Summary
This release introduces new media support, clearer user flows, and experience refinements across Mapal One. It also includes stability improvements and foundational updates to keep the app reliable and compliant.
Enhancements
YouTube Shorts support across video fields
You can now paste a YouTube Shorts link into any Mapal One video field and it will embed and play like a standard YouTube video.
Why this matters
Short, vertical video is increasingly common. Shorts links now work seamlessly, ensuring training and engagement content reaches frontline teams without extra steps.
Key benefits
- Shorts links are recognised automatically.
- Short-form training and engagement content is easy to share.
- Standard YouTube and Vimeo links continue to work as before.
Priority messages: Acknowledge and View
Priority message pop-ups now include a second option: Acknowledge and View. Acknowledge alone still closes the message and keeps you in place.
Why this matters
Critical messages often appear mid-task. You can now either stay focused or open the full publication immediately.
Key benefits
- Open the full publication in one step from the pop-up.
- Mid-task and training journeys remain uninterrupted unless you choose to view.
- Consistent behaviour on mobile and desktop.
External Training launch guidance on mobile
When opening an online module on a mobile phone, a short message now appears above the launch button explaining that the browser may be blocking the training from opening, and how to change that setting.
Why this matters
Online training opens in a new tab, which some mobile browsers silently block. Clear, in-context guidance helps users resolve this themselves.
Key benefits
- Employees can self-resolve in seconds.
- Fewer onboarding-day support tickets.
- Clear instructions exactly where they are needed.
Employee Sentiment follows Workforce configuration
Employee Sentiment questions shown during clock-in and clock-out now use the rating logic configured in Workforce for each question.
Why this matters
This alignment ensures the sentiment experience matches how it was set up, improving trust in collected responses.
Key benefits
- Questions behave according to Workforce configuration.
- More accurate and reliable sentiment data.
- Consistent across clock-in and clock-out.
More reliable mobile deep links
Engagement links opened from email or other apps now route to the correct screen in the Mapal One mobile app—even after a full app restart or sign-in.
Why this matters
Links that land exactly where expected improve trust and reduce friction, especially when the app needs to start cold or prompt for login.
Key benefits
- Works whether the app is open, backgrounded, or closed.
- Destination is preserved through the sign-in flow.
- More reliable in Engagement-only environments.
Recognition labels fully translated
Recognition labels on the profile header and in the give-recognition pop-up now localise correctly in all supported languages.
Why this matters
Consistent translation across the Recognition journey maintains a polished, professional experience.
Key benefits
- Consistent language across Recognition screens.
- No changes to how recognition works.
- Existing English wording remains the same where applicable.
Stability and fixes
- Aligned holiday preference rules in Shifts and Absences with Workforce configuration for consistent behaviour.
- Improved mobile display stability for recipe content on iPhone.
- Foundational refinements to maintain compatibility with shared components and to ensure ongoing app store compliance.
Availability on iOS may take up to 24 hours due to Apple’s review process and will require updating the app to the latest version.
