Updates and blog posts

Customize your fleet reporting with Excel data

GpsGate reports are now available in Microsoft Excel format. Optimize your fleet operations with the data that works best for your team.

Paxster, Electric vehicle manufacturer

GpsGate is on a mission to help fleets become greener, safer, and more productive. Electric vehicle manufacturer Paxster does this daily. With over 2000 smart vehicles in the field, Paxster brings companies to the forefront of sustainable fleet technology. Specializing in parcel, post, and media, Paxster uses GpsGate to revolutionize the last-mile delivery experience.

Work faster with more tools in Site Admin

This month’s release features big changes to site administrator capabilities. We've moved more Site Administration functions in-app! Users can now manage multiple customer applications with ease inside the application. This new functionality comes with faster-loading pages and less clicks - saving you time and helping you get to your next task faster.

Common fleet challenges in transport & cargo

Commercial fleets have to stay flexible to meet modern challenges. Running an efficient transportation business in the midst of fluctuating fuel costs, fuel and vehicle theft, and cargo security concerns is a tall order. Beyond that, end customers expect fleets to use the best tools for a streamlined and professional end result.

5 ways to increase fleet safety with GpsGate

Driving is one of the most dangerous things you can do. More daring than taking a flight, more likely to cause serious injuries than skydiving... and yet, vehicle fleets are out on the streets 24/7. So, what are the biggest threats to fleet safety and how can you manage them?

April release - Spring cleaning in GpsGate

Has it been awhile since you've updated GpsGate? Monthly updates are important to keep your system running smoothly and cleanly. There are lots of benefits of keeping your system up to date - even when a release doesn't include major changes. April's release includes some minor fixes and improvements, so let's discuss the importance of updates.

How to select the best GPS vehicle tracking device

With all the variety in GPS vehicle tracking devices on the market today, how can you possibly choose the best one for your business? GpsGate gives you valuable insight on what to consider when choosing GPS devices to grow your fleet management company.

Optimize fleet operations with Tracks

Tracks gives fleet managers the historical fleet data they need to improve their fleet operations. We've added feature after feature to Tracks in the past few months - and March's release throws in a final tweak. Welcome to Tracks!

Replay tracks for interactive history

Track replay makes your data come alive. With the click of a button, you can watch vehicles tracks on the map at the speed you desire. We've also made it easy to find and click on track points on the map to get more details.

More customer data security: introducing new strong password options.

Daily Summary gets bounding boxes + route geofences

The Daily Summary is changing how fleet managers and operators work with fleet data. We've now added track bounding boxes to the map to make managing large fleets faster and easier. You can also add route geofences directly in the Daily Summary. This month's features increase fleet management efficiency.

New data views: Daily Summary + track filters

Tracks data now offers a daily summary view and tracks filters. Fleet managers have the combination of data they need: an overview plus infinite ways to customize the data and drill down to the vehicles and tracks they need.

New Tracks features

Tracks and its track point data are crucial to fleet managers and operators in their daily work. We've added lots of new functionality around track points this month to help streamline fleet operations.

Server administration is moving in-app

Improving GpsGate for server administrators is the focus of September's release. We're relocating server administration settings so that you can change them within any application. We've also made the new Tracks the default for a great end user experience.

GpsGate is growing: now hiring backend developers

Providing a great product to our customers is a top priority at GpsGate. That requires a rock star team, and that team is currently growing. We’re hiring backend developers to work from our Stockholm headquarters.

Experience the new Native Map

Our new Native Map is now live! The new experience offers two different map themes to optimize the end user experience. It also offers the ability to add ArcGIS maps as data layers.

Tracks improvements

We've added lots of new features to Tracks 2.0 (now Tracks) in the past month, and we have more to come on the roadmap. Thanks to your feedback, we've also made lots of smaller tweaks and improvements. This month's release also includes new Hindi and Indonesian translations for app localization. Plus, learn how to manage data privacy concerns for off-hours fleet usage.

Solving customer needs with geofence priorities & color coding

Did you know that you can assign priorities and colors to geofences? This allows you to meet more complex customer needs and bring more value to your customers. Combining geofences, event rules, and scripting allows you to solve even more use cases.

New Tracks & Vehicle Status in preview release

We've included lots of user experience tweaks plus some small bug fixes and backend optimizations into March's release. The big news is what's available for testing in preview release: experience the new Tracks and Vehicle Status!

UX improvements and fixes for February

We've got a new official Portuguese translation! There are also a lot of improvements (or melhorias for those of you who will enable Portuguese) that continue to refine the user experience.

Starting the year with a release for stability

We're starting off the year with a maintenance release that touches a lot of features. Maintenance releases aren't flashy or exciting, but they are critical to system performance and stability. This release includes an official Arabic translation plus back-end geofence improvements.