Nick Patrick

Thanks to our customers and partners, 2022 was a big year at Radar. And we can't wait to show you what we have in store for 2023.

We recently hosted the first-ever Radar IRL, where nearly 100 product and digital leaders gathered to discuss the past, present, and future of location tech. Read the recap and catch up on everything we announced.

We've raised a $55 million Series C led by Insight Partners to build location infrastructure for every product and service.

Our vision is location infrastructure for every product and service, and a big vision means making big bets. Today, we're transitioning from radar.io to radar.com.

Starting on March 29, 2021, apps submitted to the Google Play Store must receive approval to access location in the background. Learn tips and best practices for getting approved.

QR codes are cool again because they're a lightweight, contactless way to unlock a digital experience tied to a physical location. But many large retailers and QSRs are turning to another, more powerful technology: geofencing.

2020 has been a year of massive change. Location, and how we interact with the physical world, is more important than ever. To focus Radar and our customers on the massive opportunity in front of us, we've refreshed our mission and vision.

We're excited to welcome Charlene Lee as Director of Product and David Blackman as Director of Engineering.

iOS 14 allows users to share only their approximate location with apps rather than their precise location. In this post, we explain the changes and how to prepare.

The new APIs are free up to 100,000 API requests per month and $0.50 per 1,000 API calls thereafter.

In a time of social distancing, QSRs and retailers are switching from in-store transactions to curbside pickup, BOPIS (buy-online-pickup-in-store), and delivery. Learn how Radar can help you power these experiences.

Location tracking involves tradeoffs between accuracy, frequency, and battery efficiency. Learn how Radar SDK v3 can help you choose the right balance for your use case.

We've raised a $20 million Series B round led by Accel to build developer-friendly, privacy-first location data infrastructure. We're also introducing new building blocks for location-aware apps.

We're open-sourcing our SDK, introducing new tracking options and tools for data minimization.

We're launching new building blocks for location-aware apps: geocoding, search, and routing APIs.

Startups less than 2 years old, with less than $5M in funding, or with fewer than 20 employees can apply to get 1 year of Radar for free.

iOS 13 and Android 10 introduce changes to location permissions. In this post, we explain how to prepare for the changes.

The integration lets customers stream Radar events to Lytics to power location-based user profiles and segmentation.

Android Q and iOS 13 introduce new location permissions. In this post, we explain the changes, as well as best practices for building with location on iOS 13, Android Q, and beyond.

To continue our rapid growth, we're thrilled to announce that we've raised an $8 million Series A round led by Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from Accel, Heavybit, Scott Belsky, and Ashley Smith.

Add location context to your analytics by sending Radar events and user state to Amplitude.

We take privacy very seriously. Read about the data we collect, how we collect it, and how we use it.

The integration lets customers trigger location-based workflows and create location-based user segments in Iterable.

Send Radar events and user state to Firebase Cloud Functions to trigger push notifications and more.

The new Radar JavaScript SDK brings the power of location context to the web, including geofencing, home and work detection, and place detection.

The integration lets customers sync locations from Brandify to geofences in Radar.

Automatically sync geofences to Radar nightly from a private AWS S3 bucket.

The integration lets customers trigger location-based push notifications in Urban Airship.

Tim will lead the way as we aggressively scale our tech stack and engineering team.

We're thrilled to announce that we've raised a $2 million seed round led by Accel.

Now it's easier than ever to monitor the chains and categories that matter to your app.

The integration lets customers sync locations from Yext to geofences in Radar with just a few clicks.

Radar helps developers move faster, and we love MongoDB because it helps us move faster, too.

To show how simple it is to use Radar + Segment, we built an app that posts to Slack when employees enter or exit the office.

Radar SDK v1.2 is now available to all developers.

iOS 11 and Android O, still in developer preview, introduce new background location restrictions.

Radar can now tell you when a user visits a place, chain, or category even if you haven't set up a geofence for that place.

Two months ago, we launched Radar. We've been thrilled by the response so far, and we wanted to share our progress with you.

We're excited to introduce a React Native module for Radar with support for iOS and Android.

This is the tutorial I wish I had as an iOS developer learning Android location services.

We're ten years into the smartphone era, but building products and services with location is still too hard. We're building Radar to change this.