Orb Changelog

Release notes and full changelog for Orb app & platform.

February 26, 2026

android
Android
1.4.5
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
ios
iOS
1.4.5
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

February 25, 2026

windows
Windows
1.4.8
  • Bug Fix: Live Orb Score in the system tray was interfering with view-only mode setting. This has been resolved.
  • Optimization: Live Orb Score in system tray is now enabled by default.
  • Optimization: Clearer design and improved readability of the Live Orb Score in system tray.
macos
macOS
1.4.8
  • Bug Fix: Live Orb Score in the status bar was interfering with view-only mode setting. This has been resolved.
  • Optimization: Live Orb Score is now enabled by default.
  • Optimization: Clearer design and improved readability of the Live Orb Score in status bar.
cli
CLI
1.4.10
  • Support for custom speed endpoints
  • Improved WiFi detection on Linux
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

February 24, 2026

windows
Windows
1.4.7
  • New Feature: Your Orb Score is now displayed in the system tray
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

February 21, 2026

macos
macOS
1.4.7
  • New Feature: Your Orb Score is now displayed in the status bar
  • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue with Wi-Fi Metrics reporting
  • Other bug fixes and optimizations

February 19, 2026

Orb Cloud
  • New Feature: Guest Orbs. Guest Orbs let you invite users into your Orb network and gain real-time internet experience metrics instantly. Read more about Guest Orbs in our Blog.

February 18, 2026

macos
macOS
1.4.6
  • Enhanced Orb linking options and visibility to streamline connecting devices to Orb Cloud Spaces.
  • Analytics outputs now include detailed Wi-Fi information.
  • Bug fixes and optimizations.

February 17, 2026

ios
iOS
1.4.3
  • Enhanced Orb linking options and visibility to streamline connecting devices to Orb Cloud Spaces.
  • Analytics outputs now include detailed Wi-Fi information.
  • Bug fixes and optimizations.

February 16, 2026

cli
CLI
1.4.7
  • Support for WiFi Metrics reporting
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

February 13, 2026

windows
Windows
1.4.6
  • Enhanced Orb linking options and visibility to streamline connecting devices to Orb Cloud Spaces.
  • Analytics outputs now include detailed Wi-Fi information.
  • Bug fixes and optimizations.
android
Android
1.4.3
  • Enhanced Orb linking options and visibility to streamline connecting devices to Orb Cloud Spaces.
  • Analytics outputs now include detailed Wi-Fi information.
  • Bug fixes and optimizations.

February 6, 2026

macos
macOS
1.4.5
  • Bug Fix: Start in Background setting was causing a crash, this has been resolved.
windows
Windows
1.4.5
  • Bug Fix: Start in Background setting was causing a crash, this has been resolved.
  • Bug Fix: Launch in Startup setting was creating incorrect short-cut, this has been resolved.

February 2, 2026

windows
Windows
1.4.4
  • Improvement: When view-only mode is initialized, the app will prompt users to unlink that Orb to free up space on account. This is useful when only using a device to monitor other Orbs on account.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug that was forcing account log out for some users between sessions.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service acknowledgement was being displayed repeatedly for some users.
macos
macOS
1.4.4
  • Improvement: When view-only mode is initialized, the app will prompt users to unlink that Orb to free up space on account. This is useful when only using a device to monitor other Orbs on account.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug that was forcing account log out for some users between sessions.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service acknowledgement was being displayed repeatedly for some users.
android
Android
1.4.2
  • Improvement: When view-only mode is initialized, the app will prompt users to unlink that Orb to free up space on account. This is useful when only using a device to monitor other Orbs on account.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug that was forcing account log out for some users between sessions.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service acknowledgement was being displayed repeatedly for some users.
ios
iOS
1.4.2
  • Improvement: When view-only mode is initialized, the app will prompt users to unlink that Orb to free up space on account. This is useful when only using a device to monitor other Orbs on account.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug that was forcing account log out for some users between sessions.
  • Bug fix: Fixed a bug where updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service acknowledgement was being displayed repeatedly for some users.

January 30, 2026

cli
CLI
1.4.3
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

Note: see changes in 1.4.2 release notes


January 29, 2026

cli
CLI
1.4.2
  • New feature: Configurable Web Responsiveness endpoints
  • Improvement: Disable first hop discovery if no socket permission
  • Improvement: Handle sleep and wake events on Windows
  • Improvement: OpenWRT initialization scripts use ephemeral mode by default
  • Bug fix: Retry deployment token application if initially offline
  • Bug fix: MacOS device name fallback for default hostname
  • Bug fix: Cleanup Sensor shutdown
  • New Architecture Support: Cortex-a15-3x arch (voxel entware)

Note: this version was partially distributed. See 1.4.3 for latest changes.


January 21, 2026

macos
macOS
1.4.3
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations.

January 20, 2026

windows
Windows
1.4.3
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations.

January 13, 2026

windows
Windows
1.4.2
  • Fixed issue with cross-verified Responsiveness measurement where outage conditions for one endpoint would impact the overall recorded Lag.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations
macos
macOS
1.4.1
  • Fixed issue with cross-verified Responsiveness measurement where outage conditions for one endpoint would impact the overall recorded Lag.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations
ios
iOS
1.4.1
  • Fixed issue with cross-verified Responsiveness measurement where outage conditions for one endpoint would impact the overall recorded Lag.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations
android
Android
1.4.1
  • Fixed issue with cross-verified Responsiveness measurement where outage conditions for one endpoint would impact the overall recorded Lag.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations

January 12, 2026

cli
CLI
1.4.1
  • Fixed issue with cross-verified Responsiveness measurement where outage conditions for one endpoint would impact the overall recorded Lag.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations

January 8, 2026

android
Android
1.4.0
  • ICMP testing is removed from the measurement protocol by default for responsiveness and reliability. ICMP measurements can be re-enabled in-app by tapping on the Orb menu (...) and toggling on "Include ICMP". Read more about this change in our blog.
  • New controls to disable router responsiveness measurements are available in the Orb menu (...). Disabling router responsiveness can be useful when the network blocks ICMP traffic or if the Orb is running on your router.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations.
macos
macOS
1.4.0
  • ICMP testing is removed from the measurement protocol by default for responsiveness and reliability. ICMP measurements can be re-enabled in-app by tapping on the Orb menu (...) and toggling on "Include ICMP". Read more about this change in our blog.
  • New controls to disable router responsiveness measurements are available in the Orb menu (...). Disabling router responsiveness can be useful when the network blocks ICMP traffic or if the Orb is running on your router.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations.
windows
Windows
1.4.0
  • ICMP testing is removed from the measurement protocol by default for responsiveness and reliability. ICMP measurements can be re-enabled in-app by tapping on the Orb menu (...) and toggling on "Include ICMP". Read more about this change in our blog.
  • New controls to disable router responsiveness measurements are available in the Orb menu (...). Disabling router responsiveness can be useful when the network blocks ICMP traffic or if the Orb is running on your router.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations.
ios
iOS
1.4.0
  • ICMP testing is removed from the measurement protocol by default for responsiveness and reliability. ICMP measurements can be re-enabled in-app by tapping on the Orb menu (...) and toggling on "Include ICMP". Read more about this change in our blog.
  • New controls to disable router responsiveness measurements are available in the Orb menu (...). Disabling router responsiveness can be useful when the network blocks ICMP traffic or if the Orb is running on your router.
  • Bug fixes and performance optimizations.

January 5, 2026

cli
CLI
1.4.0
  • ICMP testing is removed from the measurement protocol by default for responsiveness and reliability. ICMP measurements can be re-enabled through an environment variable (ORB_INTERNET_ENABLE_ICMP) in configuration. Read more about this change in our blog.
  • Ephemeral Mode is now supported allowing the Orb sensor to better preserve the flash by not writing to disk. This will benefit flash-based devices like Raspberry Pis, however, note that stats will not persist when the device reboots or Orb stops running. This mode must be enabled through an environment variable (ORB_EPHEMERAL_MODE).

December 2, 2025

macos
macOS
1.3.7
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

December 1, 2025

ios
iOS
1.3.5
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
android
Android
1.3.5
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

November 25, 2025

Orb Cloud
  • New feature: Live Metrics streaming! Spin up a live metrics session to stream real-time active measurements for any online Orb. From the Status screen, click ... next to any online Orb and select "Live Metrics", a new window will open with a custom URL. Share this URL with IT help desk, customer support, or for remote troubleshooting. You must have an Orb account and be an admin to use this feature.
windows
Windows
1.3.9
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
cli
CLI
1.3.9
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

November 19, 2025

windows
Windows
1.3.8
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
macos
macOS
1.3.6
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
ios
iOS
1.3.4
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
android
Android
1.3.4
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

November 17, 2025

cli
CLI
1.3.7
  • New MIPSLE Debian Package
  • New docker packages for the following architectures:
    • AMD 64 MUSL
    • ARM v7 MUSL
  • New account linking functionality via a QR code
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

October 29, 2025

windows
Windows
1.3.7
  • New feature: access all Orbs from the app! Users can now switch between spaces within the app under settings/account.
  • Optimization: start up time to measurement
  • Improvement: Orb will run on Windows Server without Wireless LAN Service installed.
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
macos
macOS
1.3.5
  • New feature: access all Orbs from the app! Users can now switch between spaces within the app under settings/account.
  • Optimization: start up time to measurement
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
android
Android
1.3.3
  • New feature: access all Orbs from the app! Users can now switch between spaces within the app under settings/account.
  • Optimization: start up time to measurement
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
ios
iOS
1.3.3
  • New feature: access all Orbs from the app! Users can now switch between spaces within the app under settings/account.
  • Optimization: start up time to measurement
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

October 28, 2025

cli
CLI
1.3.6
  • Improvement: Orb will run on Windows Server without Wireless LAN Service installed
  • New architecture support: mips_24kc
  • New architecture support: aarch64-cortex-a76
  • Optimization: start up time to measurement
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

October 6, 2025

windows
Windows
1.3.5
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
macos
macOS
1.3.4
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
cli
CLI
1.3.3
  • Improved Router Lag measurement
  • Enhanced summary data configurability
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
android
Android
1.3.2
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
ios
iOS
1.3.2
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

September 30, 2025

Orb Cloud
  • Original release of Orb Cloud 1.0

September 25, 2025

macos
macOS
1.3.3
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

September 24, 2025

windows
Windows
1.3.4
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

September 19, 2025

windows
Windows
1.3.3
  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
android
Android
1.3.1
  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

September 18, 2025

cli
CLI
1.3.1
  • Fix potential disconnected startup failure cases
  • Fix rare latency measurement beyond timeout
  • Better environment variable support in systemd services
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

September 17, 2025

macos
macOS
1.3.2
  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
ios
iOS
1.3.1
  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

September 11, 2025

ios
iOS
1.3.0
  • New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

  • New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

  • Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

  • Optimization: In mobile apps, when engaging the app from the background in certain edge cases, we observed spikes in the responsiveness metrics. We have applied some optimizations to reduce the frequency of this behavior.


September 10, 2025

windows
Windows
1.3.2
  • New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

  • New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

  • Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

  • Windows bug: System tray now includes an “Orb” label.

  • Windows bug: Previously when “launch Orb at startup” and “launch in background” was enabled, the Orb would not display in other apps until it was foregrounded on the Windows machine. This has been resolved.

macos
macOS
1.3.1
  • New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

  • New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

  • New feature: Start in background & hide dock icon Two new app settings are available in macOS. Start in background, when enabled, will start Orb in the background whenever it’s launched. Hide dock icon, when enabled, will not show the Orb icon in the dock, users will need to access the app from the system tray. You can find these settings under the settings menu/app settings.

  • Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

android
Android
1.3.0
  • New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

  • New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

  • Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

  • Android Bug: When using Android 16, the app overlapped with the device status bar. This has been resolved.

  • Optimization: In mobile apps, when engaging the app from the background in certain edge cases, we observed spikes in the responsiveness metrics. We have applied some optimizations to reduce the frequency of this behavior.


September 9, 2025

cli
CLI
1.3.0
  • Bug fixes and optimizations
  • Support for Orb app 1.3 features

September 2, 2025

cli
CLI
1.2.2
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

August 12, 2025

cli
CLI
1.2.1
  • Bug: Fixed a bug where lag would spike incorrectly at launch in some edge cases
  • Minor bug fixes and optimizations

July 28, 2025

macos
macOS
1.2.0
  • Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

    • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.
  • New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

  • Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

  • Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

  • New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

  • Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

  • Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

ios
iOS
1.2.0
  • Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

    • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.
  • New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

  • Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

  • Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

  • New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

  • Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

  • Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

android
Android
1.2.0
  • Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

    • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.
  • New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

  • Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

  • Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

  • New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

  • Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

  • Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

windows
Windows
1.2.0
  • Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

    • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.
  • New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

  • Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

  • Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

  • New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

  • Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

  • Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

  • Bug: Fixed a bug where double-clicking Orb from the system tray was causing the UI to freeze.

  • Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

cli
CLI
1.2.0
  • Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

    • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.
  • Support for configurable speed testing

  • Support reporting time-to-first-byte and dns resolve time in apps

  • Enhancement: improved accuracy of responsiveness measurements

  • Bug fixes and optimizations (as always).


July 24, 2025

cli
CLI
1.1.6
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

July 18, 2025

cli
CLI
1.1.5
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

July 15, 2025

cli
CLI
1.1.4
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

July 11, 2025

macos
macOS
1.1.2
  • Bug: Fixed a potential memory leak that may cause increased memory usage over long periods of time and may even increase CPU usage.

July 4, 2025

cli
CLI
1.1.2
  • Bug: Fixed a bug causing retention of stale data.
  • New package for aarch64_cortex-a72
  • New package for arm_xscale
  • New binary for linux-armv5-musl

June 28, 2025

android
Android
1.1.2
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements
  • Fixes issue where web load measurements were not being executed
ios
iOS
1.1.2
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements
  • Fixes issue where web load measurements were not being executed

June 27, 2025

macos
macOS
1.1.1
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
  • Improved logging to better diagnose issues
  • Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements
windows
Windows
1.1.1
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
  • Cleaner quit behavior, more reliable auto-start, and smoother updates
  • Improved logging to better diagnose issues
  • Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements
cli
CLI
1.1.1
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements
ios
iOS
1.1.1
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements

This version was only released to Early Access users

android
Android
1.1.1
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements

This version was only released to Early Access users


June 25, 2025

windows
Windows
1.1.0
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
  • Cleaner quit behavior, more reliable auto-start, and smoother updates
  • Improved logging to better diagnose issues

This version was only released to Early Access users

macos
macOS
1.1.0
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
  • Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
  • Improved logging to better diagnose issues

This version was only released to Early Access users

ios
iOS
1.1.0
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
  • Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you

This version was only released to Early Access users


June 23, 2025

cli
CLI
1.1.0
  • Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
  • New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
  • Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues

June 16, 2025

cli
CLI
1.0.9
  • Redefine orb_score in orb summary response as the most recent populated timeframe of each component (Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed)
  • Add optional summary host argument (orb summary ) for getting summary from another Orb on the LAN
  • Measure DNS resolve time for upcoming app addition

June 12, 2025

cli
CLI
1.0.8
  • Bug: Fixed a broken docker build

June 9, 2025

cli
CLI
1.0.7
  • CLI for OpenWrt packages only:
    • fix packages for arm_cortex-a9
    • New packages for aarch64_cortex-a53_neon-vfpv4
    • Micrond is now a recommended package instead of a dependency
  • Bug: fixed a bug causing a potential crash edge case

June 5, 2025

ios
iOS
1.0.4
  • Bug: Reverted to static onboarding images as the animated images were causing rendering issues.

June 4, 2025

android
Android
1.0.4
  • Bug: Reverted to static onboarding images as the animated images were causing rendering issues.

June 3, 2025

windows
Windows
1.0.24
  • Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
  • Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • New feature: Launch Orb at startup setting
  • New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
  • Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
  • Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
  • Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:

June 2, 2025

macos
macOS
1.0.4
  • Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
  • Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
  • Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
  • Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
  • Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:
android
Android
1.0.3
  • Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
  • Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
  • Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
  • Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
  • Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:
ios
iOS
1.0.3
  • Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
  • Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
  • Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
  • Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
  • Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:
  • Bug: fixed a flash when launching the app on iOS

May 30, 2025

cli
CLI
1.0.6
  • New support: New openwrt architecture support