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News, analysis, and commentary on the Zoho ecosystem — from an Advanced Zoho Partner that has worked with the platform since 2018. We cover product launches, feature updates, and what they mean for businesses already running Zoho or evaluating it.

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12 August 2026

Zoho FSM Is Getting Native Route Optimization — No RouteIQ Needed

If you run a field service team on Zoho FSM, you've probably felt the pain: figuring out the most efficient...

18 June 2026

Zoho CRM Switch to New UI: Here's What You Need to Do Before July 15, 2026

Zoho CRM switch to new UI: read what you need to do before July 15, 2026, because this change is permanent....

05 June 2026

Bigin AI Features Small Businesses Should Pay Attention To

Bigin's new Zia Agents — Reply Assistant, Churn Analyzer, and CrossSell Genie — address gaps small sales...

04 June 2026

Zoho People Zia AI: An Upgrade from Chatbot to an Agentic HR Tool

Zoho People's Zia has moved from answering HR questions to executing multi-step workflows autonomously...

04 June 2026

Zoho RPA Automation Fills the Gaps APIs Leave Behind

Zoho RPA automation fills the automation gaps APIs can't reach — legacy systems, locked portals, and...

27 May 2026

Zoho Books MCP Tools Reference List

Complete Zoho Books MCP tools reference: 708 tools as of May 2026, organized by category. Plus the 300-tool-per-server...

27 May 2026

Zoho Sign SharePoint Integration Closes a Real Compliance Gap

Zoho Sign's new SharePoint integration handles two-way document flow and automatic backups of signed...

25 May 2026

Zoho Calendar Appointment Booking Cuts Scheduling Overhead

Zoho Calendar's appointment booking eliminates scheduling back-and-forth: see how to set it up prope...

24 May 2026

Zoho Assist Quick Support Now Lets Customers Initiate Sessions

Customer-initiated remote support requests, silent mass deployment, and cross-platform coverage make...

24 May 2026

Zoho WorkDrive's Gartner Placement

Zoho WorkDrive's first Gartner Magic Quadrant appearance: read the report.

24 May 2026

Zoho Sign Free Trial: Make the Most of Your 14 Days

Zoho Sign free trial: a 14-day full Enterprise access with no credit card and no hard cutoff. What's...

20 May 2026

Zoho Retires Weak TLS Ciphers — Audit Your API Integrations Now

Zoho cuts off weak TLS cipher suites June 30, 2026 — modern browsers are fine, but legacy API integrations...

19 May 2026

Zoho MCP Gives AI Assistants Live Access to Zoho Payroll

Zoho MCP lets external AI assistants query and act on live Zoho Payroll data — and the permission model,...

19 May 2026

Zoho Webinar AI Recording Tools Make Post-Session Work Automatic

Zoho Webinar's new AI features — Smart Chapters, Summaries, Transcripts, and Highlights automatically...

15 May 2026

Zoho Mail Client Scripting Brings Logic Into the Compose Window

An announcement: Zoho Mail's new Client Scripting lets admins inject JavaScript logic directly into the...

09 May 2026

What Zoho POS Actually Delivers for Retail Operations

Read the Zoho's POS benefit breakdown.

07 May 2026

Zoho Mail's MCP Server Bridges AI Intent and Real Inbox Action

Zoho's Mail MCP server lets AI agents act on your inbox: creating CRM leads, opening Desk tickets, tagging...

07 May 2026

Trident Is More Than a Mail Client for Zoho Workplace Teams

Trident is more than a desktop mail client — here's how its Streams, @mentions, and unified notifications...

05 May 2026

Zoho's 2026 Password Report Reveals the Real Cost of Fragmented Security

9 in 10 organizations lack full visibility into who holds access to what — Zoho's 2026 password security...

03 May 2026

Zoho Books MCP Support Lets AI Act on Your Accounting Data

Zoho Books now supports MCP, letting AI tools like Claude act on your accounting data. Read when it is...

02 May 2026

Zoho Mail's New CLI Makes Admin Work Scriptable and Faster

ZMail CLI lets IT admins manage Zoho Mail accounts, audit logs, and org settings from the terminal.

02 May 2026

Zoho Sign's Recipient Manager Keeps Document Workflows Moving

Zoho Sign's new recipient manager role lets a trusted intermediary fill in missing signer details mid-workflow...

02 May 2026

Zia in Zoho Workplace: Which AI Features Are Worth Deploying First

Zia's AI features in Zoho Workplace span six apps, but the OpenAI dependency, rollout sequencing, and...

02 May 2026

Zoho Forms PDF Conversion Holds Up Better Than Expected

Zoho Forms' PDF-to-form conversion works well on clean, structured documents but struggles with handwritten...

02 May 2026

Zoho Sign's Sandbox Makes Testing Workflows Risk-Free

Zoho Sign's new sandbox lets teams test e-signature workflows, templates, and CRM integrations without...

02 May 2026

Zoho CRM Q1 2026 Updates Worth Your Team's Attention

Zoho CRM's Q1 2026 release focuses on usability over spectacle: Workqueue, smarter AI assists, and a...

Zoho Vault Desktop for Windows - Authentication

17 April 2026

Zoho Vault Desktop App: Make Password Management a Real Tool

Zoho Vault's new desktop app adds biometric unlock, offline access, and multi-account support — here's...

15 April 2026

Trident Turns Zoho Workplace Into a Real Workflow Platform

Trident bundles email, chat, tasks, and CRM context into one environment — and for teams already on Zoho...

17 February 2026

Zoho Books AI Banking Just Got Smarter

Zoho Books updates its banking features with AI-powered reconciliation, bulk categorization, and better...

15 February 2026

Now Zoho CRM Fixes Address Typos Automatically

Zoho CRM's new address validation uses postal database to auto-correct typos.

15 February 2026

Zoho Voice Queue Stats: an Update

Zoho Voice's Queue Stats provides real-time call queue analytics, revealing operational issues like busy...

Zoho Desk and Zoho Contracts integration

09 January 2026

Automate SLA in Zoho Desk Onboarding

Zoho advocates automating SLA onboarding during customer onboarding to ensure consistent, fast service,...

09 December 2025

Zoho Spend: The All‑in‑One Solution for Next‑Gen Finance Teams

Zoho Spend unifies procurement, travel, expenses, and payroll into one platform, giving businesses real-time...

29 November 2025

Zoho One's 6 New Security Upgrades

Zoho One enhances business security with advanced features like BYOK, audit logs, anomaly detection,...

23 November 2025

ZO25: The Update That Makes IT Administration Actually Scalable

Zoho One's latest update streamlines IT administrative work with unified domain setup, automated integrations,...

23 November 2025

Zoho Desk Named Leader in G2's Spring 2022 Reports

Zoho Desk recognized as Leader in G2's Spring 2022 Reports, solidifying its position as top customer...

21 November 2025

Zoho Writer Mobile App Updates

Zoho Writer updates its Android and iOS apps with features like Samsung S Pen support, PDF templates,...

19 November 2025

Zoho Writer Updates (November 2025)

Zoho Writer updates fillable templates with subforms, AI-based field labeling, and dynamic date calculations...

17 November 2025

Zoho One Unified Customer Portal

Zoho One Unified Customer Portal is finally here, enabling businesses to share all customer-facing records...

17 November 2025

Zoho Vault SecureForms

Learn how to securely share passwords with collaborators using Zoho Vault's SecureForms feature, a simple...

14 November 2025

Zoho's First SEO Text Editor… Not an Editor, the Whole Text Processor!

Zoho Writer introduces built-in SEO analysis, allowing users to refine content as they write, saving...

11 November 2025

Streamline Conversations with Zoho Voice Messaging

"Zoho Voice Messaging Templates streamline conversations, reduce response times, and improve customer...

09 November 2025

Zoho Inventory Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation

Zoho Inventory celebrates 10 years of simplifying inventory management, highlighting key features that...

17 October 2025

Zakya is Rebranded as Zoho POS

Zoho rebranded its POS solution, Zakya, as Zoho POS. As a Zoho POS Partner, we rejoice in this decis...

11 August 2025

10 Zoho CRM Key Updates in 2025 (Part 1)

As an ecosystem, Zoho constantly evolves, updating its 50+ applications. It's hard to track all these...

29 May 2025

Zoho One Apps Management: New Features

Zoho introduced new features for Zoho One app management, including domain unification, enhanced integrations,...

19 May 2025

Zoholics USA 2025: a Zoho Partner's Perspective

A Zoho Partner's team shares their impressions from Zoholics 2025 in Houston, TX, and shows the most...

15 April 2025

Assemblies, Kits, and Dropshipping Address in Zoho Inventory: A Major Update

Zoho Inventory just released the features that manufacturers and distributors have been waiting for:...

Zoho Flow Custom Function Execution Time Limits

23 September 2024

Custom Function Run Time in Zoho Flow

Zoho Flow will cap the custom function run time at 30 seconds effective 15th of October 2024.

24 November 2023

Zoho CRM Activities Module Retiring December 1, 2023

Effective December 1, 2023, Zoho CRM will deprecate the Activities module. However, users can continue...