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Introducing Smartpath®: AI-Powered Residential Proxy Optimization That Cuts Bandwidth Costs by 40%
We're excited to announce Smartpath, our intelligent, AI-driven proxy designed to optimize your residential proxy traffic and reduce your bandwidth costs by 40%.
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Byteful Q2 2025 Update: Faster, Smarter, and Better Control
From faster proxies to smarter tools, see what we built in Q2 2025. Including backend upgrades, live traffic insights, and what’s brewing for Q3.
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Introducing Live Network Activity: a real-time debugging interface.
Live Network Activity launches today—a real-time debugging dashboard that shows detailed breakdowns of every proxy request, eliminating guesswork with live updates.
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Residential Network Improvements in US East
Announcing upgrades to our US East residential proxy network where 40% of traffic originates. Experience 61% faster speeds & 4X capacity near major cloud hubs.
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Introducing Network Observability
Introducing our new Network Observability Panel! Monitor and optimize your proxy infrastructure with comprehensive, real-time analytics on usage and performance metrics. Make data-driven decisions with confidence and gain deeper visibility into your proxy activity.
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Introducing the Byteful API
Introducing the Byteful REST API: Manage proxies directly in your code with powerful search, residential IP generation, user management, and analytics. Automate everything.
10 minutes
New European Datacenter Proxy Locations
New datacenter proxies in France, UK, Austria & Netherlands offering high-throughput connectivity and strategic positioning.
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New Hong Kong Static Residential ISP Proxy Location
New Hong Kong PoP on a native carrier enhances our Static Residential ISP proxy network in Asia with high-capacity servers & partnerships, following recent regional upgrades.
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Why we created our own proxy tester
Flagged proxies? Slow connections? Geolocation fails? Byteful’ free, global tester reveals real-world data for truly reliable results.
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