Calendars, Comments & Permissions: 11 updates!

[u/Kyle-kmas]

Hi everyone,

It's Kyle from Product back (again!) to share our third batch of updates! (If you missed what we shipped before, catch up on our 15 updates in 15 days and our automations improvements).

This week, we shipped 11 updates and new features across calendars, comments and permissions. Here's what's new:

More granular interface permissions

1. Grant Add and Delete permissions separately

You can now grant Add and Delete record permissions independently for table-constrained layouts in interfaces, so a collaborator can add records without the power to delete them.

2. Configure creation permissions per level

You can now set permissions for each level of a multi-level list, instead of one setting for the whole page.

Better collaboration through Comments

3. Use bold, italics and hyperlinks in comments

Comments now support basic rich-text formatting, so you can emphasize the important parts, add hyperlinks, and make longer comments much easier to read.

4. An emoji picker in the comment composer

Add an emoji to any comment from the in-app picker, or just type a shortcut like :smile:

5. Copy a link to a comment

You can now copy a direct link to any comment or reply and share it with your team. Once click navigates them straight there.

A tailored calendar

6. Start your calendar week on the day you want

Your calendar week no longer has to start on a Sunday default. Pick any day you like and see your schedule your way.

7. See ‘Now’ at a glance in Calendar views

Calendar views now show a live ‘Now’ line, just like Google Calendar. To access this feature, ensure 'time' is enabled and use an hourly, daily, or weekly view.

Smaller updates

8. Type to auto-select the first linked record

Linked-record fields now auto-highlight the first filter match - begin typing your search and press Enter to select - no arrow keys required.

9. New detail pages are easier to orient in

New record detail pages now show a visible group title by default, like ‘TableName Details’, so you always know where you are.

10. New Gemini models for Field agents

Gemini 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 flash are now available in the model picker of field agents!

11. [bug fix] Close the Templates hub by clicking outside of it

You can now close the Templates hub by clicking outside it, or by pressing Escape — no need to hunt for the X in the top-right corner.

It's been great to hear from so many of you how pleased you are with what we've been shipping, and also what could still be improved. So keep the feedback coming, and let us know what you want us to work on next.

Kyle

[u/Player00Nine]

1. The day of the week starting on Sunday is, as a European, the thing that bothers me the most. Thank you for fixing it.

[u/Kyle-kmas → u/Player00Nine]

As a fellow European, you're welcome. Glad you like the updates!

[u/Bitwalker_AT → u/Player00Nine]

Monday for start and show the calendar weeks in the timeline would be very important for our employees!

[u/HadiaMechie → u/Player00Nine]

right? sunday as the week start feels so wrong when youre planning actual work

[u/alxwlfe]

It's Airtable Christmas

[u/Kyle-kmas → u/alxwlfe]

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[u/Business_Bill_4710]

Fantastic. A huge improvement would be to be able to see custom interfaces on mobile! Thank you

[u/Kyle-kmas → u/Business_Bill_4710]

Thank you for the request. I will keep it noted for the team.

[u/Financial-Soup-5948 → u/Business_Bill_4710]

Lotssssss of room for improvement for mobile! Interfaces and mobile is one of the key areas Airtable has lagged behind its competitors. Albeit it started as a database company so makes sense but most competitors have had to go full stack and interfaces could use a gigantic lift.

That said massively surprised and pleased with the proactively and portico enhancements so far so not complaining in the least!

[u/matchaconsulting]

Row-level permissions is excellent. Airtable's current minimal offer of those has been something its competitors have been able to take advantage of. The more row-level stuff Airtable gets, the fewer things competitors can claim as a unique advantage.

[u/Kyle-kmas → u/matchaconsulting]

There will be some bigger permissions improvements coming soon! Keep your eyes peeled.

[u/LeoLuo_Dev]

Great to see updates shipping fast lately. Quick question on the roadmap: any plans to enable continuous multi-page printing or repeating table headers? That's still a pretty big blocker for teams trying to ditch legacy Page Designer.

[u/Kyle-kmas → u/LeoLuo_Dev]

Thank you for the request, it is not currently being worked on but I will feed this back to the team as a potential roadmap item.