> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.userlane.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.userlane.com/assistance/change-communication.md).

# Change communication

In-app announcements, written, targeted, and scheduled for end users.

Change communication reaches people inside the application with information about what is changing. Announcements carry updates, changes, and reminders, targeted to an audience[^1] and scheduled for the right moment.

Surveys reach end users the same way, but they exist to collect a measurement rather than deliver a message, so they are part of Intelligence. See [Surveys](/intelligence/surveys.md).

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[Announcements](/assistance/change-communication/announcements.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Relevant articles

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[Surveys](/intelligence/surveys.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/msLcBEUrbA35YGwlU0Rx" %}
[Announcements: write, target, and schedule them](/best-practices/announcements-write-target-and-schedule-them.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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[The Assistant](/assistance/the-assistant.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

[^1]: An audience is a reusable group of end users defined by attribute rules, used to control who sees which content.


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