Wistia Updates

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

Video Startup Time & Exits Before Play added to Status Page

by Molly, Product @ Wistia
We have added two metrics to the Wistia status page (https://status.wistia.com/): Video Startup Time: Measures from when the player has been instructed to play the video to when the first frame of video is showing and the playhead is...
New Feature

Google Sign On & Up

by Molly, Product @ Wistia
You can sign in (and sign up!) for Wistia using Google now. We finally made it to the future.
New Feature

A/B Testing in Wistia

by Carlon McPherson, Product Manager
New Feature
Advanced Plan
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...

On hover Turnstile

by Molly Wolfberg
New Feature
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...

Eventbrite Call-to-Action

by Molly Wolfberg
New Feature
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...