Possibilities and experiences with the Blueye underwater ROVs
The Blueye team and our customers are constantly using the underwater drones in new scenarios and different environments. This gives us first-hand experience from real-world experiences as well as performance measurements for our technology. Below you will find an overview of selected user-stories and news from Blueye.
2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Blueye External Storage: faster file transfers
Introducing Blueye External Storage: a removable flash drive on your ROV, giving you fast access to large recordings as soon as you are back on the surface.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Introducing Sonar Mosaic: turn multibeam recordings into a map of the seabed
Sonar Mosaic in Blueye Cloud stitches forward-looking multibeam recordings into one georeferenced map of the seabed that you can share, export, and load into the Blueye App as a base map for your next dive.
Monday, August 3, 2026
Nordic Wreck Alliance: Uncovering Forgotten Shipwrecks using ROVs
This is the story of Nordic Wreck Alliance, their expeditions, and how a Blueye ROV has transformed the way they search for shipwrecks.
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Meet Blueye's 2026 summer interns
Meet Blueye Robotics five summer interns, who are working together to finalize and market an underwater laser system for the Blueye ROVs.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Below the murky Falls Lake: Northern Wake Fire's new search and recovery ROV
This is how the Northern Wake Fire Department changed the way they conduct search and recovery operations.
Friday, June 19, 2026
The Blueye App comes to Windows
The Blueye App now runs on Windows, available as a public beta. Pilot your Blueye drone from a PC with a game controller, and do everything you can on iOS and Android.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Introducing Blueye Cloud: your underwater data, all in one place
Blueye Cloud opens in open beta on May 19th, 2026. A new online platform for managing your Blueye drone fleet, replaying dives on a map, sharing projects and inspection reports, and (opt-in) generating reports with AI.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
The next generation of Blueye ROVs: Introducing X7, X3 Ultra, and the Blueye Cloud
Today we're launching three new products: The Blueye X7 flagship ROV, the compact X3 Ultra with 4K video and onboard AI, and Blueye Cloud for seamless fleet and mission management, free for all customers.
Friday, April 24, 2026
Voice Recording: Narrate your inspection dives directly in the Blueye App
With the Blueye App v5.4 and Blunux v4.6, you can forward audio from your iOS or Android device directly to the drone, recording voice commentary as part of your inspection video.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Training the Royal Netherlands Army for operational use of the Blueye ROV
Following delivery to the Royal Netherlands Navy, Blueye conducted hands-on training with Army personnel to support a smooth transition from system deployment to operational use.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Underwater ROV operations in mixed reality with Samsung Galaxy XR
The Samsung Galaxy XR, powered by Android XR, brings mixed reality underwater operations to the Android ecosystem. In this article, we share our experience using the Galaxy XR with the Blueye X3.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
How to use an underwater drone | A complete guide for getting started with a Blueye ROV
Learn how a Blueye underwater drone works, what it is used for, and what you should know as a new ROV user. Complete guide to inspection and work underwater.
Friday, February 6, 2026
Blunux Web App - A new way to access your underwater data
With the Blunux Web App, you get easy access to images, videos, and files from your ROV directly in your browser.