Updates on Lightning-based iOS device compatability

Happy New Year! We have a few quick updates...

Bad Elf GPS Pro (BE-GPS-2200)

We received word from Apple earlier today that the Bad Elf GPS Pro is officially compatible (over Bluetooth) with all of the new Lightning-based iOS devices released last fall. No firmware or hardware changes were necessary, so don't worry if you purchase a GPS Pro in the old packaging -- it will work out of the box.

The new official list of supported devices is:

• iPod touch (2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th generations)
• iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, & iPhone 3G
• iPad mini, iPad 4, iPad (3rd generation), iPad 2, iPad

Basically, every iOS device on the market today that has Bluetooth support for external accessories.

Bad Elf GPS dongle (BE-GPS-1000)

Although the Bad Elf GPS dongle with the 30-pin dock connector is not directly or officially compatible with any of the new Lightning-based iOS devices, we're happy to report that it works with ALL of them using either of Apple's Lightning-to-30pin adapters.

We've done extensive testing and the only issues we've heard about (and resolved) with customers were actually related to the known iOS 6 bug affecting external GPS receivers. As far as we know this has been fixed in the upcoming iOS 6.1 release. Please see our troubleshooting page if you have any issues.