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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...

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.

A few fixes to popover behavior

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

We have a handful of tweaks to the behavior & tracking of popover embeds coming in hot 🚀. The following bug fixes are now live: Turnstiles at the beginning of the video will no longer trigger "play" events if the popover is opened...

Ability to show a popover without it autoplaying

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

Using Embed Options, you can now set a popover to not autoplay once it's opened. The viewer will need to click play themselves. The embed option is: The default behavior for popovers is that once clicked, they autoplay as soon as they...

Ability to remove 'Click to play' on a looping video thumbnail

by Molly, Product @ Wistia

Using Embed Options, you can now remove the 'Click to play' option on the player when adding a looping video thumbnail by setting it to If you're unfamiliar with using Embed Options, you can learn more here, as well as read up on our...

A/B Testing in Wistia

by Carlon McPherson, Product Manager

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...

A/B Testing in Wistia

On hover Turnstile

by Molly Wolfberg

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...

On hover Turnstile

Eventbrite Call-to-Action

by Molly Wolfberg

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...

Eventbrite Call-to-Action

Custom Turnstile Buttons

by Molly Wolfberg

You can now customize the button that someone clicks to submit their turnstile.

Custom Turnstile Buttons

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