These release notes provide information on the new features, newly supported OS, enhancements, resolved escalations, and bug fixes completed in every major, minor, and patch, release of the Appspace Employee App for mobile devices, version 8.x.
1 June 2024, Saturday
Employee App for Mobile 8.57
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.6-ac.5.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| User Profile Improvements | A new Events tab has been added to the User Profile in Employee App, displaying events the user is attending or has organized. | User Profile includes a new Events tab displaying events the user is attending or had organized. |
| Preview Content Improvements | Events, Pages, and Stories on the Employee App’s Home screen display in a preview window when clicked, instead of directing the user to the card content page. | New display behavior for Events, Pages, and Stories on the Employee App when clicked from the Home screen. |
FIXED BUGS
- AP-43831 – Alignment issues with the Title in Topics card when displayed on iOS devices.
11 May 2024, Saturday
Employee App for Mobile 8.56
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.6-ac.4.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| Communities UI Improvements | The Communities module has been improved in the Employee App for mobile. The layout, spacing, and size of UI elements have been adjusted to make the interface easier to read and navigate. |
27 Apr 2024, Saturday
Employee App for Mobile 8.55
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.6-ac.3.
FIXED BUGS
- AP-42605 – UI issues when displaying the timestamp on the newsfeed.
20 Apr 2024, Saturday
Employee App for Mobile 8.54
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.6-ac.2.
FIXED BUGS
- AP-40321 – Inconsistent UI error messages displayed between Google and Microsoft calendar providers during event conflicts.
8 Apr 2024, Monday
Employee App for Mobile 8.53
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.6-ac.1.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| Surface Sensor Information | Experience a new dimension of workspace reservation with the Surface Sensor Information feature. This innovative integration with surface sensors captures crucial environmental data, enriching the workspace reservation experience with insights into noise levels, light levels, temperature, and more. | |
| Communities on the Employee App for Mobile | Introducing Communities on the Employee App for mobile, a significant leap forward within our Employee App platform, transforming the way employees collaborate, connect, share insights, and engage in meaningful discussions.
Communities enhances the overall digital workplace experience, aligning with efforts to integrate features from our Intranet product, offering a more rounded and dynamic platform that supports various forms of workplace communications, while addressing the need for user-driven collaboration spaces. Key Community Features:
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| Streamlined Visitor Invitation Workflow | Organizations utilizing both Space Reservations and Visitor Management may now invite both employees and visitors within a single Streamlined Visitor Invitation Workflow, without having to toggle between separate systems or enter duplicate information. This workflow ensures a cohesive and unified experience for organizers by simplifying the process of organizing workplace meetings.
Invitations are synchronized between both Space Reservations and Visitor Management, allowing any changes made to the reservation event or attendees to be automatically reflected on both sides, guaranteeing consistency and accuracy throughout the process. |
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| Simplified Event RSVP buttons | The RSVP option for events has been adjusted. The Going and Not Going buttons have been changed to Attend or Attending. |
18 Mar 2024, Monday
Employee App for Mobile 8.52
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.5-ac.6.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| Supported File Types | Word file formats (.doc and .docx) are now supported on the Employee App, allowing employees to upload these documents within a User Post and Event Post. |
5 Mar 2024, Tuesday
Employee App for Mobile 8.51.1
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.5-ac.5.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| Disable In-App Browser for External Links | Account Owners may disable the in-app browser for the Employee App on mobile devices, ensuring external links are launched from the default system web browser for enhanced security measures.
This setting is configurable under Settings > App Configuration > Settings within the Appspace console |
The Disable In-App Browser for iOS and Android native applications option is located under Settings > App Configuration > Settings on the Appspace console. |
26 Feb 2024, Monday
Employee App for Mobile 8.50
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.5-ac.4.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| App Language Localization | The following additional languages are now supported:
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FIXED BUGS
- AAU-705 – Log in issues on iOS devices.
3 Feb 2024, Saturday
Employee App for Mobile 8.49
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.5-ac.2 to Appspace 8.5-ac.3.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| Notification Improvements | When receiving Push Notifications on the Employee App, users are directed to the relevant section of the Employee App that is associated with the notification.
This ensures users are able to fully comprehend the context of the notification while taking the necessary actions. |
19 Jan 2024, Friday
Employee App for Mobile 8.48
This automated release repackages features from Appspace 8.4-ac.2 to Appspace 8.5-ac.1.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
| Features | Description | Impact/Outcome |
| Automate Console Packaging | The Employee App for mobile bundling process has been simplified allowing it to be automatically bundled and built during the Appspace console release build.
This ensures Employee App features and updates that are released within Appspace cloud are quickly available on the Employee App for mobile. |
The Appspace Employee App for Mobile takes on a new versioning numbering, aligning with the Appspace cloud release. |
FIXED BUGS
- AAU-617 – Security update for credential storage.
- AAU-634 – Unable to log in to the Employee App on Android 10 devices.
- AAU-636 – The View Map button is missing, and the mini-map fails to load on the Resource and Reservation pages.
- AAU-696 – Login session persists even after the user uninstalls the app when using the keychain to store secure credentials.
- AAU-697 – Two alerts are displayed on Android devices when the lock screen is disabled.
- AAU-698 – Unable to re-login or add a new user after updating the app with the secured storage fix.