1️⃣ User Presence and Activity Status
Odoo19 integrates a real-time presence status directly into the Discuss module, giving users more control over their availability. Similar to tools like Slack, this feature allows team members to set their status to Online 🟢, Do Not Disturb 🔴, or Offline ⚫, helping reduce interruptions and improving workplace communication.
⚙️ Functionality
- The status icon appears next to a user’s avatar in Discuss channels, private chats, and sidebar lists.
- Setting Do Not Disturb silences pop-up notifications, signaling to colleagues that you’re focused.
- Teams benefit from clear visibility on availability, resulting in more respectful communication.
📸 Example with Screenshot
A screenshot would show the Discuss sidebar with avatars displaying colored status dots. Clicking on the user’s profile in the top-right would reveal a dropdown menu for changing status.
This small but impactful feature enhances internal communication and collaboration, ensuring smoother, more considerate interactions across teams.
2️⃣ Integrated AI Assistant
The new AI-powered assistant in Odoo19 replaces the basic Odoobot with a far more capable agent. This assistant integrates with advanced LLMs (like ChatGPT or Gemini) and acts as a personal productivity tool across Odoo apps.
It provides contextual help, task automation, and intelligent recommendations, making it a real game-changer for users.
⚙️ Functionality
- Drafts and refines emails in the Chatter.
- Summarizes long discussions into key points.
- Suggests next steps in a sales pipeline.
- Uses company data + context for accurate outputs.
📸 Example with Screenshot
A screenshot would show the AI assistant panel inside a record’s chatter, where a user types: “Summarize the key points of this discussion” → and the AI instantly generates a summary.
By embedding a smart, contextual AI agent, Odoo19 revolutionizes the user experience, saving time on repetitive tasks and ensuring users always have intelligent support at their fingertips.
3️⃣ AI Fields in Odoo Studio
Odoo19 empowers non-technical users by allowing them to create AI-driven fields inside Odoo Studio. These fields can auto-populate or compute values using simple natural language prompts, eliminating the need for complex coding.
This is a major step towards low-code/no-code automation, making customization more accessible.
⚙️ Functionality
- Add an AI Field in Odoo Studio for any model (Contacts, Leads, Products, etc.).
- Define its behavior with a plain English prompt.
- Example: “Generate a product description based on specifications” or “Infer customer industry from website URL.”
- The AI field auto-updates records intelligently.
📸 Example with Screenshot
A screenshot would show the Odoo Studio editor, with “AI Field” selected and a prompt box where the user types: “Generate a summary of the project based on tasks and notes.”
With AI Fields, Odoo19 makes it easy for any user (not just developers) to create intelligent automations, cutting down implementation time and making workflows smarter than ever.
🎯 Final Takeaway
Odoo19’s general enhancements—from user presence indicators to the AI assistant and AI-powered Studio fields—collectively improve usability, communication, and automation. These features position Odoo19 as the most intelligent, user-friendly version yet, helping teams stay productive, focused, and empowered with AI-driven capabilities.
