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.

The latest DocSearch release brings a more powerful, flexible, and conversational experience for both developers and end users. A redesigned Playground Editor offers live previews and deeper configuration control, while DocSearch v4.3 introduces Suggested Questions, a composable API, and improved UI/UX stability. Field Mapping now supports custom data shapes, expanding compatibility beyond crawler-generated content. With enhanced performance and new Ask AI–powered search on Algolia Docs, DocSearch delivers faster setup, richer customization, and smarter discovery. 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.

Customers can now promote the winning variant of an AB test with a few clicks from the dashboard UI. This enhancement allows users to declare a winner after an AB test and then copy those settings to their production index. Users can easily promote all query parameters and index settings, as well as settings for Personalization, Dynamic Re-Ranking, and Neural Search. Variant promotion for multi-index tests does not copy rules or synonyms and we recommend reviewing your production settings after promotion. Customers can revert their settings within 14 days of a change, providing flexibility to restore previous configurations if needed.