Your Learning Just Got Mobile. Where Will You Trailhead GO?

Trailhead GO is the app you need to skill up anywhere for the jobs of today and tomorrow, and a game changer for learners everywhere. Launched at Dreamforce ’19, it’s now available to install for free on your iOS and iPadOS devices.

Reid Carlberg
The Trailblazer
4 min readDec 10, 2019

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Trailhead GO is a great new way to skill up for the future by giving you a way to learn on-the-go. With access to more than 700 badges covering business, technical, and soft skills, you can now unlock a world of career opportunities both within the Salesforce ecosystem and beyond, wherever you are.

GO Mobile with Trailhead GO for iOS or your mobile browser.

Skill up on-the-go

Putting our Trailblazers at the center of an experience that enriches their lifelong learning journeys is what we do. Going mobile is a natural extension of that.

I’m delighted to hear from so many people about how freeing it is to have an iOS mobile app for Trailhead. The taxi driver in Las Vegas who studies while waiting for a fare. The nursing mother in Boston. The travelers earning badges while waiting at the airport as they head home.

While at Dreamforce, I had the chance to spend a couple of days talking to Trailblazers about Trailhead GO. I personally walked a few of them through the install and signup process through earning their first badge.

The record? 5 minutes and 5 seconds!

Those 5 minutes and 5 seconds can be life-changing. Maybe that starts someone down the #RoadToRanger. Maybe it inspires a path to Salesforce certification. Maybe it leads to a whole new career.

If you have a few extra minutes, Trailhead GO can help you turn that extra time into extra learning. Extra learning can lead to new opportunities. Who wouldn’t want that?

Anywhere, anytime

I’m so excited to see what people will do now that Trailhead GO can help them learn anywhere.

At the dentist, on the plane, in your pajamas, on the train, on the treadmill, at the car wash, during your commute… You’ve told us about all these places where you can now learn:

NEW Microbadges

Giving you access to the public Trailhead content you know and love, Trailhead GO helps you manage your personal learning journey wherever you are, whenever you have time.

Our brand new set of special microbadges is the perfect partner for the app. Helping new users understand the Salesforce economy and opportunity, these 8 Quick Look badges are specifically designed to optimize the learner experience within Trailhead GO.

Earning badges in the app is just the start. With persistent login, offline caching, and an iPadOS app, Trailhead GO makes learning on-the-go easy and fun. There’s even advanced picture-in-picture so you can watch great videos while exploring other content.

Sharing is a snap

And sharing any piece of content from the app is a snap. You can share modules, units, projects, trails, your profile, and more through more than just Twitter or Facebook.

Share to your friends with iMessage or SMS. Share in order to ask people questions. Share to spark a conversation. Share to challenge your friends and to inspire them to learn!

Campfire mode and MOAR

For those of you who want to join Astro, Codey, Cloudy, Einstein, and the rest for a roasted marshmallow from time to time, Campfire Mode offers the best way to learn something new in low light conditions.

Our beta program encompassed more than 1,000 learners and six languages to ensure Trailhead GO is a seamless addition to the Trailhead experience. And, you’ll be able to access your myTrailhead content through the app, too.

Plus, a number of great new features, such as support for Haptic Touch, Dark Mode, and Sign in with Apple, will arrive later this year.

Have a few minutes to spare?

You can learn, for example, how to build an iOS chatbot for service, about marketing strategies, or how to develop, package, and test your first AppExchange app… wherever you are. Start your learning journey on an iPhone while traveling and pick it up later on your Macbook, wherever you left off.

Whether you’re a new user exploring Trailhead for the first time, an experienced Admin who wants to brush up on your territory management skills, a Developer who wants to go deeper with Lightning, or an Architect looking to understand how different Clouds work together — whatever your role, Trailhead GO can help you.

Tell us where you’ll Trailhead GO next

We’re so excited about our first-ever mobile app for Trailhead. Install Trailhead GO today. If you don’t have a Trailhead account, it’s easy to sign up and get started, all within the app.

We’d love to hear what you think, so be sure to shout out on social everywhere you #TrailheadGO.

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Reid Carlberg
The Trailblazer

Product manager for Salesforce Trailhead by day, and sometimes night, playing card enthusiast, mountains, skiing, books, and travel (most years).