Stay Up-to-Date with Showell: Explore the Latest Features and Enhancements in Our Release Notes
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This article provides updates on our latest Cloud service releases, focusing primarily on security enhancements and backend improvements.
It also includes release notes from the Showell Admin Panel. This panel offers various administrative features and analytics data. Please note that we are in the process of migrating all administrative functionalities to the Showell App for Web. As a result, updates to the Admin Panel will be limited, but will continue to receive support during this transition.
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Cloud Service Release Notes
February 2025
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Audit log: improved data capture for changes
- Performance optimisation for new share creation and opening the Digital Sales Room
- Fixed a user invitation link issue, and an error with My Files when a user is removed and rejoins a Workspace
- Added support for Salesforce SSO
- Minor security improvements
January 2025
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Search will now match keywords even if the search phrase contains uppercase characters
- Fixed a bug with user invitations that caused activation email to not be sent in rare cases
November 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Share owner and collaborators can now always open the share in the Digital Sales Room when 'Allowed Visitors' setting is used
- Fixed an error that occurred when editing shares
October 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Important Security fixes (incl. for accessing Shares)
September 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- SSO users will no longer face automatic deactivation or loss of their license if their login status cannot be verified.
- Added support for new SharePoint/OneDrive editing features
- Fixed an issue with Share links
- Added support for Asset Bank
May 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- New accounts created using the Get Started form now use app.showell.com as their Showell for Web domain and shares.showell.com as their DSR domain
- Fixed a security issue
April 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Fixed an issue that delayed the appearance of copied files in Shares by up to 25 minutes
- Resolved occasional SSO login hang-ups
- Important security update
March 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Added multi-workspace support to Google Drive Editor
- Account creation process is now significantly faster, reducing time by several seconds
- Added support for improved password changing method
- Admins must now be administrators on all accounts linked to a user to make certain changes. However, they can still manage group memberships and remove users from accounts
- Improved “Reset login” functionality
February 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Fixed an issue that caused notification emails to occasionally fail with multiple recipients
- Improved support for SSO login from Showell for Outlook
January 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- New files are accessible only to the owner until virus scanning completes; infected files are removed, and the owner is notified via email
- Emails sent from our server have a new design
- Improved email performance and related enhancements
Admin panel Release Notes
March 2025
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- User’s company and country information is now included in Analytics exports if available
- Fixed an issue with workspace switching in embedded view
- Ensured Analytics export is now available in embedded admin (within Showell App for Web)
January 2025
🐞 Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Analytics data older than 5 years will now start to get pseudonymized
September 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- In line with improved security and standards, The password mangement field from user settings has been removed from Showell Admin. Users can now change their passwords only through the Showell App (version 10 or newer) or by using the “forgot my password” feature on the login page.
August 2024
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Resolved a minor hiccup with the folder privilege view in workspaces with a large number of groups.
- Analytics views now provide clear information on whether a user has been removed.
April 2024
🆕 We've added AI to the translation table
- With our translation feature, you can easily translate all folders within your Workspace. But now, by simply clicking on the AI-button, this will automatically translate the folders for you. For more information: Translate Folders
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Solved a problem that occasionally hindered the adjustment of admin privileges or restricted access to Showell Admin for users belonging to multiple workspaces
- Enhanced logic with user removal
- Resolved an issue when a user had blocked the help-chat using a browser add-on
- Resolved a translation table hiccup
- Added support for the MS Dynamics integration
- Fixed a security issue
January 2024
🆕 Added the "Country" and "Company" fields to User Export
- When exporting your user list, it will now also provide the Country and Company information.
December 2023
🆕 Some changes are made to the Showell Admin platform to support the release of the Showell App Version 10.
- We've changed the terms 'Account' to 'Workspace'. This is to avoid confusion with the term User Account.
- Other changes have been made under the hood to assure the new Admin features that landed in Showell App for Web are working correctly and communicate with the Showell Admin platform.
- For more details about the Showell 10 update, please refer to the Showell 10 Release Notes article.
November 2023
🆕 Added a layer of security for workspaces with SSO
- To enhance security, Showell has disabled Group management features on the Showell platform for workspaces that utilize and manage groups on the SSO side. This prevents accidental management or creation of groups on the Showell side
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- We've successfully killed a bug that was causing mischief with empty workspaces, where no action points were provided
- An update was provided for Salesforce Experience Cloud site usage
August 2023
🆕 You can now filter, sort and batch-add users to groups. This feature was initially released as a Beta version in March and has now been fully released on the Admin platform.
- Add a company or country to individual users
- Filter your users according to License, Role, Creation date, Multi-Factor Authentication, Groups and Country
- Sort your users alphabetically or join date
- Aside name and email, you can now search for users with their title or company
- Multi-Select users and add them to groups
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- We've successfully squashed a pesky bug that was causing mischief with internal linking
June 2023
🆕 Integration Updates
- Integration now supports larger linkages
- Workspace admins will be notified via email if a linkage sync has failed
- Fixed other minor issues
🆕 Upgraded deletion process
- Now, when you delete files from the trash, a spinner will be displayed to indicate the deletion process.
🆕 Workspace list is now displayed in alphabetical order
- You'll find it easier to change Workspaces when they are all in alphabetical order
April 2023
🆕 You can now add a custom terms of service to invitations
- From your Workspace settings, you can now provide a Custom company Terms of Service (TOS), to then be included in your user invitations
🆕 You can now set a default share expire date
- From your Workspace settings, you can now set a default share expire date
March 2023
🆕 Under Users (Beta) - You can now filter, sort and batch-add users to groups
- Add a company or country to individual users
- Filter your users according to License, Role, Creation date, Multi-Factor Authentication, Groups and Country
- Sort your users alphabetically or join date
- Aside name and email, you can now search for users with their title or company
- Multi-Select users and add them to groups
🆕 You can now 'Select All' files at once in a folder
- Open any folder of choice, and click the 'select all'-button to select all your files at once
🆕 See an overview of all your active features
- Not sure what features you have activated on your Workspace? You can now find them within your Workspace Settings
December 2022
🆕 User analytics: Usage per device
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- Those creepy crawlers don't stand a chance. We've removed a few more bugs (safely out in the nature. Of course).
September 2022
🆕 You can now request a default share expiration for your account
August 2022
🆕 Dropbox integration
- Integrate your DropBox in Showell and sync all your files and folders
🐞 Bug fixes and Improvements
- The application is now functioning seamlessly.
June 2022
🆕 Improved Event analytics
- This will now show the users who performed the event.
🐞 Security fixes and Improvements
- This update contains security fixes so effective, no one shall pass.
May 2022
- Updated user interface
- Analytics: Now you can see user specific events
- Thumbnail gallery improvements
- Removed the possibility to hide 'Views/top-level folders'. (You can still make them private)
- Bug Fixes & small improvements
April 2022
- Added the 'Last viewed' column to Share recipient analytics
- Bug Fixes & small improvements
- It is now possible to hide, and add an expire date to a link
- You can now create a new view within the Showell Themes
- Bug Fixes & small improvements
March 2022
- NEW: Folder and files can now be filtered by language, shareable settings and type!
- Bug Fixes & small improvements
February 2022
- Bug Fixes & small improvements related to group privileges
January 2022
- New feature: ability to change settings for multiple files at once. This includes 'Allow sharing, Expiration date, Languages and Keywords'.
How to? Select files and press the settings button from the bar at the bottom of the screen. - Performance improvement to analytics
December 2021
- New Feature: Possibility to hide a folder/file.
November 2021
- Security Updates
- group Privileges section in files/folder: Added a button to add 'All users'-group.
October 2021
- Major improvements to Analytics
- Folder can now be made shareable
- Added 'Help Center'-button to the Admin page footer
- New Feature: Live Copy!
September 2021
New: Trash folder - Possibility to restore deleted files/folders
Updates prior to September 2021
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💡 FAQ
How do I know what Showell Version I have installed?
You can check your installed version from the Showell App or Showell Admin. Navigate to the following article for more information:
Can I automatically update the Showell App?
The Showell App for Web will always have the latest version available.
If you have auto-updates enabled in your device's store, the Windows, iOS and Android App will also automatically update.
