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Maximize your productivity with new features from Gong Engage
The Gong extension integrates Gong Engage into reps’ Gmail inboxes and Salesforce, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tabs to complete critical tasks across Gmail, Salesforce, and other tools. Use Gong’s AI to ask open-ended questions, receive insights about contacts, update CRM information, add to-dos, and add people to Gong Engage flows. Learn more
With advanced filtering for all CRM field types, you can easily find the list of accounts or people you need, including filtering by CRM campaign object. Jump between saved filters to find the accounts or people you need faster. Learn more in Accounts, learn more in People
Notes that you write for accounts, contacts and leads in Engage are now exported to Salesforce or HubSpot and are added to the relevant entity. You can set if and how notes should be exported in the Engage CRM setup page. Learn more
As of July 29, 2024, regulatory documentation is required to get new UK business phone numbers. To keep existing UK numbers active, submit documentation by September 30, 2024. You can submit your documentation directly through Gong. Learn more
Improvements to Gong Connect settings make it easier for admins to view, search for, and assign phone numbers to team members. Learn more
Use the new flow activity filter in the Activity and Performance tabs to see metrics for only flow-related activities. In Performance, click on the bounced deliveries metric to view the bounce reasons per rep and the bounced emails. Learn more
While working on a flow, go to the People tab to see the list of people currently or previously in the flow. Learn more
Find your deals easily with new groups and filters
Group deals by Opportunity Record Type and filter them by any text included in your CRM text field (ex: Renewal deals in which "Account Notes" field contains the word "churn"). Learn more
See what’s new in a deal at a glance with AI-powered deal updates based on recent conversations. Learn more
Homepage
Ask anything about any account or deal
Ask anything and get AI-generated answers based on recent calls and emails with the selected account. Learn more
Mobile
Submit your forecast numbers
You can now submit your forecast on the go through the Gong mobile app and get an in-app reminder when it’s time to submit your forecast. Learn more
Review internal calls like training sessions and strategy discussions more quickly and effectively. Learn more
Scorecard authors can now assign smart trackers to scorecard questions, which provide a suggested answer to the question using a snippet summary of the smart tracker. Learn more
Smart tracker results are now summarized and rephrased so you can more easily understand how the concept was referenced. Smart tracker summaries are available in the search page, Call page, Library, and Slack and email notifications. Learn more
Gain insights and save time when reviewing calls in Japanese. Learn more
Enjoy a better read-first experience, highlighting GenAI summaries, so you see what matters most at a glance. Learn more
Review transcripts offline, or share them with customers or your manager. Learn more
Get a fuller understanding of a call’s business context by viewing account details right from the call page. Learn more
Understand how to best utilize your smart trackers by viewing their performance metrics - hit rate and accuracy - while building the smart tracker. Learn more
The new smart tracker model detects about 10% more snippets than before. To get improved results for existing smart trackers, perform another round of training and apply the new updated model. New trackers automatically get the new model. Learn more
Initiative board enhancement
With the new call category filter, it’s easier to hone in on the initiatives you want to track by filtering the board for a specific type of call. Learn more
Add partner content to Gong emails
Seamlessly integrate content into Gong emails sent via Engage by creating an integration using the new Gong JavaScript frontend SDK. Learn more
Add account information to Engage
Display your customer's account information directly in the Engage Account or Pipeline tab by setting up and iFrame integration. Learn more
May release
Maximize your productivity with new features from Gong Engage
The Gong extension integrates Gong Engage into reps’ Gmail inboxes and Salesforce, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tabs to complete critical tasks across Gmail, Salesforce, and other tools. Use Gong’s AI to ask open-ended questions, receive insights about contacts, update CRM information, add to-dos, and add people to Gong Engage flows. Learn more
With advanced filtering for all CRM field types, you can easily find the list of accounts or people you need, including filtering by CRM campaign object. Jump between saved filters to find the accounts or people you need faster. Learn more in Accounts, learn more in People
Notes that you write for accounts, contacts and leads in Engage are now exported to Salesforce or HubSpot and are added to the relevant entity. You can set if and how notes should be exported in the Engage CRM setup page. Learn more
As of July 29, 2024, regulatory documentation is required to get new UK business phone numbers. To keep existing UK numbers active, submit documentation by September 30, 2024. You can submit your documentation directly through Gong. Learn more
Improvements to Gong Connect settings make it easier for admins to view, search for, and assign phone numbers to team members. Learn more
Use the new flow activity filter in the Activity and Performance tabs to see metrics for only flow-related activities. In Performance, click on the bounced deliveries metric to view the bounce reasons per rep and the bounced emails. Learn more
While working on a flow, go to the People tab to see the list of people currently or previously in the flow. Learn more
Find your deals easily with new groups and filters
Group deals by Opportunity Record Type and filter them by any text included in your CRM text field (ex: Renewal deals in which "Account Notes" field contains the word "churn"). Learn more
See what’s new in a deal at a glance with AI-powered deal updates based on recent conversations. Learn more
Homepage
Ask anything about any account or deal
Ask anything and get AI-generated answers based on recent calls and emails with the selected account. Learn more
Mobile
You can now submit your forecast on the go through the Gong mobile app and get an in-app reminder when it’s time to submit your forecast. Learn more
Review internal calls like training sessions and strategy discussions more quickly and effectively. Learn more
Scorecard authors can now assign smart trackers to scorecard questions, which provide a suggested answer to the question using a snippet summary of the smart tracker. Learn more
Smart tracker results are now summarized and rephrased so you can more easily understand how the concept was referenced. Smart tracker summaries are available in the search page, Call page, Library, and Slack and email notifications. Learn more
Gain insights and save time when reviewing calls in Japanese. Learn more
Enjoy a better read-first experience, highlighting GenAI summaries, so you see what matters most at a glance. Learn more
Review transcripts offline, or share them with customers or your manager. Learn more
Get a fuller understanding of a call’s business context by viewing account details right from the call page. Learn more
Understand how to best utilize your smart trackers by viewing their performance metrics - hit rate and accuracy - while building the smart tracker. Learn more
The new smart tracker model detects about 10% more snippets than before. To get improved results for existing smart trackers, perform another round of training and apply the new updated model. New trackers automatically get the new model. Learn more
With the new call category filter, it’s easier to hone in on the initiatives you want to track by filtering the board for a specific type of call. Learn more
Add partner content to Gong emails
Seamlessly integrate content into Gong emails sent via Engage by creating an integration using the new Gong JavaScript frontend SDK. Learn more
Add account information to Engage
Display your customer's account information directly in the Engage Account or Pipeline tab by setting up and iFrame integration. Learn more
April 2024
Ask anything - now for deals and accounts
Ask anything about a deal or account and get AI based answers based on recent conversations, without needing to manually sift through them. Now in Engage also. Learn moreAsk anything about any deal or account in mobile
Ask questions about a specific deal or account, and get AI-generated answers based on up to 80 emails and 10 calls. Now from the mobile app. Learn more
Find Ask anything about contacts wherever you view contacts. Learn more
Through permission profiles, admins can define which team members can create and use personal flows and templates in Engage. Team members without these permissions can only use company flows, company templates, and influencer templates. Learn more
For an automatic email that's the first step in a flow, you can set the email to go out as soon as possible. Choose whether you want it to be sent on business days only, or any day including weekends. Learn more
Managers now have better visibility into what their reps are working on. To see what a team member has on their plate, select their name under the To-do assignee filter and get a view-only version of their to-do list. Learn more
To see performance metrics for flows created by your reps, go to the Flows section of Engage Analytics and look for the Personal label. Hover over the label to see who created the flow. You can also use the Created by filter to see the flows that were created by a particular rep. Learn more
Conversations in French-Canadian, Swedish and Danish now have Call spotlight too, saving more times for more teams.
For more about spotlight, see this
View and submit deals and forecast numbers using your preferred currency. All amounts are converted and displayed in your selected currency - from a single deal to all rollup amounts. Learn more
Support for setting dynamic links for Webex calls: You can now use Gong’s consent page with Webex calls set up using dynamic links. Learn more
March 2024
We are excited to introduce you to Gong’s new and improved navigation experience. We designed it to save you time browsing for elements, to maximize your screen space, and to give Gong a more intuitive layout. Learn more
Admins can set which field you use in your CRM for LinkedIn profiles of contacts and leads. Engage can use this field to provide reps with the correct profile right away when hovering over someone's name and clicking View LinkedIn profile. Learn more
Maximize response rates by reaching out to prospects when they're most likely to answer. Choose between morning hours, business hours, or set a specific time range. Learn more
Expand a meeting follow-up to-do to see what the next steps are for you and your prospect or customer. Click on a timestamp to go straight to the part of the call where each next step was discussed. Learn more
Drill down into account metrics in the Activity tab (Accounts added, Accounts in flow) to see which accounts each rep is working on through flows. Also in the Activity tab, use the Overdue steps drill-down for step details. Learn more
Access strategic insights and key reports in our new analytics dashboards. Get all our key forecast reports in one place for a high-level view of each business line. This is a great place to start your sales leadership meetings. Learn more
Save time by updating user settings for several team members at once by uploading a CSV file. Learn more
We've added the ability to export data from all telephony calls and the row_id to each table to enable future support of other data warehouses. For more details, see What's new in Gong Data Cloud.
Understand what was covered in important calls at a glance, right from your inbox, with call spotlight in email notifications about:
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New calls in streams
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New calls that match saved filters
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Calls shared with customers
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Calls shared internally
For more about call spotlight, see this.
We’ve added a new recording method so that you can record the rep side of the call only.
To enable you to easily comply with regulations in different countries and states, you can now set dialer recording methods per region. This includes setting different recording methods for different area codes in the USA. If you have already configured recording calls in specific area codes, those settings will be migrated and do not have to be set up again.
The new Email page in Engage gives you a complete view of any emails and drafts you create and send through the Gong email composer. Edit, schedule, and send emails, find out why an email failed, and see what was successfully delivered. Learn more
Now you can fine-tune your flows, even while they're active. Re-order, add, and delete steps while there are people in a flow and the changes will apply to future contacts and leads added to the flow. You can also send automatic emails according to a recipient’s local time, set automatic emails to send immediately, organize flow steps by days, and predefine email recipients. Learn more
Get a quick overview of any to-dos related to a contact or lead, including to-dos owned by other reps. Hover over the person's name from anywhere in Engage, click View contact or View lead, and go to the To-dos tab to see what's open. You can also mark to-dos as complete from here. Learn more
Drill down into people metrics in the Activity tab (People added, People in flow, and People activated) to get a full picture of the people reps are reaching out to. You can also explore new metrics in the Performance tab (People emailed, People replied, and Bounced) to understand how many people reps are interacting with and why any bounced emails were not delivered successfully. Learn more
We now support opportunity splits, meaning you can roll up pipeline in deal and forecast boards based on the relevant portion of the deal value. Learn more
We now support opportunity teams so you can see every deal people worked on in your deal and forecast boards. Learn more
AI-generated call spotlight is now part of the Call is ready email, for eligible calls, enabling people to know what went on in a call, right from their email. Learn more about call spotlight
You’ll now see easier-to-read summarized snippets in email notifications that contain snippets of calls, making it easier to understand what went on in the calls, right from your inbox. Learn more about emails from Gong
Boost the accuracy of the next smart tracker you build by adding up to 100 example sentences during the initial model set up. Learn more about building smart trackers
In the Gong app, you can now hit pause and resume while recording. Learn more.
Ask anything about a call and get AI-generated key information that you might otherwise miss without listening to a minute of the recording.
Spotlight is available for customer-facing web conference calls and outbound telephony calls in English. Learn more.
The comments table now includes mentions and tags and the calls table now includes the source system. For more details, see What's new in Gong Data Cloud
Currently, Gong emails and Engage activities are given the task type of Other in Salesforce. Now you can set up custom task types for emails and Engage activities and set up different reports for each Gong activity. Once you have defined the task type in Salesforce, you must set the task type for the activity in the Salesforce integration settings page in Gong. Learn more
Gong’s automatically generated call disposition can now be exported to Salesforce tasks. To see it in Salesforce, set up the Call Outcome (AI) custom field in Salesforce. Learn more
For more details, seeWhat's new in Gong for Salesforce
You can now register your phone numbers as trusted numbers, reducing the likelihood that they are marked as spam and increasing the likelihood that prospects answer your calls. Learn about registering phone numbers
Focus on high-conversion potential accounts by sorting them according to numeric CRM values. Sort by CRM fields that are imported into Gong, including engagement/fit scores from third-party vendors you work with. Learn more
This to-do notifies you when a meeting is booked with someone in a flow and automatically pauses the flow for that person. From this to-do you can resume the flow, pause the flow for everyone else in the account, or expand to get more information about the upcoming meeting. Learn more
Easily track the number of people and accounts each of your team members are working on through flows. Go to Engage > Analytics and open the "Activity" tab to see a new table showing how many people and accounts reps have added to flows, and how many are currently in active flows. Learn more
Export people as contacts and leads to Salesforce and add them to Gong Engage flows directly from ZoomInfo. Learn more
It's easier to turn out quality emails with these improvements:
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Change the text and highlight color, or paste in text that's already formatted and it will maintain its formatting
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Expand and collapse the formatting toolbar
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Access templates and inspiration from inside the email body
Follow up on meetings quickly by starting your follow-up email right from the call page. Copy and paste the text into your preferred channel, and edit as you like, to follow-up quickly with your customers. Learn more about the call page
See the call brief in Slack notifications when new calls are collected in your streams, so you know what went on in the call before even opening it in Gong.Learn more about streams
Adding context to calls when Gong isn’t connected to a CRM via Auto Context: If you haven't connected Gong to a CRM you can still benefit from many of Gong’s features that depend on CRM data by setting up Auto Context. With Auto Context, Gong creates accounts based on recorded calls, enabling additional features such as the activity timeline and account details. Learn about auto context
Update settings for an entire team at once directly from the new team member table. Update seats, data capture capabilities, languages and more. Learn about team settings
We now assess whether your Salesforce instance is at risk for throttling and automatically adjust the batch size of each API call we send to Salesforce. The batch size is displayed in the Salesforce integration page and is updated automatically when relevant. Learn about batch sizes
In certain scenarios, such as when a formula includes an exchange rate or when it references a field in the same object, the value of the field is now updated in Gong when it changes in Salesforce. Learn about formula fields
Get indications of your prospects' buyer intent, such as product comparisons and product page views to get an idea of how likely the deal is to close, via Gong’s integration with G2. Get integration
Get details of prospects visits to your website directly into your Gong account so that you can prioritise high-intent prospects, via Gong’s integration with Leadfeeder. Get integration
The conversation_participants table now includes the speaker ID. For more details, see What's new in Gong Data Cloud.
Improvements to Engage Analytics include filtering flows and their metrics by assignee, creator, team, team members, dates, and more. See which flows are performing the best per metric by looking for the new crown icon. Also, you can now export Engage data for larger teams and time frames. Learn more
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Bring attention to a teammate or contact within the body of an email using "@" followed by their name. The person you mention is automatically added as an email recipient. Learn more
Get all the quick details you need about a prospect or customer by hovering over their name. See their address and local time, digital interactions, and flow status, and contact them in a single click. Learn more
AI to-dos that belong to non-opportunity owners now show the accounts they're associated with, making it easier to get the context you need even when a to-do is not associated with a particular deal. Learn more
Prevent the recording of sensitive numbers such as credit cards and IDs with automatic redaction of sequences of digits. Now available in all of Gong’s hyper-optimized languages. Learn more
For outbound telephony calls, see the call outline and ask anything you want about the call. For inbound telephony calls, see the call brief and highlights. Learn more
Call spotlight now includes a 10-bullet summary of what was covered in the call, so it’s easier to understand and follow up. Learn more
Follow up on meetings quickly by starting your follow-up email, which includes an editable summary, right from the call page. Learn more
Thanks to new, in-house speech-to-text models, your Danish speaking teams have a smoother, more accurate reading and searching experience, one that's above industry standards. Learn more
Enjoy a better experience when watching call recordings thanks to improved full-screen video replay. Learn more
Sharing full calls with customers? Now they’ll get call spotlight too, so they see what went on in the call, at a glance. Learn more
See spotlight’s call brief in your Coaching Inbox and Coaching Metrics, so you know more about relevant calls at a glance. Learn more
Due to changes in Zoom’s compliance requirements for recording calls with the Gong bot, approval for recording meetings is now given by the host when the meeting starts. To avoid hosts having to approve recording each call they attend and to enable recording calls when the host is not on the call, you can configure your Gong connection to Zoom to enable call recording to start automatically without approval by the host. For details of the changes to the Zoom integration settings see Set up Zoom recording with the Gong bot.
To add context to meetings exported to Salesforce, you can now see whether a meeting was canceled and the number of times a meeting was postponed. These are exported to custom fields which must be set up in Salesforce. Learn more
When choosing to create a single task for an activity, the task created now includes the account and opportunity details as well as the contact details. Previously, a single task was created for each contact, and additional tasks were created for the associated accounts and opportunities. Learn more
A new version of Gong for Salesforce has been released. For details, see What's new in Gong for Salesforce
Records that were deleted in Gong are marked as deleted in Snowflake. For more details, see What’s new in Gong data cloud