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Product Update, August 8, 2023: Google Drive Plugin, Slide History and Shuffle

Published on by Lars Normark Andersen

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Version 3.1 brings content straight from Google Drive, an undo for every slide, and more control over when screens are on.

Google Drive plugin

The Google Drive plugin plays the pictures in a Google Drive folder on your screens. Add or remove files in the folder, and your screens follow by themselves. It’s an easy way to let colleagues update a screen without logging in to Play.

History for every slide

Every change to a slide is now saved in its history, so you can see what changed and go back to an earlier version.

Shuffle

Shuffle mixes slides from several playlists in the ratio you choose, for example two company slides, then one local slide.

Screens on and off, per weekday

On devices that support HDMI-CEC, you can now set different on and off times for each day of the week. Open later on Saturday, closed on Sunday: the screens follow. See scheduling screens on and off.

Share a playlist with a whole team

Until now you could share a playlist only with other users. Now you can share it with a team.

Under the hood

  • Ultra-high-resolution images are handled better. Before, images were limited to 80 megapixels (9000 × 9000 px).
  • Playlists with a single slide are optimised.

What’s in version 3.1

  • Google Drive plugin
  • History for each slide edit
  • Slide shuffling
  • Display on/off per weekday (devices with HDMI-CEC only)
  • Share a playlist with a team (before, only with other users)
  • Better handling of ultra-high-resolution images
  • Optimisations for single-slide playlists

See every release since 2018 in the release notes.

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Lars Normark Andersen is the CEO of Play Digital Signage. He co-founded the company with friends while facing the classic underdog challenges — a small office, limited resources, and many sleepless nights.

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