XMPie Video Service What’s New
Version 3.0.0
Released October 26, 2026 | See XVS release notes
A new cloud foundation for XVS
XVS 3.0.0 now runs on a new AWS environment. We rebuilt the infrastructure behind the service so that XVS can grow with your needs. The new architecture gives us a more flexible base for building and releasing new capabilities, starting with tenant and single sign-on (SSO) support in this release.
Multiple users per organization (tenant)
An organization (tenant) can now have more than one user. Each user has their own login and either the admin or member role. Projects, assets, analytics, and credits are shared by everyone in the organization.
Single sign-on (SSO)
Users can now sign in to the XVS dashboard with their corporate credentials through Azure AD, Okta, Auth0, or any SAML 2.0 or OIDC Identity Provider.
A user account is created automatically the first time someone signs in. You can sign in through a direct SSO link that skips the login screen. Identity Provider groups can be mapped to the admin role, and signing out of XVS also signs you out of the Identity Provider. A tenant can allow SSO and password sign-in at the same time.
The After Effects plugin has been updated to allow designers to log in with SSO.
Tenant administration
Tenant admins can view their organization’s users and roles, the remaining credits, and the SSO configuration. The SSO configuration includes the SAML certificate’s expiration date and a Test Connection button. XMPie handles all setup for the customer, including adding and removing users, changing roles, uploading SAML metadata, and enabling features.
Dashboard enhancements
The XVS dashboard includes two new usability improvements:
- Record search: Quickly find a specific record within a project by Record ID prefix.
- Sort records: Order records by their creation date or Record ID.
AI assistant
XVS now has an AI chatbot that answers your questions and guides you step by step while you work. Use it for help setting up a project, finding your way around a feature, or troubleshooting an issue, right inside the XVS dashboard. The AI assistant is optional and can be turned on for each organization.
Version 2.0.2
Released March 2, 2026 | See XVS release notes
This is a maintenance release which includes security improvements and bug fixes.
Version 2.0.1
Released February 1, 2026 | See XVS release notes
Support for Adobe CC-2026
This version supports Adobe After Effects CC-2026.
Version 2.0.0
Released December 7, 2025 | See XVS release notes
Support for macOS Tahoe
Scalable & robust infrastructure
Improved backend infrastructure to support higher loads and ensure greater reliability.
Security enhancements
- Web Application Firewall (WAF). Integrated WAF to provide an additional layer of protection against malicious traffic and attacks.
- Strengthened overall system security to protect against potential threats and vulnerabilities.
Developer Hub
A new Developer Hub site is now available, providing comprehensive information on using all XMPie application APIs and SDKs in one central location.
Version 1.9.9
Released February 17, 2025 | Watch a short video overview | See XVS release notes
Support for Adobe CC-2025
This version supports Adobe After Effects CC-2025.
Support for macOS Sequoia and M3 chip
- XVS supports macOS Sequoia (version 15) for desktop products.
- This version supports the new Apple Silicon M3 chip for running uMerge Video on the latest Macintosh devices.
Video security (beta)
You can now create a secure video. Using a permissions password, you can restrict users from viewing the video. You can enter a value or select a tag which will be used as the password field.
This is currently supported for MP4 format only.
For more information, see Password protection for videos.
Security hardening
New video player
Version 1.9.8
Released January 8, 2024 | Watch a short video overview | See XVS release notes
Support for Adobe CC-2024
This version supports Adobe After Effects CC-2024.
Support for macOS Sonoma
uMerge Video 1.9.8 supports macOS Sonoma (version 14).
Asset webhook
This webhook allows you to get or generate images, audio or video files during the rendering process, that will be used as assets in the current project, instead of having to pre-generate assets and upload them to the server manually.
There are several types of asset webhooks:
- Simple: Retrieves an image, audio or video file from a URL.
- Custom: Utilizes a third party service, which then provides a URL to an image, video, or audio file. For example, you can invoke third-party services for creating AI-generated content.
- Personalia: Retrieves a personalized image generated in Personalia.
- Text to Speech (TTS): This technology enables text to be converted into speech audio imitative of the human voice. It automatically converts dynamic text, composed from the record tag values, into dynamic audio assets, and embeds these assets in the personalized videos.
Analytics webhook
The new analytics webhook enables connectivity with third-party analytics systems.
The webhook triggers an API for each analytic event that is written to the XVS database. For example, whenever the 10% segment event is written, a webhook event is triggered which sends the event to a 3rd party application, such as Google Analytics.
CSV upload improvement
The uploading speed of the CSV file to XVS is now 10 times faster than before.
CSV error handling
During the CSV upload, XVS now collects the records which have errors and combines them into a new error CSV file. This file can be easily downloaded, fixed, and uploaded back to XVS.
New Visibility tag
A new type of tag has been added – Visibility. This tag controls the visibility of the objects to which the tag is assigned.
When you assign a visibility tag to an object in your design, you can control whether the object will be visible or hidden. For example, if you have a personal message that is appropriate only for male recipients, you can create a visibility tag called “IsMale”. You can then select the object that includes the message and assign the “IsMale” tag to this object.
The values of the Visibility tag in the data source can be either 1 or True (visible), 0 or False (hidden).
Extended tagging – overview | Video training
Up until now, all you could customize in your videos were assets (image, sound or video), text and text color. Now, you can easily customize so much more.
Customization options are now unlimited: you can tag many objects and properties in the design, such as shape, object position, fill color, stroke color, object size, opacity, rotation, etc.
This significantly enhances the designer’s creative abilities, allowing the designer to generate dynamic visualizations like charts, graphs, and maps.
You can create your own templates or download templates from video stocks, and tag objects within the templates to make them dynamic.
This video shows how to create a dynamic hart by tagging properties.
Extended tagging – color tag enhancements
The Color tag can now be applied not only to text but also to an object’s color properties, and to effects that contain color properties. For example, you can tag a shape’s stroke and fill colors, or tag an object using the “Change to Color” effect.
In this example, the star’s fill and stroke colors have been tagged; the car color has been tagged using the “Change to Color” effect.
Extended tagging – text tag enhancements
The Text tag values can now be not only text but also numbers or arrays, and can be applied to various properties of an object. For example, you can set the scale, position, opacity or rotation of an object. You can also tag a slider control.
This can be useful, for example, for generation of dynamic graphs and for the indication of locations on maps.
In this example, the bar chart template is made dynamic by tagging text values and colors.
Extended tagging – examples
The line chart template is made dynamic by tagging text values and colors.
The world map template is made dynamic by tagging the pin position and setting expressions.
The 3D pie chart template is made dynamic by tagging text values and colors.
