The approved official version of the joyn Blackbird PDD is now available
The GSMA joyn Product Group has incorporated feedback from a wide range of companies into the final version of the Product Definition Document (PDD) for the next generation of joyn, code-named Blackbird. The PDD provides guidance to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Application Developers on the implementation of the Blackbird (BB) release of joyn. The purpose of this document is to detail how the new features included within Blackbird should be implemented and how Blackbird can be backward compatible and interwork with existing in-market Legacy devices. The document has now been approved as a GSMA non-binding Permanent Reference Document. Download the full document here.
joyn Blackbird Unicode Standard Emoji emoticons
This document sets out the set of required emoticons for joyn Blackbird as referenced by the joyn Blackbird Product Definition Document (see paragraph above). Download the document here.
V1.2 joyn Hot Fixes, User Experience Guidelines
The RCS joyn™ Hot Fixes, User Experience Guidelines document provides guidance to OEMs and client developers on best practices in presenting the features and functionality of RCS Version 1.2. This update of the document reacts to the evolution of user needs registered during the lifespan of RCS and is based on the experience gathered from the first RCS implementation. This version reflects the functionality defined in RCS UNI specification V1.2.2, the joyn Hot Fixes functionality defined in July 2012 and on joyn Hot Fixes – Additions to Clarifications technical implementation guidelines V2.2.
These guidelines have been revised to ensure a good design and pleasurable user experience by making some sections mandatory, and adding standard translations for some of the common joyn functions and notifications. Alignment with the guidelines will form part of IOT requirements for joyn clients. The guidelines reflect feedback from multiple operators’ field trials and focus groups and as such reflect best practice in presenting the features of joyn to customers. OEMs continue to retain the ability to create unique designs but with similarity across key features ensuring minimum customer disruption and maximum uptake.
