Product updates that help you do less work and get more plays.
New feature

🗣️Level up your video promotion with speaker bios

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • June 25, 2025

Whether you’re sharing a new piece of branded content, promoting thought leadership, or preparing for a webinar, the who of your video is often just as important as the what.

That’s why we’re introducing speaker bios. Now you can add info about the stars of your video or webinar - with everything from name and title to their bio and a photo of your choice. You can even add a special badge to identify the host of the video or event.

How does it work?

🎞️ For pre-recorded media

  • On your media page, scroll down below the video and description to the Info section and click + Add Speaker
  • Fill out name, title, description and even opt to link to their social profiles
  • Save the profile and then add as many other speakers as you want to feature on the page

🎬 For webinars or live events

  • Go to the Registration Page under Customize and scroll down to the Speakers section*
  • Add speaker information with as much detail as you want (photo, bio, title, social links, etc)
  • BONUS: Once you add speakers to the registration page, they’ll automatically be added to the media page when you share the recording

Highlight the vibrant voices and personalities in your videos and webinars to give them the attention they deserve!

Improvement

▶️ Select. Create. Done. Turn your media into a Playlist or Channel in just a click.

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • June 11, 2025

Wistia Channels and Playlists are some of the best ways to show off your content in a designed and cohesive collection, without any of the technical hassle of stringing your content together. And now it’s even easier to turn your individual videos into an on-brand, dynamic video hub.

How does it work?

  1. In your Content Library folder, select the videos you want to turn into a Channel or Playlist
  2. At the bottom of the screen you’ll see the dark blue bulk action bar with Create Channel as an option
  3. Select if you want to create a Channel (a stylized video collection) or Playlist (an embedded list of videos), give it a name and create!

✨And a bonus: you’ll get a customized preview of your Channel or Playlist even before you hit create so you’ll get a sense of how it will look, with the option to fully customize after you create.

Whether you’ve got the makings of a product tutorial, branded series, webinar recap or educational content, it’s easier than ever to turn your individual videos into a one-stop shop for audience engagement.

Regional Accents for Video Dubbing and Localization

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

🌍 Global just got a whole lot bigger: 22 New Languages & 64 Regional Accents for Video Dubbing and Localization

We’ve just rolled out a major upgrade to our AI video dubbing and localization engine — we now have 22 *new* languages and 64 regional accents to make your videos sound more natural and engaging for audiences everywhere.

🌐 New Languages Now Available:

We've added support for: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Burmese, Estonian, Georgian, Icelandic, Irish, Kazakh, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Pashto, Serbian, Sinhala, Somali, Swahili, and Uzbek.

🌏 Expanded Accent Support:

You can now choose from region-specific voices for popular languages like:

• Arabic (16 variants including Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Morocco, and more)

• English (15 accents including US, UK, Australia, India, South Africa, and more)

• Spanish (21 variants such as Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico, and more)

• French, German, Tamil, and Swahili—each with multiple localized options

These updates are in addition to the 32 languages that are currently supported, so now you can translate your video into over 50 languages, making it more accessible to more people so your message really has reach.

Try out Wistia’s newest feature today and get 15 min free on us to see how to take your videos global.

✨ Try it in Beta: Fresh design and faster workflows with our new Media Page

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

The media page in Wistia just got a makeover. Now, customization, editing, social clips, and video analytics live front & center, so you can cut, splice, measure, and repurpose content faster than ever.

You can try it out now by joining our beta program for early access.

❔How it works:

  1. Opt into our Beta Features program by going to your Account Settings
  2. Scroll down to Beta Features on the bottom left-hand side and toggle on to opt in
  3. Head over to your Content Library and open up one of your videos to see the brand new media page
  4. Want to revert back until the rollout? Just go back to Account Settings and toggle off Beta Features to opt out. You’ll see the original Media Page until we roll it out for everyone

These updates are designed to make it both easier and faster for you to do what’s most important for your video workflow. Getting early access means you’ll save slicing, dicing, and analyzing your videos.

Plus, you’ll have a chance to share your feedback with our team to continuously improve the product. Opt in today to explore the fresh look of the Media Page and enjoy a more seamless workflow for your videos.

✨ Work faster with our new Media Page

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

The media page in Wistia just got a makeover, designed to make your workflows faster and fresher than ever.

What’s new?

  • Your favorite video workflow tools are now front and center with Edit, Customize, Social Clips, and Analytics prominently featured above your video so you can cut, splice, measure, and repurpose content faster than ever
  • Embed and share are still prominently featured on the top right of your screen so you can easily copy embed code for your site or access a link to share for viewers or share for review
  • All your other faves, like replacing media and A/B testing, are in the ‘more actions’ menu. (You know, the little circle with three dots.)
  • Description and tags are just below your video so you can write a video description and add tags, or just edit the AI-generated description provided based on your transcript
  • You can get a quick snapshot of your video analytics right below the video with a 7-day view of visits, plays, engagement, and conversions with an easy link out to more detailed insights

These updates are designed to make it both easier and faster for you to do what’s most important for your video workflow, so you can spend more time watching your engagement soar.

Looking for more info on what’s new? Our support team wrote this handy article that walks you through all the updates in under five minutes.

🎨 Make your playlist stand out with new gradient customizations

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

Showing off your videos in a playlist is a surefire way to get the attention and engagement you want, from one video to the next. Whether it’s a product tutorial or learning series, playlists perfectly organize your videos so viewers can watch them continuously and in order.

And now you can make those playlists stand out even more with gradient customizations.

❓How does it work?

  1. Head to the Customize panel from Playlist
  2. Scroll down to Appearance and toggle to Gradient to find the colors that best match your brand and page
  3. Select the gradient colors you want for the playback bar and play button from your brand kit or select a new set of colors
  4. With playlist background color, you can decide if you want the list to inherit the gradient or stay as solid color

Find the perfect set of colors to highlight your brand and elevate your playlist and watch the views stream in.

Control your content with a new Edit permission option

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

Wistia’s custom permissions, available for all Premium users, are designed to give you maximum control over your content. With granular permission options and an endless array of combinations, you can decide exactly what access people have to each folder of content.

How does it work?

  1. For Premium users, when you go to a folder, head to the Share button in the top right and select Invite collaborators
  2. From there, select an existing user/group, or type in the information for a new user and click the dropdown for permission access levels
  3. In the dropdown, select Custom permissions and select any of the following options

With the addition of the Edit custom permission, you now have a full suite of options for how your collaborators can manage content - giving them independence while also maintaining control.

New feature

Customize footer text for your Channel

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

We’ve heard your requests and we’re excited to deliver the ability for you to customize footer text for your Channel. We know how important customization is for your Channel - where you drive significant engagement from one video to the next and impactfully highlight your brand and product. That’s all the more reason to be able to include and customize footer text for your Channel - an especially important feature if you need to include disclaimers or regulatory language with your content.

How does it work?

  1. In your Channel, head to the Customize panel on the lefthand side of your screen
  2. Select Footer and include the text for your Channel, complete with the option to hyperlink any parts of your text
  3. Adjust the font size, alignment, and type and even include a footer title

Keep your Channel in compliance and in style with a customized footer that contains all the content you need, without compromising any of the design.

Make your logo linkable from your Channel

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

Keeping your brand front and center is one of the most important pieces of delivering impactful content. And now it’s even easier to make your brand shine and deliver with the ability to add a link to the logo in your Wistia Channel. You can build your logo directly into the header of your Channel and set the desired URL so that viewers can follow your logo to keep engaging with the brand.

How does it work?

  1. In your Channel, head to the Customize panel on the lefthand side of your screen
  2. Select Header and scroll down to the Logo section
  3. Either select the logo from your brandkit or upload a new image and adjust the size based on your preference
  4. Add a URL for the Logo click url and you’re ready to go!

Keep your viewers engaged with a clickable logo that will make your brand shine and your audience grow.

Improvement

Dynamically Display Your Content in a Hero Carousel

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Shared by Wistia's Product Team • May 30, 2025

Wistia Channels are the best way not only to show off your content but also drive deeper engagement. Now your content gets an elevated stage with our new hero carousel. You no longer have to choose just one video to feature in the hero section of your Channel - now you can display your header content as a dynamic carousel, giving your audience a beautiful and engaging view of your videos.

How does it work?

  1. In your Channel, head to the Customize panel
  2. Select Header and go to Header type where you can choose from:
  3. You can easily drag and re-order the videos or choose whether to show the video in the background or just the thumbnail

With the hero carousel, you can easily and beautifully give your users a sneak peek at your content to get them hooked and keep them watching.