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# August 2021 Product Updates

Jul 28, 2021   |   by [Larissa Suguitan](https://blog.kintone.com/company-news/author/larissa-squires)

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August Kintone product updates will take effect on August 9, 2021. 

**Overview** 

**New Features**

- [Reorder Favorite Apps & Spaces](https://blog.kintone.com/company-news/august-2021-product-update#reorder-apps-and-spaces)

**Feature Improvements**

- [New Links to Help Topics](https://blog.kintone.com/company-news/august-2021-product-update#links-to-help)
- [Enhanced Audit Log Feature](https://blog.kintone.com/company-news/august-2021-product-update#enhanced-audit-logs)
- [Available Update Options](https://blog.kintone.com/company-news/august-2021-product-update#update-options)

 

**New Features**

**Reorder Favorite Apps & Spaces**

Previously, favorite apps and spaces would display in the order that you added them. Now, you can reorder favorite apps and spaces as you like.

 

**To Reorder Favorite Apps**

![Product Update](https://blog.kintone.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Product%20Updates/August%202021/reorderapps.png?width=644&name=reorderapps.png)

 

**To Reorder Favorite Spaces**

![Product Update](https://blog.kintone.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Product%20Updates/August%202021/reorderspaces.png?width=545&name=reorderspaces.png)

          

 

**Feature Improvements**

**New Links to Help Topics**

Relevant help links and the settings overview have been added to all of the Kintone Administration settings pages.

 

**Ex) Guest Authentication**

![Product Update](https://blog.kintone.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Product%20Updates/August%202021/helplink.png?width=1472&name=helplink.png)

 

 

 

**Enhanced Audit Log Feature**

Improved log messages and added status in audit logs to help debug and troubleshoot while importing files.

 

![Product Update](https://blog.kintone.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Product%20Updates/August%202021/auditlogs.png?width=1450&name=auditlogs.png)

 

 

**Available Update Options** 

Update Options is a tool that allows administrators to control how Kintone updates are applied. Using the options, administrators can choose when to roll out updates to their team.

 

Three options are available: 

![Product Update](https://blog.kintone.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Product%20Updates/August%202021/updateoptions.png?width=510&name=updateoptions.png)

 

In August Updates, the following features can be applied to the Update Options: 

 

| Option | Available Feature | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ❶ Disable New Features | Removed  Added Additional Functionality to CSV Import | The feature can't be disabled after the **August** update is released. |
| Removed  New Comment Notifications in Comment Pane |  |  |
| Removed  Edit & Delete Buttons Are Unaccessible from Record List If User Doesn't Have Permission |  |  |
| Adding a Space to Your Favorites | The feature can be disabled until the November update is released. |  |
| Smart Guides to Align Fields on the App Form |  |  |
| Expanded Date Range Available in the Date\_Format Function |  |  |
| ❷ Preview New Features | None |  |
| ❸ New Features in Development | Updated  Moving an App from inside/outside a Space to anywhere you have permissions |  |

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