Template Gallery (Japanese).

Please note that this template is currently only available for customers located in Japan.

We are pleased to announce that the Armadillo-IoT Router A9R Cat.1 bis+WLAN Model Starter Kit from Atmark Techno, Inc. is now available in the Soracom IoT Store.

Key features

The Armadillo-IoT Router A9R Cat.1 bis+WLAN Model is a low-power industrial IoT router designed to securely and reliably connect sensors and devices to the internet.

The product meets the ★1 standard of the Japan Cyber STAR (JC-STAR): "Labeling Scheme based on Japan Cyber-Security Technical Assessment Requirements", operated by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), enabling long-term operation as a high-security device.

For power-saving operation, the router supports both a Shutdown Mode and a Sleep Mode. It is also compatible with Armadillo Twin, a cloud-based device management service, which enables remote monitoring of device status as well as software updates and device reboots — keeping IoT routers deployed in remote locations always up to date.

The router also features a Cloud I/O Manager function, which allows integration with cloud services such as AWS and Microsoft Azure — including control of RS-485 and contact I/O — without any custom development on the router itself. This enables practical IoT solutions to be built with minimal development effort.

All settings can be configured through a dedicated Web UI (browser-based GUI). This includes network settings such as 4G (LTE) and WLAN, as well as software updates and device reboots. The Cloud I/O Manager function can also be configured within this tool.

Availability and pricing

Armadillo-IoT Router A9R Cat.1 bis+WLAN Model Starter Kit

• Available countries / regions: Japan
• Price: ¥43,780 (tax included, shipping separate)
  • Includes a ¥2,000 Soracom platform coupon (valid for 6 months; applicable only to services with Japan Coverage)
  • Includes Soracom Air Japan Coverage IoT SIM plan-K2 (K2-500MB)

For more details, please refer to the product page (Japanese).

About the Soracom IoT Store

The Soracom IoT Store (Japanese) introduces IoT use case recipes that illustrate complete solution concepts and also showcases IoT devices that can be purchased individually. These resources make it easy to select the right combination for your deployment.

If you have any questions, please contact Soracom Support.

Please note that this product is currently only available for customers located in Japan.

Flux's Simple Object Detection action now includes a feature that allows you to specify the objects to be detected.

Previously, the Simple Object Detection action detected all supported object classes. With this update, you can now specify Desired Class Labels to target only specific object classes for detection.

Multiple filters can also be specified. This allows for more efficient data processing by focusing detection on specific object classes.

For more details, please refer to Flux Simple Object Detection Action.