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Avid Release Notes

Updated

January 2026

Week of January 5
Version 3.04

  • New in-app notification experience with updated styling that matches the new brand. Notifications stay visible while you navigate to other pages, and can be triggered by background jobs—so you’ll know when data finishes refreshing, when Playbooks are ready for review, and more.
  • Faster page navigation: Reduced page-to-page load time across most areas by ~100ms on average.
  • Smarter AI chart summaries: Summaries below the primary chart now explain what’s happening and link to other charts likely contributing to the trend.
  • Dynamic donation form switching: If you’ve connected iDonate or Fundraise Up, Avid swaps the standard donation form touchpoint for an embedded donation form with shorter inputs and images.
  • Many bug fixes across the platform, including Google Doc export fixes and stability improvements to prevent client plans from randomly changing.

December 2025

Week of December 8
Version 3.03

  • Content settings page now mirrors the Playbook Strategy layout and lets you ask Edna to regenerate your mission statement, style guide, and related content, with a button to look for new news articles and stories.
  • Audience tab copy and layout updated to clarify how audiences work and explain the “why” behind the audiences selected.
  • Touchpoints view simplified to reduce clutter, with new options to group touchpoints by audience, date, and type.

Week of December 1
Version 3.02

  • Playbook Builder now includes Table and Calendar views for viewing touchpoints by audience or channel and managing cadence.
  • Touchpoints now support scheduling both the send date and time.
  • Updated image upload design on Touchpoints makes it easier to work with multiple images and lays groundwork for future ad image generation.
  • Support modal now allows file and image uploads so you can share more context with our team.

November 2025

Week of November 17
Version 3.01

  • Playbooks and Lockstep are now mobile-responsive for easier use on phones and tablets.
  • Google Doc export has been fixed and significantly sped up (from 5+ minutes to around 30 seconds for 50 touchpoints), and now includes Launch Date in the export.
  • New integration: Salesforce Marketing Cloud, enabling export via FTP for supported Pathways.
  • Marketo integration fixes and additional stability improvements across the platform.

September 2025

Week of September 15
Version 1.38

  • Added the ability to view archived files and audiences including who archived them and the ability to restore them.
  • New integration with FlexFormz
  • Avid dates and times are now based upon the timezone settings of the user.

August 2025

Week of August 15
Version 1.37

  • New Integrations: iContact, Forward Email
  • New Customer Service Screens: Improved customer service tools to allow greater visibility into Connections and Pathways for improved service and troubleshooting.
  • Data Migration: Migrated data storage to a new infrastructure for international data storage requirements.

Week of August 11
Version 1.36

  • Additional administration tools added for Avid customer support use to manage customer plans, integrations, and more.
  • Simplified the creation of analysis audiences
  • Enabled the ability for customized data residency to support international customers with local data residency requirement

July 2025

Week of July 28
Version 1.35

  • Mobile styling updates made to the Scorecard, Insights, Benchmarks and navigation.
  • Pathways added for Kit and Emfluence integrations.
  • The Subsequent Giving report has been upgraded with additional charts and tables focused on "Lifetime Value".
  • Updated internal ticketing system to improve user support experience.

Week of July 22
Version 1.34

  • Emfluence Integration added.
  • File upload progress bar now shows percent uploaded.
  • UI updates across Insights, Benchmarks, and Connections.
  • We made major updates to Avid’s infrastructure, improving automatic scaling and further enhancing security. Plus, 20% faster page loads even at peak times!

Week of July 15
Version 1.33

  • Permissions rollout live with Settings UI refresh.
  • New user invite expiration extended to 30 days.
  • "Top 5" algorithm v2 improves segment prioritization.

Week of July 8
Version 1.32

  • Audiences can be created directly from file upload.
  • Segment Definition page shows match rate and segment size.

Week of July 1
Version 1.31

  • Flagging of invalid files during upload.
  • Account ID/appeal code mapping alerts added.
  • DonorDock CRM integration added.
  • Bulk segment deletion enabled.

June 2025

Week of June 24
Version 1.30

  • Contact-level filters now apply correctly in Pathways.
  • Pathway-level filters launched with override option.
  • Confirmation page enhancements: plain-English definitions and speed improvements.

Week of June 17
Version 1.29

  • Co-branded login and navigation for single-agency clients.
  • Password security enhancements.
  • Improved accuracy of Segment creation from Insights.
  • Redesigned image upload experience.

Week of June 10
Version 1.28

  • Faster Insights loading.
  • Enhanced error messages for Pathway syncs.
  • Record downloads include rejected records and reasons.
  • UI tweaks to Scorecard and Slide downloads.

Week of June 3
Version 1.27

  • New integrations: Microsoft Advertising and DonorDirect StudioEnterprise.
  • Comparison Filter added for audience logic.

May 2025

Week of May 27
Version 1.26

  • Vue3 migration complete; infrastructure upgrade.

Week of May 13
Version 1.25

  • New branding and registration flow launched.
  • Demo login and new landing pages introduced.
  • Integrations: LinkedIn Ads, Fundraise Up, Constant Contact.
  • Playbook approval via Google Docs.

Week of May 6
Version 1.24

  • Playbooks beta features launched:
    • Agency Admin
    • Segment Templates
    • Persona Audiences
    • Product Analytics & Feature Gates
    • Playbooks deployment features added for Mailchimp & Google Docs
  • Assorted bug fixes.

April 2025

Week of April 22
Version 1.23

  • Minor updates: enhanced passwords, segment creation bug fix.

Week of April 15
Version 1.22

  • Direct Mail alpha tool is live.
  • Table export from reports now available.
  • Mailchimp sync now auto-updates tags.
  • Time filters persist across reports.

Week of April 8
Version 1.21

  • Mailchimp tagging added.
  • XLSX support for multi-sheet parsing.
  • CSV encoding improvements.
  • SFTP upgrade.

Week of April 1
Version 1.20

  • "Campaigns" renamed to "Playbooks"

March 2025

Week of March 25
Version 1.19

  • Salesforce SSO added.
  • Goal Tracking launched with monthly and annual goal features.

Week of March 11
Version 1.18

  • Demo Environment live (toggle views).
  • Beta Feature Flag introduced.
  • PPT slide resizing.
  • Sync status auto-refresh and row count.
  • File upload visibility UI improvements.

February 2025

Week of February 25
Version 1.17

  • Facebook Lead Integration rewritten.
  • New CRM Integrations: Neon One and Nationbuilder.

Week of February 18
Version 1.16

  • Webhook Integration added.
  • Anedot integration instructions.
  • Chart Builder Table UI improvements.

November 30, 2024: Enhanced Notification Management and Tracking
Version 1.15

  • Redesigned notification dropdown for better usability.
  • Added Sentry tracking for Segment Analysis Jobs.

November 15, 2024: Query Builder Revamp and Benchmark Fixes
Version 1.14

  • Launched revamped query builder for better usability.
  • Resolved layout issues in benchmark pages.

October 31, 2024: Smoother UI and SFTP Improvements
Version 1.13

  • Updated stylings for Campaign and Asset Type pages.
  • Enhanced SFTP error tracking and file-handling reliability.

October 15, 2024: Consistent Animations and Advanced Filtering
Version 1.12

  • Unified chart animations for a smoother user experience.
  • Introduced support for complex “NOT” logic in filters.

September 30, 2024: Customizable Notifications and Error Tracking
Version 1.11

  • Redesigned notification settings for user preferences.
  • Improved error tracking through Sentry integration.

September 15, 2024: Scorecard Launch and Benchmark Enhancements
Version 1.10

  • Released scorecard feature with grading metrics and tools.
  • Introduced dynamic filters for benchmarks.

August 31, 2024: File Export Enhancements and Subscriber Data Fixes
Version 1.09

  • Completed export functionality with header alignment.
  • Improved chart building for subscriber blends.

August 15, 2024: Data Blends and UI Refinements
Version 1.08

  • Added dataset views for subscribers.
  • Improved tooltip alignment and dropdown highlights.

July 31, 2024: Pathway Styling and Integration Improvements
Version 1.07

  • Enhanced preview table styling for pathways.
  • Enabled field fetching from integration screens.

July 15, 2024: File Management Overhaul and Connection Updates
Version 1.06

  • Added pagination and search for file lists.
  • Improved styling for integration management.

June 30, 2024: Centralized Data and Dashboard Enhancements
Version 1.05

  • Displayed data refresh and applied filters on dashboards.
  • Transitioned to customer-specific datasets.

June 15, 2024: Chart Exploration and Core Bug Fixes
Version 1.04

  • Introduced granular control for chart segment creation.
  • Resolved filtering and data infrastructure issues.

May 29, 2024: Data Visualization Updates
Version 1.03
 

  • Information about the last data refresh and applied filters are visible on the dashboard and Insights pages.
  • Bug fixes related to data mapping
  • Data storage is now centralized to customer-specific data sets

May 16, 2024: Chart Exploration Improvement
Version 1.02
 

  • Ability to be more granular with exploration, segment creation, and Pathway pushes
  • Bug fixes for data infrastructure and chart filters

May 7, 2024: AI Upgrade
Version 1.01
 

  • Upgrade the speed and capabilities of the AI data summarization including logging of all responses
  • Bug fixes for various speed and UI issues
  • Bug fixes for new Pathway connections

May 1, 2024: Initial Avid AI Launch
Version 1.0
 

  • New Avid style implemented
  • Insights and Pathways modules fully functional

 

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