January - March 2026

A new year, a new set of updates. Our focus this quarter has been on giving administrators more control over their users and roles, expanding what our geospatial projects can do on the map, and continuing to modernize the CommCare HQ interface underneath the pages you use every day.

We are excited to showcase a variety of product updates from this past quarter, ranging from a redesigned roles page and new geospatial display options to a faster Data Export Tool and a cleaner, more modern HQ.

Read more about all these exciting new updates below.

Product Updates ✨

Below is a list of our newest product releases in CommCare from this past quarter.

Edit Role Now Has Its Own Page

Available to all users

Configuring roles in CommCare used to happen in a cramped modal that made managing permissions for larger projects tedious. We have now rebuilt the role editor as a full standalone page, giving admins the space to see every permission at once and the breathing room to configure more complex roles without scrolling inside a tiny window. Read more about roles and permissions here.

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Key features of this update include:

• More room to work: Every permission is visible on a single scrollable page, rather than a modal that forces you to scroll inside a smaller window.

• Cleaner navigation: Editing a role now opens a dedicated page with its own URL, so you can share a link to a specific role or keep it open in a separate tab while you compare roles.

• Easier to manage complex setups: Projects with many granular permissions benefit most, since all the toggles and profile restrictions are laid out with clear visual hierarchy.

Geospatial: Boundary Overlays on the Map and New Case List Formats

Available to users on the Advanced Plan and above

Geospatial projects got a meaningful upgrade this quarter on both mobile and HQ. On CommCare Mobile 2.62, mobile workers can now see administrative boundary overlays directly on case list maps, making it easier to understand where cases sit relative to the geographic areas your program cares about. In HQ, we added four new geo formats to the Case List configuration so projects can display geo boundaries, geo points, and their associated colors directly in the case list. See more here.

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Key features of this update include:

• Boundary overlays on case list maps: Mobile workers see administrative boundaries rendered on the map alongside their cases, adding geographic context to every case list view.

• New Geo Boundary and Geo Points display formats: The Case List configuration now supports Geo Boundary, Geo Boundary Color, Geo Points, and Geo Points Color as display properties, with built-in validation to keep the setup consistent.

• Better GPS accuracy in forms: CommCare Mobile 2.62 also improves the reliability and accuracy of GPS capture inside forms, so the geo data you collect is cleaner to begin with.

CommCare Data Export Tool 1.14.0

Available to all users

A new version of the CommCare Data Export Tool is out. Version 1.14.0 focuses on performance and observability: CSV exports now use significantly less RAM, which means they run faster on large projects and are far less likely to hit memory limits. We also improved logging so it is easier to diagnose what happened if an export does not behave as expected. Release notes for all versions live on the commcare-export GitHub releases page.

Key features of this update include:

• Faster CSV exports: Reduced RAM usage means exports run faster and scale better to large data sets.

• Improved logging: Clearer diagnostic information when exports need troubleshooting.

• Updated API documentation: The DET Exports API docs were updated alongside this release to make it easier for new users to get set up.

A More Modern CommCare HQ

Available to all users

We are continuing a long-running effort to modernize the HQ interface under the hood. This quarter, several of the most-used pages in App Manager were migrated to our current UI framework: the Releases page, App Settings, App Summary and a number of smaller screens. You do not need to change anything to benefit, you will just notice cleaner layouts, better spacing, and more consistent styling as you move through HQ.

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Key features of this update include:

• Refreshed App Manager screens: Releases, App Settings, and App Summary all received a visual refresh while keeping every workflow you already know.

• More consistent styling: Modals, tables, and form controls now line up with the rest of the product, so moving between pages feels less jarring.

CommCare Mobile 2.62

Available to all users

A new version of CommCare Mobile (2.62) is on the Google Play Store. Beyond the geospatial improvements called out above, this release focuses on stability and reliability on newer Android versions, alongside a handful of meaningful bug fixes. See the 2.62 release notes for the full list.

Highlights of this release:

• Enhanced GPS accuracy: More accurate and reliable GPS capture inside CommCare forms.

• Boundary overlays on case list maps: Administrative boundaries now render on case list maps (see the geospatial section above).

• Improved app install reliability on Android 15+: Fixes issues that some users were seeing when installing or updating on the latest Android versions.

• Wi-Fi Direct fix for forms with media: Resolves a bug when sharing forms that contain media over Wi-Fi Direct.

• SD card export fix on Android 15+: Exporting forms to the SD card now works reliably on Android 15 and above.

Smaller updates worth knowing about

Availability varies

A handful of smaller, quality-of-life improvements also landed this quarter:

• Longer mobile worker invite window: Email confirmation invites for mobile workers now expire after 72 hours instead of 24, giving field teams more time to confirm their accounts without needing an admin to resend.

• View-only users can download user lists: Web users and mobile workers with view permission on the user lists can now download the lists, a permission that previously required edit access.

• Form attachments layout polish: The form attachments area has a cleaner layout that is easier to scan when a form has many attachments.

• API key display fix: A trailing space in the API key display has been removed so keys copy cleanly.

And more….

To view all other bugs, performance enhancements, and updates made to CommCare, please visit our Github repository here.

Tell us what you think! 📫

We're excited to be putting out these product release notes as a way to keep CommCare users better informed.

• If you're interested in receiving a demo on any of the product updates, please feel free to email info@dimagi.com

• If you have any feedback on the above features, please feel free to leave it on the CommCare Forum

• Want to submit new feature ideas and vote on existing ones? Add your voice and votes to the feedback board.