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Release notes for HyoNova — new features, improvements and fixes, newest first.

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This page lists what changed in HyoNova, newest first. Each release says what is new, what improved and what was fixed, with links to the pages that explain it. Larger releases, such as Hyo Mail or the redesigned company workspace, also have their own guides in this documentation.

Release notes describe features that work today. Many are marked Beta or Preview on their pages while they are verified during early access:

StatusMeaning
AvailableWorks today for workspaces whose plan includes it.Works today for workspaces whose plan includes it.
BetaWorks today in early-access workspaces. Behaviour and limits may still change.Works today in early-access workspaces. Behaviour and limits may still change.
PreviewA first, limited version you can use today. Important parts are still missing.A first, limited version you can use today. Important parts are still missing.
Requires setupBuilt, but works only after a supporting service is configured for your workspace.Built, but works only after a supporting service is configured for your workspace.
Coming soonIn active development. Not available in HyoNova yet.In active development. Not available in HyoNova yet.
PlannedOn the HyoNova roadmap. Not built yet and has no release date.On the HyoNova roadmap. Not built yet and has no release date.

For what is being built next, see Coming to HyoNova. For problems that are known but not fixed yet, see Known issues.

Hyo Mail generally available

New

  • Hyo Mail is generally available on every plan: contacts, sign-up forms, the email builder, campaigns, automations, the transactional email API and signed webhooks.
  • Connect your store: a WordPress and WooCommerce plugin for sign-up forms and store sync, and a Shopify connection.

Improved

  • Sending uses Mail credits only: 1 credit per recipient email, with no monthly allowance and no plan daily cap. Packs from 10,000 credits are valid for 12 months.
  • The AI email designer works on every plan and uses Serene credits.

Learn more: Hyo Mail · Mail and Sign capacity · Connect your store · Mail API

Visitors & Events, in Beta

New

  • Office Visitors: guests who enter your HyoNova office pass a reception with your questions and the visit terms, and stay in the visitor areas and seats you allow.
  • Visitor Passes at $1 per admitted Office or Event Visitor, in prepaid packs of 10 to 1,000 valid for 12 months; meeting guests, re-entry during a visit and no-shows cost nothing.
  • Each admitted visitor gets a visit with its own length, free re-entry from the same browser, and an automatic end.
  • Events: public or invitation-only, with registration, personal invitation links, a QR code, capacity limits, a Visitor Pass estimate and an attendee list you can export as CSV.
  • Visitors & Events in Company administration: visitors overview, waiting and active visitors, visit history, visitor settings and an emergency stop; visitor analytics on Business and Enterprise.

Learn more: Visitors & Events · Visitor Passes · Visit sessions · Events · Reception and approval

Plans, seats and capacity

New

  • Four plans priced per licensed seat: Free for up to 10 members, Basic, Business and Enterprise — monthly, or annually with a saving.
  • Every new company starts with a 7-day Business trial without a card, and continues on Free when it fits.
  • Mail credits, Sign envelopes and Serene credits in one company wallet, with one-time promotional capacity per plan and packs valid for 12 months.
  • Serene credits with usage warnings and an owner budget cap; every AI request runs within limits.

Learn more: Plans & billing · Seats, trial and the Free plan · Mail and Sign capacity · Serene credits

HyoNova Sign, in Beta

New

  • HyoNova Sign: send PDFs for electronic signature to colleagues and external people, in order or in parallel, with a field editor, templates, reminders and an optional email code.
  • Recipients sign without a HyoNova account, in English or Arabic, on any device — or inside the workspace and the office world.
  • Every completed agreement gets a signed PDF, a bilingual certificate of completion, a sealed evidence package and a public verification page.
  • Send for signature from Files; signed documents are saved back to Files.

Learn more: HyoNova Sign · Send a document for signature · Sign a document · Evidence and verification

Hyo Mail, in Beta

New

  • Hyo Mail: contacts, lists and segments, sign-up forms, an email builder with templates, campaigns with A/B tests, automations and analytics.
  • Send transactional email from your own systems with the Mail API, and receive signed webhooks.

Learn more: Hyo Mail · Mail API · Webhooks

A redesigned workspace and Work

New

  • My Work, and projects with Board, List, Flow, Timeline and Milestones views.
  • Task dependencies, comments, labels, subtasks and attachments; a Calendar, Team workload, Goals and Work reports.
  • In-app notifications and reminders, and search across the workspace with Ctrl/⌘ K.

Improved

  • A new sidebar and a cleaner design across the company workspace.

Fixed

  • Employees can upload company files.
  • Reports use your company time zone for this month, quarter and year.

Learn more: Work overview · Views and planning: board, flow, timeline, calendar and goals · Reports

Accounts, guests and company administration

New

  • Forgot your password? Reset it by email. Change your password in Sign-in & Security.
  • Invited people join your company in one step.
  • Guest presets, host approval when guests arrive, and promoting a guest to an employee.
  • Company administration: custom roles with a permission matrix, departments, working hours and the audit log.

Learn more: Company administration · Guests · Roles and permissions

Clearer invitations

Improved

  • Pending invitations show whether the email was delivered and why not, with “Copy invitation link” on its own line.
  • Characters load their outfit more reliably when you enter an office.

Fixed

  • Expired guest links are cleaned up correctly together with their visits.

Learn more: Invitations · Email delivery problems

Voice, calls and teamwork for everyone

New

  • Spatial voice: talk with people near you after you choose “Talk with people nearby”.
  • Employees can send direct messages and call colleagues.
  • Managers can assign tasks to other people.

Improved

  • Each person has a single nameplate in the office.
  • Every guest visit is tracked on its own, so revoking one visitor does not affect others.

Learn more: Proximity and spatial voice · Calls · Tasks

Company workspace, chat and meetings

New

  • Company workspace sections: People, Work, Customers, Meetings, Files, Finance and Reports, in the dashboard and inside the office.
  • Member invitations with a role, and guest links to office worlds.
  • Direct messages and group conversations.
  • Calls and meetings with a waiting room, screen sharing and host controls.

Learn more: Communication · Meetings · Guest links

The spatial office

New

  • Try HyoNova without an account: choose an office template and walk through it before you sign up.
  • A redesigned office interface with a map, search (Ctrl/⌘ K) and contextual actions.
  • Character looks and wardrobe, including Gulf and Iraqi formal wear.
  • Readable company and office addresses in the browser.

Learn more: Quickstart · The world interface · Profile & character

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