Wistia Updates

New accessible player and in-app checklist

by Kristin Bagnoli
Today, we’re super excited to announce updates to our player and our app to help make your videos more accessible to everyone. These updates align with WCAG AA 2.1 guidelines and offer a better, more accessible experience across all...
New Feature

Borrow a video

by Josh Johnson
New users can now borrow a video to quickly and easily test out Wistia’s customize features.
New Feature

Video color improvements

by Kristin Bagnoli
We recently released an update that improves the handling of video color during our encoding process. That means the colors of the Wistia derivatives are more accurate to your original version. Any videos uploaded after December 16...
New Feature
Improvement

Use your own font in Channels

by Molly, Product @ Wistia
New Feature
Advanced Plan
When you embed a Channel on your site, it can now take on the font you use across the rest of your pages! Use our developer documentation to set the font of your channel to one that is hosted on your site. P.S. It's now easier to see...

Light Mode in Channels

by Molly, Product @ Wistia
New Feature
Advanced Plan
You can now flip the switch on your Channel between light and dark! 💡 Light Mode Dark Mode You can turn this in Edit > Color > Background when you're viewing a project as a Channel.

Publish to Social: Now with LinkedIn & Stats

by Carlon McPherson, Product Manager
We've added the ability to publish videos from Wistia to LinkedIn! In addition, you can now also see stats for videos you've published to your social networks right within Wistia. LinkedIn For LinkedIn, you can connect this social...
New Feature

Email Collecting in Channels

by Molly, Product @ Wistia
New Feature
Advanced Plan
We're excited to add the option to collect emails using Turnstiles in your Channels. You have a few options: Off (Default) - This option will make sure no email collection forms show up on the videos in your channel, regardless of what...

Introducing: Wistia Channels

by Molly, Product @ Wistia
New Feature
Advanced Plan
With Wistia Channels, you can easily turn a collection of videos into a show-stopping experience. Read more here: https://wistia.com/learn/product-updates/introducing-wistia-channels.

Automatically order captions for videos uploaded to Wistia

by Carlon McPherson, Product Manager
We have added a new account setting that will make it even easier for you to caption your videos. Account Owners can select which type of captions they'd like to order (professional or automated) as well as if they'd like to review or...
New Feature