GameChanger in 2026 is all about helping everyone around the team Live the Game Like Never Before. Whether you’re coaching, playing, or cheering from the stands (or at home), the updates in this guide are designed to help you Coach Smarter, Connect Live, and Replay the Action. Explore the sections below for a quick overview of what’s new, plus links to step-by-step articles to help you get started.
Coach Smarter
Stay organized, prepared, and confident throughout the season with coaching tools at your fingertips. Message the team, schedule events and lineups, plus review stats, insights, and game film for better practice planning and player development.
Click into each topic below for an overview and links to further documentation to help you get started!
Track every baseball and softball play easier than ever, even in fast-paced games, thanks to a streamlined field view and simplified input buttons.
Track attendance and plan practices and lineups easier with streamlined event RSVP options. Family and athletes can now RSVP to multiple events from the overall schedule view, without having to tap into each event individually.
Scoring and streaming permissions have changed. Now, team Staff will be able to designate team community members as Scorekeepers to score and Videographers to stream and upload game video - no Staff role required.
Unlock deeper coaching feedback with the new Insights tab (Beta). Baseball and softball Staff Members can now see game-changing stats like two-strike hits allowed and clutch play impact, helping highlight the moments that mattered most.
Coaches can now access live-updating spray chart data during the game on Android/iOS, outside of scorekeeping mode, equipping you with better information to make decisions during the game.
Baseball and Softball teams can now track their player's innings at each defensive position in the team's season stats! This new stat table helps coaches monitor player workload, ensure balanced playing time, and document where players are gaining defensive experience.
Linking your Pocket Radar to GameChanger just got easier. With OAuth login on iOS, you can now connect accounts seamlessly—no matching emails required—so you can start capturing pitch velocity faster.
Available on web.gc.com, baseball and softball staff members can generate an optimized lineup by selecting Generate Best Lineup. These recommendations use GameChanger performance data and sabermetric principles to suggest batting orders and defensive positions designed to maximize team performance.
Connect Live
Stay connected to the action as it happens with real-time live streaming in HD, GameStream animations, live game alerts, and play-by-plays or following experience.
Click into each topic below for an overview and links to further documentation to help you get started!
Teams can now stream in Full HD (1080p), delivering the sharpest, clearest GameChanger viewing experience yet.
What’s new:
- Sharper, clearer streams in full 1080p HD
- Reduced buffering thanks to HEVC compression
More professional-quality broadcasts for families and fans watching from home
Finding the right camera to stream your games is easier than ever. Our new Camera Recommendation Tool helps coaches, parents, facilities, and event operators confidently choose the best setup for their needs.
The tool also helps identify opportunities for fixed camera installs, making it simpler to plan long-term upgrades.
The tool helps you:
- Quickly find the ideal camera for your streaming setup
- Get personalized recommendations based on your environment
- Streamline upgrades or explore fixed installation options
Better tools mean better streams—and a better experience for every fan.
There are number of different roles on a team from the coaches, to the players, to the parents that make it all happen, and the fans in the stands and at home.
GameChanger now has more roles that can better fit your relationship to a team. Grandparents who just want to watch and support the team no longer need to be included in messaging channel.
Family and fans will be able to follow games without even opening the app! With Live Activities on iPhone, real-time GameChanger scores will appear right on your lock screen — updating automatically throughout the game:
- See scores instantly from the lock screen
- Stay connected to the game from anywhere
- Follow along effortlessly, just like the pros
With live activity notifications, you’ll never miss a moment, even when life pulls you away from the screen.
Replay the Action
Look back, celebrate, and share meaningful moments with auto-generated highlight reels, game recaps, team and player stats, and individual Athlete Profiles.
Click into each topic below for an overview and links to further documentation to help you get started!
Baseball and Softball games are long, and we know how tedious reviewing and cutting down film can become game after game. With Game Highlight Reels, coaches and premium subscribers can watch a full game’s highlights in under five minutes.. See the top offensive and defensive plays that impacted the game in a single, comprehensive reel.
Support athlete development like never before! Player Insights uses real game data to identify key stats and trends to inform coaches and develop athletes. Whether you're a coach looking to provide more personalized feedback, a data-driven parent, or the athlete driven by getting better — this is the feature for you.
Player Insights help you:
- Organize clear, easy to understand insights for each player
- Highlight key stats, trends, and emerging patterns for each player
- Guide development and celebrate key moments for each athlete
- Post-Game Team and Player Insights
