# QField 3.5 “Fangorn”: Background tracking a reality! | QField - Efficient field work built for QGIS

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**Created:** [21 June 2026 07:04 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfield-3-5-fangorn-background-tracking-a-reality-qfield-efficient-field-work-built-for-qgis/1731 "2026-06-21T07:04:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbernasocchi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/user_avatar/community.qfield.org/mbernasocchi/32/19_2.png) [@mbernasocchi](https://community.qfield.org/u/mbernasocchi)\
**Post date:** [21 June 2026 07:04 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfield-3-5-fangorn-background-tracking-a-reality-qfield-efficient-field-work-built-for-qgis/1731/1 "2026-06-21T07:04:16Z")

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Let’s not bury the lead here: the long-awaited capability to track position while QField is in the background or the device is locked has arrived in this brand-new version of QField. This feels like a magical moment, so we settled for a fantastical forest for our release name.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://qfield.org/blog/2025/03/04/qfield-3.5-fangorn-background-tracking-a-reality/](https://qfield.org/blog/2025/03/04/qfield-3.5-fangorn-background-tracking-a-reality/)