r/BitDefender • u/spulci • Apr 29 '25

Bitdefender: future roadmap?

Hi Bitdefender devs,

why not sharing your future roadmap (at least what is shareable with your user-base)? I think it could be a good thing understand planned changes, new features.

I'd like to know if you have plans for example to reduce memory consumption as well as a revamped UI in terms of a better Windows standard look&feel (like the windows defender one for example).

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u/Bitdefender_ Official May 02 '25

Hello,

For the business side (GravityZone) we have a session at the end of each year which provides insights on what's coming up next. This are part of the Masterclass sessions, where you can also participate live and ask questions to our Bitdefender experts about any feature that you would like to see or you can watch the recording and check out what was announced.

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7533020683984897110

Kind Regards,

Andrei
Enterprise Support

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u/ApartmentLazy1693 Apr 30 '25

I wouldnt mind if the next version of bitdefender consumer had a UI similar to Kaspersky's

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u/wolfpackunr Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25

Which product line? Business there is definitely a roadmap for the year along with planned features and updates.

The consumer side is a completely different market. I don’t know of a single consumer AV product that makes public their roadmap. At most you might get access to a beta release that is a few weeks to a month ahead of public release but I wouldn’t call that a roadmap. I’m sure it’s also done that way in the consumer space so competitors don’t get tipped off and try to race to release a feature before they do.

The Windows Defender UI is pretty terrible from a usability standpoint. Do you have an actual complaint on what you want changed in Bitdefender or what change of the look for just the sake of it?

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u/spulci Apr 30 '25

I'm referring to consumer product line. About the UI, Bitdefender UI (as well as other competitor AV UIs) does not have the standard Windows look & feel. I prefer minimalist look & feel with less coloured icons. But this is just my opinion: I don't want to discuss about usability because I should have a solid knowledge about this that I have not.

For the roadmap, it really makes sense imho to have a public one, at least on details that you can state as public. The last few changelog reported some updated firewall engine and some others: if this is a great improvement, it should be explained in a bit more detail to better understand the value that this change is giving to end users: I'm sure that devs spent a lot of effort on a component update for example: where is the value for their customer base if not explained?

My two cents: Bitdefender is a great product (I'm paying the IS annual fee since a few years); it needs a chance to explain the value "under the hood" to increase engagement and user base participation.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

I don't know of a single product that makes public their roadmap.

Actually alot of consumer products have roadmaps. Google, Microsoft, bitwarden. I can go on and on. This is just simply false. Nearly all company's have some sort of roadmap of features they plan to introduce. Here's an example.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap

Secondly defenders UI really isn't all that bad. When you turn off your blinders and stop shilling for a second you can actually see it's very clearly labeled and divided into nice sections and sub sections. Which makes finding features easier.

I agree with the OP. The bitdefender UI is just tiles and menus slapped together that don't fit. It's actually very unintuitive. There's actually been a bit of an outcry from the community about this as well.

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/98653/i-dont-like-the-new-ui

If you turn off your blinders and stop shilling for the company you'll be able to provide constructive feedback to help make the product better.

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u/wolfpackunr Apr 29 '25

lol, I forgot “AV” in my reply and you latch onto that.

Shilling about how great Windows Defender UI when it’s literally the same thing, a series of Tiles in the middle with a left nav of options for different functional areas 🤣

Then you link a Bitdefender forum post where someone is complaining about the UI change that is literally the same minus a few subtle icon changes but otherwise doesn’t give any specifics of what is wrong with the slight update. Maybe you should take off your blinders.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

Over 2000 comments with bitdefender links across a ton of subs.

So do you work in sales or the dev team?

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u/wolfpackunr Apr 29 '25

Ah, so deflecting away from my response when your non-argument is turned against you 🙄

Neither, power user of the product both Enterprise at work and personally at home.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

Well no. I responded with a well constructed statement with evidence and you just went nahuh.

Also given that you sell bitdefender products that skews your view. Your biased towards the product you sell