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August 2024
Marketing
Features
We released profile groups for Google
We released the Content Template Beta including a sidebar view with more details about the template
We added Team Assignment to Campaigns
We implemented the text field for Instagram mobile publishing in the new post-creation process
We filtered out archived and scheduled templates on Amplify
We added the new Inspire which allows to create content searches on X and YouTube by including several keywords
Bugfixes
X and LinkedIn Posts were stuck pending
Unsupported PDF attachments on Amplify templates were included after creating Amplify templates out of content templates or posts
Smart Media Check showed wrong error messages for files when selecting mobile app publishing
For Amplify on Android, we fixed that the pop-up to update the app was shown even though the app was updated already
Other
We deprecated Content Inspiration, Censhare and Facebook Distribution Templates in Orchestrate
We renamed Social Share to Amplify
Care
Features (Engage Preview)
The Redesign went live
A new filter went live that enables a filtered view by user ID
A new quick filter status has been implemented
Bugfixes (Engage Preview)
When activating the Emoji selector in the reply box, the emojis in the pop-over were not rendered
When the date range picker has not been confirmed via “Apply”, an “Unsupported Filter Value” exception was thrown
For Facebook, some images have been displayed distorted
Some DMs on Instagram did not get synced
In some cases, certain interactions were not showing up in Engagement (not Engage Preview)
Analytics
Features (Analyze)
The benchmarking analysis has been moved to Analyze
It is now possible to switch between the Top and Flop posts in the metric "Performance of your top posts"
UX Improvements went live
Sticky Header was implemented
Date Ribbon Improvements
Bugfixes
When downloading the PDF in the Analyze module, some of the post images were missing
In some cases, the data for Instagram profiles was missing
The top content items were not being rendered correctly when a scrollbar was present
The 'YouTube Videos' widget kept loading endlessly (Dashboards)
Other
Deprecation of Content Inspiration Widgets
Deprecation of Benchmarking Widgets
Misc.
Features
External recipients can now be included in chat conversations
We added a widget to the start page where recent chats are displayed
July 2024
Care
Features (Engage Preview)
Performance Improvements
The improved sweepstake function has been implemented in Engage Preview
Facelift AI was implemented in Engage
The feed and context columns can be resized by dragging the separator line in between using the mouse
It is possible to disable comments for Instagram in Engage
Bugfixes
When you changed the settings in the engagement, sometimes an error was thrown (Engagement)
In some cases, the filters had an infinite load (Engage Preview)
If you wanted to assign tags via bulk actions, a scrollbar was incorrectly displayed (Engage Preview)
In some cases the Custom Inoxes were broken because false values (Engage Preview)
Marketing
Features
We integrated Threads in Orchestrate
The approval status of posts were added to the Planner Beta
Facelift AI is able to convert PNG media assets to JPEG
You can now save posts as Content Template or social Share Template in all statues
The new section for Content Templates was released as a Beta
Rebranding of the App is finished
Analytics
Features (in Analyze)
The metric detail view opens now in full screen page.
Renaming of metrics and improved descriptions
New TikTok Dashboard with new and improved TikTok metrics
Upgrade to the TikTok Business API
Profile selector selects only connected profiles per default
Improved behavior of the datepicker
It is possible to switch between the top and flop posts when viewing the post performance
Bugfixes
In some cases an error message was displayed during loading (Analyze)
A multi-image Facebook post appeard multiple times in the Top Post widget (Analyze)
The Benchmarking Groups page has not loaded (Benchmarking)
June 2024
Care
Features (Engage Preview)
The Engage Beta was renamed to Engage Preview
Deselecting single items after bulk actions is now possible
Facelift AI for answer optimization is live
The user name is now displayed in the tooltip in the inspector
Bugfixes
In some cases, unresolved conversations showed the wrong buttons in the context (Engage Preview)
It was not possible to select some menu options when the menu was collapsed
YouTube items did not show titel and post text anymore (Engage Preview)
In some cases, it was not possible to connect a Facebook page to Facelift
Scrolling down and up again showed some images as "not found" (Engage Preview)
YouTube User names were displayed with @ at the beginning (Engage Preview)
Marketing
The Publisher is now named Orchestrate and the Planner Beta was released 🎉
Feature
Smart Media Optimizer was released. With its help, it´s possible to crop pictures to the right resolution defined by the networks
Added "view post" button & Briefing to approval sidebar
The Publisher was renamed to Orchestrate
We released the Planner Beta
Bugfixes
The content was not transferred when duplicating a failed post
Line breaks are gone when saving a post in the post creation
Rebranding of the App is finished
Analytics
Feature
Analyze Beta
Benchmarking groups were added to the benchmarking profile selector.
Smaller design improvements
Improved error messages
Implementation of a simple solution to report bugs
The top content visualization card is now responsive
Bugfixes
Analyze Beta
In some cases, the formulas did not show up in the metric detail modal.
In the performance charts, no data was displayed in some charts although it should have been available
Misc
Feature
We improved access token handling so that fewer manual profile refreshes are necessary
Planner was renamed to Ideate and is now available for all users with access to Orchestrate
Bugfixes
We fixed some LinkedIn publishing issues
May 2024
Care - Engage (BETA)
The new Inbox is now in an open Beta mode and was renamed to Engage🎉
Feature
It is now possible to easily share items via link
With the rating filter for Google My Business & Facebook, filter options are now complete in Engage
Search results are now highlighted
Paid ads can now be easily identified with the Promoted Content Indicator
Custom Inboxes are now opened by default
Improved error handling
Performance Improvements
Bugfixes (for Beta)
In some cases, the filters behaved inconsistently
In some cases, TikTok comments were not synched to Facelift
TikTok was missing in the Content Type filter
If tags were already attached to an item, the text "Add Tags" disappeared
Bugfixes
In some cases, the discussion feature did not work for Facebook profiles
Marketing
Feature
Collab posts for Instagram are now available
The link shortener has been fully integrated into the new post creation process
We implemented LinkedIn document posts in the new post creation
We improved descriptions for readability and clarity
Bugfixes
Email addresses in the new post creation were shown as URLs
The assignment tab is now also available in Quickfill
Facebook Preview did not display an image after shortening the link
Analytics
The new Analytics product Analyze is now available as an open Beta 🎉
Feature
Improvements to the Metric detail page
Improved error handling and metric warnings
Improvements for exportes files, e.g. no benchmarking specifics when no benchmarking profile is selected
Missing translations were added
Bugfixes
If you returned to “Analyze” using the “Back” browser button, the content was missing
In some cases, an error was shown that Facebook Profiles were not available even though they were
Misc
Feature
Desktop notifications are now available for chat messages and post plan exports
We updated the LinkedIn API to the latest version
Bugfixes
We fixed some Instagram connection issues
April 2024
Care - New Inbox (currently in closed Beta)
Feature
Implementing the feature "Copy Item Link"
Implementing Custom Inboxes
Implementing Filter Options
Improved Search Results: It's possible to find an inbox item by just knowing a word of the content
Bugfixes
Missing translations for the date range filter was added
In some cases TikTok comments & replys were missing
Sometimes if more than one tag was selected, the second tag of the list was not marked
Marketing
Feature
We made sure, that Quickfill is treated like the other networks when it is sorted to the first position in the tab navigation of the post creation
Bugfixes
An error was shown, when adding video files to Facebook Reels or LinkedIn video posts
We fixed for Social Share, that users cannot select interests due to an error message "please try again"
Analytics
Bugfixes
In some cases data was missing benchmarking groups in the FB Engagement Tab
In some cases Posts were missing in the Social Share dashboard
Administration
Feature
We moved the settings for Tags to the new menu item "Labels & Tags"
It's now possible to add users via a simplified invitation workflow
Bugfixes
Login and password reset works correctly again
Misc
Feature
New real-time chat is live in the new post creation
Bugfixes
In some cases there was an infinte loading symbol displayed in the chat
March 2024
Care
Bugfixes
In some cases, it was not possible to close Google Business Items
Users needed to reload the page to see the change of the owner
In some cases, the profile pictures of colleagues were not shown correctly
Users had to reload the page to see the new tags that were added via bulk action
Care - New Inbox (currently in closed Beta)
Feature
When clicking the user name in the inspector, a new tab opens with the profile on the native network
Creator Tags are implemented
Possibility to save replies within the reply field for the user and another colleague within the team
Marketing
Feature
the new post creation is published after being available for testing as a beta for 6 months
Quickpost is no longer available
Instagram Product Tagging was added to the new post creation
Instagram Product and User Tagging is now available for Reels and Carousel Posts
Duplicating failed posts is now possible
publishing date & time were moved in the content header of the post creation
Changing network and post type order via Drag&Drop was implemented
LinkedIn Targeting was added to the new post creation
Analytics
Bugfixes
In some cases, the Instagram Post Performance widget could not be filtered correctly by engagement rate
In the download of the widget LinkedIn Page Follower Insights some titles were missing for the Follower Industry
Administration
Feature
We moved the security options from the admin settings to their new menu item "security" and separated the various options to create a better overview
Mobile
Bugfixes
overdue Instagram mobile publishing posts are not listed in the overdue filter view
Misc
Feature
Text formatting options are now available in our real-time chat
Bugfixes
In some cases, comments on Instagram and X posts were not synced correctly
February 2024
Care
Feature
Implementation of the "Reply with" Feature. Allows users to choose whether to reply with a comment or a message on Facebook and LinkedIn comments
If a user has more than one profile on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, the user can decide with which profile they would like to answer
New Inbox (currently in closed Beta)
Feature
The expiring time will be displayed when it is possible to answer with a direct message for items
Bug
In some cases, the "Load More" button did not work
Messages could not be sent in some cases when a PDF document was attached
A written reply was not saved as a draft
Marketing
Feature
Instant Asset Validation was added to the post-creation Beta
We migrated Social Share templates for the content templates to the dedicated Social Share section
We show the name of the post owner in the post detail view
Publishing and creating Instagram Profile Groups was implemented
Quickfill is available for Social Share Templates
We added "Open Canva" to every media selector in every network post type form of the Beta Post Creation
Analytics
Bug
In some cases, the number of LinkedIn followers rate was not displayed correctly
Instagram and LinkedIn post-performance was empty for a certain period in January in reports
There was a difference between the followers on Facebook and the Facebook KPI widget in the dashboards
Administration
Feature
New real-time chat is available in the Social Share section
Bug
The Publisher widget on the start page didn't show published posts correctly
Resetting two-factor authentication was not possible
It was not possible to assign users more than 10 teams, and permission sets
Mobile
Bug
We fixed that only 50 response templates were displayed in the Engagement tab. Now all response templates are visible on mobile
January 2024
Care
Bug
Facebook Spam messages could not be closed
In some cases, Items were displayed in the wrong conversation
It was not possible to see which items in the inspector were already hidden or deleted.
The feed was empty when users selected the "All"-filter
In some cases, the sidebar re-opened after changes in the Inbox
New Inbox (currently in closed Beta)
Feature
Implementation of Response Templates in the new Beta Inbox
Bug
Open in Network Button was missing in some cases
Marketing
Feature
We have updated the display of profile thumbnails
Administration
Feature
We reworked our user list view and user creation process
Starter plan customers can now subscribe to Facelift and manage their account in self-service
December 2023
Care - New Inbox (currently in closed Beta)
Feature
Implemented TikTok for the new Beta Inbox
A confirmation is now shown when users are resolving items that they do not own
Users can now translate inbox items in our new Beta inbox as well
Bug
Feed items were missing some content
The context showed a different profile picture
The send & resolve button was shown, although the item was already resolved
Marketing
Feature
Private LinkedIn profiles @mentions are now possible when publishing posts
Duplicating social share templates is now possible
Canva App Integration is now available
Publishing in LinkedIn private profiles
Analytics
Bug
In some cases, the Instagram engagement rate was not displayed correctly.
Misc.
Bug
Some users could not access their companies' custom domains for the link shortener
November 2023
Care
Bug
Team performance occasionally showed a "Data could not be retrieved" error.
In some cases, warnings were not triggered properly via an assigned tag.
New Inbox (currently in closed Beta)
Feature
Emoji Picker has been added to the new Beta inbox
Tag selector has been extended by "Manage tags" and "Add new tag" in the Beta inbox
Each inbox item will now show an indicator if the item has been deleted
Bug
The user's name was not correctly displayed on LinkedIn comments.
Marketing
Feature
We added Google Offer and Event posts to Quickpost and Post Creation Beta
Bug
LinkedIn mentions were wrong in the shared Social Share Template
The keyboard was covering up the input fields on the login screen on our Android apps
Analytics
Bug
Only 10 posts were displayed in the Social Share dashboard.
Some profiles could not be found in Benchmarking.
The link to Engagement out of the X-Widget "My Tweets" did not work.
In some cases, data was missing in the "Instagram KPIs" widget.
In Firefox, no preview pictures were shown for Instagram Post Performance Widget.
October 2023
Care
Feature
Implemented the collision detection to the beta, so users can see when another user is currently working on a feed item.
Following the feedback of our users, the resolve button in the context is always shown (needed to be hovered by the user before to be seen)
Bug
A feed item was still marked as a warning after it had been resolved by the user.
The website crashed after a specific scrolling pattern of some users.
The filter has been in the wrong position and was hiding crucial content.
Marketing
Feature
You can now add Cover Images to Instagram Reels
Titles are now available for Facebook Videos
Subtitles can be added as SRT file to Facebook Videos to enhance the accessibility
YouTube Video and Shorts were added to the Quickpost
Analytics
Feature
As part of the renaming of Twitter to X, we have adjusted the naming and logo in the dashboards accordingly.
Bug
The download function for YouTube widgets was broken.
September 2023
Care
Feature
Removed old behavior where comments to a Facebook post are routed to the post owner.
New Inbox (currently in closed Beta)
Feature
Added the open-in-network link
Implemented the reply&resolve button
Added the manual sentiment selector
Released the inspector to the new inbox
Bug
Users got incorrect information in the inspector about their social media users
Users were not able to search with only two characters
Marketing
Feature
New features are available in the Beta Post Creation:
Facebook Scheduling and Darkpost
Facebook Video Tagging
Instagram User Tagging
Instagram mobile Publishing
Quickfill
Briefing
Bug
Opt-out Notification settings from Facebook posts planned by admins were gone in the settings
The shared post list was empty
Misc
Bug
Some users were set to inactive
August 2023
Care
Feature
We deprecated the Google My Business User Activity since Google My Business elements do not include user ids
Bugfixes
Feed width changed when the user clicks on another feed item
Profile names did not show after clicking on the inbox element
In some cases, tags on elements were duplicated after selecting an inbox element
Emojis in the profile name showed a question mark instead of the emoji
Marketing
Feature
Facelift Link Posts were added to the Quickpost
Integration of TikTok for publishing
We released the Beta Version of the new Post Creation and result view.
Analytics
Feature
The Twitter Post Performance widget now displays the profile names to which the posts belong.
A new column is added in the Social Share dashboard which shows the clicks per user.
Bugfixes
The number of messages in Engagement was not identical to the reported number of messages in the Engagement Unified Inbox KPI widget.
The Engagement Rates were not displayed correctly in the Post Performance widgets.
Additional rows were displayed in the Excel download of the Engagement Team Performance widget.
The tag filter is available again in the Post Performance for LinkedIn.
Misc.
Feature
We renamed Twitter to X and Tweets to Posts
July 2023
Care
Bugfixes
Icons in the Owner Change Email were not correctly displayed.
Marketing
Feature
We switched from the Instagram Videos API to the Reels API
We added new post types for the Quickpost:
Facebook Reels
Facebook Link Posts
Instagram Reels
Instagram Carousels
We added YouTube Shorts to the post creation
You can now add thumbnails to Facebook and YouTube videos by adding a picture.
Bugfixes
Some users were not able to publish posts via mobile App (only iOS)
Timeframe for scheduling Dark Posts on Facebook was changed by Meta (15 minutes up to 30 days in the future)
LinkedIn Link Posts failed to publish when using the image of the post's URL
Analytics
Feature
You can now evaluate tags that were added to direct messages.
We added the tag filter to Moderation Sentiment KPI widgets and Sentiment Insights.
Bugfixes
The post performance showed no engagement on Instagram reels and wrong engagement rates
Some users got an error while accessing the post performance widget on their Dashboards.
Instagram Insights showed no data for dates after the 17th of April 2023.
Some users were missing data in the Linkedin Post Performance widget.
Dashboards & Reports did not show data in Instagram Insights for engagements after April 17th.
Misc.
Feature
We updated the Facebook API permissions to comply with the v3.3
We switched all postings on X (former Twitter) to use a newer API version.
We switched to a newer API version for LinkedIn.
We added an idea portal for users in the footer of the start page.
We updated the Dashboard-Onboarding task for trial users on our start page.
We added the link to the Changelog to the start page footer.
Bugfixes
Users were not able to verify their WhatsApp number via SMS or call
June 2023
Care
Bugfixes
Users were not able to select a tag in Engagement.
The user avatar was not attached correctly to the inbox items.
Translations were not displayed correctly.
Marketing
Feature
We released new post-types in Quickpost:
Twitter Link Post
LinkedIn Link Post
LinkedIn Video Post
We added Pinterest Link and Photo Post to the Quickpost. One new big improvement is that you can now create titles as well.
Lifty, our AI-Assistant, recommends the tags in the post-creation process.
You can use content templates in the Facelift mobile App as well.
Bugfixes
The Facebook Distribution Templates are back in the sidebar of the template section.
Analytics
Feature
The tag filter is available again in the Post Performance for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Bugfixes
Thumbnails were not displayed in the Instagram Post Performance.
Data from external Instagram accounts were not displayed correctly in Benchmarking in some cases.
Misc.
Feature
We fixed an issue, where the sort filter for an inbox did not persist after a browser reload.
We deprecated the ability to tag a creator of Google MyBusiness inbox items in the inspector since this functionality is not available via GoogleMyBusiness API.
Switched facelift to a new Pinterest API version 5.
Users can start conversations directly with the Customer Success Team from the Startpage footer links.
Users can now learn more about the products that are not in the scope of their plan and express their interest in them.
Social Share has been added as a main menu item and is now visible to every customer.
The new worker system is now sending notifications for Publisher calendar exports. More notifications are moving to the new method.
Onboarding quests for trial users are now considering additional features unique to the Business plan.
Bugfixes
We deprecated the ability to tag a creator of Google MyBusiness inbox items in the inspector since this functionality is not available via GoogleMyBusiness API.
Some Google MyBusiness profile images were not loaded correctly.