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# Application Manager release notes

# Application Manager release notes {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated October 28, 2025  
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The ServiceNow®
Application Manager enables you to install, update, and manage licensed applications and plugins for your instance. Application Manager was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.

## Application Manager highlights for the Yokohama release {#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-highlights}

Yokohama patch 11

* Reduce potential runtime errors by installing and updating Now Assist applications with suites of interdependent versions.
* View all ServiceNow Store applications that are licensed or available for procurement from the Available for you tab.
* Gain insights about application installation requirements and blockers with application state indicators.
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See [Application Manager](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=application-manager&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.{#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-highlights-2}

## Important information for upgrading Application Manager to Yokohama {#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-upgrade-info}

Application Manager is active by default on instances on the Yokohama release. Upgrade your instance to Yokohama patch 11 or later to use the latest features. For information about upgrading your ServiceNow AI Platform instance, see [Prepare your upgrade](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/tQUTzvVtdVNptm41zm_x4Q "Before each upgrade, refresh your memory on general upgrade information, learn which important pre- and post- upgrade tasks apply to your upgrade, and learn how to use ServiceNow products and tools to make your experience easier.").{#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-upgrade-info-1}

## New in the Yokohama release {#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-new-features}

Yokohama patch 11

Now Assist suites for version compatibility
:   Use the Application Manager to install and update Now Assist applications with suites of compatible application versions. Now Assist suites help verify that new Now Assist applications and versions remain compatible with the ones already installed to your instance.

[Application state indicators](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=app-mgr-state-indicators&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Review information about any applicable installation considerations, requirements, and blockers in the header of application details.

## Changed in this release {#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-changed-features}

[Unlicensed application information](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=available-for-you-app-mgr&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   In addition to details about applications that are already licensed, the "Available for you" tab of the Application Manager now includes information about applications that haven't been procured from the ServiceNow Store yet.

## Activation information {#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-activation}

Application Manager is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.{#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-activation-1}

## Related ServiceNow applications and features {#application-manager-rn__application-manager-rn-related-apps}

[ServiceNow Store](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=servicenow-store&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Get applications that haven't been licensed yet from the ServiceNow Store, then install and update them through the Application Manager.

[Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=platform-now-assist-landing&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-intelligent-experiences&ft:locale=en-US)
:   The Application Manager helps verify that Now Assist applications that you install or update remain compatible with any other Now Assist applications on your ServiceNow AI Platform instance.