What's new

The notable changes shipped in Orbit, newest first.

September 2026

Meeting notes — add a /meeting block that keeps your rough notes, the Teams transcript, and an AI summary together. Pull the transcript from your Teams calendar or paste/upload a .vtt or .txt file. See Meeting notes.
Meetings panel — the new Meetings view in the sidebar lists every meeting block in the workspace by its title, shows today’s and tomorrow’s Teams meetings, and creates a meeting note in the folder you choose. See Meeting notes.
Properties — a YAML header at the top of a note renders as a Properties card, and Edit properties opens a structured dialog for adding, typing, and removing fields. See Properties.
Comments redesigned — threads open in the note’s right margin level with their text, Show all comments docks a panel with Open, Resolved, and All filters, and resolved threads leave the note entirely. See Comments and mentions.
Comments travel with the file — saved comments are stored in the note’s markdown file, so exports, version downloads, and Microsoft 365 version restores keep them. See Versions, export, and trash.
Mention anyone in your organization — @ suggestions search your Microsoft 365 directory after a one-time permission, not just people already on the note. A mention still never grants access. See Comments and mentions.
Ask Orbit chat history in your OneDrive — conversations, pins, and archives are saved to an Orbit Chat History folder in your own OneDrive and follow you across devices. See Ask chat history.
Bring your own Azure OpenAI — organization admins can point Ask Orbit at their own Azure OpenAI or Microsoft Foundry deployment and choose which workspaces are included. See Manage your organization.
Rebuilt phone experience — Files, Recent, and Bookmarks views, a Recently deleted sheet, reading tools, a formatting toolbar, and Ask Orbit in its own sheet, including inside Teams on your phone. See Use Orbit on your phone.
Import HTML pages — .html and .htm files convert to notes alongside Word and PDF, including Confluence and Word “Save as web page” exports. See Import files.
Sticky table headers — the header row stays visible while you scroll a long table. See Tables.
Delete a workspace — workspace admins can permanently delete a workspace from its settings. Orbit’s data is removed; files in OneDrive or SharePoint are kept. See Workspace settings.
Sidebar stays current — notes and folders created, renamed, moved, or deleted by teammates appear in your file tree within seconds, without a refresh.
Easier reading — heavier base text, real paragraph spacing, and tighter line height across notes.
Meeting blocks from AI clients — Claude, Codex, and Copilot can add a finished meeting block with the orbit_add_meeting_block tool. See MCP tool reference.
Live editing served from Australia — workspaces in Australian tenants now connect to a collaboration server in Australia East. See Data residency.
Reliability — fewer sync failures and false “Access denied” errors during Microsoft 365 throttling, faster note opens, and a fix for notes wrongly opening read-only.

August 2026

Ask Orbit — ask questions across your notes and get cited answers, in a full-page Ask view or a panel beside any note, with chat history, answer feedback, and the option to search all your workspaces. Available once your organization admin turns it on. See Ask Orbit.
AI editing — select text and choose Improve Orbit in the formatting toolbar to improve writing, fix grammar, shorten, change tone, or give your own instruction, then Accept or Discard the preview. See Edit notes.
Collapsible sections — insert a Collapsible section from the slash menu or Turn into; Tab tucks the next block inside, Shift+Tab lifts it back out. See Edit notes.
Table editing overhaul — hover handles, drag to reorder rows and columns, merge and split cells, sort and align, and a floating scrollbar for wide tables. See Tables.
Floating formatting toolbar — select text for bold, italic, highlight colours, links, and Comment; the block drag handle now offers Turn into and Duplicate. See Edit notes.
Word-style list indenting — Tab and Shift+Tab move only the selected list items, and Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+V pastes plain text. See Markdown shortcuts.
Links across workspaces — paste any Orbit note or folder link to get a live chip with hover preview and backlinks, pick from Other workspaces in the [[ menu, and see cross-workspace and folder nodes in the graph. See Wiki links.
Folder pages — selecting a folder opens a page listing its notes and their connections.
Comment where you select — the comment composer appears right at the selected text.
Faster, better search — note content searches run locally, results are ranked by relevance, and your recent notes live in the command palette. See Search.
Command palette moves to Cmd/Ctrl+J — Cmd/Ctrl+K now inserts a link. See Keyboard shortcuts.
Bookmarked and Recently viewed across workspaces — both home views now gather notes from every workspace you can access.
Archive a workspace — workspace admins can hide a finished workspace from everyone’s list; it stays open under Archived workspaces. See Workspace settings.
Templates in one dialog — Orbit templates and Custom templates side by side, plus New note from template in the sidebar’s + menu. See Templates.
Replace or keep both — moving or drag-uploading onto an existing name now asks Replace, Keep both, or Cancel. Folders can be duplicated in place.
Office and PDF previews — non-note files open in an embedded Microsoft preview that follows your theme.
Copy link to a heading — share a link that opens the note scrolled to that heading.
Feedback from Settings — send bug reports and read replies from the Orbit team in Settings → Feedback. See Support.
Trash uses the recycle bin — permanently deleting from Orbit’s trash moves the item to your OneDrive or SharePoint recycle bin instead of purging it. See Versions, export, and trash.
Link settings for shares — a Link settings panel in the share dialog, and organization-wide links can now grant edit access. See Share a note.
Faster note opens — cold opens are several times faster, especially far from the server.
Removed: Daily notes — the daily-notes feature was retired on 23 August. Existing “Daily Notes” folders remain as ordinary folders.

July 2026

Manual sort order — choose Manual in the file tree’s sort menu and drag notes and folders into an order shared with the whole workspace. See Organize folders and tags.
Open a note in Claude or ChatGPT — hand a note straight to an AI client from the note menu or the file tree. See Open in Claude or ChatGPT.
Six interface languages — use Orbit in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, or Portuguese. See Change your display language.
Faster tab switching in Teams — the Orbit Wiki tab resumes instantly instead of cold-booting when you switch back to it.
Customizable keyboard shortcuts — rebind any command in Settings → Shortcuts. See Keyboard shortcuts.
Move and copy notes between workspaces — including folders and multi-select. Pick Move to workspace or Copy to workspace from a note’s menu.
A dedicated phone experience — bottom navigation, full-screen search, and mobile note editing. See Use Orbit on your phone.
Buy editor seats in the app — card checkout and self-service billing management for organizations. See Buy and manage seats.
Workspace pinning — pin the workspaces you use most to the top of the switcher.
Analytics for org admins — a new Analytics tab in the organization settings with daily activity across the tenant.
Rebuilt graph view — smoother physics and much better performance on large workspaces. See Backlinks and graph.

June 2026

Collaborative drawings — create drawings with real-time co-editing and embed them in notes. See Drawings.
Live-syncing icons and tags — folder icons, page icons, and note tags now update instantly for everyone in the workspace.