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title: Combined Next Experience Components release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia
description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Next Experience Components from Zurich to Australia.
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last_updated: "2026-10-09"
reading_time_minutes: 12
breadcrumb: [Products combined by family]
---

# Combined Next Experience Components release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Next Experience Components from Zurich to Australia.

## How to use this page

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

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

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Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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</table>## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Next Experience Components.

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</th><th>

Release notes

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Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Australia

</td><td>

|Component|Description|
|---------|-----------|
|Activity timer|Tracks time spent on an activity, such as working on a record, and creates time log entries for reporting.|
|Card data security container|Provides secure, encrypted handling of card details and supports uploading and viewing sensitive documents.|
|Contextual sidebar|Sidebar that enables users to initiate real-time collaboration through chats and calls to resolve tasks.|
|Grouped button|Multiple related buttons presented in a unified layout. Interactions for the component are similar to that of button stateful.|
|Sheet|Container that slides in from the edge of the screen to present related content or actions, designed for mobile experiences.|

|Template|Description|
|--------|-----------|
|Dashboard library|Includes all dashboards available to users. Users can filter dashboards by various criteria, such as recently opened, bookmarked, certified, by category, and ones the user owns. The Library section also lets users create dashboards. Users with analytics admin roles have an enhanced library view, enabling them to access usage data and other metadata. Admins can also deactivate, activate, or delete dashboards from this view.|
|Data visualization library|Includes all data visualizations available to users. Users can filter dashboards by various criteria, such as bookmarked, certified, and ones that the user owns. The Library section also lets users create dashboards. Users with analytics admin roles have an enhanced library view, enabling them to access usage data and other metadata. Admins can also deactivate, activate, or delete dashboards from this view.|

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</table>## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Next Experience Components features.

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

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Australia

</td><td>

<table><thead><tr><th>

Component

</th><th>

Enhancement

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

Activity Stream

</td><td>

-   Enable users to edit or delete journal posts.
-   Add a dropdown with check boxes for author names using the Posted by filter that enables users to filter posts by author, select all, or clear all. Users can also filter for any AI-generated posts.

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

Alert

</td><td>

-   Enable keyboard focus to move to the alert when it appears.
-   Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Alert list

</td><td>

Enable keyboard focus to move to the **Show alerts** button when the alert list appears.

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

Button

</td><td>

Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Button iconic

</td><td>

Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Button circular

</td><td>

Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Calendar

</td><td>

-   Hide time zone dropdown in the calendar header.
-   Hide time lapsed indicator or time zone indicators.
-   Add section-based time zones.

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

Card base container

</td><td>

Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Checklist

</td><td>

-   Edit or delete items on hover.
-   Edit checklist items inline.
-   Edit, delete, and reorder checklist items.
-   Configure empty state checklists to add new items.

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

Dropdown

</td><td>

Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Dropdown list

</td><td>

The mobile version uses the sheet component instead of a popover.

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

Form

</td><td>

-   Place each form field label in line with the input field and adjacent to other field labels using the “Tabbed” \(horizontal\) layout.
-   Highlight form fields with unsaved changes using a background color, in addition to the existing field indicator, which is now selected by default.

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

Form Templates

</td><td>

-   Show that the preview option displays modal preview to help agents understand all the fields affected when they apply a particular template.
-   Alert to inform users if a template has already been applied to a record.

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

Highlighted value

</td><td>

-   Enter additional text to display in a popover when the highlighted value is selected.
-   Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Icon

</td><td>

Support for theme-specific custom icon uploads.

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

Input

</td><td>

Display persistent placeholder text to guide users in entering data in the correct format.

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

Kanban

</td><td>

Use keyboard shortcuts to drag and drop cards between columns and rows.

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

List selector

</td><td>

Disable the selection feature for a chosen array of list selector items.

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

Node map

</td><td>

-   Use radial layout to arrange nodes in a ring-like pattern.
-   Use content slots to add components.
-   Disable node dragging.

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

Schedule recurrence

</td><td>

-   Automatically update all recurring events in a series.
-   Fill in event details using AI.

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

Split button

</td><td>

Add AI variants with updated color palettes for generative AI workflows.

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

Tabs

</td><td>

Hide padding on the sides of each tab for horizontal \(Top\) tab position, to provide more room for additional tabs.

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

Chart

</th><th>

Enhancement

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

Bar \(including Pareto\)

</td><td>

-   Show or hide a tooltip that displays on hover showing the percentage of total for a data point.
-   Removed the display setting for Height, which can be configured in the **UI Builder Styles** tab.
-   Align title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

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

Box plot

</td><td>

-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.

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

Bubble

</td><td>

-   Show or hide a tooltip that displays on hover showing the percentage of total for a data point.
-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.

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

Dial

</td><td>

-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

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

Gauge

</td><td>

-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

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

Geomap

</td><td>

-   Show or hide a tooltip that displays on hover showing the percentage of total for a data point.
-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.

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

Heatmap

</td><td>

-   Show or hide a tooltip that displays on hover showing the percentage of total for a data point.
-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

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

Indicator Scorecard

</td><td>

-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.

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

Pie/Donut

</td><td>

-   Show or hide a tooltip that displays on hover showing the percentage of total for a data point.
-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

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

Pivot table

</td><td>

-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

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

Single score

</td><td>

-   Align the title horizontally to the Start, Center, or End. The default is Start.
-   Wrap chart elements instead of truncating.
-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. Default is **Start**.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

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

Time series

</td><td>

-   Removed the display setting for Height, which can be configured in the **UI Builder Styles** tab.
-   Show or hide a tooltip that displays on hover showing the percentage of total for a data point.
-   Align the title horizontally to the **Start**, **Center**, or **End**. The default is **Start**.
-   Align all chart content to the starting edge, center, or ending edge of the visualization.
-   Set the line of truncation to 2 or 3 lines instead of truncating long titles after 1 line.
-   Wrap long titles to a second line, instead of truncating.
-   Hide the refresh action that is available to users in the More options menu.
-   Show incomplete periods for a data snapshot indicator when selecting Metric.
-   Enable Auto aggregation to have the most appropriate aggregation level determined based on the selected date range, applied date filters, or data availability.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>|App shell|Enhancement|
|---------|-----------|
|Agent Workspace app shell|Configure alt text for a ServiceNow or customer logo button.|

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

Between your current release family and Australia, some Next Experience Components 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>

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 Next Experience Components 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>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Australia

</td><td>

|UI Element|Description|
|----------|-----------|
|Dashboard overview template|Moved under "Legacy templates" and renamed to "Deprecated - Dashboard overview." This template can still be used, but you should use the new "Dashboard library" template instead, because the Dashboard overview template is marked for eventual deprecation.|

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

Review information on how to activate Next Experience Components.

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

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Next Experience Components is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.


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</table>## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Next Experience Components 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>

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 Next Experience Components 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>

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 Next Experience Components, 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>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Accessibility information**

To view Next Experience Components accessibility conformance information, refer to the components section of the [Horizon site Components section](https://horizon.servicenow.com/workspace/components). The Overview for each component contains accessibility \(A11y\) information.


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</table>## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Next Experience Components 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>

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 Next Experience Components 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>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Australia

</td><td>

-   Build rich UI experiences with prebuilt system or custom components. To view the Next Experience Components API reference, usage guidance, and ServiceNow® UI Builder setup documentation, visit the [Horizon site Components section](https://horizon.servicenow.com/workspace/components).
-   Use common web component patterns and principles, such as a JavaScript framework, immutable data, and simple action handlers.
-   Reuse components across multiple user interfaces to create a cohesive experience for your end users.
-   Use preset property values to configure properties and event handlers automatically for a component so that the component is ready to work when you add it to a page. Presets can connect to a controller that acts as a data resource for the component. For more information, see [Automatically configure components using presets](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=presets&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) and [Bind data to UI Builder pages using controllers \(advanced feature\)](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=controllers&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US).

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Products combined by family](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/delta-zurich-australia/rn-combined-intro.md)