Here are iNaturalist updates from May 2026!
General updates
- iNat staff held two webinars: one about identifying arthropods, the other for new users
- A new Computer Vision model was released!
Product updates
Website
- Added a new date/time chooser for collection projects
- Various small bug fixes
iNaturalist (new app)
Released versions 1.0.20 (210) and 1.0.21 (212)
- When a user logs in and they have 100 or more observations, the app now automatically switches to advanced mode.
- If a user with 100 observations or more is already logged in and updates the app to 1.0.21, they’ll see a dismissible a banner suggesting they might want to switch to advanced mode if they are in standard mode
- Bug fix: sounds are no longer removed when upload fails.
- Bug fix: you could not go back to the Match screen when editing an observation
- Bug fix: crash when uploading some photos from photo library
- Bug fix: in the standard camera, you can delete photos from the camera screen without losing any others
- Minor improvements
- Continued behind the scenes work for an Android version
Android
- No updates
Seek
- No updates
iNaturalist Classic
- No updates
For even more bug fixes and updates, check out iNaturalist on github and see previous monthly updates.
iNat Blog
- May 4: Identifying on iNaturalist: Getting Started with Arthropods
- May 13: CNC 2026 Results: Thank You for Bringing the World Together for Biodiversity!
- May 15: Introduction to iNaturalist: Turn Your Curiosity Into Discovery
- May 20: Updated computer vision model and geomodel with over 1,300 new taxa