If you’ve ever wished you could stay connected to your Meshtastic network while driving, and without fumbling with your phone, the wait is over. As of April 2026, the official Meshtastic app for iPhone now supports Apple CarPlay, bringing hands-free, off-grid LoRa messaging directly to your vehicle dashboard. The feature arrived in version 2.7.11 ofContinue reading “Meshtastic Hits the Road: Apple CarPlay Support Arrives for Off-Grid Messaging”
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Building the Backbone: Setting Up Your First MeshCore Repeater
Hey BuffaLoRa community! Unlike the often-discouraged repeater devices in Meshtastic, repeaters are the lifeblood of a MeshCore network. Because MeshCore companion devices don’t rebroadcast, repeaters are essential for bridging your traffic across the network. While this requires more nodes overall to build out the map, MeshCore compensates by allowing up to 64 hops between nodes,Continue reading “Building the Backbone: Setting Up Your First MeshCore Repeater”
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