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title: Combined Digital End-User Experience release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia
description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Digital End-User Experience from Xanadu to Australia.
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last_updated: "2026-09-15"
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# Combined Digital End-User Experience release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Digital End-User Experience from Xanadu to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Digital End-User Experience release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu 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 Digital End-User Experience 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Upgrade information**

To upgrade your DEX Desktop Assistant, do the following:

    1.  Install the latest version of the Desktop Assistant in your instance.
    2.  With admin rights, reinstall the Desktop Assistant on your local machine even if you have the latest version.

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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Upgrade information**

For details on DEX data migration, refer to the [DEX data migration to allocated, last logged in user, last logged in location column of Dex device table \[KB2144029\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?sys_kb_id=57fcf86d97ed6650dfd73dae2153af59&id=kb_article_view) and [DEX data migration to CI type column of Alert Metadatas table \[KB2141007\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?sys_kb_id=269e049147e5aa503b05ff48436d433c&id=kb_article_view) articles in the Now Support Knowledge Base.


</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 Digital End-User Experience.

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

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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

Xanadu

</td><td>

-   **[DEX Insights](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dex-workspace-insights-tab&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US)**

See a complete picture of your device performance, user interactions, and network health with DEX data. DEX Insights provide a simplified view with clear insights so you can identify issues and remedies before they slow you down.

-   **[Integration with ServiceNow Proactive Engagement](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=add-alert-action&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US)**

Keep things running smoothly and avoid interruptions. DEX integration with ServiceNow Proactive Engagement helps make managing your digital experience smoother. It monitors your devices and apps, sends you alerts about potential problems, and guides you through fixing them.

-   **[Desktop Assistant with Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=chat-using-now-assist&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US)**

Troubleshoot and solve problems independently with Desktop Assistant, which gives you direct access to generative AI on a user-friendly interface.

-   **[Actions and Actions Library](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=view-actions-in-actions-library&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US)**

Automate and streamline issue resolution within digital experience environments using the Actions and Actions Library in DEX. You can use prebuilt solutions and set up automated actions to resolve issues on your own efficiently.


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

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **[Check your device's health](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=exploring-dex-self-service&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US)**

Digital End-user Experience Self-service \(DEX Self-service\) enables you to check the performance of your device using a Device health check. You can check the device health on demand and resolve the issues detected by DEX by leveraging the recommended resolutions for the issues. The resolutions can either be remedial actions \(that you can trigger via a button\), self-help instructions, or URL. You can also use Device actions which can be triggered even when no issues are detected on the device.  These actions enable you to maintain good performance of the devices and applications


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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **[Assign ITIL-related roles to DEX users](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=components-installed-with-dex&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Exercise tighter control over the role management system and role delegation. Control who has access to Express list, Alerts, and Incident records after the ITIL-related roles have been removed from the dex\_user or dex\_engineer roles.

-   **[Microsoft Teams call quality](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=monitor-teams-call-quality&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

View detailed metrics for the Microsoft Teams calls of a particular user, including call quality, network metrics, and session data, with DEX for Microsoft 365.

-   **[Create a remedial action](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-remedial-action&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Access the Create Remedial Action page from the DEX Administration workspace. DEX admins can create a remedial action or link to an existing remedial action to a check definition. To enhance the end-user experience, you can also run the remedial action on multiple impacted devices at once.

-   **[Device health page](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=user-health-card&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

View real-time data from the past 24 hours for alerts, change requests, and incidents impacting a device in the Device events Timeline chart on the Device health page.


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

Australia

</td><td>

-   **[Diagnose and resolve issues on DEX monitored devices](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-itsm-dex-diagnosis-resolution-workflow&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Service desk agents can diagnose and resolve Zoom call quality issues using the DEX issue diagnosis and resolution agentic workflow, which integrates Zoom-specific diagnostics that correlate device, network, and application data.

-   **[\[Placeholder link text to key create-insights-report\]](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-insights-report&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Generate an insights report from event log data collected by the DEX agent.

Save useful queries as named reports in the Insights reporting area to preserve them for future use. After you save a report, it appears in the left navigation panel for quick access. IT operators, L2 analysts, DEX engineers, and administrators can save, name, and retrieve reports. Role-based access controls restrict save and retrieval operations to the DEX Engineer and Administrator roles.

-   **[AI-powered root cause analysis for Zoom call quality issues](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=investigate-and-resolve-zoom-call-issues&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Use Now Assist for Zoom call issues to identify the root cause of call quality degradation and review the supporting metric evidence for deeper insight. The analysis highlights the contributing device and network factors directly in the Zoom call quality view. Get the real-time guidance, including device ready remedial actions, contextual self-help instructions, and relevant knowledge articles to help resolve the issue efficiently.

-   **[Get AI driven insights for boot time performance](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=investigate-and-resolve-boot-time-issues&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Monitor device boot time to identify slow start-up issues and use Now Assist to investigate the root cause and get suggested resolutions, including remedial actions, self-help instructions, and knowledge articles to resolve boot performance problems quickly.


 -   **[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.


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

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Digital End-User Experience features.

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

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **[DEX UI enhancements](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dex-landing&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US)**

Several user interface improvements have been made to help enhance usability and make navigation more intuitive, leading to a better overall user experience.


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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Coral theme**

Coral is now the default theme for new portal, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI enabled. This theme provides a fresh look and feel, featuring brand-neutral illustrations to enhance your user experience. A dark theme option is available for web and mobile experiences.

-   **[Enhancements to the web and installed apps monitoring setup](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=admin-new-app-form&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Map a DEX application to an existing service in the Service \[cmdb\_service\_offering\] or Service Instance \[cmdb\_service\_auto\] tables.

-   **[Administration cards](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=administration-cards&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

Manage the DEX device and application configurations efficiently with the new DEX Administration workspace.

-   **[Track individual application experience scores](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dexscr-track-application-experience&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) and [Track individual device group experience scores](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dexscr-track-device-group-experience&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

The Suboptimal devices column has been updated in the following pages:

    -   Application health metrics section of the application experience overview page.
    -   Device health metrics section of the device group page.
The column now displays links to device lists that have average or poor metric scores, replacing the previous device count.


 -   **[Modified Devices page](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dex-workspace-devices-tab&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**
    -   The device view is now optimized and segregated into two tabs based on the user persona. The **All devices** tab is for DEX operators, and the **Devices by ACC status** tab is for DEX operators and DEX admins.
    -   The application performance tab in the Device page has been enhanced. Filter performance for installed apps and web apps by date and time, and view the performance metrics for the last seven days.
    -   Access the performance page to view the performance and details of both installed and web applications.
    -   Filter the active devices to view only the devices that were active in the last five minutes.
-   **[Updated landing page](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dashboard-cards&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

The world map in the **Devices** section on the DEX landing page now shows the devices list instead of users list. The Impacted Devices card now shows the count of impacted users based on the alerts of both the devices and the applications running on that device.

-   **[Updated users link reference](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=devices-form&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

The user link now redirects to Users page in Service Operations Workspace.

-   **[Changed device alerts](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=user-health-card&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)**

View alerts for both your device and its applications in the Alerts section of the Devices page.


</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 Digital End-User Experience 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><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 Digital End-User Experience 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   Removed the **Impacted users** and **Active users** cards from the landing page.
-   Removed the **Users** page.
-   Removed the **Users list** page.
-   Removed the **Users** and **Devices** filters from the **Devices** page.

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

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

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

Review information on how to activate Digital End-User Experience.

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

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

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

Xanadu

</td><td>

Install DEX by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website 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=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US).

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

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Install Digital End-User Experience by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website 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=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US).


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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Install Digital End-User Experience by requesting it from the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home). Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website 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=zurich&ft:locale=en-US).


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

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Install Digital End-User Experience 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).


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

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Digital End-User Experience 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><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 Digital End-User Experience 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

For the web/SaaS application, enable the DEX browser extension for monitoring web/SaaS applications to collect various operational or performance-based metrics on your system. For more information, see [Enable browser extension](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enable-dex-browser-extension&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US).

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

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Enable the DEX browser extension for monitoring Web applications to collect various operational or performance-based metrics on your system. For more information, see [Enable DEX browser extension for monitoring web/SaaS applications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enable-dex-browser-extension&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US).


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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Enable the DEX browser extension to monitor web applications for various operational or performance-based metrics on your system. For more information, see [Enable browser extension](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enable-dex-browser-extension&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US).


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

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Browser requirements**

Enable the DEX browser extension to monitor web applications for various operational or performance-based metrics on your system. For more information, see [Enable browser extension](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enable-dex-browser-extension&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US).


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

Review details on accessibility information for Digital End-User Experience, 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><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 Digital End-User Experience 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

Localization is applicable to DEX in all languages supported by the ServiceNow AI Platform.

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

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   **Localization information**

Localization is applicable to DEX in all languages supported by the ServiceNow AI Platform.


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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   **Localization information**

Localization is applicable to DEX in all languages supported by the ServiceNow AI Platform.


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

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Localization information**

Localization is applicable to DEX in all languages supported by the ServiceNow AI Platform.


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

If there are specific highlight considerations for Digital End-User Experience 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>

Xanadu

</td><td>

-   Monitor and analyze performance metrics seamlessly through comprehensive visibility of applications, networks, and end-user devices.
-   Detect and resolve potential problems before they affect end users through DEX alerts and insights.
-   Proactively engage your users and resolve issues they might face.
-   Resolve the issues that your users face with actions available in list of predefined issue resolutions called Action library.

 See [Digital End-User Experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dex-landing&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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

Yokohama

</td><td>

-   Monitor whether the devices across your organization are adhering to the established application and policy metric compliance rules using the System compliance report.
-   Identify high-performance devices and learn the correlation between your device performance and overall system health by monitoring critical metrics, such as CPU usage, in the System performance report.
-   Monitor the multiple facets of the end-user network performance, including connection details, connection stability and path metrics, and application network hops.
-   Manage what DEX metrics are collected for a DEX agent policy, turn off collection of a metric, or change the frequency for a metric collection.
-   Set up file management to track and manage executable files on your organization devices.
-   Track and manage the Windows registry keys configured for monitoring on your organization devices.
-   View client health metrics with the Microsoft Configuration Manager \(MCM\) application.
-   Track the impacted device details from the Service Operations Workspace landing page. You can also track the details of all the impacted users and impacted devices from the active alerts.
-   Determine the device location based on the pre-defined custom logic.
-   Diagnose and resolve device issues using the Device health check capability provided by Digital End-user Experience Self-service.
-   Track the digital experience scores of the applications and devices that your employees use with the Digital Experience Score​ dashboard.
-   The Proactive Engagement application is integrated as part of the DEX suite of applications and is installed along with DEX.

 See [Digital End-User Experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dex-landing&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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

Zurich

</td><td>

-   Track and analyze call performance for a particular user in Microsoft Teams with DEX for Microsoft 365.
-   View the consolidated alerts related to devices and applications in the Alerts section of the Device health page.
-   View the new DEX landing page, which includes an updated Devices world map and an enhanced Impacted Devices card.
-   View real-time data for alerts, change requests, and incidents that are impacting a device in the Device events section of the Device health page.
-   Create a remedial action from a check definition, link an existing remedial action to a check definition, and execute a remedial action on multiple impacted devices for a DEX alert simultaneously.
-   Manage device and application configurations and monitor key DEX components in the new DEX Administration workspace.
-   Gain deeper visibility into performance with enhanced metrics analysis and non-persistent Virtual Desktop infrastructures \(VDIs\) monitoring, including device, application, and web page insights for faster troubleshooting.
-   Use the Metrics analyzer to view metrics collected for a given device or application during a specific period.
-   Monitor non-persistent VDIs with Digital End-User Experience \(DEX\) to track performance issues and troubleshoot efficiently.
-   Gain insights into Zoom call quality and Zoom rooms performance across your organization with DEX for Zoom.
-   Empower service desk agents to diagnose and resolve incidents on DEX monitored devices quickly and efficiently by using the  DEX issue diagnosis and resolution agentic AI workflow.
-   Enable service desk agents to diagnose and resolve issues on DEX monitored devices directly from the Investigation tab in incident records within the Service Operations Workspace.

 See [Digital End-User Experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dex-landing&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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

Australia

</td><td>

-   Enable service desk agents to view and manage the top 10 CPU and memory-consuming processes in the **Investigation** tab of incident records. Automated snapshots captured every 30 minutes enable you to quickly identify and end processes causing device issues, thus improving service desk productivity.
-   Diagnose and resolve Zoom call issues with the new Zoom AI capability, which provides device-level root cause analysis and suggested resolutions.
-   Monitor device boot time and use Now Assist to quickly diagnose startup delays and get actionable resolutions to resolve boot performance issues.
-   View device boot time metrics to assess system startup health and identify potential issues.
-   Gain deeper visibility into device performance with GPU \(Graphics Processing Unit\) utilization metrics.
-   Apply remedial actions to multiple devices at once directly from the Insights page to resolve issues faster with bulk remediation.
-   Monitor system-level events from Windows and macOS devices to gain deeper insight into device health and stability. Configure events of interest and capture event data directly in ServiceNow to support incident investigation and proactive service desk operations.
-   Generate event insights reports from collected event data to analyze device health trends and support incident investigation.
-   Save custom insight reports and access them from the left navigation panel for faster, repeatable analysis.

 See [Digital End-User Experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dex-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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