Certainly one of our favourite hacking devices, the Flipper Zero, obtained its first main firmware replace at present. It features a bunch of options the builders have been engaged on stabilizing for the final three years, together with an enormous battery life enhance that technically arrived with a earlier replace. Whereas lots of the options aren’t technically new, your complete package deal ought to make this gadget really feel like a supercharged model of its former self.
One of the crucial notable updates since launch solves one of many builders’ largest issues: the system’s inner flash reminiscence initially restricted what number of options they may add. Prior to now, new options had been constructed into the firmware itself, however they finally exceeded what the reminiscence might deal with. Final yr, the system added an app retailer and allow you to run new apps from the microSD card as a substitute.
JavaScript is now supported, so coding your personal apps may very well be simpler. The NFC subsystem has been rewritten from the bottom up, helps extra card sorts, and might learn playing cards quicker. Transferring information through Bluetooth with Android units can be quicker, and the pace of firmware updates has elevated by 40 p.c, in line with the builders.
The brand new firmware additionally consists of extra IR protocols, so if you happen to already use the Flipper Zero as a common distant management, now you can use it with extra TVs, ACs, audio techniques, and projectors. Should you want an extended transmission vary, the Flipper Zero helps exterior infrared modules, too. Right here’s an explainer video:
It’s also possible to use the Flipper Zero to take heed to analog walkie-talkies, and the builders say its sub-GHz radio now helps 89 totally different radio protocols in all. If the built-in antenna isn’t delicate sufficient, now you can additionally join it to an exterior sub-GHz module to get a greater one.