Unlock memory-rich personalization with Zendesk's new Authentication Metadata. We explore how AI Agents can now natively verify users and access Support IDs without workarounds. Learn to use the new authenticated and zendeskId properties for secure, context-aware automation.
Zendesk AI Agents now handle multiple intents in a single customer message, resolving each question one by one across both messaging and email. This upgrade reduces failures, avoids unnecessary escalations, and delivers clearer, more complete responses with no setup required.
Embeddable mode transforms the Zendesk Widget from a fixed overlay into a flexible, fully integrated component. You can embed it anywhere, split it into separate components, customise its UI, trigger conversations programmatically, and match it to your product’s layout and design.
Zendesk is evolving from a Help Centre model to a full knowledge platform. It shows how knowledge powers AI Agents, Agent Copilot and omnichannel experiences, how content adapts per channel, and how tools like Knowledge Builder and Connectors turn knowledge into resolution intelligence.
Customer care is shifting from ticket handling to resolution design. This article explains how Zendesk’s Resolution Platform—combining Agent Copilot, AI Agents, knowledge and context—helps teams build clearer, use-case-driven paths. Part one covers intent classification.
Zendesk’s 2026 CX Trends reveal where customer experience is heading. This article makes those trends practical, showing how to apply memory-rich AI, instant resolutions, multimodal support, analytics and transparency directly in Zendesk using what’s available today.
Zendesk strengthened its platform across governance, identity, and data protection. We introduced the Security overview dashboard, improved auth, Department Spaces, and advanced redaction. Read the article for practical steps to modernise APIs and secure your environment at scale.
Zendesk now shows AI Agent conversations directly in Agent Workspace. This closes data gaps between human and AI-handled interactions, improves visibility, and simplifies analytics.
Zendesk’s Custom Objects gain major upgrades this fall—attachments, access rules, advanced filters, article linking, and Explore reporting. These updates strengthen how AI, data, and workflows connect across the platform, making Custom Objects a cornerstone of modern Zendesk setups.
This article shows you Zendesk’s new Employee Service suite, featuring AI automation, omnichannel support, custom service catalogs, advanced access controls, and productivity tools—enabling teams like HR and IT to deliver efficient, secure, and streamlined internal employee support.
Learn how to fully customize your Zendesk Web Widget with the new theming API. Go beyond Admin Center's basic options to create per-page themes, support dark mode, and match your brand perfectly. Includes a free theme builder tool and code examples for context-specific widget styling.
Zendesk’s new ticket summaries make it easier to grasp a conversation at a glance — now available in views, reports, and via API. And with a bit of Action Builder magic, you can even automate summarisation for solved tickets.
Zendesk held its annual AI Summit in October, unveiling the next evolution of its Resolution Platform. This article explores every announcement and breaks down how AI Voice, Action Builder, Knowledge Builder, and new analytics shape the future of support across four major themes.
Zendesk October updates: unified navigation across apps, ISO 42001 AI certification, AI Agents expand to email/webforms, intelligent voice triage, dynamic lookup filters, record-level permissions, and improved brand and user management for smoother, more consistent workflows.
Zendesk expands generative replies to email, replacing static auto-replies with AI-crafted answers from Help Center content. Customers get faster resolutions, agents save time, and teams can evolve toward AI Agent Advanced for contextual, multi-source automation.
Migrating from ticket field categories to Zendesk Intents isn’t hard. By reviewing existing categories, refining and renaming intents, adding custom ones, and validating results, you can replace manual tagging with AI-powered triage for faster, smarter customer support.
Zendesk’s pricing evolved from standalone tools to Suite and now toward outcome-based AI pricing. As AI Agents reshape support, Zendesk is testing resolution-based pricing that rewards automation, simplifies cost modeling, and aligns incentives between platform and customer.
Zendesk Messaging authentication just got simpler. A new Help Center setting lets the widget inherit user login status—no custom code needed. This article breaks down the setup, advanced use cases, how AI Agents can personalize replies, and the complex identity mapping that powers it all.
September’s Zendesk News roundup covers GPT-5 adoption, AI Agent instructions, Copilot upgrades, omnichannel routing with department spaces, generative search in Help Center, translation exclusions, security updates, 2SV rollout, and the deprecation of SunCo API wrappers.
Zendesk’s new trigger-based redaction automates the removal of personal data, solving the privacy risks of manual oversight. Combined with Redaction Suggestions from the ADPP add-on, this update enables safer workflows, fewer manual steps, and smarter data hygiene for customer support teams.
Not all tickets are equal. Some are simple and repetitive, others complex but strategic. Zendesk’s AI tools help map automation effort to business value — automating FAQs, guiding tasks, integrating live data, and supporting high-value human-led conversations where it counts most.
Zendesk’s Agent Copilot gets a major upgrade with Instructions—a new feature guiding agents through manual steps when automation isn’t viable. Combined with suggested replies and next actions, Copilot now supports hybrid workflows, streamlining both digital and physical processes.
Zendesk’s summer updates bring sweeping changes: a revamped Resolution platform, deep AI integrations, and major product rebrands. I reorganized my blog into 10 new categories and reflected on my content—strong in automation, but lacking coverage of analytics, QA, and workforce management.
Zendesk’s Help Center evolves with AI tools like Generative Search, Article Summaries, and Translation. Writing tools help teams expand, simplify, or rephrase content, while Knowledge Builder (announced at Relate 2025) promises future automation of knowledge creation from tickets.
