We had a chance to show you the new trip details view and business trip tagging in our last post. Without further ado, let’s dig into fuel grade picker and the Apple Watch extension.
Fuel Grade Picker
This has been a long time coming, requested since the very beginning of Automatic. One of our most automagic features—pulling your fuel cost basis from the time and location of fillup—is growing up. You’re now able to set the fuel grade your car uses to get more accurate cost calculations. We’re sorry it has taken so long and are thrilled to deliver this at long last.
When you change your Fuel Grade Automatic will start to calculate future trips with the appropriate rate. For cars that report fuel level, this will take effect after the next fillup. All of this sounding new? Check out how Automatic calculates the cost of your trips: http://bit.ly/1J7reMd
Apple Watch Extension
Alright, Apple enthusiasts – we’ve got good news for you. Two of Automatic’s most popular features are now conveniently found on your wrist.
The business tagging feature on Apple Watch takes even more friction out of the expensing process. The IRS lets you deduct $0.57 per mile of business driving—if that wasn’t worth the effort before you should have no excuses now.
At the end of each trip, a prompt on the Watch will allow you to tag the trip as business. That’s it. As noted above, the tags on trips will be visible in the phone app, the APIs, and soon on the web dashboard. In time, we know that 3rd party apps that connect into Automatic will make use of these tags directly. We’ve come a long way since manual logbooks!
Secondly, Automatic marks your exact location every time you park. That’s nothing new (but it is one of our favorite features). Now that same parking map is even easier to get to: just lift your wrist. When looking for your car, just swipe up from the Watch face to see the map in the Automatic “glance”. Or enter the Automatic app on Apple Watch to get the same.
Now that you know what you’re working with…
We hope these tools help you drive off into the sunset. But make sure to drive back, because we aren’t done yet.
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