Product Updates

• Added stroke and shadow option to text in our Weather plugin.
• Added Preserve Size option in default values for adding images to the canvas
• Updated the /dashboard 
• Added group filter in /screens
• Officially launched the PWA app
• Added the ability to see where a file is used (Library)
• Added feature so that you can edit alerts in bulk
• Added QR code at the link screen page
• Added option to limit alerts outside normal business hours
• Added option to switch between teams from any page in my.playsignage.com

• Transfer Screen lets you transfer a screen from one team to another team that you are a member of.
• The group page now shows how many schedules are created for a group
• Add or overwrite slide conditions in bulk edit mode.

• Ability to restrict assets in a playlist to full-HD (to avoid overloading non-4k player with 4k files)
• Plugins (RSS reader, Weather, Facebook Post, Digital Clock) default to the user's language
• Stroke and Shadow options for the Ticker
• If slides have only one asset that is full-screen, the editor will pre-select that asset

• Slide settings are in a dedicated tab in the editor, and selected object settings are also. Using icons for tab labels instead of names

• Playlists can be cloned to other teams

• Replace Assets in a Playlist. You can now replace an image that is used in multiple slides easily.
• Bulk slide edit. Edit multiple slides duration, transition, background, etc., with only a few clicks.

• Added support for Tizen 7 OS

• Added support to view serial number, mac address and local ip address for Brightsign players.
• Added support to view version number on Tizen SmartTV's

• Assets uploaded to the library will now be processed in a queue
• Added new roler, SuperAdmin (Teams)

• Added support for editing a playlist name from the editor
• Added shortcut to go directly to the editor when creating a playlist
• Added name option when cloning a playlist

• Added tree view in the library

• New Android app release on Android SDK 34, solving issues with UI hanging on larger downloads

• Kiosk mode supported on Raspberry PI
• Analytics added support for storing website plugin playback
• The publish button now shows yellow when there are unpublished changes in a playlist

• Windows, MacOS and Linux app release 4.0.0 release built on Electron 30 (Chrome 124, node 20)
• New Windows 64 bit app released
• Website pre-loading improved.

• Added Canva plugin
• Added functionality to the Website Plugin, so that executing scripts can either happen before the slide runs or when the slide runs.
• Added widescreen support for Samsung Tizen

• Released APP version 3.2
• LG WebOS application.
• Microsoft Power BI plugin.
• Group synchronization option  – all screens in a group play the playlist in sync.
• Improved scripting support on Android (script executed during preload).
• Virtual clock (clock is synchronized with our server instead of using operating system time).
• Rotation support for GIF images.
• Playlist references now also show which other playlists reference the playlist (as sub-playlist).

• Released APP version 3.1
• Google Drive plugin.
• History for each slide edit.
• Slide shuffling functionality.
• Ability to schedule display on/off for each weekday separately (only devices with HDMI-CEC support)
• Ability to share playlist to a team (previously only other users)
• Better handling of ultra-high resolution images (previously was limited to 80 megapixels, or 9000x9000px images)
• Optimizations for single slide playlists.

• Released APP version 3.0.8
• Weekday slide condition support.
• Multi-level playlist in playlist plugin support (nested playlists).
• HDMI / Video input plugin.
• Background option for Video.
• Ability to trigger the next slide when the sub-playlist completes it’s cycle.
• Android uses web view to render website plugins instead of iframe.
• Android supports website scripting.
• Stream plugin supports also RTSP protocol on Android.

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• Released APP version 2.6
• Support for Trial screens.
• Google Drive support – you can now add files directly from your drive.
• YouTube closed captions load without a refresh.
• Bugfix for SVG files with a tint overlay on Android was not loading.
• Slide-in animations now account for the object’s stroke and shadow as well.
• Optimized video playback for Raspberry PI devices.

• Released APP version 2.4
• Twitter plugin launched.
• An ARM variant of the player can now run natively on new Mac M1 chips.
• Added a new icon on the playlist overview for assigned groups and schedules.
• Added size option so users can resize without breaking an object’s aspect ratio.
• Added additional weather data provider (weatherapi.com) to existing weatherbit.io.
• Option to create analytics report in CSV in addition to the PDF one.
• Functionality to set default slide/screen values on your profile page for further customization.

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• Released APP version 2.1
• Added a new RSS reader plugin.
• Tizen TVs now support safety lock (disable/enable remote) management from the web portal.
• Feature: Continue the sub-playlist from the previous slide.
• Updated Windows/Linux/Mac application internal browser to the latest Chrome 89 (Electron v12.0.0).

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• Released APP version 1.22
• Released Samsung Tizen-based player software
• New slide condition type: show a slide only during the time of day
• New slide condition type: show a slide only on specific players
• SVG files can be colored
• The date/time plugin supports letter capitalization
• Improved startup logic for Android players

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• Released APP version 1.2
• Added tagging functionality
• Multi-team membership support
• Public API for tag management and screen commands
• Improved weather plugin accuracy
• Better alignment for the date/time plugin
• Italian, Portuguese, and French translations in the web portal

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• Released APP version 1.19
• Added Stream plugin
• Extended counter plugin, added extra options to count up/down from the moment slide is shown
• Added option to periodically refresh website plugin
• Showing disc usage in player settings
• Native ARM Linux AppImage player support (Raspberry PI)
• Possible to add an individual audio file to play as the slide is shown
• More efficient logging on Windows, Mac, and Linux apps
• Timeline based scheduling
• Giphy integration
• Pixabay integration

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• Released APP version 1.18
• The player starts with a dark loader to prevent white flash on screens
• Possibility to set custom user agent for web plugin requests
• Updated Windows/Linux/Mac application internal browser to the latest Chrome 80 (Electron v8.0.0)
• Mac application is notarized (Catalina will no longer display a warning)
• Added .ttf and .otf font support
• Added .heic image file support (automatically converted to .jpg files)
• Eyedropper to pick a color in the editor
• If Windows registry editing is disabled and the user enables auto-launch, the player will send a warning to the user in the web portal
• Dynamic UUID parameter in website plugin URLs
• Hebrew language option for weather plugin

• Released APP version 1.17
• Added support for German, Spanish, and Estonian language
• Added support for CAPTIONS on YouTube
• Added Analytics (Proof of play)
• Added support for Animated GIF
• Added support for Changing names on slides

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• Released APP version 1.16
• Added Two-Factor Authentication supporting multiple authenticators.
• Added support for HTML snippets in the Website plugin
• Added new function to count-down plugin to be able to do count-up also
• Added support for player-unique hardware ID in relation to better support

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• Released APP version 1.15
• Changes to Clock plugin – Now possible to do transparent face
• Changes to billing section – Now possible to update credit card
• Changes to billing section – Initiate payment from transaction overview
• Changes to the library – Delete files directly from the editor
• Changes to the library – Create slides based on images now has settings for how to insert the images plus the choosing a background color
• Added remote settings management for players
• Added additional information about player hardware
• Added player download progress bar on the screen page
• Reworked user authentication
• MediaRSS now is loaded asynchronously and not called back before the first item is loaded

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• Released APP version 1.14
• Added plugin Instagram Photo
• Added plugin Instagram#
• Added Royalty Free Image Library
• Added feature Selecting multiple files
• Added plugin Random quote
• Added feature iMove items from one folder to another
• Added feature remote clearing cache on most players
• Added support for new file formats (webp, bmp, excel formats (Microsoft, Apple, and OpenOffice formats), zip, and eps.)
• Added support for Request Desktop Site in Android

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• Released APP version 1.13
• Added support for Android native support
• Added plugin, On this day
• Added plugin, Quote of the day
• Optimized counter and digital clock plugins
• An added audio option for playlists

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• Released APP version 1.12
• Added plugin Facebook Photo
• Incorrect hour calculation bug fixed in the counter widget
• Added support for preloading Twitter content
• Fixed a bug where RSS load failure caused an infinite retry loop
• Made it possible to use native web view on Android devices
• Extension web views have allowed transparency-enabled
• The player now hides the previous slide if in the sub-playlist and the background is transparent
• Fixed a bug where audio was not played if scheduled in a sequence of playlists
• Disabled pinch zoom on electron
• Fixed a bug where a scheduled sequence playlist had no matching slides, next playlist was not triggered
• Possible to pause the audio for some slides

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• Released APP version 1.11
• Added plugin count-down
• Added feature background music in a playlist
• Added feature guided tour for new users
• Added a feature where a user can set the grid size

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• Released APP version 1.1
• Added plugin for  MediaRSS
• Added plugin for RSS Ticker
• Added support for Raspberry PI

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• Released APP version 1.09
• Added new feature Screen Capture
• Added design templates repository
• Added design templates: Abstract, Company Presentation, Meet the Teachers, Business, Hours, and Meetings at the office
• Added feature for cropping images
• Added layering for ticker and video

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• Released APP version 1.08
• Added feature Teams
• Added roles for team members

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• Released APP version 1.07
• Added feature Slide Stash
• Added feature Alerts

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