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What’s new

Built in the open.

We’re early, and this page is our proof of work: what shipped, in plain words, from the first Google Calendar booking in summer 2025 to what went live this week. If something here was your suggestion, thank you. Keep them coming.

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Missing something? Tell us what Vocalenda should do next. Every request is read, and the most upvoted ideas climb the roadmap.

On the roadmap

A text when a call doesn't finish

If a caller rings off before their booking is done, bad signal, wrong moment, they'll get a short text inviting them to ring back. A half-finished call still becomes an appointment instead of a mystery missed one.

In the works

Vocalenda on iPhone and Android

Your dashboard as a real app: appointments, calls, customers and messages in your pocket, with push notifications the moment something lands. Built and in testing now, on its way to the App Store and Google Play.

Delivered

July 2026

Outlook and Microsoft 365 calendars

Connect either Google or Outlook per staff member: booking, reschedules, cancellations and two-way sync work the same on both, so a mixed team can each use the calendar they already run their day from.

Vote for what we build next

The What's new page now has a wishlist. Upvote the roadmap ideas you want most, or write in the thing you are missing and let other businesses vote it up. One vote each, take it back any time, and the most wanted ideas climb the list.

Edit and cancel bookings from your diary

Every upcoming appointment in your diary now has Edit and Cancel buttons. Change the time, the length or who is doing the job, and it lands in the right Google Calendar straight away, exactly like a change made in the calendar itself. Your customer gets the same text they would get for a calendar change, and you can untick that for silent corrections. Double bookings are blocked, so you cannot move someone onto a slot that is already taken.

Reminder texts, and cancellations in writing

Your customers now get a reminder text the day before their appointment, so fewer of them forget. Same-day bookings skip it - their confirmation text is the reminder. And when someone cancels over the phone, they get that in writing too, just like they do when you cancel from your calendar. Both messages are yours to word, in Settings under SMS Messages.

Watch a call as it happens

Open a call that's ringing right now and read the conversation as it unfolds, live on your dashboard. See exactly how your receptionist greets a caller, checks the diary and books them in, word by word, before they've even hung up.

Your Google Calendar now talks back

Move or cancel a booking straight in your own Google Calendar and Vocalenda keeps up: it updates the booking to match and texts the customer for you, so your diary and your bookings never drift apart. Switch it on per calendar from Integrations.

Hand to a human, or take the phone back

If a caller needs a person, your receptionist transfers them straight to you. And you can switch it off from your dashboard whenever you like: calls forward to your phone, so you can answer part of the day yourself and switch it back on when you're busy.

New voices to choose from

More natural voices for your receptionist. Pick the one that sounds like your business on the Voices page or in Settings.

Three calls at once

A busy moment no longer means an engaged tone: up to three callers are answered in parallel, each booked into the right calendar. A human receptionist manages one.

Invite staff by email

Send each staff member an invite from the Staff page. They connect their own Google Calendar in one click. No shared logins, no setup on your side.

Hear real calls before you sign up

The demo recordings on the homepage are real calls you can scrub through, so you can judge the voice with your own ears before starting a trial.

Every staff member gets their own calendar

Up to five staff included, each with their own connected Google Calendar. The receptionist books the right person, regulars can ask for their favourite by name, and the Appointments page shows who's doing what.

Messages from your receptionist

When a caller asks something it genuinely can't answer, it says so and takes a message. It's waiting on your dashboard before the caller has hung up.

A live notifications bell

See calls as they happen, plus new bookings, moves and cancellations the moment they land, with unread dots so nothing slips past.

A memory for regulars

When a caller mentions something worth keeping, like “mornings only for me” or “I'm allergic to bleach”, it's noted on their customer card and used naturally the next time that number rings.

It writes things down, like a great receptionist

The receptionist takes real notes mid-call: a message for you lands on your dashboard, and “running five minutes late” lands on that exact appointment in your diary.

Round-the-clock error monitoring

Every part of the platform now reports problems to us the moment they happen, so most issues are fixed before anyone notices them.

Only the caller can change their booking

Moving or cancelling an appointment now only works from the phone number that booked it, so nobody else can touch your customers' bookings.

A sharper voice brain

The receptionist moved to a newer, faster AI model: quicker replies, and better understanding of how people actually speak on the phone.

Spam callers can't burn your minutes

A number that keeps redialling gets politely turned away for a while, so a prank caller or robo-dialler can't eat into the minutes your real customers use.

September 2025

Your own dedicated UK number

Every business gets its own UK number to hand out, or to receive calls forwarded from the number you already have.

Choose your receptionist's voice

A set of natural UK voices to pick from, with previews, so the receptionist sounds like it belongs to your business.

Text confirmations after every booking

Every appointment booked on a call is confirmed to the customer by text straight away, which also cuts no-shows.

Every call, written down

Full transcripts of every call, kept in your dashboard. Read exactly what was said, catch the details, and settle any “but I said…” the easy way.

August 2025

Where it started: bookings straight into Google Calendar

The first version of Vocalenda: answer the phone, check real availability in Google Calendar, and book the appointment while the caller is still on the line.

Spotted something off, or have an idea? Tell us on Help & feedback in your dashboard.

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