# Participants can complete richer Studies with more control.

Portal 1.10-1.16 · Released 2026-07-26

Recent Portal releases make Studies more flexible for participants and more useful for research teams. People can work through guided interviews and structured exercises, inspect supporting material, and review what they shared before submitting.

## What changed

- Pause, resume, finish, and review AI-guided interviews on the participant's terms
- Compare, rank, and sort concepts through focused Study activities
- Review attached data files and pinned prototypes before responding
- Use clearer public access, typed feedback, and mobile Study paths

## Stay in control during an AI-guided interview

Participants can pause or resume a conversation, choose whether to continue when topics remain, and review or correct their responses before submission. Research teams can see which topics were completed or intentionally skipped.

- [See the participant walkthrough](/docs/product/idea-studies#moderated)

## Use the right interaction for the decision

Studies can ask participants to compare concepts, rank options, sort cards, or work through an AI-guided interview. Pinned prototype guidance keeps the artifact and task together when feedback depends on trying an experience.

## Review supporting material before answering

Participants can inspect attached data files and complete file-only or video-only steps without an unnecessary text field. Typed feedback, clearer public portal access, and improved mobile paths make more Studies practical to complete.

## More in this release

### Participant experience

Studies support richer activities while preserving participant control.

- Added preference tests, ranking, card sorting, and AI-guided interview activities
- Added pause, resume, finish, response review, and correction controls for guided interviews
- Improved typed feedback, supporting-file review, and mobile completion paths

### Research context

Participants can see the material they need before responding.

- Added data-file review and media-only Study steps
- Kept pinned prototype guidance visible while participants complete the task
- Clarified public portal access for invited and scoped Study journeys

Canonical page: https://zentrik.ai/releases/portal-1-10-1-16