Release Notes
What has changed and what new features or plugins did we add in the latest version of Play Digital Signage application.
VERSION 1.21.x / 1.22.x
Released on 6 January 2021
- 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
VERSION 1.20.x
Released on 20 August 2020
- Added tagging functionality
- Multi-team membership support
- Public API for tag management and screen commands
- Improved weather plugin accuracy
- Better alignment for date/time plugin
- Italian, Portuguese and French translations in the web portal
VERSION 1.19.x
Released on 6 June 2020
- 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
VERSION 1.18.x
Released on 7. February 2020
- 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 latest Chrome 80 (Electron v8.0.0)
- Mac application is notarized (Catalina will no longer display 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 URL’s
- Hebrew language option for weather plugin
VERSION 1.17.x
Released on 18. November 2019
- 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
VERSION 1.16.x
Released on 18. September 2019
- Added Two-Factor Authentication supporting multiple authenticators.
- Added support for HTML snippets in Website plugin
- Added new function to count-down plugin to be able to do count-up also
- Added support for Player unique hardware ID with relation to better support
VERSION 1.15.x
Released on 01. August 2019
- 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 in screens page
- Reworked user authentication
- MediaRSS now is loaded asynchronously and not called back before the first item is loaded
VERSION 1.14.x
Released on 07. May 2019
- Added new plugin Instagram Photo
- Added new plugin Instagram#
- Added Royalty Free Image Library
- Added feature Selecting multiple files
- Added new 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
VERSION 1.13.x
Released on 10. November 2018
- 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
VERSION 1.12.x
Released on 1. November 2018
- Added new 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 infinite retry loop
- Made it possible to use native webview in Android devices
- Extension webviews have allowed transparency enabled
- Player now hides the previous slide if in sub-playlist and 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 audio for some slides
VERSION 1.11.x
Released on 04. September 2018
- Added new plugin count-down
- Added new feature background music in a playlist
- Added new feature guided tour for new users
- Added a new function where a user can set the grid size
VERSION 1.10.x
Released on 07. August 2018
- Added new plugin MediaRSS
- Added new plugin RSS Ticker
- Added support for Raspberry PI
VERSION 1.09.x
Released on 14. May 2018
- 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
VERSION 1.08.x
Released on 27. March 2018
- Added feature Teams
- Added roles for team members
VERSION 1.07.x
Released on 15. Febuary 2018
- Added feature Slide Stash
- Added feature Alerts
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