Neat integration for Neat pad

We're excited to announce a ground breaking partnership with Neat, revolutionising how you manage meeting spaces and room bookings. Our latest update allows our booking panel application to seamlessly run on the Neat Pad, Neat's bespoke booking panel hardware.

Key Features:

• Seamless Integration: Easily install our booking panel .apk directly onto the Neat Pad for a streamlined setup.

• Sync with Microsoft or Google: Connect your Microsoft or Google booking systems to display real-time room availability directly on the Neat Pad.

• Intuitive LED Controls: The Neat Pad's LED lights intuitively indicate room availability, ensuring efficient space management.

Enhance your meeting room experience with the reliability of Neat hardware and the versatility of our booking software.

Signage mode

In our latest update, we are excited to introduce the Signage Mode feature.

This mode allows the display of essential information like space name, date and time, and the room's capacity without requiring an internet connection or pairing with the UMA portal.

This feature is particularly useful during the installation phase of the panels, serving as a placeholder before the site becomes active or before internal adoption of the product. Additionally, Signage Mode can be utilised for specific use cases, such as displaying an executive's name outside their office.

Disable booking

We have added an option to allow you to disable booking completely from the panel side.

Disable anonymous bookings

We have added an option to allow you to disable anonymous bookings from the panel. When this setting is on, you will only be able to book using your account.

Environmental statuses

We've introduced user-friendly statuses for the environmental metrics displayed on the meeting room panel.

Now, temperature, humidity, CO2, and air quality levels will show with easily understandable statuses, enhancing your ability to monitor and manage the room's environment for optimal comfort and health standards.

🖥️ Use Your Account

You can now book with your UMA account on the meeting room display app!

After selecting the time of booking, you can choose whether you want to book the room anonymously or for yourself.

If you choose to book for yourself, you will need to search and choose your account and enter in an optional subject for the meeting.

This is a much requested feature and we’re super happy to get it out there.

🌳 UMA Booking Application - Environmental Data

The UMA Booking Application now displays environmental data based on IoT or Cisco Webex sensor data. Simply install an 'UMA Environmental Sensor' or Cisco Webex video device (that supports environmental data) and add this device to the same resource as your UMA Booking Application.

To add an environmental sensor follow the steps in the article here. To add a Cisco Webex device follow the steps in the article here.

📅 UMA Booking Application - Additional Time Slots

We have added the option to book additional slots throughout the day by clicking on 'Book Now' or 'Reserve'.

These booking slots are based on working hours that are set within Company or Building Settings.

Download the new Android booking application release here.

Appearance / Branding

With this latest update you are now able to change the appearance of the UMA booking panel within your Company Settings.

To change the appearance, navigate to company settings and scroll down to 'Appearance'.

Here you will be able to choose a custom colour theme by either selecting on the pre defined colours or enter in a colour code for a primary colour.

Alongside this you are now able to upload a custom logo by using the 'Upload File' button. This logo will replace the existing logos on the web portal and booking panel.

Once you have clicked 'Save', this will automatically make the changes to all booking panels in your company.

This version fixes stability issues found in v1.5.3

Room Availability Slider

We are thrilled to introduce a new feature for our booking panel application - the Room Availability Slider!

Experience a whole new level of visibility with our interactive slider and easily see the availability of rooms throughout the day at a glance.

Get a real-time, color-coded representation of room availability, making it effortless to identify free slots in just seconds.

To book any free slot just tap on the time on the slider to open up a form where you can book anonymously or using your account.

‘Book Now’ Changes

After much feedback we have changed the way the ‘Book Now’ button behaves.

Going forward when you press ‘Book Now’ it will immediately book the room anonymously from the current time.

It will still use the ‘Book Now Duration’ in company or building settings to determine the default booking length for these types of bookings.

Meeting Countdown

We have incorporated a real-time countdown timer that appears during a meeting to communicate the remaining duration of the current session. This feature enables individuals to make better use of the space available by staying informed about the time left.

Application background image

Introducing a highly requested feature for administrators.

With this release, you can now seamlessly customise the appearance of the Android room booking panel by uploading a background image.

How to use:

1. Navigate to company settings.

2. Find appearance.

3. Locate the new theme image feature.

4. Click on the file upload button to choose and upload your desired background image.

5. The system will automatically apply transparency to the image.

6. Utilise the preview option to see how the image will look.

7. Once satisfied, click save to make the background image live on your meeting room display.

Room booking check in

You can now check into your room booking via the room booking panel!

As an administrator you now have the option to enable or disable the meeting room check in feature. This setting is accessible in both company and building settings under booking policies.

When meeting room check in is turned on, a new configuration option will be available to specify how long before a meeting starts that someone can check in.

This configuration is represented by a free-text field where you can input the desired number of minutes.

The check-in status is now included in the booking report under a dedicated check-in column.

This column provides a quick overview of which bookings have been checked in, offering valuable insights into meeting room utilisation.

How to use:

1. Navigate to company settings or building settings (depending on your administrative role).

2. Under booking policies, locate the meeting room check in option and toggle it on or off according to your preference.

3. If meeting room check in is turned on, a new field will appear to configure the check in window prior to the meeting starting.

4. Save your changes.

To check in to a meeting room booking:

1. Walk up to the UMA Android room booking panel.

2. Find your booking.

3. Look for the check-in option and check into your booking.

Extend meeting

You can now extend your meeting directly from the Android room booking panel.

Users will now see an extend button next to the current meeting on the booking panel if it is possible to extend that specific meeting.

How to use:

1. Walk up to the UMA Android room booking panel.

2. If your meeting is in progress you will see an extend button.

3. In the extension modal, select your preferred end time for the meeting.

4. Confirm your selection to extend the meeting.

Integrated software update feature

You can now update the UMA .apk software directly within the application.

As part of this software release you will now be able to update to any future software versions directly from the app itself.

How to use:

• Navigate to the panel settings.

• The panel will immediately start checking for updates.

• If there's an update available you can install it or ignore it.

Yealink integration

As part of this release we now support Yealink room panels:

To get started, you will need a specific room panel firmware that has the UMA software included.

Initially, please contact support@askuma.ai if you want access to this firmware

We are working with Yealink on publishing this software version soon.

Occupancy logic improvement

In our ongoing pursuit of enhancing user experience, we've implemented a logic improvement in the booking panel.

Now, when a people count sensor is seamlessly integrated with a room in UMA, the application will dynamically update to display 'Room Occupied' rather than 'Room Available' upon detecting the presence of individuals within the room.

This refinement ensures that the displayed information accurately reflects the real-time availability status of the room.

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