ChessUp 2 Firmware Release Notes
Version 2.6.0 (2/06/2025)
- Add ChessDotCom Valentines Bots
- Add message when ChessDotCom ends on board due to logging in with another device
- Add classical OTB time formats: 30|20, 60|30, 90|30
- Added assumed castling to Board Editor, when king and corresponding rooks are in starting locations
- Improve translations
- Fix illegal moves in board-editor
- Fix uncommon crash when playing with assistance
- Fix “none” time format icons not updating in OTB flow
- Fix “none” time format sometimes starting a 5 minute game after a power-cycle
Version 2.5.5 (1/30/2025)
Added:
- Added feedback for illegal board editor positions
Improved:
- Chess and Checkers game settings are now persisted across power cycles.
- Increased board-editor AI opponent strength
- Improved WiFi connect and reconnect speed
- Improved translations
Fixed:
- Fix crashes related to illegal board editor positions
- Fix assistance-related crash
- Fix rare networking crash
Version 2.5.0 (1/24/2025)
Added:
- Offline Built-in Chess Clocks
- Hint Limit
- Warning before ChessDotCom auto-abort due to slow-move.
Improved:
- Checkers sensitivity
- Spanish translations
Fixed:
- Fix checkers initial placement popup going to wrong screen
Version 1.7.3 (1/22/2025)
- Add new Chess.com Home screen with additional time controls
- Add calibration option for checkers
- Improve Chess.com game launch time
- Improve checkers sensitivity
- Improve automatic brightness in dim environments
- Fixed reliability of slide captures during chess games
Version 1.7.0 (1/21/2025)
- Add checkers
- Fix ChessDotCom resign button not properly aborting game during first moves
- Other small bug fixes
Version 1.6.4 (01/15/2025)
- Add brightness settings(Auto/Low/Medium/High)
- Improve battery gauge accuracy
- Improve display backlight quality
- Improve game and network disconnection logging
- Fix uncommon crash with online assistance
- Fix low-battery popup not reopening after quick USB plug + unplug
- Fix England’s flag not showing on ChessDotCom games
Version 1.6.1 (01/09/2025)
- Fix Scottish and Welsh flags for Chess.com Games
- Fix bad networking update in previous version
Version 1.6.0 (01/09/2025)
- Add Chess.com bots: Trash Talkers
- Add messaging popup for upcoming server events
- Improve Chess.com flow by defaulting to 5|5 instead of 3|2 games.
- Improve touch sensitivity
- Improve Chess.com game-clock synchronization
- Improve compatibility with mesh networks.
- Fix compatibility issue with certain newer access points
- Fix issue preventing multiple games from syncing properly to the phone
Version 1.5.0 (01/02/2025)
- Add Chess.Com 5|5 time format, remove 5 minute time format
- Add resignation prompt for Chess.com bot games
- Add indication of WiFi signal-strength to connection icon bars
- Fix intermittent crash during WiFi and update flows
- Fix touch autocalibration issue
- Fix ChessUp OTB offer-draw text
Version 1.4.0 (12/23/2024)
- Improve translations(more coming)
- Improve reconnection prompt text
- Fix ChessUp OTB offer-draw text
Version 1.3.0 (12/21/2024)
- Improve translations(more coming)
- Improve WiFi firmware update reliability
- Fix lost moves during network instability
- Fix unchecking color choosers
Version 1.2.0 (12/19/2024)
- Add network status popup when not yet ready to complete requested action(Waiting for WiFi, etc)
- Improve network connection stability and recovery speed
- Improve translations (more to come)
- Fix missing font characters in settings menu in French, German, and Spanish (H2 and Paragraph font)
- Fix occasional crash playing ChessUp bots and OTB with assistance
- Fix issue where move couldn’t be made playing with phone
- Fix stuck promotion popup when ChessDotCome game ends
- Fix missing final move when checkmated on ChessDotCom
- Fix firmware update prompt while playing
- Fix flipped display when playing ChessUp OTB games after playing certain games as black
Version 1.1.0 (12/12/2024)
- ChessDotCom games now default to rated.
- Add new UI header/status bar with Bluetooth, WiFi, Battery icons
- Add ChessDotCom Holiday bots
- Improve translations
- Improve chess piece calibration and reception
- Improve cloud reconnect speed and reliability
- Fix unchecking ChessDotCom time format
- Fix unknown player flag showing as white(now world-map flag)
- Fix UI missing characters in some languages
- Fix language-picker back-button to restore originally selected language
- Fix DHCP network service during address conflict
Version 1.0.0 (12/05/2024)
- Improve settings and UI flows
- Fix an issue causing ChessDotCom sign-outs
- Fix ability to sign out from ChessDotCom
Version 0.6.0. (12/01/2024)
- Improve main-menu experience.
- Improve initial-placement experience.
- Improve handling of accidental opponent’s piece moves before game starts.
- Improve 2-player OTB setup flow
- Fix Piece-Tray sides and colors
- Fix onboard AI EnPassant
- Fix two promotion bugs
- Fixed an issue when using pawn for opponent’s promotion
Version 0.5.9 (11/25/2024)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when receiving a remote move.
Version 0.5.8 (11/25/2024)
- Add PieceTrays to Chess.Com live game screen
- Add WiFi MAC address to Settings->About screen
- Improve display responsiveness for certain screens
- Improve network connection reliability
- Improve pawn promotion experience
- Allow pawn to play as promoted piece if pieces are not available. A selector will appear on screen.
- Remote opponents promotion piece is displayed on the screen.
- Promotion does not require the pawn to be moved to the back rank.
- Improve Chess.Com game ending loss indicator
- Fix Abandoned Chess.Com game ending winner/loser
- Fix WiFi-not-connected text layout
- Fix unexpected Chess.Com sign-out
- Fix Chess.Com clock start when board plays as black
- Fixed issue with Stockfish assistance recommending bad moves.
- Fixed crash that occurred when using Stockfish assistance and the game completed.
Version 0.5.5 (11/6/2024)
- Add PieceID enforcement of moves and captures
- Add StockFish for move hints
- Add popups for networking status
- Improve network reliability
- Improve ChessDotCom bot list to remember scrolling position
- Improve touch system reliability and responsiveness
- Fix board showing assistance on first move after startup
- Fix new ChessDotCom bots drawing as placeholder pawn icon, updated available bots Pia Cramling bot
- Fix draw/resign buttons showing after onboard game-ending
- Fix several ChessDotCom game endings
- Fix touch system sometimes requiring reboot after firmware update
- Fix game-saving
Version 0.5.3 (10/28/2024)
- Add more game-ending light sequences to ChessDotCom games
- Add more ChessDotCom bots
- Improve networking reliability
- Fix game start before game setup through UI
- Fix AI move after game exit
Version 0.5.1 (10/18/2024)
- Added support to draw, resign, discard, and save local games
- Improve position loading with PieceID confirmation
- Fix missing text characters with ChessDotCom bots
- Fix ChessDotCom clock offset during first move of game.
- Improve Piece-ID detection of White King
Version 0.5.0 (10/17/2024)
- Added text indication of friend-list status
- Improved reliability of touchscreen interface
- Improved white king interaction
- Improved text display for Eastern European ChessDotCom bots (more improvements to come)
- Improved ChessDotCom authorization lifetime.