This article details the updates to the Hypothesis web app. For information on the changes to the Hypothesis LMS app, please click here.
| Release Date | Feature | Description |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Unanchored Annotations | Unanchored annotations allow users to view annotations or replies that are no longer linked to visible text or annotations respectively. |
| August 2025 | Single sign-on (SSO) | New users can sign up for a Hypothesis account via Google, Facebook, or ORCID, and existing users can link their accounts to these SSO options. |
| May 2025 | Image Annotations | The Image Annotations feature allows Hypothesis users create area selections over PDF documents when creating annotations. |
| March 2025 | @mentions | The @mentions feature allows users to mention specific users of the Hypothesis web app and make sure those users receive a notification of the mention. |
| June 2024 | Self-Service User Deletion | It offers a user-facing facility that allows users to delete their own Hypothesis web app accounts. |
| April 2024 | Pending Annotation Updates Notification in the Sidebar | Improved way of notifying the user of the new annotations that happened on the current webpage being viewed. |
| February 2024 | Additional Formats for Annotation Export | Plain text, CSV and HTML options have been added as supported file formats when exporting annotations. |
| December 2023 | Display Page Numbers on VitalSource and PDF Annotations | Annotations made on PDF and VitalSource readings will now display the page number of the annotated text. |
| September 2023 | Export/ Import Annotation | Enables users to export annotations for their records, and import annotations to reuse them. |
| July 2023 | Side-by-side Mode | Prevents the annotation pane from overlapping the page content. |