Asana Winter 2026 Release: Reduce time from planning to delivery with customizable automations and prebuilt AI Teammates

The Winter Release is here with a mission to help teams reduce the time that it takes to move from planning to delivery with customizable automations and prebuilt AI Teammates. We’re introducing new ways that can empower teams to operate with greater speed and clarity. With collaborative AI that understands your unique needs, more robust progress tracking, and enhanced automation, this release is designed to eliminate manual friction and accelerate your team’s impact.

Go to market faster, scale operations, flag risks, and more with AI Teammates

Work smarter, not harder. Create your own custom Teammate from scratch - no coding required - or get started quickly with our prebuilt AI Teammates that understand your team’s unique needs and work alongside you to deliver real results.

• Speed up results with AI Teammates: Drive clarity, alignment, and next steps with ready-to-use AI Teammates like the Campaign Brief Writer, Workflow Optimizer, and Compliance Specialist - each designed to help you and your teams tackle complex workflows. The Campaign Brief Writer turns scattered notes and strategy docs into structured campaign briefs. The Workflow Optimizer can quickly identify and address gaps in processes by building the necessary automations, while the Compliance Specialist ensures work adheres to regulatory standards. These agents can integrate directly in team workflows across Marketing, Operations, IT, and more. They can enable marketers to move seamlessly from kickoff to execution, operations teams to scale complex processes for faster impact, and IT teams to maintain compliance without slowing down. Learn more about AI Teammates here.

• Bridge the gap from AI chat to work with the new Asana app in Claude: Turn ideas and concepts into action directly from your conversations with Claude. From a single conversation in Claude, you can check on the status of portfolios, preview project structure, and kick off entirely new projects in Asana.

• Automate intake directly from Slack with AI Studio: Capture requests where they happen and automatically convert them into structured work in Asana. Teams have the full context and details required to move seamlessly from intake to delivery.

Monitor goals with more structured tracking and focus

Enable your organization to operate in greater clarity and confidence, with the big picture in view at all times.

• Monitor goal progress with enhanced custom fields on goals: Gain clarity and visibility on goal progress with the ability to sort, categorize, and zoom in on the initiatives that matter most.

• Capture robust data across projects with expanded custom field limits: Track key details and report out on complex projects. The expanded limits provide more data points and the capacity needed to operate the different workstreams. 

• Standardize permissions with shared project access with portfolios: Ensure that the right stakeholders have the right access to the right workstreams. Maintain consistent permissions across portfolios and projects. 

• Stay in the zone with modes: The new navigation (coming soon) helps organize your Asana workspace with more intentionality and by the type of work you’re doing – whether you’re focused on the day-to-day deliverables or managing high-level strategy.

Save time with more flexible, reusable rules

Rules and automations should make your life easier, not harder. You can now build automation that’s as sophisticated as your team’s needs without the manual rework. 

• Manage complex rule logic with enhancements in the rule builder: The enhanced rule builder makes it simpler to manage intricate rule logic, ensuring your workflows can run smoothly without constant oversight. 

• Eliminate rework with rule duplication: Scale successful workflows in a few clicks with the ability to duplicate rules within and across projects. Save hours on rebuilding or tailoring processes. 

• Optimize performance with automatic AI model selection: Remove the guesswork and build AI-powered rules that work best for you and your team.

Explore the Winter 2026 release

Discover how Asana's Winter 2026 release can help you deliver faster on critical results and manage projects at a higher scale. 

Join our upcoming live webinar in April for live demos and expert Q&A: Register now.