March 26, 2026
Reactions
Add reactions to your videos. Viewers can now respond with emoji reactions while watching — a lightweight way to get feedback and engagement without requiring comments.
March 18, 2026
Background Blur
Camera background blur is now available in the web app. Keep the focus on you while recording — no need to worry about what’s behind you.March 17, 2026
In-App Support Portal
Manage your support tickets directly inside Tella. View your full conversation history, reply with file attachments, and track ticket status — all without leaving the app. Access it from the help button, settings menu, or at tella.tv/support.March 17, 2026
Workspace Backgrounds
Upload backgrounds once and share them across your entire workspace. Any member can add or remove shared backgrounds, and they’ll appear in the background picker for everyone on the team.March 16, 2026
Create Workspaces
Create additional workspaces directly from Tella. Organize your videos by team or client — all from one account.March 9, 2026
Copy Link Button
Control whether viewers see the copy link button on your videos. Find the new toggle under Viewer options in your video’s share settings.March 4, 2026
Dark Mode
Tella now has dark mode. Switch between light and dark themes in your settings, or let it follow your system preference. The entire editor and dashboard adapt to your chosen theme.
February 26, 2026
Linear Integration
Tella now integrates with Linear through Document Generation. Record a video of a bug and file a bug report in Linear directly from Tella — ready for an agent or teammate to pick up.
February 26, 2026
Notion Integration
Tella now integrates with Notion through Document Generation. Record a product update or recap and create a Notion page directly from Tella — no copy-pasting required.
February 10, 2026
Analytics
Today we’re launching video analytics. Track views, viewers, total watch time and average duration. Monitor view counts over time, video engagement, and conversion from video open to CTA click. See who viewed your videos, where they’re located, and how they found your video. Compare stats across your videos and time periods, and switch between video, playlist and account level analytics.
February 6, 2026
List View & Keyboard Shortcuts
Toggle between grid view and a compact list view for your videos. New keyboard shortcuts make bulk actions faster: Command+A to select all, Shift+Click for range selection, and Escape to deselect.
January 23, 2026
AI Document Generation
Generate text-based content directly from your videos. Create summaries, documentation, or ideas with a single click. Available on your video’s view page, and your viewers can use it too.
January 21, 2026
January 20, 2026
Logo Watermark
Add your own logo to videos. Position it in any corner, adjust size and padding, and choose to hide it on specific clips.
January 12, 2026
Animated Previews & Mobile Access
Every Tella video has an animated preview based on the first few seconds. Now you can pick which timestamp the animated preview is based on. It shows up on embedded videos, share links, and in your library.
Also in this update
- Mobile access: Browse all your videos and access settings from your phone.
January 7, 2026
New Year Updates
A batch of improvements to kick off the new year.- Chapters in embeds: Video chapters now work in embedded videos
- Keyboard shortcuts on embeds: Navigate embedded videos with keyboard shortcuts
- Resume playback: Videos resume where you left off
- Embed settings memory: Tella remembers your embed settings between sessions
- Auto-generated passwords: Automatically generate secure passwords for protected videos
- Audio-only downloads: Download just the audio from your video
- Clip downloads: Download individual clips from the timeline
- Raw recording downloads: Editors can now download raw recordings
- Custom thumbnails: Custom thumbnails now display on the videos page
- Logo redirect: Premium users can set a URL for where the logo links on video pages
- Session management: Sign out of active sessions and see which devices are signed in
- Sign-in alerts: Get email alerts for sign-ins from unrecognised devices
December 24, 2025
Blurring and Highlighting
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 12, we shipped blurring sensitive information and highlight parts in screen recordings into beta.
December 23, 2025
Auto Generated Chapters
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 11, we shipped auto-generated chapters, with the ability to create new videos from individual chapters.
December 22, 2025
Trash
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 10, we shipped a trash can which sends deleted videos go to a trash bin instead of being permanently removed. Videos are permanently deleted after 30 days.
December 19, 2025
Playlist Organization
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 9, we shipped playlist organization which allows you to drag-and-drop to reorder playlists and sort videos by date, name, or custom order.
December 18, 2025
API and MCP
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 8, we shipped our public API and MCP, which allows you to access videos, transcripts, and playlists via API — with an MCP server, SDK, and Zapier/Relay integrations.
December 17, 2025
Quick Mode
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 7, we shipped quick mode which allows you to stop a recording and open the view page immediately with the link copied to share.
December 16, 2025
Background Music
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 6, we shipped the ability to add built-in tracks or your own files with independent volume controls for music, mic, and system audio.
December 15, 2025
Migration Tool
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 5, we shipped the ability to migrate videos directly from Loom into Tella by pasting a public video or folder link. Map migrated videos into the correct Tella playlist. You can also batch-upload video files from your desktop.
December 12, 2025
Transcript Dictionary, Find and Replace
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 4, we shipped a word dictionary for better transcriptions along with find and replace to fix mistakes in bulk.
December 11, 2025
Timelapse Exports
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 3, we shipped Timelapse Exports, which allows you to export videos at faster playback speeds from 1.2x to 8x with optional audio removal.
December 10, 2025
Squircles
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 2, we shipped Squircles, which give your webcam smooth rounded corners across all layouts.
December 9, 2025
Comments Redesign
Over 12 days in December, we shipped a new feature every day.On day 1, we redesigned and rebuilt comments from the ground up. Threaded replies, timestamped comments, extra admin control for deleting viewer comments, and improved comment notifications and settings.
November 20, 2025
Custom Layouts
Create, save and reuse your own layouts. With Custom Layouts you can be more creative and make videos that are unique to you. Create, save, reuse, rename, update and delete your very own custom layouts.
Also in this update
- New backgrounds: A beautiful set of hazy, colourful blends and gradients by Will Neeteson
- Viewer referrals: When someone watches your video they can share it from the view page with a single click
- Tella YouTube channel: We’re restarting the Tella YouTube channel with new tutorials and tips
November 11, 2025
2025 Quality of Life
- Custom Keyboard Shortcuts: Customise keyboard shortcuts in the Mac app.
- Fullscreen Window Support: Tella for macOS now works with fullscreen windows during presentations.
- UI Changes: Aspect Ratio and Edit options moved under Settings for a cleaner editor interface.
- Quick Link Sharing: Press L in the editor to instantly copy the share link.
- Setup Panel: New setup panel for configuring your recording setup.
- Download GIF: Download GIFs of your Tella videos instead of just copying to clipboard.
October 24, 2025
Layouts V2
The next evolution of Layouts dramatically simplifies how you add and edit layouts. Adding a layout is now a single action: click-and-drag. What used to be three clicks and a lot of mousing around the screen has become a single click.
Also in this update
- New Auto Layout templates: A new category of Auto Layout templates for intros and outros
- Editor playback speed: Adjust playback speed during editing — useful for reviewing long recordings
- Command menu: A new command menu for quick access to editor actions
- Copy chapters for YouTube: Copy chapter markers in YouTube format for easy pasting into video descriptions
September 24, 2025
Auto Zooms V2
A big update to automatic zooms with a new algorithm, style presets, animation settings and more.
Features
- Style presets: Choose between subtle (less zooms, less movement) and intense (more zooms, more extreme movement)
- Animation control: Adjust the animation style for zooms and layout transitions — pick snappy for fast-paced or gentle for mellow
- Drag to add: Add a zoom exactly where you want it by hovering over the timeline and clicking and dragging
- Remember last configuration: When adding zooms one-by-one Tella remembers your last configuration
- RAW file downloads: Download the original, unedited video and audio files from your recordings
September 5, 2025
Zoom Controls, Performance Boosts & UI Refinements
We’ve shipped improvements to zoom editing, increased processing capacity, and refined the interface design. The editor is now more stable with several bug fixes addressing timeline, transcription, and media handling issues.
Features
- Auto-zoom intensity preferences: Videos remember your preferred zoom intensity (Subtle, Moderate, or Energetic) across sessions, with click-based zooms automatically matching your selected style
- Copy/paste for zoom effects: Copy zoom effects between scenes using standard keyboard shortcuts, with intelligent handling of overlapping effects
- View page meta descriptions: Shared links now display descriptions in social media previews and search results for better discoverability
Bugfixes
- Zoom panel stability: Fixed crashes when no subject layer was selected - the panel now handles empty states properly
- Timeline scrollbar on Windows: Removed unwanted vertical scrollbar that was causing accidental scrolling disruptions
- Subtitle editor layering: Editor now displays above other UI elements instead of being hidden behind components
- Video seek accuracy: Playhead now maintains correct position when switching between trimming, clip editing, and other modes
- Audio waveform permissions: Fixed permission errors that prevented waveform generation for media files
- Text wrapping in transcripts: Words no longer break awkwardly mid-line in transcripts and story panels
- Sidebar title alignment: Corrected misaligned titles that were affecting interface consistency
- Fallback thumbnails: Videos display alternative thumbnails when primary versions fail to load
August 29, 2025
Editor shortcuts & performance updates
We’ve added keyboard shortcuts for faster editing and improved performance across the platform.Features
- Faster editing with shortcuts: Use single keys like C for Cut, Z for Zoom, and B for Background to jump straight into tools.
Performance
- Faster social media shares: Previews and thumbnails generate more efficiently, so shared links load quicker.
Fixes & Improvements
- Clearer trial ending: Expired trial users now see a status message instead of being redirected away.
- Smarter AI chapters: Chapter titles now match your transcript’s language automatically.
August 26, 2025
Studio Voice & View Page
Studio Voice is like having an AI-powered sound engineer work on every video you make. It removes background noise, boosts volume, and enhances the quality. Record from almost anywhere — with any microphone — and never worry about bad audio.
Also in this update
- AI-generated video chapters: Video chapters make it easier to navigate your video. Create them by hand or generate them from the transcript using AI
- Viewer transcripts: Video transcripts are now shareable and accessible to viewers, making it easy to repurpose content
- View page redesign: The video view page has been redesigned with a wider layout and easier navigation
August 22, 2025
Transcript clips, Thai language support, and account management
We’ve added the ability to create clips directly from transcript selections and introduced Thai language support. Account deletion is now available for all users, along with numerous performance improvements and fixes.Features
- Create clips from transcript selections: Select any portion of your transcript and instantly create a new video clip from it. Highlight the text, right-click, and choose ‘Copy to new video’ to extract key moments or create shorter versions.
- Thai language support: Full support for Thai language detection, proper font display, and text handling that respects Thai’s unique sentence structure for transcriptions.
- Account deletion: Permanently delete your account and all associated data from the Profile page.
Bugfixes
- Video player controls: Controls now correctly appear when the player is idle, fixing the issue where controls wouldn’t show when expected.
- Tooltip performance: Tooltips appear faster and more reliably, fixing delays and failures to display.
- Invite referral system: The ‘invite a friend’ feature now sends referral invites correctly after a period of malfunction.
- Duplicate email handling: Clearer error messages when changing to an existing email, with helpful links to resolution articles.
- Large video conversion: Videos larger than 4K now maintain proper aspect ratios during conversion, fixing distortion in ultra-wide or tall videos.
Performance Improvements
- Video playback switching: Videos load more reliably when switching between clips or stories with improved content handling.
- Enhanced video viewer: Faster loading with duration displayed upfront and improved player interface adaptation.
- Video page optimization: Faster page loads with optimized chapter display and smoother transitions.
July 22, 2025
Auto Cut
Auto Cut is a new way to edit that improves how you record. It analyzes your video to find mistakes, repeated lines, interruptions and more, then removes them with a single click. Auto Cut eliminates annoying editing so you can record in peace.
Also in this update
- Pausing: Pause your recording in situations where you don’t want to restart or add another clip — now available in the Tella macOS app
- Improved timeline zooming: Zooming in on the timeline now keeps you at your current position instead of jumping to the start
July 10, 2025
Auto Layouts
With Auto Layouts, Tella does the editing for you. Just pick a template then hit Generate. Tella will apply layouts and transitions throughout your video with a little help from AI. What took 30 minutes now takes 30 seconds.
Also in this update
- Revamped screen cropping: More accurate cropping with aspect ratio presets, fine-tune position and size, and every layout re-aligns perfectly
- Custom audio delay: Set a custom audio delay for your microphones in the Mac app — useful for XLR mics with audio interfaces
June 6, 2025
Collaboration and playlist security
Email updates, password-protected playlists & more layouts:
- Invite your team to collaborate on video editing (note: only one editor allowed to edit at a time)
- Password-protect entire playlists
- Update your email address directly from account settings
- Upload files up to 5GB (increased from 1GB)
- Choose from over 40 new layouts
- Stay tuned - you’re going to love our next updates!
February 19, 2025
Chrome extension update & editor performance
Tella for Chrome is now compatible with Chrome’s Manifest V3. This update to the extension also includes:
- Record multi-clip videos simply by stopping the current clip then starting a new one
- Record quick videos by pushing “Preview” either during the recording (this will also stop the recording) or after you’ve already stopped the recording
- Improved device (camera, mic) selection — should be a lot more stable
February 19, 2025
Editor Performance & Chrome Update
One big new feature, two nice improvements, and a couple of fun updates.
Features
- Editor performance: The editor is way faster — working on long videos with lots of edits is now just as snappy as short videos
- Tella for Chrome: Spring cleaning for the Chrome extension with improved stability and performance
February 13, 2025
Password protected videos
Protect your videos with a password. With this update you can:
- Share video links publicly, but behind a password
- Add, remove or update passwords at any time
- Copy the password to your clipboard (easier to share with viewers)
- Use passwords on embedded videos
December 20, 2024
Fast Exports & Teams
The fastest video exporter in the world? Hour-long videos in under 3 minutes, and quick 5-minute videos in sub 30 seconds.
Also in this update
- Faster editing: Performance improvements for the editor to handle longer and more elaborate videos
- Teams: Collaborate with your team on Tella — share videos, manage members, and work together
October 10, 2024
Teleprompter & Mac Improvements
Four big improvements to Tella for Mac, including a teleprompter and quick-access preferences.
Features
- Teleprompter: Write a whole script then play it back line-by-line. Move it wherever you want, adjust width, text size and playback speed — and it’s completely invisible in screen recordings
- Quick preferences: See and change resolution, system audio and cursor preferences at the top of the app before recording
- Internal audio: Record system audio on Mac — capture the sound of the app you’re recording alongside your mic
- Camera swap: Switch between multiple connected cameras without restarting your recording
September 24, 2024
Auto Zoom
Tella’s Auto Zoom applies zooms for you. It analyses clicks and cursor movement in your video to figure out where the action is and what to zoom into. Whether it’s a 15-second demo or a 15-minute tutorial, your viewers will get a close-up of all the important stuff, automatically. Auto Zoom is available on videos recorded with Tella for Mac.
Also in this update
- AI-powered Help Center: A revamped Help Center with new articles, videos, and an AI-assisted way to find answers
- Always-on 60 FPS: 60 FPS is now available for all recordings, not just screen recordings
August 5, 2024
Summer 2024 Updates
- Multi-Select Videos: Select multiple videos at once to bulk-add them to playlists or delete them.
- Automatic Titles: AI-powered video title suggestions from your transcription.
August 4, 2024
Subtitles 2.0
We released the first of a series of improvements to our subtitles feature. Now you can:
- Edit subtitles in the editor
- Edit subtitles inline (no more separate input field)
- Completely disable subtitles when you don’t want or need them
- Choose from 2 new and improved styles
- …and customize the appearance of those styles
July 31, 2024
Subtitles in the Editor
Subtitles are officially in the editor. Customise your subs in the same place you customise the rest of your video. New styles and an improved editing experience make eye-catching subtitles possible without exporting to another app.
Also in this update
- 60 FPS export: Buttery smooth exports at 60 frames per second
- Video trimming: Trim the start and end of your video right from the editor
June 13, 2024
Public Playlists
Playlists can now be made public, letting you share multiple videos at once. Premium users get custom branding and custom domain on public playlists.May 30, 2024
Custom Domains
Custom domains for all Tella Premium customers. Connect a domain with a few simple steps, then start sharing your videos as a seamless part of your brand.
May 17, 2024
Tella Premium
Tella Premium is a new way to host and share videos that look and feel like your own brand. Add your logo, color scheme and custom domain to share and embed videos as a native component of your brand.
Also in this update
- AI editing: AI-powered editing features to speed up your workflow
- Timeline zoom: Zoom into the timeline for more precise editing
- Playback speed: Adjust playback speed during editing
May 8, 2024
Text-Based Editing
Edit videos by editing text. Scan the transcript, click to cut words, phrases, or sentences, and work clip-by-clip.
May 2, 2024
AI Editing Tools
- Auto-Trim Recording: Automatically trim the moments at the start and end where you’re starting or stopping the recording.
- Remove Filler Words: Automatically detect and cut filler words like ums and ahs.
- Remove Silences: Automatically cut silences from your videos.
- Auto-Cut Start & End: Automatically cut quiet buffers at the start and end.
April 30, 2024
5 Features in 5 Days
A shipping spree — 5 features in 5 days.
Features
- Webcam blur: Blur your webcam background to hide the mess
- Re-record with Mac app: Launch re-recordings and add new clips in the editor using the Tella macOS app
- Camera re-framing: Re-frame and zoom into your webcam after recording — useful when recording from a distance or wanting to crop to the shoulders
- AI clip titles: AI-generated titles for each clip in your video, making it easier to navigate long recordings
- Playlists: Organize your videos into playlists to create courses, series, or collections
March 22, 2024
More languages
We’ve got 13 new subtitle languages now available in Tella, bringing the total to 20 supported languages. The new languages include Hindi, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Finnish, Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, along with Australian English, British English, and American English. You can also select your preferred default subtitle language in your account settings.
February 28, 2024
Transitions
Transitions are the latest game-changer in how you craft your videos with Tella. Now, every new video you create will have smooth transitions between layouts, automatically bringing your content to life. To retrofit this magic onto your old videos, just hit the “Transitions” button in Layout mode, and voila, your videos are instantly upgraded. For now, we’re rolling out with two types of transitions. Hard cut keeps things sharp and direct. Smooth introduces sleek, automatic transitions that glide your audience from scene to scene effortlessly.
January 15, 2024
Audio pops
Some of you noticed (and told us) that every now and then tiny annoying pops and glitches would show up in the audio of your videos. Today we are happy to tell you that they should never show up again!Note: old videos and exports won’t automatically have this fix applied, you’ll have to re-render your videos to fix them. Re-rendering can be done by making a small change in the editor.January 9, 2024
Multi-Layouts
The biggest ever update to the editor. Multi-Layouts lets you create story-propelling, multi-shot videos with just a few clicks. Switch between layouts throughout your video to keep viewers engaged and drive your story forward.
Also in this update
- Twitter/X video embeds: Share Tella videos directly on Twitter/X with native video embeds
- Video library improvements: Browse and manage your videos more easily with the updated library
December 20, 2023
Multi-layouts
Multi-layout is a new way of editing your videos in Tella. It lets you combine multiple layouts, and multiple shots in a single clip so that you can make more dynamic videos, more engaging videos, way faster. You can switch from a shot of your camera to just a shot of your screen, and then maybe you can switch to a shot of your screen and camera side by side. You can just repeat this process throughout your clip as many times as you want to get the effect that you want. And the cool thing about it is that you don’t need to worry about it at all during the recording. You can just quickly make these edits after you’ve done the recording, so you can just focus on doing your best demo, doing your best pitch, whatever it is.
November 28, 2023
Gear Guide & Viewer Downloads
New features and resources including an interactive video gear guide and the new viewer download feature.
Features
- Viewer downloads: Let viewers download your videos directly from the view page
- Video gear guide: An interactive guide to help entrepreneurs set up their on-screen setup
- Video course: New tutorials on looking good on camera and making great tutorials
November 21, 2023
Search engine indexing
Many of you share your Tella videos on the web, posting them on websites and including them in documents. This helps search engines like Google find and list your videos. But if you want to make your videos even easier to find, you can use the ‘search engine indexing’ feature. When you turn this on, it sends a message to Google asking them to add your video to their search results. After a while, Google should start showing your video when people search for it. If you turn off this feature, your video gets a tag that tells search engines not to show it in search results. This way, you can control whether your video appears in Google searches or not.
November 1, 2023
Viewer downloads
Viewer downloads allow viewers of your videos to download them directly. Simply enable the ‘Allow Downloads’ option in the view settings of your video. Once this is done, anyone watching your video will have the option to download it in various formats, including subtitles and 4K quality. For added convenience, we’ve included an option in your account settings to allow downloads by default for all new videos. Please use this setting carefully, as it means all your new videos will be downloadable by anyone you share them with.
September 29, 2023
Animated Backgrounds
Animated backgrounds are short videos that loop perfectly behind your main content. They look great and add extra engagement to your videos — an effect normally found in videos from top YouTubers, now available with the click of a button. We also open-sourced all the original animation files, free to use however you like.
Also in this update
- New video renderer: A completely rebuilt video renderer for faster and higher quality exports
- Screen crop: Crop your screen recordings to focus on the important parts
September 25, 2023
Video backgrounds
Our new video background section is in its first version, currently offering a limited selection of video backgrounds, with plans to expand this collection significantly over the coming weeks. These backgrounds are designed to loop perfectly, adding dynamic visuals to your videos. We also upgraded our background & color picker. It now includes a ‘Recently Used’ section, allowing you to browse through and quickly switch to images you’ve used before. We’ve also introduced a section for MacOS wallpapers, featuring selections from recent operating systems, with potential additions from classic ones in the future. The color picker now provides a more extensive library for your saved colors and gradients.
April 18, 2023
Burned-in subtitles
The subtitles you see in your videos are automatically transcribed by Tella and now can be included in your exported video file. When you’re ready to download your video, there’s an option to burn the subtitles into the export. Turn on this feature in your next export and your video will include the subtitles, perfectly formatted and ready to share on platforms like YouTube or Twitter.
April 18, 2023
Mac App Updates
- Performance: Significantly reduced memory usage for better stability.
- Window to Front: The Mac app brings the selected recording window to the front automatically.
- New UX: Simplified recording interface by removing recording modes.
- Improved Window Selection: Window outline makes it easier to confirm the right window is selected.
March 23, 2023
Zooms
You can now add zoom-in and out effects in Tella videos. To use it, simply click on ‘Zoom’ in the editor. This feature also allows ‘connected’ zooms, meaning smooth transitions between different zoom points without fully zooming out. Zooms adapt to different canvas sizes, making them suitable for mobile or square video formats. It’s flexible and integrates well with other Tella features like multiple clips, clip styles, and layout adjustments.
February 14, 2023
February 2023 Updates
- Video File Uploads: Upload video files directly to Tella by dragging and dropping MP4 files.
- Turbo Exports: Accelerated export pipeline for 1080p and 4K — the biggest improvement to export speed since 4K support launched.
- Default Sharing Settings: Set default preferences for subtitles, views, and comments visibility that apply to all new videos.
- Screen Crop: Apply to All: Apply screen crop settings to every clip at once with a single click.
- New Embed Options: Configure video embeds with title visibility, autoplay, animated thumbnails, and looping.
December 7, 2022
Comments
Leave, edit, and delete comments on videos. Email notifications when someone comments on your video.December 6, 2022
Tella for Mac
A fully native Mac app for screen, camera, or screen+camera recording. Includes system audio recording, 4K support, live camera preview, invisible speaker notes, and multi-mode recording. All hooked up to the Tella web app for editing, sharing, and export.November 30, 2022
Fall 2022 Updates
- New Recorder & Slack App: Brand new recorder with a fresh UI, better quality recordings, and faster final renders. Plus: Tella for Slack is now live on the Slack App Directory.
- New Chrome Extension: Biggest Chrome extension update with a phone-camera-inspired UI, quick mode for fast sharing, multi mode for step-by-step videos, and no account needed.
- Subtitle Editing: Edit auto-generated subtitles directly in Tella.
- Subtitle Timestamps & Links: See timestamps for each caption and copy a shareable link that starts playback from that point.
- Camera Cropping: Crop your camera to adjust the frame and focus on what matters.