Product updates

We've rebuilt the GoVisually review experience from the ground up — faster, cleaner, and packed with new tools to help you and your team get to approval quicker. Here's what's new.

A faster, smoother review canvas

• Rebuilt viewer for images, multi-page PDFs, and video — everything loads and renders more crisply, including high-resolution (HiDPI) display for sharp images at any zoom.
• Effortless pan and zoom — drag to pan, pinch on a trackpad, or Ctrl/Cmd + scroll to zoom right around your cursor.
• Smart view controls — fit to screen, fit to width, or jump to 100% / original size in one click. Teams and projects can set a default zoom and alignment so files always open the way you want.
• Light and dark mode — switch the whole review interface to suit your environment.

Better commenting and markup

• Three annotation tools — drop a pin, draw a box around a region, or point with an arrow to mark exactly what you mean.
• Rich-text comments with bold, italics, lists, and links, plus file attachments so you can add supporting references right in the thread.
• Threaded replies keep conversations organized, and emoji reactions (👍 ❤️ 👏 👀 🎉 😊) make it quick to acknowledge feedback without adding noise.
• Resolve and reopen comments to track what's been actioned.
• @mentions to loop in the right teammate.

✨ New: Comment directly on PDF text

Reviewing copy on a PDF is now as simple as selecting the text — no more dropping a pin and describing which words you mean. Just highlight the text you want to comment on and choose how to mark it up:

• Highlight — call attention to a word, line, or paragraph without changing it.
• Replace — suggest new wording. Your original text and the proposed replacement appear side by side (original in red, suggestion in green) so the change is crystal clear.
• Remove — mark text for deletion with a clean strike-through.

Each selection becomes a comment in its own right, so your text edits live right alongside the conversation and are easy to track, reply to, and resolve. GoVisually even shows you how much of a PDF contains selectable text, so you always know what you can mark up.

A smarter sidebar

• Comments tab with filtering by all / unresolved / resolved, plus per-page filtering on PDFs.
• Proofs tab to jump between designs in a project, with filter and sort by status, name, date, or section.
• AI and Info tabs for analysis results and project details — and if your team has custom fields enabled, they'll appear right in the Info panel so all your project context is in one place.
• The sidebar is resizable and remembers your layout between visits.

🤖 AI-powered analysis

• AI playbooks run automated checks on your designs and surface the results right in the review sidebar.
• Print readiness checks help you catch print issues before they cost you.
• GIA, your AI assistant, is available in-context to discuss a design — and now remembers your conversation history so you can pick up where you left off.

A smarter sidebar

• Comments tab with filtering by all / unresolved / resolved, plus per-page filtering on PDFs.
• Proofs tab to jump between designs in a project, with filter and sort by status, name, date, or section.
• AI and Info tabs for analysis results and project details.
• The sidebar is resizable and remembers your layout between visits.

Clearer approvals and reviewer workflow

• One-click Approve or Needs changes (with a comment).
• See everyone's review status at a glance, send reminders to pending reviewers, and finalize a proof when it's signed off.
• A streamlined flow for external and anonymous reviewers so guests can give feedback without friction.

Video review

• Custom video controls with play/pause, scrubbing, speed, volume, and loop — comments stay tied to the right moment on the timeline.

Beyond review

• Redesigned project dashboard that matches the new review experience.
• Refreshed settings across team, members, integrations, security/SSO, watermarks, custom fields, audit logs, and billing — cleaner layouts and faster loading.

Plus lots of polish

• Full mobile and tablet support for reviewing on the go.
• Numerous performance, stability, and UI refinements throughout.