Backstage

In person Q&A

In-person Q&A sessions can now be created in order to be accessed by participants via the app. By "in-person Q&A", we are referring to a Q&A session that takes place in an in-person event, without having a livestream attached to it.

Push notifications on mobile app when running polls
A new live stream setting called "Polls push notification on mobile app", when enabled, will send poll push notifications to any attendees who are not currently watching the live stream on the web app.

Veeva <> SpotMe integration

A setting called "Override attendee email fields" has been added to the Credentials tab to allow the integration users to configure which Veeva field is used to lookup the attendees email address during imports.

Data that is pushed from a SpotMe workspace into the Veeva event can now be identified in the live stream stats using the "record type" field.

The integration now continues to sync the attendance status for participants after they have been marked as "attended".

Speaker full names, including titles (i.e Mrs, Dr, etc.), will now be synced into the SpotMe "fname" field. The SpotMe "lname", and "title" fields will be left empty.

Workspace restoration
To restore an archived workspaces that exceeds 1GB, you will now need to contact SpotMe support.

Updated platform limits

We are continuing to implement platform thresholds based on usage, to ensure the smoothest possible delivery of our services. More details on these limits is available here.

Studio stability improvements
Improved the ability of Studio to recover when encountering minor connectivity interruptions.

Apps

The latest version of the app is 2.6.3 for iOS and 2.3.1 for Android.

Modules

Activity challenge (v1.10.0)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

Agenda (v3.27.0)

New

• In Backstage: A Calculate start and end dates check box has been added to the Sessions > Agenda > Agenda calendar settings, that when enabled will calculate the date range to be displayed to the participants in the calendar based on the existing sessions.

Fix

• In Backstage: Improved performance for events with complex agendas.

Chat (v1.3.1)

Fix

• In app: Improved stability for updating displayed chats.

Contacts (v1.8.3)

Fix

• In Backstage: Improved support for use on new version of mobile app.

Conversations β (v1.2.0)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

Cvent (v2.5.2)

Fixes

• In Backstage: Tooltip added to the Auto sync frequency setting, explaining that auto-sync needs to be disabled and reenabled whenever changes to the auto-sync frequency are made.
• In Backstage: Improved support for importing sessions with map locations.
• In Backstage: Improved support for syncing speakers that are added to sessions.

Feeds (v1.20.0)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

Fix

• In app: Improved stability for events with high number of feeds.

Forms (v1.25)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

New

• In Backstage: A new "Hide in forms list" check box has been added to forms, and can be used to add forms to page but not have them show in the forms list.

Fixes

• In Backstage: Improved support for previewing expired forms for Backstage users. For testing purposes, Backstage users can always preview forms, even if the form is not yet available to participants (outside of "Send at" and "Expire at" values).
• In Backstage: Form exports now support special characters in the form name.

Live streams (v1.9.0)

New

• In Backstage: In-person Q&A sessions can now be created in order to be accessed by participants via the app.
• A live stream setting called "Polls push notification on mobile app", when enabled, will send poll push notifications to any attendees who are not currently watching the live stream on the web app.

Fix

• In app: Adjusted positioning of message displayed after responding to a poll, informing participants that results will be shown once shared by host/moderator.

Maps (v4.11.1)

Fix

• In Backstage: Session locations that do not have the required “code” field populated will not have an associated map location.

Meetings (v2.6.5)

Fix

• In app: Improved stability for updating displayed meetings.

Participant matching (v1.3.0)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

Polling (v2.4.10)

Fixes

• In Backstage: Leaderboard export results now support leaderboard titles with special characters.
• In app: When submitting words via wordcloud, the Submit button will now display a check icon to indicate that the participant's response was saved.

QR scanner (v3.1.4)

Fix

• In Backstage: Form exports now support special characters in the form name.

Speakers (v2.18.0)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

Sponsors (v2.22.0)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

Fix

• In app: Resolved issue with sponsors not appearing when using search bar in web app.

Users (v2.28.0)

Change

• In Backstage: Support added for implementation of platform limits.

Fixes

• In Backstage: Improved support for targeting custom groups of participants.
• In Backstage: Added participant search filter placeholder translations.
• In Backstage: The date displayed in the "invited" column of the user list (and in user exports) now shows that of the first invitation email sent.

Veeva (v2.2.0 )

New

• A setting called "Override attendee email fields" has been added to the Credentials tab to allow the integration users to configure which Veeva field is used to lookup the attendees email address during imports.
• Data that is pushed from a SpotMe workspace into the Veeva event can now be identified in the live stream stats using the "record type" field.

Changes

• The "Invited" attendee status has been removed from the synchronization flow.
• Certain mapping fields were renamed to match the new version of Veeva.
• The custom field prefix option has been removed as it is no longer needed with the new version of Veeva.

Fixes

• The integration now continues to sync the attendance status for participants after they have been marked as "attended".
• Speaker full names, including titles (i.e Mrs, Dr, etc.), will now be synced into the SpotMe "fname" field. The SpotMe "lname", and "title" fields will be left empty.