August 2025 Product Update: New Features
Google Business Profile Widgets
Showcase your Google reviews anywhere on your website with embeddable widgets
We’re excited to introduce Google Business Profile Widgets, allowing you to easily showcase your Google reviews on your website using embeddable widgets with multiple display styles, placement options, and customization settings.
Key Features:
- Easy Integration: Copy and paste a single line of HTML code
- Responsive Design: Automatically adapts to mobile, tablet, and desktop screens
- Real-time Sync: Automatically pulls your latest Google reviews
- Fully Customizable: Choose from themes, review limits, rating filters, and placement options
Available Widget Types:
- Badge Widget: Compact display showing your business rating and review count, perfect for headers, footers, or sidebars
- Button Widget: Call-to-action styled widget similar to the badge
- Grid Widget: Display multiple customer reviews in a responsive grid layout
Flexible Placement Options:
- Inline placement within your page content
- Fixed floating positions (bottom-right or bottom-left)
Advanced Configuration:
- Filter reviews by minimum star rating
- Limit the number of reviews displayed
- Show/hide review photos and Google branding
- Choose between light and dark themes
- Mobile-optimized with asynchronous loading for optimal performance
What it looks like:
You can see some of the buttons live on Total Air Inc
GBP Badge Widget
GBP Button Widget
Slide-out Reviews (when Badge or Button is clicked/pressed)
GBP Slider Cards
GBP Grid Cards
Learn more here: https://help.launchsms.com/knowledge-base/google-business-profile-widget-integration/
🔄 Updates & Improvements
Enhanced Contact Screen Experience
We’ve updated the Contact Screen in the LaunchSMS mobile app to provide better contact management capabilities:
New Contact Management Features:
- Improved Tag Management: Add tags to contacts by pressing the Manage Tags button, select desired tags, and press Save. Create new tags instantly with the Add New Tag feature
- Enhanced Notes System: Add notes to contacts through the Customer Notes section using the + button with an improved pop-up interface
- Streamlined Contact Editing: Edit contact information using the Pencil Icon with an improved editing interface (note: phone numbers remain locked for data integrity)
Product Tier Restructuring
We’re simplifying our product offerings with a new three-tier structure:
New Product Tiers:
- Solo: Perfect for individual users and small operations
- Pro: Designed for growing businesses with advanced needs
- Enterprise: Comprehensive solution for large organizations
Feature allocations for each tier will be updated and announced in the coming weeks.
Google Business Profile Integration Expansion
Now available across all LaunchSMS Product Tiers
The Google Business Profile integration, including the new widget functionality, is now accessible to users on all LaunchSMS product tiers (Solo, Pro, and Enterprise). This ensures that businesses of all sizes can leverage the power of Google review integration and display capabilities.
📚 Additional Resources
- Google Business Profile Widget Setup Guide: View Integration Documentation
- Mobile App Navigation Guide: Getting to Know the LaunchSMS App
For technical support or questions about these updates, please contact our support team or visit our help center.