The following release notes refer to updates made to the cloud.samsara.com dashboard. See the What's New section of your dashboard for details.

November 2020

New

• Customers with CM31 or CM32 dash cams now have the option to access live video of vehicles on the road to train drivers and perform remote ride-alongs
• Launched the Feature Management page to Full Admins: it has a full list of new beta features with details on how they work, and you can activate them either for yourself or for specific users across your organization
• Introduced a new customizable profile setting within the Driver Efficiency Score. Profiles now exist to enable you to tailor the Driver Efficiency score by types of vehicles, giving you the ability to highlight the parameters that matter the most
• Launched a new Safety Dashboard to help you view high level trends, navigate reports using your fleet’s tags, and identify the granular safety insights and risk factors that are impacting your Safety Scores

Updated

• Improved trailer, sensor, and battery visibility: made viewing trailer conditions more intuitive, added controls for multi-zone reefers, and expanded visibility into sensor and AG46 battery health

• You can now manually generate crash events from your video retrievals if a minor collision was missed. On the video retrieval page, there is a new ‘Create Crash Event’ menu option located within each video preview, and clicking this will convert the footage into a crash event

• Customers with dash cams can now send safety events directly to their drivers for self-guided coaching via the new ‘Share with driver’ button

October 2020

New

• Announced an integration with Ford to seamlessly bring vehicle data into Samsara through embedded telematics devices in Ford vehicles
• New route tracking settings:
  • • Driver-initiated route tracking: Enable this setting to let drivers manually start tracking a route
    • Route stop audit log: See a complete history of every status change at a route stop, whether the status was manually initiated or automatically tracked.

Updated

• You can now hover over video thumbnails to auto-play footage directly from your Safety Inbox or Video Library

September 2020

New

• Launched a new Fleet Benchmarks Report where you can access data that benchmarks your fleet against similar organizations to better understand performance across safety metrics like harsh braking, harsh acceleration, and speeding and efficiency metrics like idling

Updated

• On the Developer Metrics page you can now monitor webhook traffic and success rates to better understand the health of your webhook deployments
• Added the ability to set a unique color for your assets shown on the Fleet Overview page
• You can now customize and see additional data on the Fleet Overview page, including idling duration, fuel level, HoS drive time remaining, and HoS violation status 
• IFTA report improvements:
  • Fuel purchase integration via direct Comdata integration or manual CSV file upload now with easy to edit fuel purchase information.
  • Fuel breakdowns by tax paid gallons (of fuel) and IFTA MPG
  • Reporting views available across all jurisdictions, per jurisdiction or per vehicle
  • Simplified access to monthly or quarterly reports (on demand or scheduled)
  • Mileage breakdown by total IFTA miles, non-IFTA miles, and total miles

August 2020

New

• Added a ‘Coach’ button to the Driver Queue. This new button brings you directly into a coaching session with the events that have been marked as ‘Needs Coaching’

• You can see your Samsara order history, activate devices, and manage exchanges all in one place from the new Orders page in the dashboard
• Via the new Samsara Webstore you can purchase cables, accessories, and devices any time right from your dashboard.

Updated

• You can now adjust who can turn reefers on/off remotely, set run mode and set temperature set point from dashboard settings 
• Added new document fields: Barcode Scan, Conditional Fields, Document Scan

July 2020

New

• For trips where a driver has paired a trailer with a vehicle on Samsara’s Driver App, we will now share the last check-in that the trailer made as part of that trip on the Assets List view
• Added the Samsara Gateway Report under Reports > Gateway Health to allow you to proactively monitor your Vehicle and Asset Gateways so you can quickly diagnose and remedy issues, and minimize downtime
• Canadian customers can now enable all Canada HOS features from right within your dashboard on the Compliance Settings page
• Added a self-serve support option - you can press the “?” button in the navigation, select “Get Help”, and you’ll see the most relevant knowledge base article
• Introduced the Start/Stop Report to give fleet managers insight into the start and end time of their drivers and vehicles
• Launched two new AI features for real-time accident prevention to our CM31 and CM32 customers: Real-Time Tailgating Detection and Real-Time Distracted Driving Detection

Updated

• Streamlined Settings page by adding intuitive sections—such as “Organization”, “Devices”, “ Fleet”, and more— to make it simpler and easier to navigate
• Simplified HoS log editing with the ability to drag to edit log segments, click into individual segments on the graph grid, and view an expanded log chart

• Redesigned the Safety Report to include detailed speeding data that shows the severity of speeding across your fleet, trend details for AI behaviors that bring visibility to distracted driving and tailgating frequency, and an event label summary to help you identify common high-risk behaviors

• You can now adjust how your fleet’s Safety Scores are calculated based on your program’s priorities, goals, and desired incentives

June 2020

New

• Using cables developed for Thermo King's 3rd party gateway protocols, you can now turn reefers on and off, change run-mode, clear alarms, and adjust temperature set-points directly from your dashboard
• Added an alert: Out of Route Alert; you can now receive an alert if a vehicle has strayed off a custom area around a route for more than a set amount of time

Updated

• Redesigned the Users & Roles page to consolidate information 

May 2020

New

• Added the Fleet Electrification Report to provide an analysis of the light-duty vehicles in your fleet that are the best candidates to be replaced with EVs
• To help provide estimations in cases when engine hour data isn’t available from the Engine Control Module (ECM) you can now add Synthetic Engine Hours
• The new Driver Efficiency Report allows fleet managers to surface inefficient and costly driving habits through a weighted score to coach their team
• Made historical diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) reporting available both in the Samsara dashboard and via API.
• Added an alert for individually reported DVIR defects so you can be notified immediately when a defect needs your attention
• Launched the Fuel & Energy Report, which gives you a single, unified view of all your fuel & energy usage across your fleet
• Added the Historic Diagnostics Report, which shows historic engine data across a customer's fleet. Users can select specific assets, diagnostics, time ranges, and frequency of readings in the report
• Added an HOS violation alert so fleet managers can get alerted about potential HOS violations before they happen
• Added the Coaching Summary report to show the average amount of time it takes your safety managers to coach their drivers and a new trend graph displays the number of events that are past due for coaching, coached late, need coaching, or coached. Added two new coaching options: Needs Recognition and Recognized, as well as the ability to mention coworkers in comments.
• Mechanics can now add, edit or delete notes via the maintenance API endpoints, as well as the cloud dashboard under a DVIR defect
• Consolidated user and tag roles into a single place to manage users and roles, the Users & Roles page

Updated

• Customers who have PTO can now experience real-time PTO status visibility on the overview page
• Added historical diagnostics for vehicles and heavy equipment for customers using powered Asset Gateways and Vehicle Gateways
• Made usability improvements for customers using Samsara to manage trailers, including consolidating virtual and trailers paired with Gateways in a single list under the Assets tab
• You now have the ability to edit, delete, archive, and PDF submitted Documents to make edits and management easier 
• Added the ability for users to delete individual or all transactions from the Fuel Purchase Report
• Improved bulk upload experience for addresses/geofences, including robust error messages, more flexibility in format, and support for non-English languages
• Added Fault Code Alert Filtering to allow fleet administrators to select "Specific fault codes" within the Fault Code alert configuration page. Now, fleet admins can also select to be alerted when dashboard check engine lamps are illuminated.

April 2020

New

• Redesigned video retrieval & increased our camera storage by nearly 20 hours for CM31 and CM32; added a timeline that shows every minute of available recorded footage from your cameras from when the vehicle was on; ability to preview information about time segment before downloading 
• For CM31 and CM32 customers, added Unsafe Following Distance, Distracted Driving & Forward Collision Warning capabilities and associated reports 
• Administrators and managers can now change speed limits in the Vehicle Trip Speed Graph, located on the Trip overview page just below the video footage.
• You can now filter by tag in the Documents section of the dashboard 
• Fleet administrators and mechanics are now able to schedule preventative maintenance (PM) based on multiple conditions, rather than just one (example: change oil every 90 days or every 10,000 miles)
• Added scheduled report for the Duty Status Summary page

Updated

• Streamlined bulk user upload interface that makes it easier to add, edit, and preview driver information before bringing it into Samsara; in-line error messages
• Made various improvements to using the zoom tool in the Samsara fleet overview (Zoom to Fit, saved zoom level, ability to hold Shift and drag to zoom in, customizable radius)
• If an AG45 has a low GPS signal it can now acquire an approximate location based on the nearest cell tower
• AG45s with Wake on Motion enabled will now check-in when movement is detected and check-in again when movement has stopped, and you can set a different check-in rate for when the asset is moving
• Increased visibility into the PTO status of vehicles on several places in the dashboard: Overview page, Assets report, and Activity report

March 2020

New

• Introduced the EV Charging Report to provide visibility into electric vehicle charging patterns
• Launched the Panic Button, new hardware for the VG34 that allows drivers to alert fleet managers in emergency situations with the push of a button. An alert is triggered via email, SMS, or API. For customers with AI Dash Cams, footage will be recorded and uploaded to the dashboard. 
• Added the J1939 cable for connecting heavy equipment to the cloud to track diagnostic, GPS, and engine data 
• Added the HOS Audit Transfer Report to help fleet managers keep track of datafile transfer status and address missing information 
• Added an expandable view to visualize diagnostics on the vehicle/show page for AGs and VGs. This expanded view includes a timestamp and will report a value if the gateway has ever read a diagnostic value. Diagnostic availability varies based on asset type, make, and model.
• Added new route settings for tracking window, arrivals & departure definitions, and default route stop times so you can define exactly how you want your routes to be tracked
• Sanitation tracker via DVIR now available 
• Fleet administrators will now be able to click a link upon saving a newly created preventative maintenance schedule that will pre-fill the alert configuration page with the details 
• What's New posts on https://cloud.samsara.com/new_features can now be shared via a unique URL

Updated

• Added two new manual label options to safety events: Eating/Drinking and Smoking

• Harsh event alerts now include the specific harsh event type (e.g. Harsh Brake, Rolling Stop) in the subject and body of email and SMS alerts 
• Customers are now able to set times when an alert should be enabled - previously, alerts could only be disabled during specific times
• You can now provide live share view and edit access for any new or existing role, including custom roles
• Rides Report CSV Download Now Available

February 2020

New

• Added additional language support for voice coaching: Spanish, German, Dutch, French, Italian
• Launched the Samsara Fleet mobile app for iOS and Android 
• Added electric vehicle features including state of charge on the map overlay, fuel and energy levels on the dispatch page, a new EV low battery alert, an EV efficiency report, and historical state of charge graph 
• PTO and Idle columns are now available in the Fuel Usage report on a per-request basis 
• Added a “Not Installed” banner on the overview page for AG45s that have been added to an org, but have not yet been activated.

Updated

• Redesigned the dashboard, including vertical navigation, feature grouping by category, and more map
• To optimize for faster uploads and event review, we’ve updated the length of event videos from 20 seconds to 10 seconds
• Now you can configure a scheduled report with just a click: press “Schedule Emailed Report” and use the new pop-up form to create a new report. You can also now give your scheduled reports a unique name, and can see which user created any given report
• Launched a full workflow integration between Samsara and McLeod LoadMaster 
• Synced the shift and drive clocks with the cycle remaining clock to give admins a better sense of how many real hours their drivers have left before violations
• The odometer value and unit on the Gateways CSV download page have been localized (e.g. meters or miles); this affects VGs as well as AGs
• The “show unpaired assets” functionality on the Devices > Gateways page has been moved to the Assets page
• Added a 'Missing Required Information for ELD Data Transfer' banner to the Compliance Dashboard

January 2020

New

• Launched the new Compliance Dashboard to provide at-a-glance visibility into your fleet’s HOS violations, unidentified driving, and unassigned hours
• Administrators can now set up an alert to monitor vehicle DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) levels, and get notified when levels fall below a defined threshold, over a defined amount of time

Updated

• Fleet administrators are now able to view historical fuel levels for vehicles we can read Fuel Level data from
• Added new data customization for the Utilization Report, allowing admins to view data based on available “utilizable” hours. This allows you to view utilization based on your work hours, by location or by equipment type depending on how you’ve set up tags.
• With our new eSignature feature, drivers can capture customer signatures right in the Driver App. Signatures are instantly captured and uploaded to your dashboard.

December 2019

New

• The new Reports Summary page puts all of your reports in one place and enables you to search for them by name, category, or description
• You can now create custom DVIR templates to templatize DVIRs for specific vehicles and trailers
• Dashboard admins can streamline drivers’ workflow and improve data accuracy by adding date and time pickers to each Document.

Updated

• You can now download data from the Utilization Report in an hour-by-hour view or in a summary view
• The Utilization Report can be customized to reflect the working hours of assets at a device level. Previously the report could only be calculated on a 12 or 24 hour work day. 
• For municipalities where required, speed mentions on the dashboard can now be masked
• It's now possible to view historical fuel levels on the vehicle overview page 

November 2019

New

• New scheduled report available: monthly IFTA report
• You can now assign drivers to a vehicle using the Samsara ID Card Reader and unique Driver ID card - this appears under trips in the dashboard
• New report available: Coaching Effectiveness Report 
• Camera ID uses facial recognition and our advanced algorithms to automatically identify and tag drivers to vehicles, trips, and event footage. The new Driver Assignment report supports bulk driver assignment. 
• New alert: Maintenance staff can now receive alerts for all defects, not just ones that are marked unsafe
• New Scheduled Report: Unassigned HOS Report

Updated

• Safety managers automatically receive an email when they’re assigned to a harsh event, with a link to the video to review in the dashboard
• DVIRs now allow direct DVIR resolution by maintenance staff on the DVIR without needing to create a new DVIR
• Shipping IDs and Trailer Numbers will now automatically carry over from day to day on HOS logs

• Via the Trailers and Assets settings in the dashboard, you can now set your own limits for the number of trailers a driver can select for their day and you can now turn off the ability for drivers to create trailers from the Driver app

• The Dispatch tab now provides visibility into Hours of Service along with improved sorting and the ability to search for specific vehicles
• When you create or edit a route, you can now click, drag, and drop to rearrange stops into the order that you need

October 2019

New

• Carriers can now designate a geofence as a "yard" and all unassigned segments that are contained in this geofence will be automatically annotated as "Yard Move," thus saving time
• Added a new alert for unassigned driving. Once configured in settings, if a vehicle moves without a driver assignment, this will fire an alert. 
• Added a printable coaching summary tool that lets you view the coaching history for each driver along with a summary of each coaching session
• Admins can view and edit their payment information directly in the dashboard (as long as they pay via credit card or bank account) 

Updated

• The definition for arrival and departure at a route stop will now be strictly geofence-based (disregarding vehicle speed)
• Existing routes can be copied, making it easier to modify existing plans, create referenceable route templates, and assign the same route to multiple drivers or vehicles
• We've made it easier to manage unassigned driving segments on the Unassigned HOS Report by adding a filterable pending tab, dynamic distance and time fields, and improved search and filter capabilities to the entire report
• Customers with wake on motion enabled for AG45s can now set alerts for when an AG45 starts or stops moving
• Mechanics and drivers can now resolve individual defects in any DVIR
• Made Performance improvements to the Summary Report, Activity Report, and Time on Site Report
• Improved CSV format for Time on Site by Site scheduled report

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented the creation of repeating routes 

 

September 2019

New

• Added a trip-level summary of speeding across different severity buckets. The goal of the speeding report is to help users understand when, where, and to what degree their drivers are speeding
• Launched an entirely new set of API endpoints that standardizes the structure of our API, thereby improving usability for developers who build applications or integrate with Samsara.
• Admins can bulk upload alert contacts
• Added ability to configure fuel level alerts and receive notifications when a vehicle’s fuel level falls below a certain fuel level percent

Updated

• Carriers can now queue up edits before a driver certifies a log
• Users of messaging can see the timestamp of when a driver has viewed a message, providing more visibility into when the driver actually received the message
• Users with dual-facing cameras can now enable driver-facing stills via a toggle option on the Cameras/Safety settings page

Bug fixes

• Null values on the fuel usage report now sort on the bottom of the list

 

August 2019

New

• Vehicles have been added as a category within the Dormancy, Inventory, and Utilization reports
• The Utilization report now has a tab for powered equipment that calculates usage of a machine based on engine hours
• Added ability to customize check in schedule for AG45s
• Added two new safety related scheduled reports: the Driver Coaching Report and the Safety Manager Coaching Report

Updated

• VGs can now be easily replaced 

Bug fixes

 

July 2019

• bulk admin upload to allow you to add or update multiple admins at once by uploading a CSV
• From the Fleet Overview map you can now toggle off and on geofences, as well as view and edit geofences and addresses 
• You can now view your Utilization, Dormancy, and Detention reports for Trailers on the Summary Report screen

Updated

• CM31 and CM32 dash cam users can now customize the speed sensitivity that will trigger the detection of rolling stop events
• Password requirements have been strengthened for new Samsara dashboard users and users who reset their passwords 

• There’s now an indicator line on the Driver Safety Report to show when your driver was last coached using our coaching tools, making it easier to see the impact of coaching

• Planned vs Actual report now shows deviations from the plan at the stop level in addition to the entire route

Bug Fixes

 

June 2019