What's New in Slate

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements and bug fixes.

Latest

Mobile

Web

Brandhub

May 29, 2025

iOS

Meet the Video Scrubber

We've added a Scrubber to the Canvas edit view, so you can seek through your video, and check your layouts without opening the timeline.

May 29, 2025

iOS

With text styles, every word says more.

Text is the backbone of social content. It guides, it persuades, it connects. Now you can do more with text in Slate on mobile. ✓ Highlights: Box and inline effects to make your message pop
 ✓ Shadows: Choose from drop shadow, glow, or retro effects
 ✓ Outline: Add definition with adjustable borders
 ✓ Color opacity: Fine-tune transparency for subtle branded touches
 ✓ Case switching: Toggle between upper and lowercase instantly
 ✓ Letter spacing: Adjust tracking for improved readability

April 23, 2025

iOS

Undo. Finally on iOS

Update to the latest version, do something silly. Then undo it. This is the future we were promised.

April 9, 2025

Android

Remove the background from your images and stickers with a single tap in Slate

Now on Android – one tap Background Removal for Graphics and Images. Easily eliminate the backgrounds from your photos or graphics, leaving only the main subject.

January 29, 2025

iOS

Captions Translations

Unleash your creativity with Caption Translations. Expand your video content to a global audience with multilingual captions.

December 14, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Turn long videos into a social-ready clips

Transform your long-form videos into stunning social media shorts effortlessly with Slate’s Shortcuts feature. This AI-powered tool highlights the best moments, delivering polished, ready-to-share clips that dazzle your audience. - Creator Control at Its Finest: Enjoy full editability with no flattened clips or burned-in captions - perfect for crafting a unique brand story. - Smart Moment Detection: Easily surface key highlights using moments, tags, or timestamps, ensuring your content shines. - Different methods of cutting clips: Smart Edit removes pauses, repeats, and irrelevant content for a focused clip, while Basic Edit simply trims the start and end without cutting anything inside.

Learn More

March 24, 2025

Android

Improved video editing with Timeline on Android

With timeline you can arrange the timing and sequencing of video clips, text and other layers. In this first version we've focussed on arrangement and sequencing so you can start creating more engaging social video. We're just getting started so watch the forthcoming releases for improvements.

February 19, 2025

Brand Hub

Web Editor

iOS

Intros & Outros now support all popular social aspect ratios

You can upload and publish Intro and Outro sequences in more aspect ratios: - 9:16 Vertical - 1:1 Square - 16:9 Landscape - 4:5 Portrait

Learn More

February 19, 2025

iOS

Updated safezone guides for Instagram

Instagram has shifted from its iconic 1:1 square grid (1080 x 1080 px) to a taller 3:4 format for grid previews. As a result you may have noticed your content looking unflatteringly cropped in the grid view. To ensure your captions and watermarks dont get the cut we've updated our Safezones to include more comprehensive grid lines.

September 19, 2024

Web Editor

Caption Updates and Presets

With Presets you can use consistent styling across all your video captions. Once you've dialed in a look you like, hit save and the caption Preset will be available for your future projects. We've also introduced two new formatting improvements. Remove the punctuation in your captions with one click, for easier reading. You can also now keep captions visible during long periods of silence between phrases.

September 16, 2024

Brand Hub

Replace fonts in your PSD Templates

This quality of life update goes out to all our Template users who have struggled with missing fonts, incompatable fonts – or just wanted to use a font specifically for a Slate Template. Those days are over, because you can now replace fonts in your upladed PSD Templates.

September 16, 2024

Brand Hub

iOS

Templates on Mobile Just Got Real

Templates make editing visuall complex content on the go a breeze. And now it just got, uh, brezier with several important updates. Swappable Layers: PSD templates with swappable layers make it easy to make dynamic edits to your templates by swapping out logos, graphics or any visual with a tap. Unlocked Layers: Template layers can be unlocked making it possible to move and resize layers in templates.

Learn More

August 27, 2024

Web Editor

Undo comes to Web

You're probably thinking "C'mon Slate, undo is *barely* a feature." But you'd be suprised just how convincing we can be through the use of graphics and clever word-play. Discover the magic that is Undo™ When you make a mistake or change your mind about a design decision, hit Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z and revert to your previous edit. That's right, unlike life and fashion in the 80's, in Slate no mistake is irreversible; no error of judgement, irredemable. Just Ctrl+Z to go back in time and fix any mistake. Just one step back? No. Five? You're lowballing. Undo in Slate is Limitless, theoretically speaking. Now to the not so good news. There are many hundreds of potentially undoable things in Slate, so if you may notice something is not, uh, "undoing" – let us know and we'll be sure to add it.

Learn More

August 16, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

iOS

Intros & Outros comes to Web

Finally you can leverage the title and logo video sequences that your video teams have created in Slate. With Intros and Outros you can maintain consistency across your video Social content. Use Intro's as title screens and Outro's for animated logos, credits or calls-to-action. Many of our customers have been looking forward to putting Intro's and Outro's to use for Content Sponsorships – to ensure partnership content is always to spec and to brief. Like all assets in Slate Intro's and Outro's can be managed from Brandhub, assigned to Collections and used for content creation on both iOS and Web.

Learn More

August 15, 2024

Web Editor

Cropping now available in Slate's Web Editor

Cropping is a critical tool for content creation – and we're happy to say that it's finally available to all Creators on the Web. With our first iteration you're able to crop video and images using a variety of popular aspect ratios, with more options like custom manual cropping coming soon.

August 10, 2024

iOS

Add Images to Timeline on iOS

Timeline on iOS continues to get better with support for images. Now creators can include images and video to their posts, or create video content using only images. Images added to the timeline behave like video clips. You can change the duration of the image clip and use it in conjucntion with other Slate asset types like filters, sound and backgrounds

Learn More

July 22, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Publish and schedule content in Sprout

The Sprout Social integration marks a significant milestone as our very first Publishing integration. Sprout Premium customers can publish or schedule content directly from the Slate Web Editor to Sprout Social. Brand andministrators can also publish any content created across their team from the Content Hub. Support for publishing directly from iOS will be coming soon

Learn More

July 12, 2024

Web Editor

Safe Zones now on Web

Safe Zones is an innovative feature that provides users with the ability to preview their content in advance, ensuring that it appears exactly as intended when shared on various social platforms. This feature helps users to make necessary adjustments beforehand, thereby enhancing the overall quality and effectiveness of their posts. By offering a glimpse of the final look, Safe Zones empowers users to create more engaging and visually appealing content, tailored to fit the unique specifications and aesthetics of each social platform.

Learn More

July 4, 2024

iOS

Edit Captions in Timeline

With Caption support in timeline, fine tuning your captions to picture is faster and more intuitive. In the timeline, captions now appear as a series clips, just like video, making it possible to dial in the timings of ever word.

Learn More

July 3, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Swappable Assets for Templates

For teams relying on imported PSD templates to drive their Slate content creation experience, your workflow has just gotten a massive speed boost. With Swappable layers, your templates can now cater for multiple scenarios, states or styles in a single file. When importing templates admins, can now set layers or groups of layers (folders) as swappable and specify which layers can be swapped. We've also greatly improved the template uploading experience for admins with more controls over layer-level editng permissions.

June 7, 2024

iOS

Denoise is now on iOS

Removing the background noise allows users to eliminate unnecessary sounds and noises that might otherwise interfere with their listening experience. By utilizing advanced noise reduction technology, users are able to fine-tune and adjust the level of noise reduction to ensure that the audio remains clear and maintains a natural sound quality. This customization ensures that users can enjoy their audio content without any distracting background disturbances.

May 15, 2024

iOS

Content Hub comes to iOS

Share your content to Content Hub from the iOS app, allowing you to share not only with social media platforms but also with your account team members. This ensures that your valuable content reaches a wider audience, including those within your professional network and social circles.

May 3, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

An always on automated archive of your work

Allows all Slate users to view and access content that has been generated not only by themselves but also by other Slate users within their account. This feature ensures that users can collaboratively engage with and benefit from a wider range of information and resources created within the Slate platform.

Latest

Mobile

Web

Brandhub

May 29, 2025

iOS

Meet the Video Scrubber

We've added a Scrubber to the Canvas edit view, so you can seek through your video, and check your layouts without opening the timeline.

May 29, 2025

iOS

With text styles, every word says more.

Text is the backbone of social content. It guides, it persuades, it connects. Now you can do more with text in Slate on mobile. ✓ Highlights: Box and inline effects to make your message pop
 ✓ Shadows: Choose from drop shadow, glow, or retro effects
 ✓ Outline: Add definition with adjustable borders
 ✓ Color opacity: Fine-tune transparency for subtle branded touches
 ✓ Case switching: Toggle between upper and lowercase instantly
 ✓ Letter spacing: Adjust tracking for improved readability

April 23, 2025

iOS

Undo. Finally on iOS

Update to the latest version, do something silly. Then undo it. This is the future we were promised.

April 9, 2025

Android

Remove the background from your images and stickers with a single tap in Slate

Now on Android – one tap Background Removal for Graphics and Images. Easily eliminate the backgrounds from your photos or graphics, leaving only the main subject.

January 29, 2025

iOS

Captions Translations

Unleash your creativity with Caption Translations. Expand your video content to a global audience with multilingual captions.

December 14, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Turn long videos into a social-ready clips

Transform your long-form videos into stunning social media shorts effortlessly with Slate’s Shortcuts feature. This AI-powered tool highlights the best moments, delivering polished, ready-to-share clips that dazzle your audience. - Creator Control at Its Finest: Enjoy full editability with no flattened clips or burned-in captions - perfect for crafting a unique brand story. - Smart Moment Detection: Easily surface key highlights using moments, tags, or timestamps, ensuring your content shines. - Different methods of cutting clips: Smart Edit removes pauses, repeats, and irrelevant content for a focused clip, while Basic Edit simply trims the start and end without cutting anything inside.

Learn More

March 24, 2025

Android

Improved video editing with Timeline on Android

With timeline you can arrange the timing and sequencing of video clips, text and other layers. In this first version we've focussed on arrangement and sequencing so you can start creating more engaging social video. We're just getting started so watch the forthcoming releases for improvements.

February 19, 2025

Brand Hub

Web Editor

iOS

Intros & Outros now support all popular social aspect ratios

You can upload and publish Intro and Outro sequences in more aspect ratios: - 9:16 Vertical - 1:1 Square - 16:9 Landscape - 4:5 Portrait

Learn More

February 19, 2025

iOS

Updated safezone guides for Instagram

Instagram has shifted from its iconic 1:1 square grid (1080 x 1080 px) to a taller 3:4 format for grid previews. As a result you may have noticed your content looking unflatteringly cropped in the grid view. To ensure your captions and watermarks dont get the cut we've updated our Safezones to include more comprehensive grid lines.

September 19, 2024

Web Editor

Caption Updates and Presets

With Presets you can use consistent styling across all your video captions. Once you've dialed in a look you like, hit save and the caption Preset will be available for your future projects. We've also introduced two new formatting improvements. Remove the punctuation in your captions with one click, for easier reading. You can also now keep captions visible during long periods of silence between phrases.

September 16, 2024

Brand Hub

Replace fonts in your PSD Templates

This quality of life update goes out to all our Template users who have struggled with missing fonts, incompatable fonts – or just wanted to use a font specifically for a Slate Template. Those days are over, because you can now replace fonts in your upladed PSD Templates.

September 16, 2024

Brand Hub

iOS

Templates on Mobile Just Got Real

Templates make editing visuall complex content on the go a breeze. And now it just got, uh, brezier with several important updates. Swappable Layers: PSD templates with swappable layers make it easy to make dynamic edits to your templates by swapping out logos, graphics or any visual with a tap. Unlocked Layers: Template layers can be unlocked making it possible to move and resize layers in templates.

Learn More

August 27, 2024

Web Editor

Undo comes to Web

You're probably thinking "C'mon Slate, undo is *barely* a feature." But you'd be suprised just how convincing we can be through the use of graphics and clever word-play. Discover the magic that is Undo™ When you make a mistake or change your mind about a design decision, hit Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z and revert to your previous edit. That's right, unlike life and fashion in the 80's, in Slate no mistake is irreversible; no error of judgement, irredemable. Just Ctrl+Z to go back in time and fix any mistake. Just one step back? No. Five? You're lowballing. Undo in Slate is Limitless, theoretically speaking. Now to the not so good news. There are many hundreds of potentially undoable things in Slate, so if you may notice something is not, uh, "undoing" – let us know and we'll be sure to add it.

Learn More

August 16, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

iOS

Intros & Outros comes to Web

Finally you can leverage the title and logo video sequences that your video teams have created in Slate. With Intros and Outros you can maintain consistency across your video Social content. Use Intro's as title screens and Outro's for animated logos, credits or calls-to-action. Many of our customers have been looking forward to putting Intro's and Outro's to use for Content Sponsorships – to ensure partnership content is always to spec and to brief. Like all assets in Slate Intro's and Outro's can be managed from Brandhub, assigned to Collections and used for content creation on both iOS and Web.

Learn More

August 15, 2024

Web Editor

Cropping now available in Slate's Web Editor

Cropping is a critical tool for content creation – and we're happy to say that it's finally available to all Creators on the Web. With our first iteration you're able to crop video and images using a variety of popular aspect ratios, with more options like custom manual cropping coming soon.

August 10, 2024

iOS

Add Images to Timeline on iOS

Timeline on iOS continues to get better with support for images. Now creators can include images and video to their posts, or create video content using only images. Images added to the timeline behave like video clips. You can change the duration of the image clip and use it in conjucntion with other Slate asset types like filters, sound and backgrounds

Learn More

July 22, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Publish and schedule content in Sprout

The Sprout Social integration marks a significant milestone as our very first Publishing integration. Sprout Premium customers can publish or schedule content directly from the Slate Web Editor to Sprout Social. Brand andministrators can also publish any content created across their team from the Content Hub. Support for publishing directly from iOS will be coming soon

Learn More

July 12, 2024

Web Editor

Safe Zones now on Web

Safe Zones is an innovative feature that provides users with the ability to preview their content in advance, ensuring that it appears exactly as intended when shared on various social platforms. This feature helps users to make necessary adjustments beforehand, thereby enhancing the overall quality and effectiveness of their posts. By offering a glimpse of the final look, Safe Zones empowers users to create more engaging and visually appealing content, tailored to fit the unique specifications and aesthetics of each social platform.

Learn More

July 4, 2024

iOS

Edit Captions in Timeline

With Caption support in timeline, fine tuning your captions to picture is faster and more intuitive. In the timeline, captions now appear as a series clips, just like video, making it possible to dial in the timings of ever word.

Learn More

July 3, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Swappable Assets for Templates

For teams relying on imported PSD templates to drive their Slate content creation experience, your workflow has just gotten a massive speed boost. With Swappable layers, your templates can now cater for multiple scenarios, states or styles in a single file. When importing templates admins, can now set layers or groups of layers (folders) as swappable and specify which layers can be swapped. We've also greatly improved the template uploading experience for admins with more controls over layer-level editng permissions.

June 7, 2024

iOS

Denoise is now on iOS

Removing the background noise allows users to eliminate unnecessary sounds and noises that might otherwise interfere with their listening experience. By utilizing advanced noise reduction technology, users are able to fine-tune and adjust the level of noise reduction to ensure that the audio remains clear and maintains a natural sound quality. This customization ensures that users can enjoy their audio content without any distracting background disturbances.

May 15, 2024

iOS

Content Hub comes to iOS

Share your content to Content Hub from the iOS app, allowing you to share not only with social media platforms but also with your account team members. This ensures that your valuable content reaches a wider audience, including those within your professional network and social circles.

May 3, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

An always on automated archive of your work

Allows all Slate users to view and access content that has been generated not only by themselves but also by other Slate users within their account. This feature ensures that users can collaboratively engage with and benefit from a wider range of information and resources created within the Slate platform.

Latest

Mobile

Web

Brandhub

May 29, 2025

iOS

Meet the Video Scrubber

We've added a Scrubber to the Canvas edit view, so you can seek through your video, and check your layouts without opening the timeline.

May 29, 2025

iOS

With text styles, every word says more.

Text is the backbone of social content. It guides, it persuades, it connects. Now you can do more with text in Slate on mobile. ✓ Highlights: Box and inline effects to make your message pop
 ✓ Shadows: Choose from drop shadow, glow, or retro effects
 ✓ Outline: Add definition with adjustable borders
 ✓ Color opacity: Fine-tune transparency for subtle branded touches
 ✓ Case switching: Toggle between upper and lowercase instantly
 ✓ Letter spacing: Adjust tracking for improved readability

April 23, 2025

iOS

Undo. Finally on iOS

Update to the latest version, do something silly. Then undo it. This is the future we were promised.

April 9, 2025

Android

Remove the background from your images and stickers with a single tap in Slate

Now on Android – one tap Background Removal for Graphics and Images. Easily eliminate the backgrounds from your photos or graphics, leaving only the main subject.

January 29, 2025

iOS

Captions Translations

Unleash your creativity with Caption Translations. Expand your video content to a global audience with multilingual captions.

December 14, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Turn long videos into a social-ready clips

Transform your long-form videos into stunning social media shorts effortlessly with Slate’s Shortcuts feature. This AI-powered tool highlights the best moments, delivering polished, ready-to-share clips that dazzle your audience. - Creator Control at Its Finest: Enjoy full editability with no flattened clips or burned-in captions - perfect for crafting a unique brand story. - Smart Moment Detection: Easily surface key highlights using moments, tags, or timestamps, ensuring your content shines. - Different methods of cutting clips: Smart Edit removes pauses, repeats, and irrelevant content for a focused clip, while Basic Edit simply trims the start and end without cutting anything inside.

Learn More

March 24, 2025

Android

Improved video editing with Timeline on Android

With timeline you can arrange the timing and sequencing of video clips, text and other layers. In this first version we've focussed on arrangement and sequencing so you can start creating more engaging social video. We're just getting started so watch the forthcoming releases for improvements.

February 19, 2025

Brand Hub

Web Editor

iOS

Intros & Outros now support all popular social aspect ratios

You can upload and publish Intro and Outro sequences in more aspect ratios: - 9:16 Vertical - 1:1 Square - 16:9 Landscape - 4:5 Portrait

Learn More

February 19, 2025

iOS

Updated safezone guides for Instagram

Instagram has shifted from its iconic 1:1 square grid (1080 x 1080 px) to a taller 3:4 format for grid previews. As a result you may have noticed your content looking unflatteringly cropped in the grid view. To ensure your captions and watermarks dont get the cut we've updated our Safezones to include more comprehensive grid lines.

September 19, 2024

Web Editor

Caption Updates and Presets

With Presets you can use consistent styling across all your video captions. Once you've dialed in a look you like, hit save and the caption Preset will be available for your future projects. We've also introduced two new formatting improvements. Remove the punctuation in your captions with one click, for easier reading. You can also now keep captions visible during long periods of silence between phrases.

September 16, 2024

Brand Hub

Replace fonts in your PSD Templates

This quality of life update goes out to all our Template users who have struggled with missing fonts, incompatable fonts – or just wanted to use a font specifically for a Slate Template. Those days are over, because you can now replace fonts in your upladed PSD Templates.

September 16, 2024

Brand Hub

iOS

Templates on Mobile Just Got Real

Templates make editing visuall complex content on the go a breeze. And now it just got, uh, brezier with several important updates. Swappable Layers: PSD templates with swappable layers make it easy to make dynamic edits to your templates by swapping out logos, graphics or any visual with a tap. Unlocked Layers: Template layers can be unlocked making it possible to move and resize layers in templates.

Learn More

August 27, 2024

Web Editor

Undo comes to Web

You're probably thinking "C'mon Slate, undo is *barely* a feature." But you'd be suprised just how convincing we can be through the use of graphics and clever word-play. Discover the magic that is Undo™ When you make a mistake or change your mind about a design decision, hit Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z and revert to your previous edit. That's right, unlike life and fashion in the 80's, in Slate no mistake is irreversible; no error of judgement, irredemable. Just Ctrl+Z to go back in time and fix any mistake. Just one step back? No. Five? You're lowballing. Undo in Slate is Limitless, theoretically speaking. Now to the not so good news. There are many hundreds of potentially undoable things in Slate, so if you may notice something is not, uh, "undoing" – let us know and we'll be sure to add it.

Learn More

August 16, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

iOS

Intros & Outros comes to Web

Finally you can leverage the title and logo video sequences that your video teams have created in Slate. With Intros and Outros you can maintain consistency across your video Social content. Use Intro's as title screens and Outro's for animated logos, credits or calls-to-action. Many of our customers have been looking forward to putting Intro's and Outro's to use for Content Sponsorships – to ensure partnership content is always to spec and to brief. Like all assets in Slate Intro's and Outro's can be managed from Brandhub, assigned to Collections and used for content creation on both iOS and Web.

Learn More

August 15, 2024

Web Editor

Cropping now available in Slate's Web Editor

Cropping is a critical tool for content creation – and we're happy to say that it's finally available to all Creators on the Web. With our first iteration you're able to crop video and images using a variety of popular aspect ratios, with more options like custom manual cropping coming soon.

August 10, 2024

iOS

Add Images to Timeline on iOS

Timeline on iOS continues to get better with support for images. Now creators can include images and video to their posts, or create video content using only images. Images added to the timeline behave like video clips. You can change the duration of the image clip and use it in conjucntion with other Slate asset types like filters, sound and backgrounds

Learn More

July 22, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Publish and schedule content in Sprout

The Sprout Social integration marks a significant milestone as our very first Publishing integration. Sprout Premium customers can publish or schedule content directly from the Slate Web Editor to Sprout Social. Brand andministrators can also publish any content created across their team from the Content Hub. Support for publishing directly from iOS will be coming soon

Learn More

July 12, 2024

Web Editor

Safe Zones now on Web

Safe Zones is an innovative feature that provides users with the ability to preview their content in advance, ensuring that it appears exactly as intended when shared on various social platforms. This feature helps users to make necessary adjustments beforehand, thereby enhancing the overall quality and effectiveness of their posts. By offering a glimpse of the final look, Safe Zones empowers users to create more engaging and visually appealing content, tailored to fit the unique specifications and aesthetics of each social platform.

Learn More

July 4, 2024

iOS

Edit Captions in Timeline

With Caption support in timeline, fine tuning your captions to picture is faster and more intuitive. In the timeline, captions now appear as a series clips, just like video, making it possible to dial in the timings of ever word.

Learn More

July 3, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

Swappable Assets for Templates

For teams relying on imported PSD templates to drive their Slate content creation experience, your workflow has just gotten a massive speed boost. With Swappable layers, your templates can now cater for multiple scenarios, states or styles in a single file. When importing templates admins, can now set layers or groups of layers (folders) as swappable and specify which layers can be swapped. We've also greatly improved the template uploading experience for admins with more controls over layer-level editng permissions.

June 7, 2024

iOS

Denoise is now on iOS

Removing the background noise allows users to eliminate unnecessary sounds and noises that might otherwise interfere with their listening experience. By utilizing advanced noise reduction technology, users are able to fine-tune and adjust the level of noise reduction to ensure that the audio remains clear and maintains a natural sound quality. This customization ensures that users can enjoy their audio content without any distracting background disturbances.

May 15, 2024

iOS

Content Hub comes to iOS

Share your content to Content Hub from the iOS app, allowing you to share not only with social media platforms but also with your account team members. This ensures that your valuable content reaches a wider audience, including those within your professional network and social circles.

May 3, 2024

Brand Hub

Web Editor

An always on automated archive of your work

Allows all Slate users to view and access content that has been generated not only by themselves but also by other Slate users within their account. This feature ensures that users can collaboratively engage with and benefit from a wider range of information and resources created within the Slate platform.

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