Smokeball Bill and Boost Releases January 2026

View all new features and refinements to Smokeball Bill and Boost for this month.

January 22, 2026

Invoice reminder title improvements

The title and subtitle on invoice reminders now match the title and subtitle specified in the Invoice Settings of the matter, or the Invoice Template. Prior to this change, the Invoice Reminder always followed the matter number - client - matter type - other side order.

Option to configure partial payments to apply to disbursements first

You can now choose to have partial payments apply to disbursements first, before being allocated to time and fee entries. Note if your firm has connected Xero or MYOB to Smokeball, we do not recommend that you enable this option.

Learn more about configuring partial payment allocations.

January 20, 2026

The following update is only available for Smokeball Boost firms with the Intake Add-on:

Customise the messaging for specific Intake Forms

You can now edit the New Intake Message, Reminder Message and form completion Confirmation Message for specific Intake Forms by selecting Settings > Message Templates when you have the form open in the Form Builder.

January 14, 2026

The following update is only available for Smokeball Boost firms with the Archie Add-on:

Archie Prompt Input Builder

You can now make Archie collect information that is not stored in a matter by creating Prompt Inputs. Prompt Inputs are run before the prompt itself and give Archie more context to generate a better answer.

Learn more about Prompt Inputs.

January 6, 2026

The following updates are only available for Smokeball Boost firms with the Intake Add-on:

Auto-fill on names in Intake Forms 

If a person’s contact details have already been entered in an Intake Form, typing the first two letters of their name will allow the respondent to reuse those details instead of entering them again.

Auto-fill on company contact details in Intake Forms

If a company's contact details have already been entered in an Intake Form, typing the first two letters of their name will allow the respondent to reuse those details instead of entering them again.

Contact Name column in the Intake tab of a matter/lead

We have added a column that displays the Contact the Intake Form was sent to, providing better visibility when forms have been sent to multiple parties.

Copy a group and section in the Intake Form builder

A Copy icon has been added to the top-right corner of a Group in the Intake Form builder.

A Copy icon has also been added to the Edit Sections area.