{"product":"screenly","releases":[{"date":"2026-10-15","entries":[{"areas":["device-management"],"breaking":false,"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes a screen needs to be off, not restarted, like the one in a store that\u0026rsquo;s closing for a\nrefit. Until now that meant someone walking up to the player.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow you can do it from the dashboard. Open the screen, go to Actions, and choose \u0026ldquo;Power off\u0026rdquo;, next\nto \u0026ldquo;Reboot\u0026rdquo;. It works on screens running ScreenlyOS 26.8.0 or newer while they\u0026rsquo;re online. The\nplayer side, a power off command, arrived in \u003ca href=\"/releases/screenlyos/26.8.0/\"\u003eScreenlyOS 26.8.0\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA power off only goes out while the screen is connected. Screenly doesn\u0026rsquo;t hold it until the screen\nnext checks in, because a screen that switches itself off hours later, with nobody expecting it, is\nworse than one that stays on. Screens are powered off one at a time, each from its own page.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce a screen is off, the dashboard can\u0026rsquo;t reach it, and someone has to switch it back on at the\nplayer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","description":"A new Power off action on a screen's Actions tab shuts the player down remotely, on ScreenlyOS 26.8.0 and newer.","title":"Screens can be powered off from the dashboard","type":"release","url":"https://www.screenly.io/releases/screenly/26.10.4/screen-power-off/"},{"areas":["content-management"],"breaking":false,"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAdding content to a playlist is quicker and easier, especially from a large library. The Add\ncontent dialog, under Playlists \u0026gt; a playlist \u0026gt; Content, is bigger and built for finding the right\nitem fast:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent is listed in a table you can sort by name, type, duration, or date added.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolders open like folders, so you step into one instead of scrolling past all of them in one long\nlist, and you can add everything in a folder at once.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA PDF opens onto its pages, so you can add the pages you want, or all of them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSearch covers every folder at once and shows where each match lives.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreviews show the whole image, so a portrait poster and a widescreen banner are easy to tell\napart.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n","description":"Adding content to a playlist is quicker: the Add content dialog is bigger, easier to scan and sort, lets you step into folders and PDFs, and searches every folder at once.","title":"Improvements to the Add content dialog","type":"improvement","url":"https://www.screenly.io/releases/screenly/26.10.4/add-content-dialog/"},{"areas":["content-management"],"breaking":false,"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eEditing a playlist often means touching more than 1 tab: some content, then the schedule, then the\ntitle. Until now those unsaved changes could pile up on different tabs, and it was easy to forget\none. The only way to be sure was to check each tab before leaving, and a title change on the\nSettings tab could disappear without a word.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow each tab is settled before you move on. The\n\u003ca href=\"/releases/screenly/26.9.1/playlist-unsaved-content-warning/\"\u003ewarning the Content tab got in September\u003c/a\u003e\ncovers Content, Schedule, and Settings alike: leave any of them with unsaved changes, to another tab\nof the playlist or away from it, and Screenly asks \u0026ldquo;Leave without saving?\u0026rdquo; first. You save or let\nthe change go right there, so there\u0026rsquo;s never an edit waiting on a tab you\u0026rsquo;re not looking at.\u003c/p\u003e\n","description":"A playlist's Content, Schedule, and Settings tabs now each ask about unsaved changes before you move on, so you never leave with an edit forgotten on another tab.","title":"Unsaved playlist changes can't get lost between tabs","type":"improvement","url":"https://www.screenly.io/releases/screenly/26.10.4/playlist-tabs-unsaved-changes/"},{"areas":[],"breaking":false,"content_html":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tabs on the screen, playlist, workspace settings, and account settings pages always show\ntheir names. In a narrow window, the tabs that don\u0026rsquo;t fit move into a \u0026ldquo;\u0026hellip;\u0026rdquo; menu instead of the\nwhole bar shrinking to icons.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tabs on the screen and playlist pages can be opened in a new browser tab, or have their\naddress copied, like any other link.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn image added to a playlist shows the 10-second duration it will be saved with, instead of a\ndifferent number until you saved the playlist.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n","description":"Tabs keep their names in narrow windows and open in a new browser tab like any link, and images in a playlist show the duration they'll be saved with.","title":"Tabs always show their names, and other improvements","type":"roundup","url":"https://www.screenly.io/releases/screenly/26.10.4/fixes-and-improvements/"}],"json":"https://www.screenly.io/releases/screenly/26.10.4/v1.json","product":"screenly","product_label":"Screenly","url":"https://www.screenly.io/releases/screenly/26.10.4/","version":"26.10.4"}],"title":"Screenly 26.10.4","url":"https://www.screenly.io/releases/screenly/26.10.4/","version":1}