Wistia Updates

Wistia Updates

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New Video Customize and Channel Editor Options

by Meg Salisbury
We've rolled out three new updates to Wistia - an option to manage transcripts for your videos, control their appearance in Channel embeds, and an update to our default alignment behavior in Channel embeds. Video Transcripts When we...
Improvement

Removing Beta Flag to Disable the Accessible Player and Checklist

by Meg Salisbury
Starting today we are beginning the removal of our "Disable Player Accessibility and UI Updates" beta flag in Account Settings. Only a small number of accounts that had this flag checked will be impacted. The removal of this flag will...

New Podcasting Capabilities

by Carlon McPherson, Senior Product Manager
Today, we’re super excited to announce the General Availability of podcasting features in Wistia. The new update allows you to host, distribute, brand, and analyze your podcasts’ performance with the same tools you’ve come to know and...
New Feature

Updates to Channels

by Meg Salisbury
Today we deployed a few changes to our Channels. Changed "Start watching" to "Play" This adjustment reduces button size and addresses feedback we've received about the button copy. Note that if you have a trailer on your Channel, you...
Improvement

New Accessible Player for All Accounts

by Meg Salisbury
Today we have enabled the New Accessible Player for all accounts. Prior to today, these updates had to be enabled via Beta Features in your Account Settings. Now, it's automatically available to everyone! Here's a rundown of the...
New Feature

Resumable Video & Viewer Preferences

by Meg Salisbury
Today, we released a set of new features that improve the viewer's experience with your video content: Resumable Video and Viewer Preferences. Resumable Video Resumable Video allows viewers to pick up where they left off in your video...
New Feature

Reach & Retarget with Google integration

by Kristin Bagnoli
Today, we released the Google integration for our Reach & Retarget feature (formerly called Custom Audiences), allowing you to send Wistia viewer data to your Google Analytics account. There, you can use that data to create audiences for...
New Feature

New Log In Page

by Josh Johnson
Our new log in page has more room to learn about what's new at Wistia.
New Feature
Improvement

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