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Ather Over-the-Air (OTA) Updates

New features, enhancements and fixes for an ever-improving scooter.

Atherstack 5.0 - Elio

What’s new?

The world’s* only scooter with Google Maps (as on 7th Jan 2023). Introducing 3D perspective, live traffic view, tap to navigate to a location and faster loading time with higher resolution for precise navigation.

Faster, easier and seamless than ever. See everything you need before you start a ride - TrueRange, navigation, music, ride modes and more. All in one glance.

Power of touch - Switch between the screens and widgets, in a swipe.

New refreshing ride screen - 'Wings of Power' displays the power in use and the power available in every mode.

The built-in sensors on the vehicle automatically detects slope and holds the scooter without the rider having to hold brakes.

Atherstack 4.0 - Dropkick

Enhancements

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Improved Bluetooth™ connection Smoother on-board navigation Add multiple stops and get route suggestions on Trip planner

Atherstack 3.0 - Cylon

What’s new?

It lets the rider warp when there is excess power and automatically switches to Eco when less power is available. It factors in road conditions, riding style, and number of passengers to intelligently regulate the power available by dynamically adjusting the maximum acceleration.

Once enabled, a power bar appears on the right hand side of the dashboard, indicating the amount of power available.

Atherstack 2.0 - Borg

What’s new?

If anybody lays hands on your scooter, you’ll know it instantly. On-board geo-spatial sensors detect potential theft / tow activity and alert you via the Ather app.

Switches between light and dark themes, without ever interrupting you.

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Bluetooth™ connection enhancements Improvements to push location to scooter

Atherstack 1.0 - Atom

What’s new?

Play, pause and swap between the music playing on your smartphone via Bluetooth™. Check, accept and reject incoming calls without ever having to take your phone out while riding.

Enhancements

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Improvements to auto-cut off indicators, with the option now to turn them off.

Atherstack 0.8

What’s new?

For when you attract the wrong eyeballs. On-board geo-spatial sensors now detect potential theft / tow activity and alert you via the Ather app.

Enhancements

App-Scooter Sync

Improved the sync of Ride Statistics with the App

Atherstack 0.7

What’s new?

Yin to the yang. This theme eases the strain on your eyes for a more comfortable, distraction-free ride at night.

Enhancements

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Save previous riding mode - Your last riding mode will be shown as the default mode. Resume where you left. More responsive keyboard - Type-in destination without any lag.

Atherstack 0.6

What’s new?

Drop a pin to locate a destination that’s not listed on the maps

Automatic rerouting, when the rider goes off-route. No more distraction to accept/reject pop-ups.

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On-board navigation is now a lot more responsive and seamless

App-Scooter Sync

More Frequent data sync between vehicle and the mobile app to stay up-to-date Ride statistics on the app is a widely used feature. It gets priority sync in the huge data transfer pipeline between the vehicle and app.

Atherstack 0.5

What’s new?

In addition to Sport and Ride modes, the Ather 450 gets an Eco mode. With a TrueRange of 75 km, the Eco mode is designed for those days when the rider needs to go that extra mile.

Enhancements

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Motor-cooling optimized (Additional update 4.0.4) Motor firmware update

Atherstack 0.4

What’s new?

The headlight stays on for 20 sec, even after switching OFF the scooter, making it easier to find a way out of dimly lit parking spaces.

Apart from the default automatic trip meter that ends a trip when the key has been turned OFF (for a duration of 7 minutes or longer), two new trip meters have been added.

These can be manually reset and used to track distance covered by their vehicle in different scenarios.

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This update unlocks the capability of the vehicle’s intelligence to pre-emotively ensure the safety of various subsystems. The intelligence algorithm will detect any error, alert the user about it via the dashboard screen, and prompt the user to take an action.

Enhancements

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Save a destination as a favorite Check the % of charge remaining on the dashboard Access to recommended tyre pressure info through the dashboard.

Atherstack 0.3

What’s new?

If a ride consumes energy at a high rate affecting range, a real-time visual feedback on the dashboard will alert the rider.

For example, inconsistent and sudden throttling and braking will intensify the red glow on the range number, prompting the user to tweak their riding style.

‘Ride Statistics’ gives the user access to all relevant information about their ride - average speed, total distance covered across all trips, personalized range in each riding mode (predicted by an intelligent algorithm). Assess and ride better.

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Move between the two riding modes, on-the-go, without stopping.

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Pick an alternative path through a route suggestion prompt, while you navigate.

Atherstack 0.2

What’s new?

Brightness of the screen will auto adjust, depending on the time of the day. A sound prompt to cue that the vehicle motor is switched ON.

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To help the rider plan better, the dashboard will display the time required for 80% charge, followed by the time required to charge up to 100%.

Atherstack 0.1

Enhancements

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The usability of the on-board navigation has been improved through optimizations in performance.