Release Announcement
November 10th, 2026 Release
This release is about the connections between the work. An observation in a unit becomes a record. A notification brings someone back to the job. A recurring log becomes evidence your portfolio team can find. Inspections get faster in the field, admins get one place to run the portfolio, and AI moves from answering questions to taking action. A new set of compliance and records tools also opens in Early Access.
Use the quick view below to find what applies to your products, or jump to the product section that matters to you.
📱 On mobile? Four mobile updates this release, covered below. For the full Happy Property mobile change log, see Happy Property Mobile App Release Notes →
Status badges
Early Access Self-serve opt-in. Open to any customer ready to try the feature ahead of general availability.
Live Available on November 10th for all customers on the relevant plan.
Type tags
NEW Brand-new feature or capability.
UPDATE Enhancement to an existing feature.
ADD-ON Paid add-on, available to opt in.
What's in this release for you
Where each item in this release applies inside your existing HappyCo products. Jump to a product section: Happy Property · Happy Asset · Call Management. Items without a status pill are Live for all customers on the relevant plan.
New in Early Access: Compliance & records → Document Vault, Logbooks, and Units view. Ask your CXM about joining.
| Feature |
Happy Property |
Happy Asset |
Mobile |
Call Mgmt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI & integrations | ||||
| HappyCo MCP: create & edit work orders NEW | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Bilt resident portal integration NEW | ✓ | — | — | — |
| SOPs & Property Notices Early Access UPDATE | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Happy Property · Inspections | ||||
| Smart Inspections NEW | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Search on Inspections (web) Early Access NEW | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Inspection header disclaimer UPDATE | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Compliance & records | ||||
| Document Vault Early Access NEW | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Logbooks Early Access NEW | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Units view Early Access NEW | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Control Center & admin | ||||
| Control Center NEW | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Bulk user & role changes NEW | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Audit history NEW | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| One vendor record NEW | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Reporting | ||||
| Simplified reporting Early Access NEW | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Ownership reporting Early Access NEW | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Happy Property · Mobile | ||||
| Mobile Notification Center NEW | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Happy Asset | ||||
| Bulk edit for DD unit walks NEW | — | ✓ | — | — |
| DD JoyAI Report Generator NEW | — | ✓ | — | — |
| Inventory improvements Early Access UPDATE | — | ✓ | — | — |
| Call Management | ||||
| Joy Voice Agent * NEW ADD-ON | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Team management updates Early Access UPDATE | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Deactivated user warnings on on-call schedules UPDATE | — | — | — | ✓ |
* Joy Voice Agent is a separately purchased add-on, not bundled into any subscription.
Call Management is HappyCo's new version of Call Complete, rolling out to Happy Property customers.
New in Early Access: Compliance & records
A new set of tools for the documents and logs an audit asks for. Open in Early Access on November 10th.
Early Access NEW Happy Property · Happy Asset
Compliance without clipboards
Know what every property owes, keep the evidence in one place, and see where attention is needed.
Today, compliance lives in binders, shared drives, and paper logs taped to a plant room wall. When an auditor or owner asks for proof, someone goes looking. These three tools connect each obligation to the property, feature, or unit it belongs to, and keep the record next to the work.
The documents an audit asks for, in one place. And the pool log isn't a clipboard in the plant room anymore.
What's in Early Access
Document Vault Happy Property · Happy Asset
Track operating certificates by property feature and by location-based obligation. Document Vault sends renewal reminders and creates the work orders to get renewals done, with the supporting documents stored against the feature they cover.
Logbooks Happy Property · Web + Mobile
Replace paper logs with scheduled digital ones. Set up recurring or event-driven logs on the web (pool readings, refrigerant, snow removal), complete them on mobile, and share a PDF record when you need to show the work was done.
Units view Happy Property
Start with the unit. Units view rolls up leases, work orders, and inspections for each unit into one place, so your team has the full context before deciding what to do next.
Early Access includes guided onboarding. Talk to your CXM or HappyCo Support to join the Early Access program.
For Happy Property customers
Faster inspections, AI that can now take action, a single Control Center for admins, new reporting in Early Access, and Call Management updates. Covered below.
Inspections
Live NEW Happy Property · Web + Mobile
Smart Inspections
Walk the unit. Say what you see. Smart Inspections uses spoken observations and photos to help fill in the inspection, so documenting a unit walk no longer means typing every detail.
AI turns voice notes into inspection text and sorts photos into the right categories. Your team reviews what was captured before completing the record.
Available on Happy Property web and the mobile app.
Early Access NEW Search on Inspections (web)
Search inspections on the web to find the record you need without paging through lists. Web only for now.
Live UPDATE Inspection header disclaimer
Add a disclaimer to the inspection header so important context shows up alongside the inspection, on web and mobile.
AI & integrations
Live NEW Admin-level users · Happy Property
HappyCo MCP: create and edit work orders
From asking to acting. In July, the HappyCo MCP let you connect Claude to HappyCo and ask questions about your portfolio. Now authorized users can create and edit work orders from that same conversation.
Spot a pattern, then act on it without switching tools. The work order still lives in HappyCo, with the same permissions and record as any other.
Live NEW Happy Property
Bilt integration
Let residents start where they already are. Residents using the Bilt resident portal can now submit maintenance requests that create work orders directly in HappyCo, with status updates flowing back to the resident in Bilt.
Your team works the request in HappyCo. Residents stay in the app they already use.
Early Access UPDATE SOPs & Property Notices Shared with Happy Force
SOPs launched in July. Property Notices now join them, so AI agents, Happy Force technicians and onsite teams work from the same procedures and notices for each property. The same issue can need a different response at a different property, and now every workflow has that context.
Control Center & admin
Live NEW Admin-level users · Happy Property · Happy Asset
Control Center
One place to run the portfolio. Control Center brings admin and settings together into one surface. No more guessing which menu holds the setting you need.
It builds on July's unified user and access management across Property and Asset, and adds the tools admins have been asking for to manage access at scale.
Live NEW Bulk user & role changes
Update users and roles in bulk instead of making the same change one person at a time.
Live NEW Audit history
See a history of recorded changes in Control Center, so you can tell who changed what and when.
Live NEW One vendor record
Work from one shared vendor record across your sites instead of reconciling separate entries property by property.
Reporting
Early Access NEW Simplified reporting
Ready-made dashboards for inspections, work orders, and turns, built in the product. Get the answers your team needs without building a report from scratch.
Early Access NEW Ownership reporting Shared with Happy Asset
Reporting designed around what owners need to see, not an operator's task list. Built for asset and ownership teams.
Ask your CXM about joining Early Access for either reporting experience.
Happy Property · Mobile
Four mobile updates this release. For full detail and bug fixes, see Happy Property Mobile App Release Notes →
Live NEW Mobile Notification Center
A push notification is no longer your only chance to see an update. The Notification Center keeps supported notifications in the app so field teams can come back to the work that needs attention. Now available to everyone.
Live NEW Smart Inspections on mobile Shared with Happy Property · Web
Speak observations and capture photos during the walk. AI helps fill in the inspection for your review.
Early Access NEW Logbooks on mobile Shared with Happy Property · Web
Complete scheduled logs from the field. See Compliance & records above.
Live UPDATE Inspection header disclaimer Shared with Happy Property · Web
Header disclaimers now show on mobile inspections too.
Call Management
Call Management is HappyCo's new version of Call Complete. If you're on Call Management, these updates apply.
Live NEW ADD-ON Call Management
Joy Voice Agent, now generally available
Make the first maintenance conversation useful. Joy Voice Agent moves from Beta to general availability for Call Management customers. It gathers a resident's issue, follows your triage procedures, and hands your team an actionable work order.
Every escalation keeps a human in the loop. Onsite teams get clean handoffs with full context.
Purchased as a separate add-on. Talk to your CXM or HappyCo Support to get started.
Early Access UPDATE Team management updates
Your on-call team should be the people who actually take calls, not everyone associated with a property. Managers can now choose the on-call team directly, making setup more focused and team rosters easier to maintain. Some setup is required; your CXM will help.
Live UPDATE Deactivated user warnings on on-call schedules
When someone leaves, the on-call schedule should not quietly keep depending on them. Call Management now proactively flags any deactivated user still on a schedule, so managers can close the coverage gap.
For Happy Asset customers
Faster due diligence, a more complete inventory picture in Early Access, and shared admin and compliance updates across Property and Asset.
Early Access UPDATE Happy Asset
Inventory improvements
A long inventory list is not the same as a complete one. This release helps asset teams see where inventory records are missing or need review, and turn those gaps into follow-up work.
Configure expected inventory by floor plan, then use the new inventory completeness report to see what is missing. A missing-inventory workflow turns gaps into action, and the Models to Review worklist from July now adds deduplication and model scoring.
Ask your CXM about joining the Early Access program.
Live NEW Bulk edit for DD unit walks Due diligence
Apply supported changes across multiple unit walks at once instead of repeating the same edit one record at a time.
Live NEW DD JoyAI Report Generator Due diligence
Start the diligence write-up with a guided report structure instead of a blank page. JoyAI drafts the report for your team to review, refine, and get ready for its audience.
Live NEW Control Center, bulk changes & audit history Shared with Happy Property
One admin surface across Property and Asset, with bulk user and role changes and a history of recorded changes. See the Happy Property section above.
Early Access NEW Document Vault & ownership reporting Shared with Happy Property
Track operating certificates by feature and obligation, and get reporting built around owner needs. See Compliance & records and Reporting above.
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