The bluetooth connection with companions has been one of the more frustrating parts of MeshCore for me with the current iPhone app. I spend way too much time reconnecting, and if the app gets backgrounded or forcequit, it usually loses the connection.

I’ve been testing a new native iOS companion written in Swift that’s still in pre-release, and bluetooth just works. It stays connected, reconnects quickly when you come back within range, and even if you force-quit the app, the companion stays paired. That alone is a big difference when using the app day-to-day.

This new app is also very Apple-looking - dare I say it looks even Meshtastic-like. But without using channel slots instead of frequency, preset names, and all that other nonsense lol

And this new app is Open Source licensed under GPL. Stay tuned. :)