{"id":17977,"date":"2017-02-17T13:52:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.kore.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=10166"},"modified":"2021-08-09T12:48:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T11:48:29","slug":"whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multisite.korebots.com\/v9-0\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>This section contains release information for the <strong>Kore.ai Bots Platform v9.0<\/strong> released on Aug 14th, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#previous\">See Major Previous Releases<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conversation Driven Dialog Builder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; an improved dialog task editor which allows you to design and build a dialog task using conversational elements.\u00a0 The conversational scene blueprints created by Business Users can automatically be converted into executable Dialog Task flows, with two-way synchronization between Storyboard Scenes and Dialog Tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Store<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for sample templates and accelerators to jump-start the bot development process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Process Application Builder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for building multi-step and multi-user workflows for automating internal and external processes, like expense reimbursement, leave approval, etc. Easy integration with Conversational Apps for initiating and approving flows.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refreshed user interface that helps you easily locate the right features during your development journey. Unified experience for training intents and entities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Design_and_Develop\"><\/span>Design and Develop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conversation Driven Dialog Building<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Single interface to design and develop virtual assistants:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the conversation-driven Dialog Builder, the product owners, business analysts, linguistic experts, content editors, and engineers can all collaborate on the same definition for achieving the common goal. The conversation flow can be designed using bot and user messages, and the Platform automatically transforms the conversation flow into a Dialog Task. The integrated view for evaluation of the conversation flow and the dialog flow and the two-way sync between both the views are key ingredients to this collaboration. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a beta release for this feature and a few more updates are expected in the upcoming releases. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/bot-creation\/conversation-builder\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Process Application Builder<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design flows to automate business processes using the no-code\/low-code Process Flow Builder. It comes with a wide range of predefined templates, support for multiple trigger points &#8211; Forms, Conversational Assistants, API, Email. The in-built self-service Portal can be used by your users to quickly initiate new tasks and approve the pending tasks. One can also review teams and workflow performance using built-in analytics. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/process-apps\/introduction\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Store<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introducing the Store to explore various pre-built templates and accelerators to jump-start the designing of Virtual Assistants and Process Apps. Explore the full capabilities of a template and install it to customize as needed. These prebuilt templates include a reference implementation for popular use cases like order updates, incident\/ticket management, account management. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-store\/store\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Enhanced User Interface: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a bid to improve the user experience and ease the development process, the Kore.ai Virtual Platform user interface has been given a complete makeover. This includes:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The refreshed user interface for the Kore.ai Platform &#8211; The Virtual Assistant designing features are packaged into Build, Deploy, Analyze and Manage sections, aligning them closely with the development lifecycle. All the features required to build tasks, train, and test are included under the Build menu. Channel enablement, integrations, publish flow, and bot definition management are under the Deploy menu.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/chatbot-overview\/where-to-find-what\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unified NLP Training &#8211; A simplified experience for training the Machine Learning and Fundamental Meaning Engines in one place. Intents can be trained using a unified interface, making it easier to switch between utterances, patterns, and rules. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/optimizing-bots\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Version Comparison<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bot Version feature now allows you to compare two versions of a bot across various sections of the bot definition. Administrators can use this tool to compare the changes during deployment and designers can use it to analyze changes or debug errors. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-admin\/bots-management\/bot-versioning\/#Version_Compare\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Digital Views<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are now supported for Universal Bots. Create panels in Universal Bot and add widgets from one or more linked bots. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/universal-bot\/customizing-the-universal-bots-default-dialog-task\/#Digital_Views\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Digital Forms Enhancements:\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for <\/span><b>Secure Forms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Password Fields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Enable Secure Form Data to redact form data during execution and from logs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>D<\/strong><b>ate<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> component allows you to choose your preferred date format<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>The Phone<\/b>\u00a0<b>Number <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">component is enhanced to specify Default Country Code.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Checkbox<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> component has an option to define the order in which the values are presented to the end-user and Checkbox Layout can be used to display the checkbox values in a grid view. <\/span><b><\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/digital-forms\/#Component_Details\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>API Enhancements<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhancements to <\/span><b>Session History API<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to include the Containment Type, count of the Total Messages exchanged, and Tasks completed. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/api-guide\/sessions-api\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>New API<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been introduced to export the individual billing sessions of a given bot. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/api-guide\/billing-sessions-api\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Channel Enhancements<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>IVR\/Voice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Channels:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhanced voice channel experience with new controls for choosing how to process the input from the ASR Engines.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/dialog-task\/voice-call-properties\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renaming of IVR channel VXML Properties to Call Control properties and extending their support to AudioCodes Channel. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/dialog-task\/voice-call-properties\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to define Voice Call Properties for fulfilling Sub-intents added to Group Nodes. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/dialog-task\/grouping-nodes\/#Properties_of_Intents\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Payload enhancements to the <b>async Webhook channel<\/b> to include <em>endReason<\/em>, <em>completedTaskId<\/em>, and <em>completedTaskName<\/em>. <a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/channel-enablement\/adding-webhook-channel\/\">Know more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NLU_NLP_Features\"><\/span>NLU &amp; NLP Features<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Language Updates &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NLP Engine now supports five new languages (Catalan, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, and Telugu) with end-to-end support for intent, traits, and entity identification. <\/span><b><\/b><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/multi-lingual\/building-multi-language-bots\/\">Know more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>ML Network Types<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Introducing <\/span><b>Kore Advanced Embedding Network (KAEN)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 a model which can understand the meaning of the sentence and at the same time give importance to the domain-specific terminology. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/user-utterances\/#Network_Type\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advanced NLP Configurations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allow users to fine-tune the NLP engines using advanced controls. The following enhancements have been included in this release:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom configuration for <\/span><b>auto spell correction support for ML predictions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/advanced-nlp-configurations\/#Spell_Correction_in_ML\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional configurations for the evaluation of the <\/span><b>Fundamental Machine Engine Patterns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/advanced-nlp-configurations\/#FM_Engine_related\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Configure <\/span><b>Softmax Temperature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to define how confidently the ML Engine should identify the winning intent from the ML Model. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/advanced-nlp-configurations\/#Softmax_Temperature\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Configure <\/span><b>Neurons in Hidden Layer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to determine the intensity\/rigor to be adopted while performing intent identification by the ML Model. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/advanced-nlp-configurations\/#Neurons_in_Hidden_Layer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Entity Rules<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are used for additional processing hints and validation of user input from the Entity Rules section under Instance Properties of the corresponding entity. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following are the enhancements to the rules in this release:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to accept only &#8216;month and year&#8217; as input for Date entity (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">returnOnlyMonthYear<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to set preferred format for Date entity to avoid ambiguity scenarios (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preferredDateFormat<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><b><\/b><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/how-tos\/entity-rules\/#Date_type_entity\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Knowledge Graph<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b><\/b><b>Taxonomy based Knowledge Graph<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Explore the new approach to build a Knowledge Graph with built-in flows to engage the user in a multi-turn conversation to disambiguate the path and find the right question. Proceed to the Advanced NLP Configurations section to enable this feature. This is a beta release for this feature and a few more updates are expected in the upcoming releases.\u00a0 . <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/knowledge-task\/taxonomy-based-kg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for <\/span><b>Display Name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Reference Id<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fields. Display name will be used for presenting the FAQ to the end-users in case of ambiguity while reference id can be used to add a reference to any external content used as a source for a given FAQ. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/knowledge-task\/creating-a-knowledge-graph\/#Create_the_Graph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to present all FAQs as ambiguous if only the path is matched and no questions are matched. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/advanced-nlp-configurations\/#Auto_qualify_FAQs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to customize the <\/span><b>order of displaying FAQs for disambiguation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/nlp\/advanced-nlp-configurations\/#FAQs_Order\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Insights_Analytics\"><\/span>Insights &amp; Analytics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Custom Dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now allows for exporting the details of a particular widget as a CSV file which can be shared with others and used for downstream processing. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/custom-dashboard\/#Widget_Actions\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to identify <\/span><b>returning users<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of a bot. Use the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isReturningUser<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parameter in the BotUserSession context object to identify returning users and customize the experience by sending an appropriate welcome message and more. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/advanced-topics\/event-based-bot-actions\/#WelcomeonConnect_Event\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Ability to exclude users or meta tags for filtering <b>NLP Metrics<\/b> and to view identified traits in the NLP Metrics. <a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/analyzing-your-bot\/bot-analysis\/#Filter_Criteria\">Know more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Administration_and_Security_Enhancements\"><\/span>Administration and Security Enhancements<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introducing support to e-commerce journeys for subscriptions to various plans. Start using the platform with free sessions and pay-as-you-go and be charged only for the consumed sessions. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-settings\/bot-management\/plan-management\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>SAML<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enhancements:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option to map SAML attributes with various Roles and Groups in the Kore.ai account allies for automating the user authentication.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to add multiple SAML certificates to support fallback<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/bot-admin\/security-control\/using-single-sign-on\/#SAML\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JWE support has been extended to the Webhook channel. <\/span><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/channel-enablement\/adding-webhook-channel\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Node Module has been upgraded to handle Security Vulnerability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SDK_Versions\"><\/span>SDK Versions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The following is the recommendation for the versions compatible with this release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Web\/Mobile SDK &amp; Widget SDK:\n<ul>\n<li>version 8.1.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Koredotcom\/web-kore-sdk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source GitHub link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Updated to include listWidget template and to address minor bug fixes.<\/li>\n<li>Usage guides: <a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/sdks\/kore-ai-web-sdk-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web\/Mobile SDK<\/a> &amp; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Widget SDK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>BotKit SDK:\n<ul>\n<li>version 8.1.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Koredotcom\/BotKit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source GitHub link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Updated with Node Module upgrade and minor bug fixes.<\/li>\n<li>Usage instructions: <a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/sdks\/using-the-botkit-sdk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Botkit SDK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Release_Details\"><\/span>Release Details<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For a full list of updates made in this release, <a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/9-0-x-release-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 id=\"previous\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Previous_Major_Releases\"><\/span>Previous Major Releases<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This section contains archived Bots Platform release information.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/8-0-x-release-details\/\">Version 8.0 released on Oct 31st, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/bots-platform-v7-3\/\">Version 7.3 released on July 4th, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/bots-platform-v7-2\/\">Version 7.2 released on Feb 8th, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/bots-platform-v7-1\/\">Version 7.1 released on Nov 2nd, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/bots-platform-v7-0\/\">Version 7.0 released on June 15, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/docs\/bots\/whats-new\/bots-platform-v6-4\/\">Version 6.4 released on March 9, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v6-3\/\">Version 6.3 released on Nov 24, 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v6-3\/\">Version <\/a><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v6-2-2\/\">6.2.2 released on July 21, 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v6-2\/\">Version 6.2 released on May 18, 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v6-1\/\">Version 6.1 released on Jan 27, 2018<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-6-0\/\">Version 6.0 released on Nov 04, 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v5-0\/\">Version 5.0 released on Sep 13, 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v4-0\/\">Version 4.0 released on Aug 17, 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Version 3 was not released publicly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v2-4\/\">Version 2.4 released on Jun 14, 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v2-3\/\">Version 2.3 released on Apr 16, 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v2-2\/\">Version 2.2 released on Mar 10, 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/kore-ai-conversational-platform\/whats-new\/whats-new-in-this-release-bot-builder\/bots-platform-v2-1\/\">Version 2.1 released on Feb 15, 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