Zoho News
- Zoho CRM: CommandCenter 2.0
- CommandCenter gets a full refresh with a cleaner UI, updated terminology, stage tracking, and path-based automations to help you map processes more clearly.
- Zoho CRM: Improved UI for Calls, Tasks, and Meetings
- Zoho standardized the activity record layout, moving timelines and fields for consistency across records and improving timeline visibility.
- Zoho CRM: Profile-Based Permissions for Timeline & Interactions
- Admins can now control timeline and interaction access at the profile level, giving more granular permission options.
- Zoho Inventory: Q2 2025 Highlights
- Zoho published a quarterly roundup of new features, including replenishments, Etsy integration, and custom module access.
- Zoho Recruit: Numerical Rating for Interviewer Assessments
- Interview assessments can now use 1–10 scoring with qualifying thresholds for a more granular candidate evaluation.
- Zoho SalesIQ: Automating Timeout Chat Tracking with Workflows
- A new workflow tutorial shows how to tag chats that close due to timeouts, enabling easy follow-ups and better customer recovery.
- Zoho Payroll: August 2025 Product Updates
- You can now filter pay runs by type, customize resettlement payslips, process payroll using only time‑off hours (US), manage employee portal access in bulk, terminate after payroll, and send IT Declaration/POI emails at the employee level.
- Zoho Recruit: CV-Library Now Available as a Source Booster
- CV‑Library is now integrated into Zoho Recruit as a Source Booster, giving recruiters access to millions of UK CVs directly within the platform.
- Zoho Bookings: Schedulathon 2025 Hackathon Announced
- The first‑ever virtual “Schedulathon 2025” hackathon invites global innovators to build scheduling solutions using Zoho Bookings and integrations—with prizes up to $5 000 and registration open until September 11, 2025.
- Zoho Campaigns: Revamped “What’s New” Page
- The “What’s New” page in Zoho Campaigns now features modern design, pagination, color‑coded tags, advanced filters, search functionality, and sharing options.
- Zoho Projects: Upcoming Changes to the Timesheet Module
- The Timesheet module will be renamed to Time Logs and gain multi-level approval workflows across projects soon.
- Zoho Vault: Free Plan Shines as Dashlane Ends Its Free Tier
- With Dashlane discontinuing its free plan on September 16, 2025, Zoho Vault emerges as a strong, ad‑free alternative offering unlimited password storage, device syncing, passkey support, and cross‑platform apps.
- Zoho Bigin: Email filters enhancement, change owner for related records (Android)
- The latest Bigin Android update adds email filters like “All Emails” and “Added from Widgets,” plus a pop‑up to change ownership for related records and notify the new owner via email.
Code Share of the Week
- Create Valid Until Dates in Zoho Analytics Using SQL and Last Modified Timestamps
- This code share walks through using SQL tabular functions like PARTITION BY and LEAD to calculate “valid until” dates from history tables. The approach lets you pair start and end times for stages, teams, or records by pulling in the next modification timestamp. With these ranges, you can calculate metrics such as pipeline velocity or task timelines more effectively. It’s a powerful technique if you’re building advanced reports in Zoho Analytics.
This Week’s Blog
- Mastering Zoho Projects Budget Setup: Budget Types, Billing Methods & Pro Tips
- A step-by-step guide to navigating Zoho Projects’ budget options and billing methods. Learn how to combine settings for accurate project costing and financial control.
Tips and Tricks
- NEW! AI Agents Release for Zoho Bigin
- Zoho Bigin now includes AI-powered agents like reply assistants and churn analysis, giving small businesses smarter automation.
- Zia LLM Updates for Zoho WorkDrive
- Zia hubs in WorkDrive let you organize content and use LLM-powered search and summaries to deliver structured business knowledge.
Question of the Week (AZAAZ)
- Zoho Projects and CRM Integration
- Click here to watch our answer to this week’s question.