Hello Blynkers 
Here’s what was new in October, from API additions to performance boosts and a big upgrade for Free plan users:
New Features
- Firmware API: Added new endpoint to get the device owner’s locale
Improvements
- Free plan hardware message limit increased from 30K → 200K
Cleanup & Fixes
AI Chat
- Fixed metadata and datastream validation issues
- Improved widget creation logic and edit mode handling
- Restricted User Notes to one per user
- Corrected missing SMS notification recipients
Dashboards
- Improved GeoMap widget performance with large datasets
- Reinforced the limit of 5 Image Map widgets per dashboard
- Fixed dashboard loading and image marker placement
Device Reports
- Resolved timezone discrepancies with Service Charts
Server
- Fixed MQTT encoder memory leaks
- Added internal worker for system resource monitoring (self-hosted)
Full Changelog → Changelog | Blynk Documentation
As always, we love hearing from you, let us know what you think or if you notice anything new in action.
— The Blynk Team