Downpouring June to October 2026

After Lightning comes the RAIN

When we put an AI brain at the centre of your platform, we promised AroFlo Lightning would help us build faster — shipping what you actually need, sooner. RAIN is the proof. You asked. We built.

Now comes the downpour.

4 Killer new features

37 AI-infused enhancements

43 Customer-requested improvements

Killer new features

Four net-new, no-compromise capabilities for your AroFlo platform — built faster thanks to the AI development engine behind AroFlo Lightning. New ways to win work, run jobs, and get paid.

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01 Highly Requested August

AI-Powered Adaptive Scheduler

Your scheduling co-pilot for a perfectly balanced calendar. When your day shifts, AroFlo's scheduling engine takes the stress out of managing the board — instantly evaluating technician availability, job priorities, and deadlines to suggest the ideal time slots for new bookings or cancellations, so dispatchers can maximise daily capacity without the manual headache.

02 Highly Requested August

Intelligent Field Data Capture

Field data captured with laser accuracy. Smart Capture lets your team pull text and serial details straight from on-site compliance plates and manuals into AroFlo, while adding professional on-site image markups. No manual re-entry, no missing information, and no time wasted on tedious typing.

03 Highly Requested September

Automated Work Order & Quote Import

External work orders, in AroFlo the moment they arrive. Smart Import reads incoming work orders and quote requests from emails and portals and brings them straight into AroFlo — eliminating manual re-entry so jobs are scheduled faster and nothing sits waiting in an inbox.

04 Highly Requested October

Adaptive AI Safety Compliance Forms

Safety compliance that sees what your team sees. Smart Forms analyse your actual site conditions through the lens of your camera to surface and document the exact hazards present — instantly converting visual workspace evidence into written compliance records, so the right checks are done every single time with minimal manual typing.

AI-Infused Enhancements

Not everything in RAIN is brand new — some of it is something better. Alongside the killer features, RAIN delivers a wave of AI-infused enhancements drawn straight from your requests: taking the AroFlo tools you rely on every day and pushing them further. This is what it looks like when your platform listens.

Auto-Applied Customer Pricing

Quotes that price themselves correctly. AroFlo automatically pulls the right labour and materials rates for each customer the moment you start a quote — no price-list lookups, no manual adjustments, just accurate numbers from line one.

July

GPS-Verified Job Site Time Tracking

Accurate time, zero disputes. Field teams log their start and finish times with a single tap. These GPS-verified daily attendance records flow straight into payroll every cycle — saving hours of admin and eliminating the guesswork that triggers disputes.

July

Side-by-Side Quote Version Comparison

Full transparency on every price change. Track every revision to a quote with a clean history log — giving your sales team a reliable audit trail, and making it easy to walk customers through exactly what changed, and why.

June

Live Technician ETA Notifications

Customers who know when to expect you don't call the office. The On My Way notification sends a calculated ETA the moment your technician is en route — cutting no-access visits, reducing inbound calls, and delivering the professional experience that earns repeat business.

July

And many more...

Thirty-three smaller wins that take the rough edges off the everyday — each one raised by customers, and shipping in this season of Rain.

  • Contact Card Quick-Access from Worksheets
  • Editable & Flexible Checklists
  • Cleaner Periodic Task Templates
  • Skill-Based User Profiles
  • One-Click Task Duplication
  • 'This Claim' Progress Billing Column
  • Project-Linked Task List Views
  • Project-Based Task Filtering
  • Location-Aware Task Views
  • Resource Zone Visibility in Task Lists

  • Dedicated Travel Time Tracker
  • Persistent Pagination in Field Asset Workflows
  • Refreshed Field Client Overview
  • Mandatory Field Enforcement on Forms
  • Private Labour Entry Views
  • iOS Lock Screen Job Timer
  • Cross-Task Active Timer Visibility

  • Instant Contact Creation from Client Records
  • Complete SMS Message History
  • Internal Message Flagging
  • Unread Message Badge in Field App
  • Two-Way Messaging Webhook Integration
  • Business Unit–Branded Messaging
  • Name + Number Contact Display
  • Smart BU-Defaulted Message Sender
  • Branded SMS Alphatag Selection

  • Streamlined Office Navigation
  • Inline Permission Group User Management
  • Documented Permission Groups
  • Bulk Task Type Selection
  • Standardised Alphanumeric Usernames

  • At-a-Glance Invoice Quick Totals
  • Intelligent Ad-Hoc Supplier Import Control

The Full RAIN Improvements Index

We're publishing the complete list of customer-requested improvements shipping in this storm, big and small, so you can see the full scale of what's been delivered and find the enhancements you've been waiting for.

If you've raised it with us, look for it here. If it isn't here yet, it may be in the next storm.

  • Task expense quantities now appear correctly on invoices — accurate billing for every item, with no quantity errors reaching your customers.
  • Pending approval bill filters now return correct results — reliable filtering so your approvals queue shows exactly what needs attention.
  • Periodic reports now run without invalid date errors — dependable scheduled reporting that delivers every time.
  • BCC recipients on periodic invoices are now correctly applied — every intended stakeholder receives their copy of recurring invoices.
  • The invoice email box now loads instantly — no more waiting to send invoices, so your billing team keeps moving without delays.
  • Forms can now be selected within periodic templates — complete, correctly configured recurring workflows with the right documents attached.
  • Bill items now correctly inherit the tracking centre default — accurate cost allocation from the moment a bill is created.
  • Purchase order material items with negative values are now handled correctly — accurate PO financials for returns, credits, and adjustments.
  • Periodic reports now output correct data — reliable recurring reports your finance team can act on with confidence.
  • Task custom fields now display correctly on invoice layouts — complete, client-facing invoices that include all the detail you've configured.

  • Compliance form reports no longer generate duplicates — clean, single-entry reports for every compliance record submitted.
  • XLS report exports now preserve comma formatting — numbers display correctly in Excel with no reformatting required after download.
  • Compliance forms are now correctly restricted by user — each team member sees only the records they're authorised to access.
  • The certification report now runs correctly with accurate, complete output — reliable compliance certification data whenever you need it.
  • Compliance forms can now be printed from the field — complete documentation available on-site for inspections and handovers.
  • The Document Directory now sorts in the order you set — consistent, predictable document organisation across all users.
  • Reports now run without unexpected errors — reliable report generation every time, with no crashes interrupting your analysis.
  • Compliance forms now display all intended fields — complete forms with no hidden or missing data entries.
  • Web links in compliance forms now work correctly — direct access to referenced resources from any compliance record.
  • All schedules now appear in reports — a complete view of every planned activity, with no gaps in your scheduling data.

  • Task assigned timestamps are now accurate — correct time records for task assignment, essential for SLA tracking and audit trails.
  • Task Asset custom fields containing M-dashes now render correctly in RTF — clean, complete documentation with special characters preserved.
  • Tasks created via API with emoji characters now process correctly — full Unicode support for modern, expressive task descriptions.
  • Generating a project from a template now works without errors — fast, reliable project creation from your standardised templates.
  • Custom project reports now run correctly — accurate project-level data delivered reliably by your custom reporting templates.
  • Projects can be edited without errors — smooth, uninterrupted project management from any stage of the workflow.
  • Text alignment in task descriptions now renders correctly — professional, properly formatted task notes in every record.
  • Navigation position is maintained when moving between Field Task Assets — stay exactly where you were without losing your place in long asset lists.
  • The task salesperson field now saves and displays correctly — accurate attribution for every job so commission and reporting stay on track.
  • Task Asset search filters now return correct, filtered results — faster asset lookup with accurate results every time.
  • Checklists now save all entered data correctly — no more lost responses that force your field team to complete the same checklist twice.

  • Business Unit-specific SMS settings now apply correctly — each BU sends from the right number and configuration, every time.
  • The Sheriff online catalogue integration now works reliably — accurate product data and pricing from Sheriff flowing directly into AroFlo.
  • Email template supplier custom fields now populate correctly — complete, dynamic supplier information in every automated supplier communication.
  • API response times are now within acceptable limits — faster, more reliable integrations that don't time out under normal usage.

  • All authorised users can now access JustAsk — the AI assistant is available to every team member who should have it, with no access barriers.
  • JustAsk now returns accurate figures in its answers — AI-powered business insights you can rely on for real decisions.

  • Events are now correctly recorded in the object history — a complete, accurate audit trail of every action taken on every record.
  • Images on AroConnect work orders now display correctly for contractors — complete job context delivered to subcontractors from the first look.
  • Field Asset Types now sort in the expected order — a consistently organised list that makes selecting the right asset type faster.
  • Clients no longer automatically assign unexpected users to accounts — precise, intentional account assignment that respects your configuration.
  • The field and office timer now display the correct tracking centre — accurate time allocation from the first second of every recorded activity.

  • Images in online quote links now display in the correct orientation — professional-looking quotes with properly oriented site photos and diagrams.

*Feature timing reflects current targets and may shift.

This is a season of RAIN — and it's only the beginning.
4 new features. 37 AI enhancements. 43 improvements. All powered by AroFlo Lightning. See what the platform upgrade looks like for you.