This release introduces Combustion-branded thermometer integration, new User Preferences, helpful cooking tips, and improvements to cooking performance and system reliability.

What’s New Combustion-branded thermometer integration

Your cooktop can now automatically detect compatible Combustion thermometers, display live temperature readings, and show predicted cooking times. 

Watch the Impulse Labs Demo Video here: Combustion Temperature Probes

 Getting started

1.  Remove your Combustion thermometer from its charger. Your cooktop should automatically detect it within about a minute and show its core temperature in the system bar.
2.  Long-press a knob to enter the Heating Element menu, then select Thermometer.
3.  Choose how you’d like to use it:
   • Sensor: to read Core, Surface, or Ambient temperature.
   • Mode: Select Show Temp Only to monitor live temperature readings from the Core, Surface, or Ambient sensor, or select Predict Cook Time to set a target core temperature and see Combustion’s estimate of when your food will reach it. When your food reaches target temperature, the cooktop plays the Timer audio alert, so you know it’s ready.

Pressing the knob while in the Thermometer menu assigns the thermometer to the heating element of the respective knob. 

You can connect and monitor multiple thermometers, assigned to the same or different heating elements.

To move a thermometer to another heating element, use the knob for the element you want to move it to. Open the Thermometer menu, select the thermometer, and confirm the sensor or mode with a knob press. The thermometer will now be assigned to that element.

 Known behaviors:

• Prediction may not be available right away. Prediction availability matches what you see in the Combustion app. Combustion needs a sufficiently hot cooking environment before it can estimate when your food will reach its target temperature. Covering your pan and giving it a few minutes can help. Predictions start once the core temperature is about one third of the way to your target.
• Using a thermometer with multiple cooktops: A thermometer can display its temperature on more than one cooktop at a time, but only one cooktop can use its prediction feature at a time.
• Identifying multiple thermometers: The cooktop displays each thermometer’s ID number rather than its custom name from the Combustion app. To make thermometers easier to identify, we recommend keeping their original ID numbers in their names in the Combustion app.
• Thermometer not appearing? Make sure your Combustion thermometer is running the latest firmware.

A note on thermometer temperature limits

 The Combustion thermometer has different temperature limits along its length. The lower half, which contains the battery and electronics, is rated to 220°F, with Combustion recommending that the tip stay at or below 212°F. The upper half can withstand much higher temperatures: up to 900°F peak for 2nd-generation thermometers and 600°F for 1st-generation.

Don’t submerge the tip in hot frying oil. It can permanently damage the thermometer. Learn from our mistakes; we’ve done this more than once.

New User Preferences

• You can now customize more of your cooking experience under Settings > User Preferences.
• Default Cooking Mode: Choose whether elements start in Power Mode (default) or Temperature Mode. 
• Tooltips: Show or hide helpful tips while cooking.
• Larger Text: Increase text size across the display.
• Sleep After: Choose how long the cooktop stays awake when idle. Active timers keep the cooktop awake.
• Timer Alerts: Choose how the cooktop notifies you when a timer finishes. Select Ring Once to play the alert once, or select Ring Until Dismissed to keep ringing until you dismiss the timer with a knob press.

If you frequently step away from the cooktop while cooking, Ring Until Dismissed can help make sure you don’t miss an alert.

Notifications

Tip for boiling and simmering

Temperature Mode is a new way of cooking for many people, and many set the target temperature to 212°F to bring water to a boil. 

While Temperature Mode is useful for maintaining a specific temperature, Power Mode is generally better for boiling and simmering, where steady heat is often what you need.

Now, if you try to start a boil in Temperature Mode, the cooktop will show a tooltip suggesting Power Mode.

Already familiar with the different modes? You can turn off tooltips anytime under User Preferences.

Better guidance when a battery isn’t detected

If your cooktop can’t detect its battery, you’ll now see a clearer notification with information about the issue and a QR code to contact support.

Improvements & Fixes

 Cooking accuracy and control

• Better temperature control: Fixed an issue where a heating element could continue applying power after exceeding its target temperature when the target was set below 100°F.
• Clearer power readout: The cooktop now displays 0W when you first press a knob to activate a heating element, making it clear that no power is delivered until you turn the knob. 

Performance and system reliability

• Outside scheduled charging hours, the Low Reserve setting now charges the battery to your reserve level, the same way Balanced works. High Reserve still charges to full.
• Smoother, more responsive UI, especially during animations.
• Faster startup, so your cooktop is ready to cook sooner.
• Improved battery handling during low-battery conditions, charging, and power interruptions.
• Automatic recovery from certain errors without requiring a cooktop restart.
• Improved Wi-Fi reliability and more dependable discovery of available networks.

Introducing a redesigned interface, per-element timers, updated charging controls, and a new interaction model that creates a stronger foundation for future software capabilities.

Redesigned Interface The display has been reorganized into three dedicated areas so the information you need is always where you expect it.

• System Bar for battery status, Wi-Fi, and system notifications.
• Cooking Area for active cooking.
• Element Dock where each element always displays its current temperature, active power, timer, and element-specific notifications.

This new layout gives every type of information a consistent home, making the cooktop easier to understand at a glance.

New Interactive Modal

Additional features are now accessed by pressing and holding any knob to open the new Menu.

From there, you can access the Timer. When all elements are off, you’ll also be able to enter the full Settings menu.

Per-Element Timers

Every element now includes its own independent timer.

To start a timer:

• Press and hold the knob. 
• Select Timer. 
• Choose a duration. 

By default, the timer behaves like a traditional kitchen timer. Simply choose a duration and continue cooking—the menu will automatically close after a short time.

• You can also choose an after-state:
• Keep Warm (approximately 160°F)
• Room Temperature 

After the timer finishes, you’ll hear an audio alert and the LED Element Ring will briefly flash to get your attention. The timer then automatically begins counting elapsed time, making it easy to see how long it’s been since the timer completed. Press the knob to dismiss the elapsed timer. 

Timers can also be used even when an element isn’t actively cooking, making them useful for timing the oven, resting food, or tracking other steps in your recipe.

Easier to Understand While Cooking 

The cooktop now does a better job of explaining what’s happening while you cook.

• System information—like Wi-Fi, battery status, and software updates—appears in the System Bar.
• Cooking information appears alongside the element it affects. 

Whether the cooktop is optimizing cooking performance, balancing available power, or needs your attention, notifications now provide clearer explanations about what’s happening and why.

Battery Status

The battery is now always visible in the System Bar, giving you a quick sense of how much energy is available while you cook. 

Rather than displaying a constantly changing battery percentage, the cooktop uses a simple battery icon that’s easy to understand at a glance. If the battery reaches a low level, the cooktop will let you know.

Charge Now

Charge Now lets you begin charging immediately whenever you choose. 

It’s especially useful if you’re preparing for a large meal, want to top off the battery before cooking, or would like to take advantage of lower electricity rates or available solar energy. 

To recharge the battery immediately, open Settings → Power & Battery and select Charge Now.

Charging Preferences

Charging Preferences replace the previous Scheduled Charging feature, redesigned to give you more flexibility while reducing the amount you need to manage. 

Instead of selecting a single charging time, you can now define Charging Windows throughout the day. This makes it easier to match your charging schedule to time-of-use electricity rates, rooftop solar production, or your daily routine.

 Battery Reserve has also been redesigned. Rather than selecting an exact battery reserve percentage, simply choose one of three options: 

• Low — Maximizes battery utilization before recharging. 
• Balanced — Recommended for most households. (Default) 
• High — Keeps more energy available throughout the day for larger cooking sessions or greater backup readiness. 

The cooktop automatically manages charging behavior based on the preference you choose. 

You can continue to customize your Maximum Charging Speed. Higher speeds recharge the battery more quickly, while lower speeds reduce electrical demand and may also reduce charging fan noise. The minimum setting is 4 amps, while the maximum depends on whether your cooktop has a 120-volt or 240-volt connection. 

Choose the behavior that best matches your home and your energy needs, and the cooktop automatically manages charging behind the scenes.

 If you’ve previously configured Scheduled Charging, your charging preferences will be migrated to the new system.

• Your Charging Window will default to a 6-hour window beginning at your previous scheduled charging start time. 
• Your Maximum Charging Speed will remain the same as your previous maximum charging current setting. 
• Battery Reserve will be reset to Balanced, our recommended default for most households. 

You can update any of these preferences at any time under Settings → Power & Battery.

Software Updates

Your cooktop continues improving through software.

 New in this release, you can also view release notes directly on your cooktop. Open Settings → Software → Release Notes to see what’s included in your current software version at any time.

Also Included

This release also includes numerous reliability improvements, performance enhancements, and bug fixes throughout the software

Learn More We’ve created a high-level walkthrough covering everything in this release, including:

•  Everyday Cooking
•  Timers
•  Notifications
•  Charging & Connectivity
•  Software Updates

More reliable Wi-Fi connectivity — We’ve improved how the cooktop recovers from certain Wi-Fi issues, helping it stay connected and reducing situations where manual troubleshooting may be needed.

 More reliable software delivery — We’ve reduced cases where available software updates could be delayed, helping connected cooktops receive improvements and fixes more consistently.

We’ve refined how the cooktop responds when cookware cannot reliably support high power settings.

In these situations, the heating element will pause and display a notification asking you to restart at a lower power setting. Lower power settings often allow cooking to continue normally. As a general guideline, restart below 3 kW; if the notification appears again, restart at an even lower setting. 

This update helps protect the system while providing clearer guidance when these cookware-related conditions occur.

This release includes smoother menu navigation, reliability improvements, and additional system updates to improve overall performance and stability.

Minor updates to pan detection behavior to improve accuracy, especially when moving or adjusting the pan on the cooking element.

This follow-up update includes a targeted refinement to pan detection and coil behavior, to ensure consistently seamless cooking performance.

• Faster, more responsive preheating: Up to 35% faster to reach set temperature at common cooking ranges (250–450°F), based on internal testing 
• More accurate preheating at low-temperatures: Reduced overshoot during initial preheating. Internal testing shows a reduction of up to 15°F during initial preheating.

These updates make it easier to dial in exactly the level of heat you want—and trust it stays there.

 For the best temperature control performance, we recommend high-quality tri-ply stainless steel cookware, which provides the most responsive and consistent results on induction.

Introducing: Active Power Management 

We’re introducing Active Power Management: a system that automatically adjusts power in real time to improve cooking outcomes and help avoid unwanted behavior like boil-overs and overheating.

At higher power levels, more energy doesn’t always lead to better results. Depending on what you’re cooking, how a pan behaves, or how many elements are being used, the cooktop may reduce power to keep things controlled and consistent. 

When this occurs, you may see a dashed lightning bolt indicator on an element, along with a short message explaining why power is being adjusted. This appears only when the cooktop’s actual output differs from your requested level. 

You may notice this in situations such as: 

•  When the cooking surface temperature approaches the element’s maximum allowable level
• When a pan has reached its effective heating limit and can’t safely absorb more power
• When total requested power exceeds the cooktop’s maximum output (15 kW)

Clearer Feedback, Thoughtfully Introduced 

We’ve begun rolling out audio alerts to provide clearer feedback during cooking, starting with key moments like errors and important system states.

Everyday Usability Improvements

• Longer standby time (now 10 minutes) based on customer feedback
• More consistent element behavior during edge cases
• Improved system responsiveness and reduced interruptions

Reliability & Polish

 This release also includes a range of behind-the-scenes improvements:

• Improved update reliability
• Enhanced safety checks and sensor validation
• General UI refinements and accumulated bug fixes