List of the Genesys Cloud release notes that include Deprecations and announcements updates.
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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March 23, 2022

Contact center

  • Introducing analytics workspace
  • Average Hold Handled and ACW Handled columns in Performance views
  • Improved customer sentiment scoring
  • Workforce management import service enhancement
  • Configurable Messenger position for web messaging
  • Web messaging delivery status notifications
  • Campaign and campaign sequence schedule improvements

Platform

  • US East 2 (Ohio) region deployment

Deprecations

  • Agent interaction UI collapse/expand control removal

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March 9, 2022

Contact center

  • Introducing Architect built-in voicemail flow
  • Flow milestone views and flow outcomes and performance view updates
  • Scheduled Callbacks view improvements
  • Expanded workforce management audit log details
  • View the creation date and time of a schedule or forecast
  • Inspirational quotes replacement

Integrations

  • Maximum instances per organization for Amazon EventBridge integration

Deprecations

  • Horizontal script panel in agent interaction UI removal
  • Workforce management adherence permission change

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February 23, 2022

Platform

  • Genesys Cloud offer packaging and pricing changes
  • BYOC Cloud pricing model changes
  • Fair use voice transcription pricing changes

Contact center

  • Agent-owned callback requests and Scheduled Callbacks view
  • Skill matching for predictive routing
  • Dutch and Korean voice transcription view and search support

Deprecations

  • Architect Get Journey Sessions by customer action removal

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February 9, 2022

Contact center

  • Introducing Agent Assist in select regions
  • Use Architect system and user prompts in Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
  • Workforce management shifts and shift history management enhancements
  • Update ACD and language skills on an interaction in a queue with Routing API

Deprecations

  • Workforce management time-off requests for non-consecutive days deprecation

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February 2, 2022

Contact center

  • Limited PII masking in Performance views and exports
  • Access to agent management across divisions
  • Manually assign interactions across queues
  • Polish programs, topics, and phrases support

Deprecations

  • API endpoint change for supported topic spotting dialects

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January 19, 2022

Contact center

  • Redesigned roster in agent interaction UI
  • Performance views for Predictive Engagement action maps, segments, and outcomes
  • Set skills and interaction priority in Architect in-queue flows
  • Audit log viewer for workforce management time-off requests and shift trades

Integrations

  • Delete data actions support

Deprecations

  • Architect Get Journey Sessions by Customer action removal

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January 12, 2022

Contact center

  • Access control enhancement for call recording segments

Deprecations

  • Workforce management adherence permission change

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December 22, 2021

Communicate

  • EMEA numbers available for Genesys Cloud Voice US and Canada

Integrations

  • Introducing the Amazon EventBridge integration
  • Introducing the Nuance Mix integration for voice and digital flows

Deprecations

  • Agent interaction UI collapse/expand control removal
  • Horizontal script panel in agent interaction UI removal
  • Workforce management historical data import service JSON format endpoint deprecation

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December 8, 2021

Contact center

  • Voice interaction coaching and monitoring
  • Data actions as a voice campaign pre-call or post-call rule action
  • Automatic bot responses
  • Assign flow outcome within divisions
  • Sentiment score metric added to Transcripts Aggregate API
  • Polish voice transcription support

Deprecations

  • Workforce management adherence permission change
  • API endpoint change for supported topic spotting dialects

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November 10, 2021

Contact center

  • Bot Performance views
  • Routing detail columns in Performance views
  • Open messaging API enhancements

Integrations

  • Add non-E.164 number to Other Phone field for collaboration integrations

Deprecations

  • Recording Service API metadata endpoint annotation deprecation

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November 3, 2021

Contact center

  • Monitor ongoing value of predictive routing
  • Sentiment analysis columns in Performance views
  • Additional development and feedback modules for agents

Deprecations

  • Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation

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October 27, 2021

Communicate

  • BYOC Cloud TLS X.509 certificate renewal

Contact center

  • Acoustic analysis information for voice interactions in the Details tab
  • Ability to provide feedback to sentiment analysis
  • Audience size estimator for action maps in Predictive Engagement

Deprecations

  • Max Calls replacement for BYOC Cloud trunks
  • Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation postponement

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