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The summer is fast approaching here at Slido HQ but we’re not slowing down just yet! This month’s updates include the all new Analytics, and Google Slides and PowerPoint integrations improvements.We love hearing your feedback and can’t wait to hear what you think! 💪 📊 New Slido AnalyticsWe’ve redesigned our event Analytics, and you can now see how your meetings are performing -  allowing you to better understand how engaged your participants are, analyze trends in the data, and share the results with your team. With Analytics, you can now: Track the engagement of participants in polls and Q&A Discover trends behind the numbers and sentiment of your Q&A Quickly share your poll results and Q&A topics as imagesLearn more about the all new Slido Analytics 👇📤 New Data Report in AnalyticsThis new features replaces Infographics and allows you to share, with a link, any combination of engagement overview, Q&A insights or Poll insights.You can create or disable new sharing l

Schools out for the Summer break, but we’re still ticking over here at Slido, bringing you the latest improvements and releases in July’s product news! 🎉 🗣️Apps support for anonymous (guest) participants in Teams Participants not logged in to their Microsoft accounts or guests that would usually need to join through a browser now get the full Slido experience. It's now seamless for guests to join Teams from a browser. No more switching between tabs!Guest participants can now: Use the sidebar Receive popups See Present mode with share to stage on Microsoft Teams   Guest participants in Teams  Schedule a Teams meeting with Slido and try it out or learn more about how to use Slido for Teams. 🖵 New Slido launch screen in WebexTo continue with the theme of updates, we have a new launch screen in Webex 🚀Slido Q&A can now be added as an interaction to your meetings from the Webex sidebar.  Slido in WebexQ: What does this mean for you? A: This means, there are no tabs to switch between

Check out our more recent Slido AI 2.0 announcement 📣 Big news! Slido AI features are now available to everyone. Discover the power of AI with our 3 pivot features: AI-Generated Polls, AI Quiz and Question AI writing assistant for Q&A, all designed to speed up and simplify your Slido experience.Slido's AI features automate repetitive tasks, freeing up your time to focus on what truly matters—running engaging presentations and connecting with your audience. Whether you're preparing interactive polls for your company all-hands meetings or training sessions, Slido is here to support you every step of the way. Create polls and quizzes in PowerPoint and Google Slides with easeKeeping your audience engaged can be challenging. Running out of poll ideas for your next presentation? No problem! With Slido's AI-Generated Polls feature, you’ll get poll suggestions based on your slide content with just a click. Want to add a quiz? Simply enter a topic and AI will create one for you. Slido AI-G

As the holiday season approaches, we're excited to bring you a good selection of updates and features designed to enhance your Slido experience. From festive quizzes to streamlined interfaces, we've got plenty to share.   🎄🥂 A special surprise: Holiday quiz Get into the festive spirit with our special holiday-themed quizzes! They're perfect for engaging your colleagues, friends or family during the holiday season. Available in both PowerPoint and Google Slides integrations, these quizzes are sure to add some fun to your meetings and get-togethers. Holiday quiz in Slido sidebar in presentation integrations Plus, if you’re a Basic plan user, you can now use the AI-powered polls to easily add polls related to your presentation content.Curious about how it works? Dive into the article below to find out more:   🙌 Say Hi! to Slido’s new interface Since November 7, the new Host mode has become the default for everyone, but our efforts to make your Slido experience even better don't stop th

Happy New Year, Slido community! 🎉 We hope you’ve had a restful holiday season and we’d like to thank you for your feedback, suggestions and questions in 2022 💚 If we learned anything last year, it’s that collaboration is absolutely crucial in every team. To start off the year, we’re partnering with Pexels to bring you a library of free images for your polls. We’re also releasing Spaces, a brand new feature for collaboration, improving your MS Teams integration experience and enhancing security with Theta Lake 🚀 🎨 Pexels in Slido: Bring Your Polls to Life with Free ImagesYou can now choose from hundreds of thousands of royalty-free images and add them to your poll in one click! ✨  If you want to use an image poll but don’t have an image to upload, the Pexels integration provides you with a vast library of images you can add instead.➡️ Learn more about how to use Pexels in Slido here and get 7 Tips on taking your polls to the next level with Pexels here.  ⚡️Collaborating even easier

Term time is in full swing, all the leaves are brown and the pumpkin spiced lattes are flowing at Slido HQ! 🎃 Let’s take a look at what our teams brought us in September, we’d love your feedback! Integrations 🔗 Slido for Windows add-in support for global deployment There’s now a  brand new update to our Slido for Windows/PowerPoint add-in with support for global deployment. This means multiple regions! Slido for Windows Add-In Q&A 🗑 Withdraw a reply in Q&AWas your question answered in a meeting before they got to your reply? No problem! Participants can now withdraw any of their replies to a Q&A question. Just go to the right of the question and select ‘withdraw.’ Withdraw a reply in Q&A Live Polls ✍️ Typing indicator for Polls in Slido admin mode Make sure everyone has their say! You can now see when your participants are typing their responses to Open Text Polls in admin mode. This also applies to Surveys and Ranking Polls. Typing Indicator in admin mode Other 🆕 A

July's been hot across Europe and in Slido HQ, and the sunshine may be to blame for the slower pace! But don't worry, we've still got some cool updates to share that we think you'll love. 😊🌟 Improvements to the new Slido experienceAs more of our customers explore the new Slido Host mode via the "Try new Slido" button, we've brought some of the beloved features from the old interface and added some extra improvements. 🔧 Organization settings in the new SlidoWe've finalized the Organization settings, ensuring you can set defaults across your organization just like before. From Participant Privacy to Polls, Q&A, and Present mode settings, all in one place. Here’s what we added: Q&A moderation Multiple answers for polls Hide live results for polls   Organization settings in new Slido  Curious about what else is on the horizon? Take a peek at our feature continuity article to see what's coming up next. 🗑️ Simplified poll deletionTo make the deletion of the no-longer-needed polls

May has been a busy month for our teams at Slido and we’re excited to share what we’ve been up to 💚 See the latest updates below, plus learn a little bit about what’s to come 😉 📣 A new Slido interface is on the way We’ve been designing a brand new interface for our users and it’s finally ready to be released. Sign up for a training session to learn all about it! Slido’s new and improved interface Why the change? We wanted to simplify things for our users. So we went to work designing a more intuitive experience that focused on ease of use, efficiency, and productivity. New users can now create slidos 30% faster than before! What else should I know?The new interface is gradually rolling out to all users starting in June  See our recent Community post to learn more We’re offering a series of trainings throughout the next few months – and we encourage anyone and everyone to sign up   And in other news... 🔴 Red dot notifications for Slido in Microsoft Teams Slido for Microsoft Teams no

Summer is fast approaching but not even the warm weather could slow down our dedicated teams. Check out how we improved Slido during June and let us know what you think 😎 Integrations 🔎 Showing survey results now possible in WebexMeeting hosts can now easily display survey results, one question at a time, in the Webex integration 🙋‍♀️ Participants can launch polls in Webex Any participant in a Webex meeting can now launch Slido and create polls This was previously only possible for meeting hosts  🖼 Images in polls can now be enlarged in Webex No more squinting at your screen! It is now possible to enlarge images in polls directly from the Webex sidebar   Enlarging image polls on Webex  Live polls 🧑‍💻 Participant names now visible in Open text polls Open text polls now show participant names so everyone can see who contributed each submission If you don’t want to show participant names, this feature can be disabled or participants can always submit as anonymous   Displaying pa

The weather is starting to cool down so snuggle up and keep warm with our hot-off-the-press product news. Check out how we improved Slido during October and let us know what you think by commenting below 🤗 Live polls 🎨 Word cloud animationThe word cloud is now even more magical with its smooth, animated movement ⚙️ Rating poll now customizable When setting up a rating poll, you can now choose whether you want participants to send their ratings as stars or emojis and you can also set labels for low and high scores    Using emojis in a rating poll  ⚡️ Multiple choice poll improvements Marking an option as correct in a multiple choice poll is now even easier as you just need to click on the circle next to the option  Marking an option as correct in a multiple choice poll  Integrations 💬 Typing indicator available in Webex The Webex integration sidebar now shows when participants are typing their responses in live polls   🔥 Webex sidebar improvements  The Webex sidebar also allows you

You can now make questions mandatory to answer when sharing Surveys with your audience!  Here’s how you can set it up in Slido admin 👉Go to your Polls and open up or create a Survey. On the right hand side, simply toggle on Required question for those questions that you’d like to make mandatory for your participants to answer. Activate the Survey and share your event or the link to the Survey with your audience.  And here’s what your audience will see 👉If someone tries to submit the survey while skipping required questions, Slido will automatically highlight the ones that are mandatory in red and won’t let them send their answers until all of them are filled in.   That’s it! You can pick and choose which questions you’d like to make mandatory to answer, or even make all of them required.  We see many clients using required questions for collecting feedback after strategic meetings, such as all-hands or quarterly reviews. This is to make sure that they collect the opinions of even tho

As we approach the end of September, it's the perfect time to wrap up and share the latest updates from us at Slido. 🚀 🔛 New Slido becoming the default experienceWe’re excited to announce that starting November 7, the new Slido interface will be enabled by default for everyone! But don’t worry if you prefer the previous version, you’ll still have a few months to switch back if you need more time to adjust. To help with the transition, we’re running regular training sessions, so don’t miss out on this chance to get up to speed!💬 Have a better overview of your Q&A with two-sided layoutWe’ve revamped the Q&A layout to make it easier for hosts to manage questions. With Moderation enabled, you can now see a 50:50 split between incoming (In review) and approved questions, with quick access to options like Archive, Labels, and Q&A sorting. Plus, this compact view displays more questions at once than before. But that's not all! You can also expand the Q&A area by collapsing

We’ve been gradually rolling out our new and improved interface over the past year. It was finally released for all users on November 7th, 2024, and now we’re excited for it to become permanent for everyone on May 27th, 2025. Can I still use the old interface?Yes, but only until May 27th. At that point, the old interface will no longer be available for anyone and all users will be switched.  If you’re still using the old interface, sign up for a live training of the new version. Or check out a recorded training to get started right away. Will all the same Slido features be available in the new interface?In order to move forward with our sleeker design and user experience, we had to say goodbye to a few features. Learn all about the returning features and the ones being sunsetted in our feature continuity guide.  What resources are there to help with the new interface?Everything you need can be found on our new interface landing page including video guides, how-to articles, community qu

Did you know July is named after Julius Caesar, who introduced the leap year and gave us an extra day every four years? While we can’t add a day to your month, we’ve been working behind the scenes to help you make the most of the ones you have. Read on to discover the latest improvements we added to Slido in July.  💬 Q&A content card improvements in Host mode We’ve given the Q&A content card a fresh, more compact design to help hosts stay organized. The questions list is now more concise, giving you the space and flexibility you need to manage Q&A smoothly during live meetings and events. Refreshed Q&A content card 🤝 Easier collaboration access to a slido in shared PowerPoint presentations You can now let anyone with access to your PowerPoint file view and use the linked slido. Just head to the Collaboration option in the Slido menu. By default, it’s set to Invite only, but you can switch to Automatic access to make it easier for others to manage the slido and see the

We started Slido with the vision to transform how meetings and events are run around the world.In the eight years since we began, the world has changed, no more so than in 2020. With millions of workers shifting to remote work, having the right technology in place to power their work and meetings is absolutely critical.In today’s work environment, it has never been more important to connect and collaborate, no matter how, where or when we work together. We believe that the way we work has changed forever. In the years to come, much of our work will happen on video calls and virtual meetings.We realized that if we want to impact millions of lives for better and truly transform how meetings and events are run around the World, we will need a strong partner. Therefore, we are excited to join Cisco to further their vision to make the Webex experience 10x better than in-person meetings and make sure everyone’s voice is heard.While we will become part of Cisco and integrate into the Webex pl

Welcome to 2026! We hope you’re looking forward to another year with Slido 🎉Every meeting is a chance for participants to feel heard and included, and we’re happy to be part of it.To kick things off, here’s a quick look at what we worked on in January, plus we also sneaked in some updates from December, too 🙌 Updates overview: Slido AI in Host mode Emojis have arrived in open text polls Bulk actions in Team management Automatic access to a slido for external Webex Webinar panelists Slido for PowerPoint updates Changes to Present mode Sunsetting Slido mobile app for iOS and Android  🪄Slido AI in Host mode AI-generated polls now available for everyoneBefore the end of 2025, we rolled out AI-Generated polls from prompt in Host mode to all our customers. To start, click the AI button in the Interactions sidebar, share a few details about your meeting or event like goal, type or size and instantly receive poll suggestions. If you want more ideas, you can refresh the list. Ai-Generated po

We’re halfway through the year, and Slido's improvements just keep on coming! ☀️Here are just a few of the fresh updates you'll find! 😎🤖 AI Quizzes now available for users on Basic plan We're bringing the power of AI to quizzes! Presenters using Slido for PowerPoint or Google Slides can now generate quizzes on their favorite topics in just a few clicks. Simply type in your topic, hit Generate questions and voilà! Feel free to customize the questions or use them as they are.  Using AI quiz in Slido for PowerPointThis AI quiz feature is now accessible to users with Basic plan within the Slido for PowerPoint and Slido for Google Slides integrations. 📁 Bulk actions for polls in new SlidoAs part of our commitment to feature continuity in the new interface, we’re bringing back some of the outstanding features from the old design. You can now manage your polls at ease and merge them into a survey, or reset, duplicate, and delete several polls at once.  Bulk actions in polls 🌍 Slido now sp

As May brings a season of change and renewal across the globe, we’re introducing updates that reflect the same spirit of growth and improvement. This month we brought back Announcements, an option to reuse your previous polls, enhancing Q&A with a search function and making our new interface available to everyone. Let’s take a closer look at what’s new. 🖼️ New Slido interface is now available for everyone On May 27 we officially welcomed the new Slido interface for all our users. The updated interface is simpler, sleeker and more intuitive, so you can focus on what really matters—engaging with your audience. We hope you’re already enjoying the fresh, modern design and finding it easier to navigate.Before making the switch, we reintroduced a few key features to ensure familiar functionality in the new interface.  📢 New AnnouncementsShare important updates or messages with your participants in real time, now with improved functionality—whether it’s a quick reminder, a schedule adju

Check out how we’ve improved Slido over February! Let us know what you think. Integrations  Redesigned sidebar in Webex  The Slido admin sidebar in the Webex integration has a new look designed for an unbeatable experience in Webex Hosts need to enable the new look manually by toggling on the option directly in the sidebar in Webex   New design for action bar in Webex We have redesigned the bar at the bottom of the Webex sidebar that lets hosts launch, activate and create polls and more It now adapts to the context of the interaction and the host’s needs   Request to manage Slido now available in Webex Meeting co-hosts and panelists can request to manage Slido directly from the new Webex sidebar during the meeting  No need to set up shared access in advance   PowerPoint integration changes in operating system support Our PowerPoint integration does not support operating systems older than Windows 10 anymore This includes Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1   PowerPoint integratio

 Integrations🔗 PowerPoint installer for enterprise clients  As an administrator, you can now install Slido for Windows (PowerPoint Add-in) using our MSI file. This is great for big organizations with many Slido users, as you can now do a bulk installation for all of them! Also, with available command line parameters, you can turn off update notifications for the end users or execute a silent installation. This gives IT admins much more control over the installation experience of Slido PowerPoint add-in.  Polls📊 New Word cloud results in Admin viewThis new Word cloud view in your admin shows the results in both a Word Cloud and a list of words grouped together, and you can see the exact same Word Cloud in your admin as your participants see on their devices or the Present view.  By grouping the same responses together, it is now much easier to delete unwanted words from your Present view in case you need to. 🎉 Confetti in Quiz leaderboardA fun little update to give your winners som

The month of April brings more exciting product updates from Slido HQ 🎉There has been a lot going on, so here's a summary of everything that's new in our world 🌎 🗳️ Improved voting experience in Microsoft Teams To provide your Microsoft Teams participants with the best experience, we've made voting easy! Voting options in Microsoft TeamsWhat’s changed:No more pop-ups for voting: The meeting chat is notified when a host activates or deactivates a poll.   Chat notifications: A notification will appear in the Teams chat window, prompting attendees to go directly to the poll. Incase you miss it, a red dot will also appear on the Slido icon to indicate that the poll is active.   See your interactions history easily: The new poll notifications that appear in Teams chat, allows everyone in the meeting to follow along with questions asked and open and closed polls, even after the meeting ends!you can see a full overview of Slido’s changes to Microsoft Teams in our showcase article and try i

If better meetings make you happy, you’re in the right place. March delivered a fresh set of Slido updates to help you engage your audience with less effort. Let’s take a look.👇🏻 🗂️ Sorting for Open text poll submissions Reviewing dozens or even hundreds of open text responses just got way easier. If you have emojis enabled for upvoting in your Slido settings, you can now sort participant responses by popularity or chronological order so it’s easier to spot what matters, in seconds.You can set your preferred sorting separately for Host mode and Present mode, and participants can choose their own preferred sorting on their devices as well. Choosing the default sorting for open text poll submissions in Host mode 🛡 Changes to Participant privacy settings We’ve made participant privacy settings simpler and more flexible for everyone.Anonymous by default for new slidosSlidos are now set to Anonymous by default so it’s easier to collect honest questions and feedback from the start. Your

The clocks have changed for some of us around the world, but that hasn’t stopped us working hard here at Slido HQ! 🕛It's time to share your poll results. This month, we've been improving our analytics to make sharing easier and more visually appealing, as well as some neat improvements to our Microsoft Teams integrations and Webex Q&A.We’re big fans of feedback here at Slido, feel free to share your thoughts! 🗣️ 📊More improvements to Analytics and Polls Introducing our new section of event analytics, the aim of which is to provide you with an easier way to digest and share the results of your polls in Slido.  Poll Insights User view As an extra convenience, you can also download and/or copy the poll images to your clipboard that you can then present in a slide deck, an email, or even your internal messaging system. Screenshots are a thing of the past! Download image or copy to clipboard Event analytics for US Slido events are now fully supported by US1 Cluster 🚀 Microsoft Teams