Employee Slate for Otto release notes

  • Release version: Store
  • Updated August 6, 2026
  • 2 minutes to read

    • Version history for the ServiceNow® Employee Slate for Otto application on the ServiceNow Store.

    Important:
    For details on system requirements and family compatibility, view the application listing on the ServiceNow Store website.

    Version history

    Version 1.3.3 - August 2026 (Australia)
    • Introduced topic-based content discovery with category-based navigation in Employee Slate, updating the browse experience.
    • Enhanced org charts with responsive layouts, profile cards redesign, and team visualization.
    • Provided field visibility controls on knowledge articles.
    • Introduced configuration scope controls so task configs and Lit-based action widgets can independently target Employee Center or Employee Slate, enabling teams to ship new configs with existing mappings.
    • Introduced task record preprocessing for skills to fetch context, enrich records, and format output before skill invocation.
    • Rebranded Now Assist, Moveworks, and AI Experience to Otto for consistency.
    Version 1.1.14 - August 2026 (Zurich)
    • Introduced topic-based content discovery with category-based navigation in Employee Slate, updating the browse experience.
    • Enhanced org charts with responsive layouts, profile cards redesign, and team visualization.
    • Provided field visibility controls on knowledge articles.
    • Introduced configuration scope controls so task configs and Lit-based action widgets can independently target Employee Center or Employee Slate, enabling teams to ship new configs with existing mappings.
    • Introduced task record preprocessing for skills to fetch context, enrich records, and format output before skill invocation.
    • Rebranded Now Assist, Moveworks, and AI Experience to Otto for consistency.
    Version 1.2.0 - July 2026 (Australia)
    • This release provides the following updates and enhancements:
      • Enhanced Org chart and profile with visual updates and profile image edits
      • Introduced an option to configure a custom AI insights skill
      • Introduced Home page widget configuration from the admin console, starting with Quick links
      • Improved performance and accessibility support
      • Updated the approval checklist skill default settings to on demand to support upgrades
    Version 1.1.5 - July 2026 (Zurich)
    • This release provides the following features and enhancements:
      • Enhanced Org chart and profile with visual updates and profile image edits
      • Introduced an option to configure a custom AI insights skill
      • Introduced Home page widget configuration from the admin console, starting with Quick links
      • Improved performance and accessibility support
      • Updated the approval checklist skill default settings to on-demand to support upgrades
    Version 1.1.3 - June 2026 (Australia)
    • This release provides the following enhancements and improvements.
      • Enhanced accessibility support
      • Performance improvements
      • Support for L10n
      • Enhanced telemetry support for tracking user behavior
      • Enhanced the home page layout with auto-adjust flexibility based on the widgets count
      • Enhanced Admin configuration to support Tasks and requests (fka Inbox), To-dos task type configurations
      • Enhanced AI Preferences to support Smart Prioritisation and AI-Generated Summarisation
      • Enhanced the option to load AI summary automatically or on demand on AI summary details page
    Version 1.0.7 - June 2026 (Zurich)
    • This release provides the following enhancements and improvements.
      • Enhanced accessibility support
      • Performance improvements
      • Support for L10n
      • Enhanced telemetry support for tracking user behavior
      • Enhanced the home page layout with auto-adjust flexibility based on the widgets count
      • Enhanced Admin configuration to support Tasks and requests (fka Inbox), To-dos task type configurations
      • Enhanced AI Preferences to support Smart Prioritisation and AI-Generated Summarisation
      • Enhanced the option to load AI summary automatically or on demand on AI summary details page
    Version 1.0.2 - May 2026
    Now Assist AI-powered, conversation-first employee experience that learns from how employees work—dynamically recommending answers, knowledge, and actions about the world of work. Employees get answers and guidance what to do next and boost productivity from a personalized experience that gets smarter over time.