25.2 Release Notes

This page shows the products and features currently planned for the 25.2 release cycle, which begins on 23 April 2025 and ends when the next release begins, which is currently targeted for late July of 2025. Features are subject to change between now and the end of the release cycle. You may receive these features at different times throughout the release cycle. Remember that you may be required to purchase a license or sign up for a controlled release (CR) program to access some of them.

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Learn about the platform requirements and FedRAMP support status for the CXone apps you use.

Removed Applications and Features

Removal of Speed to Lead Personal Connection Feature

The speed to lead feature, which has been available in a controlled release, has been removed.

Customer Request UI Change Availability CR
On deploy

ACD

ACD Routing

Expanded Support for Advanced Routing Features

Previously, advanced routing features were available for standard configurations in Australia, Canada, the EU, and the USA. In this release, they are also available for these regions and configurations: 

  • FedRAMP configurations in the US

  • Standard configurations in the UK

Advanced routing features include:

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Agent for Service Cloud Voice

Multiconference Support

Previously, Agent for Service Cloud Voice only supported up to four people on conference calls. In this release, it supports up to six people on conference calls. This allows agents to add parties without placing the contactClosed The person interacting with an agent, IVR, or bot in your contact center. on hold.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Data Streams

Kafka Stream Support

Previously, only Kinesis streams were supported. In this release, support was added for Kafka streams. This expands your ability to stream IVRClosed Interactive Voice Response. Automated phone menu contacts use via voice or key inputs to obtain information, route an inbound voice call, or both. log data from CXone using whichever option is best for you.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

DEVone Integrations

InteractCX

ConnectLingua Enhancements

ConnectLingua is a real-time translation solution that integrates with CXone as an Agent Assist Hub application. It uses AI technologies to create seamless voice communication between agents and contactsClosed The person interacting with an agent, IVR, or bot in your contact center., supporting 65+ languages. InteractCX has updated ConnectLingua with the following enhancements:

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Conversational AI Agent

Powered by ConnectLingua, InteractCX offers a virtual agentClosed A software application that handles customer interactions in place of a live human agent. that can converse in over 65 languages. This lets all contacts self-serve more effectively by using their preferred language.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

ConnectLingua AI Flow Builder

The AI flow builder automates the virtual agent creation process. It can ingest 6 months of call recording data to automatically train virtual agents. From these recordings, it can create flows for virtual agents to follow. It then identifies the top 10 unique flows and creates an automated AI agent around those flows. The AI flow builder removes the manual work involved in creating virtual agents.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

ConnectLingua Analytics Dashboard and Interactive BI Reports

You can access a variety of real-time insights about your interactions. An AI analysis provides data such as:

This data helps you better understand how to maximize ConnectLingua.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

ConnectLingua Agent Client

InteractCX offers a new agent application built around ConnectLingua. It lets your agents seamlessly access all features in one place, like the embeddable AI applications. You can also add your own branding and UI add-ons. This opens possibilities for integrating other custom web apps or CRMsClosed Third-party systems that manage such things as contacts, sales information, support details, and case histories.. This agent application supports digital channelsClosed Various voice and digital communication mediums that facilitate customer interactions in a contact center. along with softphone support for voice calls.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

ConnectLingua Auto QM

You can add quality monitoring for ConnectLingua. This analyzes agent performance in real time. According to your policies, it scores your agents' call handling. Auto QM helps you understand how well your agents are performing, and how you can better empower them to assist contacts.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

SightCall

SightCall Snap

Previously, SightCall VISION let you add live video to interactions. This let contacts provide instant visual context to the agent during an interaction. It also let agents guide the contact with an augmented reality toolkit.

In this release, SightCall is releasing SightCall Snap. This is a simplified visual context sharing tool. Snap enables agents to request visual media from contacts without using a live video call. Contacts can share media types such as video reels, pictures, multimedia uploads, geolocation, and OCR/label scans. This opens your options for empowering agents who do not need to be on video, like chat-only agents.

By integrating SightCall Snap, your agents can become more effective, interactions are streamlined, and contacts can easily show their issues. This combination increases both first-call resolution and customer satisfaction.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Expert

Generative Search (GenSearch)

GenSearch improves the efficiency of search capabilities within Expert and reduces the time required to solve events. Its customizable search experience enables you to smoothly incorporate your unique queries, permissions, and needs. It improves customer satisfaction by enabling your consumers to source relevant, concise information without reading multiple articles.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

GenSearch Reporting

You can monitor GenSearch queries, feedback, and click-through rates on source articles. This can help you make informed content decisions and adjust GenSearch settings to meet your specific needs. You can run reports via the Expert user interface or via an API to parse data using your preferred BI tools.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Table and Page Content Length CSV

You can easily identify long articles and tables that may be a problem for LLMsClosed Large Language Model. A type of AI that processes, understands, and generates human language based on context.. You can use that information to create shorter articles and reduce table size to improve the performance of generative AI. This can help reduce the time needed for content onboarding for AI tools, which increases utilization and customer satisfaction.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Editor Rebuild with AI Capabilities

For new Expert sites, the editor has a new, modern interface with the same features as the existing editor. It also includes AI capabilities so content authors can easily improve and modify content within the platform without the need to toggle tabs, windows, or programs.

This feature is generally available for all new sites but in a controlled release for existing sites.

Customer Request UI Change Availability CR
On toggle

External HTML Content Importer

You can use LLM and AI capabilities for your content that is not native to Expert. This allows you to unify content from multiple sources.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Disable Group Syncing Between SAML and SSO

Previously, users were automatically synced to SAML SSO once user groups were set up in both the IdP and Expert. In this release, you can stop group syncing on local groups. You can also create special user groups within Expert and run reports on them.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Content Reuse Download

You can easily identify content reuse instances across your site. This ensures consistency and identifies opportunities for content improvement. The CSV lists the source and reuse pages, the number of times a page or section is reused, and the last time the content was updated. You can also identify content that may need to be reviewed and edited, and identify pages that need tags or classifications to improve the user experience.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Kernels Report Renamed Virtual Agent Insights Report

This report covers your Copilot for Agents, Autopilot Knowledge, and custom LLM solutions. It does not consider queries asked through the GenSearch interface. It has been renamed to help clarify what data it contains.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Interaction Analytics

Additional Metric Filter Options

The following metricsClosed Statistics you can measure to keep track of your contact center. are added as new options in the Metrics filter drop-down for workspacesClosed Named view of one or more widgets., widgetsClosed Graphical representation of data that meets specified filter criteria., categoriesClosed Data groups that Interaction Analytics uses for parsed call transcript data. They make it easier to find trends., datasetClosed Set of parsed interaction transcripts that spans a specific period of time and match your specified filter criteria. creation, and on the Search page:

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

User Experience Enhancements

The following enhancements were made to improve functionality and usability:

  • When you hide specific terms from widgets that support hiding terms, those terms are hidden from all other users in your organization and the whole workspace.

  • Previously, when user authentication failed, the UI displayed a "Loading" or "Something went wrong" message. In this release, the error message displays more specific details (for example, that authentication failed or that necessary permissions aren't enabled).

  • You can queue changes to be reprocessed even when another reprocess is already in progress. This means when you click Update Data, the system applies any new changes you've made as soon as the current reprocess finishes.

  • Users who only have the View permission enabled cannot save any changes to a workspace.

  • When you clear a search, you are returned to the last category node you viewed before you made changes.

  • You must save all changes before you can duplicate a category.

  • For widgets that display data in percentages, you can choose whether data displays a rounded percentage or a precise percentage up to 25 decimal places. This affects the Channels widget, the Top Categories widget, and the Metrics widget.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Partner Applications

Adapters

Ability to Remove Unavailable Code Mapping Step for Presence Sync with Salesforce

Unavailable codesClosed Reasons agents aren't able to take contests. in CXone are unavailable statesClosed The availability status of an agent. that are assigned to teams. Previously, when creating a presence rule, you mapped the states between CXone and Salesforce. You also assigned the presence rule to a team. When doing so, CXone validated that the team was assigned the CXone unavailable code. This could lead to a lot of manual work for enterprise organizations with many teams and unavailable codes.

In this release, you can ignore the team validation for presence rules with Salesforce. This allows any unavailable code to be assigned to any team. If an agent changes their state to one that isn't assigned to their team, their state changes to the default Unavailable state.

You can enable and disable this feature with a new toggle on the rule creation page. When enabled, the validation does not occur and you can assign any presence rule to the team.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Performance Management (inView)

Dashboard Enhancements

Two new features are added to enhance the Performance Management data visualization and analysis capabilities:

These updates provide you with deeper insights and enable you to make more informed decisions based on your data.

This feature will be available later in the release cycle.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Wallboards

This release includes an update to the Wallboards feature, specifically for the Current Agent State settings.

The Current Agent State Wallboard settings moved from the old stepper format to the new Slide-out Settings. This change makes the settings more familiar and easier to access.

This update is part of the ongoing efforts to improve the Wallboard settings and create a more consistent user experience across the platform. Managing your Current Agent State Wallboard is more straightforward with this new layout.

This feature will be available later in the release cycle.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Gamification Enhancements

There are two significant updates to the Gamification feature:

  • Game Health Report: You'll have access to a new Game Health Report, which enhances your interaction with the Games History page. This update includes a new history view and a database rework. You can view old game setting states and results, allowing you to compare them with later iterations. Additionally, you'll find a convenient place to see game statistics and a detailed interval graph showing metric performance throughout the game.

  • Updated Rules Games Payout Logic: Improvements are made to the payout logic for rare cases where metric values might change after a payout has been distributed. With this update, you'll no longer encounter potential double payouts. Instead, the system automatically adjusts payouts to the correct amount if any changes occur after the initial distribution.

These updates provide you with more comprehensive game insights and ensure more accurate payouts.

This feature will be available later in the release cycle.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Virtual Agent Hub

Configure Your Virtual Agent to Handle a Contact That Rambles

You can configure your virtual agent to handle a contactClosed The person interacting with an agent, IVR, or bot in your contact center. that doesn't stop talking or gives an answer that's longer than expected. Setting up this feature requires some changes to your Next Prompt Behaviors and Default Next Prompt Behaviors snippets. This gives you greater control over how the virtual agent handles certain parts of the conversation.

This feature will be available later in the release cycle.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Regional Availability Expansion

Autopilot with voice biometric authentication is now supported for FedRAMP Moderate customers.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Voice Access

Click-to-Call Regional Expansion

Previously, Click-to-Call was only available in the USA. In this release, it will also be available in Canada, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On deploy

Workforce Management

Automated Break Policy

WFM can automatically detect and adjust lunch and break activities in real time. This ensures compliance with organizational break policies during schedule optimization and manual updates. This feature streamlines the scheduling process, minimizes manual errors, and ensures agents receive their entitled breaks according to company policies.

This feature requires the Advanced license.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Enhanced Staffing Efficiency

This feature enhances the accuracy of staffing to meet SLAsClosed Commitment between service provider and customer with defined service level thresholds including quality, availability, and responsibilities. and ASA, leading to improved cost efficiency, operational excellence, and resource optimization. The staffing requirement calculations during the forecasting process are updated, generating more accurate staffing requirements with higher sensitivity to parameter changes.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Enhanced Forecasting with "Received" Data Point

This feature adds a "Received" data point to the forecast, offering a more detailed view of expected contactClosed The person interacting with an agent, IVR, or bot in your contact center. volumes. This additional data point reduces reliance on external sources, improving overall efficiency.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Agent Configuration - Date Range Specific Parameters

WFM allows agent-specific availability parameters, enabling more fine-tuned scheduling. This reduces the need for multiple weekly rules and ensures all agent-specific needs are accounted for during schedule generation.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Flexible Schedule Optimization

WFM supports flexible schedule optimization for multiple shifts per day. This empowers managers to define specific periods for optimization, enabling multiple automated scheduling adjustments within a day for enhanced efficiency and flexibility.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Enhanced Data Resiliency and Recovery

The enhancement improves data resiliency and recovery for Intraday Manager. It also boosts WFM's reliability by mitigating data loss from ACD data feed outages. It ensures data resiliency by retrieving missing data for up to 3 days, enhancing overall product trust and accuracy.

Customer Request UI Change Availability GA
On toggle

Release Adjustments

The Release Adjustments section describes the changes, removals, and additions made in the feature descriptions since the initial coming soon announcement for the 25.2 release.

Changed Features

This section describes changes that have been made to feature descriptions since the initial coming soon announcement. Each item includes a description of the feature as it was previously published and an explanation of what changed.

Expert

Content Reuse Download

It was previously announced that this feature was not requested by customers and that it didn't impact the UI. Instead, it was requested by customers and does impact the UI.

Voice Access

Click-to-Call Regional Expansion

It was previously announced that Click-to-Call would become available in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the UK in 25.1 and that it would expand further to Brazil, Singapore, and UAE in 25.2. Instead, it is only available in the US in 25.1 and is expanding to Canada, Germany, Japan, and the UK in 25.2.

Features Removed from This Release

This section describes product changes that were included in the initial coming soon announcement and have since been removed from this release. These will not be part of the 25.2 release but may be part of a future release.

Workforce Management

Agent Preference-Based Scheduling

WFM will now incorporate agent preferences during schedule generation. Schedules will be generated while considering agent preferences, rather than matching schedules with agents based on preferences later. This enhancement will lead to more personalized and efficient scheduling.

Time-Off Management API

WFM will introduce an open API to import agent earned balances, allowing you to sync between an external system (such as payroll or HR system) and WFM. This will ensure data consistency and accuracy, enhancing overall product trust and reliability. The API will also allow exporting of time-off summary data for reporting and analysis.

Features Added to This Release

This section notes product changes that have been added to this release since the initial coming soon announcement. To see the following features in detail, select the product in the filter on the right.

Personal Connection

Removal of Speed to Lead