# What's New

## These are the highlights of our Helmut4 release 4.9.0:

#### New features

* Introduction of a new [Assets](/helmut4-releases/v4.9.0/helmut4-components/helmutco/assets.md) tab in Cosmo, enabling asset browsing and triggering of asset-based workflows
* Custom CO stream trigger
* Added compatibility with Adobe CC 2025

#### Improvements

* Various bug fixes for the Helmut Web and Panel, including consistent focus view, polling adjustments, and improvements when using filter chips
* Resolved minor bugs related to metadata ordering for groups and metadata sets
* Fixed an indexing issue affecting Windows clients
* Addressed two issues related to watch folders
* Miscellaneous minor bug fixes

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Please pay close attention and read the [Upgrade Guide](/helmut4-releases/v4.9.0/getting-started/upgrade-guide.md) for both the [Helmut4 Client](https://docs.helmut.de/helmut4-releases/v4.9.0/release-notes/pages/AIyPmu34ooYSMnVmW5zD#update-procedure-from-version-4.7-and-earlier-to-version-4.8-and-newer) and [Helmut4 Server](/helmut4-releases/v4.9.0/getting-started/installation-guide/helmut4-server.md) in advance.
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For more detailed information, please refer to our [Changelog](/helmut4-releases/v4.9.0/release-notes/changelog.md).\
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If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our [Helmut Support](/helmut4-releases/v4.9.0/support/requesting-support.md) Team!


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