Microsoft Search. We continue to add more features to our MS365 integrations, currently working on expanding our API to pre-package metadata so that it’s even easier to include your podcasts in MS Enterprise and SharePoint Search. Reach out if podcast discovery via search is important to your program. (And if you don’t use MS365, but you would like to increase podcast discovery, please reach out as we have other options.)
Infrastructure Upgrades. We are taking advantage of Summer’s change of pace to upgrade our mobile application infrastructure. While these changes aren’t visible to end users, infrastructure upgrades allow us to increase the pace of feature development and ensure you continue to experience the application stability you are accustomed to.
uStudio Academy. We are rebranding and moving our training curricula formerly known as uStudio University to our very own streaming application! Soon uStudio admins will be sent an invitation to a brand new app, which will give you on-demand access to a rich set of audio and video content designed to help you increase the success of your program.
Recent Updates
Easy Player Embeds. Player embeds are now available via the uStudio Admin Console. With just a few clicks, you can broadly and securely offer audio articles or podcasts to be played inside of third-party applications, thus vastly increasing the ROI on your content and making sure your teams discover streaming options across the enterprise applications they use everyday.
Get started today with SharePoint embeds by booking a 15-minute appointment with uStudio’s deployment and support team and an IT administrator from your organization. If you’re interested in customizing your embeds or using them elsewhere, be sure to let us know.
‘Plays by Application’ Graph. With the introduction of more content embed options, we have enhanced the Web vs. Mobile Users table in your Administrator Dashboard. The graph now shows the number of plays within a specific application. Initially, you’ll see mobile vs. desktop app plays, and as your account is configured for Easy Embeds (see above), you’ll also see which plays take place in other applications, giving you a comprehensive view of media streaming destinations across your organization.
Microsoft Teams Channel Integration is here! Your uStudio desktop application can now be embedded right inside of Microsoft Teams, giving your audience one-click access to all of your streaming content right inside of Teams. Let us know if you’d like to try it!
uStudio Meets AI = AutoCast. Many of you are testing AI options for creating, scripting and recording audio. Please reach out to start beta-testing AutoCast, our text-to-speech episode generator. It’s as simple as submitting your written content to uStudio and receiving a high fidelity episode audio available in your Admin console, ready for publishing to any show. AutoCast is currently in beta. If you would like to try this feature, please contact product@ustudio.com or reply to this email to get started.
