Rebuilding the Howdy App from the ground up
Over the past few months, we've been working behind the scenes on a refreshed version of the Howdy App. Today, we're excited to introduce the first step in that journey.
This release focuses on delivering a cleaner experience and a strong new foundation for everything that's coming next. You'll notice a refreshed design and a more consistent feel across the app, while the workflows you rely on remain exactly the same.
This is just the beginning. Many more improvements and new capabilities are coming over the next few months, with even more powerful features planned for 2026 to help you grow and manage your teams.
What This Release Is About
This update introduces first and foremost a new foundation that allows us to move faster adding new features going forward. It will also bring a refreshed design across the Howdy App and a more consistent experience from page to page. The goal is to make the app easier to navigate, easier to understand, and more pleasant to use day to day.
In this release, we're focused on introducing a new architecture and design. New functionality will come in future updates, building on this foundation.
What's Staying the Same
While the app looks refreshed, everything you depend on today remains unchanged. This includes:
- Your data and history
- Your existing workflows
- User access and permissions
If you're familiar with the Howdy App today, you'll feel right at home in the new version.
What's New in the Howdy App
A More Consistent Layout Across the App
We've aligned all major sections of the Howdy App to follow the same visual structure. Pages now feel more predictable, with clearer spacing and hierarchy, making it easier to scan and understand information at a glance.
This includes the introduction of a new header navigation:
Persistent top navigation makes it easier to move between sections and stay oriented in the app.
All team management pages are now grouped under the My Team menu.
All billing and company settings are now grouped under the My Company menu.
The Howdy Store and your order history are now accessible from the Store menu..
With this consistency, moving between sections feels more natural, and new team members can get up to speed more quickly.
A Clearer, More Useful Dashboard
The new Howdy App transforms the dashboard from a passive snapshot into an action-oriented control center, making it dramatically easier to see what matters and act fast.
Key information like candidates, roles, and team updates is now clearer, more structured, and immediately actionable, helping teams move faster with less friction.
It's a cleaner, smarter experience designed to scale with how our customers actually work.
Before
New Howdy App
From a static dashboard to a true command center: the new Howdy App brings clarity, structure, and action to everything that matters, so teams can move faster with confidence.
Refining the Interview Pipeline, Ready for What's Next
The updates to the Interview Pipeline are intentionally subtle, focusing on clarity, consistency, and visual calm rather than dramatic change.
Before
New Howdy App
Subtle by design: a cleaner Interview Pipeline today, built to support powerful new hiring features tomorrow.
Streamlined Candidate Profile
A light refresh focused on polish and readability rather than big functional changes. The candidate profile is now easier on the eyes, with improved spacing, clearer hierarchy, and a more balanced layout that helps important details stand out without feeling dense.
While the changes are intentionally minor, they meaningfully improve how information is consumed and shared.
This refresh sets a cleaner baseline for evolving the candidate profile over time, making it easier to layer in new insights and features without adding visual complexity.
Before
New Howdy App
A clearer view into every interview: more context, better feedback, and smarter hiring decisions.
Deeper Interview Visibility
The updated interview details view gives teams a much clearer picture of a candidate's full journey. Instead of a high-level snapshot, you can now see richer context around each interview, including detailed feedback, timing, and progression across stages.
By surfacing more information in a single, structured view, the new experience makes it easier to align as a team, spot patterns, and make confident hiring decisions faster. It turns interview feedback from scattered notes into a coherent narrative of a candidate's process.
Before
New Howdy App
A clearer view into every interview: more context, better feedback, and smarter hiring decisions.
A More Usable Team Directory
The new People view makes managing your team faster and more intuitive. With improved layout, clearer columns, and better visual hierarchy, it's easier to scan your roster, find the right person, and understand key details at a glance.
Search and filtering are now more prominent and easier to use, helping teams quickly narrow large rosters by status or location without friction. The result is a more refined, approachable experience that turns the team list into a practical, everyday management tool.
Before
New Howdy App
A clearer, more navigable view of your team, designed to help you find and manage people faster.
Better Collaboration Management
Managing collaborators is now clearer and more approachable. The updated Admin view makes it easy to see who has access to your account, what role they play, and how responsibilities are distributed across your team.
With a cleaner layout and improved scanning, adding teammates from your company and sharing candidate profiles feels more intentional and controlled.
The new experience removes friction from collaboration, so teams can confidently manage access and work together without second-guessing permissions.
Before
New Howdy App
A clearer way to add collaborators and manage who helps run your Howdy account.
A Better Way to Send Appreciation
The refreshed Howdy Store makes recognizing teammates simpler and more enjoyable. With a cleaner layout, clearer pricing, and improved filtering, it's easier to browse gift options and quickly find something meaningful for each person.
By surfacing key teammate details alongside gift selection, the experience feels more personal and intentional. The new Store removes friction from appreciation, making it easy for partners to celebrate milestones, birthdays, and wins without slowing down their day.
Before
New Howdy App
A more intuitive Howdy Store that makes sending thoughtful appreciation gifts fast and effortless.
What This Means for Your Daily Work
Day to day, the Howdy App should feel simpler and more straightforward.
There's nothing new to learn. We're just bringing a smoother, cleaner, and more professional experience using the same workflows you already know.
What's Coming Next
This release is the first of many updates planned over the coming months.
Right now, our focus is on delivering the new architecture and introducing the refreshed design. Looking ahead to 2026, we'll be rolling out new features designed to make it even easier to grow, manage, and support your teams with Howdy.
We're excited to keep building, and to bring you along for what's next.
Release Date
The new Howdy App will go live on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 8am CST.
No Action Needed
There's nothing you need to do to start using the new Howdy App. Simply log in and continue working as usual.