WeHunt - Version release notes

WeHunt App version: 8.16.4

Date: 2.10.2026

Release notes:

Leaving a hunt works the way people expect. Leaving from the Hunts page used to leave your dogs in the hunt for everyone else and keep you on your stand. Now your own dogs go with you, your stand is freed, and if you are in several hunts the app tells you which one ended or which one you left.

Dog trials look like trials. A competition now says Competition instead of Hunt everywhere, shows a Participants page instead of hunt tabs, and its report drops the game counts. Spectators can only watch: they can no longer add pins, edit the team's map or get checked in on a stand, and their way out now says "Stop watching".

Also in this release:

• Direction arrows for teammates. Hunters who are moving now show which way they are heading on the map.
• Turn off the long-press pin. A new "Pin on long press" switch in Tools stops the temporary pin that kept appearing while panning the map with gloves on. On by default, so nothing changes unless you flip it.
• Dogs behave after a signal gap. When a collar comes back into coverage the dog jumps once to where it is, instead of freezing or hopping around. A teammate's trail no longer zig-zags after their phone was offline.
• A dog added to a hunt shows only the hunt. Other participants no longer see up to a day of that dog's movement from before the hunt started.
• Any hunt leader can manage the hunt's dogs, not only competition leaders: see which dogs are in, and remove any of them.
• Subscription dates in the menu. Paid subscribers see when their plan renews or expires under their profile, with a red reminder in the last 14 days if it will not renew.
• Shared replay links open the right replay, including on iOS when the app was closed.
• Replay is available for summer hunts. Hunts from May to early September now have the Replay hunt button too.
• Smaller: the Support page links to Known issues and Service status; the add-VHF step keeps showing "Connecting" until the handheld answers; collar low-battery and trail saving are more reliable; signing in now checks first whether your account uses Google or Apple.

WeHunt App version: 8.16.0

Date: 29.9.2026

Release notes:

Your trails now show where tracking was off. If the app or a collar was switched off for a while, the map used to draw a straight line across the gap as if you or the dog had walked it. Now that stretch is a faint dashed line, so a trail only shows ground that was actually tracked.

"Last seen" times are right even when your phone's clock isn't. Position ages ("3 min ago") were calculated from the phone's clock, so a phone running a few minutes fast made every dog look out of date all day. They are now measured against the server's time.

Also in this release:

• Your dog is where you left it after an offline start — opening the app without coverage could show the dog at an old position, or not at all, if the app had been closed shortly after the last position. Both causes are fixed.
• Nothing gets lost silently — if a map pin, game report or check-in can't be saved, you now get a message naming it, with a Try again button. Before, the editor closed and the item simply disappeared.
• A dog whose collar moved to another dog no longer shows as live — the old dog kept a marker, a distance and a follow button pointing at a collar that was now on someone else's dog.
• The low-battery warning stops nagging — a collar hovering around 20% reopened the warning every few minutes, even on top of the settings page you needed to fix it. It now warns once, and again only after a real recharge.
• Following a dog trial as a spectator works properly — the event no longer disappears from the map right after opening the app, and the trial's dogs now have trails, list entries and info panels, not just markers.
• Smaller fixes — the Hybrid collar's VHF interval no longer flickers to "Off"; adding a dog to a collar that already belongs to someone else's dog now asks first; trail camera battery shows the same percentage in WeHunt and Burrel; and the Members list on the team page sits neatly under the tabs.

WeHunt App version: 8.15.3

Date: 26.9.2026

Release notes:

You can now be in several hunts at once — and switch between them.
Starting a hunt while you're already in one is no longer refused; the app asks whether to switch the map to the new hunt or keep the one you're on.

The Hunts page lists all your active hunts (and watched dog competitions), and you switch between them right there. A hunt leader can run several hunts in parallel and jump between them. Before this, any running hunt greyed out Start everywhere — watching a dog competition even blocked you from starting your own hunt.

Also in this release:

• The target compass is now on for everyone — pick a target on the live map (a dog, a teammate, a stand) and navigate to it with an in-app compass: a dial that points at the target with distance, drawn to the design spec. The rose dims when the phone's heading can't be trusted or your own position is stale, so it never points confidently at nothing.
• Hunt replay is now enabled — after a hunt ends, its report offers Replay: the hunt on the map with everyone's trails and dogs, bark moments in red, scrub/skip/follow. Sharing a replay you trimmed shares only the trimmed span. It works for hunts started on or after September 9, 2026 and for people who took part — older hunts show no button, which is expected. This build also fixed the rough edges: a replay you can't access fails at once instead of loading for two minutes, and barking is now visible in replays for all collar types.
• Tracking works after an offline morning start — starting the app with no coverage after ~an hour offline could block everything from being saved: the VHF-tracked dog on your own map, your own position, new map pins. 
• Collar answers are honest — "Confirmed by collar" on the bark-sensitivity setting was sometimes shown when the collar hadn't actually confirmed (the old value could stay). The chip now appears only when the collar reports the value you set. VHF users also get fewer phantom errors from relay traffic.
• Smaller fixes 

WeHunt App version: 8.15.0

Date: 22.9.2026

Release notes:

• The on-point alarm has its sound back on Android — in 8.14.4 the point alarm arrived as vibration only. The sound returns on its own after you update. A dog on point now also shows in the target list, with a badge on the avatar and "Pointing" on the row, not just on the map
• "Publish my position" off now always means off — in rare cases the setting could stop being applied mid-session, so someone who had turned sharing off could still be visible to teammates until they restarted the app. The app now stops sharing immediately whenever it can't confirm the setting
• Tracking over VHF works when you start the app without coverage — an app opened with no mobile network could save relayed collar and hunter positions in the wrong place, so teammates couldn't see the dog or the hunter even after coverage returned. Fixed
• A dog shared with you mid-hunt shows up right away — a dog you were given access to while the app was running appeared in your lists, but not on the map until you restarted the app
• Collar commands over the handheld now tell you what happened — sending for example the light command via the VHF handheld gave no feedback at all. Now you're told it was sent, and that this type of collar can't confirm it. The handheld's own ID number is also shown on its page
• Your account ID is now on your profile — under the phone number. Tap it to copy, handy when you contact support
• Smaller fixes — map shortcut buttons no longer jump around while you drag the info panel; "Call owner" and "Chat with owner" are now labelled menu items instead of two identical-looking phone icons; the safety-note card is readable in dark mode; empty pin folders no longer look broken; and a subscription page no longer shows the text "true" where a number belongs

WeHunt App version: 8.14.4

Date: 18.9.2026

Release notes:

• Changing the VHF country — the app now remembers which country each collar was last heard on, and the collar's page warns you when the connected receiver is on a different country. Tap the warning to open the country screen. Before, a collar left behind on the old country simply stopped appearing, which looked just like a flat battery. The instructions were also rewritten to match how the hardware really works: switch the collars off first, they take the new country while booting, one at a time against the handheld, and pulling the battery on the handheld is how the operation normally ends. Country changes to France now reach the collar, and the app waits for the receiver to confirm instead of reporting success the moment the command is sent
• Healthy collars no longer show as offline — a collar set to report every 10 minutes was greyed out on the dog panel after about 6, which disabled every command button, including the one that would lower the interval. Freshness is now judged by the collar's own reporting interval
• Restore brings a dog's trail back for every dog — pressing Restore on a team, shared or borrowed dog left it with no trail on the map until the app was restarted. Your own dogs were never affected
• GPX import picks the right pin icons — waypoints in GPX files from other apps (stands, towers and so on) are now recognised from their names and symbols and get the matching pin type, instead of all landing as "other"
• The on-point alarm now works over VHF — collars heard only through the VHF handheld raise the point alarm on the phone doing the relaying, with no mobile coverage needed. Known issue on Android: the point alarm currently arrives without its sound. The fix ships in the next build. iOS is unaffected

WeHunt App version: 8.14.1

Date: 16.9.2026

Release notes:

• Pointing for collars without a motion sensor — Bark and other sensorless collars can now show a point. You set a movement area in metres and a standing-still time, and the dog has to stay inside that area for that long before the badge and the alarm trigger. Pointing settings are now available on every collar
• Luna points about 10 seconds sooner — and its settings page now offers only the indication switch, since Luna's standing-still time is fixed in the collar's firmware
• The on-point alarm has its own sound — with proper alarm audio and vibration, and one alarm per dog instead of repeated points stacking up
• Sound clip requests no longer spin forever — if the collar never delivers the clip, the row now tells you so and offers Request again
• Clearer sign-in errors — a failed sign-in now tells you why it failed, instead of always showing the same "try again or use another login method"
• Smaller fixes — the plan-hunt wizard now closes the way its back arrow points, and "Leave hunt" is readable in light mode

WeHunt App version: 8.13.4

Date: 11.9.2026

Release notes:

• Changing the VHF country on the handheld is now guided — the app explains what the setting does, confirms the country you picked, and reminds you that the handheld must be restarted (pull the battery) before the change takes effect. Germany and France can also be selected again on smaller screens
• VHF commands without mobile coverage — commands now reach the collar with no internet connection, with the handheld paired and the collar in range
• Your own position appears faster — the map no longer waits 10 to 30 seconds for your own position marker on app start
• "Show on map" — jumping to a hunt from another page now always shows the hunt you tapped
• Hunt leader can see RSVP answers on a past-due plan again. Club members who open a team hunt they are not invited to no longer see other people's answers or decline notes; who was invited is still visible
• Paying customers shown as "Free Plan" — a network problem at the wrong moment could leave a paying customer reading "Free Plan" for days. The subscription sync now recovers on its own

WeHunt App version: 8.13.2

Date: 10.9.2026

Release notes:

This is a bug-fix update. We recommend everyone update, especially users with VHF collars or a VHF handheld.

• VHF handheld didn't reconnect — if the handheld was switched off and back on, the app could stay stuck on "VHF handheld disconnected" with no positions, bark alerts or commands until you opened the handheld's own settings page. It now reconnects automatically
• VHF tracking could switch off by itself — in some cases the app unintentionally turned off a collar's VHF tracking while relaying data from the handheld. This can no longer happen
• Collar commands not arriving / light stuck as "pending" — some VHF collars (for example Avius) couldn't receive commands at all, and the collar light command could stay "pending" indefinitely. Fixed
• Team missing from the live map — a team whose join code was removed (or never created) disappeared completely from the live map, including borders, member positions, dog trails and bark alarms, even though everything looked normal in team settings. These teams show again
• Map shortcuts after a subscription change — shortcut buttons such as scent cone and wind direction now update immediately when your subscription changes, without restarting the app
• Bark sensitivity shown on collars that don't support it — the bark-sensitivity slider no longer appears for WeHunt Collar, WeHunt Active and Super Boazu FI 2013, where moving it never had any effect
• Sign-in with an old WeHunt account failed — signing in or migrating with legacy WeHunt credentials failed with "invalid email or password" even when the credentials were correct. This works again

WeHunt App version: 8.13.0

Date: 9.9.2026

Release notes:

• A truer live map — a hunter who leaves an ongoing hunt is removed from the map, and a dog or hunter can no longer jump back to an older position
• VHF collar improvements — set a VHF-only collar's tracking interval from the handheld (the app tells you if the change can't be sent); VHF tracking keeps running when a Hybrid collar's mobile interval changes; fixed a bark indicator that could stick on; network, battery and GPS readings no longer disappear after a collar login
• SIM balance and expiry — now shown for devices where the subscription section was previously empty
• Apple sign-in — accounts affected by the Apple sign-in issue can now be repaired directly in the app's sign-in flow
• Share devices & dogs on your terms — owners can now choose what each person they share with is allowed to see
• Easier to follow the action — the dog you navigate to is drawn on top, the selected hunter is easier to spot on the map, and the timeline time picker is readable in dark mode

WeHunt App version: 8.12.2

Date: 4.9.2026

Release notes:

• Fairer stand draws — hunters who declined an invitation are no longer drawn for a stand
• Apple sign-in fixed (stuck on login screen/empty account after re-login).
• Dog alarms are audible with the app in the background — a real safety fix for ongoing hunts
• A guest's trail no longer shows movement from before they joined the hunt
• Smoother map zoom near borders/lines, redesigned device & dog settings, safer "Delete team" menu (text on bottom of the list in red text).

WeHunt App version: 8.12.0

Date: 1.9.2026

Release notes:

New 
• Everyone in a hunting team can now see the team's upcoming hunt plans and past hunts with their reports. You can also hide hunts from your own list, and a hunt creator can hand over the hunt-leader role
• Trail analysis map is much easier to work with — smoother panning and zooming, drag handles on trackpoints, and better performance on long trails
• Choose a custom trail length — the same trail-length picker is now used everywhere in the app and accepts your own value
• Create a dog directly from its collar's marker on the live map
• Better device feedback — the app now tells you when a command (like whistle or light) didn't reach the collar, and geofence settings are available to device admins
• On a fresh install your existing trail history is filled in from the backend instead of starting empty

Fixed 
• Team documents with å, ä, ö in the filename (especially PDFs) now open correctly
• Dog and hunter direction arrows now follow the map when you rotate it
• Various stability and map-rendering fixes

WeHunt App version: 8.11.4

Date: 28.8.2026

Release notes:

What's new in WeHunt 8.11.4
WeHunt 8.11.4 is here!

A lot has happened since 8.10.4, and this update brings all of it together. What's new first, then everything we've fixed.

NEW

The same trail length everywhere – and one you pick yourself:
Dogs, hunters and My position now offer exactly the same trail-length choices instead of four lists that disagreed. And if none of the steps suit you, there's "Custom…" – all the way up to 48 hours.

You'll know whether the command arrived:
Send a command to the collar and you now see whether it actually reached the collar, failed, or is still waiting – no more guessing.

Create a dog straight from the map:
No dog set up yet? Tap a device marker on the live map and you'll go straight to a New Dog screen.

WHAT WE FIXED

Collars and dog info
• Bark sensitivity on Hybrid collars can be lowered again, and the status stays put even if you close the popup: sending → waiting for collar → confirmed.
• Barking time in the dog's info panel counts the whole trail instead of dropping towards zero the moment the dog goes quiet, and now matches the red bark track.
• The extended info panel no longer cuts off barking time, trail length and owner on hybrid and Avius collars.
• Own no dogs yourself? You'll still see your team's dogs in the target list and info panel.

Maps and hunting grounds
• Your own trail fills in from the server right after a fresh install or on a new phone, instead of sitting empty until you start moving.
• Direction arrows for dogs and fellow hunters point the right way even when you've rotated the map with two fingers.

Hunts, teams and documents
• Uploaded .txt and .csv files with å, ä and ö open with the right characters.
• When you edit your team's dogs, the current dogs are already selected.

Update in the App Store or on Google Play. If something misbehaves or you have a wish – drop a comment, we read them all. 

WeHunt App version: 8.10.4

Date: 25.8.2026

Release notes:

What's new in WeHunt 8.10.4
This update includes faster maps, steadier dog trails, and a batch of fixes you've told us about.

Dog trails stay put — Dogs shared with you, or belonging to a team you follow, no longer lose their trail on the map during an ongoing hunt.

Share the dog, share the collar — As a dog handler you can now use the dog's collar too – light, sound, call and reporting interval. Settings for the device itself stay with the owner. You can also add the dog you're handling to a hunt yourself, without asking the owner.

Faster hunting ground maps — Hunting grounds load faster and are available offline. Offline maps no longer re-download every time you open the app.

Photos that don't hold you up — Add a photo to a map pin or a game report and it saves right away. The photo uploads in the background while you carry on hunting – even when coverage is patchy.

Also in this update

• Team documents with å, ä or ö can be opened again.
• Positions from your dog's collar are more accurate.
• Map pins and game reports save faster.
• A couple of display glitches in hunt replay are gone.

WeHunt App version: 8.10.1

Date: 19.8.2026

Release notes:

What's new in WeHunt 8.10.1
- Timeline replay for shared dogs.
- Administrator of the device can give viewing rights.

Fixed:

- User can now add a new Avius device to the app

- Issue with setting the bark sensitivity fixed

- Number of other fixes, stability and performance improvements under the hood.

WeHunt App version: 8.10.0

Date: 18.8.2026

Release notes:

What's new in WeHunt 8.10.0

Three new ways to keep track of your dogs, a wider view on tablets, and more control over the map and hunt replay.

Bark alarm — Set a bark limit for a dog and get an alarm when it goes over. The alarm reaches you as a notification and at the edge of the map, so you know what is happening without watching the screen. Turn it on for one dog, or for all of them at once.

Geofence — Draw a fence around an area and get an alarm each time your dog crosses out of it. The fence can be a radius from your own position, from the dog's current position or from a point on the map — or your hunting ground borders.

Share a dog — Hand viewer or admin rights on a dog to another hunter with a share code, the same way you already share a device. Shared dogs appear on the map, and you can take the access back whenever you want.

Import from Reviiri — Bring your markers, lines and areas from Reviiri straight into your club map.

Tablets in landscape — Android tablets and iPad now rotate freely, so the map gets the full width. Phones stay in portrait.

On the map

• Tap an unassigned collar on the map to pick the dog wearing it, without going to Settings.
• Change which collar a dog is wearing straight from the dog's info panel.
• Center the map on a dog or a hunter far away and it zooms in far enough to actually see them.
• When you place a pin or a game report, the position picker shows the full map: other pins, hunting ground borders, trails, teammates and your own position.

Devices and teams

• Adjust bark sensitivity on VHF collars over the handheld's Bluetooth connection.
• Artemis collars have a Network setting for choosing radio mode, on supported firmware.
• Device details show the SIM phone number, and the ID printed on your collar rather than an internal reference.
• The collar picker lists actively reporting collars first.
• Team join codes can be deleted and regenerated, and are visible only to owners and admins.

WeHunt App version: 8.9.2

Date: 7.8.2026

Release notes:

• Bug fixes & improvements
  • Number of fixes, stability and performance improvements under the hood.

Version 8.9.1 (4/08/2026)

WeHunt App version: 8.9.1

Date: 4.8.2026

Release notes:

• Bug fixes & improvements
  • Issue using Garmin devices with Garmin watch (especially Fenix 7)
  • App crashes constantly on Catepillar S75 phones (partial fix as the issue is caused by the phones graphics engine, crashes may still occur and to avoid this turn off area boundries and wind direction. A permanent fix needs to be done by the phone manufacturer).
  • The "Dog" tab disappears from the menu and returns only after reinstalling.
  • The dog's track turns red for occasional single barks; default bark sensitivity is under review.

WeHunt App version: 8.9.0

Date: 3.8.2026

Release notes:

• Bug fixes & improvements
  • Number of fixes, stability and performance improvements under the hood.

WeHunt App version: 8.8.0

Date: 26.06.2026

Release notes:

• Share lines, arrows, and trails: send them via links that open and save directly in the receiver's app.
• Garmin: if you have more than one Connect IQ device paired (for example a watch and a bike computer), you can now choose which one to use with WeHunt.
• Garmin: if your Garmin Connect Mobile app is out of date, WeHunt now shows a clear prompt with a button to update it.
• Team content toggle: show or hide all team content on the map with a single switch.
• Target list: collapsed sections now stay collapsed for the rest of your session.
• Bark sensitivity: the slider now starts from your device's actual setting instead of defaulting to 50%. If the value can't be read, you'll be prompted to bring your device online.
• Locked premium features are now shown with a lock and upgrade badge instead of being hidden. Tap one to open the upgrade options (covers dog features, wind direction, and hunting grounds import).

• Bug fixes & improvements
  • Number of fixes and performance improvements under the hood.

WeHunt App version: 8.7.2

Date: 25.06.2026

Release notes:

• Other hunters: reset their trails and choose how much of their trail is shown on the map.
• Redesigned main menu: a more compact layout that fits more items without scrolling.
• More accurate and stable GPS for your own position on iOS.
• Changing a map pin position now keeps your current zoom level.

• Bug fixes & improvements
  • Number of fixes and performance improvements under the hood.

WeHunt App version: 8.7.1

Date: 18.06.2026

Release notes:

• Device viewing rights.
• Quick POI button: add a POI at your current position with one tap.
• Save trails as a line on your map.
• Support and Help portal now available in the main menu.

• Bug fixes & improvements
  • Number of fixes and performance improvements under the hood.

WeHunt App version: 8.6.0

Date: 12/06/2026

Release notes:

•  Upgraded Reports: View, manage, and share core hunt and game reports with your team. 
•  Line & Area Drawing: Draw, measure, and save custom lines and areas. 
•  Map Editor Upgrades: Draw lines/arrows and tap to edit them instantly. 
•  Pin Sharing: Send pins via links that open and save directly in the receiver’s app. 
•  Data & Settings: Change coordinate systems, import MapPlanner private areas, and apply map view settings offline. 
•  Timeline Playback: Location timestamps now sync accurately with the timeline cursor position. 
•  Join-Code Access: Completed hunts joined via code now remain visible in your history. 
•  Game Reporting: Added an "Unknown" option for unspecified species. 
•  Dog Safety: Drop safety points on the map with custom text warnings. 
•  Visibility Control: Toggle dog tracking visibility between Private or Always Visible.

• Bug fixes & improvements
  • Number of fixes and performance improvements under the hood.