--- title: Combined Healthcare Operations Core release notes for upgrades from Australia to Brazil description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Healthcare Operations Core from Australia to Brazil. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/delta-australia-brazil/brazil-australia-healthcareoperationscore-release-notes.html release: brazil topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-11-06" reading_time_minutes: 4 breadcrumb: [Products combined by family] --- # Combined Healthcare Operations Core release notes for upgrades from Australia to Brazil Consolidated page of all release notes for Healthcare Operations Core from Australia to Brazil. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Healthcare Operations Core release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Australia to Brazil. **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 Healthcare Operations Core to Brazil Before you upgrade to Brazil, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.
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Australia - **Upgrade information** The Australia release introduces enhanced protections for read‑only fields across the ServiceNow AI Platform®. These changes include a new “read\_only\_option” field with granular control levels, including “strict\_read\_only” and “client\_script\_modifiable". The changes occur in the back end and maintain backward‑compatible behavior. This update helps strengthen your instance security while preserving the flexibility you need. Refer to [KB2718122](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2718122) for additional technical details on how to identify affected fields and adjust their settings. For more information about granular read-only security options, see [Configuring read-only security options](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=read-only-option&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). If you have the feature administrator role you can now complete tasks that were initially reserved for users with the broader administrator role.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## New features Between your current release family and Brazil, new features were introduced for Healthcare Operations Core.
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Australia - **[ServiceNow product tiers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ai-native-sku-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available: - Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights - Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases - Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets, and create your own Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents. - **[Create support requests using Now Assist in Virtual Agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcls-agentic-ai-use-cases&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Create support requests for healthcare IT, biomed, facilities, or environmental services departments through Now Assist in Virtual Agent conversationally. This workflow resolves missing or unclear details through clarifying questions and validates the request using the Care team operations case Intake and Care team operations case Creation AI agents and is available in Care Team Portal and Care Team Mobile. - **[Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hco-now-assist-voice-agent&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** The Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent enables care team members to create cases conversationally over the phone. **Note:** For the Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent to create cases, the Care Team Operations plugin for cases of that request type must be installed.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Changes Between your current release family and Brazil, some changes were made to existing Healthcare Operations Core features.
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Australia No updates for this release.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Removed Between your current release family and Brazil, some Healthcare Operations Core features or functionality were removed.
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Australia No updates for this release.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Deprecations Between your current release family and Brazil, some Healthcare Operations Core features or functionality were deprecated.
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Australia No updates for this release.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Activation information Review information on how to activate Healthcare Operations Core.
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Australia - **Activation information** Install Healthcare Operations Core by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). **Important:** Healthcare Operations Core is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Healthcare Operations Core we have noted them here.
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Australia No updates for this release.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Healthcare Operations Core we have noted them here.
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Australia No updates for this release.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Healthcare Operations Core, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.
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Australia No updates for this release.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Healthcare Operations Core we have noted them here.
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Australia No updates for this release.
Brazil No updates for this release.
## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Healthcare Operations Core we have noted them here.
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Australia - Use the conversational abilities of Now Assist in Virtual Agent in Care Team Portal or Care Team Mobile to create requests for support departments. - Leverage the Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent enables to create cases conversationally over the phone. - Healthcare Operations Core has received security enhancements in the Australia release. has received security enhancements in the Australia release. See [Healthcare Operations Core](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcls-cto-app&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.
Brazil No updates for this release.
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