Nothing big this week, just continuous improvements to your Arcade experience!
We fixed a rendering issue where videos and GIFs appeared stretched after the first step, even when previews looked perfect. This bug was tied to how Cover vs. Fit settings were handled during export.
Big thanks to Ben for the fix!
You can now drag PZ layers by clicking anywhere, not just on the tiny icon (and we removed that icon altogether for a cleaner timeline). This also applies to other timeline layers like camera recordings.
Shoutout to Lucy for the smoother interaction!
When your voiceover is longer than your video, the timeline still works perfectly — no more frozen tracks or missed clicks.
Another great upgrade from Lucy.
We're back with another round of updates to make Arcade even more powerful for your team. This month brings some exciting improvements to how you create, customize, and share your content — plus several behind-the-scenes enhancements that'll make everything run smoother.
You can now record your mobile screen using Arcade Desktop — just plug in your device and start capturing. We also refreshed the mobile viewing experience, with cleaner layouts and animations that make mobile Arcades feel polished and easy to follow.
Thank you Liisa for the amazing work here!
Trimming clips feels more natural thanks to a smarter playhead, precise controls, and better post-trim behavior. These updates bring Arcade's video editor closer to the tools you already know (and we've got even more upgrades on the way).
Thank you to Lucy for taking on this on, and extra kudos for doing it as your first project at Arcade!
Arcade's AI now skips irrelevant steps, writes better copy, and tailors CTAs and forms based on the tone you choose. The Sales tone will help you create the perfect Arcade for sales (with a form at the end for your prospects); the Marketing tone will automatically add a CTA. Whether you're in marketing or sales mode, Avery's gotten sharper, and your Arcades will feel more on-brand out of the box.
Thank you to Alex for this smart, helpful build!
We posted about this (a lot), but Arcade Desktop is now much stronger: It supports video + mobile recording, area selection, and in-app AI to generate your hotspot copy. It's fast, reliable, and a great way to record Arcades outside of the browser.
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As part of our mission to hit 100% upload reliability:
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We’re investing heavily in making Arcade’s video editing feel intuitive, precise, and frustration-free. This week brings two major upgrades to trimming!
While trimming:
After trimming:
These small changes add up to a dramatically better editing experience — and we’re not done yet. Thank you to Lucy for leading the charge on this work!
After a long break, we're back with great updates! Our new desktop app is faster, sleeker, and supports mobile recording. Plug in your device, capture real interactions, and edit with the full power of Arcade.
The redesign also makes it easier to manage recordings, select specific areas, and enjoy a smoother editing experience all around. Read the full launch post here.
Avery now knows when a step needs text — and when it doesn’t.
We’ve upgraded Avery so it automatically detects which steps need hotspot copy and which ones don’t. If a step doesn’t need extra context, it’ll autoplay smoothly. Less typing, more flow. Thank you Alex for the hard work on this one!
The new Media Library filters make it easy to locate the exact screenshot or video you need — and see where it’s being used.
You can now search by media type, grab a direct asset URL, and view which Arcades include that asset. Whether you're reusing content or cleaning house, it's a big step toward smarter asset management.
Our redesigned chapter screens are here — more polished, more customizable, and easier to navigate.
Make your story flow beautifully with clear breaks and better context for viewers.
See the new look:
Make changes behind the scenes and only publish when you're ready.
No more live-editing stress. With Versioned Arcades, you can edit, review, and push updates on your timeline — perfect for public-facing demos or embedded Arcades.
🔗 Watch how it works:
We’ve added a manual fallback option for video uploads. If your upload ever fails, head to Chrome Extension settings to download the raw recording directly. Your work is safe — no more starting over.
Step-by-step export is now live for everyone!
Need to turn an Arcade into a written guide? You can now export every step — with text, screenshots, and even GIFs for video steps — in just one click.
Paste it into Notion, your help center, onboarding docs, or wherever your team lives.
The Arcade Desktop app now lets you select a specific area before you start recording.
Whether you’re demoing a tiny modal or a massive dashboard, you can now zero in on just the part of your screen you want to capture — no more post-recording cropping or awkward framing. It’s the easiest way to get polished, focused demos from the start.
A new way to share your Arcades with more context and direction.
Instead of just dropping a demo link, now you can create a custom Room that gives viewers a clear intro, description, downloadable files, CTA, and more, making it easier to turn demos into decisions.
Our improved ElevenLabs integration lets you customize voices with your own API key.
Prefer a different accent? Want to use a cloned voice that sounds just like you? Now you can. With our ElevenLabs integration, you can plug in your own API key and get full control over which voices show up in Arcade. Perfect for creators who want to stay on-brand, in every sense.
Watch how it works:
As 2024 wraps up, we can't help but look back at the amazing teams and stories that make up the Arcade community. We reached 100,000 Arcades published 🎉, expanded to over 15,000 teams, and secured a Series A fundraising round led by Kleiner Perkins to build for the next chapter of interactive content. These milestones would not have been possible without the support we received—big and small—from customers like you along the way. Every published Arcade, support ticket opened, and conversation has contributed to our efforts in building a beautiful, easy-to-use product, and, importantly, one that’s fun to create with—so thank you.
Inspired by last year’s inaugural campaign, we released our 2nd annual 'Year in Review'. This interactive recap showcases how customers used Arcade to power their storytelling and measure success.
Here at Arcade, we're big believers in '"dogfooding'" our product, or as Caroline likes to say, "drinking our own champagne 🥂 😉 ." If we're not using Arcade to tell our story, how can we expect you to do it? This 'Year in Review' is our way of celebrating your success while inspiring new ways to make Arcade an even more significant part of your storytelling (and it pushes us to make the product even better!).
We had a 'wicked' time pulling it together; here's a great example of the experience 🪄:
Explore the full blog post to dive into everything we shipped — including the features our users love most!
Last week was a shorter week for the Arcade team, as we came together (from across the globe!) for a company offsite to reflect on 2024 and kick-off plans for 2025! We can't wait to share more about what we have planned to build next year.
Our goal is to ensure you can create beautiful content quickly. That's where defaults come in –– to polish your content without you having to think about it. Now, when you build an Arcade, you'll automatically see:
When adding a camera recording, it's easy to forget that music was playing 🎶 in the background or that you took too long of a pause ⏸️ between sections. It happens (and it's annoying to start from scratch!)
Now, with our new AI partner, Avery ✨ (beta), you can get studio-quality recordings with the press of a button. Avery removes background music and silences and polishes the recording to make it crisp every time.
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Uploads are now 4x faster! When you record an Arcade using our extension or desktop app, the time it takes to process and edit has been dramatically reduced. Performance isn’t just about numbers—it’s about that intangible feeling of "this just feels faster," making your workflow smoother and more seamless.
Spend less time organizing and more time building with multi-select options to move or delete multiple Arcades.
We raised a $14M Series A to build for the next chapter of interactive content!
Easily add text from 40+ languages (and growing!) and generate synthetic voiceover to match.
Everything starts here. Create Arcades, invite your teammates, and easily browse through previous content to track performance and figure out what to optimize. The new home experience was designed to help you find content faster –– whether you want to see what's new, what's trending, or which Arcades might need a refresh!
More video editing options to ensure that you can check every detail. Now, there's a toggle to zoom in and out of the timeline view.
A simple, yet personal way to add voiceovers to your Arcades.
Last week the team focused on squashing lots of bugs, including:
Themes allow teams to add tracking, personalization, and branding to multiple Arcades versus having to set up every time. This ensures brand consistency and saves time.
Now, you can add background music and toggle autoplay controls on the theme-level.
Last week the team focused on squashing lots of bugs, including:
Enable seamless navigation with an interactive menu for quick toggling and easy demo browsing.
🌎Translations: last week we made a handful of quality improvements, including:
🖱️ Collections ordering: Ability to drag an Arcade to new section in Collections
Last week the team focused on squashing lots of bugs, including:
Want to add your audio files on the step level? You can easily do so by uploading files through the editor's 'camera recording' button.
Export GIFs at a higher quality (720p) and choose whether to include hotspot cursor navigation in exports.
Last week the team focused on squashing lots of bugs, including:
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HTML Capture lets you modify page elements and generate new ideas with AI-powered prompts – no code required.
This feature is now available for early access. Learn more.
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Now, you can see how many views 👀 each of your Arcades generates and easily access more insights by simply clicking on the view count.
You can also search 🔍 your Arcades by views, so you won't have to search for your most popular Arcades anymore.
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🔗 Custom embeds give teams more options for including Arcades in their products and websites. Any element on your site can trigger an in-app popout modal containing your Arcade.
💡 Way to use custom embeds:
Homepage: Add a 'Try interactive demo' button on your homepage to trigger an in-app pop-up of your demo
🖱️ Auto-play automatically triggers an Arcade to play if a viewer doesn't interact with the Arcade. Now, a cursor will show *where* you clicked to make the experience more immersive for the viewer.
💡 Ways to use auto-play cursor:
Include in demo GIF and video exports to focus the viewer on where to click through your product
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This feature gives teams more access controls, allowing them to manage who can view their Collections and handle requests to access them.
Collections allow you to combine multiple Arcades into one landing page. Customers most commonly use them for sales leave-behinds, changelogs, and detailed product guides.
