What's new

Much like ocean waves constantly reshape coastlines, Horizon is continually evolving. Get an overview of recent additions and updates to the site and a preview of what's coming soon.

The latest

April 2025

This update introduces a bunch of helpful new resources, from additions to our AI guidelines to new Native Mobile components, all designed to help you move faster and build better experiences. Let’s take a look:

🚀 Big boost to our AI content

We’ve added more tools and guidance to help you design smart, helpful AI experiences:

🧩 New Service Portal widget library

Say hello to 10 Service Portal widget usage guidelines. This growing library will help you build consistent, user-friendly portal experiences. And stay tuned… more widgets are coming later this year.

📱 More for Native Mobile

We’ve added even more mobile goodness. New components, screens, foundations, and basics. Everything you need to create smooth, native experiences on mobile. Check it out.

🎨 Yokohama libraries now in Figma

Design with the latest Yokohama styles. These new Figma libraries make it easier than ever to stay current with the latest design system updates.

📊 Fresh data visualization guidance for Core UI

Our new Core UI data visualization guidance helps you make charts and graphs that are both beautiful and easy to understand.

📚 App shells, modals, and page templates for Workspace

New content about these important UI Builder elements is now available in the Workspace app framework.

📅 Multi-release support for component libraries

We now support usage guidelines across the last 3 releases for Workspace and Native Mobile components. That means it’s easier to keep your designs up to date, no matter which version you’re working on.

We’re thrilled about these new updates and what they mean for you—our creator community. Horizon is here to help you do your best work, and we’re committed to making it even better over time.


What's coming

  • More widgets: We've heard you and we're focused on building out this content. We're aiming to double our Service Portal widget library over the course of this year.

Note: Horizon roadmap is subject to change.


Past updates

Oct 2024

We launched several major updates to Horizon.

What's included in this release:

  • On-site search makes finding specific components and guidelines faster and easier.
  • Primary navigation for key app frameworks, including Workspace, Core UI, Native Mobile, and Service Portal, streamlines access to relevant content for all of our creators.
  • Complete component coverage and new patterns added for the Workspace app framework.
  • New Basics content for Workspace and Native Mobile for easier onboarding to those app frameworks.

May 2024

Launch of the Horizon site preview

We debuted Horizon to the world through the launch of a website preview. This was our first step together in a long journey to empower all creators on the ServiceNow platform as they deliver world-class experiences to their users.