It is a gain, you have to assume it. When we buy any technological device, from some helmets, to a loading station or an electric bicycle, Most require the download of an application to function properly.
And for this you have to register, probably open an account, Put personal data and, although in general the protection is firm and the data are very generic, It may not be something we enjoy. But it makes sense. Let’s go with an example.
Discharging an app to use some helmets, allows us to equalize the sound, customize audio outputs according to different users, we are logical, but why do I want the application of an electric bicycle? Short response, To improve your benefits. Long answer: We talked to the development of the ENGWE app, one of the main manufacturers of electric bicycles.
What they have achieved in EngWe is to improve, first, the connectivity experience, which is done with a single touch. Thanks to this, The first screen shows the battery, autonomy and speed mode.
Then we have routes and data monitoring. Can register and, more importantly, share the routes, reproduce themconsult heat maps and weekly/monthly statistics such as total distance, average speed and burned calories.
An application works updating the entire system thanks to both engineers’ work and user suggestions. And one of the main ones in this regard is security. ENGWE APP, for example, creates geocercado and anti -theft alerts. Thanks to this, it receives instant notifications if the bicycle leaves a certain area.
Another capacity that this app has and part of Users’ suggestions is the creation of a community of cyclists In which updates are published, routes and suggestions are shared to improve traffic in the city or to certain destinations.
It also has voice navigation that It allows us to receive step by step instructions, in different languages and an integration with Apple Health and Google Fit with the purpose of synchronizing routes and detecting calories to establish health goals.
An app must also take into account the use that will be given to the device, although it is not connected to the network, that is, when it seems that the app itself should not work. The application of ENGWE allows you to use maps without connection and expanded location, which means that we can share our locationin case of emergency. And, by this: this application reduces the possibility of robberies thanks to the possibility of activating it, but also of blocking it remotely. If someone takes it without permission, the system not only alerts their movement, it also allows us to block the pedals.
And, by acting remotely, if someone who does not know the operation is using it, with our permission, We can activate the lights or pedaling assistance directly from the app and distance. Although we are in another country.
In this sense, the bicycle has an IoT + Bluetooth system that basically blocks the transmission so that no one can take it. Conclusion: an application, its software, aims to improve hardware or, in a nutshell, An app must make the device better.