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RELAYTO Product Updates Β· September 2026

RELEASE NOTES - Our product team has been hard at work bringing you new features and improvements to elevate your experience on RELAYTO.

🎧 Narration – Reads Both Pages of a Flipbook Spread

September 30, 2026

  • AI Narration in the new viewer now continues through the whole spread: the cover alone, then each left and right page in turn.
  • It handles switching between two-page and single-page view on narrow screens without repeating a page.

Why It Matters:

  • Narration follows what readers are looking at.
  • Hands-free reading of the full flipbook.

πŸ”’ Version History – Respects Edit Permissions

September 30, 2026

  • Only people who can edit a piece of content can now list, create, revert or delete its versions.
  • Viewing, deleting and reverting a specific version is more dependable.

Why It Matters:

  • Your content history is protected.
  • Version control stays with the right people.

πŸ“§ Form Notifications – Name the Right Document

September 29, 2026

  • Form submission emails now identify and link to the exact RELAYTO document or experience the form was submitted from.

Why It Matters:

  • Know instantly which page generated each lead.
RELAYTO for Claude – Connect Any AI Agent via MCP

πŸ€– RELAYTO for Claude – Connect Any AI Agent via MCP

September 29, 2026

  • Any MCP-compatible agent, such as Claude or ChatGPT, can connect to RELAYTO's MCP server.
  • Search and chat with your content, and create, upload and publish new experiences from within the agent.
  • No dashboard needed.

Why It Matters:

  • Bring your governed content into the AI tools your team already uses.
  • Create and publish without leaving the conversation.
Web Content – Edit in Place

✏️ Web Content – Edit in Place

September 29, 2026

  • Web content now has an Edit button next to Settings that opens a visual drag-and-drop editor where the content is shown.
  • Only the page body is edited; head, styles and scripts stay as they were.
  • Each save adds a "Before web editor edits" version, and duplicated elements with reveal effects stay visible.

Why It Matters:

  • Update web pages without leaving RELAYTO or touching code.
  • Safe edits with an easy way back and a clear notice if someone else changed the page.

πŸ—„οΈ Workspace Files – A Redesigned Explorer

September 26, 2026

  • Click a file to see a preview (image, video or font sample) with its URL and a ready-to-paste embed snippet.
  • Replace and Delete live in a menu, so every row has a single Copy URL action.
  • The explorer loads only when you open the Files page.

Why It Matters:

  • Using a file takes fewer clicks.
  • The rest of the app stays fast.

🎯 Studio Hotspots – Steadier Popups and Animations

September 26, 2026

  • Hotspot popups with a set width now keep text fully visible, the editor stays centered, and the rich-text editor stays properly layered over Custom HTML.
  • Editing a page with animated hotspots is smoother.

Why It Matters:

  • Design polished popups with confidence.
  • A more dependable Studio session.

πŸ“‹ Duplicating Pages – Originals Stay Untouched

September 26, 2026

  • When you copy a page or a whole experience, the copy now gets its own independent "Go to page" buttons.

Why It Matters:

  • Duplicate and re-link freely; the original keeps working as designed.

πŸ“ Forms – Embed on Any Website

September 25, 2026

  • Forms from Company Experiences can now be pasted into any external website, including embedded iframes.
  • They submit without reloading the page, with captcha protection that works in embedded contexts.
  • Notification emails are cleaner.

Why It Matters:

  • Capture leads wherever your audience is.
  • Submissions still reach your usual email and webhook.

πŸŽ™οΈ Narration – Player Ready From the First Page

September 25, 2026

  • The AI Narration player now appears as soon as a flipbook in the new viewer loads, without flipping a page first.

Why It Matters:

  • Listeners can start narration right away.

🧠 AI Builder – Refreshed Model Lineup

September 24, 2026

  • AI Page Builder's chat and page editing now run on newer, more capable models, including Opus 5.5, Gemini 3.8 Flash and GPT-6 Sol/Luna, plus refreshed DeepSeek models.
  • Existing work keeps running on the model it already uses.

Why It Matters:

  • Stronger AI results for new work.
  • No changes needed for what you already have.
Workspace Files – Host Your Own CSS, JS, Fonts, Images & Video

πŸ“ Workspace Files – Host Your Own CSS, JS, Fonts, Images & Video

September 24, 2026

  • A new Files page in workspace settings where admins upload files or whole folders, with drag and drop.
  • Every file gets a permanent CDN link with one-click copy, and replacing a file keeps its link.
  • Before deleting, see which content uses the file. Members can browse and copy links.

Why It Matters:

  • One home for the files your web content depends on.
  • Update branding or scripts once and every page that uses them follows.

πŸ’¬ Comments – Open and Visible for Everyone

September 23, 2026

  • The comments panel now stays open when a document is set to show comments by default.
  • Visitors who are not logged in can see comments when everyone is allowed to comment.

Why It Matters:

  • Conversation around your content is easy to find.
  • Anonymous readers get the same experience as signed-in users.

πŸ“ˆ Analytics – Complete for Custom-Link Content

September 23, 2026

  • Content with a custom, readable link now reports its visitors and visits correctly in analytics.

Why It Matters:

  • Reliable reporting whichever link style you choose.
Company Experiences – Your Own Public Site

🌐 Company Experiences – Your Own Public Site

September 23, 2026

  • Serve a custom public site from your workspace's own address, built from HTML and CSS pages.
  • Choose Off, Landing or Your own pages in the new Public page setting and preview it as a signed-out visitor.
  • Link existing library content (its access rules still apply), add a lead-capture form and an optional AI chat.

Why It Matters:

  • A branded front door for your whole workspace.
  • Content, forms and AI chat come together in one place.

πŸ—ƒοΈ Hubs – Your Order and Settings Stay Put

September 22, 2026

  • The settings panel now stays open after you create a new hub.
  • A custom order you set inside a hub is kept on the company landing page.

Why It Matters:

  • Set up a new hub without the panel closing on you.
  • Hubs appear exactly as you arranged them.

πŸ” Hotspots – Transparent Means Invisible

September 22, 2026

  • Fully transparent hotspots now stay fully invisible.
  • The per-colour field is now labelled "Opacity %", and the separate Opacity control under Fills has been removed.

Why It Matters:

  • Hotspots look exactly as designed.
  • A simpler, clearer opacity setting in Studio.

πŸ”— Analytics – Internal Link Clicks in the New Viewer

September 22, 2026

  • Clicks on links that jump to another page within the same document are now tracked in the Engine 3 viewer.

Why It Matters:

  • Click analytics for new-viewer documents are complete and consistent.

πŸ›‘οΈ Internal Security Hardening – Continuous Protection

September 18, 2026

  • Continued behind-the-scenes hardening to keep your workspace and content protected.

Why It Matters:

  • Ongoing protection that works quietly in the background.

πŸ“€ Bulk Upload – Every File Gets Its Turn

September 17, 2026

  • When you upload several files at once, each one now uploads independently.
  • You get a summary listing any files that did not go through and why.

Why It Matters:

  • Large batches finish without starting over.
  • You always know exactly what was uploaded.

🎯 Hotspots – Transparent Fills and Smoother Hover Fades

September 17, 2026

  • Make a hotspot fill fully transparent while keeping a solid, visible border.
  • Hover fade-in and fade-out effects now stay smooth when the mouse moves quickly on and off a hotspot.

Why It Matters:

  • More precise control over hotspot styling.
  • Hover effects look polished for your readers.

πŸ“± Flipbook – Better on Small Screens and Safari

September 16, 2026

  • Very large pages now scale down to fit phones instead of being cropped.
  • Scrollable embeds inside slides respond properly to wheel, trackpad and touch on Safari and iOS.

Why It Matters:

  • Your content reads well on any screen.
  • Consistent behavior across Chrome, Safari and mobile.

πŸ—οΈ AI Builder – Honest Feedback on Large Page Rewrites

September 15, 2026

  • The AI assistant now checks upfront whether a rewrite of a large imported page is too big to do in one go and tells you plainly.
  • It targets the right sections of imported pages more reliably.
  • A live progress bar shows the work while it runs.

Why It Matters:

  • Clear answers instead of waiting on a request that cannot complete.
  • More precise AI edits to your pages.

⚑ Internal Performance Improvements – Always Tuning

September 11, 2026

  • Ongoing behind-the-scenes tuning to keep RELAYTO feeling responsive.

Why It Matters:

  • A steadily smoother experience as the platform grows.

πŸ” SSO-Only Sign-in – Enforced End to End, With Automatic Redirect

September 10, 2026

  • SSO-Only workspaces now apply the rule across all login routes, not just in the sign-in dialog.
  • Visitors are sent straight to their company's login and return to the exact page they wanted, including the page number.

Why It Matters:

  • Your single sign-on policy is consistently applied.
  • Fewer clicks for your team and your readers.

πŸ“ˆ Analytics – Dependable on the Largest Workspaces

September 10, 2026

  • Hub analytics and the content list sorted by visits now load on very large workspaces.
  • If analytics is temporarily unavailable, Hub Analytics shows a clear "couldn't load" state instead of zero visitors.

Why It Matters:

  • Trustworthy numbers at any scale.
  • You always know when a report is real data.

πŸ“– Flipbook – Two-Page Spreads in Desktop Embeds

September 9, 2026

  • Flipbooks in the Engine 3 viewer now keep their two-page spreads when embedded on your website.
  • Spreads previously showed only in full-screen mode.

Why It Matters:

  • Flipbooks look like real books wherever you embed them.
  • A more consistent reading experience on desktop.

πŸ—‚οΈ PDF Updates & Outline – Smoother Page Management

September 9, 2026

  • Dragging an outline item onto another now places it in the position that matches your page order, like the Nest button.
  • The side-by-side PDF comparison opens reliably after a PDF update.
  • The comparison dialog now uses neutral wording instead of showing your file names.

Why It Matters:

  • Organizing navigation behaves as you expect.
  • Reviewing document updates is smoother and more private.

πŸ” SSO-Only Sign-in – A Single Door for Your Workspace

September 8, 2026

  • Workspaces using single sign-on can switch on SSO-Only Sign-in, leaving just the "Sign in with SSO" option.
  • Admins can connect a workspace to its WorkOS organization directly from Settings.
  • Visitors signing in to view private content now land back on the content they wanted, including on custom domains.

Why It Matters:

  • Simpler, more secure access for your team.
  • No engineering help needed to set up SSO.

πŸŽ™οΈ Narration – Voiceovers Are Kept When You Press Done

September 5, 2026

  • Pressing Done while a voiceover is still recording now waits for the audio to finish saving.
  • The button shows "Saving…" during the hand-off.

Why It Matters:

  • Every recording you make is kept.
  • Finish a take quickly without second-guessing.

πŸ“Š Hub Analytics & Settings – Clearer and More Dependable

September 4, 2026

  • Hub Analytics now opens with the hub's full history instead of a single day, so the right numbers show immediately.
  • Large and long-running hubs load their reports reliably, and visitor journey handles hubs with tens of thousands of visitors.
  • Hub and Content Settings > Details now share always-visible Apply and Cancel buttons; Esc cancels.

Why It Matters:

  • Accurate analytics from the first view.
  • Settings behave the same everywhere and you decide when a change is saved.
Animation – Choose What Animates

✨ Animation – Choose What Animates

September 4, 2026

  • Choose what animates on a page: everything, text, visuals or background, with a zoom or still background effect.
  • Animate a single page with one "Animate this page" switch and see when it differs from the document, with a Reset option.
  • Controls are now available in the new Engine 3 viewer.

Why It Matters:

  • Finer control over motion in your content.
  • Bring one page to life without changing the rest of the document.

🧭 Hub Analytics – Visitor Journey for Hubs of Any Size

September 3, 2026

  • The visitor journey view now loads for hubs with more than 250 pieces of content.
  • Analytics requests are processed in smaller batches, so even very large hubs open quickly.

Why It Matters:

  • See how people move through your biggest hubs.
  • Insights stay available as your hub grows.

🏷️ Published with RELAYTO – Admin-Controlled Badge

September 2, 2026

  • Workspace admins can now show a "Published with RELAYTO" badge on every piece of content in the workspace.
  • The setting overrides white-labeling and embeds, and the badge stays readable on any background.

Why It Matters:

  • Consistent attribution across everything you publish.
  • Off by default, so existing workspaces are unaffected until an admin turns it on.

πŸ’Ύ Studio – Edits Saved Almost Instantly

September 2, 2026

  • Edits in Studio are now saved within about a second, on the page where you made them.
  • Multi-page editing sessions are more dependable: pages that need another save attempt are retried automatically.

Why It Matters:

  • Make quick changes and move between pages without waiting.
  • One page never holds back the saving of the rest of your document.

πŸ”„ PDF Updates – Reliable Page Matching

September 1, 2026

  • Replacing a document's PDF now matches each old page to exactly one new page.
  • Reordering pages after an update keeps every page present with its own web link.

Why It Matters:

  • Updated documents stay intact when you rearrange pages.
  • You can update and reorganize in the same sitting with confidence.

πŸ€– RELAYTO for Claude – Bulk Privacy Control

September 1, 2026

  • Connected AI agents can now set who can view content – public, unlisted, private, password-protected or email-gated – for one or many pieces in a single request.
  • The make public/private action in the AI tools now genuinely switches content between public and unlisted.

Why It Matters:

  • Manage access across your library from your AI agent in one step.
  • Visibility changes made by agents now match what you see in RELAYTO.