July 2026
July 2026
July was our biggest release month yet, with a wave of AI-powered editing, richer buyer experiences, and more control over how you organize and share your work.
This month brings a sharper AI Mode that opens by default, one-click video exports, Dark Mode across the whole app, in-app guide translations, and a set of upgrades that make demos feel more real for buyers and easier to manage for your team.
⭐ = customer-voted our public roadmap
Here's what we shipped this month 👇
- AI Mode: more editing powers, open by default
- Draft with AI: Sharper inline writing
- Export Your Demo as a Video
- Dark Mode
- Guide Translations: edit every language in-app
- Simulated Typing: demos that feel real
- Guided Cues: gliding markers and cursor hotspot
- Reposition the Guides Toolbar
- Publish Control for Deal Rooms and Playlists
- Multi-Page Playlists and In-Hub Search
- Allow and Block Lists: bulk add
- Content Library: drag and drop, plus full-library export
- Per-User Analytics for Playlists and Deal Rooms
AI Mode: More Editing Powers, Open by Default
AI Mode now opens by default in the demo template editor, and it can handle far more of the build.
Describe what you want and AI Mode does it, from restructuring a guide to restyling elements to pulling in account data.
What you can do:
- Resize and restyle elements (width, height, padding, margins)
- Flip a guide step between tooltip, hotspot, and modal
- Show or move the guide button, and insert an image or element
- Add end-of-guide confetti, or make a link restart the demo
- Paste a screenshot or point at an element on the canvas and say what to change
- Set up autoplay and pull information from your CRM, all from the same chat
The result: Build and edit demos faster by describing what you want, with the assistant ready the moment you open the editor.
Draft with AI: Sharper Inline Writing ⭐
Draft with AI is the new inline writer for annotations and presenter notes, running on a much sharper model.
Draft new copy or refine what's there without leaving the canvas.
What you can do:
Write from a short prompt, or rewrite existing copy in place Set the tone (Friendly, Professional, or Concise) or type your own instruction Preview each suggestion and keep or discard it One company-wide AI approval, so if your company has approved AI, it just works
The result: Clear, on-brand annotations and notes in seconds.
Export Your Demo as a Video ⭐
Turn any demo, or a single guide or flow, into a polished MP4 or GIF, with clicks, timing, guide steps, and transitions captured automatically.
What you can do:
- Export a full demo or a single flow as an MP4 or GIF
- Pick a transition speed from 0.5s to 3s, or set custom timing
- Choose Standard, High, or Max quality, with annotations rendered fully before each step advances
- Kick off an export in the background and get a download link by email and in-app
The result: Share your best demos anywhere video goes, no screen recording and no re-takes.
Dark Mode ⭐
Walnut now has multiple modes across the whole app, so you can work comfortably in any lighting.
What you can do:
- Choose Light, Dark, or System from your profile menu or Settings, Preferences
- System follows your device automatically and switches with it
- Every surface comes along: Content Library, editor, Demo Center, Insights and charts, settings, and player chrome
- Your content keeps its real colors, so screen captures, deal rooms, playlists, and brand previews are never tinted
The result: A comfortable workspace day or night, with your content always true to itself.
Guide Translations: Edit Every Language In-App
A new Review and edit table puts your source text side by side with every language, so you can localize guides right where you build.
What you can do:
- Edit guide names, annotation text, and button labels for each language in one view
- Change the source copy and affected translations are flagged as out of date
- Fix a translated annotation directly on the canvas, with formatting preserved
- Prefer bulk? CSV export lives alongside the in-app flow
The result: Ship localized guides faster, and buyers always get an up-to-date demo in their language.
Simulated Typing: Demos That Feel Real
Text can now type out character by character during a demo, so form fills and searches look like a real person is using the product.
What you can do:
- Turn on natural, character-by-character typing for form and search interactions
- Personalize the typed text anytime, like a prospect's company name, without re-recording
- Optionally auto-advance the guide once typing finishes
The result: More authentic demos that hold buyer attention, especially in self-guided and embedded experiences.
Guided Cues: Gliding Markers and Cursor Hotspot
Guided demos get two touches that keep viewers oriented.
What's new:
- An animated marker glides from step to step, within a screen and across screens
- A new Cursor hotspot style joins Glow and Beacon, fully clickable and keyboard-accessible
- Set both from the toolbar, and opt in per guide so existing demos are unchanged
The result: Viewers always know where to look, and your guidance feels smooth and polished.
Reposition the Guides Toolbar ⭐
Choose where the Guides Toolbar sits during a demo so it stays clear of the product you are showing.
What you can do:
- Set the toolbar position per demo in Create and Share, View settings
- Works on desktop and mobile, and applies for all viewers
The result: Keep the focus on your product.
Publish Control for Deal Rooms and Playlists
With auto-save keeping your work safe, your in-progress edits now stay in a private draft until you choose to share them.
What you can do:
- Edit freely in a private draft while viewers keep seeing the last published version
- Hit Publish to push changes live, with an unpublished-changes indicator when your draft is ahead
- Work from a redesigned toolbar with a status pill and a single Publish action that becomes Get link once you are in sync
The result: Buyers only ever see your polished, finished work.
Multi-Page Playlists and In-Hub Search
Sales and customer hub Playlists (Advanced Playlists) now support multiple pages, and every multi-page hub can offer viewers a search box.
What you can do:
- Add, rename, reorder, and hide pages on a Playlist, the same experience Deal Rooms already have
- Give viewers an in-hub search box that finds any content item across all pages, with full keyboard support
- Show a clean viewer top bar with the Playlist name, set to Hidden, Visible, or Visible with search
- Ask AI Mode to split a Playlist into pages or turn on search
The result: Buyers find the demo built for them in seconds.
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Allow and Block Lists: Bulk Add
Gate or block access at scale without adding entries one at a time.
What you can do:
- Paste or upload emails and domains separated by commas, spaces, or new lines, or upload a CSV, all at once
- Duplicates and existing entries are skipped and invalid rows flagged, and lists are searchable and filterable
- Apply an upload to a single demo or merge it into the company-wide default, without overwriting existing entries
The result: Control exactly who can view your demos in seconds.
Content Library: Drag and Drop, Plus Full-Library Export ⭐
Two upgrades keep a large library tidy and easy to audit.
What you can do:
- Drag any storyline, demo, deal room, or media file into a folder, one at a time or as a multi-selection, in grid or list view, with instant undo and redo
- Admins can export the entire company library, active and archived, to a single CSV with rich metadata (owner, dates, status, tags, collaborators)
The result: Organize your library in seconds and get a full picture for audits and reorg planning.
Per-User Analytics for Playlists and Deal Rooms ⭐
See a teammate's full footprint in Settings, Users, not just their templates and demos.
What you can do:
- View new Playlists and Deal Rooms tabs alongside Templates and Demos on each user's profile
- See the same engagement data as the Demos tab: plays and views, last viewed, and an insights link
- Read Playlists and Deal Rooms counts in the summary cards at the top
The result: Understand each teammate's real impact at a glance.
Interactive Elements: Make Static Images Real
Convert a static image into a live element your buyers can actually use.
What you can do:
- Turn any screenshot, chart, or map into a real, working element you can edit and buyers can interact with
The result: Demos behave like the real product, even where you started from an image.