Genesys Cloud - Deprecations and announcements category

List of the Genesys Cloud release notes that include Deprecations and announcements updates.
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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October 13, 2021

Contact center

  • Inbound and outbound file attachment support for third-party messaging and open messaging
  • Automatic time zone mapping enhancement for outbound campaigns
  • Audit events in Learning and Coaching APIs

Deprecations

  • Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation postponement

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September 1, 2021

Collaborate

  • Content management file sharing URL change

Communicate

  • SRV record support for TLS for BYOC Cloud trunks

Contact center

  • Assign Google Dialogflow bot events for canceled interactions
  • France French, Canadian French, Italian, German, and Brazilian Portuguese programs, topics, and phrases support
  • Email reply enhancement

Platform

  • Cape Town Africa satellite region deployment
  • Assign schedules, schedule groups, and call routing objects within divisions
  • Standardized client SDK logging and configuration

Deprecations

  • API endpoint change for supported topic spotting dialects

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August 25, 2021

Communicate

  • Conversation header support for BYOC Cloud trunks
  • DID number port increase for Genesys Cloud Voice

Contact center

  • Update ACD and language skills on an interaction in a queue with Routing API

Platform

  • Assign data tables within divisions

Deprecations

  • Max Calls replacement for BYOC Cloud trunks

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August 11, 2021

Communicate

  • Call history enhancements to mobile devices

Contact center

  • Introducing web messaging
  • Introducing Genesys Bot Connector
  • Expiration date for DNC lists
  • Improved accessibility for ACD voice interactions

Platform

  • Developer Blueprints for custom integrations

Deprecations

  • Quality Management Audit API change
  • Journey Reporting Service decommission

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July 28, 2021

Contact center

  • Interaction details and transcript UI improvements
  • Subscribe to transcripts through Notifications API
  • Journey aggregate query API for non-offered action states enhancement

Platform

  • Audit log viewer enhancement
  • Developer Guides

Deprecations

  • Skype for Business integration deprecation
  • Recording Service API metadata endpoint annotation deprecation
  • Journey JavaScript SDK specific mappable customer traits deprecation
  • Journey Reporting Service decommission postponement

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July 14, 2021

Collaborate

  • Video chat enhancements

Contact center

  • Introducing open messaging
  • Gamification leaderboard scope and reporting intervals customization
  • Enhanced agent workforce management schedule views in Genesys Tempo mobile application

Integrations

  • Introducing the Zoom Meetings integration
  • Salesforce Omni-Channel chat routing in Genesys Cloud

Deprecations

  • Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation
  • Journey JavaScript SDK specific mappable customer traits deprecation postponement

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June 30, 2021

Communicate

  • Genesys Cloud compliance with FCC’s new robocall mitigation framework (STIR/SHAKEN)

Contact center

  • Use Architect prompts in Google Dialogflow bots

Platform

  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Deprecations

  • Journey Reporting Service decommission
  • Genesys Cloud Ruby SDK deprecation

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June 16, 2021

Communicate

  • WebRTC Media Helper for VDI environment

Contact center

  • Introducing Architect common module flows
  • Permission to activate and deactivate queue membership
  • New custom actions and usability improvements for script designers
  • Caller ID and caller name specification on Callback API
  • Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) billing changes

Deprecations

  • Facebook Messenger HUMAN_AGENT message tag deprecation
  • Predictive Engagement outcome limitation change
  • Topics and programs audit events name change

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May 26, 2021

Contact center

  • Introducing Architect flow outcome milestones
  • View bot flow utterance history
  • Enhancements to workforce management forecasts

Deprecations

  • Incoming non-voice interaction alert ringtone change
  • Reduced data retention period for journey history change

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May 19, 2021

Contact center

  • Add external links for coaching appointments
  • View participant data attributes in the interaction detail page
  • Audit log viewer for workforce management schedules and work plans

Deprecations

  • Journey JavaScript SDK specific mappable customer traits deprecation
  • Predictive Engagement webhooks deprecation
  • Reduced data retention period for journey history postponement
  • Predictive Engagement outcome limitation change postponement

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May 5, 2021

Communicate

  • Search for external contacts and organizations on mobile devices

Contact center

  • Topic manager and topic spotting support for queues and flows
  • Configurable messaging threading timeline
  • Export Architect flows in YAML format
  • External contacts bulk APIs for notes and relationships
  • Journey aggregate query API for non-offered action states

Deprecations

  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change completed

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April 28, 2021

Contact center

  • New columns in Interactions view
  • Coaching added to WEM Upgrade subscriptions

Deprecations

  • Coaching permissions change
  • Keyword spotting endpoints deprecation
  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change

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April 21, 2021

Contact center

  • Introducing development and feedback modules for agents
  • Gamification start date selection
  • Transcripts Aggregate API for detected topics
  • Transcript search API enhancements

Integrations

  • Multiple certificates for single sign-on providers

Deprecations

  • Predictive Engagement outcome limitation change
  • CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change

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