Release Notes

PLAY v5.0

A MORE MODERN EDITOR. MORE INTERACTION. MORE PLAY.

New Features

Modernized Editor A faster, smoother, and more intuitive creative workspace

PLAY's editor has been completely modernized under the hood. Powered by WebGL, the viewport is now significantly faster and smoother across the board. While your workflow stays the same, you'll immediately notice the difference.

Here's what's changed:

• Unified viewport. Portrait and landscape artboards now live side by side in a single viewport — no more switching between two separate views.

• Redesigned transform controls. The bounding box and transform handles have been updated with a cleaner, more modern look. Side handles have been removed in favor of transforming layers directly from the edges. The dedicated rotation node is gone — you can now rotate any layer by hovering just outside a corner, similar to tools like Figma.

• Updated cursors. All viewport cursors have been refreshed to match the new transform behaviors, giving you clearer visual feedback as you move, resize, and rotate layers.

• Smoother controls across the board. Layer movement, resizing, and snapping all feel noticeably smoother thanks to the new rendering engine. Trackpad controls have also been improved — two-finger drag to pan, pinch to zoom, and all the expected gestures work as you'd expect.

• Improved zoom. Zoom now has proper limits (1% to 2000%) and artboard size labels are displayed directly on the viewport for quick reference.

• Upgraded Component Rendering. iFrame and Carousel components now render directly in the editor instead of appearing as grey placeholder boxes, so you can see your actual content while you build.

Read the Viewport Documentation

Press Effect Add visual feedback to any interactive layer

Press Effect is a new interaction property that lets you control how a layer looks the moment a user taps or clicks it. Add a scale change, a color overlay, or both to give your interactive elements that polished, app-like feel. You'll find the Press Effect button in the Interactions section of any layer's Properties panel. Customize the scale (0–1000%), apply a color overlay with adjustable opacity, and use the Reset to Default button to quickly revert changes. Press Effect works on standard layers and component layers alike.

Read the Press Effect Documentation

Hold and Release Gesture One gesture, two actions

Hold and Release is a new gesture type that lets you trigger separate actions when a user presses down on a layer and when they let go. Set up a Hold Action and a Release Action independently — for example, play a video while the user holds and pause it when they release. You'll find Hold and Release in the Gesture dropdown within the Interactions section. We recommend adding instructional text like "Hold to Play" so users know the interaction is available.

Read the Hold & Release Documentation

Anchor Points Fine-tune how layers respond across screen sizes

Anchor Points set the reference point a layer uses for transform properties, pinning, and scaling across different devices. Found in the Responsive section of each layer, the dropdown offers nine positions (Top Left through Bottom Right) with Center as the default. Updating a pin will auto-update the Anchor Point to match, but changing the Anchor Point won't affect the pin, so existing workflows stay the same. Note: Animations are not affected by Anchor Point and will continue to use center origin.

Read the Anchor Point Documentation

Fire Tracker Use custom tracking solutions outside PLAY

Fire Tracker is a new action that lets you fire a custom tracking URL. This makes it easy to support custom tracking solutions outside of PLAY. Note: Fire Tracker only works with partners that support 3rd Party Calls (3PC) unless your tracking URL is whitelisted.

Read the Fire Tracker Documentation

Engine Compression Dramatically reduce your exported file size

You can now compress your playable's engine at export time, saving approximately 400KB on most projects. In the Export modal, open Export Settings and toggle on Engine Compression. When enabled, any partner that exports as .html will include a compressed version of the rendering engine, resulting in significantly smaller file sizes without any changes to how your playable looks or performs. The toggle is off by default, giving you full control over when to use it.

Note: Engine Compression is not supported on iOS 16.3 and earlier. If your campaign targets older iOS devices, we recommend leaving this toggle off.

Bulk Adding Layers Import multiple images at once

You can now select and add multiple image assets as new layers in a single action. When adding a new Image layer, the Asset Library now supports multi-select — choose your images, and each one is automatically created as its own layer in the order you selected them. This saves significant time when building out scenes with many visual elements. This currently works for image layers only, videos will be coming soon.