Q1 2026 Releases

What we shipped in Q1 to help you grow and scale your learning business

Thinker: a more helpful AI experience for every learner

Thinker is now available for Plus customers across the full learner experience — including mobile.

  • Recommends relevant courses and products when learners ask
  • Supports more learner questions, including platform navigation
  • Auto-generates product summaries (audience, level, description) for your catalog
  • New home interface, full-screen mode, and dedicated product recommendation mode
  • Moderation controls to help protect learners and your brand
Thinker AI teaching assistant

“Thinker helps us amplify the learner experience… the result is learning that’s more effective, more relatable, and more memorable at a scale we simply couldn’t achieve manually.”

Stephen Ekstrom, CEO of Learn Tourism

A more connected mobile experience

Branded mobile got multiple enhancements in Q1:

  • Cleaner, more intuitive mobile catalog for easier content discovery
  • Events now available on mobile so learners can join from anywhere
  • Profiles, certificates, and digital downloads accessible on the go
  • Video uploads and improved community interactions on mobile
Thinkific branded mobile app

Communities that are easier to manage and grow

This past quarter saw meaningful communities improvements on both sides: a better experience for members, less overhead for you.

  • Faster, more intuitive design
  • Branding automatically aligns to your site’s look and feel — no manual setup
  • Events can now be hosted within private spaces
  • Approve posts before publishing to maintain quality and control
  • Less manual work to manage access and member engagement
Thinkific communities

Commerce: A more optimized checkout for global conversion

  • Local currency at checkout for one-time payments and order bumps
  • GA4 and Meta ad tracking at checkout to see which campaigns drive revenue and where to improve conversion
tcommerce checkout optimized

Run and measure your business more efficiently, at scale

  • Bulk enrollment and unenrollment for faster cohort and enterprise workflows
  • SCORM reporting dashboard for clearer visibility into learner progress
  • Smart importer to onboard tens of thousands of learners in minutes
thinkific admin tools

What we’re building next

What comes next is about going deeper on the problems that matter most as your business scales.

  • Making it easier to build and maintain course content without duplicating effort every time something changes
  • Delivering a more connected learner experience — where courses, community, and mobile feel like one journey
  • More flexibility in how you sell and grow globally, with better support for regional pricing, recurring revenue, and international buyers
  • Analytics that don’t just show you what happened, but tell you what to do about it

Stay tuned for more to come!