Release date:
2026-04-27 (onprem)

Smartsign 11 delivers a completely new User Experience, representing the next generation in digital signage solutions. It's now even easier to design, schedule and publish your content.

Smartsign 11 is a flexible platform for digital signage that fits regardless of industry, number of screens and where they’re located in the world. And as you grow, Smartsign grows with you.

Key benefits​

• Setup

  • Reduced setup time and faster onboarding
  • Improved access control

• Publish

  • Enhanced drag-and-drop functionality
  • New calendar overview

• Brand

  • Updated options to easier brand, rebrand and stay consistent across all content.

• Content

  • New creative capabilities
  • More intuitive interface for content creation

• Marketplace

  • Easily discover and get additional templates, screen layouts and more

Known limitations​

The following features are currently not available in version 11 on-premies

• File synchronization
• Schedule by Email
• Wayfinder
• Shared screen
• OneDrive Sync
• Google Drive Sync

How can I get the latest version​

Download is available by request to support.
During initial roll-out, support may participate in installs and upgrades free of charge to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Important and breaking changes​

Note the known limitations listed above!

There are no new pre-requisites compared to previous 10.x release.

Upgrading will keep the version 10 user interface by default.
Please review the installation and upgrade documentation for further details.

Features, improvements and notable bug fixes​

Read the v11 cloud release notes for more!

Installer​

Database check improved Server setup now integrated Improved startup control

Server​

Improvements to server and microservice startup Ensure ServerTasks are purged from MongoDB correctly

Microservices​

Add Datasource API Add Player SignalRv2

Players​

Add BrightSign support

We've introduced a new analog clock data binding that allows designers to display the current time as a fully styled visual element directly.

The update includes:

• New data binding option: Datasource set to Time with Analog clock rendering on a circle layer
• Automatic square scaling to preserve the clock's shape when resizing
• Time zone selection with Auto or manual configuration
• Clock styles: Classic (detailed markers) and Modern (cleaner, simplified look)
• Numeral options: Standard (1-12) or Roman numerals
• Customizable colors for clock face, border, hands, numbers, and markers, including theme colors.

This enhancement enables designers to create dynamic, brand-aligned clock visuals without needing external assets, while ensuring the time always stays current. Templates, a layout, and a layout component featuring the Analog clock have also been added to the Marketplace for quick use and inspiration. The feature can be configured directly from the Data binding panel when working with circle shape layers.

We've introduced a booking preview that allows users to see how a booking will play on a screen before it is saved and published, using the same functionality already available in version 10.

• Preview can be launched directly via the "Open preview" button below version history
• Users can select a target screen
• A specific time can be chosen to simulate when the booking will play

This update makes it easier to validate bookings in advance, reducing errors and ensuring content appears as expected on the intended screens. The feature is available in the booking view and requires no additional setup.

We've updated how all-day bookings are displayed and introduced a explicit all day booking option to provide a clearer and more consistent calendar overview.

• Bookings marked as "All day" appear in the dedicated "All day" section at the top of the calendar and play for the full day.
• Booking blocks can be expanded to show screen selection
• Bookings that span a full day using from-to times (but are not set as "All day") will continue to appear as regular scheduled bookings.
• All day bookings treat screen active time like any other booking, so screens will turn on and of as usual.

These changes improve clarity when managing schedules and reduce ambiguity between all-day and timed bookings. The update is available immediately for users on EU an AU, with no additional configuration required beyond selecting the "All day" option when creating or editing bookings.

We've introduced a new OneDrive integration, allowing you to add files directly from OneDrive to the Smartsign media library and choose how they should be managed. When adding a file, you can decide whether it should remain linked to OneDrive with automatic updates or be stored as an independent copy in Smartsign. The feature includes:

• The ability to add files directly from OneDrive to the media library.
• A prompt when adding a file from OneDrive to choose between enabling sync or adding a copy.
• A "Sync" entry in the file's properties when sync is enabled, showing the sync type (currently OneDrive).
• Disabled name editing (and other non-editable synced attributes) in media details while sync is active.
• An optional "Sync" column in the media library list view, showing the sync type for quick visibility.
• A visible unlink icon in the sync info section that removes synchronization and converts the file to regular media.
• Files are synced with a one-hour interval.

This feature improves transparency and control over how imported files are managed, helping you decide whether updates in OneDrive should automatically carry over to Smartsign or remain independent. The "Sync" list column is optional and can be enabled in the list view column settings. If a file is unlinked it will no longer update from OneDrive-re-enabling sync requires re-adding the file from OneDrive.

Normally, a screen's on and off times are controlled by Active Time settings. This is the preferred way to manage screen activity because it's an easy way to save energy and ensures that content scheduled outside of intended display hours is not shown.

However, there are situations where important content needs to be displayed outside the configured active hours. For example, special events, late-night promotions, or temporary activities may require the screen to show content even when it would normally be turned off. The Override screen active time option allows a specific booking to be displayed regardless of the screen's active time settings.

For example, a clothing store may host a late-night special event with exclusive discounts starting at midnight. Normally, the store's digital signage screens turn off at 22:00 according to their Active Time configuration. By enabling Override screen active time in the booking schedule for the event promotion, the screen will still display the content during the night, ensuring customers arriving for the special event can see the message.

• When Override screen active time is enabled in a booking schedule, the screen will display that booking even during hours when the screen would normally be turned off according to Active Time settings.

The feature is available to all users with permission to manage screens and requires no additional configuration to use. Note that regular publishers do not have permission to manage screens, and therefore not override active time. (Info: This post has been updated with additional information)

Normally, a screen's on and off times are controlled by Active Time settings. This is the preferred way to manage screen activity because it's an easy way to save energy and ensures that content mistakenly scheduled outside of intended display hours is not shown, and when screens are used in locations with different operating hours, users do not need to create specific bookings to control when screens turn on or off. Instead, they can create all-day bookings, and the screen will automatically turn on and off according to the configured Active Time.

However, in some cases a location may have irregular or frequently changing hours, and users may prefer the screen to turn on only when content is scheduled.

The Sleep on Empty Schedule setting allows the screen to turn off when no content is scheduled to play on any of the channels assigned to the screen.

• Sleep on Empty Schedule - Turns off the screen if nothing is scheduled to play on any channel available on the screen during active hours.
• To allow scheduled bookings to fully control the screen's active time, Active Time can be set to 00:00-00:00.

With this setup, the screen will turn on only when there is scheduled content and will automatically turn off when the schedule is empty.

We've improved how files with multiple pages or slides are displayed in Media Details by adding a dedicated Slides tab. This update makes it easier for users to find the management for individual slides within files that contain more than one.

The update includes:

• A new Slides tab in Media Details for multi-page files such as PowerPoint (PPT), PDF, and Word (DOC).
• When clicking a thumbnail, you'll now be taken directly to the Slides tab instead of opening the side panel.

This creates a clearer and more straightforward way to work with multi-page files, helping you quickly review and manage individual slides.

The update is automatically available for supported file types and does not require any setup.

We've updated the Google Drive functions to give you control over whether a file stays linked to Google Drive or is stored as an independent copy in Smartsign, so the user can update content directly in google drive. The update includes:

• A prompt when adding a file from Google Drive to choose between enabling sync or adding a copy.
• A "Sync" entry in the file's properties when sync is enabled, showing the sync type (currently Google Drive).
• Disabled name editing (and other non-editable synced attributes) in media details while sync is active.
• An optional "Sync" column in the media library list view, showing the sync type for quick visibility.
• A visible unlink icon in the sync info section that removes synchronization and converts the file to regular media.
• The files are synced with a one hour interval.

This improves transparency and control over how imported files are managed, helping you decide whether updates in Google Drive should automatically carry over to Smartsign or remain independent. The feature is available when adding files from Google Drive to the media library; the "Sync" list column is optional and can be enabled in the list view column settings. If a file is unlinked it will no longer update from Google Drive-re-enabling sync requires re-adding the file from Google Drive.

We've enhanced the data source details view to make it easier to access and verify source data directly from the interface. With this update, you can now:

• See a clickable link to the JSON, XML, or CSV file displayed below the "Edited" row.
• View the full URL, which opens in a new tab when clicked.
• Hide the link automatically when no valid data source URL is available.
• Click the Status "Data fetched" text to view the actual data that has been retrieved.

These improvements make it easier to validate data sources, troubleshoot issues, and confirm that the correct data is being used. The update is available for all users with access to data source details and requires no additional configuration.