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# Combined Talent Development Core release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

# Combined Talent Development Core release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated October 8, 2026  
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## Summary of Combined Talent Development Core release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

This consolidated guide provides ServiceNow customers with essential information on upgrading the Talent Development Core from the Xanadu release family through to Australia.
It summarizes new features, changes, activation steps, and important considerations to help you prepare for and successfully complete the upgrade.
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## Key Features

* **Growth Conversations with Now Assist AI Agents:** Starting from Xanadu Patch 9, managers can initiate and enhance growth conversations using AI-driven agents in Now Assist, which generate tailored talking points and summarize employee data to facilitate meaningful development discussions.
* **Renaming for Alignment:** The application formerly known as Employee Growth and Development Core has been renamed Talent Development Core to better reflect organizational talent and growth initiatives.
* **Credly Integration (Yokohama):** Employees can now showcase digital credentials such as badges directly on their profiles, while administrators can synchronize and manage these credentials using achievement templates. Imported badges also contribute to skill insights and harmonization processes.
* **Growth Plan Creation with Now Assist:** Employees can leverage Now Assist to create personalized growth plans by providing AI prompts that align with their career goals, available when both Talent Development Core and ServiceNow Otto for HR Service Delivery (HRSD) plugins are installed.
* **Skill Review Enhancements:** Employees can self-assess their proficiency levels on skills during Career Conversations, promoting greater engagement and accuracy in skill tracking.

## Upgrade and Activation Guidance

* **Pre- and Post-Upgrade Tasks:** Customers should review and complete any relevant upgrade tasks as outlined to ensure smooth transition.
* **Activation:** Talent Development Core is available via the ServiceNow Store. Customers must request installation through the store to activate the product.

## Additional Notes

* No features or functionalities were removed or deprecated between Xanadu and Australia releases.
* There were no updates specifically noted for Zurich or Australia releases beyond what was introduced in earlier releases.
* The Talent Development suite includes related products such as SKU Manager, Hub, Proactive Prompts, Skills Intelligence, and Employee Profiles, which interact to enhance user experience.
* Ensure the ServiceNow Otto for HRSD plugin is installed to access AI-driven Now Assist capabilities.

## What This Enables You to Do

Upgrading to the Australia release family equips your organization with AI-powered tools to streamline talent development conversations, enhance digital credentialing visibility, and foster personalized employee growth planning. The integration of Now Assist improves managerial and employee interactions around career development, making talent management more efficient and data-driven.

## Why This Matters

These enhancements support strategic talent initiatives by enabling proactive growth discussions, recognizing employee achievements through digital badges, and simplifying career planning. The rename to Talent Development Core reflects a unified approach to employee growth and development aligned with enterprise goals.

## What to Expect

* Smoother growth conversations supported by AI-generated insights.
* Improved visibility and management of digital credentials and associated skills.
* Enhanced employee engagement through self-assessment and AI-assisted growth planning.
* Seamless activation process through the ServiceNow Store.  
Consolidated page of all release notes for Talent Development Core from Xanadu to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Talent Development Core 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 Talent Development Core 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 | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | No updates for this release. |
| Yokohama | No updates for this release. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Talent Development Core.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | Xanadu Patch 9 [Create a growth conversation with the help of an agent in Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=agentic-wf-conversations-na-td&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) :   As a manager using Talent Development, start a growth conversation with your reportees with the help of Conversation management AI agent in Now Assist. [Generate talking points for a growth conversation with the help of an agent in Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=agentic-wf-conversations-na-td&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) :   As a manager using Career Conversations in Talent Development, generate talking points for a growth conversation with the help of Employee data summarization AI agent in Now Assist. Note: For the Growth Conversations AI agents to work, you need to be on 3.5.2 version Career Conversations and have the ServiceNow Otto for HR Service Delivery (HRSD) plugin which will install Now Assist for Talent and HR Talent AI Agent Collection. [Name update from Employee Growth and Development Core to Talent Development Core.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-landing-page&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) :   The name changed to provide better alignment with your organization's talent, growth, and development initiatives. |
| Yokohama | [Create a growth conversation with the help of an agent in Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=agentic-wf-conversations-na-td&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) :   As a manager, use the growth conversations preparation AI agent to schedule and prepare for employee growth discussions. The agent provides a clear summary of employee activity and career journey, with data-driven talking points to make conversations more focused and impactful. Note: This feature is available when you have both ServiceNow Otto for HR Service Delivery (HRSD), which will install Now Assist for Talent and HR Talent AI Agent Collection [Credly integration](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=credly-spoke&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) :   As an employee, Credly integration now empowers you to display your digital credentials better demonstrating your skills in a tangible way. [View user credentials](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=view-achievement-credentials&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) :   As an administrator, Achievements and Credentials now enables you to view user credentials and use achievement credential templates to sync credentials from third-party credential providers, for example: CredlyImport latest badges and related skills with the Refresh credentials option.Credential badges are displayed in the skill activity insights.Skills related to Credentials (badge template) are synced to the user profile. New skills identified are added to the harmonisation queue. Once imported, dynamic skills are associated with the respective user profile. Note: Credential Core has a soft dependency on Skills Foundation (8.0). [Create a growth plan with the help of Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-create-growth-plan&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) :   As a Talent Development user, manage your career growth by creating a growth plan with the help of Now Assist. With Now Assist, you can provide details to craft a prompt that describes your career goals. Note: This feature is available when you have both Talent Development Core and ServiceNow Otto for HRSD installed. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Talent Development Core features.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | [New Talent Development Core name](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-landing-page&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) :   The Talent Development Core name change enables easier alignment of growth and development goals across the enterprise. For information about the name change, see [Talent Development Core](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-landing-page&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US). |
| Yokohama | [Credly Badges](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=achievements-lxp&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) :   As an employee, view your achievement badges on your employee profile. (Available across multiple applications within Talent Development Core). [Create a growth plan with the help of Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-create-growth-plan-with-nowassist&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) :   You can create growth plans with the help of Now Assist. Employees can select the Build with Now Assist button to access help from Now Assist. [Review skills](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-activities-landing-page&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) :   A new Review skills button has been added in Career Conversations that employees can use to rate their proficiency for each skill they've added. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Talent Development Core features or functionality were removed.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | No updates for this release. |
| Yokohama | No updates for this release. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Talent Development Core features or functionality were deprecated.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | No updates for this release. |
| Yokohama | No updates for this release. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Talent Development Core.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | No updates for this release. |
| Yokohama | Activation information :   Install Talent Development Core 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). Important: Talent Development Core is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | Talent Development includes a suite of products the work and interact to create a better user experience. * [Talent Development SKU](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-employee-growth-developemnt-suite&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) * [Manager Hub](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manager-hub-overview&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) * [Proactive Prompts](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=proactive-prompts-for-hrsd&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) * [Skills Intelligence](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=skills-intelligence&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) * [Employee Profiles](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-profile-portal&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) * [Talent Development Core](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-landing-page&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) |
| Yokohama | No updates for this release. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | No updates for this release. |
| Yokohama | No updates for this release. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Talent Development Core, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | No updates for this release. |
| Yokohama | No updates for this release. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.  
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| Release | Release notes |
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| Xanadu | No updates for this release. |
| Yokohama | No updates for this release. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.  
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| Release | Release notes |
|-|-|
| Xanadu | Xanadu Patch 9 * Use the new Growth \& Performance AI agents to streamline your employee growth discussions in Career Conversations. The Employee Growth and Development Core application has been renamed to Talent Development Core. See [Talent Development Core](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-landing-page&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. |
| Yokohama | Yokohama Patch 3 * Use the new Growth \& Performance AI agents to streamline your employee growth discussions in Career Conversations. * As an employee, Credly integration now enables you to display your digital credentials better demonstrating your skills in a tangible way. * As an administrator, use Achievements and Credentials, to view various forms of digital credentials such as badges, awards, certifications. * As an employee that meets the Talent Development user criteria, you can add custom opportunities with help from ServiceNow® Now Assist. Provide an AI prompt so that Now Assist can help you build a growth plan that matches your career goals and aspirations. See [Talent Development Core](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=egd-landing-page&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. |
| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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