Wistia Updates

Position and Themes for Annotations

by Meg Salisbury
You can now manage the position (left, right) and theme (light, dark) of your video annotations directly in Customize! Previously, these options were available by modifying the annotation plugin. We hope you take advantage of these
New Feature
Improvement

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

Playlists, Password Protect, and Channel Popover Embed Updates

by Meg Salisbury
We have a few updates today! Playlists As of early 2019 we deprecated our Playlist functionality - existing playlists would continue to work, but no new playlists could be created. We are discontinuing engineering support as well - no
Improvement

Updated Channel Editor User Experience

by Meg Salisbury
Today we released an updated user experience for the Channel Editor! After combing through user feedback and thinking about the information architecture of this area of our product, we landed on some design and organization updates that we
Improvement

Improvements to Customize Save & Navigation Experience

by Meg Salisbury
Today we released a significant improvement to Customize for Audio and Video medias in Wistia. What you experienced before is the Save and Navigation flow within Customize that we have had for a few years - a side nav that enabled you...
Improvement

Updates to Save and Discard in the Customize panel

by Meg Salisbury
Today we released an update that moves Save & Discard to the top of the Customize side panel. Previously, you had to scroll to find these options, which may have resulted in lost changes. Additionally, we anchored the Accessibility...
Improvement

Channel Custom Font Application Updates

by Meg Salisbury
Today we're releasing an update to how Custom Fonts in Channels are applied - making them more consistent across your Channels for maximum brand impact while also using our core font where needed to support Accessibility and responsive...
Improvement

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...