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Retell AI Adds Features to Its Call Center Platform
Upgraded Retell AI voice platform enables call centers to deploy infinite AI sales and support agents across voice, chat, email, and SMS. (Featured on
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.)
Posted January 28, 2026
CommBox Introduces Era AI Voice
CommBox Era resolves customer conversations end to end, integrates with core systems, and operates within strict enterprise guardrails.
Posted January 27, 2026
TELUS and RingCentral Expand Business Connect with AI
TELUS and RingCentral bring advanced conversational AI and intelligent automation to business communications across Canada.
Posted January 27, 2026
8x8 Expands Secure Pay Globally
8x8 Secure Pay empowers organizations with automation, conversational AI, and secure payment tools.
Posted January 23, 2026
Dialpad Partners with TD Synnex
Partnership expands Dialpad's AI-first communications platform to TD SYNNEX's global network of technology partner
Posted January 23, 2026
DDC Group Unveils Evora Agentic AI Platform
DDC Evora platform includes agentic AI for voice interactions and sentiment analysis. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 22, 2026
Kasada Launches AI Agent Trust to Secure Agentic Commerce
Kasada's AI Agent Trust gives companies verified, policy-based control over AI agents and automated traffic. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 22, 2026
Google Cloud Launches Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience
Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience is an agentic solution to bring shopping and customer service together. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 13, 2026
Five9 Expands Google Cloud Partnership
Five9 launches joint enterprise customer experience AI solution with Google Cloud. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 13, 2026
CallTrackingMetrics Rebrands to CTM
CallTrackingMetrics' name change reflects a shift from a call analytics provider to a platform built to interpret and optimize every customer conversation across all channels. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 12, 2026
Kustomer Expands Post-Purchase Support with Narvar App Integration
Kustomer customers can now resolve "Where is my order?" and "Where is my refund?" requests with real-time order, shipping, and returns data inside a single view. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 17, 2025
Lorikeet Launches Voice 2.0
Voice 2.0 is Lorikeet's conversational intelligence platform for high-complexity support. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted December 16, 2025
Vonage Integrates with Salesforce's Agentforce Voice
Vonage's AI-powered voice solution for virtual and human agents brings next-gen intelligence to customer engagement. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted December 16, 2025
Cresta Launches Agent Operations Center
Cresta's Agent Operations Center helps companies manage the human-AI hybrid workforce for customer experience.
Posted December 09, 2025
Vonage Expands AWS Collaboration
Vonage launches its business communications and contact center solutions in AWS Marketplace.
Posted December 05, 2025
Kustomer Introduces AI Assistants
AI automation and observability assistants give CX teams instant clarity into their workflows and AI behavior.
Posted December 05, 2025
Implement the Intelligent Front Door to Transform Customer Engagement
IFD is not just a technological upgrade; it's a strategic move toward holistic, data-driven customer engagement.
Posted December 05, 2025
SharpenCX to Merge with Ytel
Merger brings together SharpenCX's intelligent agent technology with Ytel's outbound customer experience capabilities. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
Zendesk Partners with AWS
Collaboration brings together Amazon Connect voice capabilities, conversational analytics, and sentiment analysis with Zendesk Contact Center. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
3CLogic Deepens Partnership with ServiceNow
Latest partnership will leverage 3CLogic's Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) infrastructure to complement ServiceNow's AI Experience. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
Fluents.ai Launches Fluents Omnichannel
Fluents Omnichannel fuses voice, SMS, and webchat in one context-aware platform. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
Luware Launches Nimbus Companion
Luware Nimbus Companion is an AI-driven agent orchestration layer for human and AI customer service. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 20, 2025
AVOXI Upgrades Proactive Service
AVOXI's Proactive Service offering is a diagnostic solution to preemptively identify and fix global voice channel vulnerabilities. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 20, 2025
8x8 Adds AI, Omnichannel Enhancements
New capabilities across the 8x8 Platform for CX help teams resolve issues on first contact, streamline follow-ups, and work more efficiently. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 20, 2025
ASAPP Launches Customer Experience Platform (CXP)
ASAPP's CXP turns every customer interaction into governed, intelligent action by unifying interactions, systems, and data across voice and digital channels.
Posted November 19, 2025
Five9 Expands Genius AI
New AI capabilities enhance Five9's routing, quality management, and analytics.
Posted November 19, 2025
Self-Service and Live Chat to Be Top Service Tech by 2027
Phone and email will sharply decline in value in favor of digital channels, Gartner finds. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 18, 2025
UJET Acquires Spiral
The UJET deal with Spiral adds foundational building blocks for conversational AI, predictive analytics, and business intelligence. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 18, 2025
Teneo.ai Launches Teneo 8 Voice AI Platform
Teneo 8 offers scalable AI agents for hybrid AI, governance, and real-time voice automation. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 18, 2025
Mitel Introduces Mitel CX 2.0
Mitel CX 2.0 unites AI-powered automation, flexibility, and control to elevate every touchpoint while ensuring security and data sovereignty. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 18, 2025
RingCentral Adds Customer Engagement Bundle for RingEX
RingCentral's Customer Engagement Bundle introduces advanced queue management and SMS shared inbox capabilities for lightweight contact centers.
Posted November 05, 2025
8x8 Makes Workforce Management Native in Every Contact Center Seat
8x8 WFM is now a standard capability in every 8x8 Contact Center package. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 05, 2025
RingCentral Unveils Agentic Voice AI Communications Suite and Ring WEM
RingCentral has expanded its AI Receptionist and unveiled an AI Virtual Assistant (AVA), AI Conversation Expert (ACE), and Workforce Engagement Management suite. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 04, 2025
WestCX Launches Engage
WestCX's new Engage, LinguaAI, and Journey Insights solutions bring multilingual, measurable, and human-like communication to healthcare organizations. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com.)
Posted November 04, 2025
Rethinking CX Metrics in the AI Era
The numbers that mattered yesterday won't get us where we need to go tomorrow. AI gives us the data, speed, and insight to finally align CX metrics with customer and business reality.
Posted October 31, 2025
Tata Communications Partners with NiCE
Alliance brings together Tata Communications Kaleyra and NiCE CXone Mpower platforms to deliver seamless, AI-powered customer experiences at scale. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 30, 2025
Authenticx Launches AI Agent Assist in Salesforce AppExchange
Authenticx customers across the healthcare ecosystem can now benefit from real-time agent guidance natively within Salesforce.
Posted October 29, 2025
Crescendo Launches Multimodal AI
With Crescendo Multimodal AI, customers can simultaneously interact through voice, text, and with visuals in the same conversation
Posted October 28, 2025
HGS Launches Interaction Intelligence
HGS Interaction Intelligence enables companies to analyze nearly 100 percent of interactions across channels. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 28, 2025
Afiniti Partners with Five9
Afiniti delivers personalized customer interactions with Five9's Cloud Contact Center Platform
Posted October 23, 2025
Talkdesk Adds Agentic AI to Copilot and Integrates with Databricks
New agentic AI capabilities powered by Talkdesk Customer Experience Automation empowers human agents to request real-time guidance and resolve issues faster and more confidently. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 22, 2025
UJET Announces Reseller Partnership with Laivly
UJET customers will be able to procure Laivly's AI agent, Sidd, directly through UJET.
Posted October 21, 2025
4 Ways Corporate Call Centers Are Using AI Today
Executives experiencing AI FOMO should take heed to the AI projects that are succeeding. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 21, 2025
Trusted Knowledge Is Key to AI Success, eGain CEO Asserts at Solve 25
New eGain products help automate knowledge processes and assure content is accurate and compliant. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 17, 2025
NiCE Cognigy Launches AI Ops Center
NiCE Cognigy's new AI command center delivers real-time control, visibility, and assurance to keep enterprise AI Agents always-on and trusted. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 17, 2025
Genesys and Scaled Cognition Partner on Agentic AI Customer Experience Orchestration
Partnership includes Genesys investment in Scaled Cognition to support large action model innovation for CX workflows. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 17, 2025
Glia Upgrades Voice AI
Glia brings more life-like voices and noise cancellation to Voice AI.
Posted October 15, 2025
Alvaria Partners with SuccessKPI
Partnership brings together Alvaria's outbound compliance, proactive outreach, and contact center excellence with SuccessKPI's AI-powered business intelligence.
Posted October 15, 2025
Vonage Launches Salesforce Agentforce Identity Insights and Fraud Detection
Vonage's Agentforce Identity Insights and Fraud Detection helps contact center agents detect fraud risks, verify customers, and validate effective communications channels in real time.
Posted October 14, 2025
Zendesk Adds AI Capabilities Within the Resolution Platform
New capabilities boost AI Agents, Employee Service, and CCaaS with smarter automation, better collaboration, and deeper insights.
Posted October 14, 2025
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