We've made it easier to manage SAM user permissions in your Soracom account with the introduction of Soracom Managed Roles.

Roles are a core access control feature that let administrators control user access to key functions like SIM management, ordering, billing and payment, and support. Setting up roles requires manually selecting the appropriate Soracom API permissions. However, determining which APIs to allow or deny can be difficult, which can often make configuring roles a confusing process.

Now, with Soracom Managed Roles, you can assign predefined roles which are maintained by Soracom, designed for common use cases.

Benefits of Soracom Managed Roles

• Simplified Setup: Quickly assign permissions to SAM users without worrying about which APIs to allow or deny.
• Automatic Updates: When new APIs are added, Soracom will update the roles so that they stay up to date.
• Customizable: Use roles as-is, combine them, or copy and modify them to fit your specific needs.

How to Use

From the account security screen, select a user, then click the Attach roles button and select from the list of Soracom Managed roles. You can also view a list of available Soracom Managed roles from the Roles tab.

Note that if a user is currently signed in, they must sign out and sign back in for the new role permission to take effect.

For additional details, refer to the Users and Roles documentation.

We are pleased to announce new real-time access features for Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) which enables real-time viewing and control of SoraCam-compatible cameras.

Key Features

• View real-time still images: Capture video frames as still images from SoraCam-compatible cameras via Soracom API. For details, please refer to Retrieve live images (still images) (Japanese).
• View live streaming videos (Early access): View live videos from SoraCam-compatible cameras directly in the Soracom User Console.
• Control camera pan and tilt direction (Early access): Adjust ATOM Cam Swing camera direction directly from the Soracom User Console.

Note: For Early access features above, an application (Japanese) is required.

These features expand the possibilities for real-time monitoring and integration using SoraCam-compatible cameras. For more details, refer to real-time access (Japanese) documentation.

Real-Time Access Pricing

• A 990 yen/month fee per SoraCam-compatible camera applies when enabling real-time access. For details, refer to SoraCam Pricing (Japanese).
• If used in combination with Cloud Recording, fees for both services will apply.

For customers using Live Streaming Unlimited (Early access)

• Real-time access will be automatically enabled for any SoraCam-compatible cameras currently using the Live Streaming Unlimited (Early access) feature.
• The live streaming trial period (5 minutes) feature provided with Live Streaming Unlimited (Early access) will be discontinued on July 24, 2025. Customers will be able to use the live streaming video feature of real-time access instead.
• The live image capture API provided with Live Streaming Unlimited (Early access) will be discontinued on September 30, 2025. Customers should migrate to the real-time access Live Image Retrieval API (Japanese) instead.
• Billing line items for these services will change from soraCamDeviceAtomCamUnlimitedLiveStreamCharge to soraCamDeviceAtomCamRealTimeAccessCharge starting from August 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact Soracom Support.

Please note that SoraCam is currently only available for customers located in Japan. If you are located outside of Japan and are interested, please contact us.

We are excited to announce that Soracom Flux AI Actions now support sending video clips to AI models for analysis.

Previously, AI Actions only supported text or image-based input. With this update, you can now analyze video clips as part of your Flux app using these AI models:

• Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Nova Lite
• Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Nova Pro
• Google Gemini 2.5 Flash
• Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
• Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
• Google Gemini 2.0 Flash

When sending a request to analyze a video clip, both a base number of credits for the request and an additional number of credits for video analysis are consumed as follows:

Model	Credits consumed per request
Amazon Nova Lite	3 (base request) + 18 (video analysis)
Amazon Nova Pro	30 (base request) + 231 (video analysis)
Gemini 2.5 Flash	17 (base request) + 79 (video analysis)
Gemini 2.5 Pro	67 (base request) + 329 (video analysis)
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite	3 (base request) + 20 (video analysis)
Gemini 2.0 Flash	4 (base request) + 27 (video analysis)

Refer to the Pricing & Fee Schedule for more details on credit consumption.

For more information on analyzing videos in your Flux apps, refer to the AI Actions documentation.

We are pleased to announce that support for the following advanced AI models has been added to Soracom Flux AI Actions:

• Amazon Bedrock - Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4
• Amazon Bedrock - Anthropic Claude Opus 4
• Google Gemini 2.5 Flash
• Google Gemini 2.5 Pro

These models are available starting today and can be selected when configuring Soracom Flux AI Action settings.

The number of credits consumed per request for the newly supported models is as follows:

Model	Credits consumed per request
Amazon Bedrock - Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4	120 credits
Amazon Bedrock - Anthropic Claude Opus 4	600 credits
Google Gemini 2.5 Flash	17 credits (*1)
Google Gemini 2.5 Pro	67 credits (*1)

(*1) These AI models support video input. When video is specified as input to the AI model, additional credits for video usage are also consumed. For details, see Soracom Flux AI Actions now support videos.

For more information, see the Soracom Flux documentation.

We are excited to announce that Unified Endpoint now supports Soracom Binary Format v1 (SBFv1). This update also adds SBFv1 support to the Soracom Funk and Soracom Harvest Data entry points as well.

SBFv1 is a binary format for TCP communications that allows an IoT device to send a large amount of binary data as a single message by splitting and sending the message in multiple TCP packets. With SBFv1, you can prevent unintended data fragmentation, improve data integrity, and enable more reliable data processing when sending large amounts of binary data.

Previously, only the Soracom Beam TCP→HTTP/HTTPS and Soracom Funnel TCP entry points supported SBFv1. With this update, the corresponding TCP entry points of Unified Endpoint, Soracom Funk, and Soracom Harvest Data now also support SBFv1.

For additional details, refer to the Soracom Binary Format v1 documentation.

We are pleased to announce that Metadata Service now supports HTTPS connections.

Previously, IoT devices could only connect to Metadata Service using unencrypted HTTP, with network security provided by Soracom Air's closed carrier network.

With this update, IoT devices can now connect to Metadata Service using HTTPS, enabling support for device applications that are required to access Metadata Service using a secure connection.

This update also provides support for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), allowing browser-based applications to access Metadata Service. When developing a browser-based application that will call Metadata Service, be sure to configure the appropriate CORS settings.

Note: HTTPS connections to Metadata Service still require an active Soracom Air connection. Connecting to Metadata Service using a separate internet connection is not supported.

For more information, please refer to the Metadata Service documentation.

Soracom Launch Support is a service where you can consult directly with Soracom's IoT professionals about developing your IoT application. You can ask questions like "Where should I start?" or "What decisions should I make?" and our IoT experts will work with you to consider everything from technical architecture to project planning.

Starting today, June 25, 2025, we are accepting applications for Soracom Launch Support.

Monthly Fee

11,000 yen (tax included)

How to Apply

If you would like to use Soracom Launch Support to help get your IoT project up and running, sign in to the User Console as your root user, switch to Japan Coverage, then click the Support menu, choose Soracom Launch Support, and follow the on-screen instructions. The application process takes only a few minutes.

If you don't already have a Soracom account, please refer to the Create a Soracom Account documentation for creating an account and registering a payment method prior to applying.

For more details, please refer to the User console (Japanese).

Please note that this service is currently only available for customers located in Japan. If you are located outside of Japan and are interested, please contact us.

We have added a new Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) Image Action to Soracom Flux, making it easier to automatically capture images from your SoraCam-compatible cameras as part of a Flux app.

This action allows you trigger a SoraCam-compatible camera to grab an image. For example, you can trigger it when the camera detects motion or sound (Japanese), or at a fixed periodic interval, and then retrieve the image for processing with additional Flux actions. You can also optionally store the image in Soracom Harvest Files for easy access and archiving.

Note: The SoraCam Image Action is currently available only in Japan Coverage.

For setup details, please refer to the SoraCam Image Action (Japanese) documentation.

We are excited to announce a new Test Mode feature which allows devices to connect to cellular networks and send and receive a limited amount of data and SMS without incurring usage fees. This allows customers to perform network communication tests and initial device provisioning when manufacturing IoT devices, independent of when those devices will be deployed and activated.

This feature introduces a new Testing status for Soracom Air IoT SIMs, with the following behavior:

• When an IoT SIM in the Ready status makes its first connection to a network, the SIM status is automatically changed to Testing.
• While the SIM is in Testing, data and SMS usage fees are waived up to a certain limit of data, SMS, or time spent in the Testing status.
• Once the SIM exceeds any of the data, SMS, or time limits, the SIM status is automatically changed to Active, or another IoT SIM status you designate.

For more details, please refer to the Test Mode documentation.

How to apply

In order to enable Test Mode for your Soracom account, please contact us and submit an application with the following information:

• Your Soracom Operator ID
• The Soracom Air IoT SIM subscription(s) (such as plan01s) where you would like Test Mode enabled
• Your preferred data, SMS, and time limits
• The status to apply once Test Mode limits are exceeded

We are pleased to announce that the following actions have been added to the Soracom User Console:

• Send command via HTTP/S
• Send command via SSH

Traditionally, sending cloud-to-device data or commands via IP communication has been difficult due to firewall and routing restrictions that require complicated network configurations or device-side applications.

These new actions are based on the previously announced Downlink HTTP and SSH APIs and allow you to send HTTP/HTTPS requests or SSH commands to your device and view the response from a device directly from the User Console

To use these actions, simply select a SIM, click Actions, select Send command via HTTP/S or Send command via SSH, and enter the command details.

Please note: Pricing for these actions is scheduled to be announced in June 2025. Until then, these actions are free to use.

For more information, please see the Remote Command documentation.