Annex Orbis

Driver apps

Tablet in the cab. Phone in the pocket.

Annex Orbis Tablet is the cab display: truck navigation, hours of service and the day’s work. Annex Orbis Mobile goes where the driver goes: the walk-around, load offers and the office. One sign-in and one log across both.

In testingAndroid 8.0 or newerNot in the app stores yet
Talk to usWalk through the apps
Today the apps are test builds on company phones and tablets. iPhone and iPad are in earlier testing. English only.

Annex Orbis MobileInspections · offers · messages

Annex Orbis TabletNavigation · hours · the day’s work

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Sign-in

A text code, not a shared password.

Every driver signs in as themselves with their mobile number. A six-digit code arrives by text and expires in ten minutes. The first time on a new phone or tablet, a code to the driver’s email confirms it once.

  • The right name on every record

    No truck login passed around the cab. Each log, inspection and message carries the driver who made it.

  • Three ways in

    A text code to a US or Canadian mobile number, a code by email, or a passkey. On the web, email codes and passkeys are live today.

  • Email code or passkey on the webAvailable
  • Text code to a mobile numberIn testing
  • Sign-in inside the phone and tablet appsIn testing
In testingSign-in by text code in the apps

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Inspections

Walk around the truck with the phone.

When a pre-trip is due, the tablet says so and hands it to the phone. The driver reviews the last report on the truck, works through the carrier’s checklist zone by zone, notes any defect and signs. Defects go to the office for repair sign-off.

  • Your checklist

    The carrier turns inspections on and sets the zones and items for its trucks and trailers.

  • Out of signal

    Once the phone has the checklist, it works without signal. A signed inspection waits on the phone and sends when it can.

  • The driver decides

    The app records the inspection. Whether to drive stays the driver’s and the carrier’s call, and an inspection never changes which duty statuses the driver can choose.

  • Pre-trip and post-trip inspections on an Android phoneIn testing
  • The tablet shows what’s due and hands off to the phoneIn testing
  • Inspection photosComing

Android phone only today; on iPhone and iPad the app shows what’s due and hands off. Inspection photos are coming.

In testingInspections on an Android phone

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Work

The day’s work, one card at a time.

What dispatch needs from the driver arrives as a card: a load to accept or decline, an ETA to send, a route change to acknowledge, a pre-trip that’s due, a log to sign. The most pressing card comes first, and the office sees each answer.

Choose a card to open it on the phone

What the colors mean

  • Red · Urgent: past due, or the ELD needs attention now.
  • Amber · Someone is waiting: an offer or a route change.
  • Blue · The driver’s own: logs to sign, a pre-trip.
WorkMarcus R. · T-14

Now

  • New load assignmentL-2052 · Austin, TX → Laredo, TXPickup Fri 8:00 AM · 2 stops · 236 miReview the stops, schedule, freight, and requirements before accepting.
In testingWork cards on the phone and tablet

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The ELD

The log follows the driver, not the device.

Today’s ELD talks to the driver’s phone or tablet over Bluetooth, and that device sends the records on. Either one can hold the connection. Switch with a tap: nobody signs out, and the log carries on.

In testingFMCSA registration in progress

Cab tablet

Marcus’s phone

Duty status · Stopped · 0 mph

At a stop, every status is open.

  • The ELD keeps recording on its own. If the device drops off, it catches up when it reconnects.

  • Driving is recorded automatically while the truck moves; at any stop the driver can choose any status, Drive included.

  • The phone or tablet needs internet wherever the truck goes: its own cellular service, or a hotspot in the truck.

Explore the ELD

Messages

The office, in the same app.

Mail, chat and the company’s texts sit beside the log and the load, on the same sign-in. When dispatch moves a stop, the word reaches the driver in the same app as the route.

  • Chat

    Channels for dispatch and the shop, with mentions and reactions.

  • Texts

    From the company number, with delivery status on each one. A new company’s number must be registered for texting first, and new registrations aren’t processed yet.

  • Mail

    The driver’s company mailbox, in the same app as the load.

  • Calls

    The call log and voicemail. The tablet app places and takes calls too, in testing; the phone app doesn’t yet.

  • Mail, chat and texts in the appsIn testing
  • Call log and voicemail in the appsIn testing
In testingMessages in the apps

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For the office

The office decides who’s in.

Drivers ask to join by your USDOT number, and nothing of yours shows until someone in the office approves them. Company phones and tablets join with a one-use code an admin shows on the web.

  • Approve each driver

    The driver enters your USDOT number in the phone app and sees your FMCSA standing before asking. Your loads and logs stay hidden until you approve.

  • Add company devices

    An admin shows a QR code on the web, and the phone or tablet scans it. Whoever added a device is named as responsible for it.

  • Choose who signs in

    Anyone in the company, or only the people you name. Anyone else is refused. A removed device signs out once the truck is standing still.

  • Data for the cab

    Add cellular service by eSIM to a company phone or tablet, paid from the company’s prepaid phone balance.

In testingDrivers joining and company devices

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Status, plainly

The driver apps, line by line.

Available is live in production. In testing is built and running, not yet proven with real fleets. Coming is planned or partly built.

The apps

  • Annex Orbis Mobile and Annex Orbis Tablet on Android 8.0 or newer, as test builds on company devicesIn testing
  • iPhone and iPad: the ELD, hours and navigation, in earlier testingIn testing
  • Work cards: load offers, route changes, logs to sign, pre-trips dueIn testing
  • ETA requests from the officeComing
  • Mail, chat, texts, call log and voicemail in the appsIn testing

Sign-in and access

  • Email code or passkey on the webAvailable
  • Text code to a US or Canadian mobile numberIn testing
  • Drivers join by USDOT; the office approvesIn testing
  • Company phones and tablets, who may sign in, cellular service by eSIMIn testing

Hours and the ELD

  • The ELD on either device, switched without signing outIn testing
  • Any status at any stop, Drive includedIn testing
  • Navigation on the cab tabletIn testing

Inspections and paperwork

  • Pre-trip and post-trip inspections on an Android phoneIn testing
  • Inspection photosComing
  • Driver photo uploads: proof of delivery, receiptsComing
  • The driver’s estimated pay on a loadComing

Not offered

  • App store downloads
  • Languages other than English
  • A message thread on each load

FAQ

Questions carriers ask

Can drivers use their own phones?

The phone app is built for it: each driver signs in as themselves, on their own Android phone or on a company phone or tablet you add. While the apps are test builds, we set them up with you. Whichever device holds the ELD needs internet wherever the truck goes: its own cellular service, or a hotspot in the truck.

Where do drivers download the apps?

Not from the app stores yet. Today the apps are test builds on company phones and tablets, on Android 8.0 or newer. iPhone and iPad apps are in earlier testing, and inspections need the Android phone for now.

What happens without signal?

The ELD keeps recording, and the phone or tablet catches up when it reconnects. Once the phone has the checklist, an inspection works without signal and sends when it can. Messages, new work and navigation need a connection.

Does a missed pre-trip stop the driver from driving?

No. The app asks for a pre-trip when the carrier turns inspections on, and an inspection never changes which duty statuses the driver can choose. If the truck rolls without one, the office gets a “Drove without a pre-trip” card. Driving is recorded automatically while the truck moves; at any stop the driver can choose any status, Drive included.

Can team drivers share a truck?

Yes. Each driver signs in as themselves on their own phone or tablet, and up to three drivers can share one truck’s ELD. Team driving is in testing with the rest of the ELD.

Can drivers see their pay?

Not yet. The driver’s estimated pay on a load is coming. Today the office can keep each driver’s pay agreement, by the mile, stop, load or percentage; that part is in testing.

Keep exploring

The rest of the carrier platform

Put the apps in your drivers’ hands.

Tell us about your drivers and trucks. We’ll set the apps up on company devices with you and walk through a first morning on your own lanes.

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