Season 3 Releases

New embed customizations have landed. This round of updates brings button and display controls into embeds.

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You now have finer controls over which details should appear before and during playback of story embeds. This includes things like narrators, publish date, and workspace. Keep in mind you can use different settings for each embed — just copy the configured embed code after toggling the options.

Embed a call to action

Stories with a call to action (CTA) can now include a button on embeds too. Previously CTAs were only available when viewing a story's share link. Use it to make next steps easy to find, wherever you publish updates.

Customize the play button

As a bonus, you can also now change the play button to display custom text instead of the default, video duration.

Find these options (and grab the updated embed code) via Share → Embed, when viewing a story.

This week, Rally escaped the browser. Rally for MacOS is a lightweight companion app that makes getting product clips into Rally easier, and gives you a few new presentation powers.

Native vs browser recording trade offs

Screen recording with the desktop app unlocks cursor tracking, including automatic zooming to interactions. This is useful for bringing attention to finer details of your product, and direct audience focus.

Beyond cursor upgrades, you’ll also find a handful of improved recording options which aren’t yet possible when recording from the browser. For example, the control overlay and webcam preview will stay hidden from final recording, even when capturing the entire screen.

Even with a desktop app, in-browser recording will always remain an option. When creating a new story in the web app, you'll find a new option to record in the browser or in the app. You can also jump straight into the desktop app to create a new story too.

The initial version is available for Apple Silicon for now. We plan to expand compatibility in the future, as well as adding more ways to capture product content beyond screen recording alone — but we'll leave that part for a future update, and some mystery.