I’ve a crazy idea for the app. I don’t know if Ather can actually Implement it. I’d like to know everyone’s opinion about it.
Because our bikes are linked to the app on our phones, and once we hit the road and start riding it, the app knows it too. And when we get a call or a text on our phone and when the user doesn’t pick the call, the Ather app can send a message to the person calling. This will be great if Ather team can manage to add this option.
What if we have the app in two phones.
One with me and one at home?
Tricky question. 
But they could solve it by the GPS on the phone I guess.
Sounds like a DND or Do Not Disturb mode on any smartphone these days. Pretty much does the same thing.
AFAIK it’s only on some phones. Not all oems have that feature baked in.
Can Ather open source the app? There are a lot of enthusiastic Ather owning engineers who would be willing to add features. Ather can review and pull the ones they find valuable and safe.
@Shreyas…The ‘Terms & Privacy Policy’ link on the mobile app is not working. Please look at the screenshot attached.! Its routing to https://www.atherenergy.com/ather-app-privacy-policy instead of https://www.atherenergy.com/policy.
If app can provide alert at 80% or any other preset charge level it will be nice
Can we get an option to sync manually with the vehicle from the app? This would be especially useful when I am charging my vehicle. Currently, it syncs at the beginning of the charge cycle and 4 hours later, it still shows the same data. I would like to know the current charging percentage when I am checking the app, so it would help if i had a button on the app to sync the latest data from the vehicle.
Also, can we get a push notification to our mobile once we reach a certain charge level, or maybe once the vehicle has been charged completely? This would be especially helpful when we are using the Ather grid to charge our vehicles, so that we don’t hog the charging point for too long.
Incognito mode is actually not Incognito mode as all the details are still visible apart from location name.
I feel this should add km on the meter and no data should be captured
Yes it is possible But then app need permission to access to call logs and messages for this feature . I think not everyone is interested in sharing these details with ather even if ather is not interested in Data monetization .
Alternatives
If you Are apple Ios user Driving mode does the same thing which is turned on by default for phone running iOS 11 and above
If you are android user we Can use Do not disturb mode
How to setup in android
Maybe ather will consider it as a Feedback .
I think Ather should provide a toggle with three Incognito modes they are
OFF:
Semi :
location data captured will not be sent to Ather server
Full :
Both location data and driving data will not be sent to servers
At end of the trip it should give a prompt asking do you want share this data Yes Or no
If Yes:
Data will be shared to server
If no
Data will not be shared to server
Ather need’s your driving data for launching new and better products basing on the data captured from old users driving patterns .
I have an android. Unfortunately. And I totally agree with you. Most of them won’t like the idea of sharing phone/call log permission. We’ll see what ather can do.
Incognito means it should be 100% Incognito their should be no option of partial or full this is completely against personal space. As customers we should have complete control over the product we buy.
I have a doubt , is the Sim slot in ather is 4g capable?. Airtel and Vodafone is planning to pull of the 3g services by 2020. why did ather opt for 3g , when 4g was readily available in Bangalore and Chennai.
Now what will happen to data connectivity feature when 3g services are shut down by airtel and Vodafone.
I believe it’s an eSim - not a physical sim slot.
I even called customer support and got info
that they will upgrade to 4g in future version.
Does that mean all the existing customers will not be able to navigate or get OTA after 2020.
What’s the use of having a smart scooter without data connectivity.
As far as I know 4g is launched way back in 2014 in India.
Been a customer of Vodafone for past 10 years.
Vodafone has worst 3g connectivity in Chennai, especially in IT areas like tidel park , siruseri and most part of the areas all we get is 1-2 points at max.
Seriously atleast from now. Ather should start including 4g Sims in their scooters.
For existing customers , they can upgrade it for a nominal price. If they think it costs more.
As far as I know 4g modems costs few hundreds more than 3g modem. They are battery effecient too. Citing battery consumption issues ather team told they haven’t included 4g modems. But they should seriously consider 4g modems . 3g is counting it’s last days.
After 2018 any SIM which is purchased will be multi slot compatabl with by default 4G compatabl it only depend on the device which we are using and location where 4G is available.
