Major Platform Updates

Zoho One Reimagined (announced November 19, 2025)

Zoho One's refresh centers on making work more visual, connected, and AI‑assisted across the full suite.

  • Vani: A new visual‑first collaboration space combining diagrams, whiteboards, mind maps, and built‑in video calling.
  • Enhanced Action Panel: A unified view of meetings, messages, tasks, and updates across 50+ Zoho apps.
  • Zia AI Integration: Zia is now accessible everywhere inside Zoho One and can aggregate context from third‑party systems like Google Workspace.
  • Zia Hubs: Intelligent content management that automatically organizes contracts, recordings, and assets.
  • Smart Offboarding: Outcome‑based integrations to manage departing employees securely and consistently.
  • Security Enhancements: BYOK encryption, expanded audit logs, anomaly detection, conditional access, RADIUS Wi‑Fi authentication, and more.

If you're already on Zoho One, this update reduces app‑switching and makes cross‑department work smoother. If you're evaluating the suite, it's a strong signal that Zoho is betting on AI‑native, unified operations.

Product‑Specific Updates

Zoho Writer (November 2025)

  • Dynamic Subforms: Repeatable entries for structured documents.
  • AI Field Detection: OCR‑based field extraction from PDF imports.
  • Zoho CRM Integration: Automatic data push from Writer to CRM.
  • Dynamic Date Calculations: Smart date logic inside templates.

Zoho Desk (Autumn ’25)

  • Zia Agent Studio: Design and deploy AI‑powered support agents.
  • Mobile Zia Features: Ticket summaries, Reply Assistant, and AI content generation on mobile.
  • Auto‑Assign on Closure: Unassigned tickets can be routed automatically when closed.
  • Improved Import UI: Better mapping with undo support.

Zoho Books

  • 250 Bills per Check: Increased from 10, easing batch payments.
  • New Languages: Filipino and Bahasa Melayu added.
  • Serial Numbers for POs: Auto‑generated serials for purchase orders.
  • Kit Item Custom Pricing: More flexibility for bundled products.

Zoho People

  • HR Help Desk: “Cases” renamed with a new “Ask your manager” category.
  • Localization Terminology: Customize HR terms per region/company.
  • Absence‑to‑Leave Conversion: Automatic conversion based on policy.
  • Holidays Gallery: Region‑specific holiday sets.
  • Profile Photo Approvals: Optional approval workflow.

Zoho Analytics

  • Accessibility Section: Interface customization for improved usability.
  • New Connectors: Expanded data sources.
  • Pivot Sorting Across Groups: Better multi‑group analysis.
  • Dynamic Thresholds: Thresholds now tie to user filters.

Zoho Notebook (November 6, 2025)

  • Zia in Notebook: AI‑powered note organization and assistance.
  • Meeting Transcription: Auto‑transcribe recorded meetings.
  • Multilingual Voice Search: Faster retrieval across languages.

What to Do Next

Want to understand how these updates impact your setup? We can review your Zoho stack, identify the quickest wins from Vani/Zia, and help you roll out new capabilities safely.

Talk to a Zoho consultant or explore the suite at Zoho One.