2026 Wave 1 - Release Guide

We’re pleased to introduce Version 28.0 in this Wave 1 release of 2026. This release brings together a range of new features and enhancements designed to improve your experience and support the way you work.

Each feature and enhancement can be explored in more detail by selecting the links provided, taking you through to dedicated articles that explain the functionality, benefits, and how it can be used within your solution.

This guide is designed to give you a complete view of what’s coming in this release, helping you plan, prepare, and make the most of the latest improvements to Elite.

For a list of the previous wave's release guide for version 27.0, please refer to the following article: 2025 Release Wave 2

Product Area	Feature/Enhancement	Availability
AI	Owner AI	General Availability
	Enhanced Copilot Chat	General Availability
General	New Report Layouts	General Availability
	Modern UI	Elite Feature Management
	Elite Feature Management	General Availability
	Matrices Feature Management	Elite Feature Management
	Report Layout Migration	General Availability
Finance	EliteBilling	General Availability
	Financial Reporting Enhancements	General Availability
	Control the lifecycle of report layouts	General Availability
	Dynamically Calculate Posting Periods	General Availability
	Create Purchase Quote for contacts	General Availability
	Match purchase invoices to multiple order and reciept lines	General Availability
Berth Deals	Berth Availability on Contracts	General Availability
Deals	Bring on Deal Via Lead	General Availability
	Deal Site Task Template	General Availability
	Update Unit via Purchase Order	General Availability
	Multiple Part Exchange Deals	General Availability
	New Deal from Membership	General Availability
Park Management	Added Key Management	General Availability
Maintenance	Maintenance Job Matrix	General Availability
Owners	Owner Contractors	General Availability
	Multiple Assign Owner Contractors	General Availability
	On Account	General Availability
Bookings	Booking Agent Filter	General Availability
	Special Offer - Multi select setup	General Availability
Activities	Activity Matrix (Preview)	General Availability
Events	Events Matrix (Preview)	General Availability
Rentals	Enhancements to Rentals	General Availability
	Rental Matrix (Preview)	General Availability
	EliteRequests for Rentals	General Availability
Services	Related Services Actions	General Availability
	Service Matrix (Preview)	General Availability
	Service Comments & Pictures	General Availability
MyElite	Enhancement to Articles & Announcements	General Availability
	Add Reason Code override for Owner Bookings	General Availability
	Self Onboarding	General Availability
	My Elite Image Enhancements	General Availability
	My Elite Permissions	General Availability
	Deal Document Permissions	General Availability
EliteApps	EliteApps v2	General Availability
	EliteApps v2 User Guide	General Availability
	Additional EliteApps Functionality	General Availability
Integration	CardStream Integration	General Availability
	Brego Integration	General Availability
	Waterways Integration	General Availability
	DocuSign Integration	General Availability
	Plug & Play Module	General Availability
	Play it Green - Simplified onboarding	General Availability