Genius App & Hub Changelog

Genius App & Hub Changelog

App

2025-10-23 Changelog v5.12.7 (Android only)

  • No functional changes to the App!

  • This build is to use the latest underlying SDK for Android

2024-11-20 Changelog v5.12.5

  • No functional changes to the App!

  • This build is to use the latest underlying SDK for iOS

2024-11-10 Changelog v5.12.4

  • Updated 'Doctor' solutions

  • Support latest iOS / Android platforms

  • Bug fixes

  • Security updates

2022-10-29 Changelog v5.9.2 (android) / (5.9.4 iOS)

  • Support iOS 16  & Android 12

  • Support for new valves / smart plugs

  • Bug fixes, performance issues

  • Improvements to TSW (doctor)

  • Allow app changes to PRT settings (brightness / offset visible, others not)

2021-09-27 Changelog v5.6.1

  • Support iOS 15  & Android 11

  • Support for new firmware features 

  • Add new 'zone type' for electric heating

  • Support for new devices

  • Misc bug fixes

2020-09-15 Changelog v5.4.16

  • Frost protect temperature setting

  • Additions & improvements to doctor

  • User interface bug fixes

  • Support 5.4.0 firmware

2020/07/01 Changelog v5.3.8

  • Updates to Doctor

    • Add videos to Doctor

    • Add support for new devices

2020/02/25 Changelog v5.3.6

  • Indicate last time Hub was online on Welcome page, if Hub cannot be contacted

  • Sense mode visual bug fixes

  • Override bug fixes for On/Off Zones & My House

  • Small functional fixes

2019/07/23 Changelog v5.3.1

  • New feature: Sense mode

  • Update for latest Android SDK

  • Update for latest iOS platform

2018/05/31 Changelog - v5.2.4

  • Improved Doctor solutions

  • Fixed iOS logging out bug

  • Fixed iOS white screen bug

  • Improved error messages throughout app

  • Small visual fixes

  • Small functional fixes

2018/01/15 Changelog - v5.2.2

  • Various UI bug fixes

  • Updated connection status icon

  • Fixed iOS iPhone X issue

2017/11/01 Changelog - v5.2.0

  • Icon to show connection status

  • Improved Hub connection layer to increase robustness & speed

  • Temp hierarchy

  • Fixed some bugs with timepicker when creating schedules

  • Multi hub login

2017/06/08 Changelog - v.5.1.3

  • Added 'Call for Heat' to charts for Wet Underfloor zones

  • Fixed Timepicker bugs

  • Fixed the pending value indicator on the Devices Page

  • Stopped Hot Water temperature and Heating schedules being able to be copied to one-another

  • Fixed Sub-menus opening below bottom of page

  • Fixed navigation & scrollbars for web-browser

  • Improved ‘High Contrast’ theme

  • Fixed weather data display on menu and charts

  • Other visual bug fixes

2017/04/18 Changelog - v5.1.2

  • New password reset page

  • Fixed Timepicker bugs

  • Updated the pending value indicator on the Devices Page

  • Stopped Hot Water temperature and Heating schedules being able to be copied to one-another

  • Fixed scrolling for web-browsers

  • Fixed Sub-menus opening below bottom of page

  • Fixed navigation for web-browser

  • Improved ‘High Contrast’ theme

  • Improved 'System Restart' timer

  • Other visual bug fixes

2017/04/03 Changelog - v5.1.1



  • Added ability to sort devices on the Devices page

  • Added a warning if Hub is not registered

  • Added a warning if the set temperature is the same as the default temperature

  • Changed Override period styling on timer bars

  • Changed the name of device channels

  • Fixed the override duration not displaying the correct time remaining

  • Fixed position of time indicator on timebars

  • Fixed scrolling on some of the lists

  • Other visual bug fixes

2017/02/01 Changelog - v5.1.0



  • Added ability to override On/Off zones to Off

  • Added weather data to Charts and Main Menu (Hub version needs to be v5.0.41 or newer)

  • Added ability to re-order zones from Interface menu

  • New ‘Update Details’ process from Main Menu

  • New Themes – Dark & High Contrast - from Interface menu

  • Added new zone type ‘Temperature Hot Water’

  • When creating a new zone, the app automatically opens the new zone

  • Can click on active ‘Occupancy’ icon to show more details

  • Fixed Valve offset not showing current value

  • Added in-app changelog when app first opened

  • Can hover over a Group Zone ‘dot’ to display name

  • Added message if no devices assigned to zone

  • Fixed About page showing ‘latest version’ even if version is up-to-date

  • Fixed Issues ID not being correctly displayed

  • Fixed nav-bar disappearing on Desktop

  • Minor display fixes including icon alignment



2016/12/12 Changelog - v5.0.5



  • Added reboot button on system settings page

  • More detailed way to assign devices and functions to a zone

  • Fixed zone list not displaying first zone on desktop and tablets

  • Fixed zone order

  • Fixed scroll issue on timebars and tiles

  • Fixed footprint options not loading if no data is collected

  • Fix charts sometimes not loading on wet underfloor zones

  • Fixed bug with data consumption on some android devices



2016/12/06 Changelog - v5.0.4 



  • Added charts, found in each zone sub-menu

  • Added a new cursor to display current time

  • Added small dotted line indicators to display hours ( 6-12-18 on mobile, every hour on tablet and desktop)

  • Changed text on Linked room (follow master output description)

  • Default temperature now allows 0.5°C

  • Added titles on my house style modal

  • If you remove a dead node the ID now moves with the device

  • Added more left margin on devices description in the devices page so that id doesn't overlap the name anymore

  • On desktop, added tooltip to display channel number for dual channel receiver on the devices page

  • Changed status of the switch from (1 - 0) to (ON - OFF)

  • If zone is OFF the current time indicator color is white (better to spot)

  • Fixed select all (override, copy to another day, copy to another zone)

  • Removed the gap on iPads in the left hand room list

  • Added validation before copying (if nothing is selected, copy button is disabled)

2016/11/25 - v5.0.3



  • Added pull down to refresh on Devices page

  • Doctor is back inside a modal (not a fullscreen page)

  • Fixed multiple degree symbols being displayed

  • Changed some z-wave response text

  • Increased size of devices in the Doctor

  • New battery icon on Devices page

  • New details on Devices page 

  • Changed upper limit of activity to switch rooms on from 120 to 30 minutes

  • Removed grey background from select all and some other places in the app

  • New function to round the temperatures to make consistent across app

  • New style for issues and warnings (to mirror the devices page)

  • Slider now has to be dragged, not clicked to change value

  • Fixed update button in About page

  • Removed grey background from "You can now close the doctor" box

  • Changed device name (if no hash is found) from "Device not found" to "unknown device"

  • Changed light gray temperature colors to black across appChanged footprint "away" text



Hub

2025-12-12 Changelog 6.6.11

  • Fix issue with charts from 6.6.10

2025-06-13 Changelog 6.6.10

  • Bug fixes

  • Security Updates

  • Improved debugging logging

  • Platform Updates

  • Support for new devices

2024-10-13 Changelog 6.4.10

  • Support for new solutions in updated 'Doctor' (in corresponding app 5.12.1)

  • Tweaks and improvements to Z-Wave communications

  • Bug fixes

2024-06-21 Changelog 6.3.10

  • High priority security update

2023-12-14 Changelog v6.3.9

Note that this release mainly consists of internal improvements to the hub firmware, rather than new features

  • Backend logger bug fix

  • Improvements to logging

  • Process Monitor

  • increase hub reliability

  • Improved z-wave queue manager

  • Z-Wave metrics

  • Improved exception handling

  • Changes to prevent ttyS0 overflow

  • Re-instated CC Multi Encap

  • Support newer z-wave protocol

  • Improvements to controller functions (include / exclude / etc)

  • Fix ZB-manager startup issue

  • Support additional features on zigbee devices

  • Zigbee channel changing

2022-10-29 Changelog v6.0.16

  • Support for new valves / smart plugs

  • Bug fixes, performance issues

2021-09-27 Changelog v5.6.7

  • 'Sticky' configuration values

    • should resolve an issue whereby devices occasionally require 're-configuring' - this will automatically set any errant values that are detected

    • device 'wake up' periods should be correctly reset

    • valve 'hidden offset' values should be correctly maintained

    • NB that the value check is done once every 24 hours

  • Valve self test times aligned for Thursday morning

  • Manual override temperature limiting

    • Allows a maximum temperature limit to be set for overrides triggered from a device

  • Support for new devices

  • Misc bug fixes

2020-09-15 Changelog v5.4.16

  • Improved radio messaging for better battery life

  • Bug fixes for improved Hub reliability

  • Support for future hardware

2020/07/01 Changelog 5.3.8

  • Add support for new devices

2020/02/25 Changelog 5.3.6

  • New feature: Support Amazon Alexa

  • Small functional fixes

2019/09/24 Changelog 5.3.5

  • Bug fixes

    • Chart not showing up to latest time

    • Token generation error message

2019/07/23 Changelog 5.3.2 

  • New feature: Sense mode

  • Refactor 3rd party libraries

  • Bug fixes

    • Electric switch losing temperature

    • Fix my-house override bug

    • Remove dead node

    • Correct Listening device communication frequency

    • Fixed deadlock issues

2018/12/20 Changelog 5.2.10

  • Enable public API (my.geniushub.co.uk)

  • Bug fixes

    • Electric switch losing temperature

    • Devices becoming 'unrecognised'

2018/07/11 Changelog 5.2.4

  • Minor bug fixes

  • Changes to support improvements to 'Doctor' in app

2018/01/15 Changelog 5.2.2

  • Delete zone, turning off other zones bug fixed

  • Manual temperature device selection bug fixed

  • Pre-heat 'midnight' bug fixed

2017/11/01 Changelog 5.2.0

  • General bug fixes and improvements, support new device versions, optimize device configurations

  • Improvements to z-wave network driver

  • Temperature hierarchy

2017/05/24 Changelog 5.1.1

  • Various refactors

  • Bugfix for wizard device inclusion

  • Prevent spurious temperature readings

  • Updated device configurations

  • Weather data format

  • Set heat enabled flag for group zones

  • Fix send FO for Irish HW

  • Improvements to battery life for WRT-C

  • API v3

  • Optimize data transfer to App

  • Ping all listening devices on interval

2017/03/30 Changelog 5.1.0

  • New hub update service for future updates

  • Fix bug with linked TPI zones

  • Stats reporting

  • DB tidy function added

  • Bug fix: linked rooms OnOffTimer boosting

  • Backup DB schema

  • Add zone sub type

  • Tidy up device mappings when zone deleted

  • Unlink children when zone deleted

  • Improve spurious override prevention

  • Fix pre-heat DST issue

2016/12/14 Changelog 5.0.43 (HUB-B)

  • Negative valve offset HUB-B fixed

  • Listening device multi cmd / wakeup bug fix

2016/12/12 Changelog - v5.0.42 (HUB-B) / v5.0.40 (HUB-C)

  • Fix weather data issue

  • Fix WRS-A config issue

  • Fix Valve temperature offset

  • Add HUB-C backup script

  • Fix Whole House boosting issue from Thermostat

  • Fix rebooting issue on Warmup calc timeout

  • Fix 'requested state' not updating issue

  • Fix Underfloor Room Offset

2016/11/21 Changelog - v5.0.39

  • Updated z-wave driver

  • 'Two way' control - manual override from devices

  • Integration for updated app

  • New devices supported: Genius Valve, Genius Thermostat

  • Valve temperature offset added (some bugs known with this feature)