This is the biggest update yet — built for working electricians and apprentices. ON THE JOB • Quotes & invoices, rebuilt. A faster end-to-end flow with premium PDF templates, day-rate mode, smart stock take-offs and proper Estimates — and you can now create RAMS straight from a quote. • Get paid, stay square. Two-way QuickBooks and Xero sync: mark an invoice paid and it flows through to your books, with receipts attached to expenses. • CIS deductions and VAT reverse charge handled properly on both quotes and invoices. • Site Visits, rebuilt. AI-priced surveys with live, editable materials pricing and one-tap wholesaler RFQs — save your merchants and let them quote for the work. • Renewable Design Suite. Four guided designers with AI intake, plus a new renewable certificates hub and calculators. • EV charging certificates brought up to BS 7671 A4:2026, and you can now download older, locked certificate versions. • All 63 calculators reviewed for accuracy. FOR APPRENTICES • A brand-new daily home screen — a bottom tab bar and Today dashboard to start every day in the right place. • A rebuilt Apprentice Hub: measured off-the-job hours, server-graded quizzes, real progress stats, voice OTJ logging and clear evidence gaps. • Study guidance overhauled across 11 core topics, plus new mock exams to test yourself. • On-the-job tools and the site diary updated for BS 7671 A4:2026. Plus a stack of refinements and reliability improvements across the app. Built by a working UK electrician — keep the feedback coming, it shapes every update.

Loads packed into this one — here's the headline stuff. WHAT'S NEW • Stock & price book now feed straight into quotes and invoices — build a quote from your own prices in seconds and keep on top of stock. • Smarter RAMS: snap a photo of the site and Elec-Mate pulls the hazards for you, generates faster and is more reliable from start to finish. • Inspection & Testing updated for BS 7671 A4:2026 — new cover sheets, PME/PNB earthing options and tighter validation. • Apprentices: new off-the-job declaration page, plus cleaner portfolio PDF exports. • New course: Solar PV design & installation added to the Renewable Energy track. • Quotes: new toggle to hide your markup from the customer-facing version. • Get a push the moment a customer pays an invoice. • Redesigned Getting Started guide and a fresh welcome email for new users. FIXES • Installer planner: safer cloud saves that won't clobber your local work. • Faster, more dependable RAMS generation — no more long waits. • A stack of smaller reliability tweaks across the app. Built by a working UK electrician — keep the feedback coming, it shapes every update.

Big update — busy week, lots of polish. WHAT'S NEW • Quote acceptance reimagined: clients see a sleek branded page with your logo and colours, can pay a deposit and book a slot in one go, and you get a push the moment they open the email. • Editorial redesign across every hub — Inspection & Testing, Site Safety, Business, Apprentice, Study Centre, Industry Updates and the Dashboard. Cleaner layouts, faster scans, single yellow accent. • Best-in-class Circuit Designer panel — AI recheck, alternatives, compliance auto-fix and BS 7671 guidance aware of install type. • Apprentices: EPA readiness dashboard, knowledge quiz, professional discussion, and OJT employer attestation with voice ingest. • New client-facing email design — every email branded with your logo and primary colour, no Elec-Mate attribution. • Industry News rebuilt with better images and source filtering. • Voice dictation now works everywhere — quote notes, site visits, OJT, chat — via your phone's built-in speech engine. • Polished launch screen, sharper app icon, branded notification icon. • Apprentice Level 3 courses restructured into proper modules and sections. FIXES • Fire alarm cert variants now route correctly (were loading as EICR and losing data). • Quote deposit + booking flow fully wired up (was silently broken in prod). • Cable sizing calculator no longer crashes on edge-case inputs. • Isolation Certificate page no longer crashes. • Invoice numbers no longer duplicate under load — now uses an atomic sequence. • Faster Dashboard with shared data fetching (no more 5× refetches). • Tap-to-share via WhatsApp / email / Maps no longer freezes on iOS. • Phase colours updated to BS 7671 harmonised brown/black/grey. • Zs non-compliance now correctly flagged as FAIL with CPC upsize auto-fix. • CPC size options extended up to 120mm² per BS 7671 Table 54.7. • Origin main switch auto-sizes from load + MEC/bonding for commercial/industrial. • A stack of smaller reliability tweaks under the hood. Cheers for the feedback — keep it coming.

A new Elec-Mate. Six weeks of work. The biggest update we’ve shipped since launch. Every main hub has been rebuilt with a calmer, faster layout designed for real site use. Inspection & Testing, Site Safety, Business, Apprentice and Study Centre now show the important numbers first, with cleaner dashboards, less clutter and faster access to the tools you need. What’s new: • One-tap certificates EICR, EIC and Minor Works now sit at the top of Inspection & Testing. Open the certificate you need in one tap. • Rebuilt dashboards Inspection & Testing, Site Safety, Business, Apprentice and Study Centre have all been redesigned around a cleaner editorial layout with key stats up top, clearer sections and easier mobile navigation. • Industry News rebuilt Fresh electrical industry news from IET, Electrical Times, Professional Electrician, ECN and HSE. Images now load with each article and off-topic noise has been reduced. • EPA simulator New AI-scored knowledge quiz, professional discussion simulator, grade predictor and topic mastery breakdown so apprentices can see exactly where they stand. • Portfolio capture stream Add evidence by voice, photo or text and feed it into your AC heatmap, audit timeline and EPA gateway readiness. • Health & Safety specialist A new AI specialist for compliance briefings, RAMS support and site safety guidance grounded in BS 7671 and HSE information. • OJT employer attestation Employers can now sign off off-the-job hours from a single link. No app or account needed. • Circuit Designer improvements New AI edit panel with recheck, alternatives, edit-impact ribbon, install-type-aware guidance and one-tap compliance fixes. • Career Hub redesigned Accreditation, courses, programmes, CPD and premium jobs have all been redrawn in the same cleaner layout. • Site Safety improved Overdue COSHH and equipment checks now flag clearly with action chips. Briefings, near miss reports, observations and site diary are easier to access. • Business Hub improved Paid, outstanding, overdue and win-rate stats now appear at the top, with clearer live insights throughout. • Apprentice Hub improved Streaks, progress, videos and diary now sit at a glance, with college plan and tutor work surfaced when there is something waiting. • Study Centre improved Continue where you left off across every course, with streaks and learning momentum built into the main view. Fixes and performance: • Improved auth stability • Better form auto-save • Fixed Industry News refresh issue • Improved news image loading • Fixed several flagged crashes • Improved BS 7671 calculation accuracy • General performance and reliability improvements Elec-Mate is now faster, cleaner and more solid where it matters.

Elec-AI is now sharper, faster and updated for BS 7671:2018 + A4:2026. This update brings major improvements across Elec-Mate, including upgraded AI guidance, updated Study Centre content, A4:2026-ready certificate workflows, improved quoting and invoicing, and a smoother, more stable app experience. Elec-AI improvements * Updated with BS 7671:2018 + A4:2026 guidance * Faster, smarter responses with fewer dead ends * More practical answers grounded in real electrical work * Improved reliability with fewer stalls and stronger regulation-based guidance * Better support for questions around AFDDs, TN-C-S earthing, EICRs, Zs values, RCDs, testing and installation work Study Centre updates * Level 2 and Level 3 courses now complete end-to-end * 18th Edition course updated to BS 7671:2018 + A4:2026 * A4:2026 updates added across course content, quizzes and reference material * Mock exam rebuilt with a 1,500-question pool BS 7671:2018 + A4:2026 updates * A4:2026 updates applied across EIC, EICR and Minor Works * Updated Max Zs values now cascade through EICR and EIC * Improved RCD-aware Zs calculations * LIM / N/V coverage added to the Schedule of Tests * Spare-way cascade and SPD persistence improved Certificates & inspections * EICR PDFs now render Zdb, Ipf, main switch and test instruments correctly * Scheme and company logos now print consistently on PDFs * Improved certificate list filtering and tab counts * Fixed duplicate certificate creation * Cloud circuits are no longer overwritten when switching devices mid-job * Next-inspection dates now remain saved correctly * Improved typing behaviour in inspection notes * Boards can now be reordered Quotes, invoices & payments * Duplicate quote now copies all content * Stripe checkout retry on web improved * Trial paywall redesigned with clearer tier pricing * Mark-paid links fixed * Customer email replies now route to the correct inbox * Improved resending of quotes and invoices * Xero pull-status fixed * One-tap iCal add on iPhone Stability & polish * Fixed dashboard skeleton screen issue * Improved error handling to prevent reload loops * Analytics failures no longer unmount the app * Settings inputs no longer reset while typing * Address autocomplete now resumes where you left off * Added scanner crash protection * AI board review now supports adding and reordering * Quote card edit button is now clearer * Dozens of smaller fixes and improvements across the app

Elec-Mate just had its biggest update yet. A full couple of weeks of building, and the Inspection & Testing alone could have been its own release. INSPECTION & TESTING — COMPLETELY REBUILT The entire I&T hub has been redesigned from the ground up. New dashboard. Rebuilt My Reports. Cleaner customer management. A proper certificate expiry view that shows exactly what is coming up and what needs action. The I&T learning and reference area has also been rebuilt, with clearer guidance and faster lookups when you need answers on the job. SMART EICR — YOUR CERT NOW THINKS FOR YOU EICR is no longer just a form. It actively helps prevent mistakes before they become problems. It now includes: • BS EN → device type → rating cascading on every board • TT earthing logic that auto-enables 30mA RCD protection and applies the correct Zs limits • Automatic Ze → Ipf calculations • Cable versus fuse coordination warnings • Bonding size checks against Table 54.8 • Board ways versus circuits warnings • Ring circuit detection across 2.5, 4 and 6mm² • Auto-populated “Supplied From” for sub-boards There is also a new desktop review mode with 2-phase supply, 8 RCD types, BS 88 fuse sub-types, ratings up to 1250A, boards up to 24 ways, and a Load Profile button that can mark a full inspection satisfactory in one tap. EIC & MINOR WORKS — REDESIGNED EIC has been rebuilt to match the EICR experience. Swipe right for satisfactory. Swipe left for N/A. Mark All OK. 14 qualification toggles. Device-type to BS EN auto-cascade. Minor Works now includes 30 single and three-phase circuit presets, automatic max Zs from BS 7671 tables, smart date presets, and duplicate-for-next-circuit to fly through repetitive work. SIX NEW SPECIALIST CERTIFICATES We’ve added: • Battery Energy Storage (BESS) • Lightning Protection • G98 Commissioning • G99 Commissioning • Smoke & CO Alarm • Fire Alarm — full G1 to G7 suite Each one has been purpose-built with smarter logic, dynamic schedules and 8-layer auto-save with draft recovery, so lost work becomes a thing of the past. 11 NEW DOCUMENTS — LABELS, NOTICES & CLIENT HANDOUTS A new Labels & Warnings section gives you the paperwork and handovers you actually need on site, including: • Danger Notices • Isolation Certificates • Permit to Work • Limitation Notices • Non-Compliance Notices • Completion Notices • GS38 Safe Isolation records • Printable warning labels and board schedules • AI-generated site-specific risk assessments • 9 branded client handouts QUOTES, INVOICES, STOCK & PRICE BOOK Quotes and invoices have been rebuilt for speed. Quotes now use a single-page builder with live totals. Invoices now show a full status timeline from Created to Paid, include late payment interest calculations, chase actions from the sheet, and professional email templates. We’ve also added a new stock tracker and price book, so van stock, pricing and quoting all work together. Push notifications now on Apple - enabled push notifications. REFER A FRIEND — NOW ON IPHONE The referral programme now works natively in the app. Share your link and when your mate subscribes, you both get a free month. CUSTOMISABLE DASHBOARD + POLISH You can now hide or show hubs from Settings and shape Elec-Mate around how you actually work. On top of that, the whole app feels better: bigger touch targets, cleaner contrast, faster lists, more native iPhone feel, and dozens of bugs fixed across the platform. Built in the UK, for UK electricians. BS 7671:2018+A3:2024 compliant.

SAFETY TOOLS — Completely Upgraded Your site safety toolkit just got a massive upgrade. Professional PDF documents with your company branding, logo and "Powered by Elec-Mate" on every page. 13 pre-use equipment check types covering ladders, scaffolds, power tools, test instruments, harnesses, extension leads, RCDs, generators, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, PPE and MEWPs — all backed by UK regulations. NEW: Corrective action tracking lets you assign, prioritise and close out actions from inspections, near misses and accident reports. Root cause analysis with 5 Whys built into Near Miss and Accident Book. RIDDOR countdown timer shows your reporting deadline with a direct link to HSE, Emergency Procedures redesigned — tap any contact to call instantly (999, 105, Gas, HSE, NHS 111). Five step-by-step procedures for electric shock, evacuation, first aid, fire response and pre-work site checks. AI DIARY COACH — Now Working The AI Coach in your Site Diary now analyses all your entries and gives personalised coaching — skill gaps, regulation tips, portfolio evidence suggestions and encouragement. Refreshes on demand with full insights. STUDY CENTRE — Redesigned The Study Centre main pages have been completely redesigned for a cleaner, more intuitive learning experience across all courses and modules. Added Leaderboards, Where you last were studying and XP. BUSINESS HUB — Redesigned The Business Hub has been refreshed with a new layout making it easier to manage quotes, invoices, customers and your business tools in one place. Customers - redesigned and added past work has been carried out for each customer and added quick links. DESIGN & EXPERIENCE Job Vacancies, Site Diary and safety record cards all redesigned for a cleaner, faster experience. Calendar now lets you tap any past date to log a diary entry. YouTube videos now working fully, staying within the app. Bug fixes and performance improvements throughout.

- Subscriptions now working — start your 7-day free trial directly in the app - Improved dashboard layout with equal-sized hub cards - Redesigned payment success screen - Better error handling throughout - Added in-app rating prompts after key actions - Push notification support for iOS - Bug fixes and performance improvements