See what's new in Locate2u. We ship improvements every month.
Discount one rate without touching the rest
You can now apply a percentage discount to the hourly, distance, item, weight, volume, drop or wait rate individually, in the App Portal and Team Portal.
Bill by the hour without showing times
A new Hourly, No Times customer invoice template bills hourly without the start and finish columns, for customers who do not need to see the times.
See every stop behind a run charge
Customer invoice spreadsheets now list each stop under a run level charge, the same way trip level charges already do, so customers can see what each run charge covers.
Labels show the recipient's name
Shipment labels now print the contact name for the stop instead of the customer or company name.
Your sort order holds
The Process Charges Trips grid now keeps your sort on multiple columns for the session, so you do not have to re-sort it.
Sign in with Okta
Enterprise Single Sign On now supports SAML 2.0, so organizations using Okta can connect, alongside Microsoft Entra ID.
Update a driver's member code from your own system
A new API endpoint lets you update a team member's member code without logging in to Locate2u.
Export Team Portal grids straight to Excel
Process Charges and Trips and Runs now export to Excel with your filters applied.
Choose which jobs text your customers
You can now exclude SMS notifications by stop source.
Confirm a booked delivery date by text
When a delivery date is booked, you can now send the customer an automatic SMS as well as an email, so they know the date without having to ask.
Breaks built into the optimized route
A driver's break start and end now flow into their optimized route.
Protect the driver app if a phone goes missing
Drivers can now lock the app with Face ID or fingerprint, with a PIN they choose as a backup.
An onboarding checklist drivers can rely on
The onboarding checklist has been rebuilt.
Proof of delivery cannot be skipped
If your team requires photos or a signature, a stop can no longer be completed from the stop detail or status picker without them.
Runs are now on the new driver app
Drivers on the new app can now work in runs, exactly as they did on the old one.
Breaks show up in the app
Driver breaks now appear in the new app alongside their stops, so a driver can see when their break is coming rather than guessing or asking.
Know before you leave the depot
When a driver starts a trip, the app now warns them if any items on their run have not been loaded onto the vehicle.
The app updates itself
The new driver app now picks up updates quietly in the background, whether it is open or not.
Fold loose stops into a new run in one step
When you create a trip and the system spots an existing trip for that driver and day, you can now choose to sweep any loose stops into the new run at the same time.
Bulk SMS works for the biggest teams
The Select Stops step in Send Bulk SMS now loads for high volume teams, so a busy operation can message a whole day's stops in one go.
Faster across the board
Several of the busiest screens got quicker in August, including Process Charges search, stop lists and reporting sync.
Enterprise Single Sign-On
Connect Microsoft Entra ID and let your team sign in with their existing corporate credentials, with branded login and automatic team provisioning.
Plan & Drive on the new mobile app
Drivers can group stops with a lasso on the map, optimize them instantly on the device, and navigate turn by turn without leaving the app.
Driver In-App Chat
Drivers and the office can now message each other directly inside the new mobile app. Fewer phone calls, everything in one place.
Driver break management
Configure breaks per driver and have them respected automatically through trip generation and route optimization.
Our biggest public API expansion in some time
Proof of delivery PDFs delivered via webhook, a new rates rules endpoint, richer webhook payloads, and more powerful imports.
Team Portal productivity
Sortable columns and saveable view templates on Trips and Runs, quicker search, and smarter travel distance calculations.
Platform speed and scale
Ten database performance upgrades, dramatically faster high volume imports, and infrastructure modernisation across the platform.
A new mobile platform
We shipped a brand new mobile API, the foundation for a faster, more capable driver experience across our apps.
A refreshed driver app, built on driver feedback
Off the back of the new platform, we rolled out a driver app update focused squarely on the first round of feedback from drivers in the field.
More reliable scanning and camera
We improved item scanning and camera behavior on iOS, so scans are cleaner and the scanning flow is smoother for couriers.
Steadier delivery stop processing
Improvements to how delivery stops are processed, keeping run data accurate and up to date.
More reliable SMS notifications
We strengthened the services behind SMS notifications so delivery and status messages send dependably.
Faster image handling
Improvements to image processing, including proof of delivery photos, so uploads and displays keep pace.
Mobile app updates
General releases across the iOS and Android apps.
Cleaner invoice syncing
Invoice syncing to connected accounting and finance systems is more reliable.
Improved phone lookup
Phone number lookup during job and customer entry works more consistently.
Performance and processing improvements
Behind the scenes upgrades to platform processing, keeping data moving quickly and dependably.
Ongoing platform improvements
General releases across the web platform focused on speed and stability.
Warehouse tools, refined
Continued work on the warehouse portal, including cleaner navigation to warehouse features.
Smoother billing workflow
Improvements to charge processing so account and job charges flow through more reliably.
Better invoicing runs
We refined the invoicing run so billing cycles complete cleanly.
Stronger device and data syncing
Improvements to how devices update and sync, keeping the field and the office in step.
Mobile app updates
General releases for iOS and Android, with sync reliability improvements on iOS.
Accurate order timing
Order detail views now handle dates and times correctly, so scheduled and completed jobs read exactly as they should.
More reliable scanning on iOS
We improved on-the-go scanning on iOS so item scans register cleanly against the right account.
Faster, steadier API and optimization
Behind the scenes work on the optimization service and platform API for quicker, more consistent responses.
Mobile app updates
General releases for both the iOS and Android apps, focused on stability and everyday performance.
Route optimization, more dependable
We improved how the optimization engine handles load data during planning, so large and complex runs plan cleanly and hold their detail.
Customer portal upgrades
Refinements to the customer portal, including how customer records display and behave.
Frequent addresses that work harder
Saved and frequent addresses are more reliable, which speeds up job entry for the stops you visit again and again.
Ongoing platform improvements
General releases across the web platform focused on stability and performance.
Warehouse portal, refreshed
We expanded the warehouse portal inside the app and tidied its layout so warehouse teams can move through pick, pack, and dispatch steps with fewer clicks.
Sharper customer filtering
Customer filtering in the dashboard is now more accurate, so finding the right account or job takes less scrolling.
Ongoing platform and iOS improvements
Several general releases across the web platform and the iOS app, each focused on speed and day to day polish.