Wistia Updates

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The IE 11 end-of-life Plan for Embeddables

by Meg Salisbury

Starting 1/1/22 we will no longer be supporting IE 11 for our audio player, video player, Channels, and other embeddables. This means that video and audio embeds viewed on IE 11 will continue to have uninterrupted playback. Certain Channel

Channel Embeds now support a Headerless State

by Meg Salisbury

You asked, we listened! Many of our customers love Channels, but want to be able to embed just the “Body” content of the Channel - the videos and podcast episodes - rather than everything and a Header. You can now toggle the Header on or

New Channel Layout Option!

by Meg Salisbury

We’ve released a long-awaited layout option for Channels this week - List View! We received a lot of feedback after the launch of our podcasting features that our customers were looking for a layout that de-emphasized thumbnails, displayed

Search for a Podcast to Import

by Josh Johnson

Don’t have your RSS feed handy? No problem! We’ve made it easier than ever to import your podcast into Wistia. Simply type in the title of your podcast, click it in the list, and we’ll bring all your media files and podcast metadata into

Search for a Podcast to Import

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...

Wistia Chrome Extension Deprecation

by Meg Salisbury

We have recently deprecated our Wistia Chrome Extension in favor of alternative Wistia features that allow you to share and embed your videos easily across all your marketing channels and applications. If you use Chrome and currently...

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...

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...

M3U8 Asset Retrieval Change

by Meg Salisbury

On February 24th, 2020, we'll be removing support for static HLS asset retrieval. What does that mean? Well, you won't notice any visible changes to playback or performance, but this will affect any hardcoded m3u8 assets you may have in...