--- sourceDocument: brazil Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/delta-yokohama-brazil Release : - brazil ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - brazil Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3by bundleId : - delta3by --- # Combined Employee Slate release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Brazil # Combined Employee Slate release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Brazil {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Brazil Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 9 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 Employee Slate Release Notes for Upgrades from Yokohama to Brazil This consolidated release notes document provides essential information for ServiceNow customers upgrading Employee Slate from the Yokohama release family through Zurich and Australia to Brazil. It summarizes new features, upgrade prerequisites, activation steps, accessibility, and important changes encountered during these upgrades. The notes emphasize the transition to a conversation-first experience powered by AI, centralized task management, personalized employee homepages, and enhanced content and communication tools. Show full answer Show less ## Upgrade Preparation and Requirements * **Pre- and Post-Upgrade Tasks:** Customers should carefully review and complete the specified tasks before and after upgrading to Brazil to ensure smooth transition. * **Zurich and Australia Releases:** Employee Slate requires Zurich Patch 9 or later and integration with an AI assistant such as Moveworks or Now Assist for full functionality. * **Activation:** Access Employee Slate setup via the profile icon to configure branding, data sources, and experience settings. Content authors require appropriate roles to manage announcements and content. * **Availability:** Employee Slate is available through the ServiceNow Store. ## New Features Introduced Between Yokohama and Brazil * **Conversation-First Experience:** Replaces traditional navigation with an AI-powered search bar and personalized canvas, enabling seamless service delivery across departments. * **EmployeeWorks Home:** A customizable homepage featuring five widgets: To-dos, Employee Communications, Trending Content, Quick Links, and Holiday Calendar. * **Interactive Split View:** Displays content alongside conversations to facilitate multitasking with forms, articles, and tasks. * **Personalized Canvas:** Employees can customize widgets by dragging, dropping, resizing, or removing them; administrators can lock critical widgets. * **Tasks and Requests Consolidation:** Integrates tasks, approvals, and to-dos from multiple departments and external apps, with AI-generated summaries via Now Assist. * **Employee Org Chart:** Visualizes organizational hierarchies with employee details and supports contextual AI queries. * **Employee Communications:** Targeted banner announcements linked to knowledge articles or resources appear on the homepage. * **Visual Content Authoring:** Content library with conversational content generation supports creation and publishing of announcements. * **Notifications:** Provides 14 pre-configured notification types with support for bulk actions and grouping. * **Configure Admin Console:** Enables consistent branding across portals and AI assistants with live preview of logos and color schemes. * **AI-Powered Widget Builder:** Allows creation of custom widgets via a prompt-driven interface with accessibility-compliant design components. * **Analytics and Reporting:** Tracks user interactions with widgets, sessions, and announcements via User Experience Analytics dashboards. * **Chat Assistance:** Search results integrate directly into chat responses, with side panels for filtering and contextual form pre-filling in split view. * **Enterprise Search Integration:** Moveworks assistant searches across multiple enterprise content sources such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Slack, and Outlook. * **Calendar and Schedule Management:** Displays meetings and upcoming holidays through personalized widgets on the homepage. * **ServiceNow AI Platform Tiers (Australia release):** Introduces three AI licensing tiers (Foundation, Advanced, Prime) granting different levels of AI capabilities across applications. ## Changes, Removals, and Deprecations There were no updates, removals, or deprecations of features from Yokohama through Brazil releases for Employee Slate. ## Accessibility Employee Slate ensures built-in accessibility compliance through its AI-native widget builder. Custom widgets created via the prompt-driven interface automatically meet accessibility standards using structured design components tailored for accessibility requirements. ## Localization and Browser Requirements No updates or new considerations regarding localization or browser requirements were introduced between Yokohama and Brazil releases. ## Key Benefits for ServiceNow Customers * Enable a modern, AI-powered employee experience that simplifies access to tasks, communications, and organizational information through a personalized, conversation-centric interface. * Improve productivity with consolidated task management, intelligent search, and contextual AI assistance across departments and external applications. * Customize the employee homepage and workflows with flexible widgets and content creation tools that support accessibility compliance. * Leverage robust analytics to measure user engagement and optimize communications and content delivery. * Integrate enterprise content sources and schedule management for a comprehensive employee workspace experience. Consolidated page of all release notes for Employee Slate from Yokohama to Brazil. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Employee Slate release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Brazil. 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 Employee Slate to Brazil Before you upgrade to Brazil, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | Upgrade information : Employee Slate requires Zurich Patch 9 or later and an AI assistant (Moveworks or Now Assist). | | Australia | Upgrade information : Employee Slate requires Zurich Patch 9 or later and an AI assistant (Moveworks or Now Assist). | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Brazil, new features were introduced for Employee Slate. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__12} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | [Conversation-first experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-conversation-first&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Replaces traditional browse navigation with an AI-powered search bar and personalized canvas, supporting service delivery across departments. [EmployeeWorks home](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-home-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Provides a homepage centered on an AI-powered search bar with five configurable widgets: To-dos, Employee Communications, Trending Content, Quick Links, and Holiday Calendar. Interactive split view [EmployeeWorks home](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-home-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Displays content alongside the conversation for seamless interaction with forms, articles, and tasks. [Personalized canvas](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-personalized-canvas&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Employees can drag, drop, resize, and remove widgets; administrators can lock widgets to keep critical information visible. [Tasks and requests](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-inbox&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Consolidates tasks, requests, approvals, and to-dos from multiple departments and external applications, with AI summaries from Now Assist. [Employee org chart](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-orgchart&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Displays organizational hierarchies with employee details and supports contextual AI questions through Now Assist. [Employee communications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-employee-comms&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Displays targeted banner announcements on the homepage, linked to knowledge articles or other resources. Visual content authoring [EmployeeWorks home](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-home-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Provides a content library accessible from the profile icon where authors can create, filter, and publish announcements, with Now Assist generating content from a prompt. [Notifications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-notifications&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Delivers 14 pre-configured notification types for approvals, tasks, and requests, with support for bulk actions and grouping. [Configure admin console](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-config-admin-console&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Applies a logo, primary color, and accent color consistently across the portal, Moveworks, and Now Assist experiences, with a live preview panel. [AI-powered widget builder](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-ai-widget-builder&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Builds custom widgets through a prompt-driven interface using a model context protocol (MCP) with built-in design components and accessibility support. [Analytics and reporting](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-analytics-reporting&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Tracks session details, page visits, and widget interactions in a dedicated Employee Slate destination within User Experience Analytics. Measures announcement impressions, clicks, and top-performing content through the communications analytics dashboard in User Experience Analytics. [Chat assistance for catalog and knowledge](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-conversational-catalog&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Integrates search results directly into chat responses, with a side panel for filtering and exploration across all configured connectors. Chat pre-fills catalog form fields from conversation context and opens forms in split view for review and completion. [Moveworks enterprise search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-slate-moveworks&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Searches documents across enterprise systems including SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Slack, and Outlook through the Moveworks assistant. [Calendar and schedule management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-calendar-schedule&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Provides time-aware information through calendar management with My Calendar widget in Canvas displaying the meetings from your schedule. And the Upcoming Holiday widget displays the next relevant holiday on the home page. | | Australia | [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. [Conversation-first experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-conversation-first&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Replaces traditional browse navigation with an AI-powered search bar and personalized canvas, supporting service delivery across departments. [EmployeeWorks home](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-home-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Provides a homepage centered on an AI-powered search bar with five configurable widgets: To-dos, Employee Communications, Trending Content, Quick Links, and Holiday Calendar. [Interactive split view](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-home-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Displays content alongside the conversation for seamless interaction with forms, articles, and tasks. [Personalized canvas](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-personalized-canvas&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Employees can drag, drop, resize, and remove widgets; administrators can lock widgets to keep critical information visible. [Tasks and requests](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-inbox&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Consolidates tasks, requests, approvals, and to-dos from multiple departments and external applications, with AI summaries from Now Assist. [Employee org chart](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-orgchart&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Displays organizational hierarchies with employee details and supports contextual AI questions through Now Assist. [Employee communications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-employee-comms&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Displays targeted banner announcements on the homepage, linked to knowledge articles or other resources. [Visual content authoring](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-home-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Provides a content library accessible from the profile icon where authors can create, filter, and publish announcements, with Now Assist generating content from a prompt. [Notifications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-notifications&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Delivers 14 pre-configured notification types for approvals, tasks, and requests, with support for bulk actions and grouping. [Configure admin console](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-config-admin-console&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Applies a logo, primary color, and accent color consistently across the portal, Moveworks, and Now Assist experiences, with a live preview panel. [AI-powered widget builder](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-ai-widget-builder&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Builds custom widgets through a prompt-driven interface using a model context protocol (MCP) with built-in design components and accessibility support. [Analytics and reporting](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-analytics-reporting&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Tracks session details, page visits, and widget interactions in a dedicated Employee Slate destination within User Experience Analytics. Measures announcement impressions, clicks, and top-performing content through the communications analytics dashboard in User Experience Analytics. [Search and chat](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-conversational-catalog&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Integrates search results directly into chat responses, with a side panel for filtering and exploration across all configured connectors. Chat pre-fills catalog form fields from conversation context and opens forms in split view for review and completion. [EmployeeWorks Web App](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-slate-moveworks&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Searches documents across enterprise systems including SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Slack, and Outlook through the Moveworks assistant. [Calendar and schedule management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=eslate-calendar-schedule&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Provides time-aware information through calendar management with My Calendar widget in Canvas displaying the meetings from your schedule. And the Upcoming Holiday widget displays the next relevant holiday on the home page. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Brazil, some changes were made to existing Employee Slate features. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__22} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Brazil, some Employee Slate features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Brazil, some Employee Slate features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Employee Slate. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__52} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | Activation information : Employee Slate requires Zurich Patch 9 or later and an AI assistant (Moveworks or Now Assist). Access the Employee Slate setup experience through the profile icon to configure branding, data sources for search, and experience settings. * Set up data sources and search configurations * Configure assistant-specific settings in Moveworks or Now Assist setup * Content author or content manager role required for authoring experience access For more information, see [\[Placeholder link text to key emp-slate-setup-flow\]](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-setup-flow&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Employee Slate is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Australia | Activation information : Access the Employee Slate setup experience through the profile icon to configure branding, data sources for search, and experience settings. For more information, see [Configuration flow](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=emp-slate-setup-flow&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Employee Slate is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Employee Slate we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Employee Slate we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__72} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Employee Slate, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | Accessibility information : Employee Slate includes built-in accessibility compliance through the AI-native widget builder. Custom widgets automatically meet accessibility standards when created through the prompt-driven interface with design components that include accessibility features by default. | | Australia | Accessibility information : The AI widget builder in Employee Slate includes built-in design components that support accessibility standards. When custom widgets are created through the prompt-driven interface, the design components are structured to help developers address accessibility requirements. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Employee Slate we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__92} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Employee Slate we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-employeeslate-summary__entry__102} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | * Deploy a conversation-first employee experience with intelligent search and personalized interactions. * Access all your work-related information from a personalized homepage from widgets such as To-dos, Employee Communications, Popular Content, Quick Links, Profile, Notifications, and Calendar. * Navigate between conversations and content without losing context through an interactive split view that displays content alongside conversations. * Create a personalized workspace by managing widgets on your personal canvas along with some default widgets. * Track all activities from an inbox that consolidates tasks, requests, approvals, and to-dos from multiple departments and external applications. * Surface important communications through a banner-style widget featuring targeted announcements with image, headline, and short description capabilities. * Manage and create content from content library with conversational content generation. * Navigate organizational hierarchies with an integrated search experience for detailed employee information access. For more information, see [\[Placeholder link text to key employee-slate-landing-page\]](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-slate-landing-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) documentation. | | Australia | * Deploy a conversation-first employee experience with intelligent search and personalized interactions. * Access all your work-related information from a personalized homepage from widgets such as To-dos, Employee Communications, Popular Content, Quick Links, Profile, Notifications, and Calendar. * Navigate between conversations and content without losing context through an interactive split view that displays content alongside conversations. * Create a personalized workspace by managing widgets on your personal canvas along with some default widgets. * Track all activities from an inbox that consolidates tasks, requests, approvals, and to-dos from multiple departments and external applications. * Surface important communications through a banner-style widget featuring targeted announcements with image, headline, and short description capabilities. * Manage and create content from content library with conversational content generation. * Navigate organizational hierarchies with an integrated search experience for detailed employee information access. For more information, see [\[Placeholder link text to key employee-slate-landing-page\]](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-slate-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) documentation. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ]