Genesys Cloud - Deprecations and announcements category

List of the Genesys Cloud release notes that include Deprecations and announcements updates.
November 1, 2023

Employee productivity

  • Genesys Agent Assist on the CX platform for voice

Self service and automation

  • Category and subcategory navigation in the knowledge portal

Deprecations and announcements

  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion
  • Native LINE third-party messaging channel deprecation
  • Mandatory SMS Registration Deadline: Toll Free Numbers

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October 11, 2023

Account management

  • The User Settings page displays the last login date and time
  • Regional Genesys location as default directory location
  • iRAP protected compliance assessment

Customer engagement

  • Allow end-user participants to clear web messaging conversations

Data, analytics and reporting

  • Trigger alerts based on the number of agents currently in queue

Self service and automation

  • Architect knowledge configuration improvements
  • Internal article references as hyperlinks in other knowledge articles

Deprecations and announcements

  • Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 support for the desktop app deprecation postponement
  • Search Audits APIs deprecation
  • Deprecation: Removal of Utilize Load Based permission

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October 4, 2023

Data, analytics and reporting

  • Improved native voice transcription accuracy for specific French dialects
  • Improved native voice transcription accuracy for specific Spanish dialects

Open platform

  • Ringtone selection for call alerts

Self service and automation

  • Centralized import and export for knowledge workbench V2
  • Preview knowledge workbench V2 articles
  • Advanced filtering and customizable columns for knowledge bases

Deprecations and announcements

  • Deprecation: Removal of consult transfer controls from the interaction window in Genesys Cloud embedded clients

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September 27, 2023

Customer engagement

  • Improved call analysis response performance
  • Bring Your Own (BYO) SMS in Genesys Cloud

Data, analytics, and reporting

  • Out-Of-The-Box (OOTB) process updates
  • Manually add words to the dictionary backend

Self service and automation

  • Knowledge optimizer unanswered queries improvements

Deprecations and announcements

  • Legacy alerting system deprecation postponement

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September 20, 2023

Customer engagement

  • Search domain names and email addresses
  • Inbound call handling site for BYOC Cloud trunks
  • Supported file attachments update in third-party messaging

Data, analytics, and reporting

  • Configure rules for any user in a work team

Self service and automation

  • Cards and carousels for digital bot conversations
  • Expanded knowledge portal availability

Workforce engagement

  • WEM activity widget for Genesys Cloud for Embedded Framework
  • Architect workflow automated notifications

Deprecations and announcements

  • Deprecation: Active Screen Recordings UI

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September 13, 2023

Customer engagement

  • Open messaging typing indicators

Data, analytics, and reporting

  • Introducing the Genesys Cloud Analytics Add-on (A3S)

Open platform

  • Architect workflow trigger automation
  • Introducing Genesys Cloud CX Accelerators

Self service and automation

  • Support center name change
  • Architect Transfer to ACD action in Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
  • Introducing the Architect Optimizations dashboard
  • Architect flow outcomes and milestones user interface updates

Workforce engagement

  • Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) activity view in external web environments

Deprecations and announcements

  • Deprecation: Canned reports
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    September 6, 2023

    Customer engagement

    • Additional EMEA numbers for Genesys Cloud Voice in US, Canada, and Europe
    • Additional APAC numbers for Genesys Cloud Voice in US, Canada, and Europe
    • Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows and Genesys Digital Bot Flows Japanese language support

    Data, analytics, and reporting

    • WebRTC Media Helper in Analytics

    Self service and automation

    • Architect zoom enhancement and legacy user interface toggle removal

    Workforce engagement

    • WEM activity views in Genesys Cloud for Salesforce embedded client
    • Telephony administrator user interface updates

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Search Audits APIs deprecation postponement

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    August 30, 2023

    Customer engagement

    • Conditional group routing as the timeout routing method for preferred agent routing
    • Require the WebRTC Media Helper
    • Custom music for agent-initiated hold duration
    • End interactions automatically when agents logoff
    • Improved media handling for outbound message attachments

    Data, analytics, and reporting

    • Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Norwegian, and Swedish programs, topics, and phrases support
    • Introducing the Genesys Cloud Analytics Add-on (A3S)
    • Campaign Interactions Detail view and Dialer Campaign Detailed Attempt History Report for outbound campaigns

    Open platform

    • Genesys Cloud for Chrome extension update
    • Calling party ID in p-asserted identity SIP header
    • Yealink headsets support

    Self service and automation

    • Additional formatting for knowledge workbench v2 articles
    • Test digital bot flows in real time
    • Intent health in Architect bot flows and digital bot flows

    Workforce engagement

    • Quality evaluation scores now available as a gamification metric

    Deprecations and announcements

    • US/CA 10DLC (10-Digit Long Code) SMS numbers purchase requirement
    • Arrow Electronics partnership and end of preconfigured edge appliances program
    • Deprecation: CX digital agent workspace (digital desktop only)
    • Japanese translation of “idle” inconsistency

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    August 16, 2023

    Contact center

    • Additional voice transcription accuracy improvements for Japanese
    • Sensitive Data Masking for voice interactions
    • Additional CX 1 Digital Add-On II capabilities
    • Co-browse for web messaging read-only fields and buttons
    • Dashboards summary page enhancements
    • Dashboard management for administrators
    • Knowledge follow-up tasks in bot flows and digital bot flows

    Integrations

    • Amazon LexV2 integration available in the FedRAMP region

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Search Audits view deprecation
    • BYOC Cloud TLS X.509 certificate renewal
    • Certificate Authority change for Microsoft Teams integration
    • Release Notes category improvements

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    August 02, 2023

    Contact center

    • Updated WhatsApp pricing structure
    • Copy and share interaction transcripts
    • Web messaging inbound custom attribute size limit requests
    • SMS short code number in France
    • Improved workload balancing in predictive routing

    Integrations

    • Two score-setting options for ranking waiting interactions

    Platform

    • PCI DSS recertification
    • Genesys Cloud WhatsApp Embedded signup self-service onboarding
    • Subscribe to events from the Operational Console

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Deprecation: Outbound Search Audits view
    • Mandatory SMS US and Canada registration

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    July 19, 2023

    Communicate

    • Polycom Zero Touch Provisioning
    • Specify a Canadian address as a remote emergency address

    Contact center

    • Collaborate chat quick access for recent chat messages
    • Real-time Interactions data export

    Integrations

    • Sentiment analysis in Google Cloud Dialogflow CX integrations

    Platform

    • Suppress call recordings during IVR flow and in-queue segments

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    July 5, 2023

    Contact center

    • Extended voice transcription services support for additional English dialects and German Switzerland
    • Improved native voice transcription accuracy for specific English dialects
    • Trigger Process Automation from any Evaluation State Change
    • Assign a permission to grant a role to a user by division

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Deprecation of legacy Dialog Engine postponement

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    June 28, 2023

    Contact center

    • Call recording and quality management support in Genesys Cloud EX

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Deprecation: CX digital agent workspace

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    June 21, 2023

    Contact center

    • Authenticated web messaging for verified users
    • Auto answer for digital interactions on queues

    Deprecations and announcements

    • LiveNow permission change
    • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion

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    June 14, 2023

    Communicate

    • BYOC Cloud TLS X.509 certificate renewal

    Contact center

    • Drill down to dashboard performance views
    • Real time alerting based on agent’s after call work duration
    • Improved dashboard create and edit options
    • Show or hide top viewed articles in Support Center
    • Multi-lingual Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flow and Genesys Digital Bot Flows

    Platform

    • Resource Center improvements
    • Telephony Extensions now support Divisions

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Legacy alerting system deprecation
    • External Contact directory pages external organization logo removal

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    May 31, 2023

    Contact Center

    • Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows and Genesys Digital Bot Flows Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Turkish language support

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Knowledge workbench V1 deprecation
    • Genesys Dialog Engine deprecation postponement
    • Mandatory US and Canada SMS/MMS registration

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    May 24, 2023

    Communicate

    • Message Waiting Indicator improvements

    Contact Center

    • Improved voice transcription accuracy for English language regions
    • Gamification metrics creation workflow improvements
    • Enhance predictive routing accuracy with participant data
    • Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows and Genesys Digital Bot Flows additional English language support

    Integrations

    • Support for JSON format output in trigger notifications
    • Trigger creation support for user activity topic

    Deprecations and announcements

    • JourneyCustomer cookie ID from GDPR API subjects response deprecation
    • LiveNow permission change

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    May 10, 2023

    Contact Center

    • Historical adherence and shrinkage view updates for teams
    • Route email to multiple destinations
    • Improved analytics email data with CC/BCC details

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Search Audits view deprecation
    • Search Audits APIs deprecation

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    May 3, 2023

    Communicate

    • Support for MDM browser authentication for Communicate for iOS

    Contact Center

    • Additional voice transcription accuracy for Arabic
    • Microsoft Edge Chromium, Firefox and browser extension support for screen recording with Genesys Cloud Background Assistant
    • Automatically reschedule time zone skipped contacts

    Platform

    • Identify unused roles and permissions in the Admin UI
    • Display number of interactions routed via non-predictive routing method due to timeout

    Deprecations and announcements

    • BYOC Premises—Customer VM Solution deprecation

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    April 26, 2023

    Contact Center

    • Generative AI to summarize agent digital interactions
    • New workforce management scheduling menu
    • Automatic language detection for digital interactions
    • Show or hide top searched articles in Support Center
    • Bulk changes to knowledge base question and answer articles
    • Copy an existing evaluation or web survey form
    • Customer Journeys tab in the Interactions View
    • Canned responses source code/HTML editor
    • Access to Queue Agent Details View by division membership

    Integrations

    • Introduction of OAuth 2.0 for custom SMTP integration

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Customer journey tab replacement

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    April 5, 2023

    Platform

    • Automatic inactivity timeout improvement
    • Maximum voicemail recording length setting

    Contact Center

    • Introducing the Data Actions Performance views
    • Introducing new Topic tab in agent, queue, and flow summary and detail views
    • Extended voice transcription services support for Arabic and Hebrew right to left languages
    • Topics and phrases support for Arabic right to left languages
    • Limit for number of allowed evaluations per agent and per day expanded to include ad-hoc evaluations
    • Data action in rule conditions for digital campaigns
    • Notification message for conversation disconnect

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 support for the desktop app deprecation postponement

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    March 29, 2023

    Communicate

    • Built-in Genesys Cloud WebRTC diagnostics application improvements

    Contact Center

    • External contacts Profile tab updates
    • Extended voice transcription services support for Dutch, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and additional English languages
    • Archive and unarchive learning modules

    Integrations

    • Automatic regionalization of endpoints for existing Google Cloud TTS and STT  integrations
    • Custom voices support for the Google Cloud Text-to-Speech integration

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Static data actions for web service data actions integration removal

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    March 22, 2023

    Communicate

    • Transcription for Communicate voicemails
    • Active speaker indicators

    Contact Center

    • Additional voice transcription accuracy improvements for Spanish
    • Approve time-off requests based on agent hire date
    • Evaluation source in evaluation cards
    • Enhanced pagination control in analytics workspace views
    • Queue Performance Summary chart view
    • Metric values in views with duration statistics
    • Transcription for Communicate voicemails
    • Restricted access to details about predictive routing agents
    • Delete a knowledge base

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Deprecation of select filters in Analytics API in Predictive Engagement

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    March 15, 2023

    Contact Center

    • Topic spotting improvement
    • Extend after call work (ACW) timeout settings to digital channels
    • Agent requested after call work (ACW) option
    • After call work (ACW) analytics for callbacks improvement
    • Genesys Cloud Dialog Engine Bot Flows and Genesys Digital Bot Flows Dutch support
    • Genesys natural language understanding (NLU) improvements

    Integrations

    • Genesys AppFoundry improvements

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Static data actions for web service data actions integration
    • Genesys Predictive Engagement on Genesys Engage hybrid solutions deprecation

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    March 1, 2023

    Contact center

    • Introducing homescreen configuration for Messenger
    • Knowledge articles in Messenger
    • Agent Log-in Log-out report
    • Status duration data for agents
    • Analytics workspace improvements
    • Delayed reaction triggers for process automation

    Platform

    • Hong Kong, Jakarta, and Paris satellite region deployment

    Deprecations and announcements

    • Mandatory US and Canada SMS/MMS registration
    • Deprecation of select filters in Analytics API in Predictive Engagement postponement
    • End of Analytics Conversation Detail Endpoint API query interval change allowlist
    • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion

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