Everything SMG Tools has shipped, dated the day you could first use it.https://smgtools.comen-ushttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/notes-to-clients-and-their-replieshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/notes-to-clients-and-their-repliesWrite a note on a job and send it to your client by email or text. What they write back is filed on that job — and For you is one list of everything waiting on you.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/this-pagehttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/this-pageEverything SMG Tools has shipped, dated the day you could first use it, from the first commit in January to today — with a feed, so you can be told instead of checking.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-console-you-can-trimhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-console-you-can-trimThe console refreshed to one visual language — surfaces, controls, tables — and each person chooses which dashboard widgets they see.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/put-yourself-on-the-rosterhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/put-yourself-on-the-rosterAn owner-operator opening My Day is offered the roster instead of being told to ask the owner; the setup checklist asks whether you do the work yourself.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-number-and-an-assistant-that-answers-ithttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-number-and-an-assistant-that-answers-itLease a phone number from inside the product, forward your line to it, and an assistant answers what you miss — captures the work, texts back a caller who hung up, and queues it for you.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/getting-paid-online-asked-earlyhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/getting-paid-online-asked-earlyThe setup wizard asks how you get paid; an invoice that cannot be paid online says so before you send it; and the dashboard checklist is shorter and ordered by what matters.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/one-page-for-your-clienthttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/one-page-for-your-clientA hub link for every client: what needs them, their next visit, every quote, agreement, invoice and change order — behind a code, not an account — and a way to ask for more or call off a visit.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/hours-over-estimatehttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/hours-over-estimateLabor efficiency on the job, a report of jobs past their labor estimate, who was assigned beside who actually logged hours, and each person's own record against the estimate.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-text-when-somebody-sets-offhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-text-when-somebody-sets-offWhen your crew taps "on my way", the customer gets a text with a link to a page naming who is coming, the window, and the van to look for — and it stops working a week after the job.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/equipment-and-vanshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/equipment-and-vansA catalog of what the business owns — vans, trailers, machines — a record of who has what on a given day, and the vehicle that drove a mileage trip.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/assignment-and-the-day-boardhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/assignment-and-the-day-boardAssign one or more people to a job, a visit or a milestone, and open the day board: who is doing what today, and what nobody has picked up.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/quickbooks-exporthttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/quickbooks-exportThree files — customers, invoices and transactions — in the shape QuickBooks Online imports, for any period, in the order it has to receive them.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/the-crews-phonehttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/the-crews-phoneA field member signs in on their phone and sees only what is theirs today; clocks in and out against it; marks themselves arrived; moves the job forward; and sends notes and photos.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/worker-profiles-and-what-a-client-can-seehttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/worker-profiles-and-what-a-client-can-seeA short profile for each person who works for you — photo, a line, what they specialize in — that a client sees; and a note or photo on a job you choose to share on the client's invoice.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/automationshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/automationsSeven ready-made automations with one toggle each, a history of what every rule did and did not do, and — for anything else — a rule you describe in a sentence and confirm.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/teams-and-the-crew-planhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/teams-and-the-crew-planMore than one person in a business — invited by email, as Owner, Manager or Field — and a plan for it: Crew, with office seats and unlimited field workers. Professional moves to $49.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/service-agreements-and-the-directoryhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/service-agreements-and-the-directoryRecurring work as a record of its own — visits that become jobs on a schedule, invoices on a billing cycle, a saved card charged automatically — plus an opt-in public directory.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/the-voice-assistanthttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/the-voice-assistantPress the microphone and say what happened — miles, hours, an expense, a note, a new client or proposal, a question — and the assistant fills in the form and waits for you.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/your-data-yourshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/your-data-yoursExport everything the product holds for your business as one file; delete your account yourself; a cookie banner where declining is as easy as accepting; and a page listing every subprocessor.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-setup-wizard-and-modules-you-can-hidehttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-setup-wizard-and-modules-you-can-hideA new business is walked through its setup in a few screens, and any business can hide the parts of the product it does not use — Materials, Workers, Transactions — from its navigation.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/texts-with-consent-links-that-expire-signatures-that-are-verifiedhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/texts-with-consent-links-that-expire-signatures-that-are-verifiedAppointment reminders and confirmations by text with STOP and HELP honored; short links; document links that expire and can be revoked; and a six-digit code before a proposal is signed.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/service-requests-and-bookinghttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/service-requests-and-bookingA call, a text or a walk-in becomes a job with the address checked against where you work, a diagnostic fee charged or waived, and the first visit booked — in one flow.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/where-your-leads-come-fromhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/where-your-leads-come-fromEvery client gets a referral link to your public page; the review request invites them to pass it on; and your Leads page shows which sources and which past clients bring work.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/workershttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/workersThe people who do the work, as records: employee or subcontractor, with the compliance and financial details each kind needs.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/field-service-compliancehttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/field-service-complianceProfiles that say what a job must capture and who may do the work; structured records taken in the field; locked once final, amended with a history; and CSV reports a regulator can read.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/appointment-reminders-and-warrantieshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/appointment-reminders-and-warrantiesClients get a reminder before a visit; the warranties you give are recorded on the job, with coverage dates, terms and a reminder before they lapse.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/your-public-page-and-a-flyerhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/your-public-page-and-a-flyerA web page at your own address with your hours, contact details and a Request a Quote form that feeds your leads — no website needed — and a printable flyer pointing at it.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/e-signatures-and-change-ordershttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/e-signatures-and-change-ordersDraw or type a signature, consent to sign electronically, and get a frozen PDF of what was signed; change orders extend a job after acceptance and roll onto its invoice.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/follow-ups-that-send-themselveshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/follow-ups-that-send-themselvesUnanswered proposals are chased, invoices reminded before and after they are due, finished jobs ask for a review, warranties warn before they lapse — and you can see when a proposal was opened.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/open-for-businesshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/open-for-businessSMG Tools is live at smgtools.com. What a business signing up today can do, on the free plan and on Professional.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/refer-a-friendhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/refer-a-friendInvite another business to SMG Tools; when they subscribe, a credit lands on your bill.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/calendar-and-appointmentshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/calendar-and-appointmentsOne calendar of everything with a date — appointments, milestone due dates, invoice due dates, proposal expirations — and appointments you create for visits, estimates and meetings.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/projected-versus-actual-across-jobshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/projected-versus-actual-across-jobsOne report answering which jobs are healthy and which are bleeding money; labor costed the same way everywhere; a draft invoice you can download before sending.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-checklist-to-get-set-uphttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/a-checklist-to-get-set-upA Get Started widget on the dashboard for a new business: the few things worth doing first, ticked off as they are done.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/the-proposal-wizard-with-aihttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/the-proposal-wizard-with-aiWrite a proposal in four steps — client, what the job is, review, pricing — with contract sections, costing and milestones suggested from your description of the work.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/job-costing-and-margin-alertshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/job-costing-and-margin-alertsLabor rate profiles, cost categories and templates for estimating; a baseline frozen when the proposal is accepted; and an alert when a job's margin drifts from it.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/invoices-without-a-jobhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/invoices-without-a-jobRaise an invoice from the Invoices page without a job behind it — a service call, a small sale — and mark one sent when it went out another way.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/quarterly-tax-remindershttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/quarterly-tax-remindersAn email before each quarterly deadline, with what has been set aside, so the payment is never a surprise.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/receipt-scanning-work-notes-and-photoshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/receipt-scanning-work-notes-and-photosA receipt photographed becomes an expense with the vendor, date and amount read off it; a job gets notes and photos; and the features with a monthly limit show a meter.Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/mileage-by-addresshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/mileage-by-addressType where you went and the distance is worked out for you, with address autocomplete from Google Maps.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/bank-accountshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/bank-accountsConnect bank and card accounts through Plaid, import transactions, and turn each one into an expense, an invoice payment, income, a transfer, or nothing — you decide, every time.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/income-without-an-invoicehttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/income-without-an-invoiceRecord money a customer paid without an invoice — a cash job, a tip, a deposit — so revenue is complete.Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/plans-and-billinghttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/plans-and-billingA free Starter plan and a paid Professional plan, with the subscription managed through Stripe and the features each plan unlocks stated plainly.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/mileage-taxes-and-1099-contractorshttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/mileage-taxes-and-1099-contractorsLog business miles per trip, see a quarterly tax set-aside, keep expense categories that match Schedule C, and track the subcontractors who will need a 1099.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/time-trackinghttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/time-trackingLog hours against a job in 15-minute increments, mark them billable or not, and turn billable time into an invoice line.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/sign-in-your-wayhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/sign-in-your-wayThe product's own sign-in: email and password, Google or Microsoft, accounts you can link and unlink, a password reset that works, and two-factor authentication.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/expenses-on-the-jobhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/expenses-on-the-jobRecord what you spend — against a job, or as a cost of running the business — and see it against what the job brought in.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/proposals-invoices-and-a-dashboardhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/proposals-invoices-and-a-dashboardProposals a client accepts with a signature, invoices paid online through Stripe, a job report as a PDF, and a dashboard that says whether you are getting paid.Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/where-this-startedhttps://smgtools.com/whats-new/where-this-startedA job-centric tool for people who do the work: an account, a business, and the jobs it runs, built so that scope, execution, proof, payment and profit are one record.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT