2024 Route4Me Release Notes & Product Updates
Discover what’s new in Route4Me and stay up to date with the latest releases, improvements, and product updates. This page provides a comprehensive overview of our completed and upcoming releases for 2024.
| Release Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Feature | A new addition to the product or new functionality for an existing interface. |
| Enhancement | A modification or upgrade to an existing feature or functionality aimed at improving its performance, usability, and value. |
| Integration | Seamless connectivity between Route4Me and your favorite tools. Integrations enable powerful data exchange and interaction with third-party platforms, such as CRMs, ERPs, and more, to create a unified ecosystem tailored to your needs. |
| UI/UX | Delivering a more intuitive and engaging experience, UI/UX updates include visual refinements, layout adjustments, and usability improvements to enhance how you interact with Route4Me. Whether it’s incremental tweaks or a complete redesign, these changes make navigating and using the platform effortless. |
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December 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activity Feed | UI/UX | Dec 16 | Redesign of the Activity Feed interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design, enable more robust filtering of activities by type, improve clarity of activity view, and follow software best practices. |
| Notifications History | UI/UX | Dec 11 | Redesign of the Notifications History interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design, improve consistency with other similar interfaces and follow software best practices. |
| Custom Note Fields | UI/UX | Dec 10 | Redesign of the Custom Note Fields interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design, improve consistency with other similar interfaces, make it easier to navigate the Custom Note Fields database, and follow software best practices. |
November 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Users & Team Management | UI/UX | Nov 28 | Redesign of the Users interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design, enable streamlined team hierarchy management, improve interface navigation, and follow software best practices. |
| Order Custom Fields | UI/UX | Nov 12 | Redesign of the Order Custom Fields interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and software best practices. |
| Recurring Routes | UI/UX | Nov 10 | Redesign of the Recurring Routes interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and software best practices. |
| Vehicle Commercial Profiles | UI/UX | Nov 09 | User interface and user experience update for Adding and Managing Commercial Vehicle Profiles. |
| Vehicle Capacity Profiles | UI/UX | Nov 08 | User interface and user experience update for adding and managing vehicle capacity profiles. Vehicle Capacity Profiles are used for Mixed Fleet Route Planning and Optimization. |
| Vehicle Management | UI/UX | Nov 07 | User interface update to improve user experience when Adding and Managing Fleet Vehicles and follow software best practices. |
| Destinations View Mode | Enhancement | Nov 07 | Available in the Route4Me Routes List, the Destinations View Mode enables you to group destinations by multiple parameters and attributes for in-depth analysis of performance metrics, customer trends, vehicle utilization, and more. |
| Telematics Connections | UI/UX | Nov 05 | Telematics Integrations moved to the Account Settings page, and improvements made to overall user interface and user experience. You can now check your number of synchronized Vehicles after establishing a connection. |
| Return To Sender | Feature | Nov 05 | New feature simplifies returning incorrect or damaged orders to sender by enabling Users to scan barcodes and assign the “Return to Sender” order status directly in the Route4Me Mobile App. |
October 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routes Map | UI/UX | 31 | Redesign of the Routes Map interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and software best practices. Additional columns added for tracking destination statuses. |
| Sign-In History | UI/UX | 24 | Redesign of the Sign-In History interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and software best practices. |
| Upload History | UI/UX | 21 | Redesign of the Upload History interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and software best practices. |
| Export History | UI/UX | 19 | Redesign of the Export History interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and software best practices. |
| Account Settings | UI/UX | 15 | Redesigned Account Settings interface to to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design, group options more logically, and improve navigation. |
| Workflows | UI/UX | Oct 12 | Redesign of the Workflows interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and improve Workflow navigation and management. |
| Optimization Profiles | UI/UX | Oct 09 | Redesign of the Optimization Profiles interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and make it easier to navigate Optimization Profiles settings and manage profiles. |
| Driver Rating | UI/UX | 05 | Visual redesign of the Driver Rating interface to bring it in line with Route4Me’s modern interface design and software best practices. |
September 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order Groups | UI/UX | Sep 27 | Order Groups moved to the Orders Page for convenience. Now you can create orders, generate new groups, and route Order Groups from the same Orders page. |
| Orders Map | Enhancement | Sep 20 | Map added to the Orders Page. The map enables you to visualize orders on the map, pick orders from the map, create territories, plan Order Territory routes, and more. |
| Order Territories | UI/UX | Sep 14 | Order Territories moved to the Orders Page for convenience. Now you can create orders and territories and route Order Territories from the same Orders List. |
| Order History | Enhancement | Sep 10 | History added to individual orders. Shows the historical activity of an order (i.e. when an order was created, routed, etc.). Makes it easier to track all activities for individual orders. |
| Routes List | UI/UX | Sep 03 | New flexible table with adjustable column width. Allows you to customize Routes List and improves how you view and visualize your data. |
August 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Border Routing | Feature | Aug 24 | New feature enables you to plan routes that can cross country borders or stay within country borders. |
| Telematics Customers Sync | Integration | Aug 17 | In addition to Vehicles, you can also synchronize customer data between your telematics vendor provider and Route4Me account. |
| Route4Trucks Enterprise | Feature | Aug 10 | Route4Trucks now available for companies and enterprises. You can add multiple commercial vehicles and trucks with custom parameters, assign Vehicles to Facilities, assign Vehicles to Users, etc. |
| New Global Menu | UI/UX | Aug 05 | Global menu redesigned to improve platform navigation, provide more screen real estate, and group options more logically. |
July 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same-Side Routing | Feature | Jul 27 | New feature for planning routes that visit destinations on the same side of the route (right or left). For example, businesses with unique equipment, vehicle types, service types, etc. can plan routes with destinations only on the left or right of the route path. |
| Facilities | Feature | Jul 10 | Puts your physical facilities on the map. Link your Users, Vehicles, routes, and other assets to your physical facilities. |
May 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polyline GPS Tracking | Feature | May 21 | New Route Editor feature for tracking route compliance. Enables you to check where routes were followed and deviated with GPS tracking data. |
| Mandatory Navigation | Feature | May 16 | New Advanced Configuration to ensure drivers and field team members follow the planned directions in the field using Route4Me in-app navigation. |
| Operations Matrix | UI/UX | May 09 | Operations Matrix updated with horizontal design to improve view of total route progress and visual status for each destination. Color coding shows driver adherence to the initial route schedule, and each destination’s status is represented by an icon. |
April 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route Editor | Enhancement | Apr 19 | TBD |
| Routes List | Enhancement | Apr 06 | Routes List updated with new “Group By” menu allowing grouping of routes by status, start date, and more. Added new filters based on Routes List Data Columns. Updated various user interface elements for improved navigation. |
March 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| High-Density Routing | Feature | Mar 10 | Plan non-overlapping routes with high-density destinations. Improved destination sequencing for more logical high-density routes. |
February 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver Skills | UI/UX | Feb 29 | Users system updated to enable assigning skills to drivers in a dedicated section. Available for use during optimization. |
| Mixed Fleet | UI/UX | Feb 26 | Mixed fleet routing updated to account for Driver Skills. |
| Vehicle Attributes | Enhancement | Feb 15 | Vehicles system update enables inclusion of Vehicle Attributes for each vehicle, enhancing routing based on driver skills and vehicle attributes. |
| Out Of Sequence Destinations | Feature | Feb 08 | When destinations are visited out of sequence, they’ll appear in red on the Routes Map and in the Route Editor. |
| Time Window Violations | Enhancement | Feb 04 | When destinations are visited outside of planned Time Windows, they’ll appear in red on the Routes Map and in the Route Editor. |
January 2024 Route4Me Release Notes
| Release | Category | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver Breaks | Enhancement | Jan 21 | Driver Breaks can now be inserted at the optimization stage, and the system will automatically insert breaks at the required sequence position. |
| Route Simulation | Text | Jan 11 | Route simulation is now available in the Route Editor, allowing you to simulate routes before starting them. |
| Route Editor | UI/UX | Jan 08 | Updated user interface elements for improved interface navigation. |
| Route Editor | Enhancement | Jan 08 | Updated to include additional details in the Activity Feed section, such as proof of delivery, signatures, and image data. |
| Routes List | Enhancement | Jan 05 | Added “Bulk Actions” menu that simplifies taking bulk actions when selecting multiple routes. |
