Genesys Cloud announcements

Genesys aims to provide customers with timely information about feature and platform updates and feature retirements. This article includes a categorized record of user interface and user experience (UI/UX), platform, and deprecation updates. For a detailed explanation of announcements, see Announcement types.

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For announcements about our development platform and public APIs, see the Genesys Cloud Developer Forum.

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Deprecation: Genesys Enhanced TTS – Google European Voices Deprecation 2025-03-17 2025-04-15
Division support for External Contacts CSV Bulk Import UI/UX 2025-03-17 -
Gamification contests coming to Genesys Cloud UI/UX 2025-03-17 -
Genesys Cloud to support Outbound WhatsApp Campaigns UI/UX 2025-03-17 -
Deprecation: Billing and usage APIs and User Interface Deprecation 2025-03-10
Expanded file support and UI enhancements for SMS and MMS UI/UX 2025-03-10 -
Upcoming enhancements to Genesys Cloud Agent Scripting UI/UX 2025-03-10 -
Improved voice campaign diagnostics with actionable insights UI/UX 2025-03-03 -
Deprecation: BYOC-Premises – Genesys Hardware Solution Deprecation 2025-03-01 2026-12-01
Event card editing and visualization in Journey Canvas UI/UX 2025-02-24 -
New interaction window for embedded clients UI/UX 2025-02-24 -
Agent Timeline view UI/UX 2025-02-17 -
Improved event list organization for enhanced journey building UI/UX 2025-02-17 -
Improved screen recording playback with choice of audio synchronization UI/UX 2025-02-17 -
Segment assignment for external contacts UI/UX 2025-02-17 -
OAuth client secret no longer visible after creation UI/UX 2025-02-10 -
Enhancing data sovereignty with New Relic EU data center adoption UI/UX 2025-01-27 -
Improved Wrap-up Panel UI UI/UX 2025-01-27 2025-03-24
Upcoming changes to AI Experience tokens and speech and text analytics  UI/UX 2025-01-20
Enhanced control for external contacts and organizations by division UI/UX 2025-01-06 -
White label branding for PDF exports UI/UX 2024-12-23 -
On-demand translation of interaction transcripts UI/UX 2024-12-09
Deprecation: Deprecation and end of sale of Agent Assist via AI tokens Deprecation 2024-12-05 2025-04-28
SSO integration capacity in Genesys Cloud UI/UX 2024-11-19 -
SMS opt-out detection update Platform 2024-11-11 -
Customer owned WhatsApp business account transfer in Genesys Cloud Platform 2024-11-04 -
Deprecation: Nuance Recognizer as a Service, Nuance TTS, and Nuance Mix Bot Deprecation 2024-11-04 2027-05-31
Introducing enhanced access control with attribute-based policies UI/UX 2024-10-21 -
Enhanced Genesys Cloud notes panel UI UI/UX 2024-10-14 2025-03-24
New Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) device options UI/UX 2024-09-16 -
Enhanced messenger configuration for GC admins UI/UX 2024-07-29 -
Deprecation: Predictive Engagement Support for ACD Web Chat (Version 2) Deprecation 2024-07-15 2025-06-11
Deprecation: Current Open Messaging Inbound Endpoint Deprecation 2024-06-24 2025-04-30
Deprecation: Removal of ACD Web Chat (version 2) Deprecation 2024-06-10 2025-06-11
2024 Genesys CIDR expansion and firewall requirements notification – commercial Deprecation 2024-05-27 2025-04-05
Deprecation: BYOC Premises Edge Remote Survivability Deprecation 2024-05-27 2025-06-30
Division-specific role assignments UI/UX 2024-05-13 -
Refreshed email UI from the Admin menu UI/UX 2024-02-21 -
UI updates for the people configuration and settings pages UI/UX 2024-01-10 -
Agent UI multiple contextual panels UI/UX 2023-11-15 2025-03-31
Deprecation: BYOC Premises – Customer VM Solution Deprecation 2023-05-03 2025-05-26
Deprecation: Genesys Predictive Engagement on Genesys Engage hybrid solutions Deprecation 2023-03-15 2025-06-30
Deprecation: Removal of collapse/expand control to enforce full width agent interaction UI Deprecation 2021-12-22 2025-03-31
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Review early announcements of upcoming changes that have significant impact on the Genesys Cloud user interface or to the user experience. When these features become generally available in production, release notes will communicate full details. 

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Division support for External Contacts CSV Bulk Import 2025-03-17 -
Gamification contests coming to Genesys Cloud 2025-03-17 -
Genesys Cloud to support Outbound WhatsApp Campaigns 2025-03-17 -
Upcoming enhancements to Genesys Cloud Agent Scripting 2025-03-10 -
Expanded file support and UI enhancements for SMS and MMS 2025-03-10 -
Improved voice campaign diagnostics with actionable insights 2025-03-03 -
New interaction window for embedded clients 2025-02-24 -
Event card editing and visualization in Journey Canvas 2025-02-24 -
Segment assignment for external contacts 2025-02-17 -
Improved event list organization for enhanced journey building 2025-02-17 -
Agent Timeline view 2025-02-17 -
Improved screen recording playback with choice of audio synchronization 2025-02-17 -
OAuth client secret no longer visible after creation 2025-02-10 -
Enhancing data sovereignty with New Relic EU data center adoption 2025-01-27 -
Improved Wrap-up Panel UI 2025-01-27 2025-03-24
Upcoming changes to AI Experience tokens and speech and text analytics  2025-01-20
Enhanced control for external contacts and organizations by division 2025-01-06 -
White label branding for PDF exports 2024-12-23 -
On-demand translation of interaction transcripts 2024-12-09
SSO integration capacity in Genesys Cloud 2024-11-19 -
Introducing enhanced access control with attribute-based policies 2024-10-21 -
Enhanced Genesys Cloud notes panel UI 2024-10-14 2025-03-24
New Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) device options 2024-09-16 -
Enhanced messenger configuration for GC admins 2024-07-29 -
Division-specific role assignments 2024-05-13 -
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Improved auto-answer configuration and toast message control 2025-03-10 2025-03-17
Introducing Genesys Cloud social 2025-03-03 2025-03-17
Work automation list view with OR operator for flexible searches 2025-02-24 2025-03-17
Improved icon visibility for key communication channels 2025-02-17 2025-03-03
External contact names visible in call history and voicemails 2025-02-03 2025-02-17
Improved agent name display for third-party integrations 2025-01-27 2025-02-17
Improved work automation UI for better admin and builder experience 2025-01-20 2025-02-03
Enhanced historical data import: support for multiple files 2025-01-20 2025-02-03
New reporting and filtering options in Genesys Cloud for enhanced team performance insights 2024-11-11 2025-01-20
External Contacts profile panel 2024-11-11 2025-01-27
Improved accessibility features coming to Genesys Cloud 2024-11-06 2024-11-11
Custom attributes filtering and improved panel layout 2024-11-04 2024-11-18
Admin interface: Task Management renamed to Work Automation 2024-11-04 2025-03-03
Automatic sync of approved time off requests to published schedules 2024-10-28 2025-01-27
Flow size insights in Genesys Cloud architect 2024-10-14 2024-12-09
Login banner to ensure compliance with regulatory standards 2024-09-23 2025-01-27
Improved card management in Architect builders with drag-and-drop functionality 2024-09-16 2024-10-28
Enhanced external contact management via bulk .csv import 2024-08-19 2024-11-18
Collapsible prerequisites section in upcoming Genesys Cloud release 2024-08-19 2024-09-02
Enhanced queue activation panel with search and pagination 2024-08-12 2024-09-09
Enhanced Genesys Cloud content search view 2024-08-12 2024-12-16
Collaborate chat web directory UI decomposition 2024-08-12 2024-11-18
UI enhancements in Genesys Cloud’s WFM admin modules 2024-08-05 2024-10-07
Enhanced agent and supervisor activity overview UI 2024-08-05 2024-10-07
Introducing funnel analysis – enhancing customer journey insights 2024-08-05 2024-09-02
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Review the following table for information about Genesys Cloud deprecations, including breaking and non-breaking API changes, end of support for third-party software, and changes to permissions or configurations. For more information, see Genesys Cloud deprecation and removal process


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Deprecation: Auto answer toast 2025-03-10 2025-03-17
Deprecation: Configurable session persistence methods in Messenger 2024-09-16 2025-01-27
Deprecation: Genesys Cloud Supervisor app for iPad 2024-07-15 2024-11-11
2024 Genesys CIDR expansion and firewall requirements notification – FedRAMP 2024-05-28 2024-09-03
Deprecation: Mobile Messenger SDK for React Native apps 2024-04-08 2024-07-08
Deprecation: Native X (formerly Twitter) third-party messaging channel 2024-03-11 2024-04-11
Deprecation: Removal of Adobe data actions integration 2024-02-14 2024-05-15
Deprecation: Current historical adherence query route 2024-02-07 2024-04-24
Deprecation: Legacy co-browse and screen share 2024-01-24 2025-01-27
Deprecation: Removal of ACD Web Chat (version 1) 2024-01-24 2025-01-27
Deprecation: Google Agent Assist for Genesys Cloud 2024-01-24 2024-10-07
Deprecation: Pointillist Community feature 2023-12-20 2024-02-15
Deprecation: Genesys Cloud SSO certificate expiry 2023-12-13 2024-01-01
Deprecation: Using Internet Explorer 11 for Genesys Cloud authentication 2023-12-13 2024-06-12
Deprecation: Native LINE third-party messaging channel 2023-11-01 2024-04-24
Deprecation: Removal of consult transfer controls from the interaction utility window in embedded clients 2023-10-05 2024-01-09
Deprecation: Active screen recordings UI 2023-09-07 2024-05-20
Deprecation: Outbound Search Audits view 2023-08-02 2024-03-11
Deprecation: CX digital agent workspace 2023-06-28 2023-08-30
CIDR IP address range expansion for cloud media services in new regions 2023-06-21 2023-11-01
Deprecation: Legacy alerting system 2023-06-14 2024-07-01
Deprecation: Search Audits APIs 2023-05-10 2023-10-11
Deprecation: Search Audits view 2023-05-10 2023-08-15
Deprecation: Journey customer service 2023-05-10 2023-06-07
Deprecation: Existing permission to view Live Now replaced by a new permission 2023-03-24 2023-06-21
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Note: The Developer Forum also lists API deprecations and changes.

To learn more about upcoming features planned for the next Genesys Cloud release, see Features coming soon

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SMS opt-out detection update 2024-11-11 -
Customer owned WhatsApp business account transfer in Genesys Cloud 2024-11-04 -
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Streamlined license usage logic for greater flexibility 2025-01-20 2025-02-17
Extended content search look back period 2024-08-12 2024-10-07
Genesys Cloud content delivery: transition to CloudFront URLs 2024-07-08 2024-10-28
UK Longcode Registration Requirement for SMS 2024-07-08 2024-09-30
Audit data retention period 2024-05-13 2024-11-11
Genesys Cloud transfer features update 2024-05-13 2024-08-02
Japanese translation of Export reports inconsistency 2024-05-13 2024-07-01
Advanced Architect execution data capabilities 2024-04-01 2024-07-22
Genesys Cloud Voice rate card changes 2024-02-28 2024-06-01
Nuance Recognizer ASR 2024-02-22 2024-04-08
Web messaging content profile support 2024-02-22 2024-04-08
Enhanced security measures for failed Genesys Cloud logins 2024-02-07 2024-03-11
Scheduled hybrid Genesys Cloud customer migrations 2024-01-31 2024-02-28
Migration procedures and media tier updates 2024-01-24 2024-02-28
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