Product Updates

July 29, 2021

Meetings and Large Rooms

Meetings have launched! Now you can forget zoom and use Altar Live meetings! Meetings function as most video-conference programs, but with even more features. You can easily host group meetings with up to 50 people attending. Meetings are great for small-groups, Bible studies, prayer meetings, staff meetings, and more!

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July 21, 2021

Polls, Announcements, and More!

Announcements are here! Polls are live! RTMP, and mutistreaming is ready to use! You can now send announcements, create polls, connect your RTMP credentials, and multistream through a provider of your choice!

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July 7, 2021

July Product Roadmap

July will be welcoming all kinds of new releases! Since June, we have been working on your requests. You will soon be able to see the many improvements we made to make your experience efficient and effective.

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June 25, 2021

New improvements to Community Landing Pages

Community Landing Pages are out of beta with new improvements!! You can now customize your community landing page to fit your desired look by choosing the light or dark mode. We also improved the landing page proportions and added badges to featured events. You can also see updated events in real time.

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June 9, 2021

Community landing pages

Introducing the new Community Landing Pages! You can now connect Altar Live seamlessly to your website with a fully customizable event landing page. Use your own logo, color and even custom URL! Start beta testing today.

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May 29, 2021

Chat, chat, chat

Chat just got a whole lot better! This week you will see chat notifications when someone sends a new message, the ability to turn off/on your chat notification settings, and more moderation tools for Hosts to manage the General Chat channel. Plus, so much more!

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May 1, 2021

May 2021 Product Roadmap

May is going to be a big month of releases! Since our exit from beta in April, we are excited to be focusing on some long-requested features. Here's what we're shipping this month...

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May 22, 2021

Uploading pre-recorded videos

This week is a big release! You can now upload pre-recorded videos directly to Altar Live. Once you upload a video file, the system will upload and then transcode the video to optimize your video for attendees on mobile devices and slow internet connections.

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May 15, 2021

Improving hospitality & small details

We believe in hospitality, which is why this week we've improved the automated greeter message flow so your online host team's message inbox is more streamlined. You'll also notice lots of small, but delightful improvements across the platform.

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May 1, 2021

New community creation flow

This week, we're also simplifying the new community creation process, an important step in making the creation of an online community easy and seamless.

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April 24, 2021

Updating Recurring Links

This week we released even more updates to events on mobile browsers! Plus, we have some important updates to your event links.

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April 17, 2021

Mobile browser support & HLS stream links

Today, we’re making it possible to join events on mobile browsers, an important step in making Altar events easy and seamless to join - no matter what device you're on! Plus, we now support HLS (.mp3u8) links from DaCast, ChurchStreaming.TV, and more!

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April 10, 2021

Same vision, new look

Today we’re releasing our biggest update since entering beta last December. We’re confident this update will make your experience of Altar Live delightful and marked by hospitable, virtual conversations.

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April 10, 2021

We're out of beta!

After 5 months in beta, we're excited to share that Altar Live is now fully released. After months of hard work behind the scenes, we're thrilled to introduce you to our new design.

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April 3, 2021

Mobile apps are released!

Spring is here and so are the long-awaited mobile apps! Online engagement should be delightful, that’s why we’ve designed frictionless and intuitive apps so your community can join your events on any device. Head to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store today to try them out for yourself.

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March 27, 2021

Beta apps & pre-recorded video sync

This week we’re introducing a few big updates to our iOS and Android apps, which are currently in beta. (Want access? Send us a message and we'll send instructions.) We’re also making it easier to connect pre-recorded video to ensure synchronization.

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March 20, 2021

Improving event creation

With Altar Live, setting up and running events should be simple and straightforward, and editing should always be effortless. This week, we're introducing more improvements to recurring events, and much more!

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March 13, 2021

Resolving common issues

Each week, we aim to make Altar more intuitive, more stable, and more delightful. With this week's update, we did a lot of work behind the scenes. On your end, you will see improvements!

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March 6, 2021

Recurring & shareable links

It's finally here: recurring events and static URLs! If you want to use the same URL for a certain type of event (i.e. weekly Sunday service, morning Bible study, etc), you will want to create a recurring event series. Plus, we've also changed the links on events so they are shareable on Facebook. Keep reading for more long-awaited updates!

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February 27, 2021

Backend optimization for big results

This was a big week for optimization across the Altar Live platform. We worked on reducing data consumption needs, server distribution, and client processing power. In everyday English, this means you will see more stability in both chat and video conferencing. Read on for more specifics on what we did to the backend!

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February 19, 2021

Seamless transitions

Some weeks we don't have as many updates to share because we are busy working on our next big releases behind the scenes. While this is a lighter week of updates, we did make some improvements to the flow of events in Altar Live.

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