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Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
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Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr! As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what the teams have been working on recently!
New Features
Web
- New Club Mission structure out on Web, Steam and iOS. Now clubs are completing boards during the week with more variety in the mission types as well as more collaboration, where one can ask for help or request help from other club members.
- Custom Key Bindings out. One can now in Settings set their own key bindings for QWERTY, QWERTZ and AZERTY (and some other ones). Some keys are disabled from changing (like the arrow keys due to being in Google territory and also impacting other things negatively).
- New game mode Tournaments released
- China Map out in Classic Maps.
- Rebind-able Chat Hotkey - You can now open Chat using a custom hotkey. Current default keys (legacy): Chat: Enter. Chat All: Shift + Enter
- Rebind-able Teleport Hotkey. You can now teleport to your teammate using a hotkey. Default key: T
- Club missions is now added to the Homepage Widget
- Updated end of round UI in Classic & DC with new bottom bar
- Added personal insights to end of round of DC & World
- Made it much smoother to resume ongoing DC and World games
- Automated Daily Challenge Friend sidetray notifications disabled
- Real-time updates on playing status in sidetray (I.e "X" started playing X and X is playing X)
- Battle Pass Kyoto is now live.
- Party host can now bench players in any game mode (60 man party, 1v1 duel or 100 man party, 8 people tournament)
- In Spectate mode for parties you can now click one of the two players to expand them (fullscreen)
Mobile
- Android: Never miss a Daily Challenge again, turn on Streak notifications to get reminded to keep your streak alive.
- Android: Clubs are finally on Android. If you are in a Club you can now view it and see your progress. The club tab is visible on leaderboards. More to come soon!
- iOS: Battle Pass Kyoto is now live.
Updates/Changes
Web
- Daily Mission removed. Replaced with new Club Missions.
- Changing Nickname and Country has been split up into two instead of previously the one change.
- "Oops something went wrong" issue for Club actions have been replaced with the reason why an action is not working. Mostly issues with club member management.
- Users in all divisions can now access Round Analysis upon Duel completion.
- World has a new reveal animation and updated end of round UI
- Save pano functionality in World
- More granular feedback in World, Greenland no longer counts as Denmark for example
- World games can be resumed
- World games has in depth clue analysis
- Updated heat map of All in World so it's less intrusive!
- Pins in Daily Challenge can be hovered ,which shows name and distance (in vector map)
Steam
- Exit the game through the Esc button or from the Profile menu
- Search for GeoGuessr friends from the friends bar is back
Bug fixes
Web
- Fixed bugs related to Custom Key binding. Reported here, and here.
- Party: Game mode settings made in a game mode are now persisted after switching to another one
- Party: Fixed avatars disappearing when turning animation on/off
- Party: Fixed chat window that closes as players join/leave
- Party: Fixed bug that causes players who open a community party join link from the join back to not be able to go back.
- Multiplayer: Season Points UI bug fixed
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
- Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
- Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
- Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what the teams have been working on recently!
Note: To help give you a clearer idea of whats new, whats updated and whats a fix we have updated the format a little.
New Features
Web
- Weekly Analytics report, published Mondays for all users having played at least one competitive Solo Duel.
- New win animation: Herman Miller chair spin.
- New game mode selector added in Duels and Team Duels
- Added new map folders view in Parties
Steam
- Added new navigation to make it easier to access our main game modes: Daily Challenge, World, and Competitive.
Mobile
- Turbo Mode is now available for iOS.
Updates/Changes
Web
- The Daily challenge in-game leaderboard now displays round result instead of game result.
- Removed All/country tabs from the Daily challenge in-game leaderboard, we will soon launch a better comparison against all players.
- Added in-game leaderboard in the World for both clubs & friends.
- Added Daily challenge to the single player navigation menu.
- Removed win criteria in Duels in order to prolong streak.
- All users can now access Analytics page, regardless of their competitive division (previously unlocked in Gold).
- The Cactus Season for Ranked play has begun.
- Added New Map rotation for Competitive
- You can now challenge WC players from the GeoGuessr WC 2026, in Berlin.
- Rewarded all users accounts with WC NMPZ avatar hat
- Community Parties are now available through the friend sidetray.
- Notification setting can now be accessed in the friends sidetray where you can customise which ones you want enabled/disabled.
- When hiding party join information from the header, it is now accessible from the settings menu if needed (or using the URL).
- 3D avatar companion is now shown in the lobby scene for parties.
- Friends tray is now visible by default, which makes the invite from your friends bar more accessible in parties
- In Live Challenges, locations are now clickable at the end of round screen.
- Turbo mode is now available for Team Duels.
Steam
- We have re-added support for Mac devices.
Mobile
- Added information regarding the World Championship 2026, in Berlin for Android and iOS
- Added Live activities for the World Championship: Get the results on your lock screen! For iOS only.
Bug fixes
Web
- Fixed an issue where Unranked Team Duels was not showing replays.
- Fixed an issues where some players were getting randomly teleported back to spawn in Team Duels.
- Avatar rotation broken in avatar asset shop
- Fixed an issue where some positive stats were shown as negative in weekly Duels report.
- Fixed some achievements not being shown after playing competitive Duels placement games.
- Fixed an issue where some messages could disappear when a player joins a party.
- Improved the performance for 3D avatar after reloading the page in parties.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to freeze for the host in parties
- Fixed issue in parties where after a guess in presenter mode is made, the screen was mirroring the second player's screen when moving, zooming and panning.
- Fixed synching issues with spectating in parties
- Fixed a bug causing nickname not showing up after player was disconnected from parties
- Fixed a bug causing chat messages to disappear if someone joins the party simultaneously.
- Other minor UI fixes and tweak for parties.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
- Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
- Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
- Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvement/features
- It is now Possible to switch between games in Game Review.
- Added Georgia as a country in Analytics.
- Upon completion of a competitive solo Duel, players get to see stats showing a region in which they improved their accuracy/avg. score.
- Released World Championship groups and match schedule.
- Released World Championship prediction tool.
- Released information about World Championship prize pool contribution.
- Released World Championship player avatar assets in shop.
- The competitive season "Seabird" is now live.
- Updated maps for Competitive Duels.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue where right to left-scripts showed as left-to-right in Analytics world map.
- Fixed an issue where Club labels during round analysis in Game review were not placed correctly.
- Fixed a problem with incorrect World Championship player jersey previews in Shop.
- Fixed an issue where Battle pass assets could not be equipped when animations were set to off
- Fixed an issue where Players with more than 2.15bn lifetime points showed as a negative number in average score
- Fixed an issue wehre Ratings on Duels leaderboard vs profile sometimes didn't match
- Fixed an issue where Unranked team duels did not show replays
Community/Social
Features/Improvements:
- Daily Challenge Club Chat room is available on Web.
- It will now auto-refresh to join duels and team duels live. Instead of having to use the rejoin button.
- Implemented easier Invite buttons for Challenge/Team Duels in Sidetray. Also added button to invite a friend to a game or club.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed panorama date selection not working correctly for placed and imported locations.
- Fixed an issue where the message preview in the side tray sometimes didn't show the latest message.
- Links were not correct in Copy Link buttons (HTTP:// inserted twice).
- Fixed bug with not being able to report clubs when you werent in them.
- Fixed an issue where importing JSON to replace locations could cause shared maps to become unresponsive.
- Fixed issue where the Falkland Islands was highlighted as Argentina
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to use the Space barwhen writing in the input field for reporting
- Fixed issue where your profile was listed in your own Friend Sidetray.
Singleplayer:
Features/Improvements:
- Expedition and Campaign has been sunset
- Increasing streak will now give you coins and club XP from August 25th and onwards
- Map creators can now remove their own score from own maps
- Translations has been added for World
- Multiple performance improvements for mobile players
- You now have the ability to expand explorer map from profile page and view all explorer maps and their medals
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bug where guesses couldn't be made after switching language
Steam
Improvements/features
- Added World - Single player mode.
- The Daily Challenge streak is now the Daily Streak. Play a Daily Challenge, World, or Ranked Duels to keep your streak going.
- Players using email now use the OTP sign-in method.
Bug fixes
• Some achievements not being synced is now solved.
Party
Improvements/features
- Added a new Party UI and experience.
Spectate an ongoing Duel or Team Duel for late comers.
- Renamed Game Master Mode to Presenter Mode.
- Chat conversations now carry over between the lobby and in-game-
- You can now reset win counters.
- Added Party presets: save, load and share you party mode settings to others.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug causing global scoring got applied to all maps.
- Fixed a bug where the rejoin-button is presented when the player isn't in the game.
- Fixed a bug causing players not being able to join a new game round started before all players have returned to the lobby.
- Fixed so Map folders are back in the Maps selection modal.
- Fixed chromium browser dependency issues to 3D library and web-gl versions.
Presenter mode fixes:
- The presenter is now visible on web mobile.
- Players can't see the round seed location before the game is started
- Autostart round is now working as intended.
Duels/Team Duels mode fixes:
- Individual initial health/HP can now be typed instead of fixed increments.
- Kick/Ban/Ban player moderation actions are back in Team Duels.
- All players in a Team Duels party with more than 10 players are now playing when game starts.
Mobile
Features/Improvements
iOS:
- Add the Daily Challenge Club chat room.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
- Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
- Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
- Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvement/features
- Cancun Battle Pass launched
- Sandcastle season started
- Music season ended, trophies awarded
- Community Awards voting closed
- Competitive Solo Duels rating reset
- Damage dealt in the last round of a Duel did only show the actual damage dealt, not the would-have-been damage if opponent had more HP
- New navigation UI for Duels leaderboards/seasons
Bug
- Ranked leaderboard in Solo Duels broken on mobile browser
- Sending a guess in Turbo mode when there was 10-15 seconds remaining did not drop the timer to 10 seconds
- Fixed an issues where it was possible to skip game countdown in Unranked Team Duels by pressing Esc
- Fixed an issue where Pre-reset Investigations cases used old ratings, making them non-investigable to players with the new and lower post-reset rating
Singleplayer
Improvements/features
- New singleplayer game mode: World
- Streaks can be extended by playing DC, World or winning ranked Duels
- New Map page which combines the classic och community maps
- Updated navigation on the start page
Steam
Improvements/features:
- Introducing Daily Streak, where either playing Daily Challenge or winning a ranked Duels contributes to your streak
- Updated ranked leaderboards to align across platforms
Community
Improvements/features
New Additions to Investigations:
- Added Classic Games span for the reported player.
- Added Account Level span for the reported player.
- Added a "How it Works" page with more information about how Investigations work and how cases are handled.
- Replaced "Insufficient Evidence" with a Skip button to make it clearer when you're unsure about a case.
- Added the round timer to the replay, making it easier to evaluate player decisions in context.
Notifications on user reports:
- Now users get notifications when they report an individual and action has been taken on our end.
Blocking:
- You can now block another user from the game. And their messages wont be shown in Clubs and they cant message you.
Reporting Chat message:
- You can now report individual messages in Friend Chat and Club chat.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
- Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
- Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
- Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvements/Features:
- Updated Maps in Competitive Duels
- Updated leaderboard design in Competitive Duels.
- Opened up voting for Community Awards.
- Introduced rating decay in Ranked Duels
- Inactivity demotion + Demotion shield in ranked Duels Gold division
- New Duels Game Summary UI, including location analysis (available to Bronze, Silver and Gold players)
- Published Wildcard 2 bracket on World Championship site
Bug fixes
- Fixed a broken notification when inviting a friend to a Team Duel
Steam
Improvements/features:
- Clubs are now available on Steam
Bug fixes
- Fixed duels leaderboard UI bug causing division logo etc to disappear/be cropped
- Fixed (daily) Duels point tokens not handed out as expected.
Community
Updates/Features:
- Released 5 new emotes. 2 included for Elite subscribers and 3 purchasable with coins from the Shop.
- Added the option to block a user on the Profile page.
- Added Tab information on what a user is doing and if any notifications
- Added the option to add a message when sending a Friend Requests.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
- Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
- Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
- Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Patch Notes 12th Jun 2026Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvement/Features
- Launched the new Music season and handed out trophies for Turtle season.
- Closed Community Awards nomination phase and Voting phase is now open
- Launched "Challenge World League players" on World Championship page
- Launched the Analytics feature, available to all users (in Gold division or above). Learn more here
Singleplayer
Improvement/Features
- Default time setting of Classic has been set to 3 minutes instead of unlimited.
- In Daily challenge you can now view learning clues afterwards in the "My games" tab.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug with streak looking broken after gameplay even though it wasn't.
- Fixed issue with country feedback in DC and Classic not working in Safari.
- Fixed an issue with Reunion in Country Streak.
Mobile
Improvement/Features
- Both iOS and Android now supports playing in the divisions, with Move, NM, and NMPZ with the same rules as on web.
- OTP (one-time password) login method now launched for iOS. Read more on this here.
Steam
Improvement/Features
- We've updated the account management UI. You can now manage your GeoGuessr account and get an overview of account connection directly from Steam. This should make things easier for new account connections, and full control for those already linked.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed bug causing multiple Steam windows when alt-tabbing in Windows
Community
Improvements/Features
- We have now expanded levels in Clubs, as well as added new club-tag as reward.
- You can now report technical issues with rounds in Multiplayer through Game Summary (guesses not registering and black panoramas). If verified, your ELO will be refunded, As such you no longer need to create support tickets/bug reports to request ELO refunds for these types of issue.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where you could only close side tray in game using ESC.
- Fixed an issue where you saw your previous Club weekly recap when starting a new club.
- Fixed an issue with the Side tray collapsing when list is empty.
- Fixed a bug with the Map Maker showing same date for panorama picker.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
- Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
- Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
- Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvements/Features
World Championships updates:
- Berlin Weekend Schedule
- Community Awards Nominations live
- Costume Competition information
- Opera PC Man bundle
- Publish Play-In page
Bug Fixes
- Guess button under map no longer flickers when hovering while having maximum map size
- Both team members' names now show up in Team Duels replays table
- Fixed broken Play again button in BRC
- Fixed issue with big black arrows (among other things) showing up in Duels
- Replays in Duels now always show the correct starting heading
- Some users did not get their end-of-season trophies for Turtle season - Now they do
- Fixed bug causing challenge replay not showing the correct round
Mobile
iOS
- We now prompt players to verify their email if they use email + password as a login option*
- The Clubs feature is now available on iOS
*This is part of upcoming changes that will affect all platforms in the near future. We will be transitioning to using a OTP Login method (One Time Password) instead of email and password. Starting with the iOS app. You can read more about this here.
Community
Improvements/Features
- Released the new Activity page with updated UI. It now includes Party-games and more context to Duels to be able to differentiate between them.
- Have added the a prompt to add an opponent as friend in Multiplayer games, post game.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed and issues with the new side tray that made it not possible to close by clicking outside when opening a game
- Old chat messages are now shown as "last message" in the side tray.
Steam
Improvements/features:
- GeoGuessr side tray with your GeoGuessr friends is now available, replacing the current Steam-friends tray, allowing you to, e.g., see what friends are playing, add/view GG friend player profiles, and chat with friends across platforms (web & steam).
- Player profiles are now live on Steam from the side tray.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
- Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
- Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
- Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always, the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvements/Features
- Launched Turbo mode in Solo Duels
- Turtle Season started in Solo Duels
- Published page with information about WC finals in Berlin
- World Championship: Published overall timeline and Wildcard info
- New map selection for competitive Duels (Solo and Team)
- Added Point tokens in Bronze, Silver and Gold divisions in competitive Solo Duels
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug causing the map info in Duels saying "Unknown"
- Fixed bug causing Stone Season trophies not being claimed by some users
- Fixed bug causing some users to automatically requeue competitive Duels after a game, causing big elo rating drops
- Fixed bug some times causing incorrect matchmaking logic the first match of the week in competitive Duels (Solo and Team)
- Improved UI for competitive Solo Duels on Mobile Web, ensuring Multipliers don't hide HP bars
Community
Improvements/Features
- It is now possible to remove your results from your own Map.
- Released a new and improved friends side Tray.
- Implemented a new support portal. Users can access this from Web, mobile or Steam, and will be logged into their account automatically.
Steam
Improvements/features:
- New Steam players must create and log in using a GeoGuessr account to play on Steam Edition.
- Both Monthly and Yearly subscribers to the web, Unlimited and Elite, are now eligible to play the Steam edition including Steam Pass features.
- The Daily Challenge is now available on the Steam Edition.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvements:
- Stone Season launched in competitive Solo Duels, April 1st!
- Ice Season ended April 1st, handing out trophies to participating players.
- individual Multipliers has now replaced Mutual Multipliers in Solo and Team Duels.
- Unlocked No Move for Bronze and Silver divisions in competitive Solo/Team Duels.
- In Party Duels, users will now see a red flash when there's 15 seconds left of a round (when round time is applied).
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed misc. bugs with the trophy case editor.
- Fixed previous weeks' leaderboards so that they now show the correct division players were promoted/demoted to
- Now showing full damage dealt information in game breakdown, not just how much hp was deducted (when damage was bigger than remaining hp)
- Fixed bug that made the Unranked Team Duels replays appear missing until a player actively selected a round
- Greatly reduced share of black panos in competitive Solo and Team Duels
- Fixed bug causing incorrect promotion/demotion limiters in animated leaderboards for competitive Solo/Team Duels
- Fixed it so that when clicking on a location in a Duels game summary, the location is always panned in the same direction as in the game.
- Fixed bug causing your teammate to appear not-present in Team Duels queue (saying "Waiting for team member").
Community:
Improvements:
- Added the ability for club owners to be able to remove pending club invites
- You can now see your Club leaderboard position within the club
- Added a weekly recap to Clubs so you can see your contributions.
- Chat improvements: You can now press Shift+Enter to start a new row!
- Members of the Content Creator program + Verified Users can now set custom images as a thumbnail for created Maps.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed regular club members being able to access the admin tab for clubs
- Fixed a bug that caused the Personal Bio widget to have no character limit.
Mobile
iOS & Android
- Daily Challenge no longer requires a pro subscription.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
Thank you for continuing to play GeoGuessr!
As always the team is hard at work updating the game and resolving issues reported by you. Read on to find out what we've been working on recently!
Multiplayer
Improvements/Features
- Added Continuous chat in Duels, including pre-game, in-game, and post-game.
Bug Fixes
- Bug causing Unranked Duels to not count towards profile stats nor give XP has been resolved.
- Fixed broken post-game screen in Competitive Duels placement games.
Community
Improvements/Features
- Invited to Club button added to profile Profile mini-card as well as Profile page (when you have available space in your Club)
- We have added a Club name modal when hovering on the Club tag, as requested here.
- Usernames/Avatar is now clickable when in Club chat.
- We have add some chat improvements to Club chat - Mentions (being able to tag someone in the chat with @), Reactions added, Shift + Enter for line-break, rich internal links as well as third-party links added.
- Chat improvements to friend chat. Reactions, Shift + Enter for line-break, rich internal links as well as third-party links added.
- Club tags added to Map and Challenges Leaderboards
- Possible to see all contributors to a weekly mission in Clubs as per this request.
- Represent your Club with the newly added Club Avatar assets. Unlocked through to the Club progression track.
- Better visualisation for club management by club owner (fixed hidden side scroll option to remove a user).
- Club leaderboard placement added within the club home.
Bugs
- Fixed an issue where the challenge results page would reload the map when new results were fetched.
- We have simplified invite flow for Club owner and invited user.
If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions for us you can submit them through the relevant channels below:
Bug Reports: For bugs you and others are experiencing when playing GeoGuessr.
Feature Request: For suggestions and ideas you would like to see implemented on GeoGuessr.
Customer Support: For individual issues related to your account, billing, subscriptions and more.
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