The Algolia Crawler now offers improved visibility, scalability, and stability for large-scale indexing. A new Logs Explorer interface lets customers view and download detailed logs for each run, making it easier to monitor execution and debug issues. Additionally, recent Crawler infrastructure upgrades boost processing efficiency and reliability at higher volumes. These enhancements give teams clearer insight into crawler operations, faster troubleshooting, and smoother data indexing performance. Click here to learn more.

Algolia SiteSearch UI Components introduce a flexible, open-source registry for creating AI-powered search interfaces faster. Built with shadcn on top of InstantSearch, these components simplify implementation across multiple use cases, including Ask AI. Developers and agents can easily customize layouts and interactions, even using generative tools like v0 or Cursor. SiteSearch accelerates development with production-ready UI patterns that reduce engineering effort and enable rapid, tailored search experiences. Click here to learn more.

Ask AI now delivers a more engaging and cost-effective experience. New Suggested Questions help users start conversations faster by surfacing curated, clickable prompts that instantly generate responses. Analytics Enhancements add token-level insights for deeper understanding of conversation flow. Token Efficiency improvements reduce costs by up to 50% while maintaining speed and accuracy. Expanded provider support, including OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Vercel AI SDK v5, ensures compatibility with the latest LLMs. Click here to learn more.

Algolia's Search Analytics now provide data insights at the Composition level. It tracks key metrics such as popular search queries, search volumes, click and conversions rates, or revenue for specific Compositions, all presented in intuitive dashboards that are easy to filter and consume.

The new chat component for InstantSearch allows developers to build conversational assistants directly within existing search interfaces. It includes a configurable chat widget, session memory, accessibility compliance, and product carousels - all fully compatible with Agent Studio for seamless conversational experience design. Click here to learn more.

Algolia MCP Server enables LLMs and Agents to securely access Algolia’s Search and Recommend APIs through the open Model Context Protocol (MCP). This managed, fully hosted service provides a universal gateway between AI systems and Algolia, simplifying integration and enhancing data-driven AI experiences. Click here to learn more and get started with the Algolia MCP Server. 

Real-time Personalization adapts search and discovery experiences, based on each user’s live behavior in-session. Instead of relying only on past data or segments, businesses can now serve both first-time and returning users with more relevant results and content, improving engagement and increasing conversions. Click here to learn more.

Smart Groups in the Composition API now support placement of results from external sources, such as Retail Media Networks or recommendation engines. At query-time, external objectIDs can be passed and placed into predefined Smart Groups, with flexible options to preserve external ranking or re-rank using AI and Index Rules. In Merchandising Studio, users can preview Smart Group placeholders in the Visualize page and configure them in the Composition Rule Editor. This enhancement streamlines integration of external results, giving retailers and marketplaces more control, visibility, and impact on engagement and revenue. Click here to learn more.

Ask AI is now generally available, expanding beyond documentation search to support broader site experiences - across support portals, blogs, marketing pages, and more. With new flexible UI options and streamlined setup, teams can quickly deploy accurate, conversational search powered by Algolia and the LLM of their choice. Click here to learn more.

v3.16 gives more control over indexing and merchandising. A new Indexing Manager centralizes visibility, reindexing, and dashboard access while making full indexing from indexer_reindex_all_invalid optional. Products and CMS pages can now be reindexed directly from grids, CLI tools give explicit control over full reindexing, and queue management now works without a separate crontab. Merchandising improves with dynamic faceting for more relevant filters and no-code redirects that guide shoppers in Autocomplete and InstantSearch. Click here to learn more.