Changelog

Follow up on the latest improvements andΒ updates.

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#1 New Hotspot Designs and Options
You can now customize your Supademo slides with options from three distinct hotspot designs:
  1. Pointer
    : This style allows you to point to specific areas on the screen.
  2. Callout
    : This style allows you to add a general callout anywhere on the screen.
  3. Custom area
    : This style allows you to highlight specific elements or areas on the screen.
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#2 Embed Forms and Calendars on Chapters
With Supademo's embed step feature, you can embed select calendar links and forms directly onto Supademo.
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By making forms and calendars accessibly directly within Supademo, you can encourage more viewers to take action at their moment of inspiration β€” whether that is submitting feedback, scheduling a demo, or jumping on an onboarding call.
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#3 New Chrome Extension and Functionality
In addition to visual updates, the extension has been re-written from the ground up for better performance, more accurate click captures, and general reliability in capturing clicks and videos.
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New features include the
Window Resizer
and the ability to
Pause/Unpause and Cancel Recordings
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1. Dynamic variables
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Dynamic variables are highly effective, low-effort ways to personalize your Supademo for viewers, prospects, or customers.
Personalizing your Supademo is a proven method for higher open rates, increased demo engagement, and better CTA conversions.
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2. Unique Trackable Link for Viewers
You can create and share a unique link for each unique viewer from one specific Supademo, with or without the use of dynamic variables.
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3. Optional animation on chapter buttons
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You can now add animations to your Chapter's button to increase engagement and clicks for Supademo shared as a link or embedded online.
Choose from three different styles that meet your brand guidelines.
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4. Dynamic meta image previews
Supademo will now create a preview of your Supademo that includes your logo, demo hotspot colour, and the first slide image.
Here's how your demo will show up when you share a link with your peers or prospects. πŸ‘‡πŸΌ
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5. AI voiceover improvements
AI voiceovers have been improved with additional voices and filters to help you select the ideal option for your use case.
You'll also be given the option to apply a voiceover option to a single slide or to all slides within the Supademo.
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6. Allow others to duplicate Supademos
This feature allows you to create a template/base Supademo that other users can duplicate onto their own workspace. This is ideal for products that rely on partners or customers to sell or educate their own customers on your product.
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Subfolder support
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One of the most requested features is now live! We have added the ability to add subfolders for improved organization and information hierarchy.
Dashboard home page
Your Dashboard Home is a new, centralized space to access your most recent Supademo, access learning resources, and find inspiration on new use cases.
We'll be continuously refining this page over the coming weeks, so please stay tuned!
Demo-specific branding
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You now have the ability to customize the logo and the share link button for each Supademo, rather than for the entire workspace.
This is especially useful for the following use cases:
  • You want to create a personalized page with your client's logo and button;
  • You want to set a different button URL and logo for different product lines;
  • You want different branded pages for internal or external demos;
Copy and paste between Supademo
You can now use keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste slides from one Supademo to another. This works with Chapters, image steps, and video steps.
Preview from current step
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You can now preview Supademo from specific steps, making it easier to troubleshoot and preview specific slides. Previews now display your theme's logo, colors, and button – just like it would for an external viewer.
Usability improvements
Other improvements include additional authentication options, clickable text below Supademo previews, cropping improvements, bugfixes, and onboarding improvements. See the full list here.
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Automatic Zoom and Pan
With this new extension option, you can now automatically apply visual zooming and panning effects to new Supademo recordings – creating a visually appealing, immersive experience for your viewers.
Simplified Domain Setup
Anyone on Supademo's Scale or Enterprise plans (including trials) can now set up a custom domain for their Supademos in a self-serve, automated way.
Advanced Video Export Settings
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Building on our video export improvements from the last product update, we've added additional export options for your Supademo.
Demo Info Display Options
Creators can now setup demo-specific display preferences to show/hide the author and description. The selected option will determine whether or not the Supademo will have display the relevant information below the fold, below the interactive demo.
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Updated AI Voiceovers
We have revamped our Synthetic AI voiceover options with more accurate sounding, natural voices.
Learn more.
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Improved Steps Copy
With Steps Copy, you can copy and paste text and images from an existing Supademo to any document or platform. The performance is now instant and improved from the previous beta release.
Learn more.
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Improved Sharing and Video Exports
The entire video export flow has been re-engineered for a faster, more stable, and higher quality experience.
Learn more.
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New Automatic Text Annotations
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To help you create high-fidelity interactive demos faster, we've upgraded our automated annotation engine to apply more intelligent, natural step descriptions to your Supademo - instantly.
Learn more.
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Custom Video Playback Speed
Have a long video step that you'd like to speed up for your users? Scrolled through a key section too quickly? Now you can slow down or speed up any video directly within the editor.
Learn more.
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Supademo Chapters
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Overlays and CTAs are now called Supademo Chapters. Along with the new name, Chapters can be used to capture leads, password-protect demos, or add conditional branching.
Conditional Branching
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Branching allows your viewers to choose their own demo journey within your Supademo - ensuring a better interactive and engaging experience.
This includes:
  • The ability to add multiple CTAs/buttons to Supademo Chapters - each with their own unique target URL or demo step;
  • The ability to set a unique target demo step for hotspot(s)
Email Lead Capture
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You can now capture email leads throughout your Supademo by adding a mandatory or optional email form to a Supademo Chapter.
Password Protect
Password Protect allows you to gate your Supademo to specific audiences by adding by locking it with a password.
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Zoom and Pan
With Zoom and Pan, you can help viewers to zoom into specific areas on the screen to narrow their focus. This is ideal for highlighting small buttons, text, or simply focusing the user's attention within a complex page.
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Replace Image within Steps
This feature allows you to quickly replace the background image/screenshot for an existing step within your Supademo.
This is handy for instances where you want to retain the existing hotspot text and analytics for a particular step but want to reflect changes in your UI or design.
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Videos support within Media Library
Your media library now includes the ability to quickly add video recordings from previous Supademo recordings - helping you repurpose content more effectively.
Simply click Media from the edit screen, choose either Images or Videos, and click the ones you'd like to add onto your Supademo!
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Multi-Delete on Edit Page
Creators can now delete multiple slides from the edit screen of a Supademo - helping you save time and eliminate redundant steps from long recordings.
From the edit screen, simply click the checkbox of multiple screens and click Delete at the bottom of the screen to remove them from the existing Supademo.
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More Default Customization Options
We've added more default options under your workspace's customization tab. These include default call-to-actions that apply to every Supademo by default (unless overridden on a specific Supademo), and default browser bar styles.-
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More contextual search
The Supademo search experience has been improved with contextual information to help you find the right Supademo faster. We've added glanceable information like:
  1. Number of steps in the Supademo
  2. Last updated date
  3. Location in the Personal/Shared workspace/destination folder
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More Default Customization Options
We've added more default options under your workspace's customization tab. These include default call-to-actions that apply to every Supademo by default (unless overridden on a specific Supademo), and default browser bar styles.-
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Improved Multi-Select Options
Creators now have a more intuitive and feature-rich multi-select option on the Supademo workspace. This includes new functionality to merge multiple Supademos into a Showcase - helping you create onboarding checklists, platform tours, and training modules more quickly.
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Improved multi-demo Showcase embeds
We have improved the display and functional layout of Supademo Showcase embeds to better showcase (pun intended) each Supademo within the group.
  • This includes an alert badge that incentives viewers to step through each module/Supademo in the Showcase;
  • A new floating tab layout that takes up less space and is more intuitive to viewers;
  • A checklist that decrements as viewers step through each Supademo in the sequence;
Click here for the detailed update
or scroll below for a high-level overview:
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Internationalize with AI Translations
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Here's how it works:
  1. Click "Enhance with AI" for any Supademo you want to translate;
  2. Choose "AI Translate" and pick the desired language;
  3. Supademo will translate the (1) Title, (2) Overlay header/description/button text, (3) text annotations, and (4) Call-to-Actions;
Best of all, you can overlay synthetic AI voiceovers for the translated text to create a complete, multilingual experience.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
With keyboard shortcuts, power users can spend less time clicking and more time crafting their Supademo. From the Supademo edit screen, you can now:
  • Command+C to copy a Supademo slide
  • Command+V to paste a Supademo slide
Coming Soon
  • Command+X to cut a Supademo (handy when you have lots of slides where dragging is inefficient)
  • Command+Z to undo up to the last five actions (arriving end of the week)
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Quick Hotspot Indicator
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With the new hotspot error indicator, editors can quickly identify which slides are missing hotspot texts, which impacts CTAs, Autoplay, and demo loops.
Slides which are missing hotspots will display a yellow error indicator.
We're really excited to share Supademo Synthetic Voiceovers - an AI feature that helps you demonstrate products faster and more effectively.
Click here for the detailed update
or scroll through the high-level overview below:
Synthetic AI Voiceover
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With AI Voiceovers, you can add human-like voiceovers to any screenshot or video. This helps better engage and personalize your Supademo experience for your viewers.
Dynamic URLs in Supademos
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With dynamic URLs, you can link to:
  • A direct slide within a Supademo
  • A specific Supademo in a Showcase or Product Tour
More Redact and Annotate Options
Supademo's in-app editing has been updated with several helpful updates. This includes:
  • Setting blurs as the default option
  • Annotate slides with text and filled rectangles
Quick Access to Supademos in Showcases
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We have improved access to individual Supademos within showcases by adding a direct link to the edit page.
This is handy for power users of Showcases who may want to quickly edit a specific Supademo within the bundle without having to search for or manually find it.
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