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A few fixes to popover behavior

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

We have a handful of tweaks to the behavior & tracking of popover embeds coming in hot 🚀. The following bug fixes are now live: Turnstiles at the beginning of the video will no longer trigger "play" events if the popover is opened...

Bug fix: Hiding controls on fullscreen

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

Bug: If you clicked the fullscreen button and didn't move the mouse at all afterward, the controls would never hide. If you were to refresh the page and click to play without moving the mouse, the controls might never hide. This is now...

Ability to show a popover without it autoplaying

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

Using Embed Options, you can now set a popover to not autoplay once it's opened. The viewer will need to click play themselves. The embed option is: The default behavior for popovers is that once clicked, they autoplay as soon as they...

Ability to remove 'Click to play' on a looping video thumbnail

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

Using Embed Options, you can now remove the 'Click to play' option on the player when adding a looping video thumbnail by setting it to If you're unfamiliar with using Embed Options, you can learn more here, as well as read up on our...

Bug fix: Popover video behavior on mobile

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

Bug: When watching a popover in full-screen, then exiting full-screen mode, the video would be either too small or too big for the page. This issue is now fixed. 🎉

A/B Testing in Wistia

by Carlon McPherson, Product Manager

You can now run A/B Tests in Wistia! This feature is only available for accounts on Wistia's Advanced Plan. A/B Testing in Wistia will allow you to test any two videos in your account. Test video customizations like calls-to-action...

A/B Testing in Wistia

On hover Turnstile

by Molly Wolfberg

Coming right in behind our classic Turnstile is a new, more flexible lead capture experience — a Turnstile that will appear on hover with the player controls without interrupting the video. Anytime controls are visible (when a viewer...

On hover Turnstile

Eventbrite Call-to-Action

by Molly Wolfberg

We have seen video work really well when promoting events, and we know that events are a great lead generation tool for marketers. You can set an annotation link or full-screen takeover with the registration page for your event, without...

Eventbrite Call-to-Action

Custom Turnstile Buttons

by Molly Wolfberg

You can now customize the button that someone clicks to submit their turnstile.

Custom Turnstile Buttons