Genesys Cloud - Deprecations and announcements category

List of the Genesys Cloud release notes that include Deprecations and announcements updates.
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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February 22, 2023

Communicate

  • Require the WebRTC Media Helper
  • WebHID technology for Jabra headsets re-enablement

Contact center

  • Improved interval granularity for a specific time span during performance metrics exports
  • Improved module scheduling
  • Scorecard tab improvements in the agent activity view

Deprecations and announcements

  • journeyCustomer cookie id from GDPR API subjects response deprecation
  • Customer journey tab replacement
  • Genesys legacy Dialog Engine deprecation
  • Knowledge workbench V1 deprecation

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February 15, 2023

Contact center

  • Status metrics for multiple queues on Performance Dashboards
  • Support for capitalization and punctuation in native voice transcription for English transcripts
  • Improved sentiment analysis for English
  • Knowledge workbench Dutch language support

Deprecations and announcements

  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion postponement
  • Canned reports deprecation date updates

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February 1, 2023

Contact center

  • Participant names and avatars in Genesys Messenger
  • Sentiment data in Topic Trends views

Platform

  • Email notifications for Genesys Cloud terms and conditions, privacy policies, and security policies updates

Deprecations and announcements

  • Windows 8 and 8.1 support for the desktop app deprecation
  • Identify Journey SDK method in Predictive Engagement deprecation
  • API endpoint change for local key settings in recording service

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January 25, 2023

Collaborate

  • Control access to the /giphy chat command

Contact center

  • Callback outcomes metrics
  • Evaluation Assistance
  • Evaluation, survey, and assessment form builder enhancements
  • Additional voice transcription accuracy improvements for Spanish

Platform

  • Solutions, subscription plans, licensing, and pricing from the Resource Center home page

Deprecations and announcements

  • Deprecation of select filters in Analytics API in Predictive Engagement

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January 18, 2023

Collaborate

  • Video setting improvements

Contact center

  • Introducing the Genesys Cloud EX license
  • Online Agents count metric and Owned by Me filter for Performance Dashboards
  • Multiple media type filter support in views and exports

Deprecations and announcements

  • Identify Journey SDK method in Predictive Engagement deprecation
  • OS Family attribute in Predictive Engagement
  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion

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January 11, 2023

Contact center

  • Specify a default panel for agent interactions
  • Conversation autostart for mobile platforms
  • Extended voice transcription services text decoration support
  • Extended voice transcription services support for Danish, Finnish, French, Norwegian, and Swedish languages
  • Improved voice transcription accuracy for Japanese
  • Historical adherence bulk request

Deprecations and announcements

  • End of Analytics Conversation Detail Endpoint API query interval change allowlist

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December 21, 2022

Contact center

  • Co-browse for web messaging
  • Automatic email signatures in canned responses
  • Enhanced canned responses editor options
  • Rich media in knowledge base articles
  • Genesys Cloud native text-to-speech (TTS) French and Spanish support

Integrations

  • Introducing the Google Cloud Speech-to-Text (STT) integration
  • Microsoft Teams integration enhancements

Platform

  • Single sign-on configuration enhancements

Deprecations and announcements

  • OS Family attribute in Predictive Engagement
  • Windows 7 support for the desktop app deprecation
  • Canned reports deprecation date updates
  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion postponement

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December 14, 2022

Communicate

  • WebHID technology for Jabra headsets
  • Telephony administrator user interface updates

Contact center

  • Genesys Agent Assist available in Genesys Cloud Embedded Clients
  • Import and export knowledge base articles in additional formats
  • No input timeout settings in Genesys Digital Bot Flows
  • Call digital bot flows from Architect in-queue message flows
  • Sentiment data in Agent Queue Detail and Queue Agent Detail views
  • Topic spotting improvement
  • Japanese programs, topics, and phrases support
  • Usability improvements to messaging and email in the Transcript tab
  • Genesys Cloud forecasting user interface updates

Deprecations and announcements

  • Genesys Cloud SSO certificate expiry
  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion

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December 7, 2022

Communicate

  • Ringtone options for web and desktop apps

Contact center

  • Predictive routing queue impact report
  • Limited details for interactions older than 1.5 years available in all regions
  • Auto search for callbacks and outbound campaign calls in the Profile panel
  • Offset parameter added in recording bulk job API
  • Do Not Contact list endpoints for record removal
  • Genesys Messenger support for Hebrew
  • Tempo icon in Genesys Cloud
  • Workforce management time-off plan accessibility improvements
  • Knowledge workbench V2 accessibility improvements

Deprecations and announcements

  • Microsoft Edge Legacy browser support deprecation

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November 2, 2022

Communicate

  • International number plans as outbound routes changes

Contact center

  • Introducing Genesys Cloud digital licenses
  • Agentless email notifications
  • Outbound email campaigns
  • Delivery status receipts for outbound email campaigns
  • Manage time zones for outbound email campaigns
  • Increased email size limit for custom SMTP integrations
  • New filters and columns in Content Search view
  • AudioHook billing for active use only
  • Cumulative uploads of external metrics for performance scorecards

Deprecations and announcements

  • API endpoint change for local key settings in recording service
  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion

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October 26, 2022

Contact center

  • Predictive routing benefit assessment for preferred agent routing
  • Destination address dimension in Conversation Detail record
  • Workforce management UI accessibility improvements

Deprecations

  • API default profile change for gamification metrics

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October 19, 2022

Contact center

  • Analyze feedback from the knowledge workbench
  • Hyperlinks in knowledge base articles
  • Typing indicators available for Messenger Transport Mobile SDK
  • Arabic voice transcription support

Deprecations

  • Genesys Cloud SSO certificate expiry
  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services expansion

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September 28, 2022

Contact center

  • Cards for bot conversations
  • Carousels for bot conversations
  • Manually assign waiting interactions
  • Routing metrics added to Queue Agent Detail and Agents Queues Detail views
  • Interactions views fax column and filter
  • Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services text-to-speech (TTS) integration

Platform

  • Improved user activity indicators
  • Genesys Cloud subscription name updates

Deprecations

  • API default profile change for gamification metrics postponement

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August 17, 2022

Contact center

  • List variables for agent script designers
  • Web messaging typing indicators setting

Deprecations

  • Windows 7 support for the desktop app deprecation
  • Website visitor count API change

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August 10, 2022

Contact center

  • Copy a development and feedback module
  • Genesys Beyond module enhancements
  • Configure setting to reduce latency of transcripts sent through Notifications API
  • Messenger Transport Mobile SDK
  • Use self-managed AWS Key Management Service for conversation data encryption

Platform

  • South America (São Paulo) region deployment

Deprecations

  • Microsoft Edge Legacy browser support deprecation
  • Website visitor count API change

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July 13, 2022

Collaborate

  • Genesys Cloud video chat setting improvements

Communicate

  • Introducing BYOC Premises Customer Hardware Solution
  • Additional LATAM numbers for Genesys Cloud Voice in US, Canada, and EMEA

Contact center

  • Topic trends summary and detail views
  • Agent ACD skills and language proficiency routing improvement
  • Improved default program list in speech and text analytics settings
  • Japanese voice transcription support

Deprecations

  • Website visitor count API change

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June 22, 2022

Contact center

  • Reset and reassign development and feedback modules
  • Interaction evaluation form version tracking
  • Blocked offer views for Predictive Engagement journey action maps
  • Rich text formatting in bot messages
  • Interactions UI improvement
  • Intent miner Spanish language support
  • Web chat widget support for Google Fonts

Deprecations

  • Canned reports deprecation
  • API default profile change for gamification metrics

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June 15, 2022

Contact center

  • Improved wait time for call recording download and playback
  • Prioritize order of performance and development information in Agent activity view
  • Amazon Lex integration in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) AWS region

Deprecations

  • Bridge integrations deprecation
  • Website visitor count API change

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May 18, 2022

Contact center

  • Introducing AudioHook Monitor
  • Mandatory US and Canada SMS toll-free number verification
  • Retrieve estimated wait times for different media types in Architect flows
  • Use random functions in Architect decision actions
  • Parity in agent performance views with agent metrics reports
  • Export and import forecast in user-selected time zone for workforce management
  • Secure pause recordings when not a conversation participant in Conversations API

Platform

  • Enable automatic capture of console logs for troubleshooting

Deprecations

  • Agent interaction UI collapse/expand control removal

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May 4, 2022

Contact center

  • Workforce management agent schedule enhancements
  • Expanded inbound MMS support for SMS messages
  • Outbound MMS support for SMS messages
  • DNC.com integration for Do Not Contact lists enhancements
  • Performance report for queues with predictive routing
  • Ability to remove PII from voicemail and fax notifications

Integrations

  • Amazon EventBridge topics for conversation and flow metrics

Platform

  • API usage report
  • CX as Code support for Architect flows
  • Genesys Cloud fair use policy documentation improvement

Deprecations

  • Deprecation of workforce management time-off requests for non-consecutive days

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April 27, 2022

Contact center

  • Authenticated web messaging
  • ”Bring your own keys” for recording encryption
  • SSML support for language capabilities in Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
  • Toll-free number and long code support in NANP for outbound SMS campaigns
  • Map secondary presence statuses to workforce management activity codes
  • Workforce management view adherence permission

Deprecations

  • Workforce management adherence permission change

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April 13, 2022

Contact center

  • Additional learning and coaching permissions for supervisor and administrator roles

Deprecations

  • Website visitor count API change

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April 6, 2022

Communicate

  • Specify remote address as emergency address for Genesys Cloud Voice (Ray Baum’s Act)

Contact center

  • Inline images in canned responses
  • Ability to disable call analysis and answering machine detection
  • Email, message, and chat transcript enhancements
  • Configure workforce management activities as interruptible for coaching

Deprecations

  • Workforce management adherence permission change

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March 30, 2022

Contact center

  • Predictive routing for email interactions
  • Predictive routing for message interactions
  • Coaching UI improvements
  • Coaching and learning by division access
  • Architect Flush Audio action
  • Parallel slot and slot type creation in Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
  • Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows support for French, German, Italian, and Spanish

Platform

  • The Developer Center has a new look
  • Introducing Developer Center Notifications Monitor

Deprecations

  • Deprecation of workforce management time off requests for non-consecutive days

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