What's New in Navigation

Improved the search feature in Navigation for faster searching and better matches. Customer location codes or names are now prioritized and appear at the top of the search results.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Made the Fleet Fuel Plan Service add-on available. This paid-for subscription lets you upload fuel stations as markers to Fleet. You can then manage your fuel network, and drivers can find authorized stations in Navigation.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Resolved an issue where vehicle position data would not be sent to the customer.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

iOS devices only: Added support for WorkPlan Jobs and HOS integration on iOS 16 and later.

Enhanced the NavGE route information displayed in Fleet Nav Monitor when route generation is complete.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Android devices only: Implemented single sign-on capability for Omnitracs RoadNet mobile app users.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Increased the time that lapses between the instances of the “No GPS Available” message being displayed.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Android devices only: Fixed a bug where Navigation would not display the Omnitracs HOS clock. This occurred only on devices using Android version 11 or later.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Increased the time that lapses between spoken direction announcements when in 'Guidance' view.

Improved the announcements of exit information for highways. The spoken directions now tell you the highway number as well as the highway name.

iOS devices only: Updated the UI to use the iOS native font.

Android devices only: Updated the UI to use the Android native font.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Updated the Navigation icon to new corporate standards.

Removed the 'View More Categories' button from the 'Search' screen. The 'Your categories' list (markers) and the 'Categories' list (points of interest) are now presented as a combined 'Categories' list. The new list is divided into two sublists named 'Your Fleet' (markers) and 'Default' (points of interest).

Android devices only: Implemented single sign-on capability for Omnitracs One users.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added Hours of Service banner for Omnitracs users.

Introduced informative messages that alert the driver when a route cannot be generated due to region restrictions, or if their route exits a restricted region.

Fixed an issue where GPS would become unavailable while using the app.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added a new parameter used for passing a customer location code ID to the app. This ID can be passed as part of a navigation request with or without a lat/lon pair or marker.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Updated the default routing engine used for generating routes.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added icons for the different categories of map markers, and added support for turning the markers on and off.

Redesigned the 'Map Type and Map Details' popup menu.

Fixed a bug where certain words were not verbalized in spoken directions.

Android devices only: Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented SD card data download.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added support for other applications to invoke vehicle dimensions, which facilitates better routing for drivers.

Improved the 'Did You Know' onboarding experience.

Fixed a crash issue that was related to automatic password implementations on iOS version 11.

Improved pronunciation of abbreviations and road names for spoken directions.

Decreased the amount of data used by the traffic flow layer.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Enabled all Reveal drivers to log in to Navigation directly with their Reveal credentials. Previously, only users of the Reveal Driver app could use Navigation.

Redesigned the 'Sign In' screen.

Improved 'Guidance' step details for long highway segments.

Fixed a bug that would remove apostrophes from search terms for iOS users.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Redesigned the 'Search' page. The new design includes a new 'Your categories' section, which lists customer markers.

Added a 'Feedback sent' message to inform you that your feedback has been submitted.

Increased the font size when Navigation is used on mobile devices with large screens.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Improved routing from US locations to US destinations. Routes near the US-Canada border no longer enter Canada.

Added road restriction messages for trucks to the 'Route Overview' screen and directions list.

Added exit ramp numbers to 'Guidance' step details, where data is available.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Improved the directions on 'Guidance' view. Road name changes are now included in the

directions.

Reduced the delay in showing Junction view for offboard routing. 'Junction' view data is now

downloaded when the route is generated.

The route feedback window, when displayed on 'Arrival' view, is now shown only for a few

moments before 'FollowMe' view is displayed.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Rebranded Navigation with the following icon:

Introduced a daily limit of two Satisfaction Surveys per account.

Removed the 'Change Default Settings' button from the 'Settings' > 'Vehicle' and 'Settings' > 'Route' screens.

Added a 'Reset Defaults' button to the 'Settings' > 'Vehicle' and 'Settings' > 'Route' screens.

Improved the directions on 'Guidance' view.

The Navigation FAQs document now describes how the app calculates routes and ETAs.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

The Navigation in-app Help is now available in French and German.

Added a 'Searching for Location' tip to the 'Did you know' panel.

Added new release information to the 'Alerts' screen.

iOS devices only: The Navigation app has been built using iOS 13 SDK.

Fixed a bug to prevent icons from overlapping on smaller screens.

Fixed a rounding bug to provide accurate vehicle settings.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added a Traffic Flow Layer to the map.

Added a Current Road Label to the map.

The Navigation user interface is now available in Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese.

Added the count of marked locations to the 'Marked Locations' button on 'Settings' > 'Feedback'.

Added a 'What’s New' page to the in-app Help.

Added a 'Did You Know' panel, which is displayed after signing in.

Added a 'Distance Units' option to the 'Settings' > 'General' menu.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added groupings for continents and for other types of files to the 'Map Data' screen.

Improved the usability when performing a POI search.

Added a 'Feedback' button to the 'Arrival' screen.

Added support for providing feedback about routes on the 'Route Overview' screen.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added a 'Map Control' icon that lets you view points of interest on the map and change map type (to either the default map or the satellite view map).

Added support for offboard Speed Alerts, so that alerts can be created even if map data has not been downloaded to your device.

Enhanced the auto-zoom feature to make zoom level changes smoother and to improve next maneuver safety and visibility.

Extended the Navigation API so that hazardous material codes from integrated apps (such as WorkPlan and Field) are accepted.

Added WorkPlan and Field app links to the Navigation sign-in screen.

Fixed an issue where the highway number would be missing from Guidance view.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Android devices only: Added a 64-bit native library to Navigation so that the application meets Google’s 64-bit requirement for Android apps.

Improved access to feedback menus on Guidance View, making it easier to submit general and route feedback.

Added 'Last Mile' satellite view as an option on the 'Settings' > 'General' screen. If enabled, the map changes to satellite view when you are a certain distance from your destination (the default value is one mile).

Made changes to the 'Route Overview' screen to improve workflow. These changes include a link to the 'Settings' screen, a larger 'Navigation' icon, and the ability to search for a new destination.

Significantly reduced offboard route generation time for long routes.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Fixed an issue where Nav-To-Job would navigate to the destination of the first Nav-To-Job request incorrectly.

Added Route Feedback to the 'Arrival' view, so you can now give feedback on your navigation experience on arrival at your destination.

Removed the Satisfaction Survey for iOS devices.

Modified the Satisfaction Survey for Android devices, so that it pops up occasionally and invites you to give feedback on your Navigation experiences.

Improved the screen duration and accuracy of Junction View, and implemented it with Offboard Routes. Map data no longer needs to be downloaded for Junction View to work.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added a new setting called 'Current Speed and Limit Display Always On' on the 'Settings' > 'General' screen. When this setting is set to 'On', the current speed limit and the current speed are always displayed on Guidance and FollowMe views. When set to 'Off', the current speed limit and current speed are displayed on those views only when you exceed the speed limit. This feature is set to 'Off' by default.

Improved highway exit information. When in Guidance view, highway numbers and names are now displayed, instead of just the names; for example, 'Hwy-401 / Hwy of Heroes' rather than 'Highway of Heroes'.

The Navigation user interface, including spoken directions, is now available in German and French. You can change your preferred language on the 'Settings' > 'General' screen.

Corrected a fault that prevented markers that used Access Paths from being regarded as valid, which in turn caused routes that included these markers to fail.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.

Added the 'Last Mile to Marker' feature that gives drivers verbal and on-screen information, such as access paths and arrival notes, when arriving at and departing from their destination.

The map's auto-zoom functionality, which was introduced in a previous release and was set to 'Off' by default, is now set to 'On' by default.

The 'Color Turn Notifications' setting has been renamed to 'Enhanced Turn Notifications', and now includes a 'blinking and clicking' feature for the 'Turn' icon. When 'Enhanced Turn Notifications' are enabled, and the driver is less than 400 meters from their next maneuver, the 'Turn' icon blinks and a clicking sound is repeated at regular intervals (if the driver's device is not muted). Note that this feature may not work as expected for some LG models.

Made performance, stability, and usability improvements.