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# Notifications release notes

# Notifications release notes {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated January 30, 2025  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
The ServiceNow®
Notifications application enables you to create, manage, and send custom notifications in workflows for important events, actions, and alerts. Notifications was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.

## Notifications highlights for the Yokohama release {#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-highlights}

* Use the new email notifications dashboard with key metrics.
* Use filter notifications that are based on categories, delivery channels, subscriptions, and digests for notification preferences.
* Use the enhanced assignment group, advanced condition, and mandatory notifications for a provider framework.
* Use the standard forms for custom notification preferences and delivery channels.
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See [Notifications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=notifications&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.{#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-highlights-2}

## New in the Yokohama release {#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-new-features}

[Email notifications dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=email-notifications-dashboard&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Use the new notifications dashboard with key metrics. This dashboard is available to administrators by default. You can configure this dashboard to enable access to other users.

## UI changes {#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-ui-changes}

[Advanced filters options for notification preferences](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=advanced-notification-prefrences&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Added categories, delivery channels, active or inactive notifications, subscriptions, and digest-enabled filter options for notification preferences.

[Standard forms](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=advanced-notification-prefrences&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Enabled standardized forms across custom notification preferences and delivery channels.

[Assignment group field](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-add-assignment-group&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Extended the provider framework to add support for assignment groups.

[Advanced condition field](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=noti-new-update-notification&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Extended the provider framework to add an advanced condition.

## Changed in this release {#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-changed-features}

[Advanced filters in notification preferences](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=advanced-notification-prefrences&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US){#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-rn-workspace}
:   Use notifications filters for categories, delivery channels, active or inactive notifications, subscriptions, and digest enabled notifications.

[Support for assignment group](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-add-assignment-group&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Send provider notifications for assignment groups and to users that are part of groups stored in sys_user_group table.

[Advanced condition for provider framework](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=noti-new-update-notification&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Use an advanced condition to send a notification that is based on the current email record, changing field values, or system properties.

[Mandatory notifications for provider framework](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=make-notification-mandatory-provider&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Make critical notifications mandatory for the provider framework.

[Email bounce](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=email-bounce&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Prevent resending bounced emails to the addresses that are known to generate bounces.

## Activation information {#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-activation}

Notifications is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.{#notifications-rn__notifications-rn-activation-1}