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Product Update, July 16, 2021: New Twitter Plugin and Apple M1 Support

Published on by Victoria Harper

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Version 2.4 is rolling out now. Your players update by themselves, so all you need to do is sit back.

A rebuilt Twitter plugin

Update: the Twitter plugin was discontinued in 2023, after changes to Twitter’s API pricing.

The Twitter plugin was our first social media plugin, back in 2017, and it lacked the options of the later Facebook and Instagram plugins. So we rebuilt it with the same customisation: fonts, alignment, update interval, zoom and more.

A second weather data provider

We’ve happily used weatherbit.io for our weather data. To be on the safe side, we’ve added weatherapi.com as a second provider. The Weather plugin works the same, but its data is now even more dependable.

Analytics as CSV

Analytics reports can now be downloaded as CSV as well as PDF, so you can open them in a spreadsheet or load them into your own systems.

Your own default values

Set default values for new slides and screens on your profile page, such as slide duration and transition, and save clicks every time you create content.

What you don’t see

Many changes in a release are invisible, but they matter:

  • The player runs natively on Apple’s M1 chips.
  • An icon on the playlist overview shows which groups and schedules use a playlist.
  • Resize objects without breaking their aspect ratio.

What’s in version 2.4

  • The rebuilt Twitter plugin
  • An ARM version of the player runs natively on Apple M1 Macs
  • A new icon on the playlist overview for assigned groups and schedules
  • A size option to resize without breaking an object’s aspect ratio
  • A second weather data provider (weatherapi.com) next to weatherbit.io
  • Analytics reports in CSV as well as PDF
  • Default slide and screen values on your profile page

See every release since 2018 in the release notes.

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Victoria Harper

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Victoria Harper

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Victoria Harper is the AI and SEO Specialist at Play Digital Signage. She focuses on creating high-quality, search-optimized content that helps our readers better understand digital signage and get the most value from the Play platform.

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