What's New in Version 4.1.22
Optimized Productivity Tools and Basic Experience
IM
- The mobile phone now supports opening emails, documents, files and web pages in multiple windows, making work more efficient. (iOS: Swipe right from the left edge to the "Minimize" area, Android: click "More" - "Minimize" in the upper right corner)
- New messages can be displayed in banners and quickly replied, ensuring that new message notifications can also be seen when using emails, documents, and approvals.
- Text in chat images can be translated.
- Multiple people can be selected and @mentioned in the WeCom App, making it easier to notify multiple group members simultaneously.
- More than 10 shortcut keys are added in WeCom for PC, including switching the left app bar, navigating to the next unread chat, marking the current chat as read/unread, etc. Details can be viewed in "Settings" -> "Shortcut Keys" -> "View More Shortcut Keys".
Smart Sheet
- Content permissions for a smart sheet can be set based on worksheets, records, and fields, preventing unauthorized modification or leakage of content, and ensuring enhanced security during collaborative work.
- Members can be set with different permissions in a smart sheet. Admins can specify that certain members can only view information related to themselves or only add and delete records related to themselves.
- "Protected View" is added for smart sheets. Views can be set to be locked or personal, protecting configurations such as filtering, grouping, and sorting from being modified.
- A new trigger condition "When the time in the record is reached" is added for automated processes in smart sheets. This condition is suitable for scenarios such as project management and task follow-up where specific time is filled in a smart sheet.
Search
- Global Search supports the search for content in the Calendar and Approvals apps, and provides multi-dimensional advanced filtering capabilities, making it easier to search for events and approval forms.
- The sorting and display of the search results within Docs on PC is optimized, and quick redirection to Global Search is supported.
- Search is supported within Calendar on Mac, the sorting and display of search results within Calendar on Windows is optimized, and quick redirection to Global Search is supported.
- MorMore options are available for the Group Chats, Chat History, and Document tabs of Global Search in the WeCom app, making content search more accurate.
Meeting
- Admins can handle the meeting data of offboarded members in "Admin Console" -> "Security Management" -> "Data Asset Hanover".
- Switching companies during a meeting will not interrupt the ongoing meeting in the original company.
- During a meeting, you can call meeting rooms to invite the devices to the meeting.
Docs
- Line breaks are supported for editing mindmap nodes on mobile devices.
- Branch shapes can be set for mindmaps, and summaries can be added and displayed in fishbone diagrams.
Mails
- Admins can enable "Email Synchronization" before migrating the domain to prevent the loss of previous emails. The configuration process for enabling "Email Synchronization" is streamlined for admins.Sent emails can be recalled from your inbox easily.
- Sent emails can be recalled from your inbox easily.
Approvals
- Admins can add approvers to the approval process. Once the approvers receive the document, they can provide comments and confirm the approval.
- Admins can download document attachments in batches from the Admin Console, making document retention more efficient.
- Employees can upload attachments in batches in WeCom for PC to fill out application forms more quickly.
Attendance
- Anti-cheating Management is added to centrally manage measures for preventing members from using multiple devices to punch or having others punch for them.
HR
- Payslip publishing at a scheduled time is added, allowing uploading of payslips and setting of publishing time in advance.
Verification
- If a company has paid for the verification fee through a business account, the step of micropayment verification can be skipped, making the verification process more efficient.
- The legal representative or business owner can remotely perform face recognition for company verification via the "Face Recognition of Legal Representative" link forwarded by the admin.
Hardware
- Existing attendance recorders can be bound, and supported brands and models can be viewed.
- Attendance and access control devices can be set for punch or access control flexibly.
Upgraded Connect with WeChat
Customer Acquisition Assistant
- The Customer Acquisition Assistant now supports automatic deduction after a customer is added, eliminating the need for advance estimation of usage.
Receive Money from External
- For merchant accounts with the entity type of "Enterprise", "Social Organization", "Public Institution", or "Government Agency", the single transaction limit for receipts using receipt orders or receipt codes has been increased to 80,000 CNY, and the transfer limit is 200,000 CNY. For merchant accounts with the entity type of "Sole Proprietor", the single transaction limit for receipts using receipt orders or receipt codes is 50,000 CNY, and the transfer limit is 200,000 CNY.
- Exclusive merchant accounts previously removed can be viewed and enabled again for receiving payments from customers.
WeChat Customer Service
- Customer inquiries will be automatically matched with answers intelligently recommended by a chatbot.
Channel
- When watching a channel update, you can long-press the screen to play it at a faster speed.
- When watching a channel update, you can click the profile photo to view the channel homepage, more videos, and live videos in WeChat.
Optimized Security Management Abilities
Security Management
- In the "Admin Console" -> "Security Management", companies can set a whitelist for the application scope of security features such as File Leakage Prevention, Device Management, Screen Capture/Recording Control, and IP Access Restriction.
- The user guide for advanced security features is added to help companies quickly understand the usage scenarios and common issues related to these features.
Advanced Features
- When members request to use advanced features, they will need to add an approver at a superior level. The approver can either approve or reject the request, helping admins better handle members' requirements and facilitate the procurement process.
- Admins can top up through online payments or bank transfers in "Admin Console" -> "Advanced Features" -> "Top Up", and members can then use the balance to purchase advanced features.
- Admins can set a balance alert amount in "Admin Console" -> "Advanced Features" -> "Top Up" -> "Balance Alert" to plan the top-up and avoid disruption to business operations.
- Admins can set the permissions in "Admin Console" -> "Advanced Features" -> "Top Up" -> "Usage Permissions", and members within the specified scope can use the balance to purchase advanced features.
- Admins can easily manage the automatic deduction of balance in "Admin Console" -> "Advanced Features" -> "Top Up" -> "Auto Deduction".
- Companies can purchase the "Customer Acquisition Assistant" in the advanced features. We provide two purchase modes: "Purchase Specify Usage" and "Auto Deduction service". After purchase, you can view the purchase details in the order list and purchased function.
- Companies can request an electronic invoice after purchasing advanced features.
Upgraded Open Capabilities
Meeting
- "Meeting Initiation Records" API is added, which allows companies to retrieve records of meetings initiated by employees for convenient meeting usage statistics.
Attendance
- The "Add Punch Records" API is added, allowing the upload of punch records from other devices within the company. This facilitates centralized management and statistical analysis of punch data.
Approvals
- Time zone can be returned via the API for obtaining approval details.
- Approvers can be specified when a request is submitted via API.
Advanced Features
- Advanced security features allow companies to assign accounts, cancel the assignment, and query the assignment status via API.
Thrid-party
- Service providers can open the app permission details page via API to view and manage the authorized permissions.
Optimized Overseas User Experience
- WeCom now supports Thai, Vietnamese, Malay, Filipino, Indonesian, Portuguese, German, and Japanese languages.