--- sourceDocument: australia Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/delta-yokohama-australia Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - australia Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3ay bundleId : - delta3ay --- # Combined Public Sector Digital Services release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia # Combined Public Sector Digital Services release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 21 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Public Sector Digital Services release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia This consolidated release notes document provides essential information for ServiceNow customers upgrading Public Sector Digital Services from the Yokohama release family to the Australia release family. It covers new features, changes, upgrade instructions, and important considerations for smooth transition and optimal use of Public Sector Digital Services capabilities tailored for public sector workflows and requirements. Show full answer Show less ## Important Upgrade Information * After upgrading to Australia, certain menus and labels in the CRM Workspace revert to their original Customer Service Management (CSM) names. Customers can manually relabel these items for public sector use by updating the Customer, Accounts, and Service Organizations UX list category records via Guided Setup. * Customers not opted into new third-party Large Language Models (LLMs) may experience skill execution failures if the new models are unavailable. It is recommended to verify AI skill model assignments in the AI Admin Hub console. ## Key Features Introduced Across Releases * **Grants Management Enhancements:** Streamlined grant application intake, screening, evaluation, and decision-making processes with portals for applicants and reviewers, merit review task management, rolling grant approvals, and flexible budget setups. Features like auto-removal of program announcements and disabling submissions after deadlines enhance process control. * **Service Bridge for Public Sector Digital Services:** Enables secure, compliance-driven data sharing and unified case collaboration across multiple ServiceNow instances and agencies, facilitating real-time crisis coordination and streamlined approval workflows. * **ServiceNow Otto AI Integration:** Introduces generative AI chat summarization, case narrative refinement, and document screening capabilities within Public Sector Digital Services, improving agent productivity and case management accuracy. * **Investigative Case Management (ICM):** Provides tools for managing investigative cases, including entity and evidence management, task tracking, and integration with Field Service Management for case escalation---all within a unified case record page. * **GOV.UK Developer Toolkit:** Offers a suite of GOV.UK Design System--compliant portal widgets to build accessible, standardized UK government service portals, supporting WCAG 2.2AA compliance and high zoom/reflow accessibility. * **AI Platform Licensing Tiers:** Introduces three AI licensing tiers (Foundation, Advanced, Prime) providing varying levels of AI features, generative skills, and agentic workflows, allowing customers to select capabilities aligned with their needs and entitlements. * **Coral Theme and UI Enhancements:** The Coral theme becomes the default for new portals with improved accessibility, a dark mode option, better contrast, and refined UI components. Constituent Service Portals are enhanced with standardized, configurable widgets for dynamic data rendering and improved filtering. * **Granular Admin Roles:** New admin roles enable delegation of specific configuration tasks without granting full admin rights, improving security and governance. ## Changes and Enhancements * Migration of the Constituent Service Dashboard to Next Experience Platform Analytics provides stakeholders with role-based, real-time dashboards for improved decision-making. * In Grants Management, the program budget setup is restructured for clearer budget allocation and real-time calculation of balances. * Ability to disable the grant program lifecycle stepper per instance reduces interface ambiguity. * Flagged documents during grant proposal screening now persist within the system, with automated workflows to route corrections back to applicants, maintaining complete audit trails. * Investigative Case Management now supports configurable case access controls aligned with organizational units and improved upload document categorization visible to internal agents. * Introduction of Gemma 4 LLM in the Now LLM Service portfolio ensures access to the latest AI models hosted and governed by ServiceNow, supporting sovereignty and data protection. ## Activation and Installation Public Sector Digital Services applications are available for installation through the ServiceNow Store. Customers should request the applications and follow provided configuration guidance for their respective release family. ## Accessibility and Compliance * The Coral theme includes a dark mode option to improve readability and reduce eye strain. * The GOV.UK Developer Toolkit supports UK government accessibility requirements, including WCAG 2.2AA compliance. ## Removed and Deprecated Features No features or functionality were removed or deprecated during upgrades from Yokohama to Australia. ## Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers * Enhanced grant management capabilities improve efficiency and transparency for public sector funding programs. * AI integration empowers agents and investigators to produce clearer case narratives, screen documents faster, and summarize communications effectively. * Improved portal experiences and UI themes enhance user engagement and accessibility for constituents and internal users. * Greater control over administrative roles and case access supports organizational security and governance policies. * Multi-instance collaboration capabilities foster inter-agency coordination and data sharing within compliance frameworks. * Flexible AI licensing enables customers to tailor AI features to their operational requirements and budget. Consolidated page of all release notes for Public Sector Digital Services from Yokohama to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Public Sector Digital Services release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama 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 Public Sector Digital Services to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | Upgrade information : After the upgrade, certain public sector menus and menu items in the CRM Workspace revert to their original CSM label names. You can relabel these items for public sector use by updating the labels for the Customer, Accounts, and Service Organizations UX list category records. For more details on relabeling, navigate to AllConstituent ServiceAdministrationGuided Setup, and select Configurable Workspace for Public Sector Digital ServicesCustomize Workspace Labels Manually. | | Zurich | Upgrade information : After the upgrade, certain public sector menus and menu items in CRM Workspace revert to their original CSM label names. You can relabel these items for public sector use by updating the labels for the Customer, Accounts, and Service Organizations UX list category records. For more details on relabeling, navigate to AllConstituent ServiceAdministrationGuided Setup, and select Configurable Workspace for Public Sector Digital ServicesCustomize Workspace Labels Manually. | | Australia | Upgrade information : After the upgrade, certain public sector menus and menu items in CRM Workspace revert to their original CSM label names. You can relabel these items for public sector use by updating the labels for the Customer, Accounts, and Service Organizations UX list category records. For more details on relabeling, navigate to AllConstituent ServiceAdministrationGuided Setup, and select Configurable Workspace for Public Sector Digital ServicesCustomize Workspace Labels Manually. Customers who have not opted into new third-party LLM models may be silently routed to them during skill execution. If the new model is not provisioned or available in the customer's environment, this will result in skill execution failures. Check the models your skills are using in the AI Admin Hub console. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Public Sector Digital Services. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__10} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | [Grants Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=using-public-sector-digital-services&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Simplify and streamline Grant application intake and screening​ with Grants Management:​ Intake and Screening, a part of Grants Management. Improve self-service with a Grants Portal that streamlines finding, applying for, and tracking grants, with added features such as guided intake, and a save, resume, and export functionality. Set up and manage grant programs easily with guided steps​ using Grants Management: ​Program Set Up​, which guides grant program managers through the process of creating, publishing, and managing grant programs.​ [Communicate and share citizen and agent data securely between agencies using Service Exchange for Public Sector Digital Services](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=servicebridge-psds-exploring&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Connect multiple ServiceNow instances to provide seamless support and service experiences across the Public Sector​ using Service Bridge for Public Sector Digital Services. Service Bridge enables unified case collaboration across agencies, streamlined approval workflows for funding distribution, and real-time crisis coordination with dynamic task management. Agencies can share citizen \& agency data securely through ​compliance-driven access.​​​ [Post-chat summarization in ServiceNow Otto for Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS)](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-psds-summarize-chat&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Condense chat records into short summaries using the chat summarization skill in the ServiceNow Otto for PSDS application. Agents can use the chat summarization skill to generate chat records for a case, auto-populate the chat summary into the Interaction section of the case record, and obtain a summary of the main points discussed during the chat, helping them propose a case resolution. The ServiceNow Otto for PSDS application brings generative AI chat summarization to Public Sector Digital Services. | | Zurich | [Grants Management Funding Program](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-using-grants-management-playbook&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Create a funding program, which serves as the top-level container from which individual grant programs are created and derive their budget allocations. Grant program managers can create a new funding program, or start by copying data and configurations from an existing funding program, using the funding program ID. From this funding program, admins can create grant programs directly, set and update the duration and overall budget, and ensure budgets flow down logically to individual grants. Each grant program is associated with a single funding program via the funding program ID. All grant programs linked to a specific funding program share the cumulative budget of that funding program, and their start and end dates fall within the funding program's duration. [Agentic AI](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=agentic-ai-psds-explore&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Define the fees for information requests and autonomously assess waivers against an agency's criteria​. You can automate the process of synthesizing similar information requests and associated fees, and apply those fees to cases​. Your case fields are automatically filled in and integrated into the Information Request Administration workflow and ServiceNow's AI framework. [Grants Management Evaluation \& Decision​](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-using-grants-management-playbook&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Simplify and streamline your grant application decisions​ with Grants Management:​ Evaluation \& Decision. You can review, score, and manage proposals for grant programs in the Merit Review portal and define a funding proposal for a grant program by using the Grants Workspace. You can share this information internally with the grant program director.​ Grant program managers can define the merit review framework criteria, assign a reviewer group to each application, create, and track merit review tasks. Grant program managers can use document templates to compose letters that inform the applicants of results, with template options for Award, Rejected (Ineligible), and Rejected (Decline). [Grants Management Reviewer Service portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-gmp-using-merit-review-portal-agent&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Enable your merit reviewers to track, score, and monitor grant applications via a dedicated Reviewer Service portal. The merit reviewers can capture and aggregate scores across the Grant Proposal review framework​ in the Grants Workspace. A score and rationale can be summarized as part of the application proposal result.​ | | Australia | [Rolling grant approvals](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-gm-rolling-grant-approvals-concept&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Propose awards and declines for any scored subset of applications at any time. The Rolling grant approval feature enhances the Grants management funding workflow, by giving Grant Program Managers the flexibility to propose awards and declines for any scored subset of applications at any time, without waiting for the entire proposal portfolio to complete review. From this release, Grant Program Managers can choose to process funding decisions incrementally as proposals are scored, or continue working in the traditional full-portfolio model. The feature introduces the Funding Allocation Request as a new record type --- an approval packet that groups a subset of proposals for Grant Program Director review. The Grant Program Director can either approve the Funding Allocation Request or reject it, returning all proposals in the batch, regardless of whether they were on the funding or decline track. The proposals in the rejected batch feed back into the Grant Program Manager's working queue, re-entering the funding pool for future review and funding allocation opportunities. The Funding Allocation Requests introduce an alternative to the previous all-or-none approval model and enable continuous, long-running grant programs to operate on a single program record. Release result letters per proposal for Rolling grant approval scenarios in Grants Management. Once a proposal's funding or decline decision is approved through its Funding Allocation Request (FAR), the corresponding award, decline, or ineligibility letter can be issued to that applicant independently---without waiting for program-wide completion. [GOV.UK Developer Toolkit GDS Service Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-gdsp-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Launch citizen-facing services using the GOV.UK Developer Toolkit, a collection of pre-built, GDS-compliant portal widgets that developers and partners can use to build service portals for UK government agencies. The GOV.UK Developer Toolkit comes with standardized components (homepage, FAQs, Registration, Profile, login, case detail, knowledge search, record producers) that can be used to assemble portals that meet UK accessibility and design standards and are compliant with GOV.UK Design System patterns​. WCAG 2.2AA compliant, and 400% zoom/reflow support has been added. [Investigative Case Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-explore-inv-case-management&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Create an investigative case using Investigative Case Management. Investigative Case Management guides investigators through the process of organizing, tracking, and resolving investigations, ​developing case details,​ assigning investigators and team members​, and track evidence with logging and metadata. The following features are available as part of Investigative Case Management: * Entity Management * Evidence Management With Entity Management, investigators can create investigative tasks and workflows for investigative activities with automated metadata capture (time, source, entities, classification)​, as well as define processing with teams and attorneys and collaborate across agencies/divisions. With Evidence Management, investigators can log and triage evidence metadata (digital, physical, testimonial)​ and maintain an audit trail (Chain of Custody logging), as well as draft, review, and create reports with supporting evidence​​. [Task Tab and Field Service Management case escalation in Investigative Case Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-using-icm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the Tasks tab in the investigative case record to view and create investigative tasks directly within the case context. Use the Create Work Order to escalate a case directly to an Field Service Management work order without leaving the ICM workspace​​. [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. [Use ServiceNow Otto for Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS) Skills to create case narratives and screen documents](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-psds-using&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Complete case narratives and make refinements to investigative case records using ServiceNow Otto for PSDS Gen-AI skills. Investigators can streamline case narrative refinement by editing content, adjusting tone, and regenerating the narrative for clarity and completeness. [Use the Case Narrative Refinement AI Agent to refine case narratives in Investigative Case Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-na-case-narrative-refinement-agent&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Produce clear, accurate, and well-structured case narratives using the Case narrative refinement AI agent, embedded within the case record page. This AI agent analyzes existing narratives and related case data to suggest improvements in clarity, structure, tone, and completeness, and highlighting gaps and inconsistencies. [Document Screening AI Skill for Social Benefits Playbook](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-ai-skill-doc-screening&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Validate large volumes of uploaded documents, verify information, flag issues, and highlight key details for case agents using the Social Benefits Playbook with the Document Screening Al Skill, part of ServiceNow Otto for Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS). [Granular configuration admin roles](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=roles-installed-with-public-sector-digital-services&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Several new granular admin roles enable admins to complete administrative configuration tasks on the Public Sector Digital Services platform without requiring the full admin role. These granular access roles enable a high-level administrator to define and assign custom roles that contain only the specific permissions a user needs, decreasing the number of users with full administrative power over the instance. For more information on granular admin roles, see [Granular admin roles](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=granular-admin-roles&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Public Sector Digital Services features. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__18} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | [Constituent Service Dashboard Migration to Platform Analytics](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=constituent-services-dashboard&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : The Constituent Service Dashboard has been migrated to Next Experience Platform Analytics. Next Experience is a ServiceNow AI Platform® feature that is active by default when the user loads or upgrades to the Yokohama release. The dashboard migration to Next Experience enables you to visualize historical and real-time process statistics in role-based dashboards, which enable individual stakeholders to make informed decisions. The new dashboard can be accessed by navigating to AllPlatform AnalyticsLibraryDashboards. | | Zurich | 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 Constituent Service Portals](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=portals-psds-exploring&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : UI Enhancements have been made to all Public Sector Digital Services constituent portals by replacing legacy widgets (for example, portal banners, data lists) with standardized, CSM Configurable Widgets and components. The update ensures backward compatibility, migration guidance, usage analytics, and provide training for admins, and also enables dynamic data rendering, better filtering, and improved accessibility across service flows. [Enhancements to Grants Management: Program Setup](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-using-grants-management-playbook&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : In the Grants Management: program setup, grant program managers can now add new points of contact for the applicants to the grants program in the Define Program stage. In the Publish Program stage, new fields have been added for program announcement removal. Grants program managers can now set grants programs to auto-remove at a defined date, and set application close to disable new applications from being submitted through the Grants Management portal. [Enhancements to Grants Management portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-gmp-using-grants-mgmt-portal&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Enable grant program managers to turn off new grant proposal submissions after the proposal close date. Applicants can no longer submit proposals after the proposal close date, keeping the process on schedule and helping prevent late submissions from being reviewed. Enable applicants to review and download the results letter and merit review summary (where applicable) of their grants application, as well as accept or decline their award, all within the new Results tab of the Grants Management portal. Notify constituents about a pending award decision through the portal. [Constituent Service Dashboard Migration to Platform Analytics](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=constituent-services-dashboard&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : The Constituent Service Dashboard has been migrated to Next Experience Platform Analytics. Next Experience is a ServiceNow AI Platform® feature that is active by default when you load or upgrade to the Zurich release. The dashboard migration to Next Experience enables you to visualize historical and real-time process statistics in role-based dashboards. Access the new dashboard by navigating to AllPlatform AnalyticsLibraryDashboards. | | Australia | [Now Assist \> ServiceNow Otto® announcement](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-ai-implementation-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : ServiceNow Otto introduced AI on the platform. As that experience has evolved, there's a new name for the experience. ServiceNow Otto® is the conversational AI platform integrated into ServiceNow workflows. It provides agentic capabilities, supports multimodal interactions across web, mobile, and messaging channels, and enables autonomous orchestration for cross-system workflows. [Enhancements to Grants Management: Program Setup](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-using-grants-management-playbook&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : * [Establish program budget](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-config-gmp-pgr-budget&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Use the restructured Program Budget step that is now organized into three sections: Program Budget, Budget Categories, and Award Allocation. Grant Program Managers can select from three award models---Single Award, Multiple Equal Awards, or Multiple Variable Awards---with budgets automatically derived from the Awards category. Real-time calculations update the Budget allocated and Balance left fields as you enter category percentages. This enhancement prevents completion until all of the program budget is allocated across the categories. * [Configure lifecycle stepper](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-config-gmp-pgr-lifecycle-stepper&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Disable the six-step grant program lifecycle stepper at the instance level, reducing ambiguity about grant program state. By default, the stepper indicating the Preparing Program, Accepting Proposals, Evaluating, Awarding, Post-Award, and Closed states is hidden in the Grant Program record page and admins can enable it if required for deployments that follow a batch or competitive grant lifecycle. When turned off, program state is conveyed through existing status fields. [Enhancements to Grants Management: Proposal Playbook](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-using-grants-management-playbook&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : * [Screen a grant application](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-using-gmp-grant-proposal-screen&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Flag and route a document back to the applicant while reviewing the proposal details in the screening step. The document persists in the Flagged section with all metadata intact. Grant program managers and Grant program directors can reverse the flag by selecting the reset status icon to move it back to Requires Verification with no data loss. Select Request Documents at the bottom of the Verify Documents screen to route flagged documents back to applicants automatically; this action creates a case task assigned to the applicant, sends a notification in the applicant portal prompting re-upload, and changes the document status to Pending Resubmission. Once the applicant uploads the corrected document, the Upload Additional Documents activity closes and you can continue verification, maintaining a complete audit trail throughout the process. [Updated Coral theme](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=next-experience-theming&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The Coral theme has been improved to enhance usability across web, mobile, and portal experiences that use Next Experience and Core UI: * A fully overhauled color system for smoother gradients and better contrast. * Softer outlines and more rounded components for a new, accessible look. * A significantly improved dark mode with deeper blue tones for reduced eye strain. * New AI gradient styles and subtle animations to highlight intelligent features. * Smarter focus behavior that reduces visual clutter for mouse users. [Enhancements to Constituent Service Portals](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=portals-psds-exploring&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : UI Enhancements have been made to all Public Sector Digital Services constituent portals by replacing legacy widgets (for example, portal banners, data lists) with standardized, CSM Configurable Widgets and components. The update verifies backward compatibility, migration guidance, usage analytics, and provide training for admins, and also enables dynamic data rendering, and better filtering across service flows. [Enhancements to Investigative Case Management Configurable Case role-based access](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-config-icm-assign-user-roles-responsibilities&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Extend write access and restrict read access to cases based on Assigned Office, Assignment Group, or both to allow automatic case access alignment with organizational units without managing the Teams tab manually. [Enhancements to Document Screening](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=psds-ai-skill-doc-screening&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Applicants can select a specific document type from a pre-configured, category-scoped list during upload, stored on the document record and displayed read-only to internal agents in both portal and Workspace views. [Large language models on the ServiceNow AI Platform](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=exploring-large-language-models&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Starting with the September 2026 release, Gemma 4 joins our growing portfolio of open-weight models available through Now LLM Service. We're committed to bringing you the latest industry advancements while maintaining sovereignty-focused options, all hosted and governed by ServiceNow with the infrastructure and data protections you rely on today. Older models will remain available for existing published AI skills, agents, and agentic workflows, but will no longer be available for new development or configuration. For details, see the [KB3066214: ServiceNow Otto Model Upgrades](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB3066214) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base. [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. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some Public Sector Digital Services features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Australia, some Public Sector Digital Services features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__34} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Public Sector Digital Services. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | Activation information : Install Public Sector Digital Services applications by requesting them from the ServiceNow Store. For details on installing the applications, see [Configuring Public Sector Digital Services](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-public-sector-digital-services&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US). 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: Public Sector Digital Services is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Zurich | Activation information : Install Public Sector Digital Services applications by requesting them from the ServiceNow Store. For details on installing the applications, see [Configure](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-public-sector-digital-services&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). 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). Important: Public Sector Digital Services is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Australia | Activation information : Install Public Sector Digital Services 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: Public Sector Digital Services is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Public Sector Digital Services we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Public Sector Digital Services we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__58} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Public Sector Digital Services, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__66} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | Accessibility information : Dark theme : The new Coral theme includes a dark theme option for web and mobile experiences. This option is commonly used to alleviate eye strain and improve readability. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Public Sector Digital Services we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__74} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Public Sector Digital Services we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-publicsectordigitalservices-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | * Review requests for grants, and create new grant programs using Grants Management. * Connect multiple ServiceNow instances to provide seamless support and service experiences across the Public Sector using for Service Bridge for Public Sector Digital Services. * Utilize the Chat summarization skill, powered by Now LLM, to auto-generate chat summaries for customer-agent interactions in the ServiceNow Otto for Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS) application. See [Public Sector Digital Services](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=bun-public-sector-landing-page&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Zurich | * Create funding programs to establish top-level budgets and timelines that flow down to associated grant programs. * Simplify and streamline the grant application decisions with Grants Management: Evaluation \& Decision. * Enable merit reviewers to track, score, and monitor grant applications via a dedicated Reviewer Service portal. * Enable applicants to review and download the results letter and merit review summary of their grants application, and accept or decline their award, all within the new Results tab of the Grants Management portal. * Define fees for and autonomously assess fee waivers against agency-defined criteria for information requests with the Help manage public information requests agentic AI Agent, part of the Public Sector Digital Services AI Agent Collection application. See [Public Sector Digital Services](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=bun-public-sector-landing-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Australia | * Manage field operations and view/create investigative tasks directly within the case context using the Tasks tab, found within an ICM investigative case record. Use the Create Work Order button to allow a case to be escalated to an Field Service Management work order without leaving the ICM workspace. * ServiceNow Otto® is the new AI experience brand. This change is reflected in the name of ServiceNow products, including ServiceNow Otto for Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS). Your product entitlements remain unchanged. Check your entitlements to determine your access to specific features. * Control the visibility of the grant program lifecycle stepper on the Grant Program record page by disabling or enabling it per instance. * Route flagged documents back to applicants, prompting re-upload of the corrected document, maintaining a complete audit trail within the system. Flagged documents now persist in the system rather than being deleted immediately. * Enter award information and allocate budget across categories using the restructured Program Budget activity. The new three-section workflow separates total program budget, budget categories, and award allocation types for a clearer, more intuitive budget configuration experience. Budget allocations and balances update in real-time as you enter percentages across categories. * Enable other governments to launch citizen-facing services using the GOV.UK Developer Toolkit, a library of reusable portal widgets that follow UK GDS guidelines, enabling ServiceNow developers to build compliant service portals for UK government customers. * Submit funding and decline recommendations, as a Grant Program Manager for any scored subset of proposals as a Funding Allocation Request, enabling incremental funding decisions without waiting for the entire portfolio to complete review. The Grant Program Director can approve or reject each request, with rejected proposals returning to the working queue for future consideration. * Release result letters per proposal as each Funding Allocation Request decision is approved, rather than waiting for all decisions across the program to be finalized. This enables rolling notification of award, decline, or ineligibility outcomes in Grants Management. * Consolidate the case narrative, evidence, entities, team assignments, investigative tasks, and related cases into a single record page with Investigative Case Management Foundation. * Manage persons, property, vehicles, organizations, locations, and events, including specialized entity types like firearms with detailed identification, specifications, origin, and ballistic information, and link them to cases and to each other with Investigative Case Management Entity Management. * Manage physical and digital evidence tied to investigative cases, with structure fields for collection details, source and context, security classification, and links to related entities such as persons, vehicles, locations, and organizations using Investigative Case Management Evidence Management. * Create Chain of custody documentation in every evidence record, capturing each transfer from the moment of collection. * Synthesize narratives, entities, evidence, and activity history into a structured summary using Investigative Case Management Case Summarization. * Validate large volumes of uploaded documents, verify information, flag issues, and highlight key details for case agents with the Document Screening Al Skill, used with ServiceNow Otto for Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS). See [Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS)](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=bun-public-sector-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ] *[\>]: and then