New in Rewatch

We have added the ability to record via your device's camera using our Mac and Windows desktop recorders. This change makes it easier than ever to create quick video updates and messages on Rewatch. This is especially handy if your team is using a Series to replace stand-ups and other repetitive status meetings.

As always, you can also use the desktop app to record your screen, create a quick canvas presentation, or record a GIF. Download the Rewatch desktop app today!

Other fixes and improvements

• Disabled the "Post comment" button when uploading an image to avoid upload errors
• Fixed a bug when uploading videos from the "Edit collection" page
• Video uploaders can now embed their private videos
• Updated the video publishing flow to reduce unintentional publishing
• Updated the API to improve uploading of large files
• Added Afrikaans to list of supported languages for translation

It's been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, consider this another way Rewatch is helping to save your team time: it's now possible to add images – even GIFs! – in comments. This is something that we've wanted for a while, and we're happy to say goodbye to the days of halting a thread once it requires something visual.

Other fixes and improvements

• Added a default title to transcript highlights
• Added a message to the video page to indicate when a video fails to upload properly
• Improved screen reader accessibility of the navigation sidebar
• Fixed a bug where unpublishing a video removed the people who it was directly shared with
• Fixed a bug where the button that lets you hide your video offscreen was not displaying

Good news if you spend a lot of time bouncing between your calendar, Rewatch, and your CRM software: Rewatch now offers integrations with both Hubspot and Salesforce. With these enabled, Rewatch will create a Hubspot/Salesforce event when it finds a meeting on your calendar that includes a contact from your CRM.

To enable this feature, have your channel admin connect your CRM software via the Integrations tab in the Rewatch admin console.

Other fixes and improvements

• Added a message to indicate when a video's transcript has been edited, and by whom
• Updated the homepage navigation to group together content on the sidebar
• Added horizontal scroll controls when the series list on the home page gets too long
• Improved the description of “impressions” on the analytics page to make the data more understandable
• Created a link in the profile dropdown that gives group members of a view of the groups they are in
• Fixed a bug where using the spacebar was causing the series play to act abnormally

Just in time for the holiday travel season, our mobile apps now give you the option to download videos so you can watch them even without an internet connection.

The Rewatch app for iOS and Android now supports offline viewing for all videos. Simply navigate to the video, and select “Save for offline” from the ellipsis menu in the top right corner to download your video.

All of your “saved for offline” videos can all be found in the new and improved “Me” tab, along with your video uploads, likes, and recent watching history.

Don't have the Rewatch mobile app yet? Head to the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and download it today.

Series are a new way for you to stay connected with your team, wherever you work. Record quick videos to share what you’re up to—and let your team catch up on their own time and schedule.

A series is a collaborative space where team members can share updates on a specific project, task, or topic. We think they’re great for replacing those “status update” meetings (like a daily standup), as well as bringing your team together, even if you’re remote, or not always in the same space at the same time. Series enables teams to spend less time scheduling and attending meetings, and makes it easier to stay on top of the things you care most about.

Here’s a look at what we’ve added:

• Recent Highlights series: If your channel has any video highlights, you’ll notice a new series called “Recent Highlights”. We’ve compiled highlights from all videos into a single viewing experience, with full commenting and sharing capabilities.
• Creating a custom series: Creating a series for your team is easy – simply give it a title and decide who can contribute (or leave it open for the whole channel to add to). For status updates and other recurring events, you can even add reminders that notify contributors when it’s time to add a video.
• Tools for creating and recording: Our desktop screen recorder and mobile apps are now equipped with new tools for sharing your work and ideas. Now, alongside recording a video and or capturing your screen, you can create quick, custom, slide presentations to share with your team.
• View, comment, and share: The series viewer compiles videos from the team into a single, immersive experience (but with the same transcript and commenting capabilities you’ve grown accustomed to). Add in indicators for “unwatched” videos, and catching up with your teammates is quicker than ever before.

Read why we built series on our blog, or learn more about using series in the help center.

We've made it even easier for you to quickly access the videos you need for work. You can now pin specific collections to your sidebar by adding them to your favorites.

To get started, simply click the star (⭐) button next to the title of the collection. A new section will appear in your sidebar after you favorite your first collection.

Looking for an easier way to stay on top of conversations you care about? Good news—you can now subscribe to keywords and get notified whenever they're mentioned in a video.

When you subscribe to a keyword, you'll receive a notification in the app and, depending on your notification preferences, by email and/or mobile push.

Here are some keywords you might subscribe to:

• Your name: Hey, who doesn't want to know when they're mentioned? 😄
• Your team's name: Know when your team comes up in conversation.
• Project terms: Working on "pricing"? Get notified whenever it gets discussed.

Learn more about subscriptions in our help center.

With watch history in Rewatch, you can now see all the videos you've recently watched or started to watch in one place.

Need to revisit an important discussion? Or finish a video you only got partway through? Watch history makes it easy to quickly find videos you've already seen.

To see your watch history, go to "History" in the lefthand menu of the app.

You can now play Rewatch videos directly in Slack. With our updated integration, you and your team can quickly catch up on videos without having to leave your Slack workspace.

Only videos that have been published to your channel in Rewatch can be played in Slack. Private videos and videos that are only accessible by link will not be expanded.

If you connected Slack to Rewatch prior to August 10, 2022, please update the integration by following the instructions below.

1. Go to Integrations in the admin console.
2. Click "Manage settings" for the Slack integration.
3. Click "Update" at the top to update the Slack integration.
4. Follow these steps to enable your videos to play in Slack.

Learn more about our Slack integration in the help center.

We've made it a whole lot easier to share videos with your team, so you can keep conversations going and work moving forward.

Here's what's new and what's changing:

• ⚡ Publish videos to your channel in one click: Want to share a video with your entire team? Now you can publish videos to your channel in one easy click.
• 🎥 Share without leaving the video: Manage access to your videos without having to edit the video’s details. Add videos to collections, share them with specific people, and publish them to your channel or the web, all right from the video.
• 🔗 New videos now have an internally shareable link by default: New videos are now immediately shareable with members of your channel. Just send the link to share your video. Note: These links will not be viewable to anyone outside your channel, and your videos will not be published to your entire channel.
• 🔒 Draft videos are now private: If you have drafts in your video library, they will automatically be converted to private videos, which are only visible to you.

Learn more about sharing videos in our help center.