--- sourceDocument: brazil Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/delta-zurich-brazil Release : - brazil ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - brazil Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3bz bundleId : - delta3bz --- # Combined AI Search release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Brazil # Combined AI Search release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Brazil {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Brazil Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 10 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 AI Search Release Notes for Upgrades from Zurich to Brazil This consolidated release notes document provides ServiceNow customers with an integrated view of all AI Search updates, features, changes, and important upgrade information from the Zurich through Brazil release families. It is designed to help you prepare for and manage your upgrade process smoothly by summarizing key developments across major releases. Show full answer Show less ## Important Upgrade Information * No specific new updates or changes were introduced in the Brazil release itself for AI Search. * Pre- and post-upgrade tasks should be reviewed and completed as necessary before upgrading to Brazil. * AI Search remains an active feature by default across releases; no activation changes are needed. * For optimal browser performance, use the latest Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox; Internet Explorer is not supported. * AI Search supports all languages offered by the ServiceNow AI Platform, with features like stop words and synonyms available in many supported languages. ## Key Features Introduced Between Zurich and Brazil * **ServiceNow Otto for AI Search:** The conversational AI platform formerly known as Now Assist was rebranded to ServiceNow Otto. This platform supports agentic capabilities, multimodal interactions (web, mobile, messaging), and autonomous orchestration of cross-system workflows. * **Multi-Content Synthesized Responses:** AI Search can aggregate and synthesize information from multiple indexed sources to generate comprehensive answers. * **Hybrid Search Mode:** Combines keyword-based and semantic understanding to improve search accuracy and reduce zero-result queries, available starting with Now Assist 15.0. * **Third-Party Embedding Models:** Custom and third-party embedding models can be used via the AI Search RAG application to enhance semantic search relevancy. * **Multimodal Captioning:** Automatically generates descriptive searchable captions for images, tables, charts, and other visual content in attachments, enabling keyword search within attachments. * **Language Filtering:** External content search results are filtered to show only content in languages relevant to the user's session, including fallback and global default languages. * **Catalog Item Variable Indexing:** Searchable content can now be indexed from Multiple Choice and Select Box variables on Catalog Item tables and their extensions. * **Search Result EVAM Card Customization:** New display properties allow customization of icons, icon size, tab behavior, and attachment viewer usage for search result cards. * **MCP Server Integration:** AI Search capabilities are accessible through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Search tool category. * **Configuration for Ask ServiceNow Otto Suggestions:** Admins can configure AI Search as the source for Ask Now Assist suggestions in enhanced chat, enabling features like wildcard searching and term highlighting. ## Key Changes to Existing Features * **Summary Genius Results:** Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results are supported in global and workspace search, overriding other Genius Result configurations to present synthesized answers. * **Virtual Agent Topic Integration:** Citations from Multi-Content Response Genius Results open the related topic in the Now Assist panel for continued conversation. * **Search Suggestions Administration:** The aisadmin granular admin role allows search administrators to manage Search Suggestions tables without full admin privileges. * **Search Preview UI Enhancements:** Refreshed interface enables previewing search queries with keyword or hybrid modes and displays results as EVAM cards or JSON with syntax highlighting. * **Coral Theme:** Coral is now the default theme for new portals, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI, offering a modern look with a dark mode option. * **Consumer-Grade Search Experience:** Search results pages for portals, global search, and workspace search have been redesigned for intuitive navigation using source facet buckets instead of tabs, opening results in new tabs, and reflecting content security filtering. * **Facet Bucket Sorting:** Administrators can configure facet buckets to sort alphabetically instead of by result count. * **Attachment Search Results:** Grouped attachment results now appear collapsed by default with controls to show more or less, improving space and usability. ## Removed and Deprecated Features No AI Search features or functionalities were removed or deprecated between Zurich and Brazil releases. ## Practical Implications for ServiceNow Customers Upgrading to Brazil maintains the robust AI Search capabilities introduced in earlier releases and adds important refinements in search relevance, user experience, and administrative control. The rebranding to ServiceNow Otto reflects a strategic enhancement of conversational AI integrated into workflows, enabling more powerful and autonomous user interactions. Hybrid search and multi-source synthesis significantly improve the precision and depth of search results, helping users find relevant information faster. Administrators benefit from enhanced roles and tools to manage search behavior and appearance, while end users enjoy a modern, intuitive, and accessible search experience across platforms. Consolidated page of all release notes for AI Search from Zurich to Brazil. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family AI Search release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Zurich 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 AI Search to Brazil Before you upgrade to Brazil, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Brazil, new features were introduced for AI Search. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__10} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | [ServiceNow Otto for AI Search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-ais&family=zurich&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. Name changes include but aren't limited to: * Now Assist in AI Search is now ServiceNow Otto for AI Search. * Now Assist Actions is now Actions. * Now Assist Q \& A is now Knowledge base articles. * Now Assist Multi Content Response is now Summary. [Generate multi-content synthesized responses](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-multi-content-synthesized-sources&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : AI Search can now use multi-source synthesis to gather and combine information from any indexed source in your system. [Improve search precision and contextual relevance with hybrid search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hybrid-search-ais&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Beginning with Now Assist in AI Search 15.0, customers with Now Assist in AI Search installed can enable the new hybrid search mode. Hybrid search combines keyword-based search with semantic understanding to deliver more accurate and relevant search results, with fewer zero-result searches. [Improve semantic search with third-party embedding models](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ais-rag&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Use custom and third-party embedding models supported by the AI Search RAG application to generate more accurate and relevant semantic search results. [Filter external content search results by language](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=language-filtering-external-content&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : AI Search filters external content search results, displaying only results that contain content in languages relevant for the user's search. These languages include: * The search user's session language * The fallback language for the user's session language (if configured) * The language of the global fallback locale (if configured) [Indexing support for variables in records on Catalog Item and child tables](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=variable-types-ais-index&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Index searchable content from Multiple Choice and Select Box variables in records on the Catalog Item table and tables that extend it. [New display properties for Search Result EVAM cards](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=search-result-evam-card-opts&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Search Result EVAM cards include new customIcon, customIconSize, forceNewTab, and useAttachmentViewer properties that you can use to modify display settings and behavior for search results. | | Australia | [ServiceNow Otto for AI Search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-ais&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. Name changes include but aren't limited to: * Now Assist in AI Search is now ServiceNow Otto for AI Search. * Now Assist Action Genius Results are now Action Genius Results. * Now Assist Q\&A Genius Results are now Knowledge base article Genius Results. * Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results are now Summary Genius Results. [MCP Server](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=mcp-platform-manager-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : AI Search capabilities are now available through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Search tool category. [Generate multi-content synthesized responses](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-multi-content-synthesized-sources&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : AI Search can now use multi-source synthesis to gather and combine information from any indexed source in your system. [Multimodal captioning for attachments](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=activate-multimodal-captioning&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Multimodal captioning automatically generates searchable descriptive captions for images, tables, charts, and other visual elements in indexed attachments. Find attachments by searching for keywords from generated captions. [Improve search precision and contextual relevance with hybrid search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hybrid-search-ais&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Beginning with Now Assist in AI Search 15.0, administrators on instances with Now Assist in AI Search installed can enable the new hybrid search mode. Hybrid search combines keyword-based search with semantic understanding to deliver more accurate and relevant search results, with fewer zero-result searches. [Configure AI Search as the source for Ask ServiceNow Otto suggestions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-ai-search-source-ask-now-assist-suggestions&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Admins can configure the system to use AI Search as the source for Ask Now Assist suggestions in enhanced chat. Making this change activates suggestion term highlighting in Ask Now Assist and provides improvements such as wildcard searching and lemmatization for suggestions. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Brazil, some changes were made to existing AI Search features. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__18} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | [Summary Genius Results](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-multi-content-qna-genius-results&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : If you have Now Assist in AI Search installed, Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results are supported in global and workspace search. Activating Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results in global or workspace search profiles overrides all other Genius Result configurations, so that global and workspace searches only display Genius Result answers from Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results. Virtual Agent topic citations from Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Result answers in global or workspace search open the selected topic in the Now Assist panel so the user can continue their conversation on that topic. [Search Suggestions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=search-suggestions-overview&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Search administrators with the ais_admin granular admin role can access all Search Suggestions tables. Assign search administrators this role to eliminate needless propagation of full admin access. [Gain insights into search behavior with a refreshed and updated Search Preview UI.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=search-preview-ui-new&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Preview search query results using settings from a search application configuration or a search profile. Choose between keyword and hybrid search modes. Display search results as individual EVAM cards or as a JSON-format search query response object, with search and syntax highlighting. Review search query behavior and results and specify search query settings with the new Summary, Genius Results, Details, and Profile admin tools. 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. [Consumer-grade search experience for search portals](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=viewing-search-results-ais&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : The search results page for search portals has been revised to offer a more intuitive and consistent experience. Navigation tabs have been replaced with source facet buckets. All search results now open in a new browser tab, preserving your search in the existing browser tab. Facet buckets now show minimum search result counts, reflecting results removed by late binding content security. Search terms are no longer highlighted in search results. [Consumer-grade search experience for global search and workspace search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=using-ais-next-experience-app&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : The search results page for global search and workspace search has been revised to offer a more intuitive and consistent experience. Navigation tabs have been replaced with source facet buckets. All search results now open in a new browser tab, preserving your search in the existing browser tab. Facet buckets now show minimum search result counts, reflecting results removed by late binding content security. A new glide.ui.ais.show_all_facets system property enables you to display facets from all sources when no source is selected. (The default behavior is to hide facets until a source is selected.) Search terms are no longer highlighted in search results. [Sort facet buckets alphabetically](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-facet-ais&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Override the default sorting of facet buckets by their search result counts and display them sorted alphabetically by their labels. [Improved display for grouped attachment search results](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=grouping-attachment-srch-results-ais&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : When grouped with their parent search results, attachment search results now appear in collapsed form to save space. If a parent search result includes more than three grouped attachments, you can use the new Show more and Show less links to control how many attachments are visible. | | Australia | [Summary Genius Results](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-multi-content-qna-genius-results&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : If you have Now Assist in AI Search installed, Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results are supported in global and workspace search. Activating Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results in global or workspace search profiles overrides all other Genius Result configurations, so that global and workspace searches only display Genius Result answers from Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Results. Virtual Agent topic citations from Now Assist Multi-Content Response Genius Result answers in global or workspace search open the selected topic in the Now Assist panel so the user can continue their conversation on that topic. [Search Suggestions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=search-suggestions-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Search administrators with the ais_admin granular admin role can access all Search Suggestions tables. Assign search administrators this role to eliminate needless propagation of full admin access. [Gain insights into search behavior with a refreshed and updated Search Preview UI.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=search-preview-ui-new&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Preview search query results using settings from a search application configuration or a search profile. Choose between keyword and hybrid search modes. Display search results as individual EVAM cards or as a JSON-format search query response object, with search and syntax highlighting. Review search query behavior and results and specify search query settings with the new Summary, Genius Results, Details, and Profile admin tools. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Brazil, some AI Search features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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 AI Search features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__34} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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 AI Search. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Activation information : AI Search is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Australia | Activation information : AI Search is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for AI Search we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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 AI Search we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__58} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Browser requirements : For optimal performance, use AI Search in the latest release of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. AI Search doesn't support Internet Explorer. | | Australia | Browser requirements : For optimal performance, use AI Search in the latest release of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. AI Search doesn't support Internet Explorer. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for AI Search, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__66} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for AI Search we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__74} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Localization information : AI Search supports indexing and search in all languages offered by the ServiceNow AI Platform. Search features, such as stop words and synonyms, are available in many supported languages. For details of language support by feature, see [Internationalization support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=international-language-support-ais&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). | | Australia | Localization information : AI Search supports indexing and search in all languages offered by the ServiceNow AI Platform. Search features, such as stop words and synonyms, are available in many supported languages. For details of language support by feature, see [Internationalization support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=international-language-support-ais&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for AI Search we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-aisearch-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | * Index and search text and attachments from ServiceNow AI Platform tables and external document repositories. * Machine learning relevancy intelligently tunes search result relevancy scores based on previous search users' selections. * Semantic vector search and hybrid search modes find results that match the intent and context of your search. * Genius Results highlight the best answers for a search query and provide immediate access to relevant actions. * Content security preserves user access permissions for your searchable content. See [AI Search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=overview-ais&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Australia | * Index and search text and attachments from ServiceNow AI Platform tables and external document repositories. * Machine learning relevancy intelligently tunes search result relevancy scores based on previous search users' selections. * Semantic vector search and hybrid search modes find results that match the intent and context of your search. * Genius Results highlight the best answers for a search query and provide immediate access to relevant actions. * Content security preserves user access permissions for your searchable content. See [AI Search](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=overview-ais&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ]