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Release notes

👉 Discover the features planned for the future in our roadmap.


Updated June 4th, 2025


The following is a list of all new features and improvements that have been developed and put into production.

June 2025


Web application:


  • Account page: option to enable only the sound for discussion notifications
  • Events: option to replace the event seat reservation system with a customised link


May 2025


Web application:


  • Discussions: Do not display Whaller club members in user suggestions when creating a discussion
  • Sphere administration: new sphere label administration page
  • Sphere administration: Improved navigation between sphere administration pages
  • Events: Addition of the Event Location field in ICS sent by email
  • Miscellaneous: WYSIWYG comment editing


Mobile application:


  • Ability to access sphere widgets from the application


April 2025


Web application:


  • File templates: ability to define a library of file templates and create files in boxes from these templates
  • File templates: creation of a ‘role right’ to manage document templates
  • Classified ads: addition of a title field to classified ads
  • Classified ads: improvement of the geolocation field for a classified ad (‘address’)
  • Classified ads: ability to edit a classified ad after it has been posted
  • Classified ads: editing of the description in WYSIWYG
  • Small ads: creation of a centralised page for small ads from a federation (or a single organisation) (BUSINESS and ENTERPRISE options)
  • Miscellaneous: editing of a welcome pop-up on white labels
  • Miscellaneous: improvement of the message card editing mode (tasks and events)


Mobile application:


  • Ability to access sphere widgets from the app


March 2025


Web app:


  • File boxes: Permissions on files and folders (read, write, delete)


February 2025


Web application:


  • Analytics: add statistics on the number of clicks and downloads per file in the file boxes.
  • Activity logs: track changes to files and folders in file boxes
  • Ability to search for files by tags


Mobile application:


  • Possibility of accessing sphere widgets from the application


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January 2025


Web application:


  • IAssistant: ability to generate images when creating a message (available only with OpenAi).
  • Event: Integration of recurrence in the calendar
  • File box: possibility of allowing ‘publishers’ to upload a file even if they are neither owners nor admins.


Mobile application:

  • Possibility of setting a message and/or comment to ‘unread’.


December 2024


Web application:


  • Whaller ARENA (new offer): The bespoke social network for large organisations that includes:
  • Public spheres and conversations
  • Private discussions
  • Member and company directory
  • Personalised suggestions
  • Geolocation map
  • Event:
  • Improved map design
  • Appearance of ‘guests’ (people who have booked a place at an event without having a Whaller account) in the list of participants
  • Possibility of creating events without generating a notification in the feed
  • Sphere type DR ( Restricted Diffusion): when the option is activated (at organisation level), it is possible to create or change the type of sphere.
  • Improvements to Discussions :
  • Performance


November 2024


Web application:


  • encrypted spheres: ability to create end-to-end encrypted spheres
  • Search engine (sphere): ability to filter by message author
  • Discussions: ability to leave a discussion


Mobile application:


  • Discussions: ability to leave a discussion
  • Ability to leave a sphere
  • Notifications: you can change the settings


October 2024


Web application:


  • Sphere option:
  • Improved display of “Survey” card responses
  • Enhanced “Task” card
  • Possibility of deactivating task status update notifications
  • CMS: ability to open a link in a new tab
  • Matching: Whaller can be configured as a “Wide Social Network” with :
  • People Matching ( People suggestions based on criteria defined by managers ),
  • Company and profiles matching,
  • Company filtering by geolocation.
  • Enhanced File Box:
  • Upload a new version of a file directly from the web interface.
  • Recorded videoconferences:
  • Publication of the replay file in the sphere
  • Publication of full transcript in the sphere (if Whaller (IA)ssistant is enabled)


Mobile application:


  • Unified search engine
  • Autonomous account deletion (users can delete their own accounts)
  • Graphic redesign of home page


September 2024


Web application:


  • Whaller (IA)ssistant : ability to summarize a file from the File Box (Word, pdf or text)
  • Company directory: filter by label
  • Possibility of obtaining an “RSVP” for meeting guests with an external link


Jully 2024


Web application:


  • SSO: possibility to connect to Whaller using AgentConnect
  • New functionality: an organization can open a directory of entries.
  • RTE: integration of RTE in comments
  • Ads : “Ads” messages now close automatically.
  • Possibility for managers to enable or disable the use of restricted spheres in their organization
  • Managers can choose whether or not to allow visitors to join their organization.


Mobile application:


  • Implementation of new chat (Discussions)


June 2024


Web application:


  • Implementation of “Discussions”: your new instant messaging service (https://whaller.com/en/features/discussions)
  • Organization portal:
  • Creation of a new dedicated “Spheres directory” page accessible from the subheader
  • Articles displayed in the subheader
  • Add member directory to subheader
  • Subheader customization: manager can choose which links to display
  • Possibility of hiding the managers' insert and banner
  • Ability to add “My Favorites”, “My Tasks” and “My Badges” links to the subheader (this feature is disabled by default).
  • Widget: possibility of adding a personal widget (visible only to the user)
  • RTE: “View source” added to the 3-point menu, allowing the message to be viewed in Markdown format.
  • CMS :
  • Change from tinyMCE to CKeditor for article editing
  • Possibility of previewing a draft article
  • Possibility of deleting one's own account
  • Improved comment field.
  • Widget: improved calendar events modal
  • White label option: possibility of being redirected to a sub-organization's portal on login
  • OnlyOffice update integration (https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/06/onlyoffice-docs-8-1-released)


May 2024


Web application:


  • RTE: integration of RTE in the description of a file, in the writing of the biography in the profile page, etc.
  • Creation of a page dedicated to the directory of members of an organization or federation.
  • Possibility of providing information on a collection of company files, accessible in the form of a directory (paying option).


April 2024


Web application:


  • Implementation of waiting rooms for external videoconferences on Big Blue Boutton
  • Creation of a new path to help you fill in your profile (when you register)
  • Ability to switch navigation from “my account” pages to your sidebar


March 2024


Web application:


  • Beta Features: Creation of an account/features page listing the features available to a user.
  • Possibility of editing a pdf file in Whaller365
  • Possibility of displaying “federation public spheres” (spheres visible and accessible to all members of a federation only) on the organization map.
  • Addition of new consents in cookies: Pipedrive, Daily, GPT, Deepl
  • Implementation of a rich text editor (RTE) in the creation of new messages.
  • In a federation, possibility of having sub-organization spheres that are “public” for all federation members.


Mobile application:


  • Poll integration


February 2024


Web application:


  • Search engine: Ability to search for users based on elements of their profile
  • Federation: Option to export the number of members per organisation
  • Analytics: data can be exported in Excel format


Mobile application:


  • "Event" widget added
  • Support for "Video" widget


January 2024


Web application:


  • Implementation of video and audio players in comments
  • Evolution of the "Carousel" widget: Increase the number of images to a maximum of 6 and the possibility of opening each of them in a new tab.


December 2023


Web application:


  • Free task creation: users other than the author of the message and administrators can now create a new task (as long as it is possible to comment).
  • Possibility of making a profile field mandatory


November 2023


Web application:


  • Possibility of attaching several tasks to a message
  • CMS: Add the ability to add bullets in the article editor.
  • Forms: Improved presentation of form responses
  • Forms: Add the possibility of having an "Other" free field in "multiple choice" type questions.
  • White marks: creation of a public/contact page


October 2023


Web application:


  • Forms: offer two types of list display: drop-down list or checkboxes
  • Forms: various ergonomic improvements (automatic interface refresh)
  • CMS thumbnails: if no banner is defined for an article, the first image of the article will appear in the thumbnail.
  • Ability to select a box file when creating a new sphere message
  • Ability to attach organization tags to profiles
  • Indexing of box file contents (subject to option subscription): the search engine searches inside bubreautic files (documents, pdf, spreadsheets, etc.)
  • Complete task creation from Kanban (assignments, message)
  • File box: addition of a file metadata panel, with the option of filling in a description and labels.


September 2023


Web application:

  • Search for files and folders in file boxes using the unified search engine,
  • File boxes: Secure external sharing of sphere box files,
  • File boxes: Possibility of attaching conversations to files (visible from file preview mode and in the conversation stream of the associated sphere),
  • Federation management page: displays the total number of spheres in a federation,
  • Federation management page: Possibility of exporting the list of all sub-organization managers.


Mobile application:
Total overhaul of the mobile application (V4):

  • Ergonomic and graphic redesign, interactivity,
  • Redesigned gestures,
  • Access to profile editing and account information.


July 2023


Web application:


  • Creation of an organization label management page,
  • Graphic redesign of the sphere management page,
  • Creation of an organization option: "Only managers can delete a sphere",
  • Add a summary view of a user's rights in the manager's area of the mini-profile,
  • Addition of a "thumbnail" mode to the "Useful links" widget.


June 2023


Web application:


  • Redesign and unification of all upload components,
  • New widgets: Image carousel and weather forecast,
  • Polish language added,
  • Ability to call another person by videoconference,
  • Attach a videoconference to a conversation.


May 2023


Web application:


  • Redesign of the CMS management page with drag-and-drop sorting,
  • Possibility of customizing task kanban columns,
  • Possibility of inviting people via cell phone number,
  • New CMS article option: display child articles as thumbnails at the bottom of the article,
  • Add editing and management rights to widgets
  • Possibility to define a color and an icon to a CMS article
  • Creation of a new federation widget area at the top of the sidebar
  • Addition of a "by period" and "by label" filter in the article search engine
  • Possibility to search an article in the unified search engine
  • Possibility to customize the columns of the task kanban


Mobile application:


  • Possibility of replying directly to a comment.


April 2023


Web application:


  • Add a "last connection date" column from the export of the members of an organization
  • Application of the multilingual system to the organization and sphere charters
  • Redesign of the navigation of the management pages
  • Invite a person via SMS


Mobile application:


  • Profile editing


February 2023


  • Release of Whaller DONJON : DONJON offers all public institutions and private companies concerned about protecting their sensitive data a truly sovereign and cyber-enhanced communication and collaboration platform.


Web application:


  • Possibility to define a "Legal Notice" page in the CMS
  • Allow SMS to all countries to secure your account via MFA
  • Ability to define labels on articles (CMS)
  • New "open" organisation option allowing members of a parent organisation to join a daughter organisation without validation


January 2023


Web Application:


  • Replacement of online support on the shared web application: IntercomđŸ‡ș🇾 is replaced by CrispđŸ‡«đŸ‡·
  • Widgets : ability to create replicable widget templates within an organization
  • Widgets : ability to choose which widgets to activate or not within an organization
  • Possibility to duplicate a sphere with all its settings (management > spheres)
  • File box: creation of a folder "explorer" displayed when moving or duplicating an item
  • Redesign of the management of a federation: create and move sub-organizations
  • In beta test: Launch of a new tool to create and use Forms


December 2022


Web application:


  • New widget: "My Recent Spheres."
  • Widgets : creation of a second personal widget area in the sidebar (White label only)
  • Widgets : be able to activate or not one or the other of the personal widget areas (White mark only)
  • Sidebar customization: display or not the "favorites", "organization", "tools" zones
  • Visio: Allow access to a guest video no matter if the event is over
  • News : Creation of a sphere option "Allows to create priority news".
  • File box : Offer to choose the location of a duplicated item
  • Ergonomic redesign of the task kanban


Mobile application:


  • Added translation tool DeepL,
  • Addition of the German language,
  • Multilingual management in reading,
  • Improvement of Markdown management in messages,
  • Display of images in full screen,
  • Adding the sphere information banner,
  • Possibility to upload files from a file box,
  • Addition of a means of multifactor authentication (MFA),
  • Possibility to block a user or a message,
  • Possibility to delete an account,
  • Improved management of internal links (box, spheres, portal, messages, calendar and home page).


November 2022


Web application:


  • Added a "Tools" section accessible from the navigation bar, which includes the map, forms, store, resources
  • Customization of the navigation bar (managers can choose to hide some sections of the sidebar for their members)


October 2022


Web application:


  • Redesign of the navigation bar
  • Creation of widget categories
  • When receiving an invitation, a modal opens to highlight it
  • Added support for .svg / .lst / .ttf / .otf formats on Whaller
  • Ability to share a file to groups of spheres
  • Analytics can be exported as a presentation PDF file
  • New ambassador program
  • Integration of the "Cyber Assistance Online" module


September 2022


Web application:


  • Implementation of an avatar gallery
  • New notification center


July 2022


Web application:


  • From the "Useful Links" widget, ability to customize logos set on links, using the illustration library offered by Whaller,
  • Added a new multi-factor authentication (MFA) feature to strengthen account security,
  • Ability to add multiple authentication factors,
  • New cybersecurity option: possibility to force the use of a multi-factor authentication method for all members and visitors of an organization,
  • Ability to invite external people to join a video conference,
  • Ability to reply to a comment,
  • When the status of a task is updated, a comment is automatically added to inform the collaborators,
  • New white label feature: a manager can block an account.


June 2022


Web application:


  • Graphical improvement: Redesign of the "survey" message card.
  • Extension of rights: From a restricted sphere, the publication of files in the file box is also restricted
  • Avatars are now composed of the person's initials by default, if the person has not configured an avatar
  • New password policy reinforced by default (12 characters, one number, one uppercase character), in accordance with ANSSI recommendations
  • Simplification of the events: removal of the price and the payment by paypal
  • Display of a video player for the URLs of videos from Smartrezo
  • New option in the widget "image": Possibility to choose to display an image in full width or centered
  • Simplification of widget areas on an organization's portal


May 2022


Web application:


  • Created a new pending invitation management page from an organization
  • From the role management page:
  • Redesigned the role management interface,
  • Managers of daughter organizations have the ability to assign roles,
  • In the framework of a federation, a new column "organization" has been added to show where the role has been created.
  • From the file box, it is now possible to retrieve the source URL of an image
  • Redesign of the message card including a task
  • Redesign of the page for managing pending invitations from a sphere:
  • Addition of a search engine,
  • Addition of the role carried by an invitation,
  • Addition of the date of first sending of an invitation.


April 2022


Web application:


  • New "homepage article" widget on organization portals
  • Redesign of organization members insert
  • Improvement to white label management interfaces
  • New "platform manager" rights: delete, merge, unblock accounts
  • Option to mark a previously read message as "unread"


Mobile application:


  • Possibility to access a video conference from an event or a calendar


March 2022


Web application:


  • New calendar widget
  • Creation of a logo chooser for spheres (image, icon, emoji)
  • New analytics indicators for invitations (number of invitations sent, number of invitations accepted, conversion rate)
  • Addition of a filter on the member management page: select sub-organizations and spheres linked to sub-organizations
  • Addition of a filter on the member management page of mother organizations: list of "blocked" members


February 2022


Web application:


  • Redesign of the "My tasks" page
  • Updates to article layout (edit icons, full page)
  • Personalization of CMS articles (option to add a banner)
  • Unified search engine
  • Profile completion indicator
  • Personal "My activity" widget (available with white label)
  • Events displayed in the News carrousel


January 2022


Web application:


  • Redesign of the members insert in spheres
  • Links to messages open in a modal (My Favorites, Kanban, file box, Widgets, etc.)
  • Tags in spheres listed in alphabetical order
  • New options available from users' personal account menus: My favorites, My tasks, My badges
  • New personalization for organization portals and internal articles
  • Option to prohibit the downloading of videos in a sphere
  • From an organization calendar, possibility to highlight events in the color of the style or of the sphere


Mobile application:


  • Possibility to create a network


December 2021


Web application:


  • Possibility to select a personal Webex link to add to an event
  • Addition of an "Edit widgets" entry from sphere and organization menus
  • New "Sphere directory" page that lists all spheres in a federation (available with white label)
  • Possibility to download the list of participants from a BigBlueButton session
  • Possibility to select a style when creating an event
  • Addition of a "FAQ" layout in the CMS
  • New calendar
  • Display an event in the color of its style or its sphere
  • Possibility to add a sphere to favorites
  • Organization option: personal video conference link


November 2021


Web application:


  • New "Event" widget: highlight a specific event
  • New restricted sphere option: possibility to hide the message writing field from members
  • New sphere option: possibility to hide the members insert
  • Redesign of the styling system (CSS) of interfaces (spheres and organizations) in light colors
  • New audio conferencing feature in spheres ("Audio spheres")
  • In the Kanban, when clicking on a task, the message linked to it opens in a modal
  • New widget center


October 2021


Web application:


  • Possibility to add a "Lucca" widget that displays the list of the day's absentees from a Lucca account
  • Added an upload button from the "video" widget
  • Favorites: messages, files, articles


September 2021


Web application:


  • Creation of a personal dashboard to replace an organization's homepage
  • Possibility to enable or disable the video conferencing feature in a sphere
  • Clicking on the name of a sphere in an open chat redirects to the message in the sphere
  • Generic root page navigation
  • Sphere families visible on the root page (web) and in the "My spheres" menu
  • Possibility to differentiate between members and visitors in a sphere
  • Addition of a download icon next to files in comments
  • Possibility to start a free 14-day trial of Whaller Pro
  • Possibility to duplicate a folder in a sphere box
  • New "Subscription" pages, possiblity to track the number of licenses available
  • Possibility to preview videos posted in comments
  • New organization option: make choosing a role mandatory with invitations


August 2021


Web application:


  • Redesign of message ergonomics (menu, layout)


July 2021


Web application:


  • New navigation in spheres and organizations (including administration pages)
  • Application of webinar options in webinar breakout rooms
  • Possibility to select and move multiple files at the same time in the file box
  • Possibility to use "News" carousels on an organization portal
  • Creation of a widget area that is displayed throughout an entire federation
  • Possibility to export stats on presence in video conferences
  • Addition of an "edit online" shortcut next to editable files


June 2021


Web application:


  • New analytics
  • Possibility to record webinars on BigBlueButton
  • Possibility to disable private messages in a sphere
  • Possibility to add one's own general terms and conditions (white label)
  • New "panel" display to navigate within portals and articles
  • Possibility to display a menu with the choice of languages in the header (white label)
  • Integration of new languages (Portuguese, German, Italian, Swedish, Hungarian, Romanian)


May 2021


Web application:


  • Redesign of header
  • Addition of favicons for the file box, file editing and BigBlueButton
  • Redesign of connection modalities on public portals
  • Possibility to request entry into sub-organizations (white label)
  • New sphere option: Disable the option for members to share classified ads


Mobile application:


  • Access to organization portals
  • Possibility to request entry into a sphere
  • Possibility to leave an organization
  • Possibility to mention groups or roles
  • Visualization of links in the file box


April 2021


Web application:


  • Multilingual management of CMS articles
  • Possibility to accept or reject several requests to join an organization at the same time
  • Possibility to assign one or more roles to requests to join an organization
  • Two layouts now available for white label login pages ("basic" and "two columns")
  • Possibility to add a "request entry" button on white label ("Gate") login pages
  • Update of icons
  • New "News" widget
  • Modification of the width of organization management pages (1130 px)
  • Possibility to put the "Latest messages" widget at the top of organizatin portals
  • New design for "Sphere summary" and "Latest messages" widgets
  • Possibility to edit and co-edit all files compatible with OnlyOffice
  • Integration of new message styles


March 2021


Web application:


  • Redesign of chat
  • Removal of the option to connect a Whaller box to OneDrive or GoogleDrive
  • Image gallery feature available from the Pro offer


February 2021


Web application:


  • New integration of messages waiting to be published
  • Possibility to change the order of images when editing a message
  • Redesign of message editing (text, Markdown, files, images, priority, publication date)
  • Redesign of link display (New: the author can delete them one by one)
  • Insert a link to an article in a message via Markdown tools
  • Possibility to share a CMS article from within a sphere
  • Possibility to share a CMS article in a sphere from the article
  • Multilingual content: possibility to translate messages into the languages available on Whaller


January 2021


Web application:


  • Additional Markdown options
  • Export an organization's list of spheres and their details
  • Autocompletion when adding sphere administrators


Mobile application:


  • Suggestions of usernames in comments
  • Apple SSO connection


December 2020


Web application:


  • All users can schedule messages in spheres
  • Possibility to download the contents of a folder or an entire sphere box


November 2020


Web application:


  • Display a larger version of a single emoji when left as a comment
  • Extend the rights attributed to "Publishers"
  • Possibility to use Zoom for video conferencing
  • Possibility to host large files (up to 3GB)
  • Cybersecurity option: prevent the reuse of a password when it is renewed
  • (Re)launch of the Full Remote offer
  • Suggestion platform (Feature Upvote)
  • Links displayed below messages are updated after a message is edited


Mobile application:


  • Addition of connection via Google


October 2020


Web application:


  • Deployment of a new WYSIWYG editor for CMS articles
  • Possibility to associate a video conference room to an event (only if the sphere has BigBlueButton selected as its video conferencing tool)
  • Redesign of the "sphere settings" window
  • Viewing of Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents shared in messages on Whaller
  • Launch of Whaller 365: co-editing of documents, spreadsheets and presentations
  • Securing of accounts with a strong U2F authentication factor


September 2020


Web application:


  • "My tasks": all current tasks assigned to a user appear on their root page
  • Cybersecurity option: organization managers can define different levels of classification for information and assign consultation rights according to these levels to members


August 2020


Web application:


  • Improved performance of conversation feeds
  • Interpret an event's "location" field with a URL
  • Possibility to configure an Ausha widget


July 2020


Web application:


  • Ability to view a PDF, an image or a video directly from the sphere Box (and update of file icons)
  • Ephemeral spheres available with the Enterprise offer (spheres that are archived on a pre-determined date)
  • Cybersecurity option: possibility to temporarily disable the uploading of documents in an organization


Mobile application:


  • Possibility to invite phone contacts to a sphere
  • Display of badges in profiles


June 2020


Web application:


  • Possibility to set video conferencing in webinar mode (listen-only mode for participants, more than 100 participants)
  • White label: a user who logs in can be redirected to either the "root" page or the portal page
  • The "Reply" buttons in notification emails refer directly to the reply field of the concerned message
  • Translation of messages in foreign languages (with DeepL)
  • Creation of top-down options (within federations) in the settings of a "mother" organization, so that thay can be applied to all "daughter" organizations
  • Improved upload for large files (according to organisation settings)
  • Possibility to paste a file directly in the "new message" or "new comment" fields


Mobile application:


  • Integration of video conference feature
  • Display custom profile fields in profiles


May 2020


Web application:


  • Possibility to disable online support via Intercom for an organization
  • Notifications: "new member" and "new sphere" emails sent to sphere administrators and organization managers now take into account the settings defined in the general notification frequency - invitation or entry request emails are not affected
  • Possibility to have a specific profile field appear next to the username in conversations. (Example: company name of members in an inter-professional network)
  • Replacement of the term "sphere open to visitors" by "sphere accessible to visitors"


April 2020


Web application:


  • Automation of the "pass a member as a visitor" process by automatically removing them from members-only spheres
  • Deletion of quizzes feature
  • Addition of a "visitors" icon on spheres accessible to visitors
  • Improvement of the UI of registration and login forms
  • Modification of the rules for spheres accessible to visitors (impossible to make them global, open, etc.)
  • Temporary blocking for 30 minutes (instead of permanent blocking) of users who have tried to log in with the wrong password 5 times
  • In a federation: inheritance of offers, and a number of "top-down" options
  • Creation of a federation management page
  • Correction of the bug that turned some images 🙈
  • Video player update (with the possibility to detach the video in the foreground)
  • Agglomeration of analytics in a federation


March 2020


Web application:


  • Add BigBlueButton (BBB) as a video conferencing option, these instances are stored on the Whaller infrastructure
  • BBB as a default in school organizations
  • Launch of FULL REMOTE offer


Mobile application:


  • Do not display active spheres if the user has access to only one organization


February 2020


Web application:


  • Release of new Pro, Business and Enterprise offers
  • POC of connection with Atlassian (JIRA and Confluence). Those who would like to test can write to us!
  • POC of integration of SAP Cloud
  • Review of all transactional email texts


January 2020


  • Infrastructure: all Whaller servers (data and service) migrated to OVHcloud in Roubaix (France).


Web application:


  • Reinforcement of security options: password policy, automatic signout after inactivity, etc.
  • Integration of meet.jit.si as a choice for video conferencing


Mobile application:


  • Sphere and organization calendar feature available
  • Ability to start a private conversation directly from a user's profile


December 2019


(Work on client platforms)


November 2019


Web application:


  • Display of organizations in the same federation in an arborescent manner on the "root" page and in the "My Spheres" menu
  • When a temporary message is commented on, it becomes permanent
  • Temporary password renewal URL


October 2019


Web application:


  • Management of cookie preferences for users (GDPR)
  • GDPR & Privacy by Design: By default, fields in a user's enhanced profile should be set to "Unpublished"
  • Make the blurring of private messages optional
  • Launch of the new Whaller Help Center: https://help.whaller.com/
  • Add the names of authors to articles


September 2019


Web application:


  • Connection of the sphere box to OneDrive
  • The user now has the choice to delete documents they deposited in a sphere Box when they leave (GPDR)


August 2019


Web application:


  • Restructuring of organization settings
  • Premium Option that allows managers to validate the creation of new spheres (Sphere creation workflow)


July 2019


Web application:


  • Change in provider for transaction emails. From Mandrill (US) to Sendinblue (France) (GPDR)
  • Blurred private messages


Mobile application:


  • Correction of duplicate messages sent


June 2019


  • White Label site (GATE)
  • Creation of the possibility to have a white label site for an organization or federation network (code name: GATE)
  • Personalization of the header
  • Personalization of the footer
  • Design of a white label "root" page of a site, with the side navigation bar
  • Ability to play shared videos automatically
  • Creation of a stronger confidentiality option in order to not show one's full name to the entire network


Web application:


  • Addition of a premium option: "Use badges"


Mobile application:


  • Creation of the possibility to have a white label mobile application (realized first for France TĂ©lĂ©visions)


May 2019


Web application:


  • Possibility to share GIFs in spheres and comments
  • Add a publication end date for programmed messages
  • Premium organization option to hide Google Drive and Microsoft Office 365 shares
  • Addition of Markdown shortcuts for level 2 and 3 titles
  • Addition of a Premium option to disable scratch-off messages
  • Addition of the ability to choose a native emoji from a selector 🎉
  • Ability to export participants to an event
  • Sphere creation workflow (validated by an organization manager), available for Premium
  • Ability to cancel an entry request from the "root" page


April 2019


Web application:


  • Drag & drop tasks in sphere Kanban
  • Display the Kanban in a new tab
  • Remove the integration of Facebook videos in spheres to not have Facebook cookies on Whaller
  • Authorize the creation of public isolated spheres
  • Highlight the visio-sphere (under sphere members)


Mobile application:


  • Possibility to share videos from the app
  • Display ads in messages
  • Possibility to copy text from a message or comment
  • Possibility to copy a URL open in Whaller


March 2019


Web application:


  • Ambassador program improvements (Podium, possibility to earn Illicado gift cards)
  • Improvement of message display performance, especially when data is outsourced to a proprietary server (see Data outsourcing offer)
  • GPDR: Logging all Whaller ADMIN actions
  • Organization Federations: When adding an organization as a "child", its members are added automatically to "parent" organizations
  • Establishment of an IdP server allowing the installation of a "Whaller Connect" button on third-party sites (via SSO). Realized example: configuration of a Whaller login button on a Wordpress site
  • Extension of shared file size limit to 1Go for organizations (Premium)


February 2019


Web application:


  • Improvements to SSO mechanisms for organizations that use them
  • When a sphere exceeds 50 members, automatic welcome messages are disabled
  • In the organization members management section, possibility to use the action "Remove from the organization" for several people at a time
  • Change the font used for messages in order to display all languages on all OS
  • Messages and comments can be edited at any time


January 2019


Web application:


  • Simplification of the "My account" menu
  • Remove "lemonades" and "bouquets of roses" from gifts
  • Remove the 3,000 character limit for messages
  • Integration of a Markdown editor in the message writing field


Mobile application:


  • Possibility to connect via LDAP
  • Display documents in messages
  • Access to sphere boxes (new "tools" icon in spheres)
  • Display tasks in messages
  • Display gifts in messages
  • Display message styles


December 2018


Web application:


  • We wanted to improve the "serenity" or "focus" aspect of Whaller, which sometimes gave the impression to send too many notifications. Our logic: give ALL the control back to users, don't overwhelm them with information, and only send what's
  • necessary:
  • Removal of transaction emails (new messages, etc.) if the user has installed the Whaller mobile app (focus)
  • Possibility to select time slots to receive email/mobile pushes (not during the night, weekend, etc.) (focus)


November 2018


Web application:


  • Launch of a new chat
  • No longer sending emails for a like or dislike (focus)
  • Possibility to block sending pushes for comments in a sphere (backend option)
  • Change the default sending frequency for emails: no more than 2 emails per day (focus)
  • Simplification of the notification settings page: fusion of the "new comments" and "new messages" setting, add an insert concerning "educational" emails


Mobile application:


  • Improved message display performance (x2)
  • Events in spheres
  • Better offline management
  • Design of private messages
  • Possibility to connect in LDAP
  • Password recovery link


October 2018


  • Possibility to download a list of participants for an event
  • Redesign of the "real time" system for sending pushes, and synchronized display of new messages, comments, likes
  • Opening to all public spheres
  • Possibility to block the creation of public spheres in an organization
  • Display public spheres on organization portals
  • Add Capterra and G2Crowd missions to the Ambassador program


August / September 2018



July 2018


  • Beta release of new chat. Ask to test it on https://whaller.com/sphere/tcjwx6
  • Beta release of the new mobile application. Ask to test it on https://whaller.com/sphere/b799m1
  • Creation of an interface that lists a person's spheres for an organization (only for the manager)
  • Analytics: addition of a frame and an asset counter for the selected period (Premium)
  • Addition of emojis :bzh:, :corsica: and :euskadi:
  • Integration of "stripe elements" for card entry


June 2018


  • Creation of a Premium organization option: "do not notify by email/push for anonymous messages"
  • Security fixes following feedback from Bug Bounty
  • Creation of the Whaller Sports page
  • "Scratch-off" messages
  • Ability to move a sphere from one organization to another
  • Create a "verified" certificate for organizations and people


May 2018


  • Create an event from Google calendar via Zapier
  • Redesign of the ergonomics message types
  • Add a task to a message that has already been posted (Premium)
  • Program messages in advance (Premium)
  • Restricted spheres: addition of a "block comments" option (Premium+)


April 2018


  • "Alpha" release of the new chat (not visible to all users)


March 2018


  • Improvements to the entry path in a network from its public portal
  • "Enter a sphere" tutorial + customization of this tutorial
  • Improvement of the UI of the signup modal on organization portals
  • Make public portal pages responsive


February 2018


  • Possibility to mention a group of people with the same role in a sphere using "@@nameofrole" (Premium)
  • Creation of a CSS field allowing the graphic modification of organization interfaces (Premium)
  • Points earned in "incentive" organizations are displayed in the navigation sidebar (Premium)
  • Customization of the entry route in an organization: personalization of the redirect page after registration


January 2018



December 2017



November 2017


  • Respond to a comment in private (triggers an alert)
  • Can upload videos in a custom profile field
  • Display a LinkedIn profile in a Whaller profile
  • Creation of a "no role" filter in the members management section (Premium)
  • Compatibility with native emojis!
  • Export analytics in an Excel file


October 2017


  • Connection of a "wedoogift" boutique to Whaller for one of our clients (will be generalizable) (Premium)
  • Synchronization and generic authentication in LDAP (Premium)
  • Addition of an option to hide the "website" link on an organization portal
  • Increase the sphere description to 500 characters
  • Addition of Dutch in the languages đŸ‡łđŸ‡±
  • Addition of a premium option to remove the notion of price in events + PayPal
  • Allow the upload of InDesign files


September 2017


  • Possibility to create a hierarchy between several organizations (Premium+) : with link between profiles, role, etc. (Premium)
  • Create events from calendars (Premium)
  • Block a person
  • Creation of assignable rights according to roles (Premium): right to create a sphere, right to accept new members in the organization
  • "Serendipity" widget (suggestions of people in an organization): specific to a single network at the moment. A generic version may be planned someday depending on requests (Premium)
  • Implementation of the "Analytics" page in spheres, for sphere administrators (Premium)
  • Creation of a new type of customizable profile field: free lists with suggestions (Premium)
  • Removal of "product" icons (prices, premium,...) from organization portal pages (Premium)
  • Sphere administrators can now create and edit widgets linked to their sphere (This was reserved exclusively for organization managers before) (Premium)
  • Strengthen the invitation "quota" security policy


August 2017


  • Can personalize the list of types of events (Premium)
  • Possibility to block "I dislike" (Premium)
  • Possibility to define a list of "blacklisted" words that automatically report messages to administrators and managers (Premium)
  • Mobile application: can connect with Microsoft Office 365
  • Showing roles in the form of medallions on avatars (Premium)
  • Creation of the Premium + "Maps" page /product/premium-plus/map
  • Generalization of the use of "Glowbl visio-spheres"
  • Strengthening of the password security policy


July 2017


  • Possibility to sign up/ connect with LinkedIn
  • Possibility to share a message in several spheres at the same time (Premium)
  • Addition of invitation quotas
  • Improvement of the navigation in the right hand column of spheres: always visible, always scrollable
  • "Forum" spheres for Premium+ (organization spheres in which you van validate or refuse the responses to a message)
  • Ability to search all of a person's profile fields, including specific fields in an organization Premium
  • Addition of a "role" filter in member directories Premium
  • Message legacy (possibility to leave the messages you've written when you leave a sphere) Premium
  • Can disable automatic messages for new documents in a sphere box Premium
  • Possibility to structure organizations among themselves by defining "sub-organizations" to an organization; legacy profiles: avatars, bio, roles and specific fields (Premium)


June 2017


  • SSO SAML (Premium+ option)
  • Public page /contact
  • Member management: can filter non-activated members
  • Can disable the Kanban in spheres
  • External hosting of message content and attached files
  • "Whaller Ambassador" program: https://whaller.com/account/refer
  • Addition of a navigation sidebar for isolated spheres
  • Addition of attachment to automatic message in the sphere's box
  • Mini profile: when clicking on the photo, it is displayed in full resolution
  • Publication of Whaller's 3 core values on the homepage
  • Publication of Whaller's Manifesto on the homepage


May 2017


  • Automatic online payment (integration of the last elements)
  • Integration of Google Drive in the sphere Box: possibility to manage a Google Drive folder directly from a Whaller sphere (beta)
  • Deletion of the old mobile version and passage of spheres and root page in full responsive
  • Integration of Glowbl as a replacement for visio-spheres
  • Member management: Display the list of spheres for each person
  • Ability to disable welcome messages in a sphere
  • Public page /integrations
  • Public page /mobile
  • SEO improvements
  • Creation of a "Start a trial" workflow


April 2017


  • Create a task directly from a Kanban in a sphere
  • Ability to share a GoToMeeting in a message (in an event)
  • Automatic publication of a welcome message when a new member joins a sphere
  • Redesign of the "sphere summary" widget
  • Permanent deletion of old personal spheres
  • Redesign of badge management


March 2017


  • New network creation path
  • New Premium+ offer "data hosted on the third party server"
  • Tasks: fusion with ideations, possibility to assign a task to several people
  • Integration of Office 365: registration and authentication with an Office 365 account, possibility to share OneDrive files
  • Integration of Google Suite: registration and authentication with a Google account, possibility to share Google Drive files
  • New discussion thread UX


February 2017


  • Ability to create temporary, self-destructing messages ("burning messages")
  • Notifications when a document is added in the Box
  • PDF document viewer in the spheres
  • Mobile application: new network creation path
  • Mobile application: display of entry requests


January 2017


  • Annual debug campaign. More than 150 bugs found and corrected.


December 2016


  • Statistics tool: "Whaller Analytics"
  • Possibility to activate "Premium" for a single sphere
  • Card editor (points, quiz, info...)
  • Interfacing Plussh & Whaller
  • Twitter widget
  • Entry course: (Join/ Create a network)
  • Creation of a sponsorship/ referrals page
  • Depreciation Internet Explorer < 10


November 2016


  • New entry course: "What would you like to do?" and "Join a network"
  • Redesign of the sphere management page: all settings accessible from this page
  • Performance of web interfaces
  • Creation of the page status.whaller.com


October 2016


  • Switch to PHP7
  • Update of ElasticSearch search engine
  • Suggestions of organizations
  • Creation of the "connected apps" account page


September 2016


  • Ability to remove or add several sphere members at a time
  • Enrichment of events: types (carpool,...), spots available, price, PayPal.Me
  • Redesign of directory ergonomics and people search
  • Synchronization of tabs


August 2016


  • Improvement of real time, possibility to interact with a message while it's being updated (likes, etc.)
  • Creation of the "publisher" right


July 2016


  • Integration of IFTTT
  • Multiple surveys


June 2016


  • Redesign of the notification management page
  • Pin a message


May 2016


  • Side navigation bar


Updated on: 04/06/2025

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