Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience release notes

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience release notes

    The ServiceNow® Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience (ICW Mobile) application, introduced in the Australia release, delivers a mobile-first solution designed for frontline industrial workers. It enables users to perform operational tasks, report issues, escalate deviations, and access standards and knowledge content directly on handheld devices. ICW Mobile supports productivity in high-activity and low-connectivity environments by providing offline capabilities and an intuitive interface optimized for mobile use.

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    Key Features

    • AI Enhanced Recommended Actions: Access and contextualize external documents related to deviations, and create organized resolution action plans using AI-driven insights.
    • Mobile Task Management: Manage tasks with clear status indicators and production-day filtering to prioritize critical activities on the shop floor.
    • Mobile Standards Hub: Browse and navigate published standards optimized for small screens, with embedded feedback mechanisms for continuous improvement.
    • Streamlined Issue Reporting: Quickly create actions, deviations, breakdown reports, and follow-up tasks with minimal input and integrated escalation workflows, including the ability to start root cause analyses directly from deviations.
    • Guided Task Execution: Follow step-by-step instructions enhanced with media, validation checks, and barcode or QR scanning, ensuring accuracy and compliance with skill validations.
    • Performance and Reliability: Work effectively in offline or low-connectivity conditions with offline caching and synchronized updates, plus optimized load times for smooth operation.
    • Health and Safety Integration: Report, triage, and investigate safety-related incidents directly via the mobile interface, with the capability to create Industrial Standards based on safety incidents.
    • ServiceNow AI Platform Licensing: Features are available based on AI licensing tiers—Foundation, Advanced, and Prime—enabling access to various AI capabilities and workflows depending on entitlements.

    Activation and Integration

    ICW Mobile is available for installation via the ServiceNow Store and is included as part of the ICW Foundational SKU. It is optimized for the latest iOS and Android devices and may require dependencies from the ICW suite’s Mobile UI Framework. The application integrates with related ServiceNow Industrial Connected Workforce components, including Industrial Connected Workforce Core for foundational data and workflows, Industrial Standards for SOP and inspection governance, and Industrial Guided Tasks for executing structured workflows on mobile devices.

    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

    • Use the AI Enhanced recommended actions for Industrial Connected Workforce Mobile Experience (ICW Mobile) feature to access external sources related to a deviation and review why the document is relevant to the incident.
    • Use the action plan skill available with AI Enhanced recommended actions for ICW Mobile to create and organize resolution action items related to deviation.
    • 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

    Australia Patch 1
    ServiceNow product tiers
    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 entitlements, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents.

    Contextualize an external document using AI Enhanced recommended actions for ICW Mobile
    Contextualize an external document to get an explanation of why the document is relevant to the selected deviation.
    Generate an action plan using AI Enhanced recommended actions for ICW Mobile
    Create an action plan to help resolve your ICW deviation using relevant documentation.
    Early Availability
    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.