2.1

Rollout Status

Version 2.1 is currently being deployed as part of a phased rollout. Each server will be updated individually over the coming period.

Breaking Changes

• Legacy UI transition: As part of the transition to the new UI, certain features will become exclusive to the new interface over time. Accessing these menus in the legacy UI will automatically redirect you to the new UI. Additional menus will follow in future releases.

Headline Features in 2.1

• AI-Powered Datasources: New Web Scraper and AI Datasource types. Extract information from any website using plain English, combine and process multiple datasources with built-in web search, social media monitoring, and smart data transformation.
• Slide Widget Embedding: Slides can now embed other slides and playlists, enabling multi-zone layouts without using Content. Build reusable templates with dynamic zones directly in playlists.
• Shared Datasource Editing: Share special links that allow non-technical users (restaurant managers, reception staff, store managers) to update datasource content without logging into Wallboard, with configurable permissions and row locking.
• External Website in Separate Webview: Display external websites with full native performance in a dedicated webview instead of an embedded iframe, with optional script injection and layer ordering control.
• Extended Datasource Mappers: Datasource mappers now support multiple datasource inputs and flexible output options (mock datasource, property path, or internal datasource overwrite).
• Power BI Integration: Connect directly to Power BI reports and display them as high-quality images on any device. No Power BI license needed on the player. Requires Premium, Embedded, or Fabric capacity.
• Native SAML & OAuth SSO: Enterprise single sign-on built right in. Connect to Azure AD / Entra ID, Okta, OneLogin, and any SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect provider.
• Enhanced Admin Controls: Redesigned two-factor authentication with setup/teardown wizard, force-2FA enforcement, and TOTP verification for sensitive operations. Magic code login for passwordless authentication. Improved bot protection with reCAPTCHA integration.

April 22, 2026

UI version: 2.1.782
Legacy UI version: 2.1.245

New features:

• Added the ability to quickly add another device with values pre-filled from the previous entry, speeding up bulk device registration
• Added middle-click support on file, content, device, schedule, and channel cards, along with their folders, to open items in a new browser tab

Improvements:

• Added a warning in the Web Scraper datasource example JSON inputs when a JSON schema is pasted instead of sample data, helping users provide the correct format

Bug fixes:

• Fixed multiple issues with the quick editor previews, where widgets inside a slide could appear empty, changes could take up to 30 seconds to show, and the previously selected slide could be displayed instead of the newly chosen one on slower network connections

April 17, 2026

UI version: 2.1.763
Legacy UI version: 2.1.242

New features:

• Added quick editing support for Slide, Playlist, and Channel widgets, allowing content selection changes directly from the quick edit panel
• Added a comment indicator on content and device cards, showing at a glance which items have comments

Improvements:

• Improved login flow stability and session handling when using multiple browser tabs
• Updated the on-screen instructions shown on the device registration screen to refer to the Devices page instead of the Home page, matching the current menu label

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a logout issue that could cause authentication errors when switching between sessions
• Fixed an issue where widgets with animated transitions would remain visible after a page change event, overlapping the new page content
• Fixed an issue where vertical alignment in the Table widget was ignored when a custom image size was set
• Fixed an issue where scheduled playlist items could display incorrect start and end dates due to a timezone conversion error
• Fixed an issue where the Weather widget would not cycle between configured locations in previews and on devices

April 10, 2026

UI version: 2.1.712
System version: 2.1.67

Improvements:

• Improved file listing performance in the File Manager
• Updated the URL in the training popup

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the quick edit status was not displayed on slide cards after enabling quick edit on certain widget combinations
• Fixed an error message incorrectly appearing when logging into an expired customer account
• Fixed an issue where batch-selecting files or contents and changing team permissions would fail with an error
• Fixed inconsistent default values in the internal table datasource editor between schema templates and newly added rows
• Fixed an issue where the save button in the internal datasource editor did not persist changes in certain cases

April 6, 2026

Legacy UI version: 2.1.215
System version: 2.1.63

New features:

• Added collection-based slide pages in playlists with support for multi-row display, allowing a single slide to show data from multiple datasource rows simultaneously
• Added an enhanced History dropdown inside the content editor, replacing the previous autosave confirmation modal with a more intuitive in-editor version history
• Added device group name column to the device CSV export
• Reduced Power BI export minimum refresh interval from 1 hour to 10 minutes

Improvements:

• Improved pre-registered device matching to fall back to serial number lookup when the device's hardware ID has not been set yet
• Improved device status update performance
• Improved content preview loading performance
• Improved storage usage calculation performance
• Improved screenshot status accuracy in device overview

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the Pandora Cloud Cover audio player would not reconnect after a brief network interruption, causing audio playback to stop
• Fixed an issue where external webview players were not removed when a Slide was used inside a playlist, causing increased memory usage
• Fixed an issue where the content/contents widget did not preserve the slide background opacity
• Fixed a race condition where the preview save could reach the backend before the content save, causing quick-editable widget data to revert
• Fixed character encoding issues in email notifications across 29 languages
• Fixed text alignment and custom image sizing issues in the Table widget
• Fixed an issue where enabling playlist sync could cause intermittent connectivity issues on certain devices
• Fixed an issue where devices without a serial number could be assigned matching device IDs, causing conflicts during registration

April 2, 2026

UI version: 2.1.667

New features:

• Added a duplicate option for schedules, allowing quick cloning of existing schedule entries

Improvements:

• Improved file listing performance and refactored HTTP error handling across the application
• Improved custom domain settings page with an informational message for configuring custom domains
• Improved SAML SSO with custom attribute mapping support for user roles, teams, and UI profiles

Bug fixes:

• Fixed custom certificate modal incorrectly appearing for PWA, ePaper, and Samsung devices where custom certificates are not supported
• Fixed the device load page not passing the URL on confirm and version select defaulting incorrectly
• Fixed an issue where SSO authentication would fall back to the legacy interface when the target UI could not be determined. The default fallback is now the 2.0 interface

March 10, 2026

UI version: 2.1.531
Legacy UI version: 2.1.173
System version: 2.1.40

New features:

• Added new AI-powered datasource types: Web Scraper and AI Datasource. Extract information from any website using plain English, combine and process multiple datasources with built-in web search, social media monitoring, and smart data transformation
• Added slide widget embedding, allowing slides to embed other slides and playlists for multi-zone layouts without using Content. Build reusable templates with dynamic zones directly in playlists
• Added native SAML and OAuth authentication support
• Added a new Power BI datasource type that fetches report pages as PNG images, ideal for displaying Power BI dashboards on low-powered hardware. Requires a Power BI Pro user license and Fabric F2 (or higher) workspace capacity
• Added Audience Measurement tracking during content playback, with viewer count data from multiple sources and overlap metrics for assets, content, channels, and advertisers
• Added a redesigned datasource editor interface for external and system datasources
• Added Shared Datasource Editor with row locking, allowing non-technical users to update datasources without logging into Wallboard
• Added new column settings (sorting, locking, hide/collapse), new column types (scheduling, date/time, dropdowns), and the ability to flush all values in a worksheet for table-type internal datasources
• Added a Use separate webview option to the Custom widget (URL type), allowing external websites to run in a dedicated webview instead of an embedded iframe for full native performance, with optional script injection and layer ordering control
• Added custom preview image support for contents and playlists, allowing users to upload custom thumbnails
• Added the ability to mute individual audio and video files directly from the File Manager
• Added per-item dynamic duration support in the content picker, allowing dynamic vs static duration to be set individually per content
• Added new playlist page features: duplicate pages, lock/unlock pages to prevent accidental edits
• Added a Show in folder option when searching for files in the playlist's file manager for quicker navigation
• Added a new folder-based playlist page type, allowing folders containing multiple slides to be dragged directly into playlists
• Added per-slide duration control in playlists, with the option to set a static duration or use the duration of a specific widget on the slide
• Added numerical ordering mode for playlist file ordering, sorting files numerically (1, 2, 10, 100) instead of alphabetically (1, 10, 100, 2)
• Added internal datasource support for the Scrolling Text widget, allowing it to display scheduled messages from internal table datasources
• Added a Clear expired data option for scheduling, date, and date/time columns in internal datasources, allowing you to remove rows where the date has passed or the schedule has expired
• Added a Prevent auto-deactivation toggle for datasources, allowing them to stay active regardless of inactivity
• Added new features to Datasource Mappers, including the ability to select multiple datasources as inputs and new output modes: output to mock datasource or overwrite internal datasource (set/merge)
• Extended UI Profile options with two-factor authentication, AI settings, scheduling, preferences, and more
• Added collection-based data binding to slides, allowing you to iterate over datasource items based on a configured pivot point and display bound widget data for each entry
• Added video file display support in the Table widget's file picker column
• Added a What's new popup and menu that highlights major new features and changes, updated quarterly and accessible anytime
• Added trusted and non-trusted admin security tiers. Non-trusted admins log in read-only and must verify with 2FA to gain a 30-minute write access window

Improvements:

• Reworked the device overview page to better display currently playing content, standby contents, and active channels
• Redesigned two-factor authentication with a setup/teardown wizard, force-2FA enforcement at system/customer/user levels, and TOTP verification required for sensitive operations (password changes, user deletion, configuration changes)
• Improved OAuth with service account settings, Magic Code login toggle, reCAPTCHA v2/v3 integration with fallback on sensitive endpoints, and reworked SSO login flows
• Improved internal table datasource worksheet rename with a confirmation warning to prevent accidental renames
• Improved pre-registered device matching to fall back to serial number lookup when hardware ID is not yet available
• Improved the new user welcome email with clearer account setup instructions, getting started resources, and training links
• Removed the Profile, Users, and Teams pages from the legacy UI. Clicking these menus will now redirect to the corresponding pages in the 2.1 UI

Bug fixes:

• Fixed inconsistent behavior in delete confirmation modals when removing files and folders used in content, channels, or datasources
• Fixed an issue where view-only users could not use the quick details modal
• Fixed an issue where locked content could be opened for editing from the device overview, bypassing lock protection
• Fixed an issue where the back button in the channel editor navigated to an empty creation form instead of the channel list after saving
• Fixed an issue where sub-channels created in the new UI incorrectly opened in the old channel editor
• Fixed an issue where the No interval schedule filter did not show all schedules, and custom interval filters displayed incorrect labels