Latest Developments Regarding Hubstaff's Products and Business Endeavors
In August 2025, Hubstaff, the popular time tracking, productivity, and project management software, has introduced a series of updates aimed at improving user interface, automation, integration, and security. These updates are designed to provide better project management, accurate productivity tracking, and seamless team oversight across multiple devices and locations.
Enhanced Timer Functionality
The latest update to Hubstaff's desktop app transforms it into a command center. Users can now add or edit time entries, create projects and tasks, switch between them, add notes, and mark tasks as done—all without leaving the timer interface. The mobile app, too, allows task and project creation and can log breaks via a coffee cup icon. Manual time entries are flagged for transparency, and the timer cannot run simultaneously on multiple platforms.
Idle Detection and Customization
Idle time detection is now supported on the desktop app, with admin controls to customize how idle time is detected and whether it counts towards total hours. Admins can also control timer permissions, allowing usage on desktop only, mobile only, or both, and can enable overtime tracking with adjusted pay rates.
Automatic Tracking
Hubstaff offers an Automatic Tracking option to start and stop timers automatically for team members based on pre-set rules, helping maintain accurate productivity logging without manual user intervention.
Integration Enhancements
Hubstaff has expanded its integration capabilities, supporting native integrations with popular project management tools such as Asana, Trello, and Jira. It also integrates with third-party platforms like Zapier to connect with hundreds of other apps. For custom workflows, Hubstaff provides an API for tailored integrations.
Security and Compliance
All plans include robust data encryption, two-factor authentication, access controls, and detailed audit logs. Higher-tier plans comply with stringent industry standards, including HIPAA, GDPR, and SOC-2, to secure sensitive data management.
Global Payroll and Compliance Integration
A recent integration with Deel streamlines global payroll by syncing Hubstaff’s time tracking data directly to Deel’s payroll system. This eliminates manual timesheet handling, aligns payroll periods and contracts, and offers secure, compliant payroll management for global or distributed teams—all from a unified dashboard.
Productivity Monitoring
Hubstaff continues to offer GPS tracking and geofencing features to identify where work is performed, along with detailed employee monitoring to analyze productivity and workflow inefficiencies in real-time.
These updates collectively support better project management, accurate productivity tracking, and seamless team oversight across multiple devices and locations. Other features include a map view for managers to know who is nearby and can help out in a pinch, the addition of photos to jobs for progress updates and proof of work, and the tasks feature for more accurate time tracking. Hubstaff's MRR grew by 31% in 2021, the number of active subscriptions grew by 14%, and the product is better than ever. To stay updated on future features, users can subscribe to Hubstaff's newsletter.
- With the latest update, Hubstaff's desktop app allows users to manage projects, create tasks, and log time entries directly within the timer interface, providing a command center for workforce management.
- The mobile app in Hubstaff now allows task and project creation, offering team members the ability to log breaks and maintain accurate productivity tracking on the move.
- In an effort to improve productivity, Hubstaff offers an Automatic Tracking option that automatically starts and stops timers for team members based on pre-set rules, reducing the need for manual intervention.
- To foster better integration, Hubstaff has expanded its capabilities to support native integrations with project management tools like Asana, Trello, and Jira, as well as third-party platforms like Zapier and a custom API for tailored integrations.
- Following the integration with Deel, Hubstaff's global payroll and compliance management are now streamlined, offering secure, compliant payroll management for distributed teams while eliminating manual timesheet handling and aligning payroll periods and contracts.
