Here’s a list of iNat updates for January 2025.
General
- Two new Computer Vision models were released, 2.18 and 2.19!
- iNat conducted a webinar about plant phenology and how to annotate plant observations on iNaturalist!
- The iNat team continues to gather feedback for the iNaturalist Next app, which has been soft-launched for iPhones.
- Continued work on API v2 - curators can test it and provide feedback, see this topic
- Many additional translations throughout the websites and apps - you can help
Website
- Added functionality to search for observations by time of day.
- Various small bug fixes and changes.
Android
- Several bugfix releases, the latest of which is 1.36.5 (625)
- The Android app’s replacement continues to be in pre-Alpha testing
Legacy iOS & iPadOS
- No new version release
- Fixed a minor server-side bug that affected photo editing in observations.
Seek
- No monthly challenges will be released for the foreseeable future.
- Internal testing with an updated onboard model
iNaturalist Next (currently iPhone only)
- Version 0.54.1 released, with multiple bug fixes and updates
- Please provide feedback if you’re using it! There’s an option in the app’s side menu to do so.
iNat Blog
- January 3rd: New Computer Vision Model (v2.18) with nearly 1,500 new species!
- January 8th: Those are Some Spiky Caterpillars! - Observation of the Week, 1/8/25
- January 9th: December 2024 News Highlights
- January 21st: Spider Egg Sac, or Cotton Candy? - Observation of the Week, 1/21/25
- January 22nd: Phenology in Focus: Exploring Plant Cycles with iNaturalist
- January 28th: Slime Mold Sporangia - Observation of the Week, 1/28/25
- January 30th: New Computer Vision Model (v2.19) with over 2,000 new species!
For even more bug fixes and updates, check out iNaturalist on github and see previous monthly updates.