# Evolve 8 is here **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [October 7, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/evolve-8-is-here/887 "2020-10-07T13:28:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon59780582](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@anon59780582](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/anon59780582)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/evolve-8-is-here/887/1 "2020-10-07T13:28:43Z")
Evolve version 8 has been released! Check out the release notes at [https://www.appitierre.com/blog/evolve-8/](https://www.appitierre.com/blog/evolve-8/) Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![KitzzyWP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/kitzzywp/32/445_2.png) [@KitzzyWP](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/KitzzyWP)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/evolve-8-is-here/887/2 "2020-10-07T18:29:20Z")
Yes! Should this be showing up automatically or do we need to trigger this upgrade in our instance? ---
**Author:** ![SalAli](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/salali/32/351_2.png) [@SalAli](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/SalAli)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/evolve-8-is-here/887/3 "2020-10-07T18:59:25Z")
@KitzzyWP It’ll show up automatically in the next day or so. ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/hbailey/32/603_2.png) [@hbailey](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/evolve-8-is-here/887/4 "2020-10-08T09:11:32Z")
OMG OMG OMG!!! Why does an Evolve upgrade announcement make my eyes light up and my heart beat faster!!! It’s like a little ray of light in a dark world. Can’t wait to find out what’s new! _skips off to read the blog_