Whiteboards have long been synonymous with creativity and collaboration, the go-to tool for brainstorming and problem-solving before the digital era took over. Yet, in today’s digital landscape, most whiteboard tools fail to live up to their potential. They’re often clunky, disconnected, and hinder collaboration instead of fueling it. Even the team at ClickUp have admitted that prior iterations of their whiteboard feature have fallen short of the mark, “But let’s face it—whiteboarding tools, even our own, haven’t kept up. They’ve been clunky, disconnected, and limited.”
Thankfully, the productivity tool’s developers have been paying close attention to the voices of users like you—and us. By combining a wealth of insightful suggestions with their own innovative ideas, they’ve reimagined the whiteboarding experience. Enter ClickUp Whiteboards 3.0: a game-changer packed with exciting updates, including sleek design improvements, faster performance, and powerful new features that take collaboration to the next level.
At Upficient, we’ve been part of the ClickUp Whiteboard development every step of the way. As Solutions Architects, we’ve worked closely with users to identify and advocate for key feature requests that could elevate whiteboards to new heights. With the launch of Whiteboards 3.0, we’re thrilled to see some of our suggestions come to life—along with even more exciting updates on the horizon. Now, we’re ready to help you unlock the full potential of these features, boosting productivity and streamlining your workflows like never before!
So what’s new in Whiteboards 3.0?
Overview of Speed & Reliability Upgrades
Speed is an essential element when it comes to brainstorming and real-time collaboration—nothing works to undermine a team's creative chemistry like a lagging tool that fails to keep up with your thoughts, suggestions, and ideas. Cognisant of this fact, and intent on enabling faster collaboration and a smoother user experience, the developers have transformed the speed and reliability of whiteboards in the most recent whiteboard rollout. With a 10x boost in speed and unmatched reliability, empower you to collaborate seamlessly, free from the frustration of lags or glitches that disrupt team productivity – the kind of team collaboration tool we like to employ!
These updates, in conjunction with improvements in sharing capabilities and task integration, are especially useful in Whiteboard project management scenarios, where real-time updates are at the forefront of effective project management.
Benefits for Users
With the introduction of more complex workflows, comes the need for faster, seamless tools. ClickUp Whiteboard now fulfills that need, enabling teams to incorporate complex scenarios and processes into their ideation, helping them to remain productive and aligned.
New Visual Design & Dark Mode
The ClickUp team identified design as another key element for healthy, robust collaboration. Subsequently, in their unrelenting pursuit to establish themselves as the go-to, all-in-one productivity tool, the wizards at ClickUp have introduced significant design changes in Whiteboards 3.0.
So what’s changed?
The updated whiteboard feature boasts an elegant new interface and an all new dark mode. With the rollout of ClickUp 3.0 in early 2023, came the introduction of whiteboard updates, designed to make the feature more intuitive and user-friendly. From a complete redesign of the toolbar, to the introduction of snap connectors, and the improvement of sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes. Now, with the most recent updates, the experts behind this productivity tool have put all of their focus into interface design. Apart from the wholesale changes made to the tool’s look and feel, dark mode presents an exciting opportunity for late-night workers who’ll no longer be straining their eyes as they wrap up that overdue client project
AI Integration for Image Creation
With the rollout of ClickUp 3.0 came the introduction of ClickUp brain—one of the platform’s most exciting new features. Eager to keep up with the ever-growing demand for comprehensive AI tools, most of ClickUp’s latest updates have seen significant AI integration. Take Chat, for example, and the introduction of AI agents, AI chat summaries, and AI-powered task creation. Whiteboards are no different, evidenced by the introduction of the new AI-powered Whiteboard feature, which enables users to generate visuals directly from text. This will undoubtedly improve efficiency and streamline workflows, as it allows users to seamlessly visualise concepts.
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Intuitive Touch Interaction
To address the widespread use of tablet and mobile devices in digital design, Whiteboards 3.0 includes a touch interface, which enables you to, “Sketch, draw, and build your vision with just a swipe.”(Introducing ClickUp Whiteboards 3.0: Where Creativity Meets Execution) No longer reliant on a laptop or computer, the all new touch interface makes it possible for on-the-go team members to quickly and intuitively bring their ideas to life.
Template Library Expansion
One of the many benefits of adopting ClickUp as your preferred productivity tool, is the platform's extensive library of List, Folder and Space templates, allowing you to quickly develop a complex workspace tailored to your business. Now, with the introduction of a broad range of ClickUp Whiteboard templates, you can achieve comprehensive whiteboards, available for a variety of use cases, at the click of a button. What’s more, the collaboration tool’s customizable nature allows you to tweak these templates to perfectly reflect your workflows. Instead of wasting hours mapping out the structure of your whiteboard, enlist the help of a template, so that you can focus on the important elements of the process—like ideation and collaboration.
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Easy Sharing & Integration
With historically rigid, restrictive sharing options, whiteboards have often been overlooked—especially when it comes to external engagements with clients or other third-parties. However, with enhanced sharing capabilities, and increased internal integration, whiteboards have become a user-friendly feature – now a genuine consideration as one of the best whiteboards softwares on the market . Whether you’re exporting whiteboards as PDF’s for external use, or embedding them in tasks for added context, whiteboards can be integrated into your workflows, providing insightful visuals while encouraging effective collaboration.
With the ability to embed whiteboards in tasks, comes the added benefit of real-time collaboration and greater context. Workspace members can now discuss, assign, and alter tasks related and connected to whiteboards. This works to keep teams aligned throughout the planning and execution phases.
Bridge Between Brainstorming & Execution
Recreated to, as ClickUp put it, “bridge the gap between creativity and execution,” ClickUp Whiteboards 3.0 is all about breaking down the disconnect that so often slows teams down. Through the introduction of whiteboard embedding in both tasks and docs, teams are provided with sufficient context, enabling them to move seamlessly from concept to execution.
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Exciting Future Features
In addition to AI generated images, ClickUp will soon roll out a comprehensive new AI feature, so that users can turn whiteboards into fully-fledged projects with one click. Automatically analysing your whiteboard’s content, the platform’s AI will generate tasks, timelines, and project plans, making it easier for you to transition from idea to action.
Another exciting new feature request expected to be introduced in the near future, is the ability to comment directly on whiteboards. This feature will go one step further in encouraging real-time collaboration, allowing team members to communicate without having to leave the whiteboard.
Empowering Teams with ClickUp Whiteboards 3.0
With each new update, ClickUp makes it easier for teams to move from ideation to execution within one integrated platform. The roll out of ClickUp Chat saw significant improvements to the productivity tool’s collaboration, integration, and communication capabilities. Whiteboards 3.0 displays a similar focus on greater integration, helping teams generate ideas, and execute them, all in one place. It’s this unrelenting commitment to improvement that makes us such outspoken fans of the productivity platform. We’ve seen it transform business after business, improving efficiency by consolidating workflows into one centralized location. If you’ve never used ClickUp, or ClickUp Whiteboard, we encourage you to give it a try. You won’t look back!
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