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Velocity2.5

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Braze is in steady-ops mode; the AI content-optimization bet from earlier in 2026 still sets the tone.

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◆Current state
The top of Braze's feed reads as housekeeping. Banner channel fields are being filled into Currents and Datashare exports, a Quick User Add workflow has appeared inside Import Users, and a JP-01 data center has come online. The substantive AI move for the period was Content Optimizer in early February — a continuous, AI-variant testing step inside Canvas — and that work is no longer at the front of the changelog.
◆Where it's heading
The cadence is incremental enterprise plumbing rather than directional product reinvention: new channel fields where customers asked, regional residency, small UX additions to user import. The product motion that matters is downstream of Content Optimizer — the bet that AI-generated message variants become the default authoring path in Canvas — and the recent shipping doesn't yet show how that bet is being expanded.
◆Prediction
More Currents and Datashare schema additions for newer channels are likely, alongside follow-on Content Optimizer features (more variant types, deeper Liquid integration). If JP-01 is the start of a regional rollout rather than a one-off, expect another non-US region announcement within a quarter or two.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Import Users

    Boilerplate pointer to support and SDK changelogs under the Import Users section header — no user-visible product change in this entry itself.

  2. 1mo ago

    Quick User Add for inline single-user profile creation

    Quick User Add lets admins create a single user profile inline from Import Users with just an email or external ID. A small workflow shortcut for one-off testing and support cases — fits the pattern of small UX gap-fills around the user-import flow.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Banner channel fields added to Currents and Datashare exports

    New fields are now exposed on existing Banner channel events in Currents and Datashare exports, per the Version 7 changelog. Routine schema fill-in for the newer channel — relevant to teams running their own attribution off Currents.

  4. 2mo ago

    Braze added fields for existing Banner channel events in Currents and Datashare exports.

    Mirrors the April 2 Cloud Data Ingestion update — Banner channel events get additional fields in Currents and Datashare exports, with details under Version 7. Worth wiring through if a downstream pipeline already consumes Banner events.

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  5. 3mo ago

    Braze has launched a new data center: JP-01.

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  6. 4mo ago

    Content Optimizer is a continuous, high-variant content testing Canvas step that delivers automated engagement optimization.

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