Push-to-Talk (PTT) Enhancements

This update includes several enhancements to the PTT experience:

• When transmitting or receiving a PTT message from the gas status screen or any feature screen, a full-page PTT transmission screen now displays instead of a banner.
• When a Safety Operations Center (SOC) call is in progress, you cannot use side buttons to change the PTT channel. This ensures you connected to our Safety Operations Center when you need it most.

Emergency Voice Audio Quality Enhancements

The new firmware enhances microphone quality by introducing AGC (automatic gain control) to reduce background noise when you send PTT messages. These changes mean you can now hear each other more clearly, even in noisy environments.

New Flashlight Controls

G8 now includes a configurable flashlight timeout, so you can set how long you want your flashlight to stay on. When the flashlight is active, a banner displays on screen showing the current timeout setting.

Use the side buttons to adjust the flashlight duration to 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. This setting saves automatically and will stay the same until you change it, even after you power cycle.

New A-CART Pumped Cartridge

A-CART is a new cartridge designed for pumped configurations where continuous operation is required. The A-CART will only operate in pump mode, which will support work in 0% Oxygen environments and common pumped sampling operations.

General Enhancements

The G8 update also includes many behind-the-scenes enhancements and bug fixes to make sure that you get the most out of your device.