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No — AR tagging is entirely optional. Every core feature (tracking fixtures, maintenance history, reminders) works fully without ever opening the AR tab. This is covered in the app's first-launch walkthrough, but if you skipped past it: you can use Husvarde as a plain maintenance log with no AR at all.

The first time you use AR in a room, Husvarde needs a short scan (about 45 seconds) to build a reliable map of the space before it can accurately place and remember marker positions. You'll see a progress ring and on-screen guidance during the scan — try to slowly cover corners, furniture, and ceiling fixtures for the best results.

On a return visit, Husvarde needs a moment to recognize the room again before it can show your existing tags in the right place. Move your phone slowly around the space — pointing at the same walls or furniture you scanned originally helps it relocalize faster. On-screen coaching will guide you if it's taking longer than expected.

AR tagging needs to detect a real surface under your tap. If a tap doesn't register, you'll feel a lighter haptic and see a dimmer pulse instead of the normal placement confirmation. Try tapping a flatter, well-lit surface, or move slightly closer — after a few tries, the app will show extra guidance to help.

Start Fresh clears the current room's AR scan and all its tagged marker positions so you can re-scan from a clean state. It does not delete your fixtures — your records, history, and notes are all unaffected. Use it if relocalization keeps failing or you want to re-tag a room from scratch.

AR tracking can occasionally lose precision when relocalizing a room, especially if lighting has changed or few landmarks are visible. If a marker's position looks off, use Start Fresh in Settings to re-scan the room and re-place your markers.

Right now, AR-tagged locations are stored on the device where you placed them and don't sync across your other devices — even if you've unlocked sync. Your fixture records, history, and notes do sync via iCloud. Cross-device AR sync is planned for a future update; in the meantime, you can re-tag the fixture's location on each device you use.

Not yet — v1 supports AR tagging in one room at a time. Starting fresh from Settings to tag a different room will clear your current room's AR-tagged locations (your fixture records and history are unaffected). Support for multiple rooms is planned in a future update.

Maintenance reminders in Husvarde are one-time, not recurring. Logging a service clears the fixture's maintenance date and reminders by design, rather than automatically scheduling the next one — this keeps "next due" something you set intentionally rather than a guess. Just set a new maintenance date whenever you're ready to schedule the next reminder.