26.04 Release Notes

Comms AI (Beta)

Home dashboard view toggle

The Home dashboard now displays the calendar (week) view by default, with an option to switch to list view using a view toggle. This update reduces visual complexity and provides a cleaner dashboard experience while still allowing users to choose their preferred layout.

Who's this for: All users.

Filter recent updates on the Home dashboard

The Recent updates section on the Home dashboard now includes filtering options, allowing users to view updates that are most relevant to them.

Users can filter updates by:

• Type: Assigned to me, campaign created, activity closed, activity created

• Associated campaign: View updates for specific campaigns selected from a dropdown

• Date range: View updates within a selected timeframe

• Updated by: View updates made by specific users

Who's this for: All users.

Duplicate activities in Planner

Users can now duplicate activities in the Planner. Duplicating an activity creates a new activity with the same details, but with open status and no history.

This helps users quickly create similar activities without recreating them from scratch.

Who's this for: All users.

Learn more about duplicating activities in Planner

Display custom fields as columns in Planner list view

The Planner list view now supports displaying custom fields as columns. Users can select the fields they want to view using the Columns option.

This provides greater flexibility when organizing and reviewing activities in the Planner.

Who's this for: All users.

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Quick filter preferences remembered in Planner

Planner quick filter settings—such as group by, assigned to, and status—are now remembered when users reload the page or return to the Planner later.

This ensures users can continue working with their preferred view without reapplying filters.

Who's this for: All users.

Learn more about quick filter preferences remembered in Planner

Deactivate default custom fields

Administrators can now deactivate system-created default custom fields, including Objective and Related team.

This allows organizations to simplify configurations and keep only the fields relevant to their workflows.

Who's this for: Administrators.

Learn more about deactivating default custom fields

Auto prompt for file attachments in agent chat

When attaching a file, template, or writing profile in a conversation with the Comms Agent, the system now automatically inserts a prompt in the chat input field.

Users no longer need to manually enter a prompt. After attaching a file, they can simply press Enter to send the attachment to the agent.

Who's this for: All users.

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Content

Enhanced file preview for multiple attachments

Feed posts have long supported attaching multiple files. This release introduces a unified preview experience that allows users to view and interact with all attached files more seamlessly across feed posts, replies, and carousels.

• Unified preview for multiple files
  Audio, video, and image files attached to a post now open in a single modern preview interface, replacing the legacy gallery view and providing a consistent browsing experience.

• Improved navigation and controls
  The preview includes thumbnails for quick navigation between files.
  On larger screens, users can navigate using a slider, while on mobile devices the experience is optimized for touch, allowing users to swipe between files while still displaying thumbnails.

• More actions from the preview
  Users can now view file information and download files directly from the preview. Video thumbnails can also be viewed and managed within the preview.

• Consistent thumbnails across file types
  Images and videos display their existing thumbnails, while audio files use a standard audio icon for visual representation.

Who’s this for: All users.

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Integrations & Extensibility

Composite approvals tile mobile support

The Composite approvals tile, introduced in a previous release, is now supported in the Simpplr mobile app. Users can review and manage approval requests directly from their mobile devices.

Users can:

• View pending approval requests

• Approve or reject requests from the tile

• Access approval details through links to the source system

This update enables managers and approvers to respond to approval requests while on the go, helping reduce delays in approval workflows.

The Composite Approvals tile is now available on:

• Web (desktop)

• Mobile app

Supported third party apps: ServiceNow, Workday

Who's this for: Managers, Approvers, App managers.

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KnowBe4 training due app tile

A new KnowBe4 training due app tile is now available, allowing employees to view their KnowBe4 security trainings that are due or overdue directly from their Simpplr dashboard.

The tile displays a list of required trainings along with relevant status information such as due dates and overdue indicators. Each item links directly to the corresponding training page in KnowBe4.

This helps employees quickly identify and complete required security training without navigating to KnowBe4 separately.

Who's this for: Employees, App managers.

Learn more about KnowBe4 training due app tile

JSON request body support for OAuth token URL

Administrators can now configure OAuth token requests to use a JSON request body when required by third-party APIs.

A new option, Enable custom JSON request body, is available in the OAuth Token URL configuration. When enabled, administrators can enter the token request payload using a multi-line JSON editor, and the request is sent with the Content-Type: application/json header.

This improves compatibility with APIs that require JSON-based token requests instead of the default application/x-www-form-urlencoded format.

Validation and behavior

• Only valid JSON payloads are accepted

• Invalid or malformed JSON prevents saving the configuration

• Supported request formats include:

  • application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default)

  • application/json (when JSON request body is enabled)

Who's this for: Admins, App managers.

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Notifications

AI-powered alert message suggestions

Alert managers can now generate AI-powered message suggestions while creating alerts. By selecting Generate AI Suggestions, authors receive multiple suggested messages within seconds. Suggestions are aligned with the selected language and automatically fit within the 150-character alert limit.

Authors can choose one of the suggested messages, edit it further, or continue using their original text. This feature is optional and does not change the existing alert publishing workflow.

Who’s this for: Alert managers.

Learn more about creating alert messages using suggestions

Extended alert message length

The maximum length for alert messages has been increased to 150 characters. This allows authors to provide clearer and more complete information when creating alerts while keeping notifications concise and easy to read across the platform.

Who’s this for: Alert managers.

Learn more about alert message length extension

Platform

Navigation: Simplified footer and background layout

The platform UI has been updated with a simplified footer and a cleaner page background. The footer now displays only essential information, and the curved background styling has been removed to reduce visual complexity and improve overall consistency.

Who’s this for: All users

Learn more about simplified footer and background layout navigation.

Scheduled tasks (single instance)

Users can now schedule a task for a specific future date. Each scheduled task is created as a single instance at the selected time. Recurring schedules (daily, weekly, monthly) are not supported.

The scheduled task appears in task lists and task details once created, and tracks its own status, including completion and overdue states.

Who’s this for: All users

Learn more about scheduled tasks

People discoverability rules (PDR)

People Discoverability Rules (PDR) allow administrators to control how employees appear in people search and profile discovery across the platform. This capability is available in environments where Audience-Based Access Control (ABAC) is enabled.

Admins can configure attribute-based conditions, such as department, region, business unit, or employee type, to determine which employees can discover specific profiles.

These rules apply across multiple platform experiences, including:

• People Directory

• Org Chart

• Sites

• Newsletters

• Surveys

• Other areas where employee profiles appear

This helps organizations balance discoverability, privacy, and governance by ensuring employees only see profiles relevant to them based on organizational policies.

Who's this for: App managers, User managers.

Learn more about People discoverability rules (PDR)

Session cookies expire on browser close

Administrators can now configure session cookies to expire when the browser is closed.

By default, login cookies are long-lived, allowing users to remain signed in and automatically return to the home page when reopening their browser, provided the session has not timed out.

When this setting is enabled, the session cookie expires as soon as the browser is closed. Users must sign in again when reopening the browser. This option is useful in environments where multiple users share the same device, helping improve security and protect user accounts.

Who's this for: All users.

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Configurable past celebrations in the Celebrations tile

App managers can now control whether the Celebrations tile displays celebrations from the past three days.

A new toggle, Include recent celebrations from past 3 days, determines this behavior.

• By default, the tile displays today’s and upcoming celebrations based on the selected duration (7 or 30 days).

• When enabled, the tile also includes celebrations from the previous three days, matching the earlier behavior.

The tile subtitle updates dynamically to reflect the displayed data, showing either Upcoming celebrations or Recent and upcoming celebrations.

This applies to Birthdays and Work Anniversaries displayed in the Celebrations tile.

Who's this for: App managers, Home managers, End users.

Learn more about Configurable past celebrations in the Celebrations tile

Employee Newsletter

Improved experience for ABAC-secured surveys in newletters

Newsletter editors now get improved visibility handling when adding ABAC-secured surveys to newsletters. In ABAC-enabled environments, survey visibility and related error messages now respect ACG and ABAC access restrictions for both the editor and the recipient.

This ensures a clear distinction between:

• What newsletter editors can see while creating the newsletter

• What recipients are able to view when the newsletter is delivered

The update helps prevent visibility mismatches and ensures that only surveys accessible to recipients appear in the final experience.

Who's this for: Newsletter editors in ABAC-enabled environments.

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Improved analytics for URL links

Newsletter admins now have an improved experience when analyzing URL and web-link performance in newsletters. In the Activity section, admins can now navigate directly to the actual URL included in the newsletter, instead of viewing it as plain text. This makes it easier to identify and evaluate link performance.

The Heatmap analysis view now displays the percentage of clicks for each URL, providing clearer insight into how recipients interact with newsletter links. These updates help admins better understand engagement and compare the performance of different links within a newsletter.

Who's this for: Newsletter managers and admins.

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Ability to hide sensitive Newsletters from other admins

Newsletter creators can now restrict the visibility of sensitive newsletters from other newsletter admins. This restriction applies in addition to existing ACG-based access controls.

App managers and Newsletter feature owners will continue to have access to all newsletters.

Creators can configure visibility at two levels:

• Hide while in draft: the newsletter remains hidden from other admins while it is in the draft state. Once sent, it becomes visible in the listing.

• Hide in draft and after sending: the newsletter remains hidden from other admins even after it is sent, and will not appear in the listing, activity, or category screens.

Who's this for: Newsletter admins.

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Employee listening

Poll block support in content

Polls can now be embedded directly within content, allowing creators to add polls to intranet pages and collect feedback in context. This helps increase participation by placing polls where employees are already consuming information.

Who's this for: Poll creators, Poll managers, Poll participants.

Learn more about Poll block support in content

Share polls in Home and Site feeds

Polls can now be shared directly to Home and Site feeds, making it easier to surface polls within everyday intranet conversations. By bringing polls into feeds, teams can drive higher engagement and collect feedback where employees already interact with content.

Who's this for: Poll creators, Poll managers, Poll participants.

Lear more about sharing polls in Home and Site feeds

Forms

Audience selection in Forms settings page

Target audience selection is now available directly in the Forms settings page. This allows the audience to be defined and saved while the form remains in draft, making it easier for form managers within the same ACG to collaborate before publishing.

Who's this for: App managers.

Learn more about audience selection in Forms settings page

Notify participants toggle in Forms settings

A Notify participants toggle is available in the Forms settings page, allowing control over whether participants receive notifications when a form is created. This helps reduce unnecessary notification noise when publishing forms.

When enabled, participants receive an in-app notification, and email, mobile and browser notifications are sent based on the notification preferences configured in notification settings. When disabled, no participant notifications are sent, including in-app notifications.

Who's this for: Poll creators, Poll managers.

Learn more about notifying participants toggle in Forms settings

Forms experience improvements: option reordering and CTA update

Select-type question options can now be reordered while editing the options. The primary CTA label has also been updated from “Fill form” to “Complete form”.

Who's this for: Form creator, Form managers.

Learn more about option reordering and CTA update

Native messaging

Messaging UX refresh

The Messaging module now includes a modernized user interface designed to improve usability and visual consistency across the platform. The refreshed experience introduces an updated layout and improved design alignment with the overall application design system.

These changes provide a cleaner and more intuitive messaging interface, making it easier for users to navigate conversations and communicate efficiently.

Who's this for: All users.

Learn more about Messaging UX refresh

Mobile app

New navigation experience

We’ve updated the Simpplr mobile app navigation to make posting and messaging faster. You’ll now see a central Create button for quick posting and a dedicated Messaging tab for conversations. Search is on the left, and Notifications are in the top-right. Profile, People, Sites, and other options are available under More. This update makes it quicker to create content and connect with others.

Who's this for: All users.

Learn more about new navigation in mobile

Connections tab

The Connections tab in the mobile app provides a dedicated space for users to view and manage their network. From this tab, users can access their connections and site memberships, including people they follow, their followers, and the sites they are connected to.

This helps users stay connected with colleagues and communities while on the go and improves visibility of their network within the platform.

Who's this for: All users.

Learn more about Connections tab in mobile

Share polls in home and site feeds

Polls can now be shared directly in the home and site feeds. Poll creators, managers, and participants can share polls so they appear within the feed experience.

This makes it easier for users to discover and interact with polls without navigating to a separate poll page, increasing visibility and encouraging participation.

Who's this for: All users.

Forms listing

A new Forms listing page is now available, providing users with a centralized place to view and access forms assigned to them.

Instead of relying on notifications, shared links, or tiles, users can navigate to a dedicated page within the app to see all relevant forms in one place. This improves visibility, simplifies access, and helps ensure important forms are not missed.

Who this is for: All users

Bug Fixes

• Deactivation fails when using Employee number as identifier

• Feed post links not visible to non-admins

• HTML tiles not rendering on mobile

• Cannot add users to private chat groups (standard group admin)

• Videos missing in home carousel for some users

• SFTP CSV upload fails with "Invalid manager_id"

• Old favicon appears briefly in new tabs

• Profile picture persists in feed after removal

• Sites can't be deactivated due to newsletter usage flagging

• Multiple duplicate summarized email notifications

• AI-generated summaries are incorrect

• Profile views widget analytics inconsistencies

• AI writing assistant fails for custom summaries

• Notifications duplicate and/or don't clear

• Cannot zoom wide-format PDFs in preview

• Notification email formatting and spacing breaks

• Restricted content appears in feed digest emails

• Logout occurs when adding navigation links

• Misaligned bullet points on expanded translated pages

• Duplicate system folders created for videos

• Page auto-scrolls to embedded forms on load

• Anchor links fail in Safari

• Newsletter sending fails due to internal server error

• "Unsaved changes" prompt appears when navigating

• Old feed posts trigger new moderation notifications

• AI summaries incorrect on specific pages

• B2B API fails to return carousel items

• German translation adds extra words to emails

• Cannot create pages from home "+" icon

• Acronym upload fails in sandbox

Previously Released Notes and Features

• 26.03 Release Notes

• 26.02 Release Notes

• 26.01 Release Notes

• Comms planner (Beta)