History of Tap2Star improvements and new features.
August 2026
●Account security — A new security area: allow sign-in only from your trusted IP addresses, review and sign out your active sessions, and keep an eye on your recent login history.
●Lost & stolen guides — Two new guides explain how to block a lost or stolen plate in one click — a Tap2Star-exclusive protection.
Lost plate ·
Stolen plate
●Guides & tips — A new Guides section answers all your questions about Google review plates: getting started, quality (epoxy resin, anti-metal), security, size and best practices.
All guides
●Preferences area — Manage your profile, phone, language, time zone, newsletter and password from a new dedicated page.
●Step-by-step activation — Thanks to our customers' feedback, we've redesigned activation: a step-by-step guided flow (product, code, name, then destination), which you can resume at any time, on desktop and mobile.
●Guided editing — Change the name or destination of an already activated product through the same simplified flow.
●Simplified business search — Again thanks to your feedback, finding your Google business is easier: enter your address and the closest businesses appear first.
July 2026
●Google Reviews Stand XL — New XL size for Google Reviews stands: 50% larger than the M version, as requested by some customers.
●Appointment Plate — Access your appointment booking in one scan. Compatible with Doctolib, Planity, CaptainVet, Vroomly and many more.
●Your Review Plate — Redirect to your review page, compatible with Google, Pages Jaunes, TripAdvisor and many more.
●Google Plate with G logo — A clean design with only the Google "G" logo, without the full name displayed.
●Improved contact form — Choose your reason directly (business not found, activation problem, suggestion…) for faster processing.
●Simplified activation — New products no longer require an activation code. Simply scan the QR code and activate your product instantly.
●Improved business search — Thanks to our customers' feedback, you can now search by address or by name, and if your business doesn't appear in the list, paste your Google Maps listing link directly. That way you'll always find your business.
●Smart URL input — Surrounding text is automatically cleaned up when you paste a link.
●Enhanced security — Account activation and password reset links are now more secure.
June 2026
●Touch ID / Face ID Sign-in — Sign in instantly with Touch ID, Face ID or Windows Hello, no password needed.
●Activation instructions — A clear message guides you if you accidentally scan the QR code from the guide instead of the product.
●Simplified URL input — The https:// prefix is now displayed automatically, no need to type it anymore.
May 2026
●Lost / stolen blocking — Report your product as lost or stolen to block any activation. Reactivation possible at any time.
●Detailed statistics — New statistics display with NFC, QR and QR Portrait / Landscape details for applicable products.
●Daily statistics — Statistics are now updated every morning instead of every week.
●Statistics fix — NFC and QR statistics are now recalculated on each update, fixing a bug that could significantly inflate the counters.
April 2026
●Tap2Star stand — New product: wooden countertop stand with NFC and QR code.
●Improved contact form — Attach a photo of your plate and the product ID for faster support.
●Customer reviews — Leave a review on your purchased products with photos, rating and comment.
March 2026
●Instagram destination — Redirect your product to your Instagram profile in addition to Google and custom URL.
→ Instagram Plate
●Custom label — Give each product a name to find them easily (e.g. checkout plate, table 1).
February 2026
●New product — The Instagram Plate is here: get your customers to follow you on Instagram with a single tap.
→ Instagram Plate
●Multilingual — The site is available in French, English and Spanish. Language is detected automatically.
●QR Scanner — Scan your product's QR code directly from the camera to activate it.
●Recent destinations — Find your recently used Google businesses for faster activation.
January 2026
●NFC / QR Statistics — View the number of NFC and QR scans for each product.
●Integrated Google search — Find your Google business directly from the activation page.
December 2025
●Launch — First version of Tap2Star with NFC/QR product activation and Google Reviews redirection.
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