Genesys Cloud – 2021
List of the Genesys Cloud release notes published in 2021.
Communicate
- EMEA numbers available for Genesys Cloud Voice US and Canada
Integrations
- Introducing the Amazon EventBridge integration
- Introducing the Nuance Mix integration for voice and digital flows
Deprecations
- Agent interaction UI collapse/expand control removal
- Horizontal script panel in agent interaction UI removal
- Workforce management historical data import service JSON format endpoint deprecation
Communicate
- Telephony terminology changes
Contact center
- Send custom attributes with web messages
- Agentless Notification API enhancement for SMS and open messaging
- Analytics Detail Events for the EventBridge integration
- Improved voice transcription accuracy for French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Indian English language regions
Integrations
- Salesforce Omni-Channel chat routing in Genesys Cloud
Platform
- CX as Code
Contact center
- Voice interaction coaching and monitoring
- Data actions as a voice campaign pre-call or post-call rule action
- Automatic bot responses
- Assign flow outcome within divisions
- Sentiment score metric added to Transcripts Aggregate API
- Polish voice transcription support
Deprecations
- Workforce management adherence permission change
- API endpoint change for supported topic spotting dialects
Contact center
- Quick replies for WhatsApp messaging
- Custom gamification profiles
- Workforce Engagement Management add on subscription expansion of functionality and billing change
Contact center
- Time-off enhancements for workforce management
- Ensemble model and Theta method for workforce management automatic best method forecasting
- Additional columns and filter in Queues Performance views
- Additional recording and evaluation filters and columns in Interactions view
- Development Aggregate API for development and feedback modules
- Additional French sentiment analysis support
- Screen recording download permission
Contact center
- Bot Performance views
- Routing detail columns in Performance views
- Open messaging API enhancements
Integrations
- Add non-E.164 number to Other Phone field for collaboration integrations
Deprecations
- Recording Service API metadata endpoint annotation deprecation
Contact center
- Monitor ongoing value of predictive routing
- Sentiment analysis columns in Performance views
- Additional development and feedback modules for agents
Deprecations
- Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation
Communicate
- BYOC Cloud TLS X.509 certificate renewal
Contact center
- Acoustic analysis information for voice interactions in the Details tab
- Ability to provide feedback to sentiment analysis
- Audience size estimator for action maps in Predictive Engagement
Deprecations
- Max Calls replacement for BYOC Cloud trunks
- Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation postponement
Contact center
- Architect flow outcome functionality in Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
- Fair use voice transcription charges
Platform
- Cape Town Africa satellite region deployment
Contact center
- Inbound and outbound file attachment support for third-party messaging and open messaging
- Automatic time zone mapping enhancement for outbound campaigns
- Audit events in Learning and Coaching APIs
Deprecations
- Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation postponement
Contact center
- Introducing Google Cloud Dialogflow CX integration for call and message flows
- Global slot enhancement in Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
- Filter by queues in My Queues Activity view
- Improved voice transcription accuracy for Spanish language regions
- Messaging file URL change
Platform
- Control agent transfer ability based on division membership
Contact center
- Add quick replies to Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
- Spanish sentiment analysis support for digital interactions
Platform
- Developer Center content change log
Contact center
- Global barge-in configuration in Genesys Dialog Engine Bot Flows
- Alerting column in Performance Dashboards and Queue Activity views
Platform
- Automatically backfill roles with new permissions
- Genesys Customer Care pairing
Contact center
- Introducing quick replies for message interactions
- Arabic right to left support for web messaging
- Topics added to transcript search API
Contact center
- Channel switching in agent interaction UI
- Agent escalation configuration in Genesys Cloud Dialog Engine Bot Flows
- Get External Contact and Get External Organization actions in Genesys Cloud Dialog Engine Bot Flows
- Filter interaction transcripts by customer sentiment score and trend in Content Search view
- Audit log viewer for workforce management historical imports
Collaborate
- Content management file sharing URL change
Communicate
- SRV record support for TLS for BYOC Cloud trunks
Contact center
- Assign Google Dialogflow bot events for canceled interactions
- France French, Canadian French, Italian, German, and Brazilian Portuguese programs, topics, and phrases support
- Email reply enhancement
Platform
- Cape Town Africa satellite region deployment
- Assign schedules, schedule groups, and call routing objects within divisions
- Standardized client SDK logging and configuration
Deprecations
- API endpoint change for supported topic spotting dialects
Communicate
- Conversation header support for BYOC Cloud trunks
- DID number port increase for Genesys Cloud Voice
Contact center
- Update ACD and language skills on an interaction in a queue with Routing API
Platform
- Assign data tables within divisions
Deprecations
- Max Calls replacement for BYOC Cloud trunks
Contact center
- Introducing knowledge workbench
- Build knowledge bots in Genesys Cloud Dialog Engine Bot Flows
- External tag filter for interactions in Performance views
- Filter digital interactions by media type in Content Search view
- Access workforce management in forecasting historical data via API
Platform
- Proof Key for Code Exchange grant for OAuth 2 authorization
Communicate
- Call history enhancements to mobile devices
Contact center
- Introducing web messaging
- Introducing Genesys Bot Connector
- Expiration date for DNC lists
- Improved accessibility for ACD voice interactions
Platform
- Developer Blueprints for custom integrations
Deprecations
- Quality Management Audit API change
- Journey Reporting Service decommission
Contact center
- Evaluation window UI improvements
- Additional development and feedback modules in Learning API
Platform
- Enforce index search for divisions
Contact center
- Interaction details and transcript UI improvements
- Subscribe to transcripts through Notifications API
- Journey aggregate query API for non-offered action states enhancement
Platform
- Audit log viewer enhancement
- Developer Guides
Deprecations
- Skype for Business integration deprecation
- Recording Service API metadata endpoint annotation deprecation
- Journey JavaScript SDK specific mappable customer traits deprecation
- Journey Reporting Service decommission postponement
Contact center
- Introducing intent miner
Integrations
- SSE-KMS support for AWS S3 recording bulk actions integration
Platform
- Disable Directory navigation
Collaborate
- Video chat enhancements
Contact center
- Introducing open messaging
- Gamification leaderboard scope and reporting intervals customization
- Enhanced agent workforce management schedule views in Genesys Tempo mobile application
Integrations
- Introducing the Zoom Meetings integration
- Salesforce Omni-Channel chat routing in Genesys Cloud
Deprecations
- Collaborate call functionality on mobile devices deprecation
- Journey JavaScript SDK specific mappable customer traits deprecation postponement
Contact center
- Audit log viewer for workforce management forecasts
Communicate
- Genesys Cloud compliance with FCC’s new robocall mitigation framework (STIR/SHAKEN)
Contact center
- Use Architect prompts in Google Dialogflow bots
Platform
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Deprecations
- Journey Reporting Service decommission
- Genesys Cloud Ruby SDK deprecation
Contact center
- Introducing predictive routing
- Agent development views for development and feedback modules and coaching appointments
- Voice coaching API for call monitoring
Communicate
- WebRTC Media Helper for VDI environment
Contact center
- Introducing Architect common module flows
- Permission to activate and deactivate queue membership
- New custom actions and usability improvements for script designers
- Caller ID and caller name specification on Callback API
- Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) billing changes
Deprecations
- Facebook Messenger HUMAN_AGENT message tag deprecation
- Predictive Engagement outcome limitation change
- Topics and programs audit events name change
Communicate
- User to User Information (UUI) enhancement for remote stations
- DTMF support in active calls
Contact center
- Audit trail improvements in Interaction Details view
- Improved agent external contacts experience
- New audio alert for non-voice interactions
Platform
- Genesys Cloud Command Line (CLI) enhancements
Contact center
- Introducing the Amazon Lex V2 integration with Architect flows
- Increased routing duration for bullseye and preferred agent methods
- Out-of-the-box topics for speech and text analytics
- Improved voice transcription accuracy for English language regions
Contact center
- Introducing Architect flow outcome milestones
- View bot flow utterance history
- Enhancements to workforce management forecasts
Deprecations
- Incoming non-voice interaction alert ringtone change
- Reduced data retention period for journey history change
Contact center
- Add external links for coaching appointments
- View participant data attributes in the interaction detail page
- Audit log viewer for workforce management schedules and work plans
Deprecations
- Journey JavaScript SDK specific mappable customer traits deprecation
- Predictive Engagement webhooks deprecation
- Reduced data retention period for journey history postponement
- Predictive Engagement outcome limitation change postponement
Contact center
- Amazon Polly Neural TTS Voices support
- Returned results count from Analytics API endpoint Elasticsearch queries
- Spain Spanish, South African English, and Indian English programs, topics, and phrases support
Communicate
- Search for external contacts and organizations on mobile devices
Contact center
- Topic manager and topic spotting support for queues and flows
- Configurable messaging threading timeline
- Export Architect flows in YAML format
- External contacts bulk APIs for notes and relationships
- Journey aggregate query API for non-offered action states
Deprecations
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change completed
Contact center
- New columns in Interactions view
- Coaching added to WEM Upgrade subscriptions
Deprecations
- Coaching permissions change
- Keyword spotting endpoints deprecation
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change
Contact center
- Introducing development and feedback modules for agents
- Gamification start date selection
- Transcripts Aggregate API for detected topics
- Transcript search API enhancements
Integrations
- Multiple certificates for single sign-on providers
Deprecations
- Predictive Engagement outcome limitation change
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change
Platform
- Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region deployment
Deprecations
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change
Contact center
- New location for quality management evaluations and surveys
- Additional Spanish sentiment analysis support
Platform
- Developer Center refresh
Deprecations
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media service change
Communicate
- Custom SIP response code for maximum call setting in trunk configurations
Contact center
- New queue configuration tabs
- Manually assign waiting interactions in a queue
Integrations
- Okta for Genesys Cloud SCIM
Deprecations
- Coaching permissions change
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media service change
Contact center
- Acoustic analysis information in Transcript URL API
Deprecations
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media service change
- Topics and programs audit events name change
- Quality Management Audit API change
Platform
- The Resource Center has a new look
- Command-line interface for Genesys Cloud administration
Contact center
- Scheduled Exports for Performance views
- Adjust waiting interactions priority with Routing Conversations API
Contact center
- Increased maximum wait time in Architect email and message flows
- Operational bot reporting API
- External Contacts bulk API
Platform
- Full support for Microsoft Edge Chromium
- Genesys Cloud HTTP cookies
Deprecations
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change
Contact center
- Content Search view for voice transcripts
- Search interactions for SIP signaling information for all regions
- Route voice interactions based on external contact information
- Record ACD agent consult calls
- Screen recording limit increase
Contact center
- Introducing Architect Dialog Engine bot flows
- Introducing performance management and gamification
- Track agent attrition
- View historical data within workforce management best method forecasts
- Introducing historical data import for workforce management best method forecasting
- New Adobe Experience Platform Launch extension for Predictive Engagement
Deprecations
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change
Communicate
- Make and receive WebRTC calls on Android devices
Contact center
- Search interactions for SIP signaling information for selected regions
- Agent evaluation comment indicator
- Call recording playback and transcription synchronization
- Voice transcription support for BYOC Premises
- Frequency capping on Predictive Engagement web action offers
Integrations
- AWS Lambda data actions integration enhancement
Deprecations
- Predictive Engagement webhooks deprecation
- Journey history data retention period change
Communicate
- BYOC Cloud custom SIP headers for improved carrier interoperability
- Extended maintenance window for cloud-based Edge updates
Contact center
- Introducing programs, topics, and phrases for speech and text analytics
- US English, UK English, Australian English, and US and Latin America Spanish programs, topics, and phrases support
- Coaching appointment scheduling with workforce management
- Receive agent workforce management schedule and time off request notifications on iOS and Android devices
Integrations
- Introducing the Zoom Phone integration
Deprecations
- Replace call with voice in Sentiment Aggregates API change
Contact center
- Spain Spanish, German, South African English, and Indian English voice transcription support
Deprecations
- CIDR IP address range for cloud media services change
- Create Site API call attribute requirement change
Communicate
- Make and receive WebRTC calls on iPhones
Contact center
- Scheduled Callbacks view usability enhancements
- Export view data advanced options
- Analytics Aggregates API for sentiment analysis on digital interactions
Platform
- Restore deleted OAuth clients
- Set Collaborate chat message retention
Contact center
- Workforce management work plan validation enhancements
- France French, Canadian French, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese voice transcription support
Communicate
- DID and toll-free number management enhancements
Contact center
- Sentiment analysis for digital interactions
- Voice transcription enhancement in speech and text analytics API
- Undo or redo changes to a workforce management work plan
- Genesys Predictive Engagement rebranding
Deprecations
- Export Media Types and Role real-time columns data into .csv files deprecation
- Limit journey and interaction history for external contacts and organizations to 365 days deprecation