New features
Activities have been improved with the following new features
Activity lists can be sorted by either the activity reference value, or status
Activities now support a default result value, which is highlighted and selectable at the point of completion
Activities now support completion requirements: The ability to specify whether an activity requires a comment and/or a photo at the point of completion
The result type of True / False has been renamed to Yes / No
Activities can now be moved to another job either by
The Move action on an activity
The follow on job function, that supports splitting jobs by activity trade
Sub activities can now be imported into the activity library
Job assignment supports filtering suitable assignees by their trade, according to the trade associated to an activity
The job files area now displays activity attachments
Job statuses now support requirements on change
The ability to specify whether job status changes require a comment and/or a photo at the point of change
If you're interested in trialing this feature, please reach out to customer support
Visits now support statuses
Allowing for users to specify that a visit is
In progress
Completed
Cancelled
If you're interested in trialing this feature, please reach out to customer support
Status change history (such as changing a job status) now includes additional context
What type of device the change occurred on, broken down into
Browser
Mobile
API
Importer
Automation
Where the change occurred, as GPS coordinates, however only when
The change occurred on a mobile device
The user has allowed Loc8 mobile to capture their coordinates
The user is using our new application Loc8 - Field service (2025)
Improvements
General browser app performance improvements
Webhook retry improvements
Quote duplication performance improvements
General activity UI and UX improvements
Bug fixes
Some dialog boxes and callouts have been repositioned to avoid overlapping content
Several bugs have been resolved that occurred during the creation of a job, specifically regarding activity selections
An error has been resolved that prevented the conversion of a quote to a job
The ability to automatically re-assign follow on jobs has been reintroduced
An issue has been resolved that prevented correct visibility of job assignees when rescheduling visits
An error that occurred when scheduling a visit has been resolved
Activity completion correctly propagates to asset maintenance history records
The order of sub activities is now correctly persisted
An issue has been resolved that prevented the correct job activity count from displaying
A regression has been resolved, which removed the job "available in-field" option on statuses
An error that occurred when opening a site inspector has been resolved
An error has been resolved that occasionally occurred when populating text custom fields
An issue has been resolved that caused the expected life field on an asset to not update automatically