Introducing Answers Hitchhiker Theme 1.23 and Answers Search UI 1.10! We’re very excited to bring you a series of new features with these releases 
Unless otherwise indicated, these features are available in Early Access in English. Here’s how to use the Early Access branches of the Theme and SDK! For the Summer '21 release, the theme branch name and SDK version are both
early-access-summer-21.
With Answers HH Theme 1.23 we’ve added several features to improve the user experience, manage your analytics, and improve overall page performance.
You can find the full list of features and bug fixes below:
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Ability to toggle session tracking: Session tracking can now be toggled on and off through the runtime configuration
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Ability to disable user interactions: You now have the option to control all analytic interactions
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Page Performance improvements: Adjustments have been made to the SDK to save computation time and improve the search experience. This includes 1) replacing all iconComponents with iconPartial 2) Debouncing the locator based on time and 3) Adding a loading indicator to the Theme
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Case Deflection Support: Ability to send the query ID as well as additional data to the parent window using postMessage in the JS Snippet integration.
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Voice Integration (GA only): A microphone icon in the search bar will notify the user that voice search is available and act as the interface to start/stop a voice search
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Additional Language Support (GA Only): We can now support several new languages in Answers
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Full Page Map ProviderOptions for Universal Search (GA Only): You can now pass any options to the map provider (for example, a custom style) in both Vertical and Universal Search
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Fixes and Small Features: A few minor bug fixes and small improvements that will help improve your experience
Looking to upgrade to this version? Checkout each post above for some important instructions!
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