Engage CMS Releases of 2025

A summary of releases from 2025

In 2025, Engage CMS continued to evolve with a strong focus on dashboard improvements, workflow efficiency, and smarter day-to-day management.

This year was all about helping you work faster, navigate easier, and manage content at scale with less effort.

TL;DR – 2025 Highlights

Smarter Dashboard with better insights and quick access
Faster workflows with bulk actions and improved playlist creation
Better player insights with clearer data and visuals
Improved navigation across workspaces and views
Built-in support with Ebbot integration, Zedda
Ongoing stability improvements across the platform

Overall, 2025 focused on making Engage CMS faster, more scalable, and easier to manage at a glance.

A Smarter, More Useful Dashboard

The Dashboard received a major upgrade to give you better visibility and faster access to key areas.

New additions include:

Storage usage insights with clear breakdowns of content types
Improved player status overview with interactive filtering
Quick links for faster navigation across the platform
Recent template updates for quick access to recently edited content

These updates make the Dashboard a more powerful starting point for managing your workspace.

Faster and More Efficient Content Workflows

Content and playlist management became more streamlined and scalable.

Key improvements:

Improved playlist creation flow with clearer defaults and validation
Bulk actions (delete & move) for managing multiple playlists and folders
Clickable full paths for quick navigation to folders
Unique playlist URLs for easy sharing and access

These changes reduce manual work and make it easier to organize content, especially in larger setups.

Enhanced Player Insights and Control

Player management became more visual and informative.

Highlights:

Improved device information overview with clearer structure
Visual usage indicators for CPU, memory, and storage
Better real-time refresh of player data
More stable handling of player settings and updates

This gives you a clearer understanding of device status and performance at a glance.

Better Navigation and Flexibility

Several updates focused on making navigation smoother and more flexible:

Ability to use multiple workspaces simultaneously in different tabs
Improved navigation via Quick Links and direct URLs
Updated icons and visual consistency across the platform

These improvements make it easier to move around the system and manage multiple environments.

Expanded Support and Assistance

A new integration was introduced to improve in-platform support:

Ebbot (Zedda) integration for enhanced assistance inside the CMS

This helps users get support and guidance directly within the platform.

Improved Content Preview and Validation

To reduce errors and improve confidence when publishing:

Preview support for more template types (including Gauddi)
Improved aspect ratio validation with smarter tolerance
Better visual feedback when working with content

These updates make it easier to review and validate content before going live.

Stability and Continuous Improvements

As with previous years, ongoing fixes and refinements improved overall reliability:

More stable workspace handling
Improved form validation and error handling
Fixes across playlists, players, and navigation
Better consistency across UI components

Looking Ahead

The 2025 updates focused on making Engage CMS more efficient and scalable, especially for teams managing larger amounts of content and multiple workspaces.

With a stronger Dashboard, improved workflows, and better system feedback, the platform continues to move toward a more streamlined and powerful user experience.