The following article is a running release log of all of our Major Assistant Release versions along with the updates for each.
⬇️ You can always download the latest version here: download.laurel.ai ⬇️
Version 1.2.1.0
Release Date: 11th December 2024
Enhancements
Configurable Auto-Update: We've introduced greater flexibility to the auto-update feature, enabling enterprise customers to trial new assistant builds with specific user groups—such as Timekeepers or QA teams. This ensures thorough testing and validation before deploying updates across the entire organization.
Authentication: Improved authentication token management to extend user sign-in durations, enhancing convenience and usability.
Security: Strengthened system integrity by updating interfaced libraries to address known vulnerabilities.
Local Database: Added support for customizing the local database location, offering more control over storage configurations.
Outlook Integration: Enhanced email processing to capture the complete list of recipients for every email.
Bug Fixes
Resolved various general issues to improve stability and performance.
Version 1.2.0.0
Release Date: 6th November 2024
Enhancements
Outlook <> FileSite Integration: Enhanced performance when working with FileSite in Outlook
Security: Now using latest dependencies and integrations with the latest security fixes
Local Caching: Improved capture stability by improving local database performance
Network Performance: Increased stability when working in slow network environments
Authentication: More reliable session duration with optimized token validation
Auto Re-start: Automatic assistant restart after errors or application updates
Window Capture: More performant and reliable tracking of rapid window transitions
Bug Fixes
Various general bug fixes implemented
Version 1.1.2.0*
Release Date: 11th September 2024
New Features
Enhanced website capture capabilities:
Now capturing client names from Bill.com, Divvy.co, and Skyward.com
Enhancements
Email Handling:
Added send and receive timestamps to captured emails
Skipping email saves for messages loaded from disk to prevent inbox clutter
Faster parsing of email attachments
Performance Improvements
Implemented delayed processing of local captured activities after login
Authentication
Improved handling of authentication tokens
Connectivity
Enhanced internet connection check for Windows 10 and Windows Server
Improved handling of docking stations to maintain internet connectivity during docking and undocking
Bug Fixes
Various general bug fixes implemented
* We have updated the versioning of our assistant to follow industry-standard semantic versioning.
Assistant Version 57
Release Date: July 2nd, 2024
Features
Westlaw: Pulling in client information when using Westlaw.
Quickbooks Online: You are now able to capture client information when using Quickbooks Online.
Incognito Window Privacy: All work from an incognito window is ignored
Improved SSO Login: Ensuring that logging in via SSO is quicker by using a new Token Vault Alternate Storage Mechanism.
Bug Fixes
Addressing Edge, Chrome, MsTeams, and Outlook slowness, 100x faster.
Fixed website searching to be inclusive.
General bug fixes and speed improvements.
See more here.
Assistant Version 56
Release Date: May 15th, 2024
Features
Pause Capture: Laurel now allows you to pause the capture of activities for a set period of time.
Improved QuickBooks Online Capture: Enhanced integration with QuickBooks Online to better capture information about the client you are working for.
Bug Fixes
Always-on Capture: Resolved an edge case where activity capture occasionally didn't restart after logging out and logging back in.
Outlook Enhancements:
Improved capture of emails within Outlook's folder structure.
Improved compatibility with Outlook's delayed send feature.
Increased integration quality for more restricted instances of Outlook.
Integration improvements to retry Outlook capture if initial attempt is unsuccessful.
Improved error handling.
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Assistant Version 55
Release Date: March 21st, 2024
Enhanced Virtual Environment Support: Your virtual machine sessions are now more seamlessly understood, ensuring robust and accurate capture of activities.
Idle Time Enhancements: Updates to ensure our idle time functionality kicks in at the right time, regardless of your hardware or environment.
Duplicate Activity Handling: We've made strides to reduce reported duplicate activities, helping keep your activity log precise.
Web Capture Improvements: Experience more reliable capture on webpages added beyond the default set.
Updated from 32 to 64 Bit: Requires uninstallation of 32 Bit and fresh install of the 64 Bit package. Deployment resources found here.
See more here.
Assistant Version 54
Release Date: Feb 13th, 2024
Offline Capture: Now, Laurel continues to track your activities even without an internet connection. Once you're back online, all captured data will be automatically synced.
Microsoft Teams Integration: Laurel extends its capabilities to Microsoft Teams. Whether you're messaging colleagues or editing documents, rest assured that your efforts are accounted for in detail.
Enhanced Outlook Email Capture: Experience seamless integration with Outlook, capturing every detail without compromising on efficiency.
Idle Time Improvements: We've refined how Laurel detects system inactivity or shutdown, ensuring accurate timekeeping.
See more here.
Assistant Version 53
Release Date: Jan 10th, 2024
Improved Inactive Detection: New detection methods for when systems enter sleep mode, or users close laptops, especially helpful for VMs so capture stops accordingly.
Network Availability Messaging: Better communication to users when waiting for a network connection, with auto-login attempting to login repeatidly until the internet is available.
Enhanced Browser Tracking: More accurate capture of browser tab titles.
General Bug Fixes: Plus, a host of general bug fixes to make your experience even better.
See more here.
Assistant Version 52
Release Date: Dec 10th, 2023
Revamped Outlook Capture: Now with improved email draft handling and more reliable tracking.
Logged Out Notification: Get notified via the Laurel App on your Taskbar whenever you're logged out.
Support for Assistant Status: Using using v52 will now be able to see the status of their assistant directly in the web app.
Enhanced Document Capture: More stable capture, even when additional plugins are in use.
Improved Chrome Capture: Full support for the latest version of Chrome.
More Persistent Login: Stay logged in longer, thanks to improved token management.
Increased Security: Upgraded to follow the best practices in security protocols.
General Bug Fixes: Plus, a host of general bug fixes.
See more here.
Assistant Version 51
Release Date: Sept 21st, 2023
Resolved empty activity titles: An error in our tracking which prevented subject titles and participants from being captured and displayed within timelines has been corrected.
Resolved long email durations: We resolved an error where draft email sessions would combine to cause long email durations.
Improved email capture: We resolved a few instances where emails were not captured.
Improved Microsoft Office Capture: We resolved specific use cases where dialog boxes stopped our tracking, causing durations to be mismatched with actual time spent performing work.
Improved Microsoft Outlook Integration: We reduced the amount of resources needed to track your work in Outlook, ensuring no performance impact to Outlook occurs. We also enhanced our Outlook tracking to resolve errors connecting to a user's mailbox and included a "re-try" method when our connection fails due to internal Outlook functions.
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Assistant Version 50
Release Date: Aug 27th, 2023
Improved Outlook Capture: We've improved the accuracy of time spent drafting emails and now account for time spent switching between emails when navigating within Outlook.
Outlook Performance Fixes: We reduced the amount of resources needed to track your work in Outlook, ensuring no performance impact to Outlook occurs.
Bug resolutions for Zoom Capture: We resolved a few instances where calls weren't captured.
See more here.