Changelog
What's new in BrandWatch.
We ship improvements every week. Here's a detailed look at every feature, fix, and performance improvement we've released.
Release history
Showing the 6 most recent releases. We ship features, improvements, and fixes every week.
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v2.4.0 released
v2.4.0New FeatureFebruary 2026
AI Insight Engine
- Launched AI-generated SEO recommendations powered by GPT-4o — surfaces the 3 highest-impact actions for each brand weekly.
- Priority scoring ranks every recommended action by estimated rank improvement and implementation effort.
- Competitor gap analysis shows which queries rivals rank for that you don't, with keyword-level detail.
- Insight digest emails delivered every Monday morning with a plain-English summary of rank movements.
- AI explanations now appear inline on the rank history chart, annotating why spikes or drops occurred.
v2.3.0New FeatureJanuary 2026
Multi-location Scanning
- Scan the same query across up to 5 locations simultaneously in a single scan job.
- City-level targeting: enter any US city and we'll resolve the correct Google datacenter for accurate local results.
- State and country-level targeting added for broader geographic monitoring.
- Location comparison view overlays rank trends from multiple regions on one chart.
- Bulk location import via CSV — add hundreds of locations for enterprise brand monitoring workflows.
v2.2.0ImprovementDecember 2025
Dashboard Redesign
- Rebuilt rank history charts with smooth interpolation, interactive tooltips, and configurable date ranges (7d, 30d, 90d, custom).
- Dark mode polish pass — resolved 12 contrast and color inconsistency issues reported by users.
- Mobile responsiveness overhaul: dashboard now fully usable on phones down to 375px viewport width.
- New sidebar navigation replaces the top tab bar, reducing click depth to reach any section.
- Keyword grouping lets you organize tracked queries into named folders for cleaner multi-brand dashboards.
v2.1.0New FeatureNovember 2025
API v2 Launch
- REST API v2 with full CRUD access to brands, queries, locations, and scan results — documented at api.brandwatch.app.
- Webhook support: receive real-time POST notifications when a brand's rank changes beyond a configurable threshold.
- Official Zapier integration with 12 pre-built Zaps for Slack, Google Sheets, Airtable, and Notion.
- API key management in dashboard with per-key rate limits and usage analytics.
- Rate limiting raised to 1,000 requests/minute on the Enterprise plan.
v2.0.0New FeatureOctober 2025
Bing + Yelp Support
- Bing rank tracking added across all supported query types — see how your brand performs beyond Google.
- Yelp listing rank monitoring tracks where your business appears for category + location searches.
- LinkedIn company page visibility tracking for branded searches added to the Enterprise plan.
- Unified rank dashboard displays Google, Bing, and Yelp positions side by side for any query.
- Historical backfill: existing customers received 30 days of Bing data on launch day.
v1.9.0PerformanceSeptember 2025
Scan Performance Overhaul
- 3x faster scan processing achieved by migrating to a distributed queue architecture with auto-scaling workers.
- Average scan latency reduced from 8.2 seconds to 2.7 seconds across all scan types.
- Scheduled scan reliability improved to 99.94% on-time execution — up from 97.1%.
- Database query optimization cut dashboard load time by 60% for accounts with 50+ tracked brands.
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