Bright NOW26.5.0

Bright NOW is a better way to stay informed and connected with the Bright Horizons community-- in just 2 minutes a day.
Why you’ll love the Bright NOW App:
. Stay up-to-date on the BH news & information that is important to you
. Receive personalized notifications and announcements
. Connect with your BH community by posting photos, stories, and feedback
. Easily share posts to your personal social media
. Designed to fit your on-the-go lifestyle

Version History • Added new content creation capabilities for supported programs
• Improved media uploads, attachments, and publishing experiences
• Enhanced submission workflows for greater reliability
• Added the ability to personalize the order of homepage shortcuts while keeping organization-pinned shortcuts prioritized
• Enhanced the notification experience
• Improved overall performance and resolved bugs 26.5.0 Sep 12 • Added support for Custom Homepage landing experience capability
Organizations can now configure a personalized homepage experience aligned to specific user audiences.

• Bug fixes and performance improvements 26.3.1 Mar 20 General Bug Fixes 26.1.1 09/16/2025 * Expanded Reaction Options – Express yourself with a wider range of reactions.
* General Bug Fixes – Performance improvements and minor bug fixes for a smoother experience. 26.1.0 08/14/2025 * Notification Center
* Journeys
* General Bug Fixes 5.4.1 02/20/2025 New Search Functionality 5.3.2 11/19/2024 General Bug Fixes 5.2.4 07/11/2024 General Bug Fixes 5.0.2 02/05/2024 General Bug Fixes 4.7.1 01/19/2023 General Bug Fixes 4.5.1 04/04/2022 General Bug Fixes 4.5.0 03/11/2022 General Bug Fixes 4.3.3 11/03/2021 General Bug Fixes 4.1.0 03/04/2021 New Navigation:
We reworked the navigation for simplicity and consistency. We made the features users need every day more prominent and made finding what matters more intuitive.
More prominent search on the top navigation bar
Assistant with all its new features in the bottom navigation.
Expanded “More” menu gives users easier access to channels, resources, profile and more.

Album Posts:
With Albums posts users can upload multiple images at once, creating more engaging image posts.

Publishing:
All users now have more control about their post with added settings
Admin user and channel contributors can create, edit and publish their on the go.

Assistant:
Assistant is every user's personalized connection to the company.
The smart inbox intelligently highlights what content and actions are most important
The command center allows users to find specific content, resources or take action on a task.
Assistant has the ability to integrate to your most common corporate systems.

Polls:
With polls administrators can get instant, targeted employee feedback.
Users can see polls targeted to them and respond in an instant
Poll results are visible after submission as well as once the poll has expired.
General bug fixes and improvements. 4.0.1 07/10/2020 3.9.1. is focused on Assistant, giving companies the ability to integrate with different technology systems to streamline access and make employees more productive with all resources in one place.
View links, resources and important news in assistant
Target assistant configurations to different audiences
Easier way to remove a pre-populated email address from login
Thai language localization support
iOS only: Bluetooth Keyboard Support
General bug fixes and improvements. 3.9.1 02/25/2020 3.7 is focused on empowering more people in the organization to be communicators.
• Richer metrics for post authors (reach, clicks, comments, likes) available in the card drawer.
○ Only the author of a post can see the metrics.
• Support for “closed”/non-submittable channels (channels open only to people designated as publishers/channel contributors).
• Ability for program managers, channel contributors, etc. to publish directly to their channels from mobile, without requiring the normal submission approval process.
An easier-to-navigate channel list in the submission flow, so users can see which channels auto-publish versus which ones require approval. 3.7.0 05/17/2019 3.6.5 04/24/2019