January 2026 🎇 Release Notes
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☀️ What's New This Month?
Welcome to first releases of the new year! We are starting the year of strong with releases that improve upon key features in the platform. We are introducing updates to UB-I's task execution capabilities, a new modernized mobile experience, an updated Homepage with deep industry benchmarking, customizable performance tracking, and enhanced media capabilities for social publishing, ensuring your brand stays competitive and agile across all channels.
- UB-I: Task Execution, your AI-powered agent can now help out with your day to day tasks on desktop!
- Local Search App Refresh: A modern refresh on the mobile app that brings key features such the Homepage and LPS.
- Industry Benchmarking: Track how your Location Performance Score compares to an industry standard.
- Performance Metric Hub: A new customizable section of the Homepage used for tracking traditional metrics like Impressions, clicks, ratings, etc.
- Meta Upload File Size: Upgrades the accepted file size when adding media to a Meta social post.
Intelligence AI & Automation
Social Posting via UB-I
| | Activation | Connect Package or packages with Social |
| | Availability | Available Now |
| | Users | All Users |
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Prerequisites | Accepting AI Terms & Conditions |
| | Resources | An introduction to UB-I, UB-I Jobs to be done |
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LPO Advantage | UB-I helps to directly manage the Visibility pillar by helping businesses to complete tasks related to their Location Profile. By keeping their location profiles up to date with the latest information businesses can see an increase in visibility in traditional and AI search. |
More than just a dedicated AI feature, UB-I is a true assistant that can harness the power of Uberall's AI-capabilities across the platform and access all features in the platform to help users manage their location profiles - and soon reply to reviews or create social posts! With task execution UB-I can take your conversations, understand the context and orchestrate completion of the task!
Here's what UB-I is capable of:
- Task Execution: Can complete an actions within the platform streamlining your workflow. Have UB-I update location data, reply to reviews, and draft social posts!
- Intelligent Monitoring: Constantly scans listings, reviews, and local pages to detect gaps to help you fix issues.
- Intuitive Decision-Making: Understands your business goals and focuses on the actions that drive the most impact by orchestrating with network of AI — so you spend less time on busywork.
UB-I can support you with the ability to
- Monitor your location performance
- Spot issues and patterns
- Recommend and execute improvements
- Prove Business Impact
- Provide guidance on how to use the platform
- Offer insight into profile optimization tips
Not only does UB-I support your prompt questions, but will also provide contextual suggestions throughout the platform that can help you to get started and make the most of the features available to you. More than just an assistant in the platform UB-I will be able to continuously monitor your location performance 24/7 so you can be assured that your profiles are the best that they can be.
Mobile App Enhancements
Local Search App Refresh
| | Activation | All Packages |
| | Availability | Available Now |
| | Users | All Users |
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Prerequisites | Download or Update the Mobile App. Available on iOS and Android |
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Resources | Google Play Store | Apple App Store |
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LPO Advantage | Directly manage aspects that will drive better visibility, reputation, and engagement. Easily track your optimizations using the Location Performance Score on the Homepage. |
The Uberall mobile app (Local search) gets a major refresh! We've completely redesigned the Local Search visuals and navigation to provide an overall better user experience on the go. We've also included the Homepage from the desktop app meaning you'll always be able to keep track of your Location Performance Score (LPS). In doing so, you are able to focus on what matters most anywhere that you are!
What's New:
- Revised Navigation - The primary navigation have been moved to an expandable menu for a cohesive experience with the desktop app while providing greater visibility of the content on the page.
- Homepage with LPS - a simplified Homepage complete with the Location Performance Score helping you to be more actionable and driving more revenue for your business.
- New Design - A refreshed look that improves the app's experience and readability by creating more space and defining sections in to separate tiles.
Getting Started
The Local Search (Mobile App) is available for Android and iOS. Start by downloading from their respective app stores. If you already have the app you may need to update the app from the app store. Once installed, use your platform login to access the Local Search Mobile App. As a reminder, the Local Search mobile app will retain any whitelabeling once the user has logged in.
Homepage Innovations
Industry Benchmarking
| | Activation | All Packages |
| | Availability | Coming Soon |
| | Users | All Users |
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LPO Advantage | Directly manage aspects that will drive better visibility, reputation, and engagement. Easily identify how you stack against your industry and the solutions that can help you to improve your location optimizations. |
With this update we are adding new functionality to the Location Performance Score (LPS) with the all new Industry Benchmarking Score! The Industry Benchmarking Score is visible around the total score of LPS. Businesses will be able to easily compare their current score to an average in their industry. This makes for a compelling way for you
In addition, users will be now be able to see the other pillars of LPS (Visibility, Reputation, Engagement) that are not part of their package. This helps businesses identify gaps in their local marketing strategy that will have a direct impact on improving their location performance.
Ready to make an improvement? Each pillar will spotlight the potential lift in your Location Performance Score making it easy for you to decide which steps you want next. When you're ready, you can try-out the features not included in your package to see how they make the difference.

Performance Metrics Hub
| | Activation | All Packages |
| | Availability | Coming Soon |
| | Users | All Users |
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LPO Advantage | This contributes to your overall Location Performance Optimization Strategy. By choosing the metrics that are best suited for you, you can easily correlate how Location Performance Optimization is impacting common metrics like Impressions, clicks, reviews, and sentiment. |
Performance Metrics Hub transforms your Homepage into a personalized command center where your most important metrics come to life the moment you log in. Instantly evaluate performance, spot trends since your last visit, and prioritize what needs your attention — without diving into multiple analytics pages.
With customizable pinned metrics tailored to your role and goals, every user gets a Homepage that works like a central lobby for insights and next steps. Clear, connected, and actionable — everything you need to understand performance and take action starts right here.

Getting Started
Once available, users will be prompted to configure the Key Metrics they want to see on their Homepage. A CTA will launch a selector where users will be able to decide the modals that are visible.

Social Innovations
Higher resolution image support to Meta
| | Activation | Connect Package or packages with Social |
| | Availability | Available Now |
| | Users | All Users |
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LPO Advantage | This contributes to the Engagement pillar. Social posts are a key driver of the Engagement pillar. By uploading high quality images customers are more likely to convert. |
A small but valuable enhancement for social posts. With this update, users will be able to upload high-quality media to Meta (Facebook & Instagram) without worrying about the loss of detail or compression.
