Release Date: 7 July 2025

Version: 8.2.0.32

Simrad Yachting Introduces AutoTrack™ Feature for Simrad® HALO® 2000 & HALO® 3000 Radars

Simrad® Yachting has just introduced AutoTrack™ for the HALO® 2000 and HALO® 3000 Radars—bringing automated tracking to the world’s most intuitive and easy-to-use radar system yet.

AutoTrack™ automatically detects, tracks, and prioritizes radar targets so you don’t have to. No setup. No hassle. Just

intelligent tracking that works in the background to identify potential hazards and keep you informed—no matter what screen or app you’re on.

This is more than just a new feature. It’s a massive leap in situational awareness, giving boaters superior information with less hassle. AutoTrack™ seamlessly overlays vessels and potential hazards directly within the radar app, providing intuitive visual references and showing their trajectories for effortless situational awareness. Even when the radar screen isn’t in use, AutoTrack remains active—delivering a dynamic widget that displays only the most critical, intelligently prioritized alerts, helping captains make confident decisions without unnecessary distractions.

Autonomous Monitoring: AutoTrack™ constantly monitors every radar sweep in the background, allowing boaters to focus their attention elsewhere. But it does more than just watch. It adds a new layer of radar intelligence—always adapting to the environment and alerting boaters to dangers as they arise in real time.

True Ease of Use: With AutoTrack™, there are no settings to dial in. Radar tracking is all taken care of from the moment you power on. This is world-class radar performance, without the learning curve.

Unrivalled Situational Awareness: AutoTrack™ ensures you’re never caught off guard. It can track targets up to 24 nautical miles away and monitor up to 50 objects simultaneously—highlighting those that pose the biggest risk. Most important of all, AutoTrack alerts you the moment a high-risk object is detected.

Integration and Requirements: AutoTrack™ is enabled by default with the HALO 2000/3000 V8.2.0.32 software update and can easily be turned on or off in radar settings. It works seamlessly with Simrad multifunction displays, including NSS® and NSO® evo3 / evo3S (with software version 25.1), and the NSX®, NSX® ULTRAWIDE, and NSS® 4 displays (with version 2.1 or later).

Coming soon to Simrad®, Lowrance®, and B&G® HALO dome radar systems.

Explore More: Read more about how AutoTrack™ functions, watch a video walkthrough, and access additional materials in the attached marketing toolkit.

*The Autotrack ™ feature is an aid to navigation under specific circumstances but should not be considered as a collision avoidance system or used as a primary source of navigation. This feature is not a substitute for proper training, qualification, licenses (where required) and prudent seamanship and is designed to be used in conjunction with conventional navigational practices.

AutoTrack™ is available with Halo 2000 & 3000 software release version 8.2.0.32. This release is now available on our web site https://www.simrad-yachting.com/downloads/

Upgrade Procedure NSS Evo3/3S NSO Evo3/3S

1. Download the file RadarApp-BRHOG3-8.2.0.32.riw from https://www.simrad-yachting.com/downloads/ Save the file to a blank micro SD card.
2. Insert the card into the micro SD slot on a compatible MFD and ensure that power is supplied to the radar.
3. From the home page on the MFD, select “Storage”. Choose the micros SD card and select the file. Select Upgrade.
4. The REMOTE UPGRADE page should come up. If there are multiple radars on the network, please select the radar with Version 8.1.0.270, then select “Start Upgrade”
5. The upgrade should start and automatically install. Once the upgrade is complete you will see the message on screen “Upgrade Complete”. 
6. Select OK and exit back to the main screen. The upgrade is complete. You can check the version under Settings > Radar > Installation > Radar Status > Scanner Info and check that it shows as version 8.2.0.32
7. This completes the process.

Upgrade Procedure NSX, NSS4

1. Connect the MFD to the internet by selecting a valid WiFi network under settings > Connectivity > Wifi
2. Select software updates from settings > General > Software Updates.
3. Here you should see the Halo 2000 or 3000 8.2.0.32 update listed. Tap on Update now
4. The update box will come on screen. Select Update
5. The device will show the update progress. When complete a message will be displayed ‘Device update successful. Select ‘Finish’
6. This completes the update.