Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience release notes

  • Rversion finale: Australia
  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 3 minutes de lecture

    • The ServiceNow® Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience (ICW Mobile) application provides a mobile‑first experience for frontline industrial workers. This application enables them to perform tasks, report deviations, escalate issues, and access standards and knowledge content directly from handheld devices. Designed for reliability in high‑activity environments, ICW Mobile enables operators to stay productive whether online or offline. ICW Mobile is a new application in the Australia release.

    ICW Mobile highlights for the Australia release

    • Empower shop floor workers with new mobile task views and production‑day filtering to focus on what needs immediate attention.
    • Access and navigate published standards on any device with an enhanced Standards Hub optimized for small‑screen navigation.
    • Report issues faster with streamlined creation of actions, deviations, and breakdown reports directly from the shop floor.
    • Find the information that you need quickly using AI-powered search functionality across tasks, standards, and articles from a single mobile interface.
    • Improve guided task accuracy and speed with integrated barcode and QR scanning support.

    See Exploring Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience for more information.

    Important :
    ICW Mobile is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

    ICW Mobile features

    Mobile Task Management
    Manage all task‑related activity from intuitive mobile views tailored for shop floor workers to improve visibility and responsiveness during operations.
    Clear status indicators and color cues help in identifying critical or overdue tasks, improving responsiveness during operations.
    Mobile Standards Hub
    Browse, request, and access published standards tailored to your functional location using the mobile Standards Hub.
    Embedded rating and feedback mechanisms support continuous improvement of documentation and frontline usability.
    Intuitive and minimal input actions
    Create actions, deviations, breakdowns, and follow‑up tasks directly from the mobile interface with minimal input to accelerate issue reporting.
    Integrated escalation workflows help operators move seamlessly from detection to analysis, such as starting an RCA directly from a deviation.
    Guided Task Execution
    Execute guided tasks on the shop floor by following step‑by‑step instructions with embedded media, validation checks, and barcode or QR scanning.
    Skill validation helps prevent unauthorized execution of tasks that require specific certifications or training.
    Performance & Reliability Enhancements
    Continue working in low‑connectivity environments with offline caching that saves your progress and synchronizes updates when connectivity returns.
    Optimized load times and reduced latency to create a smooth user experience across industrial environments.
    Report any safety related incident
    Report, triage, and investigate health and safety‑related incidents directly from the mobile interface through ICW integration with Health and Safety.
    You can create Industrial Standards based on a safety incident that helps you maintain safe working environment.

    Activation information

    Install Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience as part of the ICW Foundational SKU. Install ICW Mobile by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. The application is optimized for latest iOS and Android devices and may require a Mobile UI Framework dependency provided by the ICW suite. You can request ICW Mobile from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store 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.

    Plugin information

    New plugins

    The following plugins are new in Australia:

    ICW Mobile (sn_icw_mobile): Contains the Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience application.

    Related ServiceNow applications and features

    Industrial Connected Workforce Core
    Provides the foundational data, workflows, and governance structures that power all ICW applications. It standardizes organizational, equipment, and workforce models to keep all apps aligned.
    Industrial Standards
    Enables the creation and governance of SOPs, inspections, and CIL routines. ICW Mobile accesses these standards to generate tasks and deliver instructions to operators.
    Industrial Guided Tasks
    Industrial Guided Tasks provides structured, step‑by‑step workflows for industrial activities. These guided tasks integrate directly into the ICW Mobile experience for seamless execution on handheld devices.