Mammotion 4+

I will say last year I was quite pleased with the improvements. Unfortunately they have digressed instead of further improved. Bluetooth is almost unusable now to drive the mower. The app forgets things and shows incorrect settings. Like when you change the mow height it is not what the task is set at. Also real improvements are not being done for Luba 1. They keep changing the interface and not in ways I feel are positive. Useful features are moved and icons are less intuitive. Setting up tasks is really slow to update maps. Continually adds all areas instead of the one(s) selected. Seems all my task settings are random. A once proud owner, I am now becoming very frustrated…

It allows me to do everything I need to do, but it leaves a lot to be desired from a UX perspective. I’m a mobile app developer familiar with apps that integrate with complex physical hardware, so I understand the challenges inherent in this app. That said, I find it difficult to trust any real time info the app is showing. It’s almost always out of date and only updates if I nav away from a screen and then back to it. The app could do a far better job showing that it’s getting fresh data in a number of scenarios.

The app takes a little to get going but on the long run it is very easy to use.

Two suggested feature enhancements:

1. I created a new MOW area and thought it was good. Later I realized there is one location I needed to fix. A straight line between my neighbors lawn and mine. My mapping put a small curve in it ~1.5 feet long. I wish I could load the map and make the path straight without mapping the entire section all over again.

2. My backyard includes a sea wall with a 6ft drop. Grass grows as close as 8 inches from the sea wall drop off so I can map the lawn, but I wish in the app I could create a single line for a no-go “barrier” (not area) so the device will be safe even if I make a mistake in my mapping. Sure there are other uses for that feature as well.

Other than those two minor things I am very pleased overall!