Changelog

What’s new in HelpLayer.

October 5, 2026

New

Capture a how-to in any app

The new Chrome extension and the desktop app for Mac take a screenshot on every click and write the steps; you review the guide before it's published.

New

Video mode

The Chrome extension can record the tab with your voice. What you say helps write each step, and the recording can be the article's video.

New

Videos in search answers

When the article behind an answer has a tutorial video, it plays right in the answer, in search and in the widget.

New

The blog

Guides and playbooks on keeping docs current, how-tos people finish and AI answers that are right.

Improved

Tutorial videos

A bigger cursor that points exactly where the click is, the Showcase design on clean white, and no more whoosh between scenes.

October 3, 2026

New

HelpLayer

A new name and a new design: the dashboard, the review of updates, sign-in, onboarding and this site.

New

Review text and video together

Approve an update and the change to its video in one step, side by side.

New

AI answers in your app

An in-app widget that answers from your articles, suggests the right page and hands the question to a person when needed.

New

MCP server and llms.txt

AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor read your help center as it is today.

New

AI answer analytics

See what visitors asked, what it couldn’t answer and which answers they rated not helpful.

New

AI credits

Every plan includes AI credits each month; they’re only used when something is made.

Fixed

Team access

Teammates only see the help centers they were invited to.

October 2, 2026

New

Articles that watch your code

Connect GitHub or a web page to an article; when it changes, an update is proposed for review.

New

Only the affected articles

Each change is matched to the articles it touches, so the rest stay as they are.

New

Articles from your code

A scan finds the features your help center doesn’t cover yet and writes them as drafts.

Improved

Voices, music and video designs

Pick the voice, the music and the design of your tutorial videos.

New

Sound effects

Clicks and transitions in tutorial videos, with your own sounds if you like.

October 1, 2026

New

Narrated video tutorials

Every article can become a short video with a voice-over and music, made from its steps.

New

Screen captures

Capture the screens of your app for an article’s steps, without clicking through it yourself.

Improved

Videos when you need them

Make a video right after writing an article, and get an email when it’s ready.

Fixed

Video endings and titles

Long titles fit, and videos end cleanly.

September 13, 2026

New

Your help center inside your app

Allow your own domains to embed help center pages.

Improved

Meeting → FAQ for long recordings

Long meeting recordings are transcribed in parts.

Fixed

Renamed categories

Old category links redirect to the new address.

September 7, 2026

Improved

Smarter search

Search finds articles by meaning as well as by words.