> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gleap.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Release notes & news

Gleap allows you to share release notes & news articles with your customers.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/gleap-1d346ffa/MCCg3Pia7IrMFFzd/images/ReleaseNotesNews.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MCCg3Pia7IrMFFzd&q=85&s=5cc710917b96c29f1e8a31ef694223b5" alt="Release notes and news for your app or website" width="3022" height="1618" data-path="images/ReleaseNotesNews.png" />

You can send release notes & news directly within the Gleap Dashboard. Once sent, the user gets notified when he starts his next session.

## Open the news section by code

If you'd like to manually show the news section of the Gleap widget, you can do so by calling the following method:

```javascript theme={null}
Gleap.openNews(false);
```

*The first parameter **showBackButton** sets whether or not the main tabbar and back buttons will be shown.*

## Open a news article by code

If you'd like to manually a news article directly within the Gleap widget, you can do so by calling the following method:

```javascript theme={null}
Gleap.openNewsArticle("articleId", andShowBackButton: false)
```

*The first parameter **articleId** defines the article to show.*

*The second parameter **showBackButton** sets whether or not the main tabbar and back buttons will be shown.*