2024.10
Add system passkey on Android devices
When setting a passkey on Android devices, you can add system passkey and share the passkey across devices of the same brand.
Notice: Using the system passkey must meet the following 2 conditions:
- The mobile device and Android system must support passkey.
- Lark must be upgraded to version 7.28 or above.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2024.09
View, modify, and reset keyboard shortcuts
You can now view a list of shortcut shortcuts you can use in Lark. You can modify or reset shortcut keys depending on your needs.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2024.03
Password setting adjustment
When registering or logging in to an account, if a password has not been set, in order to enhance account security and prevent login failure due to inability to obtain the verification code, it is necessary to complete the password setting.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2023.02
Update to registration process
When signing up, you can use your phone number to register a Lark account, create your Lark organization, or join other organizations. If you need to register an account for personal use, you can select Personal in the Usage scenario drop-down list. To learn more, see Sign up for an account.
Roles involved: Administrators, employees
2023.08
Passkey
Passkeys support a comprehensive variety of identity verification technologies. Users can set their phone or PC unlocking method as a way to activate the private key (such as face unlock, fingerprint unlock or password unlock). Once a passkey is added to an unlock method, it becomes an easy and secure way to verify the user.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2023.07
App authorization management
The Lark Account Security Center supports App authorization management. You can view and manage apps that you authorized to access your account information.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2023.06
Signing up is optimized on the web version
Signing up for organization accounts on the web version has been optimized for a better user experience.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2023.04
Lark sign-up process optimized
The Lark sign-up process has been optimized so that, when signing up for a personal or organization account, you can quickly create the account type that suits you.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2023.03
New account security center
View your account security score, optimize and protect your account in the brand new account security center.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2023.02
Web version sign-up process optimized
The Lark web version sign-up process has been optimized so that, when signing up for a personal or organization account, you can quickly create the account type that suits you.
Roles: Administrators, employees
2023.01
Optimized: Join an organization with email
If the email you used for registration is an automatically-approved organization email account, then you can now directly find and join that organization.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.27
New link fields available
When registering Lark accounts, two new name link fields, first name and last name, are now available.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.27
Optimized: auto-login time window
The auto-login time window for desktop app has been expanded from 15 days to 30 days.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.27
2022.09
Optimized: enable/disable OTP
No need to turn on two-step verification before enabling OTP. To enhance account security, authentication is required when enabling or disabling OTP.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.20
Optimized: set backup verification
No need to turn on two-step verification before setting backup verification.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.20
Optimized: set password
To enhance account security, account passwords now need to be more than 8 characters, containing at least two of the following: numbers, English letters or English symbols.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.20
Optimized: enable/disable two-step verification
To enhance account security, authentication is required when enabling or disabling two-step verification.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.20
2022.04
Password management for Lark Business Mail users
If your organization has already enabled the Lark Business Mail password feature, and your organization's admin has assigned passwords for you in the Lark Admin console. You can use the Lark Business email address and password assigned by the admin to log in to Lark directly on Lark app (version 5.2 or above).
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.2
2021.12
Upgraded account service
Lark account service has been fully upgraded. Users can sign up or sign in with less effort and log in to accounts registered with different phone numbers or emails simultaneously. A more effective way to manage multiple accounts, a more secure way to protect account privacy.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 5.2
To learn more, visit Sign up for personal accounts, Sign up for organization accounts, and Switch accounts
Renamed invitation methods
Team Code, Team Link, and Team QR Code have been renamed as Invite Code, Invite Link, and Invite QR code. The invitation methods are still the same but only differ in the names. Users can see the renamed invitation methods once they've upgraded their app to Version 5.2 or above.
Roles: administrators Version: 5.2
To learn more, visit Join organizations, Invite members to join the organization (member's version)
2021.03
Account appeals
If your account is banned, if you can't change your login phone number or email, or if you can't reset your password, you can use the self-help account appeal process.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 3.45
Nearby groups
People can use their mobile app to create a group chat by all entering the same 4-digit code.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 3.43
Quickly adding team members
On the homepage, team admins can click + and then Add team member to go to the add team member page.
Roles: Administrators Version: 3.43
2021.01
Permanently delete an account
You can go to the Lark Account Security Center to leave all your teams and permanently delete your account.
Roles: Administrators, employees Version: 3.42
2020.05
Add contacts
External users can now be added as contacts in a conversation, event, Doc, call or meeting on the contact card page. The invited user can click the contact request to view the invitation details.
Roles: Administrators, employees Released on: May 31, 2020 Version: 3.25
Join a team quickly
- 1.Team code password feature was added. You can invite friends to a team by sharing the team code password. Version:3.24: New method of sharing groups and teams was released. Team code password is a more convenient way of inviting friends.
- 2.The Join team option was added on the registration page. You can enter a team code or scan the QR code to join a team directly.
- 3.The invitation feature on Lark mobile app was added. You can use the Invite option on the personal home page to invite friends to a team.
- 4.The external contacts list was added to the interface of inviting users to a new group.
- 5.You can quickly create a team by using the Join or create team option on the personal home page.
- 6.When users visit a team invitation link on Lark mobile app, they can quickly join the team using the current account, without the need to verify their mobile number or email address.
Roles: Administrators, employees Released on: May 13, 2020 Version: 3.24
2020.03
Upgrade the path of joining a team
All users can directly join a specified team, and the procedure for upgrading Personal to the Team version becomes more convenient.
Roles: Administrators, employees Released on: March 15, 2020 Version: 3.20
Log in via SSO
SSO login is now supported.
Roles: Administrators, employees Released on: Monday, March 9, 2020 Version: 3.19
2019.10
New features:
- •When the notification feature is disabled by default by the mobile phone system, we'll notify you to enable notifications when you log in.
2019.08
New features:
- •You can batch add members to an organization, and add colleagues and friends from contacts, without going to the Admin site.
- •The feature of withdrawing group invitation was added. You can withdraw your invitations to a user to remove the user from a group.
2019.07
New features:
- •(PC only) Desktop: You can batch add members to an organization without going to the Admin site.
- •(iOS and Android only) Desktop: You can batch add members to an organization, and add colleagues and friends from contacts, without going to the Admin site.
- •A Do Not Disturb mode was added. You won't receive notifications other than those for urgent messages or video and voice calls.
2019.06
New features:
- •New user guide and instruction tasks were available to help users understand and master the features of the office suite in one minute.
Optimization:
- •Text truncation on message cards under some circumstances was fixed.
- •The problem of blinking message cards when the cards are scrolled up or down under some circumstances was fixed.
2019.05
Optimization:
- •Settings were categorized and the settings page layout was optimized.
- •You can mute the tone by clicking the lock screen button.
2019.03
New features:
- •You can reply to and resolve card comments on a Doc.
- •The real information of users on call can be hidden, and the interactions when a service is ended was optimized.
- •The SOS link was added to the bottom of the home page.
Optimization:
- •Login problem in iOS 10.1 was solved.
2019.02
New features:
- •The login procedure was upgraded to password-based logins, supporting two-factor authentication (password + verification code) for logins.
Optimization:
- •The interaction methods of message cards were optimized.
2019.01
New features:
- •The new brand Lark and its logo were launched.
- •You can quickly switch between identities to save time.
Optimization:
- •The new user wizard style was optimized.
- •The startup process was optimized, so that users can see messages more quickly with a shorter wait time for message loading.
2018.10
Optimization:
- •You can share and save group QR codes.
2018.09
Optimization:
- •Homepage layout adjustment: The link to Docs was moved to the home page; “Me” was moved to the top right corner of the home page; “Inbox” was moved to the top left corner of the home page.