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You’ve probably heard about it already: The new Energy Efficiency Directive has arrived. Tenants should now be able to check their hot water and heat consumption on a monthly basis and reduce it accordingly. In light of the climate crisis, this is a step in the right direction. However, for landlords, owners and administrators, this means that they must regularly inform their tenants about their consumption. Sounds like a lot more work, doesn’t it? Not necessarily.

Light, breezy and easy on the system? Not the words that usually come to mind when we think of the challenges related to the European Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) for condominium owners and landlords. Our goal is to make it easy for them – as easy as easy­square! That is why we are devoting ourselves to this special topic in the July release note, which will go live with API 6.148 on 23 June 2022.

Life without a smartphone is unimaginable these days. What makes the smartphone the ideal daily assistant? The apps, of course! From reading the news, to fitness or health, through work and keeping in touch with friends, there are apps for every situation in life. And of course also for professional use in real estate management. The easy­square app is well-known in this field. But who are the clever minds behind the easy­square apps? And what is their daily work routine? Our video lets them have their say.

You know, there is one thing we can always count on. Every month our development team conjures up new features and optimisations for our monthly release note. Users of the easy­square tenant and administrator app can look forward to fantastic innovations in June, which will go live with API 6.147 on 30 May 2022. And there’s no hocus-pocus involved!

We don’t want to beat around the bush today: we recently developed some technical innovations that are either too tiny to mention or too complex to explain. We like to get to the point quickly in our release notes, as everyone knows, so our users can now look forward to a small but fine selection for the month of May. The new release will go live with version 6.146 as of 28 April 2022 and shouldn’t be too hard to get to grips with.

Commercial property rentals come with special requirements. From assessing the economic potential of offers to working with estate agents or mapping the property in a stacking plan - all these aspects are effectively covered by the new digital solution from easy­square.

Our product management team works every day to maximise the benefits of easy­square apps and to provide our customers with the best features. But how do we stay at the cutting edge? How do the apps get their efficient features? Our product managers provide answers in our latest short clip.

You never know what April will bring, but we know what we’re bringing you this month: a host of new features! From the technical import and export of your master data or intelligent automation in our apps to visual highlights for marketing your properties – our exciting mix of current releases will go live on 24 March 2022. This is no April fool’s joke! However, we can’t promise that our Release Note 6.145 doesn’t contain an amusing line or two.

The efficient rental process with easy­square has been tried and tested in numerous housing companies. Behind the scenes, though, we’re constantly working on new developments to provide our customers with the best state-of-the-art functions. One of the latest updates: the appointment booking function in our rental solution.

Internet Explorer is saying goodbye. Microsoft announced the end of maintenance for the browser some time ago – support for Internet Explorer 11 will be discontinued from mid-2022. Read on to find out what this means for your SAP® chat function and how to ensure a smooth transition:

Like the bees in their hive, our developers have been working hard over the past few weeks so that we can announce a packed release note for March today. A big thank you to the team! With API 6.144, we’ll be delivering a honeypot of features for landlords, administrators and professionals on 24 February 2022.

The advantages of easy­square’s potential tenant app have already been thoroughly tested, and it’s now a fixture at many real estate companies. Let’s take a look at the latest adjustments for an even better user experience.

Veganuary, Dry January or Red January – which challenge are you starting the year with in January? Our list here at easy­square is quite long. We plan on staying true to our resolution all year and advancing the digital networking of the real estate industry… paving the way, as we always tend to do. First step: announcing our release note for February, which will deliver useful features for landlords, tenants and potential tenants on 27 January 2022 with API 6.143.

New year, new operating system – more and more smartphone providers are starting to release updates to Android 12. We explain here which updates this will bring for the easy­square apps.

A team of experts has been working on making the easy­square apps barrier-free for some time now. A great deal was done in 2021 to make the mobile solutions easier to operate for an even larger group of users. And further measures are to follow in 2022.

Alongside the annual creative fun of making an Advent wreath or calendar, the delicious smells of Christmas baking and the sounds of a decent portion of Xmas hits, easy­square app users can also look forward to great new features in the pre-Christmas period, which we wish to share with you on 16 December 2021 in the form of our latest Release Note 6.142. Let’s take a glance at the digital surprise package to discover the highlights.

The new generic online appointment booking function is ready to launch. Are you curious to learn how exactly this works and how we implement such useful features? Then read on now.

To coincide with the beginning of Advent, we are opening the door to reveal our December Release 6.141, which is going live on 25 November 2021. In a light wrapping, we are presenting a colourful mixture of configurable UX designs, optimised handling and even better means of obtaining information.

Our latest clip clearly demonstrates in just a few sequences what makes the easy­square administrator app so unique on the market. You can see here how and why this solution boosts efficiency, especially for small and medium-sized housing companies and for self-administration.

What makes us at easy­square special? We have the right product for every customer. We can adapt the white label apps to meet customer-specific requirements. Our brand-new website explains how this works and what options are available.

The new admin feature in the web portal will give the bulletin board a new dynamic. What was previously controlled centrally via the ERP system can now be carried out easily via the browser in the easy­square portal, so there are now no obstacles to the exciting content in the easy­square apps.

Many elements of our lives are now conducted over the Internet. And we’re not just talking about working from home or streaming a favourite TV show; every day, mobile apps help us pay at the checkout, open our car or control our building technology. These are all application scenarios that require absolute security – otherwise there is the risk of data, control and trust being lost. Our release note 6.140, planned for 28 October 2021, is therefore devoted to the security of our easy­square products.

The ZIA innovation congress is being held on 26 October 2021 in Berlin with the motto “Shaping the future: intelligently, sustainably, digitally”. If people are discussing questions such as “How can the real estate industry promote the digital transformation and the creation of new business models?”, easy­square will of course be part of the conversation. We offer a solution with our ready-to-run apps.

In our current release note 6.139, which will be rolled out at the end of September (27.09.2021), you can see for yourself how small snippets of code can lead to a big “aha” moment. We can say this much already: our users will be thrilled about clever buttons, groundbreaking images and an admin feature in the cloud.

We will soon be launching our solution for virtual 360° walkthroughs, creating a further element to provide more user-friendliness and efficiency. Users of our solution for rentals and potential tenants will be able to conduct viewings with ease from anywhere.

Information is the be-all and end-all in an efficient partnership. Where’s the most recent correspondence with the property managers? How high are my actual monthly consumption values for heating? Or has the estate agent already looked at my exposé? – If the status can be clearly seen, questions like this answer themselves. With the current release note 6.138 for September 2021, we already announced a few useful communication features on 26 August 2021.

Our latest video shows at a glance how you can make your tenant app a firm favourite. Defect reports, contracts and documents are the most common functions in a tenant app, but the mobile app for all things residential offers so much more.

AI is not just fun – it can also be immensely useful. We demonstrate that this is not simply a trendy topic, but a technology capable of increasing both efficiency and user convenience. Do you want to take a look behind the scenes at the easy­square app lab?

Our hot new developments from the app tool kit and for the tenant app launching in August with release note 6.137 are guaranteed to be a welcome addition in the everyday lives of our easy­square users. How about a multilingual professional app or a quick run to verify tenants in your tenant app? You won’t have to wait long for the new features – they’re going live on 29 July 2021.

The EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) stipulates that, in future, consumption data must be made available free of charge by digital means several times a year on request. Is there any more obvious way to do this than to map the data directly in the easy­square tenant app?

An attractive new feature can now be easily and directly integrated into the tenant app. Exclusive offers can be posted by the hardware store around the corner or the local telephone provider, for example. After all, who doesn’t love a good deal?

The next easy­square release note 6.136 is on the way and will be bringing several updates scheduled to go live on 24 June 2021. With an improved search function and various optimisations in the display of landlord features, it provides plenty of material for our change log in the summer month of July.

A first-class live online event is scheduled for 15 and 16 June 2021, and easy­square will of course be there. Under the motto “Fit for Innovation – The trends shaping the real estate industry”, our digital experts at the OpenPromos user forum on Air will be providing exclusive insights into what is being implemented right now in the mobile solutions from easy­square.

From the top deal in the marketplace and secure IP whitelisting through to the next building block for your digital tenant communication – the new release note for June brings great goodies for administrators, landlords and potential tenants. Look forward to useful new features for the easy­square app family!

We want to make our easy­square apps accessible for every target group. For this reason, a team of various experts has been working for several weeks on making the easy­square apps barrier-free. This began with the first pages of our web app. We are successively going live with our results so that all users can benefit from the improvements without delay.

Appealing, clearly laid out, customisable, versatile, informative – that's the new generic style for the easy­square apps. It provides a user-friendly and flexible means of designing the form preview lists.

When the brand new Bluetooth headphones can be connected to multiple devices at the same time, or when you find exactly the right number of sockets and USB ports at your home workplace – that is when you enjoy brief moments of inner satisfaction. Have a look and see what minor releases are set to make you smile this month!

Click to translate! Have you seen it before? Maybe. However, our new translation function for the easy­square tenant app allows you to not only display content in one of 23 freely selectable languages, but also translate the user’s input from another language back into German.

Fast deployment, low implementation effort, effective solution – these are the characteristics that best describe our easy­square ready-to-run apps. Small and medium-sized housing companies and associations particularly appreciate the advantages of these out-of-the-box solutions. As a pilot customer, the Barton Group provides initial insights into the implementation of the solution.

Always stay up-to-date on any extensions and changes – from performance, usability and security to co-branding. Today we are launching the regular release notes in our tech blog. The first quarter will see great features that make every user’s heart beat faster. Viewings held by the previous tenant, reviews of your services or rounded tiles? The latest releases for the easy­square app family can be found here.

We have an exciting digital year behind us. We have experienced a lot and have worked full speed ahead to further develop the most comprehensive cloud solution for digitisation in the real estate sector. Together, the easy­square team has produced numerous new features and exciting innovations. We are proud to further network the sector with our apps and solutions and take great pleasure in looking back at the technological treasures that became available to our customers in 2020, not to mention the top features leading the best-of 19 ranking.

Calling all property owners, administrators and landlords! Would you like to rent out property yourself, methodically and fully digitally? Then come and watch our demonstration of the best practice with easy­square. In our web seminar on 23 February 2021, our expert Daniel Dierich will elegantly guide you through the rental process, presenting the ideal tuning mechanisms for automating administrative and operational work processes.

In our latest video, we present the unbeatable benefits of our app for owners! How can the mobile app effectively support both housing companies and owners with their communication and all processes? Our video captures this in a nutshell.

For an even better user experience, easy­square apps are now available with widgets. Widgets are design elements that serve as previews of static or dynamic content. They deliver both variety and a quick overview of the top-level services, particularly when the user opens the app. Clicking on one can send users to any location.

As of 10 December 2020, our easy­square apps no longer support Facebook login. New users can simply register for the app using an e-mail address. easy­square platform users who have been using their Facebook login until now can convert their easy­square account in three simple steps.

On 10 December 2020, our expert Toni Schuster will present the EXAD 2.0 solution live. Taking part will be worth your while, as the software will take the creation of heating and consumption cost statements to a new level. The integration of the software into the easy­square networking platform has resulted in an efficient and highly integrated solution and offers real estate companies the option to design company-specific heating and consumption cost statements together with service partners or independently.

easy­square will support Internet Explorer for the web app until the end of December 2020. From 1 January 2021 onwards, another HTML5-capable browser such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari will be required for further use.

On 24 November 2020 our expert Charlotte Meyer will be presenting our revolutionary tenant app. Don’t miss it! Companies with digital strategies clearly have an advantage in these times. When contact restrictions and social distancing are in place, digital solutions become significantly more important for communications and networking. Neighbourhood services and communications and foreign language options for tenants, for instance, are in demand like never before.

It has long been no secret that easy­square makes digital rentals simple and efficient. Our new video tutorial shows what makes the solutions so effective in a clear and compact clip.

PROMOS participated in the first KIWI Platform Hackathon in September. The result? It is now technically possible to open and lock KIWI.KI doors through the easy­square tenant app without requiring users to verify themselves multiple times. This is not only practical, but also secure. In concrete terms, an interface to the KIWI.KI servers was created. The solution was implemented for two scenarios:

For years now, easy­square’s professional app has been helping companies in the housing industry optimise their processes to achieve significant time and cost savings The professional app provides an intuitive and simple way for employees such as property managers, caretakers, craftsmen or service providers to control mobile work steps, which are centrally mapped in ERP systems like SAP^®, using conventional devices on site.

Numerous studies demonstrate that the human brain prefers visual representations such as images and videos over text. Recipients can process information in moving images better, as the entertainment value speaks to them on an emotional level and is therefore stored more readily.

Spoken by roughly 1.5 billion people as a second language and 339 million as a native language, English serves as the most important language for international communication. It is also number one online: 949 million Internet users use English, and 52.3% of all websites are in the English language.