Welcome to MotionTools API Announcements

This site provides updates about MotionTools API changes and related new features as well as upcoming and past deprecations.

Change announcements

You can find details about recently added or enhanced features on our API here, with usage notes and links to related API documentation and other resources.

October 14, 2026 Optimize routes for the vehicle that drives them1
October 7, 2026 ETA notifications now only arrive when the estimates change2
September 30, 2026 The tour ETA notification now carries the estimates3
September 23, 2026 A reworked active tour experience in the driver apps4
September 9, 2026 Optimize large routes without waiting on the request5
September 9, 2026 Restrict drivers from going online6
August 26, 2026 Notes on the data you work with7
August 12, 2026 Smarter stop grouping: same-destination safeguard and merged content8
July 22, 2026 A home for reports9
July 15, 2026 Automatic stop groups for stops created from places10
More changes can be found here11. You can also subscribe12 to our Changelog Atom feed13 to receive updates.

Upcoming deprecations

As our product evolves we sometimes make way for newer features to replace older ones. This can involve potentially breaking changes to existing features. To keep the operational impact small we announce such changes here before their sunset.

Announced March 11, 2026 Due June 4, 2026 Pending
Deprecation of active_hailing_booking_ids user field14
Announced April 29, 2026 Due September 16, 2026 Pending
Deprecation of hailing/failure_reasons endpoint15
Announced June 24, 2026 Due September 30, 2026 Pending
Deprecation of the admin.places permission indicator16
Announced September 9, 2026 Due October 7, 2026 Pending
Deprecation of large synchronous route optimizations17
Announced July 15, 2026 Due October 7, 2026 Pending
Deprecation of the completion_requirements.fail indicator18
Announced May 7, 2026 Due November 6, 2026 Pending
Deprecation of tour earnings attribute and webhook19
More deprecations can be found here20. You can also subscribe12 to our Deprecations Atom feed21 to receive updates.

Links in this article

  1. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/10/14/optimize-routes-for-the-selected-vehicle.html
  2. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/10/07/eta-notifications-only-when-arrivals-change.html
  3. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/09/30/eta-notifications-carry-the-estimates.html
  4. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/09/23/reworked-active-tour-experience.html
  5. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/09/09/asynchronous-route-optimization.html
  6. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/09/09/restrict-drivers-from-going-online.html
  7. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/08/26/generic-notes-api.html
  8. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/08/12/smarter-stop-grouping-rules.html
  9. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/07/22/generic-reports-api.html
  10. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/changelog/2026/07/15/automatic-stop-groups-from-places.html
  11. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/categories/changelog
  12. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/feeds.html
  13. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/feed/Changelog.xml
  14. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/deprecations/2026/03/11/deprecation-of-active-hailing-booking-ids.html
  15. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/deprecations/2026/04/29/deprecation-of-hailing-failure-reasons-endpoint.html
  16. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/deprecations/2026/06/24/deprecation-of-admin-places-permission-indicator.html
  17. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/deprecations/2026/09/09/large-synchronous-route-optimizations.html
  18. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/deprecations/2026/07/15/deprecation-of-completion-requirements-fail-indicator.html
  19. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/deprecations/2026/05/07/tour-earnings-attribute-and-webhook.html
  20. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/categories/deprecations
  21. https://docs.motiontools.io/announcements/feed/Deprecations.xml