We're excited to roll out two new features designed to fine-tune your timekeeping!

Maximize Your Time with Open Time Actions

Spot an open time slot and recall what you were doing during that time? Great, you now have full control with:

• Activity Adjustment: Seamlessly extend adjacent activities to cover any untracked moments, ensuring every minute counts.
• Create entries from open time: See an open time slot, but remember what you were doing? One click on "create entry" pre-fills an entry form with the gap's duration.

Streamline with Easy Activity Deletion

We get it—sometimes, not all captured time needs to be billed. With Laurel, you can now effortlessly delete any unassigned activity. This action will also automatically reflect in your work groups.

Additional Updates

Alongside these two new feature updates, we have updated the application with the following:

• Confirm Delete: When you select 2 or more entries, we now request a confirmation of the action as well as letting you delete the activities associated with the entries if desired.
• Timer Stability: We have increased the stability of our in-line timers.
• Work Code Reassignment Logic: When an entry is reassigned, we now clear the work coodes and re-apply default codes to ensure accuracy in the code range.
• Timeline in History Updates: We have adjusted the height of the activity line items to show more in a single view as well as make it more obvious what the activity was e.g email, document etc.
• Adding Work Groups to Existing Entries: Fixing an issue where work groups couldn't be added to existing entries.

Version #s: v1.188.0, 1.189.1, V1.189.3, 1.190.0& 1.190.1

Hi there,

We're excited to introduce a trio of new improvements in Laurel: an enhanced work history feature, and user-friendly error messaging! 🙌

Work History

With Work History, Laurel presents your collected work in a unified panel, allowing you to easily navigate through your tasks.

The top view features Work Groups, in which Laurel intelligently organizes the hundreds of activities you work on all day and presents you with just a handful of work groups that should be billed together.

Beneath the Groups view, you'll find your activities listed chronologically. After adding your work groups, refer to this list to complete any remaining entries.

📝For more information on adding work groups to entries, check out this article.

Improved Error Messaging

Say goodbye to confusion and hello to clarity. 🤩

Our improved error messaging is your trusted guide, ensuring that every error becomes an easy-to-understand and actionable opportunity for success within Laurel. 🙌

Jump into Laurel now to try out these new features!

We're thrilled to introduce the latest update for our Windows Assistant. Enhance your productivity and ensure no task goes unrecorded with our newest features.

Version 54 Highlights:

Offline Capture: Now, Laurel continues to track your activities even without an internet connection. Once you're back online, all captured data will be automatically synced.

Microsoft Teams Integration: Laurel extends its capabilities to Microsoft Teams. Whether you're messaging colleagues or editing documents, rest assured that your efforts are accounted for in detail.

Enhanced Outlook Email Capture: Experience seamless integration with Outlook, capturing every detail without compromising on efficiency.

Idle Time Improvements: We've refined how Laurel detects system inactivity or shutdown, ensuring accurate timekeeping.

Happy Timekeeping!

We are delighted to announce the release of the following features:

✏️ Enhanced Narrative Template Management

Get ready for an upgraded experience in managing your narrative templates with Laurel. Not only can you apply them to your entries just like before, but now you can also:

• Add Narratives: Effortlessly add as many narratives as you need with a simple workflow.
• Edit Narratives: Tweaking your existing narratives has never been easier.
• Delete Narratives: Clean up your list by removing narratives you no longer use.

And there's more:

• Cross-Device Access: Your narrative templates now travel with you. Access them on any device where you're logged into Laurel.
• All Your Narratives, Preserved: Rest easy, all your previously created narratives are safely stored.

🚥 Assistant Status

For users of Windows Assistant version 52 and above, we're excited to introduce the 'Assistant Status' feature. It's a simple yet powerful way to keep tabs on the status of your assistant, directly through Laurel.

Check the Laurel logo located in the top left-hand corner and understand the status colors:

• Green: Your assistant is logged in and ready to go.
• Yellow: Heads up! Your assistant is logged out.

Happy Timekeeping!

We're delighted to roll out the latest update for our Windows Assistant.

To jump into these new features, download the update here, or reach out to your IT department to get set up.

What's Included in version 53:

• Improved Inactive Detection: New detection methods for when systems enter sleep mode, or users close laptops, especially helpful for VMs so capture stops accordingly.
• Network Availability Messaging: Better communication to users when waiting for a network connection, with auto-login attempting to login repeatidly until the internet is available.
• Enhanced Browser Tracking: More accurate capture of browser tab titles.
• General Bug Fixes: Plus, a host of general bug fixes to make your experience even better.

Happy Timekeeping

We're thrilled to bring you the latest version of our Windows Assistant.
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To experience all the enhancements, download the update here or coordinate with your IT department for the upgrade.

What's New in V52:

• Revamped Outlook Capture: Now with improved email draft handling and more reliable tracking.
• Logged Out Notification: Get notified via the Laurel App on your Taskbar whenever you're logged out.
• Support for Assistant Status: Using using v52 will now be able to see the status of their assistant directly in the web app.
• Enhanced Document Capture: More stable capture, even when additional plugins are in use.
• Improved Chrome Capture: Full support for the latest version of Chrome.
• More Persistent Login: Stay logged in longer, thanks to improved token management.
• Increased Security: Upgraded to follow the best practices in security protocols.
• General Bug Fixes: Plus, a host of general bug fixes.

Enjoy a smoother, more secure timekeeping experience with the new Windows Assistant by Laurel.

Happy Timekeeping!

We're pleased to announce the release of our new product manual for Laurel. 🙌

This guide offers in-depth explanations of Laurel's features and functionalities, designed to improve your user experience.

Highlights of the manual include sections on:

• Activity Collection & Organization
• Automation & Auto-Assignment
• Manual Entry Creation
• Workflow Optimization

For a complete understanding of each feature, explore the user guide through the provided links.

Check it out here! ✨

Is there something missing that you'd like to know more about? Let us know! Email: help@laurel.ai

Hi there,

We're excited to announce a significant update to Laurel: the addition of Work Groups 🙌

This new feature is designed to revolutionize how you manage and bill for your work.

With Work Groups, Laurel intelligently groups the hundreds of activities you work on all day and presents you with just a handful of work groups that should be billed together.

Watch this 1 minute tour of the new AI feature that is guaranteed to save you hours every month.

Viewing Activities Within Work Groups

Each work group is a collection of work you've done throughout the day. To see each work activity within a work group, simply expand the instances by clicking on the caret.

Adding Work Groups to Entries

Any work group can be converted into a new entry by clicking the Add button. You can also add multiple groupings to a single entry by continuing to click Add on other groups. Work groups can also be added to an existing entry by clicking into the entry to edit it, then hitting the Add button within the work group.

Adding work groups removes them from view, so you can focus on the remaining work groups!

Accepting Initiative Predictions

In addition to grouping work activities, Laurel also predicts the initiative or matter that a work group belongs to. You can click on the suggestion to accept the initiative prediction and create an entry quickly.

It's easy to reject suggestions as well by simply clicking the x button inside the suggestion chip.

Ungrouping Activities

It's easy to remove such an activity from any work group simply by hovering over the activity, then clicking the Ungroup button.

You can read more about this feature here.

Launch Laurel now to begin exploring Work Groups, and feel free to reach out with any feedback or questions! Your insights are vital in helping us continuously improve our product. 🙌

Crafting narratives isn't just writing; it's an art. We know that, which is why we are delighted to announce the release of a brand new feature that will change the way you write narratives.

💥 Your own past narratives, at speed

Based on your past entries, Laurel gets to know you! As you type, we'll suggest narratives tailored to you. Just hit tab, accept, and keep the flow going.

✏️ Global Suggestions

If we don't have a custom narrative for you, don't fret! Our global dictionary steps in, offering suggestions from previously paid and compliant entries.

Together, these tools will have you crafting narratives in record time.

We are delighted to announce the release of the following features:

🌟 Star an Initiative

Got an initiative you'll be on for some time? Give it a star! It'll pin right to the top of your list, making it a breeze to create entries, kick off timers, or check totals.

✏️ Rename your Initiatives

Stuck with a lengthy initiative name from the firm? Or maybe you've got a personal shorthand for it? Laurel's got you. Rename your initiative to whatever feels right. This change is just for you and stays snugly within your Laurel instance. No mix-ups, promise!

🔍 Enhanced Initiative Search with Laurel

Finding the right initiative is now quicker and more precise, thanks to our enhanced search algorithm. We've tuned up the search engine in Laurel to bring you:

• Spot-On Search Results: Expect to see results that align closely with your search query.
• Speedy Selections: Less time searching means more time for creating and refining your entries.

Happy Timekeeping!