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title: Combined Field Service Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia
description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Field Service Management from Yokohama to Australia.
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last_updated: "2026-10-09"
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---

# Combined Field Service Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Field Service Management from Yokohama to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Field Service Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Australia.

**Tip:** If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

## Important information for upgrading Field Service Management to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Upgrade information**
    -   Upgrading to Yokohama may extend the upgrade maintenance time of a customer due to Appointment Booking. The Appointment Booking configuration tables get extended to the Application File \[sys\_metadata\] table as a part of the upgrade. After upgrading to Yokohama, re-parenting occurs automatically and the duration of the re-parenting depends on the number of records in Application File \[sys\_metadata\] table.
    -   Effective March 1, 2025, Google has designated the Places API, Directions API, and Distance Matrix API as Legacy services. The newer versions of these services are Places API \(New\) and Routes API. You can’t enable or generate new API keys for these legacy services. However, you can continue using these services with the existing API keys. If you need to create a new Google API key after March 1, 2025, you must enable the new APIs from Google Console and upgrade to Yokohama Patch 3 version or higher to ensure compatibility.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Upgrade information**

Effective March 1, 2025, the Google Places API, Directions API, and Distance Matrix API have been designated as legacy services. The newer versions of these services are Places API \(New\) and Routes API. Google Maps APIs for Field Service capabilities uses the latest version of the APIs in the Zurich release and Dispatcher Workspace version 8.0. To help avoid issues with the Google Maps APIs, enable Places API \(New\) and Routes API from Google Cloud Platform Console.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Field Service Management.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Field Service Management features.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Field Service Management features or functionality were removed.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Field Service Management features or functionality were deprecated.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Field Service Management.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Field Service Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.

Leverage advanced features of Appointment Booking, such as the appointment slot recommendation, by activating the Advanced Appointment Booking \(com.snc.advanced\_appointment\_booking\) plugin.

Define the task dependencies for a work order task and schedule tasks based on the dependency by activating the Field Service Task Dependencies \(com.snc.fsm\_task\_dependency\) plugin.

Integrate agent efficiency metrics with Field Service Management to define and use the efficiency of agents to estimate the work duration for tasks by activating the FSM Agent Efficiency \(com.snc.fsm\_agent\_efficiency​\) plugin.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Field Service Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.


</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Field Service Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.


</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Field Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Field Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Field Service Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Field Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Field Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   Define configurable rules that you can use to derive recommendation scores and optimize your appointment booking slots.
-   Create advanced dependency relationships among tasks to enhance scheduling accuracy.
-   Optimize your task assignments by using dependencies that align with the overall objectives and constraints of your resource allocation.
-   Streamline your capacity and resource management by using enhanced visualization in the Capacity Console.
-   Calculate the work duration for a work order task more accurately by using the Agent Efficiency feature.

 See [Field Service Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fsm-application-landing-page&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

-   Use the aggregated agent schedule to optimize the allocation of resources for a territory up to the specified cut-off date.
-   Flag a task or use assignment assistance directly from the Work Order Task page to streamline task management.
-   Configure Schedule Optimization to instantly adjust technician schedules in response to real-time events, like new priority 1 tasks, task cancellations, paid time off requests, or delays.

 See [Field Service Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fsm-application-landing-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   Increase productivity by Field Service Managers, who can do their work from anywhere on their mobile device with Field Service Manager Mobile.
-   Allow overbooking in priority cases, consider holidays at the territory level, enable flexible sourcing for work and travel times, and consider task dependencies when scheduling or rescheduling appointments through advanced lead-time management.
-   Determine appointment availability by using territory through APIs, without providing specific contact or location information.
-   View run summaries in Schedule Optimization to understand what was evaluated during scheduling, including objectives, constraints, travel mode, and assignment outcomes.
-   Review the Field Service Management features and activation plugins now available through the ServiceNow Store application. For more details, see the "Changed in the Release" section.

 See [Field Service Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fsm-application-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

</td></tr></tbody>
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