Smokeball Grow and Prosper+ Releases August 2026

View all new features and refinements to Smokeball Grow and Prosper+ for this month.

20th August 2026

The Smokeball Web App has been updated:

• The Web App has been updated with a new logo!

  

• Failed charges on payment plans now give more descriptive error messages when you hover over them.
• Fixed a bug where Invoice Title, Subtitle and Notes in a matter's Invoice Settings reset to None after navigating away from and returning to Edit Matter.

17th August 2026

• Property (QLD) has been added as a new matter category. It currently contains the Strata Advice (QLD) and By-Laws (QLD) lead and matter types. Learn more about the Property matter category, Strata Advice (QLD) and By-Laws (QLD).
• The Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT) folder has been deleted from the Court and Authority Forms section in the Precedent Library as the forms are no longer publicly available and VOCAT has been replaced by the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS). If you need access to the folder, right-click on the Precedent Library and select Show deleted.

11th August 2026

Smokeball Intake has been updated:

• You can now customise the background colour of your Intake Forms as part of your firm's Branding Settings.

  • Options include Default, Brand Color, White or Transparent. Use Transparent when the form is embedded on your website and you want it to blend into your existing page design.
  • The background colour applies to all existing and new Intake Forms for your firm.

  

• Fixed an issue with a large blank space appearing in the generated PDF when a form includes multiple contacts in a group.
• Fixed an issue where changing a form's message templates was not triggering the publish modal.
• Fixed an issue where the checkbox and toggle box in Smokeball Settings > Intake Forms > General appeared cut off when selected.
• Fixed an issue where the "leave without publishing" modal remained on screen after the previous 'publish form' modal was closed.

6th August 2026

The Smokeball Web App has been updated with the following:

• Fixed an issue where hyphens could not be entered in Activity Codes in the Web App.
• Fixed an issue where staff with Invoice Read Only permissions could not send or download Invoice Adjustment Note PDFs.

• The option to Send Via Client Portal has been added to the Invoice and Adjustment Note view.

  

5th August 2026

The Smokeball Mobile App has been updated with the following:

• Liquid Glass compatibility has been added to the iPhone and iPad versions of the Mobile App.
• You can now secure the Smokeball Mobile App with a lock screen or Face ID to trigger after the app is sent to the background and reopened, or has been idle. To set this up:
  1. Tap on Menu on the bottom bar.

  2. Tap on Settings, then Security.

     

  3. Toggle on the Lock Screen option.

     

  4. Set up a PIN number and confirm it to enable the lock screen.

     

  5. [iOS App only and Optional] Toggle on Unlock with Face ID to enable the option to unlock the Mobile App with Face ID, and have the PIN number as a backup option for when Face ID fails.

     

  6. After you enable the Lock Screen, set how long it takes to auto-lock in two situations:
     • Lock when in the background: when you switch away from the app

     • Lock when idle: when the app is open on screen but not in use

       

4th August 2026

Version 9.19 of the Smokeball Desktop App is now available to all users. If you are not receiving a prompt to update, log out and back in to the Desktop App.

Version 9.19 contains the following refinements:

• The InfoTrack ribbon has been removed from the InfoTrack tab to prevent duplicate searches from being placed on this screen.

  

• Restored the ability to see both a matter contact and its parent Organisation contact when selecting contacts in a matter.
• Fixed an issue with memos not syncing from the Smokeball Mobile App.
• Fixed a slowness and freezing issue that occurred when there were a large number of contacts in a Select Contacts screen. The window now loads instantly, with a search bar, resizable dialog, alphabetical sorting, and bolded last names.
• Fixed an issue where the window "There are unsaved changes" kept appearing when switching to the Contact Details tab from Safe Custody Register in a contact card. 
• Fixed a bug in the VIC, NSW, QLD Settlement Financials layout where the Amount Required to Settle was showing as blank.
• Fixed an issue when sharing an Intake Form via email opened an Outlook draft email with no pre-filled content.

FamilyProperty has been updated with the following bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue that was causing formatting to be lost in the rich text boxes and now allow two separate lists to be added, e.g. in the Contributions summary.

• The Considerations Report will now generate with two separate lists that were entered via a rich text box.