March Kintone product updates will take effect on March 8, 2026.
New and improved features
API updates
New features under consideration
Update options
You can create AI-powered chatbots that answer user questions using data stored in app records. Multiple apps can be specified as data sources, enabling AI to search across them and provide answers. User access permissions are also respected, so the AI only uses data that the user is authorized to view.
For example, simply by storing internal system procedures and company policies in apps, you can build a system where the AI automatically guides users on how to use systems and submit requests. Users can resolve questions on their own without contacting the responsible department or the person who created the records.
You can also customize chatbots to suit your workflows and use cases—for example, by configuring the AI's response style and format, or setting up button-triggered responses.
Open the AI Search chatbot settings screen from the Kintone AI management screen to configure chatbots. Only Kintone administrators can configure these settings.
Data source for generated answers:
Specify the apps and fields the AI uses when generating responses. Multiple apps can be assigned to a single chatbot.
System prompt:
Configure the AI's tone, manner, response format, and other behaviors when generating responses.
Other settings:
Configure Prompt buttons that generate responses with a single click, and restrict which screens and users can access the AI chatbot.
Note: For detailed configuration instructions and information on which fields are used for search and response generation, please refer to the Help documentation.
Launch an AI chatbot from the AI button in the navigation bar. When you enter a question in the chat, the AI automatically generates a response based on data in the configured apps.
Navigation bar menu
Chat screen
AI responses:
When a user asks a question, the AI generates a response based on the administrator's configuration. The data used to generate responses respects the access permissions of the user who asked the question.
References:
Links to the records used when generating the response are displayed as "References". AI-generated responses are not always accurate, so please verify the information against the actual record data before relying on them.
Partial match search within alphanumeric words is now available when retrieving records via Lookup fields. For example, you can now search by entering only part of a product code or ID composed of alphanumeric characters.
Lookup field search box
For this feature, a new Search method for retrieving records option has been added to the Lookup field settings. By checking Enable partial match search, partial match search within alphanumeric words becomes available. Unchecking this option retains the previous search behavior.
Searching for the string "KINT0001"
Previously
Searchable: "KINT0001"
Not searchable: "KI", "K", "01", etc.
Now (when partial match search is enabled)
Searchable: "KINT0001", "KI", "K", "01", etc.
Previously, when the search target was alphanumeric, you needed to enter a string that exactly matched the full word. Enabling partial match search allows you to search with strings that partially match within a word.
Partial match search is only available when the source field type supports partial match search (Text, Link, or Lookup*).
*Only when the Lookup's source field is a Text or Link field.
For Lookup fields placed before this feature's release, partial match search is disabled by default. For Lookup fields placed after this feature's release, it is enabled by default.
Record comments can now be exported to a CSV file. This is useful for archiving record comments or analyzing comment content.
On the Export to file screen, you can now choose whether to include record comments in the export. When Export record comments is checked, the comments are output as a separate CSV file from the standard record CSV.
Administrator-created portals now support the same "Assigned to me", Notifications, Apps, and Spaces widgets as the preset portal. By freely combining "Assigned to me" and Notifications widgets with previously available widgets, you can monitor required actions in real time and more easily build portals that serve as a central hub for daily operations. For details on administrator-created portals and previously available widgets, see the July 2025 Product Updates.
Apps
Spaces
By combining existing widgets with the "Assigned to me", Notifications, Apps, and Spaces widgets on additional administrator-created portals, you can build portals more flexibly tailored to your organization's workflows.
Malay (the official language of Malaysia, Singapore, and other countries) has been added as a display language for Kintone, making the platform more accessible to a wider audience.
Select Bahasa Melayu (Malay) under Language in Account settings. Built-in system text will be displayed in Malay. User-entered content such as field names will continue to display in the language in which they were entered.
Granting the "Manage app" permission to the "Everyone" group can now be prohibited via Kintone administration settings. When this restriction is enabled, the app configuration is validated when saving permissions for an app or when activating/updating an app; a validation error is raised if the restriction is violated. This feature helps enforce organizational policies—for example, if your internal guidelines prohibit granting app management permissions to the "Everyone" group, this setting ensures compliance at the platform level.
"Permissions for app" screen (when granting the "Manage app" permission to the "Everyone" group is prohibited)
In the Kintone mobile app for iOS, you can now take multiple photos consecutively with the camera and upload them all at once when attaching photos to a record. Previously, attaching multiple photos required repeating the capture-and-upload process for each individual photo.
Tap the + button to take additional photos. You can also preview previously taken photos, retake them, or discard them. Note that the following screens are under development.
The Kintone mobile app for Android now supports Android home screen widgets, allowing you to add an "Assigned to me" widget. This enables you to check for assigned records without launching the app, and to open the record list where you are an assignee directly from the home screen.
Tapping an assigned record on the widget launches the mobile app and navigates to the "Assigned to me" record list for the corresponding app. To add the "Assigned to me" widget, long-press an empty area on the Android home screen and select it from the widget configuration screen.
Here are the latest updates to our APIs. For detailed information on each update, see Kintone Developer Program.
You can now use the JavaScript API to get and set styles (background color, text color, bold, underline, border color, etc.) for fields displayed on mobile record add/edit screens. This enables field highlighting and other visual customizations on mobile.
| API to set field styles on mobile | kintone.mobile.app.record.setFieldStyle() |
| API to get field styles on mobile | kintone.mobile.app.record.getFieldStyle() |
For Desktop APIs released in the February 2026 update, see the following pages.
The mobile JavaScript API now supports creating and displaying bottom sheets. This is the mobile equivalent of the dialog creation API on the desktop version. With this API, you can create feature-rich bottom sheets that include buttons, input fields, and other UI elements to accept user input.
| API to create a bottom sheet on mobile | kintone.mobile.createBottomSheet() |
For Desktop APIs released in the October 2025 update, see the following page.
The mobile JavaScript API now supports displaying confirmation bottom sheets. This is the mobile equivalent of the confirmation dialog API on the desktop version. With this API, you can easily create bottom sheets that display text and prompt users for confirmation.
| API to display a confirmation bottom sheet on mobile | kintone.mobile.showConfirmBottomSheet() |
For Desktop APIs released in the September 2025 update, see the following page.
The mobile JavaScript API now supports displaying notification banners at the top of the screen and full-screen loading animations. This makes it easier to provide user feedback on mobile.
Loading animation
| API to display a notification banner on mobile | kintone.mobile.showNotification() |
| API to display a loading animation on mobile | kintone.mobile.showLoading() |
For Desktop APIs released in the September 2025 update, see the following pages.
An event is now fired when inline editing ends after clicking Save or Cancel on the record list view. This allows customizations to execute logic after inline editing completes—for example, reapplying conditional formatting to the list based on values changed through inline editing.
| Event fired when inline editing ends | app.record.index.edit.finish |
Below are features currently under consideration. You can try these features by enabling them on the Update options screen in Kintone administration. We welcome your feedback on these features. Please submit feedback via the Help us improve Kintone form.
Note that features under consideration may undergo specification changes or have their availability on the Update options screen started/ended at any time, not just during scheduled maintenance.
The Kintone development team has been progressively overhauling the front-end technology stack—originally in place since the product's initial release—across various screens, aiming to accelerate future product improvements. In this update, the front-end architecture for the header, global navigation menu, and notifications in the mobile-optimized view has been modernized, with some corresponding changes to layouts and UI components.
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.
To access Update Options, click the gear wheel to the left of the search bar and select Kintone administration. Select Update options under Other.
| Option | Available feature | Note |
| Disable new features | Ability to ask AI to review app settings | These features can be disabled until the May 2026 update is released. |
| New "Import from file" screen | ||
| Front-end update for the "Imported files" screen | ||
| Enhanced JavaScript API support (December 2025–February 2026 versions) | ||
| Support for numbers with thousand separators when importing CSV files | ||
| Ability to view change history of app settings | ||
| Display number of API tokens and Webhooks on "App management" screen | ||
| NEW Ability to use AI Search (Available in Kintone AI) |
These features can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. | |
| NEW Ability to use partial match search for records in "Lookup" fields |
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| NEW Export record comments |
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| NEW Ability to use "App", "Space", "Assigned to me", and "Notifications" widgets on additional portals |
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| NEW Ability for Kintone administrators to prohibit granting the "Manage app" permission to the "Everyone" group |
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| NEW Assigned to me widget for the mobile app (Android) |
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| NEW Enhanced JavaScript API support (March 2026 version) |
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| Preview upcoming new features | None | |
| New features under consideration | Improved Kintone Administration Design ("Header Color" Screen Design and Layout Change) | |
| Front-end updates to "Create from Excel" app creation screens and changed import error handling | ||
| Ability to find apps with AI (Available in Kintone AI) | ||
| New "Notifications" screen | ||
| NEW Front-end update for the header and global navigation bar in the mobile-optimized view |
Note that these features may be modified outside of scheduled updates. Check the Update options screen in Kintone administration for the latest status.