Changelog

Strella ships continuously. This page captures release highlights, newest first.

August 25, 2026

This release adds a similarity matrix to card sort analysis, lets you show an in-call question beside its stimulus, and pulls every interview's transcript into one download.

See which cards participants grouped together

Card sort results gain a Similarity matrix tab that shows, for every pair of cards, the share of participants who placed both in the same group. The rows and columns are ordered so cards people agree belong together form dark blocks along the diagonal, surfacing the natural clusters in your participants' mental model at a glance.

Show a question beside its stimulus in split view

A per-project Split view setting gives an in-call question its own column next to the image, video, prototype, or website it asks about, instead of a card floating on top of it. Participants can read the question and study the stimulus at the same time, which helps on dense screens where a card would cover the very thing you're asking about.

Download every transcript in one file

The Results ⋮ menu gains Download all transcripts, which gathers every interview's transcript into a single text file. Each interview is labeled with the participant, numbered when they have more than one session, and marked Completed or Partial, so a whole study reads in one document.

August 18, 2026

This release lets you download a report as a Word document, refreshes the report viewer, and records question-guide publishes made through the API or a connected assistant in version history.

Download a report as a Word document

The report's Download menu now offers Word (.docx) alongside PDF. Citations come across as endnotes and your brand logo is carried over, so you can open the report in Word and finish the last bit of polish by hand before it goes to stakeholders.

A refreshed report viewer

Reports now read as long-form documents rather than a long chat message, with document-scale headings and spacing. The cover image sits inset in the text column with an Update cover control on it: upload your own image, or regenerate a new one.

Publishes from the API or an assistant show up in version history

A question-guide publish made through the developer API or a connected AI assistant, like Claude, now lands a restorable entry in Build's version history, attributed to whoever made it, so an agent-made change is recoverable just like one you published yourself.

August 11, 2026

This release adds device and audience filters to analysis, lets you hold a prototype still until participants answer, and lists the Strella connector in the Claude and ChatGPT directories.

Filter analysis by device and how participants were recruited

Analysis and the Interviews list gain filters for the device a participant used (desktop web, mobile web, or mobile app) and for the exact share link or panel order they came through. Stack as many rules as you need; each option shows a live count of how many participants it matches, and the filtered view travels in the page link, so a teammate opens exactly what you shared.

Hold a prototype still until participants answer

On any question or task inside a Figma prototype or Embed block, an Advanced setting, Block interaction until answered, dims the media and holds it while that question is on screen. Participants give their first impression before they start clicking around, and the hold lifts the moment the interview moves on.

Find the Strella connector in the Claude and ChatGPT directories

Strella is listed in the Claude and ChatGPT connector directories, so you can add it by finding it and clicking Connect instead of pasting in a server URL. The custom-connector setup still works for workspaces that block directory connectors.

August 5, 2026

This release requires a sign-in to open the files a study holds about its participants, and stops a deleted project's media resolving anywhere.

Participant uploads and chat attachments need a sign-in

A photo or video a participant uploads as an answer, and any file you attach to a project chat, now open only for someone signed in to the workspace that owns the study. A link that reaches anyone else shows a "not found" page. The materials you show participants during an interview (stimulus images, consent forms, terms documents) still open for anyone with the link, because the people who read them have no account to sign in with. See Media links and who can open them.

Deleting a project switches off its media links

Deleting a project stops every file it holds from opening, immediately and for everyone. That includes the links that need no sign-in, so a consent form already sent to a recruiting vendor stops working too. Restoring the project restores its media.

Moving a project takes all of its media with it

A project moved to another workspace hands over its session recordings along with everything else. The workspace the study ran in can no longer open them.

August 4, 2026

This release redesigns the account settings pages and the home projects list, adds pass-rate and time-on-task charts to task questions, and lets a highlight reel pull clips from more than one project.

Account settings, redesigned as searchable tables

Activity logs, Billing, Developer, and participant data access each open as a searchable, filterable table on one shared settings layout, and Integrations moves onto its own settings page instead of a pop-up. The Developer table now shows who created each API key, so you can tell keys apart at a glance.

Pass rate and time on task on every task question

A task question in Results leads with two charts that summarize the whole group: a pass-rate donut showing the share of participants the AI judged complete, banded green, amber, or red by how often people fell short, and a time-on-task chart with the median duration and its spread. Both export to PNG, and the pass rate exports to a spreadsheet with a per-participant breakdown.

A refreshed home for your projects

The home page and each workspace show your projects as one card list. Every project card carries its owner's avatar, and hovering the completed count breaks it down into qualified, invited, and not-qualified participants.

Highlight reels can span multiple projects

A highlight reel filed in one project can include clips recorded in others. Foreign clips play alongside the rest and carry a chip naming the project they came from, and the reel's counts and its shared link account for every clip.

July 30, 2026

This release brings outside interviews in up to ten files at a time, lets a video stimulus stand on its own, and teaches the Strella connector to review your question guide.

Upload up to 10 transcripts or notes at once

When you bring externally-recorded research into Strella, you can drop up to ten transcripts or notes into the upload dialog in one go instead of adding them one file per trip through the menu. Supported formats are .txt, .md, .docx, .vtt, and .srt. If a batch would push you past your participant limit, the dialog now tells you instead of failing quietly.

A video stimulus can stand on its own

A video you show participants no longer needs a question attached to publish. Add a video on its own and participants watch it, say when they're done, and the interview moves on. Image, website, embed, and prototype blocks still need at least one question or task, since there's nothing else to hold the participant's attention on them.

The Strella connector can review your question guide

Ask an AI assistant connected through the Strella connector to check a project's question guide against its research objectives. It returns per-objective coverage and prioritized suggestions for closing the gaps, and leaves the guide itself unchanged.

July 28, 2026

This release makes the codings you build on open-ended questions read clearly on their own.

Coded responses carry their own titles

When you code an open-ended question, the coding now has a plain-language title and a one-line description that label its chart, so it stands on its own in an export or when a question has more than one coding. Edit both from the coding's dialog, alongside renaming its categories and dragging participants between them.

July 15, 2026

This release moves your recruitment settings onto individual share links and makes filtered dashboard views shareable by link.

Recruitment settings now live on each share link

Each share link carries its own settings: whether to run the screener, collect an email or name, auto-invite qualifying participants, send reminders, and cap how many participants it accepts, so you can give different audiences different rules from a single study. A link follows the study default until you change it, and you can close one link to new responses without closing the whole study. Find them under Settings → Access & scheduling → Share links.

Shareable, hand-editable dashboard views

Filters in the projects dashboard URL now take precedence over your saved preferences, so a link with filters opens exactly the view you shared instead of being overwritten by the viewer's own filters. Simply opening a shared link never rewrites your saved preferences.

July 8, 2026

This release renames Sessions to Interviews across Strella, reorganizes project settings into grouped cards, and lets returning participants pick up where they left off.

"Sessions" are now "Interviews"

Every recorded conversation is called an Interview throughout Strella. The rename runs across the Results tab, the sort and filter menus, empty states, data exports, and the emails you receive, so the product matches the way you already talk about your studies.

Project settings, reorganized into grouped cards

Project settings open as four groups of cards (General, Interview setup, AI moderator, and Advanced) so related options sit together and you can find a setting without scanning every tab. The teammates who receive email notifications for a study now live in their own Notification settings modal, opened from the notification bell.

Returning participants resume where they left off

When someone re-enters a screener or interview with the same email, Strella recognizes them and offers to continue where they stopped or start over, instead of beginning a brand-new attempt each time. A qualified participant who was already invited goes straight back into their interview.

July 3, 2026

This week the redesigned question guide builder became the default for everyone, with more flexible section logic and interview time estimates that reflect your content.

The redesigned question guide builder is now the default

Every project opens in the redesigned question guide builder, where your interview guide and screener live together in one place.

Match several answers in one section logic condition

A single section logic condition on a multiple-choice question can name several answers at once, showing the section when a participant picked any of them, instead of adding a separate condition for each answer.

Interview time estimates that reflect your content

The estimated interview length in the builder accounts for how much you're asking, including prompt length, number of choices, follow-up depth, and attached media, so the estimate tracks the real interview instead of a fixed per-question guess.

June 12, 2026

This week we shipped bulk highlight reel downloads, filters for your AI Chat history, exact participant counts and bulk invites in the Recruit table, and audit logs for organization admins.

Download all your highlight reels at once

You can now download all of a project's saved highlight reels together as a single ZIP file from Project → Results → Saved Reels.

Filter your AI Chat history by project and favorites

The AI Chat sidebar now lets you filter your chat history by project or show only your favorited chats, and it remembers your filter as you move between chats.

Exact participant counts and bulk invites in the Recruit table

The Recruit table now shows exact participant counts past 99 on every tab, including All and Not Qualified, and you can bulk-invite participants directly from the Not Qualified tab.

Audit logs for organization admins

Organization admins can now open an Audit logs tab in organization settings to review account activity, set the organization's logging behavior, and request deletion of logs.

June 5, 2026

This week we shipped a full highlight reel editor in AI Chat, new filters and saved views across Analysis and Sessions, full-page Excel exports from Analysis, and automatic tool selection in AI Chat.

Trim and reorder highlight reel clips in AI Chat

Highlight reels built in AI Chat now have a full editor in the sidebar: reorder clips, trim each clip's start and end, remove or restore clips, and save the result back to your project, all without leaving the chat.

New filters and saved views across Analysis and Sessions

Analysis and Sessions add three new filters (Author, Session Quality, and Sentiment), and every filter dropdown now shows how many participants match each option before you apply it. Your filters and sort also save per project and travel in the URL, so you can reopen or share the exact view you're looking at.

Full-page Excel export from Analysis

You can now download an entire Analysis page as a multi-sheet Excel workbook with your current filters applied, so the file's structure matches what you see on the page.

AI Chat picks the best tool automatically

AI Chat now automatically selects the best tool for your prompt (a chart, a highlight reel, or a report), so you don't have to choose one yourself.

May 29, 2026

This week we shipped a new Rating scale question type, the ability to hide sessions from analysis, AI Chat project filtering by workspace, more reliable call recordings and study entry, and accurate order completion counts.

A new Rating scale question type

You can now add a Rating scale question to your Question Guide to capture sentiment, with three styles to fit the use case: Likert (strongly disagree to strongly agree), faces, or stars. Multiple-choice questions also gain selection limits, so you can require a minimum number of selections or cap the maximum.

Hide sessions from analysis

You can now exclude a low-quality session from analysis without deleting it, straight from the session menu. Excluded sessions stay in your session list but are filtered out of analysis views, theme summaries, AI charts, and AI Chat quotes, and the toggle is reversible at any time.

Filter AI Chat projects by workspace

The project picker in AI Chat now lets you filter projects by workspace and flags projects that have no sessions yet, so you don't pick an empty one. Helpful for organizations that spread their work across many workspaces.

More reliable call recordings and study entry

Calls now recover a recording when the start signal is dropped during connection, so fewer interviews finish with a missing recording. Separately, an error that could block participants from entering a study or joining a call has been resolved, so participants reach their interview reliably.

Accurate order completion counts

Recruitment orders now count only fully completed sessions toward an order's total, so partial sessions no longer make an audience look full and close it before you've reached your target.

May 22, 2026

This week we shipped automatic flagging of sensitive (MNPI) disclosures in Analysis, more consistent filtering and sorting across Strella, and a unified popover for managing table columns and custom fields.

Flag sensitive (MNPI) disclosures in Analysis

Analysis now scans interview transcripts for material non-public information (MNPI) and shows an informational warning when a participant may have disclosed something sensitive, so teams in regulated industries can catch it during review.

Consistent filtering and sorting across Strella

Filtering and sorting now work the same way across notes, responses, sessions, and the participant table, with the same controls and behavior wherever you work with your data.

Manage table columns and custom fields in one place

A single Manage table popover now controls which columns are visible and lets you add or edit custom fields directly, with the same controls across your participant and responses tables.

May 15, 2026

This week we shipped copyable participant call links, default captions with a redesigned overlay, mid-call screen switching, and improved call reliability on slower networks.

Copy a participant's unique call link

A new Copy call link option in each participant's Share menu copies their unique call URL with all custom fields pre-filled, ready to paste into an email or message without manually constructing it.

Default captions and redesigned caption overlay

Project settings now include a Default captions on toggle that turns captions on automatically when participants join a call. The caption overlay has been redesigned too: it's draggable, shows each speaker's words in a persistent card that changes color by speaker, and no longer flickers during transitions.

Change shared screen during a call

Participants can now switch the screen or window they're sharing mid-call without stopping and restarting their share. A new Change shared screen option appears in call settings while screen sharing is active.

More reliable call setup on slow connections

Calls now wait for a fully established connection before recording begins, preventing the "We had trouble setting up your call" error that would redirect participants on slower networks. Calls that fail to connect now stay on the connecting screen instead of ejecting.

Sort the participants table

A new Sort button lets you sort the participants table by any column (including session length), with a searchable field picker and configurable direction.

May 8, 2026

This week we shipped time-on-task charts in Analysis, multiple per-project share links, a combined session export, and pinnable favorite projects on the dashboard.

Time-on-task charts in Analysis

Task questions in Analysis now show a box plot of participant completion times (median, quartile spread, and outliers) with moderator time automatically excluded from the calculation. An Outliers toggle lets you show or hide extreme values to focus on the core distribution or flag participants who ran long.

Multiple share links per project

Projects can now have multiple share links, each with its own redirect URL for when participants finish, get screened out, or hit a full quota. Useful for routing different audiences to different destinations, or for running the same study with multiple entry points without duplicating the project.

Combined session export

The Sessions page now exports all session data (demographics, transcripts, and survey responses) into a single Excel workbook instead of requiring multiple separate downloads.

Favorite projects on the dashboard

Pin any project to the top of your dashboard by marking it as a favorite, and filter the project list to show only your favorites. Favorites are saved per user, so each team member keeps their own pinned set independently.

Background blur for participants

Participants can now blur their background during calls, with a slider to control the intensity.

May 1, 2026

This week we rebuilt Analysis around filter-based segmentation, added a faster way to build highlight reels directly from the Analysis section, shipped Excel exports for participant tables, and started sending daily participant payment reminders.

Filter-based segmentation in Analysis

Analysis segmentation now works through filters. Stack multiple filters across demographics, screener answers, quotas, and variants (segments no longer need to be mutually exclusive), and the participant list updates as you go, with the active filters applied to downloads.

Filter-based segmentation in Analysis

Build highlight reels from Analysis

From any Question in the Analysis section, you can now create highlight reels by selecting words in a participant's transcript and saving the quote to a new or existing reel.

Building highlight reels directly from Analysis

Excel exports for participant tables

Participant tables can now be downloaded as XLSX in addition to CSV, with a separate sheet per participant tab so the structure of the export matches what you see in the app.

Daily payment reminder emails

Researchers now receive a daily email listing sessions scheduled for auto-payment the next business day, giving you a window to flag concerns before credits go out. This pairs with the recently shortened payout window, where panel-recruited participants are now paid three business days after a successful session.

April 24, 2026

This week we shipped two new question types (Slider and Free Response), AI-generated report covers, chart exports for Analysis, automatic thumbnails for uploaded recordings, and a full preview mode for conditional Question Guides.

Slider and Free Response questions

Question Guides now support two new question types for everyone: Slider (numeric scale with configurable min/max, step size, and endpoint labels) and Free Response (open-ended text input). Both work in the builder, in live interviews on web and mobile, and show up in Analysis alongside your other survey responses, with translation support across 40+ languages. AI generation and paste flows now produce these types automatically.

AI-generated report covers

Reports now ship with AI-generated cover images, and you can regenerate a fresh cover or upload your own (up to 4MB) directly from the report or from AI Chat. Each "Re-roll" asks for a distinctly different style, so you don't end up with near-duplicate variations.

Export Analysis charts as images or Excel

Charts in Analysis can now be downloaded as PNG images or as Excel files. The Excel export includes the underlying formulas and a summary, so you can drop charts into a deck or keep working with the data in your own spreadsheet.

Thumbnails for uploaded session recordings

Uploaded MP4 recordings now generate thumbnails automatically and show them on session cards in Results, just like sessions recorded inside Strella. No more grey placeholders for imported content.

Full preview for conditional Question Guides

Previewing a guide with conditional logic now walks through every section, even ones that would normally be skipped based on screener or in-call answers. A new pre-preview dialog tells you when conditional logic is in play and points you to the share link if you want to test the real participant routing.

April 17, 2026

This week we shipped project-aware AI Chat suggestions, dashboard filters, participant custom identifiers for deduplication, and streamlined participant cards in the Analysis section.

AI Chat suggestions for your selected project

AI Chat now shows context-aware prompt suggestions when the chat is empty, tailored to whichever project you have selected. When no project is selected, default suggestion tiles appear so you still have a starting point.

Project filters on the dashboard

The projects dashboard now supports filtering by status, creation date range, and participant count. Filters persist across sessions, and sorting and pagination stay consistent with infinite scroll.

Participant custom identifiers for deduplication

You can now mark a custom column (employee ID, CUID, etc.) as the unique identifier for a project. Strella auto-matches incoming participants to the existing imported record instead of creating a duplicate Anonymous participant.

Streamlined participant cards in Analysis

Participant cards on the Objectives and Questions tabs no longer include inline transcripts and mini video players. Clicking anywhere on a card now opens the full session modal, cued to the exact timestamp for that question or objective, so you jump straight to the right moment.

April 10, 2026

This week we shipped a redesigned participant table, automatic participant payments, and AI-powered participant ratings for new projects.

Redesigned participant table for new projects

New projects now use an upgraded participant management table with custom columns, inline field editing, and the ability to do CSV imports.

Automatic participant payments

Participants in new projects are paid automatically 7 days after their session. If something went wrong, you can challenge the session within that window to get a refund, so there are no more manual approvals to release payments.

AI-powered participant ratings and auto-invite

Panel participants now receive a 1 to 5 star AI rating directly in the participant table, scoring research fit, consistency, and engagement so you can spot strong candidates at a glance. Turn on Auto invite to automatically invite top-rated panelists and eligible self-recruited participants.

April 3, 2026

This week we shipped richer Question Guide exports, faster Question Guide previews, keyboard shortcuts for video playback, and custom redirect URLs for participant routing.

Richer Question Guide exports

Question Guide exports (DOCX, TXT, and clipboard) now include screener questions, quotas with criteria summaries, and skip logic, making it easier to share your full study setup with anyone outside of Strella.

Preview Question Guide from any question

You can now start a Question Guide preview from whichever question you have selected, instead of always starting from the beginning. This makes it faster to test specific sections of your guide.

Custom redirect URLs for participant routing

Participants who are screened out, drop out, or hit a full quota can now be redirected to custom URLs. Each redirect forwards the participant's custom fields so your downstream tools stay in sync.

Keyboard shortcuts for video playback

The video player now supports spacebar to play/pause and arrow keys to adjust volume, so you can review sessions without reaching for on-screen controls.

March 27, 2026

This week we shipped a Figma Screens tab for prototype analysis, translated survey options for multilingual interviews, and explicit task confirmation as a new default.

Figma Screens tab for prototype analysis

Individual screens from your Figma prototypes now have a dedicated Screens tab alongside the existing Paths, Completed, and Failed views. Each screen shows how many participants visited it, their average time on screen, and misclick rate, so you can quickly spot which screens need attention without scrubbing through full session replays.

Translated survey options in multilingual interviews

Survey answer choices now display in the participant's selected language during live interviews. If a translation is unavailable, the original text is shown as a fallback, so multilingual studies run more smoothly without manual workarounds.

Explicit task confirmation as default

New Question Guides now default to requiring spoken confirmation from the participant before the AI moderator moves on to the next task. This prevents the moderator from advancing too early and gives participants a clear moment to add anything before continuing.

March 20, 2026

This week we shipped a unified AI Chat experience, stronger participant anonymization, more precise AI moderator controls, and more shareable reports.

Unified AI Chat

AI Chat is now one unified experience instead of separate Analyze, Create Charts, and Create Reports modes. You can create charts, highlight reels, and reports from the same place, and citations now open inline so you can preview the underlying user recordings more easily.

Stronger participant anonymization

You can now turn on name anonymization in Project Settings to replace participant names with random aliases throughout Strella. Anonymization carries through transcripts, analysis, reports, CSV exports, and session imports, and also hides emails and social links to better protect participant identity.

Per-question verbatim control in Adaptive mode

You can now keep the AI moderator in Adaptive mode overall while marking specific questions to be asked exactly as written. This gives you more control over critical wording without making the whole interview fully strict.

More shareable reports

Shared report pages and PDF reports now support shareable video links, so it’s easier to send evidence-backed findings with direct access to the underlying clips.

March 13, 2026

This week we shipped in-app notifications, smoother participant data imports and exports, and better citation highlighting for non-English transcripts.

In-app notifications

You can now see project notifications directly inside your Strella study with a new notifications bell, making it easier to stay on top of things like interviews waiting for review or studies that are still in draft mode and haven't been launched.

Participant data import and export improvements

You can now manage participant data more reliably across import, participant table review, and export. Custom fields like UTM parameters are detected more consistently, appearing automatically as columns in the participant table, and are included in CSV downloads, while imports better map demographic fields and prevent duplicates.

Better citation highlighting for non-English transcripts

Citations now highlight the exact matching text more accurately in non-English transcripts, making it easier to review sessions.

March 6, 2026

This week we shipped faster highlight reel downloads, new privacy blur controls for sensitive interviews, configurable AI moderator reaction length, and more accurate Figma heatmaps.

Faster highlight reel downloads

You can now choose between a fast highlight reel download for quick turnaround and a more precise export when exact clip boundaries matter more than speed. Fast mode is now the default, while precise exports continue through the slower email-based flow.

Privacy blur controls for sensitive interviews

You can now blur participant camera or screen share for privacy, either across the whole interview or only on specific questions. This makes it easier to protect sensitive content without changing the rest of the session experience.

AI moderator reaction length controls

You can now control how concise or detailed the AI moderator sounds, so interview responses better match the tone and pacing you want.

More accurate Figma heatmaps

Figma heatmaps now scroll more smoothly and register clicks on fixed elements like headers and navigation more accurately. This makes interaction patterns easier to trust when reviewing embedded prototypes.

February 27, 2026

This week we shipped new AI question behavior controls so you can choose between Strict (reads your guide exactly) and Adaptive (allows minor phrasing changes for a more natural flow), plus more reliable AI Chat on long transcripts and variant-based analysis segmentation.

AI question behavior controls

You can now choose whether the AI moderator follows your question guide in Strict or Adaptive mode. Strict reads questions exactly as written in your guide, while Adaptive can make minor phrasing changes to keep the participant experience more natural.

More reliable AI Chat for long transcripts

AI Chat now handles very large transcripts more reliably, reducing errors and mismatches when you explore long sessions.

Analysis segmentation by variant

You can now segment analysis results by variant groups with a dedicated Variant filter on the Analysis page. It appears when interviewees are assigned mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive variants, and helps you compare outcomes across variants in one view.

Clearer language labels in settings

Language selectors now show full readable names like "German" instead of short codes, making language settings easier to scan and less ambiguous.

February 20, 2026

This week we shipped more reliable uploaded-session analysis, clearer screener language controls, and better recruiting workflow feedback.

More reliable uploaded-session analysis

Uploaded participant sessions now complete analysis reliably even without a Question Guide in the study, so your Objectives section and Highlight Reels update as expected.

Screener language controls

You can now explicitly choose screener translation language when ordering panels, and Strella better detects the actual language used in Question Guide and screener content for more accurate translation and matching.

Recruiting workflow updates

• Participants are now auto-disqualified when quotas are full to prevent over-recruitment.
• Bulk invites now show real-time progress and update participant invite status incrementally as sends complete.

Safer Question Guide editing

You’ll now see a warning if you try to close a Strella tab with unsaved changes.

Mirrored webcam self-preview

Webcam self-preview is now mirrored, so participants seeing themselves on camera feels more natural.

February 13, 2026

This week we shipped research document import for faster project setup, task timers for User Interviews-recruited participants, refreshed voice and audio defaults, and brought session tags back.

Research document import with live preview

You can now upload a research document and have Strella auto-populate your interview guide steps. As the AI generates outputs, the preview panel updates in real time so you can watch your guide take shape as it’s created.

Task timers in interviews (User Interviews panel)

Participants recruited through the User Interviews panel now see a task timer during interview tasks, making it clearer how long they have to complete each activity.

Voice and audio settings improvements

We made several improvements to make voice configuration clearer and more consistent across projects:

• Curated voice options with clearer choices, plus gender-based moderator voice selection.
• Updated defaults for new projects: new projects now start with English preselected by default.

Session review improvements

The session modal now supports session tags again in the Profile tab, with tag styling that matches other badges in the UI. We also added the ability to download individual clips which you can do so directly from a note's menu.

Quality-of-life improvements

• Dynamic follow-ups default: set a project-wide default for follow-up question depth from Question Guide settings.
• Improved publishing feedback: publishing now updates the UI immediately without requiring a page reload.

February 6, 2026

This week we shipped expanded language support across 42 languages, skip logic for screeners, and more accurate session timing estimates.

Expanded language support

Strella now supports 42 languages for conducting research. The full list includes: Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Skip logic for screeners

You can now set up skip logic conditions in your screeners. If a participant selects a specific answer, they can automatically jump to a different question, letting you create branching screener flows that adapt to each respondent.

More accurate session timing estimates

The estimated session duration shown to participants is now more accurate. Timing now accounts for screener length and, for studies with variants, only counts the questions a participant will actually see.

January 30, 2026

This week we shipped an AI-guided project setup flow, a new Billing page with credits and transaction history, a new recruitment funnel view, and transcript search in the session modal.

AI Chat guided project setup

You can now create a research project through an AI guided chat flow. The chat will draft your question guide, screener and draft audiences so you can get from idea → launched project faster.

New Billing page (credits + transaction history)

Strella now has a dedicated Billing page where you can purchase credits and manage your organization’s billing in one place.

From Billing, you can:

• Buy credits up front and use them across projects (including participant recruitment fees and incentive payments)
• Review Transaction History for every credit add/spend, with filters and CSV export for accounting

You’ll also see your current credit balance in the top-right navigation across the Strella platform if your balance is above $0.

Recruitment funnel breakdown

The Recruit tab now includes a Recruitment Funnel view (Recruit → ⋮ menu → Recruitment funnel) to help you understand drop-off through the recruitment process (self-recruited or panel).

It also includes pass-rate detail for each screener question so you can quickly spot where candidates are failing.

Transcript search in the session modal

The session modal transcript now supports searching with Ctrl+F / Cmd+F, matching native browser search behavior. Use Enter / Shift+Enter to jump between matches, and Escape to close search.

January 23, 2026

This week we shipped video layout selection in session and insight modals, demographic-based segmentation in Analysis, clearer transcript media labels, and improvements to the participants table recruiting workflow.

Choose video layout in session and insight modals

Select how you want to view recordings in session and insight modals with layout options including split-screen, screen share, and user camera. This preference is saved per user.

Segmentation by demographic data

Analysis segmentation now supports demographic data and attribution (like UTM parameters), in addition to existing segmentation options of screener responses, survey questions, and quotas.

Media item labels in transcripts

Media items in the session modal transcript now display their labels instead of raw URLs, making them much easier to identify at a glance.

Improved participants table recruiting workflow

Participants are now sorted with uncompleted orders first, and completed order rows are visually grayed out so you can quickly spot what still needs action.

We've also added a tooltip to "Invite Participant" to explain when you need to extend your audience to recruit more participants.

January 16, 2026

This week we shipped a Chrome picture-in-picture window, faster quota fetching, improved sharing permission troubleshooting, and automatic cleanup of insignificant sessions in Results and Analysis tabs.

Chrome picture-in-picture window

Participants interviewing in a Chromium browser can now open a picture-in-picture window when they navigate to a different tab, letting them keep tasks and surveys in view while they work through them.

Faster quota fetching

Fetching quotas on the Quotas page is now significantly faster, avoiding the freezes some large projects were experiencing.

Improved sharing permission troubleshooting

Strella now detects when browser permission settings are blocking screen sharing, microphone, or camera access. If permissions are blocked, we’ll guide participants on how to unblock them so they can continue the interview.

Automatic deletion of insignificant participant sessions

Insignificant sessions are now automatically deleted and won’t count toward session limits or quotas.

January 9, 2026

This week we shipped Quant Explorer, a new AI mode for charts and highlight reels, a redesigned transcript experience, session modal enhancements with auto-saved playback and URL timestamps, and granular participant info settings.

Quant Explorer mode

A new AI chat mode lets you explore your data quantitatively. Ask Quant Explorer to create charts or generate highlight reels. Results appear inline in the conversation.

Redesigned transcript experience

The transcript viewer has been rebuilt with a cleaner, faster interface:

• In-call surveys inline: Survey responses now appear directly in the transcript flow
• Clickable timestamps: Click any timestamp to jump to that moment in the video
• Faster scrolling: Improved virtualization makes long transcripts scroll smoothly
• Consolidated speaker labels: Consecutive utterances from the same speaker are visually grouped
• Updated selection toolbar: Select text to copy, create highlights, or jump to that timestamp

Session modal enhancements

We've added several quality-of-life improvements to the session modal:

• Highlights: "Notes" have been renamed to "highlights" across the platform
• Resume playback: Video and audio playback position is automatically saved and restored when you return
• Click-to-jump: Click any word in the transcript to jump directly to that moment
• Shareable timestamps: Share session links with a timestamp parameter so they open at specific times.

Explorer timestamps

Explorer chat now links directly to specific moments in sessions using clickable timestamps instead of text quotes.

Granular participant info settings

Name and email collection are now separate settings. Previously you could only toggle both together. Now you can require just a name, just an email, or neither. Both are enabled by default.

Open sessions in new tabs

Ctrl/Cmd+click or middle-click on session cards to open them in a new browser tab.

January 2, 2026

This week we shipped new Summary and Profile tabs in the session modal, streamlined AI moderator survey instructions, smarter screen share verification, and recording activity tracking for quality checks.

Session modal Summary and Profile tabs

The session modal sidebar now includes two new tabs as part of ongoing session modal upgrades. The Summary tab shows an AI-generated summary based on your Project Objectives, while the Profile tab displays participant profile information.

Streamlined survey instructions

For survey questions, the AI moderator now reads the full instructions only for the first question. Subsequent survey questions skip the repeated instructions, creating a smoother and less repetitive experience for participants.

Smarter screen share verification

Screen sharing is now more reliable during onboarding. Strella confirms that participants are sharing the correct screen by checking whether the Strella window is visible in their screenshare.

Recording activity quality checks

Quality check results now include a Recording Activity criterion that tracks camera usage throughout the session. This helps identify when participants disabled their camera and for how long, giving you more insight when reviewing session quality.

December 26, 2025

This week we shipped email notifications for project events.

Email notifications for project events

Organization members can now receive email notifications triggered by key project moments. Configure this in Project Settings > Access & scheduling > Project Email Notifications.

December 19, 2025

This week we shipped a redesigned video player with thumbnail previews, a mini player with control parity, and improved sharing.

New video player

We've rebuilt the video player to provide a better viewing experience. Hover over the timeline to see thumbnail previews, and pop out into a mini player that now has full control parity with the main viewer.

Sharing videos got smarter too: choose the default playback speed, toggle subtitles, and set whether shared reels start at the current time or from the beginning.

December 12, 2025

This week we shipped a redesigned settings panel, smarter participant approvals with AI-powered recommendations, session thumbnails with hover previews, and a refreshed AI Chat UI.

Redesigned settings panel

Settings that belong together are now grouped into clear sections:

• Project setup (research plan, objectives, moderator language)
• Recruitment (scheduling, share links, appearance)
• Interview (setup and AI moderator options)
• Advanced (AI models and experimental features).

We've also added new options including screener control for share links, custom closed messages, and the ability for participants to pause screen sharing.

Smarter participant approvals

Strella now reviews each participant session and recommends whether to approve or reject the participant. Hover over any recommendation to see the reasoning, then approve or reject right from the session modal. Suggested actions are also visible in the participant table view.

Session thumbnails at a glance

Each participant session and analysis view now includes a thumbnail. Hover over it to see a gif of the entire session, giving you a quick visual summary of the participant experience.

Refreshed AI Chat interface

The AI Chat interface has been refreshed with a cleaner, more polished look.

December 5, 2025

This week we shipped our mobile app globally across iOS and Android, added an AI copilot for question guide creation, and streamlined the session modal experience.

Run studies natively on mobile

The Strella mobile app is now available in 177 countries on iOS and Android. From exploratory research to mobile usability tests: run any type of research directly on participants' devices.

Create question guides with our AI Copilot

A new copilot in the question guide editor lets you build and iterate on your guide through conversation. Start from scratch or expand an existing guide by chatting with the AI directly.

Redesigned session modal

The session modal got a refresh: collapsible sidebar, click-to-rename sessions, next/previous navigation between participants, and a cleaner layout overall.

Faster participant acceptance

Accept or decline participants without leaving the session modal. Cycle through sessions in one flow instead of navigating back and forth.

November 28, 2025

This week we shipped a centralized notes page in Results and question-based filtering in the Responses table.

All your notes in one place

The new Notes page in Results collects every note across your sessions, filterable by creator, sentiment, source, participant, and session tag. Qualitative analysis just got easier.

Filter responses by question

The Responses table now includes a Question column, so you can see which transcript segments tie back to your question guide. Filter to show exactly what you need across all sessions.

November 21, 2025

This week we shipped dynamic follow-up visibility in the question guide tree, word-level transcript highlighting, bulk participant disqualification, and smoother transcript selection.

See dynamic follow-ups at a glance

The question guide side panel now shows which questions have dynamic follow-ups, including their level and the follow-up prompt.

Word-level transcript highlighting

Follow along with interview transcripts word by word. As audio plays, each word highlights in real-time so you know exactly where you are in the conversation.

##‍ Bulk disqualify participants

Select multiple participants and disqualify them all at once instead of having to do it one by one.

##‍ Smoother transcript selection Selecting portions of the transcript is now faster and more fluid, making it easier to create your own interview notes.

October 10, 2025

This week we shipped reusable audience templates for panel recruitment and full translation support across the platform.

Save and reuse audience settings as templates

You can now save your Recruitment Audience settings as templates and apply them when creating new audiences. Access saved templates from the Hire Participants flow or manage them from the Templates view.

Full translation support

Set a Researcher Language for your question guide and a Participant Language for how content is presented to participants. All study-related emails, screeners, and in-call screens are now fully translated, on both desktop and mobile.