Skimle is updated rapidly with new versions of the application released roughly weekly. See below the latest changes and those planned for the near future.
New features coming soon
- Make edits through chat
- Inviting collaborators
- Ability to view and edit metadata fields manually
16 Mar 2026 Release
- Edit, import and export metadata
- Import Excel files
- Agentic chat
- Support a for projects in simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Arabic and Hebrew
- Faster, improved summaries
- Faster document loading
- Documentation and tutorials
2 Mar 2026 Release
- Skimle Ask: Create a sophisticated interview guides in minutes and let AI handle the burden of conducting interviews at scale
- Export code lists to Word
- Improved Powerpoint exports
- Improved analyses and summary generation
16 Feb 2026 Release
- Add notes to document, insights and categories (in the document, insights or category popup)
- Move and copy insights to other categories (in the insight popup)
- Merge and trim categories using a visual category editor (in Edit > Merge categories)
- Metadata statistics and visualizations (in the spreadsheet/categories selector)
- Run automatic thematic analyses for existing projects (in Edit > Project analyses)
- Automatically tag insights you’ve added with ’Manually added’ (in the document view)
- Easily move to a category’s summary from the spreadsheet view (look for the categories icon in the category popup)
8 Feb 2026 Release
- Add new insights by selecting text in the document view
- Add tags to insights and categories (more options for tags coming soon)
- Use tags to filter insights
- Faster and more accurate analyses with more precise categories
- Metadata-based analyses of categories in the category view
- Edit team member permissions in the home screen (for organisational accounts)
26 Jan 2026 Release
- Redesigned home screen and project views
- Ability to delete projects, insights, categories and documents
12 Jan 2026 Release
- Ability to edit the names of documents, categories, and insights
- Technical improvements to speed up page loading
22 Dec 2025 Release
- Transcription tool for audio files (GDPR compliant). You can find transcriptions in the main menu.
- Powerpoint export tool. You can now export your project data to Word, Excel or Powerpoint by clicking the export button on the toolbar.
8 Dec 2025 Release
- Significant speed increase in all analyses thanks to a shift to Claude models (AWS EU region).
- Default chat model is now Claude 4.5 Sonnet, with Haiku as an option. GPT-5, GPT-5-mini and GPT-4.1 models are supported.
- Fixed a bug related to quotes sometimes missing the first character in PDF files.
26 Nov 2025 Release
- Newly designed "Category View" (previously "Reports") with expanded features and improved user experience
12 Nov 2025 Release
- Improved project creation and data import experience
- New automated thematic analysis with AI: form categories based on your interview questions or headings
- Improved website articles (front page, features, about us, etc.)
- Improved transitions between pages, return to same view you left
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
27 Oct 2025 Release
- Added support for Gpt-4.1, GPT-5-mini and GPT-5. The default model is now GPT-4.1 due to slow GPT-5 on EU Azure
- Improved Excel export with multiple sheets
- Formatting now imported from DOCX files (bold & italics)
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
11 Oct 2025 Release
- Updated the model to GPT-5 (previously was GPT-4.1)
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
1 Oct 2025 Release
- Faster loading of projects
- Manage teams (for organisational accounts)
- Display personal credit situation in billing page
- Updated the website articles (analysing interviews and public consultations)
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
20 Sep 2025 Release
- Create custom categories function in spreadsheet view (top-right corner)
- Demo datasets you can add to your account (on the home page)
- New filtering options (checkbox: Show only key insights for each category)
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
18 Sep 2025 Release
- Option to view only the most important insights on the spreadsheet
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
8 Sep 2025 Release
- Select which insight types to view on the spreadsheet
- Adjust chat window width
- Fix bugs in the confirmation screen after document upload
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements