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Release note card reading Updates June 2026

Product updates

Watermelon Product Update: June 2026

Discover everything we shipped in June, including Conversation Starters, Shopify, Agent Actions, and more.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 6, 2026 • 4 min

Release note card reading Updates June 2026

Product updates

Watermelon Product Update: June 2026

Discover everything we shipped in June, including Conversation Starters, Shopify, Agent Actions, and more.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 6, 2026 • 4 min

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Best practices

Conversation Starters: Help visitors start the right conversation

Help visitors start the right conversation with Conversation Starters. Discover how clickable suggested questions increase engagement, reduce friction, and improve customer service.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 3, 2026 • 3 min

Card reading 5 ways to use conversation starters, beside a chat window

Best practices

Conversation Starters: Help visitors start the right conversation

Help visitors start the right conversation with Conversation Starters. Discover how clickable suggested questions increase engagement, reduce friction, and improve customer service.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 3, 2026 • 3 min

Release note card reading Updates May 2026

Product updates

Watermelon Product Update: May 2026

Discover everything we shipped in May 2026, including AI Engine 2.0, GPT-5.4 support, stronger security, better crawler results and a redesigned Agent Overview.

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Alexander Wijninga

June 5, 2026 • 5 min

Release note card reading Updates May 2026

Product updates

Watermelon Product Update: May 2026

Discover everything we shipped in May 2026, including AI Engine 2.0, GPT-5.4 support, stronger security, better crawler results and a redesigned Agent Overview.

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Alexander Wijninga

June 5, 2026 • 5 min

Release card announcing AI Engine 2.0 with three highlighted improvements

AI Agents

Introducing AI Engine 2.0: Faster, Smarter and More Reliable

AI Engine 2.0 is the biggest upgrade to Watermelon Agents yet. Faster responses, improved retrieval, smarter conversations and new GPT-5.4 models.

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Alexander Wijninga

June 1, 2026 • 4 min

Release card announcing AI Engine 2.0 with three highlighted improvements

AI Agents

Introducing AI Engine 2.0: Faster, Smarter and More Reliable

AI Engine 2.0 is the biggest upgrade to Watermelon Agents yet. Faster responses, improved retrieval, smarter conversations and new GPT-5.4 models.

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Alexander Wijninga

June 1, 2026 • 4 min

AI Customer Service

The Best Helpdesk Software for eCommerce in 2026

We actually checked these help desk solutions with the best features so it is easier for you to make an informed decision. Check the best help desks for eCom.

Alexander Wijninga

April 2, 2026 • 14 min

AI Customer Service

The Best Helpdesk Software for eCommerce in 2026

We actually checked these help desk solutions with the best features so it is easier for you to make an informed decision. Check the best help desks for eCom.

Alexander Wijninga

April 2, 2026 • 14 min

Illustration of a person at a laptop chatting with an AI Agent

AI Customer Service

5 Big Changes in Customer Service Coming in 2026

Discover the advancements shaping the future of customer service in 2026, from personalised AI Agents to omnichannel experiences.

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Alexander Wijninga

March 26, 2026 • 5 min

Illustration of a person at a laptop chatting with an AI Agent

AI Customer Service

5 Big Changes in Customer Service Coming in 2026

Discover the advancements shaping the future of customer service in 2026, from personalised AI Agents to omnichannel experiences.

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Alexander Wijninga

March 26, 2026 • 5 min

Screenshot of an AI Agent drafting a reply to a customer email

AI Customer Service

Automate Your Email with Your AI Agent

Automate your inbox with your AI Agent. Respond to emails instantly, reduce repetitive work and scale support without changing your email setup.

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Alexander Wijninga

March 24, 2026 • 3 min

Screenshot of an AI Agent drafting a reply to a customer email

AI Customer Service

Automate Your Email with Your AI Agent

Automate your inbox with your AI Agent. Respond to emails instantly, reduce repetitive work and scale support without changing your email setup.

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Alexander Wijninga

March 24, 2026 • 3 min

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Company & Culture

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen 2026

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen in Jaarbeurs Utrecht and discover how to automate your customer support with one AI Agent, with live demos at Booth #86.

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Alexander Wijninga

March 17, 2026 • 2 min

Visitors walking through the halls of a trade fair

Company & Culture

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen 2026

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen in Jaarbeurs Utrecht and discover how to automate your customer support with one AI Agent, with live demos at Booth #86.

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Alexander Wijninga

March 17, 2026 • 2 min

Card reading Build your first AI Agent for free, beside the Watermelon playground

AI Agents

Free AI Agent: build and use an AI Agent for free with Watermelon

Looking for a free AI Agent? With Watermelon you can build and use an AI Agent for free. No credit card, no trial, unlimited time.

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Alexander Wijninga

February 9, 2026 • 2 min

Card reading Build your first AI Agent for free, beside the Watermelon playground

AI Agents

Free AI Agent: build and use an AI Agent for free with Watermelon

Looking for a free AI Agent? With Watermelon you can build and use an AI Agent for free. No credit card, no trial, unlimited time.

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Alexander Wijninga

February 9, 2026 • 2 min

The best chatbots in 2023

AI Agents

The Best 10 AI chatbots in 2026

In 2026, the Best Chatbots Leading The Industry include GPT-4, Watermelon, and Zapier AI Chatbot, each with their own pros and cons. Among the most user-friendly options are YouChat, KoalaChat, and Google Bard.

Charl Haas

January 20, 2026 • 15 min

The best chatbots in 2023

AI Agents

The Best 10 AI chatbots in 2026

In 2026, the Best Chatbots Leading The Industry include GPT-4, Watermelon, and Zapier AI Chatbot, each with their own pros and cons. Among the most user-friendly options are YouChat, KoalaChat, and Google Bard.

Charl Haas

January 20, 2026 • 15 min

AI Agents: the enterprise solution for customer service

AI Customer Service

AI Agents: the enterprise solution for customer service

Discover how Watermelon AI Agents make your enterprise customer service smarter, more personal, and efficient 24/7.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 24, 2025 • 4 min

AI Agents: the enterprise solution for customer service

AI Customer Service

AI Agents: the enterprise solution for customer service

Discover how Watermelon AI Agents make your enterprise customer service smarter, more personal, and efficient 24/7.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 24, 2025 • 4 min

Always reliable customer service with AI agents

AI Customer Service

Always reliable customer service with AI agents

Enhance your customer service with an AI agent that’s available 24/7, provides consistent answers, and supports your team.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 24, 2025 • 3 min

Always reliable customer service with AI agents

AI Customer Service

Always reliable customer service with AI agents

Enhance your customer service with an AI agent that’s available 24/7, provides consistent answers, and supports your team.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 24, 2025 • 3 min

Increase the productivity of your customer service team with AI Agents

AI Customer Service

Increase the productivity of your customer service team with AI Agents

Imagine your customer service team spending their entire day answering the same questions. How productive and satisfied would they really be? Not very. An AI Agent is the solution to this problem.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 24, 2025 • 3 min

Increase the productivity of your customer service team with AI Agents

AI Customer Service

Increase the productivity of your customer service team with AI Agents

Imagine your customer service team spending their entire day answering the same questions. How productive and satisfied would they really be? Not very. An AI Agent is the solution to this problem.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 24, 2025 • 3 min

Why mid-size companies are switching to an AI Agent for customer service

AI Customer Service

Why mid-size companies are switching to an AI Agent for customer service

How mid-size companies boost customer service with an AI Agent: automate FAQs, generate leads, and improve customer satisfaction 24/7.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 12, 2025 • 4 min

Why mid-size companies are switching to an AI Agent for customer service

AI Customer Service

Why mid-size companies are switching to an AI Agent for customer service

How mid-size companies boost customer service with an AI Agent: automate FAQs, generate leads, and improve customer satisfaction 24/7.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 12, 2025 • 4 min

How multichannel service improves your customer support

AI Customer Service

How multichannel service improves your customer support

In a world where customers are active on more channels than ever, being reachable at the right moment is more important than ever. How do you do that? With multichannel software.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 12, 2025 • 3 min

How multichannel service improves your customer support

AI Customer Service

How multichannel service improves your customer support

In a world where customers are active on more channels than ever, being reachable at the right moment is more important than ever. How do you do that? With multichannel software.

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Alexander Wijninga

December 12, 2025 • 3 min

How to use all Watermelon features for optimal customer service

AI Customer Service

How to use all Watermelon features for optimal customer service

With one platform you manage all service channels, build your intelligent AI Agent and track every interaction. Discover how to get the most out of Watermelon’s features to help customers faster and better.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 3 min

How to use all Watermelon features for optimal customer service

AI Customer Service

How to use all Watermelon features for optimal customer service

With one platform you manage all service channels, build your intelligent AI Agent and track every interaction. Discover how to get the most out of Watermelon’s features to help customers faster and better.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 3 min

Get more out of your service with user-friendly helpdesk software

AI Customer Service

Get more out of your service with user-friendly helpdesk software

How do you keep everything organised and still offer a personal touch? The right helpdesk software makes all the difference.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 4 min

Get more out of your service with user-friendly helpdesk software

AI Customer Service

Get more out of your service with user-friendly helpdesk software

How do you keep everything organised and still offer a personal touch? The right helpdesk software makes all the difference.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 4 min

How connecting all your channels improves your AI customer service

AI Customer Service

How connecting all your channels improves your AI customer service

Discover why connecting all your channels to your AI customer service is essential and how to do it easily yourself.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 5 min

How connecting all your channels improves your AI customer service

AI Customer Service

How connecting all your channels improves your AI customer service

Discover why connecting all your channels to your AI customer service is essential and how to do it easily yourself.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 5 min

Automate and personalize your customer service with support software

AI Customer Service

Automate and personalize your customer service with support software

Discover how support software and AI Agents make your customer service more efficient, keep every touchpoint personal and ensure you never miss a message again.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 2 min

Automate and personalize your customer service with support software

AI Customer Service

Automate and personalize your customer service with support software

Discover how support software and AI Agents make your customer service more efficient, keep every touchpoint personal and ensure you never miss a message again.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 28, 2025 • 2 min

How the revamped ticketing system optimizes your AI customer service

AI Customer Service

How the revamped ticketing system optimizes your AI customer service

A ticketing system helps you keep track of customer inquiries and respond to them efficiently. But there’s a potential pitfall: if every question is immediately turned into a ticket, customers can quickly feel like just another number.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 21, 2025 • 4 min

How the revamped ticketing system optimizes your AI customer service

AI Customer Service

How the revamped ticketing system optimizes your AI customer service

A ticketing system helps you keep track of customer inquiries and respond to them efficiently. But there’s a potential pitfall: if every question is immediately turned into a ticket, customers can quickly feel like just another number.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 21, 2025 • 4 min

Working with AI: how humans and robots strengthen each other

AI Customer Service

Working with AI: how humans and robots strengthen each other

Let your AI Agent handle frequently asked questions. Prefer speaking to a real person? Then the conversation is automatically routed to the right colleague. That way humans and robots can truly complement each other.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 21, 2025 • 3 min

Working with AI: how humans and robots strengthen each other

AI Customer Service

Working with AI: how humans and robots strengthen each other

Let your AI Agent handle frequently asked questions. Prefer speaking to a real person? Then the conversation is automatically routed to the right colleague. That way humans and robots can truly complement each other.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 21, 2025 • 3 min

How an AI Agent can reduce calls and emails by up to 85 percent

AI Agents

How an AI Agent can reduce calls and emails by up to 96 percent

Your team’s to-do list keeps growing and incoming emails and calls constantly pull them out of focus. Much of these messages are about the same standard questions, questions that could easily be automated.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 21, 2025 • 2 min

How an AI Agent can reduce calls and emails by up to 85 percent

AI Agents

How an AI Agent can reduce calls and emails by up to 96 percent

Your team’s to-do list keeps growing and incoming emails and calls constantly pull them out of focus. Much of these messages are about the same standard questions, questions that could easily be automated.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 21, 2025 • 2 min

The smart AI customer service solution for SME

AI Agents

The smart AI customer service solution for SME

Is your customer service team spending too much time answering the same recurring questions? There’s a more efficient way. The solution? An AI-powered customer service system.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 14, 2025 • 2 min

The smart AI customer service solution for SME

AI Agents

The smart AI customer service solution for SME

Is your customer service team spending too much time answering the same recurring questions? There’s a more efficient way. The solution? An AI-powered customer service system.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 14, 2025 • 2 min

How AI keeps your customer service running 24/7

AI Customer Service

How AI keeps your customer service running 24/7

Let your customer service run 24/7 with an AI Agent that answers customer questions quickly, prevents duplicate messages, and supports your team.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 14, 2025 • 3 min

How AI keeps your customer service running 24/7

AI Customer Service

How AI keeps your customer service running 24/7

Let your customer service run 24/7 with an AI Agent that answers customer questions quickly, prevents duplicate messages, and supports your team.

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Alexander Wijninga

November 14, 2025 • 3 min

Watermelon feature release Smart Fields

Product updates

Smart Fields in Watermelon: The Complete Guide

Learn how Smart Fields in Watermelon let AI Agents capture, store, and reuse customer data automatically. From names to IDs, connect with CRMs and systems to reduce repetition, speed up support, and deliver personal conversations.

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Alexander Wijninga

September 24, 2025 • 4 min

Watermelon feature release Smart Fields

Product updates

Smart Fields in Watermelon: The Complete Guide

Learn how Smart Fields in Watermelon let AI Agents capture, store, and reuse customer data automatically. From names to IDs, connect with CRMs and systems to reduce repetition, speed up support, and deliver personal conversations.

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Alexander Wijninga

September 24, 2025 • 4 min

AI Agent and human client in meeting

AI Customer Service

The Future of AI in Customer support: Innovation-Challenges

Customer interactions are evolving rapidly with the rise of AI in customer service. This technology is changing the way companies communicate with customers.

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Alexander Wijninga

September 11, 2025 • 3 min

AI Agent and human client in meeting

AI Customer Service

The Future of AI in Customer support: Innovation-Challenges

Customer interactions are evolving rapidly with the rise of AI in customer service. This technology is changing the way companies communicate with customers.

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Alexander Wijninga

September 11, 2025 • 3 min

Future-proofing your brand with an AI Agent

Best practices

Future-proofing your brand with an AI Agent

Stay ahead by integrating an AI Agent into your brand. Deliver instant, on-brand support, scale effortlessly, gain insights, and free your team to focus on what matters most—today and in the future.

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Alexander Wijninga

August 18, 2025 • 4 min

Future-proofing your brand with an AI Agent

Best practices

Future-proofing your brand with an AI Agent

Stay ahead by integrating an AI Agent into your brand. Deliver instant, on-brand support, scale effortlessly, gain insights, and free your team to focus on what matters most—today and in the future.

Author avatar

Alexander Wijninga

August 18, 2025 • 4 min

gpt-5 and 9 other models available

Product updates

Choosing the right model for your AI Agent

This blog breaks down key terms and reviews all options from Watermelon, so you can pick the perfect AI Agent for your business.

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Alexander Wijninga

August 8, 2025 • 4 min

gpt-5 and 9 other models available

Product updates

Choosing the right model for your AI Agent

This blog breaks down key terms and reviews all options from Watermelon, so you can pick the perfect AI Agent for your business.

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Alexander Wijninga

August 8, 2025 • 4 min

automated tagging

Product updates

Introducing Automated Tags: Organize Conversations Effortlessly

Effortlessly organize customer conversations with Automated Tags in Watermelon. Tags are applied automatically based on the topic, no manual work needed. Save time, stay structured, and get instant context.

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Alexander Wijninga

August 6, 2025 • 3 min

automated tagging

Product updates

Introducing Automated Tags: Organize Conversations Effortlessly

Effortlessly organize customer conversations with Automated Tags in Watermelon. Tags are applied automatically based on the topic, no manual work needed. Save time, stay structured, and get instant context.

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Alexander Wijninga

August 6, 2025 • 3 min

black friday

AI Customer Service

AI support for Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Prepare for Black Friday & Cyber Monday with smarter, faster customer support powered by AI.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 31, 2025 • 4 min

black friday

AI Customer Service

AI support for Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Prepare for Black Friday & Cyber Monday with smarter, faster customer support powered by AI.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 31, 2025 • 4 min