What we shipped

Intercom now supports Zight media embeds

Intercom now supports Zight as a media embedder. This is separate from the existing Zight for Intercom app workflow for sending content and requesting customer videos.

Learn more in the guides for Intercom Video Requests and Embedding Content with Zight .

Transcript editing: Keep edits when saving fails

Release update | October 22, 2026

If an original or translated transcript cannot be saved, the editor now stays open, preserves the edits and displays an error so you can retry.

Availability: Users who already have access to transcript editing.

MCP: More reliable connections for compatible AI clients

Release update | October 21, 2026

Fixed a blank authorization error when a compatible MCP client registered without requesting scopes.

Availability: Zight MCP connections using the affected registration flow. Existing affected clients should remove and re-add the Zight server to refresh registration. Active-session account switching remains limited.

PDF exports: Arabic, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese text

Release update | October 22, 2026

PDF exports now render Arabic, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese text instead of blank characters or boxes.

Availability: Wherever the existing Download as PDF workflow is available. Mixed Arabic and English word ordering remains limited; Arabic bullets remain left-aligned.

CSV member import restored for Scale and Business

Release update | October 19, 2026

Workspace owners can add members from a CSV instead of inviting each person individually.

Availability: Scale and legacy Business workspaces. Customer imports support up to 200 rows per file. Other plans show upgrade guidance.

Custom Fields with Request Links

Release update | October 23, 2026

Add text, numeric, dropdown, email or checkbox fields to a Request Link. Mark fields as required so responders provide the details before recording or uploading. Answers stay with the reply.

Availability: Existing Request Content-enabled accounts; existing reply limits still apply. Works with video, file and screenshot requests.

Custom Fields with Request Links

Link creators can now create custom form fields to collect additional data with their links.

• Create up to 20 fields.
• Customize field types, required or optional status, and custom values.
• Fields are displayed in the viewer’s metadata section.

UX follow-up: The metadata display may need a UX touch-up.

Examples

• See it in Zight
• See it in Zight
• See it in Zight

Android App

Release update | October 19, 2026

Zight is available on Google Play. Record your screen, share photos, videos and files from other apps, copy shareable links, and organize content in collections.

Availability: Android, verified on the US Google Play listing.

Get the app: play.google.com

Zight Playbooks: Run workflows with Claude and Codex

Zight Foundry Agent workflows are now being marketed as Zight Playbooks. Claude, Codex, and other compatible agents can fetch a Zight playbook and execute its steps without Zight’s Agent Runner Chrome extension.

What changed

• Zight Chrome extension v8.10.0 collects additional metadata to improve agent accuracy.
• Playbooks can be fetched and run by Claude, Codex, and other compatible agents.
• Running playbooks through these agents no longer requires Zight’s Agent Runner Chrome extension.

Where to start Use a Zight playbook with Claude, Codex, or another compatible agent. Update the Zight Chrome extension to v8.10.0 for the additional capture metadata.

Example Watch a playbook run completed by Claude

Plan availability: Not specified in the release announcement. Support link: Not provided. Image: Not provided; example recording linked above.

Release update | October 19, 2026

Captured browser interactions can become reusable Playbook steps. Connected, browser-capable AI clients can fetch the steps through MCP and report completed, failed or cancelled runs.

Availability: Limited beta for enabled workspaces, not general availability. Capture starts in Chrome. The connected AI client supplies browser automation; MCP supplies steps and accepts run reports. Sensitive sign-in and input steps remain with the user.

iOS 8.0.0: Fix for getting stuck on the launch screen

Zight for iOS 8.0.0 fixes an issue that could leave the app stuck on the Zight intro screen when opening it from a fully closed state.

Bug fixes

• Fixed collections showing a maximum of 10 items and improved retries when loading collections.
• Fixed links not being copied after uploading from the photo library.
• Fixed the Photo Library sharing interface in the share extension.
• Fixed an image caching issue and a possible crash.
• Improved login error handling and refresh-token logic.

Interface updates

• Updated onboarding with an animated hero and refreshed illustrations.
• Reorganized Settings and made the page scrollable.
• Improved layouts to fit different screen sizes.
• Updated collection titles and added item titles.
• Notification permission is now requested after login.
• Removed the "Last picture" option.

Update Zight from the App Store: App Store

Release update | October 21, 2026

Availability verified on the US App Store for Zight 8.0.0. This release fixes getting stuck on the intro screen after a cold launch, improves sign-in reliability, and includes collection and sharing fixes.

App Store: App Store

New Home Dashboard Upgrade

Playable videos and display the title, description, comment with Zight for Slack

Get it here: Slack

Custom Thumbnail for a Collection

Admin filters

Translate Videos with AI (beta)

Release update | October 19, 2026

Regenerating a Smart Action in a translated view now updates that language without replacing the original-language result.

Availability: Existing translation-beta users with Smart Actions access. Other language versions are not regenerated automatically. This remains a limited rollout.

Turn Transcripts into To-Dos

Zight for Salesforce Service Cloud

Zight for Salesforce Service Cloud helps support teams add recordings and screenshots to case records, share visual explanations with customers, and request a video when text alone is not enough.

Your Salesforce administrator can install the Zight package, add the Zight panel to the Case page, and authorize assigned users.

Support article

Add reactions & comments on video timeline

Zight AI: Show speaker split in transcripts

Custom Thumbnails

Skip filler words and silences

Zight MCP as an official community Claude connector

Add Zight video as context to your AI tools! Zight is now listed in the Claude connectors list

Claude directory

Zight Meeting Recorder - automaticaly start/stop a recording in your meetings

Meeting Recorder Bot is a beta Zight feature that can join eligible meetings from your connected Google Calendar, record after it is admitted, and create a Zight meeting artifact with the video, transcript, AI summary, and next steps.

You can also specify which meetings you want recorded: Internal, External, All

Beta access: Meeting Recorder Bot must be enabled for your account. If you do not see the Meetings section or calendar connection option, contact Zight Support or your Zight account team to request access.

Learn more - Support article

Windows 8.3 : quick share panel, meeting notes, smater recording preferences and more

• Refined the capture experience with an updated selection overlay and improved window capture controls.
• Added meeting notes while recording to help you have more professional videos!
• Added smarter recording preferences, including saved camera settings and a warning when your microphone is off.
• Improved item actions and clipboard support, making it easier to copy content and locate files in Windows Explorer.
• Polished the app’s look and feel with updated window styling, action layouts, and capture visuals.
• Fixed recording issues affecting microphone controls, delayed screenshots, and select-window capture.

Get it at Download Zight

Windows - Record System Audio

Content viewer improvements

Zight MCP for visual context

Connect Claude and other MCP-compatible AI tools to Zight so they can understand screen recordings, transcripts, OCR, request videos, console logs, network requests, and MCP visual context — without manual copy/paste.

Learn more Zight MCP

Blur in Videos

Released in Chrome extension 8.7.3

Blur (beta) is now available to everyone, with automatic blur while recording for Enterprise / Scale plans.

How to guide: Support article Chrome Store: Chrome Web Store

Screenshots OCR: make any screenshot searchable + grab text

Enable you to search and retrieve screenshots by the text content (via OCR) captured within them, improving your ability to find and organize stored content.

Grab text from any image capture

Viewer & Dashboard Updates

• Added a Copy Link button directly to the viewer top bar for faster sharing
• Improved screenshot scaling in the viewer so images fit the visible viewport better
• Promoted Export Summary to a clearer primary action in the viewer
• Fixed reactions visibility when comments are turned off
• Fixed comments/reactions toggles so they only appear when those features are actually available
• Fixed the analytics upgrade CTA so it routes users to the correct plans page
• Refreshed the dashboard list view with updated styling, badges, and layout
• Fixed dashboard refresh after web recorder completion so finished recordings surface correctly

Request Video Updates

• Fixed a bug where Request Video replies could be silently lost under collection-name collisions
• Fixed OCR processing for cross-org Request Video uploads
• Fixed reply-limit recovery after plan changes, so hidden items can reappear correctly after upgrades/limit increases
• Improved reply-limit hidden item handling so protected items no longer expose real asset URLs
• Fixed reply-limit messaging for unlimited or disabled plans
• Renamed “Custom ID” to “ID” on the Request Links page for clarity

Auth, Signup & Account Access Updates

• Redesigned the sign-in, sign-up, and forgot-password pages
• Fixed password requirement hint text so it matches actual validation rules
• Activated automatic team trials during signup on the backend
• Cleaned up trial and onboarding flows so users see the right trial actions
• Restored self-cancel for eligible trial users
• Refreshed the Workspace Settings page UI
• Fixed invite modal behavior for unlimited-seat plans
• Improved autojoin / domain lockdown / access entitlement behavior for eligible accounts
• Fixed AI settings visibility for users who should have access

Windows 8.2: Request files, videos, invisible recording controls, system audio recording and more!

Windows update! 8.2, packed with many things, including:

• Request video, files, images! - See it in Zight
• Restart video - lets you quickly retake a video without having to stop, wait for upload/processing and start again with the same settings. Super useful shortcut!
• System audio recording - similar to what was available on Mac, provide high quality recording of the audio coming off your computer, great for recording meetings.
• See it in Zight
• See it in Zight
• Another big one: recording controls are now hidden from the end recordings!

View and analyze logs from within Zight

Support article

Request links can now have different default texts for videos, files and images

OpenClaw + Zight Skill on ClawHub: Turn video into executable bot instructions

We published a new Zight skill for OpenClaw on ClawHub:

ClawHub

What this enables

A Zight video can now function like an instruction file for an AI agent.

Instead of writing long SOPs, teams can record a short visual walkthrough (clicks, sequence, edge cases), and the agent can use that context to automate repetitive work more reliably.

Why this matters

Most real workflows are visual-first, not text-first:

• click paths
• UI states
• branching edge cases
• handoff context

Video captures this faster and more accurately than plain text.

Product framing

• Input: short Zight recording with process context
• Processing: extract structured guidance from the video
• Outcome: reusable agent instructions for recurring tasks

Proposed use cases

• PMM launch checklists and release ops
• support workflow replication
• sales/demo prep handoffs
• internal enablement and onboarding flows

Notes

Human review remains in the loop for production-critical updates.

Request Anything: Collect videos, files, and images in one simple link

Zight's Request Anything feature makes it easy to collect videos, files, images, and other attachments from anyone—no downloads or sign-ins required.

It’s built for support, product, engineering, HR, and marketing teams that need structured submissions beyond just video. Whether you’re gathering bug reports, creative assets, documents, or testimonials, Request Anything gives you a single link to collect exactly what you need.

If you only need video responses, see our dedicated guide:  Request Video (with optional session logs).

Learn more

Support article

One-click meeting recording

Your workday goes fast, meetings get added, and remembering to hit “Record” shouldn’t slow you down! The One‑click Meeting Recorder automatically detects when you join a meeting and helps you start recording instantly, with no setup or extra tools.

Zight listens for meetings on popular platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, then prompts you to record with a single click. It’s a smarter, simpler way to make sure important conversations are never missed.

Key benefits:

• Automatically detects when a meeting starts
• One‑click recording with no manual setup
• Records system audio (all participants) and microphone
• Works seamlessly with most major meeting tools
• Designed to pair perfectly with Zight AI for summaries and transcripts

Learn more : Support article

Request video, now available for mobile / tablet

Request video links: Safari compatibility, mobile browsers and Cam-only recordings!

You can now request videos from users in many more ways!

• More browser support lets more of your users submit videos, regardless of the browser they are using
• Thanks to our mobile browser compatibility, users could record videos from their phone, which is especially useful if your use case is for something physical: an online order to return? need help troubleshooting a device?
• Your customers now have the ability to only record their webcam, which enable a lot of use cases like user testimonials for product marketing and weekly updates from your team

Email/Notifications subscription management

Get more control over which emails Zight sends you with our new subscription center.

This lets you select which types of email you can access. It’s available under your Zight settings.

Zendesk : AI summary of videos sent by customers

Cut down time to resolution even more with Zight! Now when receiving a video from a customer with Request video, customer support agents will receive

• a summary of the video (requires Zight AI)
• a link to view the full video
• link to the logs (if any)

Note: Requires the 1-click workflows to be enabled, visit See it in Zight

Request videos from Mac and Chrome

You can now access “Request videos” within Zight for Chrome (8.5.0) and Mac (8.6.0). Windows coming soon.

The Request Video feature makes it simple to collect video responses from anyone—no downloads or sign-ins required. It’s designed for support, engineering, and marketing teams that need quick visual context. You can also enable session logs for deeper technical troubleshooting.

More info: Support article

Start a meeting recording in one click with Zight for Mac

Zight now prompts you to start a recording when Zight detects a meeting. This automatically starts the countdown, system audio activates, and your webcam is removed. This can be disabled under the Zight preferences on Mac.

Note: The notification may be hidden in your Notifications center if you are in focus mode. We’ll be fixing this in a future version.

Zight for Intercom

Zight: Bring visual communication to Intercom support Turn frustrating back-and-forth tickets into clear, visual answers. With Zight for Intercom, your team can send screen walkthroughs, request screen recordings from customers in one click, and embed visual content directly into Intercom conversations or help docs for more accurate SOPs.

Why use Zight inside Intercom?

• Faster resolutions: send or request high-quality screen videos to show exactly what’s happening, no long text explanations.
• No installation needed from your customers: they see a link, click record, and you get notified as soon as they send you a video!
• Added context: capture customer logs and videos, and use Zight AI to receive a concise summary to speed up resolution times
• Faster SOPs, Seamless embedding: drop visual content into Intercom’s help center or your documentation without switching tools (contact us to enable!)

Efficient collaboration: support, product, and engineering teams can see exactly what’s going on, reducing misunderstandings.

More here - Support article

Download Zight for Intercom here - app.intercom.com

Zight AI: add custom instructions to step by step guides

Add custom personalizations to your AI step by step guides!

Ex: add a description before step by step guides, or have bug reports follow a specific format.

To get started, visit the “Zight AI” section within your Zight settings

Zight AI: Higher resolutions images for step by step guides

You can now click on any image in Zight generated guides to view them in higher resolution!

Request videos in Zendesk forms

Speed up your support workflows by requesting videos directly in your Zendesk support forms!

Support article

Zendesk 8 app update: Collect logs from customers, set default titles/messages on request

New Zendesk app update!

• Collect logs
• Admins can setup default title/messages

Choose which video thumbnail for when you share a video

This is now live as of August 13th 2025!

Zight AI: Let the AI better recognize your company's vocabulary

Access your Zight AI settings and setup common words your company use to improve the quality of your video transcripts!

Available in the Zight AI addon

Video Timestamp Linking: share specific parts of a video

Want to easily share parts of a video, allowing your viewers to focus on a specific segment?

You can now share Chapters created by Zight AI in one click!

suggestion from [deleted account] : "Suggestion: Video Timestamps with ability to easily link to a certain timestamp. This would be very helpful for our tutorial videos so that users can jump to the part of the video they need to see (for longer videos)"

Dashboard performance improvements

Users with a large number of items should notice a significant improvement in loading times on their Zight dashboard!

Capture long pages on Windows with our Scrolling Screenshot feature!

Beta: Collect logs from customers

1-click export to Notion

Notifications Subscription Center

You can now better personalize which notifications you receive via our new subscription center!

Access it on any email you received from Zight after August 6th 2025

Export Content: One click button

Export options of AI Smart actions

Quickly export AI-generated video summaries or guides to other tools by using our export feature in content sharing pages.

Copy generated content lets you quickly copy a formatted version to use in the selected tools

1-click Integrations (“Create Zendesk article”) let you directly create content into the cool without copying it first (requires admin access of Zight)

1-click export to Jira, Confluence

Automatically generate Jira tickets or Confluences pages from a single video. Now, with our new 1-click export to the Atlassian suite, you can improve your workflow and create content much faster from a single video.

Use our Zight AI addon to generate a compelling guide, then click on “Export” on your video page to automatically create a Jira ticket or a Confluence page.

To enable (Enterprise only)

• visit any link from your dashboard
• On the left side, select “Integrations”
• Enable and configure the Jira integration
• In your export options in any video, you should be able to send the content in one click!

Zight AI settings: automatically apply smart actions for automated documentation workflows!

Personalize your Zight AI settings and decide wether you want the title, summary, chapters to be generated for you!

Also, you can now have Zight automatically:

• select a “Smart Action”, which will automatically detect if the video was a meeting, a walkthrough etc and chose the appropriate page.
• This is now the default when enabling Zight AI!
• use a smart action of your choice (ex: if you always want to use a short summary, or bug report documentation)
• a short summary
• No description

Available with our Zight AI addon.

Request video (sign up for the waitlist!)

Speed up support with screen recordings, GIFs & screenshots in Zendesk, request videos from customers, and get AI-powered summaries & SOPs. Join the waitlist for our new Record Video feature—faster replies, happier customers!

Join the Waitlist now(should be available in the coming weeks!) – Feedback form

Watch on YouTube

Mac 8.4.1 Stability update

New Mac app version, 8.4.1

The team fixed a few issues related to video:

• fix when the camera dropdown was not selecting the right device in some cases
• fix an issue where recordings could fail if made right after first app install
• fix onboarding screen permission not always bringing your to the next step
• using the iPhone camera would be lagging
• and bring back the tooltips on the annotations panel for each option

Webhooks update

We updated our existing webhooks feature to enable many integrations with your tool stack: Support article

The main update is on the “added\_to\_collection” webhook, which is being triggered when a video is added in a collection.

We now added most of the item info (content url, AI name/description if you have our AI addon) to enable many workflows:

• content backup → send your videos to Google Drive etc
• content upload to other tools → send your videos to Youtube if you add them to a collection called "Youtube" for example
• In our beta “Request video” feature, you can ask your customers to send you videos and have them received in your CRM of choice (ex: Zendesk, Intercom etc).

If your organization needs help doing the original setup, let us know!

Smart Actions Beta

Smart Actions is a groundbreaking feature that goes from generating SOPs and meeting notes to training materials, bug reports, and more. Smart Actions streamlines workflows and cuts down on manual effort. Say goodbye to hours of editing—let Zight turn your video content into actionable assets. Learn more: zight.com

Mac - Record System Audio

Now in Zight for Mac 8.4, you can easily record your meetings with system audio!

Features

• Record Meetings with System Audio

Capture every recordings with incredible quality! With system audio enabled, you can record full meetings or clips and let our AI add-on create transcripts, meeting summaries, and action items for you.

• How to use it:
• Go to your app’s preferences or the recording options under the microphone dropdown.
• Select "System audio" and accept the permission prompt.
• Works seamlessly with or without instant video enabled!

👉 Learn More 👉 Quick Guide

• Improved Password Management

Managing item passwords just got easier! You can now clearly see when a password is applied and check existing ones effortlessly. 👉 See How It Works

Improvements

• Video Upload Reliability

We’ve overhauled our video upload process to make it more resilient. You can trust that your videos will upload without a hitch.

• Smoother Screenshots & Sharing
• Crop your screenshot, hit "Share," and your crop will now be applied instantly. No more frustrations!
• Added a handy shortcut: Press Enter to use the last selection in your screenshots or video overlay.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed 79+ issues, including:
• Improved video reliability: We ensure videos always have sound and image.
• Thumbnails now generate for manually uploaded videos.
• Fixed bugs with scrolling screenshots in early versions.
• Cmd+W now works consistently for closing annotation windows.
• Restarting a video no longer resets your webcam position.

Dashboard - Create animated gif video previews showing a scene from a video you recorded.

Live animated preview is added to the Dashboard.

See it in Zight

Sync groups with IdP (Okta)

This feature lets admins of larger orgs better organize their user’s settings by automatically assigning them into proper groups. The alternative is doing it manually which is tedious for companies at a certain size. More secure, better organized.

• Documentation Support article

Note: this currently works for Okta, other providers coming soon

Annotation: Solid shapes

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Merge multiple videos together

To access the feature, go to the “More” menu and select the “Merge a video” option.

Live demo: See it in Zight

Vote on how to improve the feature: Feedback form

Windows 6.8.0 - Bug fixes and improvements

This new version helps fix a few issues that you reported to our support team, thank you for reporting them!

• improve the cache logic so Zight doesn’t take as much space and memory anymore
• Fix an issue where the control bar would be rendered off screen when using multiple screens
• Fix an issue where a small floating window with close and minimize buttons would be shown permanently on-screen

File retention policy visible for users

With Zight’s enhanced File Retention Policy feature, users are now clearly informed when workspace policies affect their custom content expiration settings. This ensures a seamless experience by preventing users from setting dates that exceed retention limits, saving time and avoiding errors. Administrators can confidently manage retention rules while users enjoy transparency and clarity in managing their content.

AI Chapters

One of the most requested enhancements for our AI package is already within reach — we collect the data but haven’t yet surfaced it. This feature will add significant value to our AI offerings and make it much easier to navigate through lengthy videos.

Dashboard lifting

Scrolling Screenshot

This feature is available on our Chrome extension

Chrome Web Store

And our Mac app, starting with 8.3 : See it in Zight

Coming soon for Windows.

More info: Support article

Mac 8.3 - Scrolling screenshot and more!

This version brings one of our top feature request, Scrolling screenshots! It also brings a new view that better showcases all Zight features in one go, making them easier to discover.

Features

• Scrolling screenshots to let users capture long pages: Email threads, web pages, etc. Already available on Chrome, this feature is now on Mac and will be on Windows shortly.
• You will be greeted with an onboarding the first time they open the feature
• Sequoia compatibility. We tested the app with the new macOS version, which came out on September 2024! This brings to users a new system level popup that will be shown to users every month and needs to be accepted for Zight to function properly.
• Get notified when your microphone doesn’t produce any sound, hence saving you from doing a sound-less recording!

Improvements

• When you drag and drop an image from the quick panel, it now closes the quick panel
• More consistency in the UI naming
• Better warning when a video conversion fails sending users to the help center
• Updated UI for the auto-upload screenshots feature, more native-looking and improved the logic detecting when a user takes a system screenshot.

Bug fixes

• longstanding annoying bug where the - / + buttons couldn’t be clicked everywhere to resize the webcam
• Hard to read text in onboarding
• Fix trim/cut video editing feature for Macs without Rosetta installed
• Better handling when 2 files have the same name on the file list. This would create tons of little issues here and there, and has more chances of happening when using our AI tool
• Fix scenarios where the copy link/ciopy content notifications wouldn’t always appear
• fix an issue where the user’s clipboard would be cleared when copy clipboard is disabled
• Initial select area for screenshot didn’t work on secondary monitor using shortcuts
• Fix an issue where you can’t rename a file in the editor if you previously opened it
• Fix an issue where the camera wouldn’t appear when switching aspect ratio options
• Fix an issue where the microphone could be toggled during the countdown but wouldn’t do anything
• Fix an issue where the quick preview wouldn’t automatically close until users would close it manually
• Fix an issue where screenshot upload would be stuck in an uploading state
• tons of crash/little issues we found along the way!

You can download it today at See it in Zight

Emoji popover for Annotations

HEX code input for Annotations

Dark mode for Annotations

Save tool preferences

Number stickers in Annotations

Zoom out option and background color option

⏩️ Skip video playback 5 seconds and jump 5 seconds back

Take Control of Your Viewing

Jump Back 5 Seconds:

• Never miss a crucial moment again! With just a click, rewind 5 seconds instantly. Whether it’s a key dialogue, a quick tutorial step, or a jaw-dropping action scene, reliving the moment has never been easier.
• Even if you’re at the very start of the video, hitting the “Jump Back” button will simply restart your video, ensuring a smooth and intuitive experience.

Skip Forward 5 Seconds:

• Skip ahead with precision! Move forward by 5 seconds to bypass redundant content, skip intros, or find that perfect scene faster.
• If you’re near the end of your video, the “Skip Forward” button will smoothly conclude your playback, wrapping up your session effortlessly.

Remember player settings

✨ Zight AI - automatic video transcriptions, title, descriptions and better search!

Zight AI lets you automatically add information on your videos, making them look more pro and easier to find later

• Automatic video transcriptions (we recognize 50+ languages)
• Automatic video titles
• Automatic video descriptions
• This makes all your videos easier to search!
• A lot more features are coming in the coming months

As of July 2024, you can now purchase ZIght AI on your account at

See it in Zight

More info - Support article

Correction mode / edit transctiption

Starting today you can:

• edit your transcriptions within specific timestamps
• use interactive transcription timestamps during editing to set playback position accordingly
• delete whole blocks of transcriptions for selected timestamps
• restore the original version of a transcription for each timestamp block separately
• copy transcriptions directly to your clipboard
• request to re-generate transcriptions
• it’s mobile-friendly
• it supports light and dark mode

Quick demo: See it in Zight

Version and duplicate (annotation history, clone)

If you ever felt stressed that you could modify your Zight items in a way you didn’t really want, it won’t happen anymore.

Version history is a unique Zight feature that allows you to track the history of editing that you applied to your content. If it’s a screenshot or any image you can see how you changed a picture and restore or duplicate each version, as many times as you want.

Read more: Support article

Duplicate Content (create a new unique link to the same content for sharing)

Ability to remove previously saved annotations

Mac 8.2 - Notch laptop improvements, speed updates, quality updates and more!

Features & improvements

• Laptops with notch Enhanced user experience with more options to stop a recording. In some cases, Zight might be hidden under the notch on some laptops, when users opened Zight they had no options but to cancel the recordings. No more! You can now access the recording controls when you open Zight, wether it’s via Cmd + Tab, or in your dock.
• 720p quality got a 30% quality boost, to make sure text is legible and videos look great when shared. Upgrade for more recording resolutions!
• Camera Bubble: The camera bubble now stays where you move it!! This was sometimes frustrating while recording, as the webcam would move to pre-defined corners, but some of you want to show your webcam in a specific place. It resets to bottom left between recordings.
• Preview a file in the file list: Added a button to the preview feature to the file list for easier access. Used to be a hidden feature under the “more” menu, where you had to hit spacebar, now it's a little icon that you can click on anytime.
• Preferences panel got a little facelift, splitting the settings for Recordings and Screenshots (used to be called "Appearance" and not have all the screenshot features) - See it in Zight
• Speed : thumbnails are now shown and draggable in the file list while uploading is happening
• Contrast Improvement: Added better contrast between the countdown and background before a recording starts.

Bug Fixes

• Annotation Panel: Fixed the annotation panel appearing during region selection recording (this was a pet peeve of a lot of power users)
• Invisible Icons: Fixed invisible Zoom In and Zoom Out icons in the Screenshot Editor.
• Color Picker: The color picker in screenshot and video annotations now displays the correct color.
• Recording Uploads: Fixed issues where recordings were not uploading during network outages.
• Crash Fixes: Addressed several crashes, including those related to saving annotations, recording processes, and specific error conditions.
• Editing Issues: Resolved problems where editing after selecting the extension on the editor title textbox wouldn't save the title.
• GIF Creation: Fixed an issue where GIF creation failures resulted in a forever "Processing Recording" state.
• Favorites Panel Update: The favorites panel now updates correctly when items are deleted.
• Favorites List: Fixed an issue where the favorites list was not showing all favorites except for newly added items.
• Collections Scrolling: You can now scroll through collections even when an item is highlighted.
• Text Cutoff: Resolved text cutoff issues in various settings and preferences windows.

Performance and Stability

• Memory Issues: Improved memory handling for better app performance.
• Robust Update Flow: Made the update app flow more robust to ensure smoother updates.
• Logging: Enhanced logging for audio sources, keychain, and pusher to help diagnose issues more effectively. Save the last 2 weeks to better help our users.

Note: the team is working on a 8.2.1 which will focus on an issue when attempting to record on a new Mac.

File Viewer -- Dark Mode Design

This would allow a user of CloudApp to customize their shared link pages to have viewing mode of light mode or dark mode

Embeds refresh

Zight embeds got a new design. Changes are subtle but definitely noticeable. The update includes:

• better support for cases with and without Zight branding
• variants with and without item names displayed
• rounded corners, multi-line titles, and Zight logo placement
• refreshed play button on video content and player UI

The changes apply to embeds, not social media thumbnails. It’ll come later this quarter.

Chrome 8.1.0 update : Annotate, GIF recording, dark mode and more!

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Meet Zight’s Newly Enhanced Chrome Extension!

We’re excited to introduce the latest enhancement to Zight’s Chrome extension (which you can download here ). The update started with a need to drive a consistent experience across our product ecosystem. Whether you are using the desktop app or Chrome extension, this update not only provides identical functionality but also maintains consistency in colors and feature naming.

GIF

With this update, capturing GIFs and recording quick videos is now an option in the primary actions, a feature previously only available on our desktop app. GIFs are similar to recording a video, but you can get your point across in a quick visual punch. They are perfect if you’re troubleshooting a bug with Engineering or showing your Dev team the latest web updates – just record and easily share a link with your team or customer.

Annotate

In addition, we have also added an Annotate option to the primary actions which brings consistency for both Chrome and desktop. When using the Annotate feature, you can create a screenshot and then the annotation screen will automatically open up where you can add text, shapes, arrows, blur, and more. Great for quickly communicating your ideas and showing what you mean clearly and concisely.

Dark Mode

Lastly, we have added dark mode to the Chrome extension. Whether you’re working late into the night or simply prefer a more subtle interface, dark mode can be easier on the eyes and cause less strain. For users with visual impairments or sensitivity to bright light, dark mode can also improve readability and overall usability, helping to create a more inclusive browsing experience.

Zight Content page Beta

Selected users are allowed to opt into Zight Beta. To experience our future, go to Zight Dashboard, click any item, and find a Beta toggle here: See it in Zight What’s new:

1. Updated general layout consistent with Guest and User pages
2. Completely redesigned access settings dialog
3. New collections assignment modal
4. A new section dedicated to the number of views, expiration details, and favorites
5. Dynamic Share buttons - the icon will inform you about the current content Access level
6. Live status for content being uploaded/saved - the Annotate/Edit button is blocked when it can’t be used, but present to increase the feature visibility
7. More menu where all options are gathered in an easy-to-access list
8. A dedicated user menu is an integral part of the left-side navigation
9. Simplified navigation between items collected in one collection
10. Rearranged Analytics with progress tracking, CTAs to share, and informational piece.
11. Dark mode
12. Much more and much more is coming soon

Web Annotations update

New features/improvements included:

1. Drop shadow and stroke on text:
2. It’s not the default setting yet, but we’re going to update it soon.
3. Demo: See it in Zight
4. Example result: See it in Zight
5. Ability to add annotations outside the original image:
6. Demo: See it in Zight
7. Example result: See it in Zight
8. Fix for text being hard to “unselect” by clicking outside of it - no more unwanted text areas!
9. Demo: See it in Zight

Mac 8.1 - Warning when no microphone sound is detected

No more sound-less videos with our new warning added in ZIght for Mac 8.1!

We now detect if your microphone is muted (happens if you mute/unmute it often in between videos) or no sound was detected coming from your microphone.

Available here - See it in Zight

Mac 8.1 - Bigger Webcam size

Make sure your are visible and well understood on bigger screens by using the new webcam size in Zight for Mac 8.1

See it in Zight

Full Mac 8.1 release notes

Our new version of Zight for Mac, 8.1 is now available for download at See it in Zight

It includes a few enhancements following your feedback on the release of 8.0 end of last year, including :

Features

• A clear warning before a recording if your microphone sound couldn’t be detected
• A bigger webcam size
• Free users can now annotate on their videos and use the “highlighter” tool on screenshots

Improvements

• Fixed the “Drag me” in the annotations window
• Fixed a bug where annotation windows would be included in a capture if they were minimized
• Fix a “double image” being pasted in iMessage and Slack
• Fixed a bug where audio wouldn’t be present when doing a shortcut recording right after install
• Fix a video bug where the first frame of a recording may appear “frozen”
• Improve the quick preview feature speed, so your image is ready to be dragged and dropped instantly in any email, slack, teams etc.
• Improve the visibility of the countdown in dark mode
• Improvements to our fallback system when a video fails to record if an error occurs.
• Improvements
• Improvements on multi-monitor systems, making sure the countdown and camera are in the selected screen
• And many more!

Windows 6.6.0 - 6x faster video upload

We are thrilled to announce the release of Zight for Windows 6.6.0. This update includes crucial bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features aimed at enhancing the overall user experience on Windows.

The main change in this release is an improvement to our speed, making video uploads up to 6x faster than our previous version.

We also fixed a few issues:

• Some video and audio sync issues, especially with 4k videos
• Resolved an issue where the application would error out after countdown when recording
• Resolved some intermittent crashes

Let us know how it goes and send any feedback to feedback@zight.com

Zight for iOS

We just updated our iOS app to match the Zight experience!

Zight is your go-to app for screen recording and screenshot capture on iOS. Designed for efficiency and ease, Zight lets you quickly capture moments, upload files, and share them effortlessly and securely.

Features

• Screen Recorder: Record your iPhone screen with ease. Perfect for tutorials, walkthroughs, demos, or any moment you want to capture
• Link Sharing: Get a link and share it with anyone, anywhere! Generate shareable links for your screenshots and recordings and paste them to colleagues or friends for viewing
• Uploads: Effortless upload process. Finish capturing and your files upload to the cloud in seconds! Also upload photos and videos from your device for better editing and sharing
• Share: Share your captures with colleagues with just a few taps. Also set who can view or interact with your files.
• Capture Management: A customized thumbnail view that makes organizing and browsing through your captures a smooth experience

This will be a great companion to your Zight workflow! - App Store