What's New in Ovida (1 June 2026)

New & improved

A redesigned Settings experience. Your personal and account settings now live in one place. A new Settings button at the bottom of the left sidebar opens a consolidated area with My Account and an Account & Security section, replacing the old profile/settings menu in the top-right corner. (Where do I find my account settings?)

Easier skill-to-team assignment for admins. The Skill Library now lets admins switch between a By Team and By Skill view and click a count badge to open a searchable, sortable modal for assigning skills to teams (and teams to skills), with bulk select/deselect. Ovida admins can also assign skills across teams. (How do I assign skills to teams?)

Offline & back-online banners. The app now watches your connection and shows a clear "You're offline" banner if you lose connectivity, plus a green "You're back online" confirmation when it returns. During sensitive activities like Live Recording or a live meeting, the banner stays visible until you reconnect so you never lose work unknowingly. (What do the offline and back-online banners mean?)

Auto-expanding scenario text box. When writing a custom roleplay scenario, the text field now grows as you type instead of staying locked to a few lines, making long scenarios much easier to read and edit (a scrollbar appears for very long entries).

Fixes and improvements

This release also brings more reliable live recording, including protection against accidentally ending an in-progress recording, plus smoother guest joins, dependable workspace setup for new sign-ups, and a set of smaller interface and localisation improvements.