19 Jul 2026 Release

New Everyday chrome screens, published-app look and layout options, and a clearer history experience in the builder.

What’s new at a glance

Capability	What you can do	Learn more
Everyday chrome screens	Add Home, Search, My Queue, Activity, and Profile as first-class app screens	Everyday Chrome Screens
Published app look & layout	Layout density presets, login polish, desktop master–detail, sticky actions	Polish Your Published App Look and Layout
History panels	Recovery History and Version History open expanded by default	Recovery History · Revert Version History

Data screens show Notion records.
Automation screens show runtime work.
Everyday chrome screens give every app a familiar home, search, queue, activity, and profile shell.

1. Everyday chrome screens

Everyday chrome screens are utility screens you add from Create New Screen → Everyday chrome. They give end users a familiar shell — home, search, personal queue, activity, and profile — without rebuilding those experiences as ordinary Notion list or detail screens.

Screen index

Screen	Builder card	Primary job	Best for	Docs
🏠 Home	Home / Today	Today’s next actions, recent activity, one primary CTA	App landing / “what should I do now?”	Home
🔎 Search	Search	Cross-database keyword search + recent queries	Finding records without browsing lists	Search
📥 My Queue	My Queue	Personal inbox of work + notifications for the current user	“What needs me?” across queues and notices	My Queue
📜 Activity	Activity	Timeline of submits, decisions, comments, and updates	A shared feed of what changed in the app	Activity
👤 Profile	Profile	Default landing screen, notification prefs, logout	End-user prefs without a custom settings form	Profile

How Everyday chrome differs from other screen families

Family	What it shows	When to use it
Data screens	Notion rows (lists, details, forms)	Browse, create, or edit records
Automation screens	Workflow / messaging runtime work	Claim work, decide, converse, recover failures
Everyday chrome	App-wide home, search, queue, activity, and profile	Give every user a familiar app shell

Hub docs: Everyday Chrome Screens · Types of Screens · Automation Screens

Shared setup steps

Open your app in the builder.
Click Screens in the left rail.
Click + New Screen.
Pick a Notion Database as the context anchor.
Under Everyday chrome, select the card you need.
Click Done.
Customize empty-state copy (and Home’s primary CTA when available).
Use Edit Navigation to place the screen in side nav or tab bar.
Publish before end users can open it in the live app.

Which chrome screens need Automation

Not every Everyday chrome screen requires Workflow, Messaging, or Approvals.

Always available	Requires Automation
Home, Search, Profile	My Queue, Activity

When Workflow, Messaging, or Approval Management is not enabled for the app, My Queue and Activity appear in a locked Queue & activity group in the Create New Screen picker.

Per-screen highlights

🏠 Home

Landing surface for “what should I do next?”
Optional Primary CTA pointing at a Create Form or Automation Launcher
Recent activity summary when the activity feed has items
Configurable empty-state title, description, and action label

Docs: Home

🔎 Search

Cross-database keyword search against linked Notion data
Recent query history in the end-user experience
Available in builder preview and in published apps

Docs: Search

📥 My Queue

Personal inbox across approvals, work items, and notifications for the current user
Available when Automation is enabled for the app
Empty state when the queue is clear

Docs: My Queue

📜 Activity

Timeline of submits, decisions, comments, and field updates
Available when Automation is enabled for the app
Useful for operators and makers who need a shared view of recent changes

Docs: Activity

👤 Profile

Choose the default landing screen for the signed-in user
In-app / email notification preferences
Logout from the published app

Docs: Profile

Builder preview

After you add a chrome screen, phone and desktop preview show the empty state or content right away. Home’s primary CTA opens the target screen’s layout (for example Create Form or Launcher), and chrome tabs keep clear titles such as Home and Search.

2. Published app look and layout

Make published NotionApps feel like finished products — with clearer login, denser or airier layouts, and better desktop list/detail behavior.

Guide: Polish Your Published App Look and Layout

What you get

Feature	Where you configure it	What end users see
Login hero + wrapping title	Automatic from app color / icon / name	Brand-colored header, rounded inputs, full app title
Layout presets (Compact / Comfortable / Showcase)	Settings → General → Layout presets	Spacing, type scale, and denser or airier forms & lists
Color presets	Same General appearance preview (or Appearance)	Accent / theme color
Sticky desktop Submit	Create/Update Form Behaviour (or defaults)	Submit stays pinned while scrolling on desktop
Heading section rhythm	Add Heading components on forms	Clear visual groups between field sections
Desktop master–detail	Automatic on wide desktop List screens	List left · details/forms right
Details sticky actions	Automatic on desktop Details	Edit / Delete stay visible
Page Content table of contents	Show Page Content settings	Side TOC can appear when enough headings exist
Cleaner cloned app names	Publish + login display	“Copy of” prefixes removed for end users

Layout presets

Preset	Character	Best for
Compact	Tighter rows and padding, smaller type	Dense operational apps
Comfortable	Default; taller fields, softer radii	Everyday work apps
Showcase	Larger type, airier spacing	Portals and catalogues

Related: Desktop View · Customize App

3. History panels expand by default

Recovery History

Recovery History (under Databases tools) now opens expanded on first load so you can see available rollback snapshots without an extra click.

Docs: Recovery History

Version History

Version History (under Settings) now opens expanded on first load so prior app versions and revert actions are visible immediately.

Docs: Revert Version History

4. Documentation for this release

Everyday chrome

Doc	Link
Everyday Chrome Screens (hub)	Open
Home	Open
Search	Open
My Queue	Open
Activity	Open
Profile	Open

Guides & basics

Doc	Link
Polish Your Published App Look and Layout	Open
Recovery History	Open
Revert Version History	Open

Recommended learning path

Everyday Chrome Screens
Home + Profile
Polish Your Published App Look and Layout
If you use Automation: add My Queue / Activity, then return to the Automation hub

Availability notes

Everyday chrome — Home / Search / Profile: available whenever you can add screens in the builder
Everyday chrome — My Queue / Activity: require Workflow, Messaging, or Approval Management
Layout presets & published look: available in Settings and published apps; existing apps keep prior spacing until a preset is chosen
Recovery History / Version History expand-by-default: builder preference only; restore and revert access are unchanged