iOS 8.4 Expected to Launch by June 30 with GPS Fixes

During Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote yesterday, Apple announced several new services that will be included in iOS 8.4 and available by June 30th.  This release is expected to fix the open iOS bugs affecting external GPS receiver accessories.  Although we had hoped for a 8.3.1 update or 8.4 release to launch much sooner than this, at least we now have a firm date.

Look for another blog post soon announcing our Bad Elf: Cleared to Update program, along with a debrief of some lessons learned and upgrades we've made to our QA process to reduce the odds of running into similar issues in the future.

If you haven't already, please sign up for our mailing list to be notified ASAP when we've confirmed the public iOS 8.4 release resolves the GPS issue. The sign-up form is at the bottom of every page on our website.

The Bad Elf engineering team is attending WWDC this week, and we had the opportunity to meet Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, after the keynote.

Although we didn't talk to Tim specifically about the iOS 8.3 bug, we did discuss platform accessory support.  He mentioned that Apple sees accessories as a vital part of the ecosystem and driver of innovation in niche markets such as aviation, marine, and survey.  We're excited to be part of that!

Once again, we want to thank our amazing customers for their patience and support during the last 9 weeks since this issue appeared.  As always, please contact us via support@bad-elf.com and we'll do whatever we can to help.