New Features & UX Improvements In The Mobile Apps

New recognitions module, greetings module, notes module, sub-menu support, post enhancements, chat enhancements, security improvements, and numerous usability improvements have been added to the iPhone & Android mobile apps.

Recognition module now available on mobile

  • View a list of all the recognitions given in your domain along with the reactions & comments posted on them.
  • Recognize a co-worker or a team using the recognition module in the mobile app.
  • Full list of categories & awards that have been setup for your domain is available to use in the app.
  • The recipient and their followers/team members are notified when a recognition is given.
  • Ability to view the recognition leaderboard for a selected period is now supported on mobile. This includes
    • Top recognized people &
    • Top recognized teams
  • Recognition module is available on the user’s profile which will list the awards received by the user. It will also be available in a team as a module where the awards received by the team are listed.
  • When giving a recognition to a person or a team, you can select 1 or more company core values to associate to it. Core values for which the user has been recognized will be highlighted on the user’s profile page.
  • Built-in approval process has been added in the mobile apps to approve or decline recognition requests.
  • Messages module has a new filter to view ‘Action Required’ messages in it. This filter will include both – the award approvals you need to take an action on and your requested approvals.

Greetings module now available on mobile

  • View a list of all the greetings given in your domain along with the reactions & comments posted on them.
  • Give birthday wishes, express your gratitude with a thank you greeting, congratulate someone on a promotion, wish a new parent and do a lot more now using the Greetings module in the mobile app.
  • Ability to send a greeting to a team or an individual is supported in the app.
  • Full list of categories & greetings that have been setup for your domain is available to use in the app.
  • The recipient and their followers/team members are notified when a greeting is shared.

 

New notes module added on mobile

  • Ability to view your notes, your pinned notes, and the notes shared with you is available in the mobile app.
  • Ability to sort the notes by title (A-Z), recently updated, and recently accessed by you is supported.
  • Ability to quickly find a note based on its title is supported using the Quick Find.
  • Ability to view the note content in read only mode is available in the mobile app.

Posts module enhancements

  • Ability to create a post from mobile got new styling tools to enable a rich-text post to be created
  • The post can be shared with one or more teams or with followers.

Chat enhancements

  • Action to mute a team chat using the right-swipe gesture on a chat item in the list of chats has been added.
  • Once a chat is muted, you will not be notified & pushed new chat messages sent by members in the team. You can still open the team chat and view all the sent messages at any time.
  • Team chat can be set to auto un-mute after 30 mins to 1 week or until the user manually un-mutes it.
  • When there is a new chat message (1-1 or team) there will now be a ‘new’ indicator against the module (instead of a unread chat count)

 

Location improvements

  • Ability to view location fields categorized into sections  is now available on mobile.
  • The order of section & fields will be setup by domain admins

 

Calendar improvements

  • Event organizers can now RSVP on behalf of someone else from the mobile app.
  • Events can now be scheduled with start time or end time of 5 mins (from the earlier 15 mins). For example the start time of an event can now be 4:05 PM and end time can be 4:50 PM.
  • When you create a new event, you can now change the ‘timezone’ value from the mobile app.

Menus & sub-menus support

  • Menus & sub-menus created by domain admins for shortcuts and modules will be supported in the mobile app.
  • Network user’s self-created sub-menus (if the domain admin has enabled) via the web portal will be supported in the mobile app.

 

Security improvements

  • Number of attempts to enter the mobile PIN value is now also governed by the admin set ‘Failed Authentication Attempt Policy ‘ value to prevent a brute force PIN attack.
  • The password set rules by the domain admin will be applied in the mobile app also. These include
    • Length of password
    • Complexity of password
    • Prevention of password reuse
    • Auto-expiry of password

 

12 new usability enhancements added

  • Drop-down-based filters on mobile have been changed to tabs to make them visible and accessible with 1 tap.
  • User’s pinned projects, groups, departments show up on top in the project/group/department lists making it easier to access them quickly.
  • @mentioning a user by typing the user’s first name &  last name is now supported.
  • Ability to @mention other teams in an update that’s being shared in a team has been added.
  • Ability to get a read receipt to indicate who has read the update you posted in a team and in a private message has been added.
  • Ability to hide a feed using the right-swipe gesture on a feed item in the News Feed module has been added.
  • A new setting to control if a news feed in the team should be posted when a new member is added from mobile is now supported.
  • Ability to mark a notification as read directly in the notification panel using the right-swipe gesture on the item has been added.
  • Page-level settings by admin to show the view count only to admins is now supported in the mobile app.
  • Ability to send a join request for private teams and directly join a public team is now supported in the mobile app.
  • User profile page UI has been updated to show user’s manager & user’s direct reportees. Clicking on the manager’s name will take the user to the manager’s profile page.
  • Images or files of upto 200 MB can now be uploaded from the mobile app (as compared to the previous max limit of 50 MB)