August 24, 2023

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Deployment Time: 11:00 AM PST

Features & enhancements

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Description

Change in support

Important: Action required for SMS automation tasks with media urls to avoid service disruption Starting August 31st, 2023, the AppSheet Send an SMS automation task will no longer support sending SMS messages with media files using the default AppSheet channel. Only users who have configured media URLs in the SMS task’s Message Content are impacted. To continue sending messages with media files, create a Twilio account, link it to AppSheet, and specify the channel as the custom Twilio channel in the bot configuration. SMS notifications without media files will continue sending as is. For more information, see: Community announcement Send an SMS message from an automation

Bug fixes

Item	Description
Bug	Fixes an issue where Transfer ownership followed by Upgrade app would result in the editor being stuck in read-only. This fix will be rolled out gradually. It is deployed to 50% of free users.

Rollout changes

Item	Description
Enhancement	Enhancements to the AppSheet Learning Center The AppSheet Learning Center, now the default landing page when you create a new app, has been enhanced as follows: New banner highlighting new features Next step suggestions targeted to new app creators Quick access to video tutorials and help articles New: Deployed to 100% of free users. Previous: Deployed to 50% of free users.
Enhancement	New look for AppSheet welcome screen When you create a new app, the AppSheet welcome screen displayed has a new look! New: Deployed to 100% of free users. Previous: Deployed to 50% of free users.

Preview announcements

Preview feature releases enable you to try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. See Product launch stages.

• No new preview features were released today.

What's currently available in Preview?

The following tables summarize the preview features that are currently available.

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Description

Feature

AppSheet apps for desktop users (Preview) The new desktop design, currently in preview, is optimized for desktop browsers, presenting a more complete view of information with a consistent organization and structure. The new desktop design lets users navigate their apps more easily and access information in context, and provides an efficient way to edit existing records without losing context. The legacy desktop design, enabled by default, provides an experience similar to the mobile and tablet device. For more information, see: Community article Optimize the user experience using the new desktop design (Preview)

The following features require opt-in to the AppSheet preview program. The AppSheet Preview program lets app creators try out new app features that are not yet fully supported.

Item	Description
Feature	Table view Table View now supports freezing the first column while scrolling horizontally. For details, see Freezing the first Column of a Table View - in Preview Program.
Feature	Chart Editor App Creators can now make use of our new chart editor and the new and improved charts it can create. Learn more.
Feature	Detail views Rich text formatting is now available in Detail views. For details, see this announcement in the community.