Latest Product Changes

New Features

• Add Funds to API balance: Top up your account with a USD amount directly from the billing page — funds are applied instantly and deducted per-request as you consume data APIs.
• AI Events video grid in Playground: Query AI Event Videos and toggle between a map view and a video grid with hover-to-play previews, event type badges, and relative timestamps.

• Edge AI plugin management (alpha): Program your camera to collect the data you want. Full plugin lifecycle — add a data destination, assign devices, deploy, and delete.

• Higher resolution AI Event videos: Event videos now render at higher resolution while maintaining the same file size and quality.

Improvements

• API Products: Data sample tab is now the default view; each product links directly to the API Playground; hero CTAs point to the Playground instead of external docs.
• Navigation: Header now features a "Data API" link and "Shop Camera" CTA; footer includes an API Playground link.
• Blog embeds on mobile: MapFeatures, Burst, DashcamVideo, and DrivePathImagery embeds are now responsive on small screens.
• Playground mobile warning: A banner tells mobile visitors the playground is best viewed on desktop.
• Imagery billing: Transaction display sanitized and imagery-on-view charges shown correctly.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incidents page crash when AI events had insufficient linestring coordinates.
• Fixed trip card click regression.
• Fixed team bursts icon-size expression validation error.
• Removed Matomo script injection that caused edge runtime crashes.

New Features

• Incidents in Fleet API: Query your fleet's incidents programmatically — search by time range, location polygon, device, and event type, or fetch individual incident details with video URLs. Create an API key with the aievents scope to get started.

New Features

• All API products in Playground: The developer playground now supports all four API products — Street Level Imagery, Road Detections, Burst (on-demand mapping), and AI Event Videos — with product-specific forms, curl commands, and map result rendering.
• API Products overview page: A new public page with detailed documentation for every Bee Maps API product — Street-Level Imagery, AI Event Videos, Road Detections, and Burst — including request/response examples, data samples, and authentication patterns. No login required.

Improvements

• Per-product API endpoints: The playground now calls the dedicated per-product endpoints (/latest/poly, /mapFeatures/poly, /burst/create, /aievents/search) instead of the combined /map-data endpoint.
• Try in Playground links on Pricing: All four data API products on the pricing page now link directly to the developer playground.

New Features

• Burst building layer on map: Burst locations now render on the map as a toggleable building layer, showing coverage data directly on the map.
• Street-level imagery viewer: View street-level imagery from the Bee for any building, road segment, or specific point on the map — browse photos, see coordinates, and request new coverage with one click.
• Fleet live view: See real-time dashcam imagery from your fleet's devices directly on the map, including speed, recency, and driver info (visible only to members of your own fleet).
• Map features explorer: View AI-detected map features — speed limits, stop signs, turn restrictions, and more — overlaid on the map with confidence scores, locations, and observation history.
• Chat notifications for map events: Get real-time chat notifications when notable events happen on the map, so you don't need to watch it constantly.

Improvements

• Faster billing page: Loads instantly with skeleton states instead of waiting for all Stripe data.
• Mobile pricing page: Now matches desktop styling for a consistent experience across devices.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed burst locations not appearing on map due to an async race condition.
• Fixed capture notifications not firing reliably.
• Filtered out invalid AI events on the agent map.
• Fixed 403 errors on burst/building-select API authentication.

Improvements

• Faster billing page: Removed Stripe pagination loops that were causing slow loads; now uses skeleton loading states.
• Fixed burst authentication handling for Bee Maps create endpoint.
• Burst and building-select APIs now route through backend proxy (fixed CORS and 403 errors).

New Features

• AI event video carousel: Recent AI events (last 24h) render as red dots on the map — hover to view event cards with video playback, drive paths, and driver info.
• Default map view setting: Choose your preferred map view (map or satellite) in profile settings.
• Map interaction zoom gate: Dashcam imagery hovers, AI events, and building selection require zoom level 10+ to prevent accidental interactions.

Improvements

• Hover-driven AI event UX replaces click-to-select with hover-to-show.
• Chat table now uses full panel width.
• Hidden noisy columns (plan, timestamps) from assistant chat tables.
• Persisted satellite map mode across page navigations.
• Fixed stale hover states when moving between map layers.
• Fixed stale road/building layer IDs after map style changes.

New Features

• Pricing page redesign: Expandable product rows with detailed specs, trust logos, and "Pay only for what you use" messaging.
• Almanac feature layers: Map features (speed limits, stop signs, etc.) now visible on the AI assistant map.

Improvements

• Updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for Beekeeper data ownership and Bee Maps branding.
• Removed draft clock icon from assistant chat.
• Fixed blog dashcam video not loading in production.
• Fixed icon click precedence in building selection.

Blog Posts

• Why the Bee Knows Exactly Where It Is — Five-sensor positioning fusion stack and lane-level accuracy

New Features

• Building & road selection: Click any building or road on the map to browse nearby drive-path imagery.
• Sidebar navigation update: Bee logo now links to the AI assistant (/agent); active states are mutually exclusive.

Improvements

• Driver monitoring and imagery tools added to /agent map.
• Fixed Google sign-in on cached/static pages.

Blog Posts

• Google Street View vs the Bee — Comparing centralized fleets vs distributed contributor networks

New Features

• Satellite map layer: Toggle between default and satellite map views on all map pages.
• Video-synced playback dot: As incident video plays, a dot moves along the route on the map showing the vehicle's real-time position.
• Date range presets: Quick-select "Last 7 days" and "Last 30 days" buttons in the calendar picker.

Improvements

• Fixed mobile blog horizontal overflow.
• Fixed '250m' → '250M' capitalization in API playground.
• Fixed mobile nav: logo sizing, footer layout, Data APIs link.

Blog Posts

• Building Agents for the Physical World — Introducing Bee Edge AI capabilities
• Fleet Management Meets Physical AI
• No Compromises: Why We Built a Purpose-Built Mapping Device

Improvements

• Blog platform upgrade: Rebuilt the Bee Maps blog as a home-grown platform — faster page loads, better SEO, and full control over layout and styling. Images now served from S3 for snappier rendering.
• Reordered footer links for better navigation.

Blog Posts

• How Bee Maps Gets Its Coverage
• Mapping Road Features with the Bee
• Top 5 Craziest Harsh Braking Events
• Driving Styles Around the World

New Features

• AI Assistant: Ask questions about your fleet in natural language — the assistant queries your data and returns formatted tables, charts, and answers.
• Interactive data tables: Assistant responses now include sortable, filterable tables.
• Plugin management: Create and delete plugins per user; related to Edge AI access.

Improvements

• Improved chat loading states and response formatting.

Blog Posts

• The Code Moat Is Gone — Why unique physical AI data is the new competitive advantage
• Query Rare Driving Event Videos — Skip hours of video, find incidents instantly
• The World Model Bottleneck — The data constraint nobody's talking about
• AI Event Videos — Real-world driving incidents as training data

Improvements

• Device locking in settings now restricted to fleet managers and owners only.

New Features

• Pricing page: New dedicated pricing page with Data APIs and Edge AI pricing sections — see costs per query for each product.
• Marketing navigation: Data Products and Edge AI links added to header and footer navigation.

Improvements

• Fixed button rendering errors on Bee and pricing pages.

New Features

• AI Events API: New API endpoint for querying AI-detected driving events (swerving, harsh braking, speeding) with associated video clips and sensor data.
• API credits display: See your remaining API credits directly in the developer dashboard.
• Scoped API keys: New unified API key UI with selectable scope cards — choose between full access or rewards-only tokens.

Improvements

• AI events endpoint now supports optional IMU and GNSS sensor data.
• Firmware version column added to admin AI events table.

Improvements

• Updated API data documentation link to latest version.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed legal placards link pointing to wrong page.

New Features

• AI assistant authentication: Backend middleware for authenticating the Almanac AI server.
• Flexible tier access: Routes without explicit access rules now bypass tier checks instead of blocking.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed custom field values not saving for non-admin users.
• Fixed layout shift on device overview when location finished loading.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed map center coordinate precision error when fully zoomed out.

Improvements

• Updated Terms of Service for Bee membership.

New Features

• Trip query skill: Ask the AI assistant about trip history — "how many trips did device X make last week?"
• Location & stop query skills: Ask about device locations and stops — "where did my fleet stop today?"
• API key bearer token auth: Developer API now accepts API key as bearer token with fleet ID via org ID.

Improvements

• Updated API playground parameters for better defaults.

New Features

• Odometer, fuel, and mileage data: New endpoints for querying connected vehicle odometer readings, gas consumption, and miles driven.
• Sensor data support: Raw sensor telemetry now accessible for fleet devices.

Improvements

• API Playground UX improvements — better form layout, clearer responses.
• Copy buttons added for org ID fields.
• Removed payment method requirement from certain flows.

New Features

• API Playground: Interactive playground for testing Bee Maps data APIs — draw geometries on the map, send requests, and see results live.
• Order tracking URLs: Shipping tracking links now visible in the orders table.

Improvements

• Quality-of-life improvements for order management (search, filters, status display).
• Updated 402 error page with clearer messaging and next steps.
• Tier-based access checks now skip admin pages.
• Added cancelled order properties to CSV exports.

Hi, welcome robots and humans to the Bee Maps Changelog. We hope you find this useful to keep track of all the things we are building and tweaking for you.

New Features

• OG image for all pages: Every page now has an Open Graph image for rich social link previews.
• LTE Data Plan: New LTE data plan pricing option.

Improvements

• Updated contact support link to redirect to the settings contact page.