April 2026 Product Roundup

April tends to be the month when things actually start moving. Q1's frantic energy finally settles, the days get longer, and teams get into a proper rhythm. It's also, as it turns out, a pretty good month for shipping features that make daily life in the office a little smoother. 

This month, the Skedda team launched three big updates focused on reducing the small moments of manual overhead that quietly chip away at everyone's day: passive presence detection, in-map colleague search, and smarter space sorting.

April's theme: better in-office collaboration

Working in the office has become more intentional. People choose when to come in, sometimes based on who else will be there. But the tools for that kind of coordination haven't always kept up. This month's releases are about closing that gap: automatically confirming who's on-site, making it easy to see where your teammates are booked, and keeping your spaces organized so the whole experience stays smooth.

Here's what's new:

Find & Favorite Colleagues

Hybrid work coordination has a quiet overhead cost that rarely gets talked about: the back-and-forth of figuring out when your teammates are actually in the office, and where they'll be sitting. For most teams, that still means a round of Slack messages before committing to a booking, or just showing up and hoping for the best.

The new User Search feature is built to fix that.

What's new

From your interactive map in Skedda, you can now look up any teammate by name and immediately see their booking schedule for the day—what they have coming up, where they're sitting, and whether it's worth booking the desk next to them.

Here's what you can do:

• Search by name or organization: find any colleague across your venue and see where they're booked or assigned
• See their full schedule at a glance: view a teammate's ongoing and upcoming bookings, so you can plan your own office visit around when they'll actually be there
• Jump to their location: the map automatically pans and zooms to highlight their booked or assigned space
• Save favorites: pin the collaborators you work with most for one-tap access at the top of your results, so the people who matter to your day are always a click away

Admins can enable User Search for regular users under Settings → Access & Visibility, and can control visibility rules to determine which user details are shown across the organization. 

Read the User Search help guide for full setup instructions.

Why it matters

• Plan your in-office days around teammate schedules: before you book a desk, you can see exactly when your collaborators are in and where they'll be sitting
• Favorite your closest collaborators: pin the teammates you work with regularly so their schedules are always front and center when you're planning your week
• Privacy-first by default: User Search inherits your venue's existing visibility rules so the right information remains hidden

Skedda Companion App

Most workplace check-in tools rely on people doing something—scanning a QR code, keeping a browser tab open, or remembering to tap a button. Every one of those touchpoints is another chance for a missed check-in, a ghost booking, or occupancy data that doesn't reflect what's actually happening on the floor.

That's why we built the Skedda Companion App.

What's new

Available for both Mac and Windows, the Companion App is a lightweight desktop app that runs quietly from the Menu Bar or System Tray of your work laptop. When the device connects to your office network, it signals Skedda to mark you as seen on-site for the day—no action required.

When combined with auto check-in rules, the app can also automatically check you into eligible bookings. The result: your team shows up, opens up their laptops, and gets on with the day.

Setup is straightforward. The app uses your existing office network infrastructure without requiring new hardware or sensor installations. IT can distribute it via individual install links or push it across managed devices using an automated deployment system. Users sign in once with their Skedda work email, and that sign-in persists across restarts.

Why it matters

• Fewer ghost bookings and missed check-ins: presence gets confirmed automatically, without relying on anyone remembering to open and interact with Skedda
• Occupancy data you can actually trust: on-site status is tied to physical presence—who actually showed up, not just who booked a space
• IT-friendly by design: deploys via your existing device management infrastructure with no additional overhead or hardware required

Ready to get started? Read our full Companion App guide for setup instructions.

Spaces Sort Order

For venues with many spaces, keeping them organized used to require a lot of manual drag-and-drop work. And if you wanted a clean alphabetical order, you had to do it yourself by hand, one space at a time.

Not anymore.

What's new

Admins can now sort spaces alphabetically (A–Z or Z–A) directly from Venue Settings → Spaces & Attributes using the new Spaces sort order gear icon. Your chosen sort order is applied consistently across the Day and Grid schedule views and all space dropdowns throughout Skedda.

There's a small bonus here too: newly created spaces are now badged as "New" in your spaces list so they're easy to spot at a glance. When alphabetical sorting is enabled, new spaces slot automatically into the correct alphabetical position.

Why it matters

• Faster admin organization: no more manual drag-and-drop to maintain a clean, logical space list
• Consistent ordering everywhere: whatever sort order you set applies across schedule views and space dropdowns, so the experience is coherent for both admins and users
• New spaces don't get lost: the "New" badge makes it easy to confirm a space was created correctly—especially useful when managing large or frequently changing venue layouts

That's April

The best in-office days aren't accidental. They happen when people know who else is coming in, can find their teammates easily, and aren't fighting their tools to make it happen. This month's releases are pointed in that direction: presence that gets confirmed automatically, schedules you can browse before you book, and spaces that stay organized without admin overhead.

We're deep into Q2 now, and there's more coming. Keep an eye out; the next few months have some significant releases on the way.