For over a year, TireBuddy has been helping service teams to inspect tires faster and more consistently, resulting in increased tire sales and improved trust between shops and their customers. This release builds on that with our biggest TireBuddy update yet.
Making inspections easy with automated tire sidewall capture
Point the camera at the sidewall, and TireBuddy’s on-device guidance layer takes over. It aligns the tire inside the frame and checks every incoming image against four conditions, in real time:
- Whole-tire detection: is the full sidewall in frame?
- Sharpness: is the image in focus?
- Distance and angle: is the phone positioned correctly?
- Image quality: is the shot clean enough to read?
The benefits of automated sidewall capture: even more consistent and faster
We constantly listen to our customers’ feedback to provide a better tire inspection experience. Our new automated tire sidewall capture feature is designed so users can expect:
Fewer redo scans: Technicians stop second-guessing a shot; TireBuddy guides the user to make sure the best possible image is taken.
Consistent results: no matter who is holding the phone. Accuracy no longer depends on experience, training, or how busy the bay is. All inspections now follow the same consistent standards.
Faster onboarding: New and seasonal technicians scan with confidence from day one, without needing to be trained on what a “good” shot looks like.
A shop is only as consistent as its least experienced inspector. Automated sidewall capture gets every scan to the same standard, so teams can stop treating inspection quality as a variable
TireBuddy is powering hundreds of thousands of tire inspections every year. Automated sidewall capture is now the standard for every inspection that follows, at any location, on any shift.
Additional features in the TireBuddy App
Beyond automated sidewall capturing, TireBuddy 1.8 also includes the following updates:
- Tire mismatch alerts: check tire sizes across the vehicle during the workflow, and flags anomalies the moment they’re detected.
- Automated email reports: completed inspection reports can now be emailed directly to your back office, eliminating manual forwarding.
- Streamlined workflow: redesigned results screen now shows all tire sidewall information and tread measurements in one place.
Get access to TireBuddy 1.8 Today!
To see it running in your own service bay, get in touch with us at Anyline to upgrade to more efficient and transparent tire inspections.
