New features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Vizzu Beta Release Notes to keep you up to date.

Release v0.6.1

Fixes

🛠️ Minor Improvements
Small fixes improving data updating and onboarding survey workflows, along with subtle underlying enhancements.

Release v0.6.0

Enhancements

🖥️ Fresh Look for Login
The login page has been revamped! It now perfectly matches the sleek and modern style of the app.

📄 Introducing the Onboarding Survey
Upon registration, we’ll ask a few quick questions to better understand your needs and tailor your experience

🛠️ Minor Improvements
‍We’ve made minor tweaks to improve mobile responsiveness, enhance data handling during uploads, and polish the overall user experience.

Release v0.5.1

New Features

💬 AI Chart Creation
Interact with your data in natural language. Powered by AI, this feature allows you to ask questions (not limited to English) and receive chart-based insights instantly, creating a more conversational data experience.

Release v0.5.0

New Features

🔍 Data Tooltip
Hover over any data point during editing or presentation to see a tooltip with detailed information about your values.

📊 Count of Rows
A new virtual series called Count of Rows in your data allows you to instantly show counts for any category, making it easier to visualize totals for selected categories on your charts.

🖼️ Social Sharing Thumbnail
Sharing a Vizzu on social media now includes a simple thumbnail.

Fixes

  • Data on Chart panel now displays as expected without showing an empty Replace data section when there’s no data to replace
  • The enable/disable states of the Config buttons now correctly consider suggestions
  • When switching from the Data tab back to the Editor, you’ll now be returned to the slide you were initially on

Underlying Upgrade

Release v0.4.1

This update brings some minor but important improvements to make your Vizzu experience smoother:

Fixes and Enhancements

Fixed Duplicate Column Names
If your dataset contains multiple columns with the same name, we now automatically append (1), (2), and so on to the duplicates. No more conflicts when uploading datasets with identical column names.

Improved Slide Titles
Resolved an issue where, after manual entry, the next slide’s title would flash briefly before the animation. Titles now appear smoothly with the animation.

SSO Improvement
Users who registered via Google SSO but didn’t have a given name on their account will be registered with a generic name (‘Vizzu User’) without interruptions.

As always, thank you for your feedback, which helps us improve Vizzu with every release!

Release v0.4.0

We’re excited to introduce Vizzu 0.4.0, bringing new ways to share insights, explore data faster, and kick-start your data journey. Here’s a summary of what’s new and improved:

New Features

👨‍💻 Google Sign Up and Login
You can now sign up and log in using your Google account for a faster and more seamless start with Vizzu.

📁 Sample Datasets
Get started quickly without needing your own data. Our regularly updated sample datasets let you dive right in and get familiar with Vizzu.

🔁 One-Click Data Series Replacement
Swap data series on your charts with a single click, allowing for quicker exploration and visual comparisons.

📏 Data Unit Detection
We now automatically detect data units in your datasets, displaying them in column names and on charts accordingly.

Additional Tweaks and Fixes

  • Performance Optimizations
    Addressed performance issues to make your experience smoother and more responsive.
  • UI Enhancements
    Updated descriptions and messages across the user interface for clearer guidance.

We’re continuously improving Vizzu to bring you a seamless, AI-powered visual data analysis and storytelling experience. As always, we’d love to hear your feedback - feel free to share your thoughts with us!

Release v0.3.5

Vizzu v0.3.5 brings a mix of important updates and subtle improvements, all aimed at enhancing your overall experience.

New Features

🔗 Embed Your Vizzus Anywhere
When you publish your vizzu, you’ll get an embed code - besides the public link - to insert into any HTML page. Whether it’s a blog post, an internal dashboard, or a portfolio, you can share your insights and visuals with a broader audience effortlessly.

⚡️ Faster Tooltips
For a more responsive experience, we’ve reduced the tooltip delay from 1 second to 650 milliseconds. The help is still there when needed - just a bit faster.

✉️ Improved Registration & Email Validation
We’ve fine-tuned the registration and email validation process to ensure you can start creating your data stories more quickly and without hiccups.

As always, we love hearing your feedback, so don’t hesitate to let us know your thoughts about our latest updates!

Release v0.3.4

We’re excited to introduce Vizzu v0.3.4, which comes with new features to help you craft your data story even faster!

New Features

🖊️ AI-Generated Titles
With the click of a button, you can now generate a meaningful title for each slide, helping you frame your data story. If you’d prefer a custom title, you can still manually edit it.

💡 Tooltips for an Easier Learning Experience
Need help understanding how something works or why a feature is disabled? Hover over any button or control, and after a short pause, a tooltip will appear to guide you, designed to help you learn and make the most of Vizzu’s capabilities.

Design Improvements & Bug Fixes

We’ve fine-tuned the editor’s design and fixed a few bugs to ensure your Vizzu experience is smooth and seamless. From enhanced layouts to resolving minor issues, this update makes your data storytelling flow even better

Release v0.3.3

Vizzu v0.3.3 focuses on making your experience safer and more seamless. We’ve improved security in the registration process and addressed an issue with auto labels in certain chart legend settings.

Fixes and Enhancements

🛡️ reCAPTCHA for Secure Registration
We’ve now added an invisible layer of security to the registration flow with reCAPTCHA v3. This ensures that your Vizzu experience is safe and secure, while keeping the process as seamless as before.

🏷️ Auto Label Fixes
We’ve fixed issues where auto labels weren’t appearing correctly under certain legend configuration. Now your charts will look just as expected, with all the details in place.

Release v0.3.2

Vizzu v0.3.2 introduces powerful features designed to help you craft even more engaging and interactive data stories. With persistent visual selection and intuitive on-chart filtering, exploring and presenting your data has never been smoother.

New Features

🔍 Select Once, See on All Slides
Highlight specific data points on your chart and have your selection persist across slides. What once required multiple charts and a lot of explanations can now be done in a clear, continuous narrative.

📊 Visual, On-Chart Filtering
Think of it as an intuitive visual zoom. Select key data points to zoom in on the details that matter, or zoom out for a broader perspective. Whether you’re comparing categories, diving into time periods, or analyzing the overlap of both, Vizzu lets you explore your data seamlessly.

🔁 Auto-Slide Toggle
Not every moment requires a new slide - sometimes you’re experimenting. Now, you can toggle the auto-slide function on and off as needed.

  • When it’s on, each change you make is recorded as a new slide, helping you build a more detailed story as you explore your data.
  • When it’s off, you can refine a single slide without cluttering your workflow.

Fixes

  • Whether in portrait or landscape view, some special charts now display perfectly on the end page.
  • You can now delete all slides without causing the app to crash.
  • Data labels will always appear as expected when enabled in the styling options.
  • Previously, you couldn’t delete the last remaining slide, but now you can clear everything and start fresh at any time.

We hope these updates help you tell even better data stories. As always, we love hearing your feedback - let us know what you think!

Release v0.3.1

Vizzu v0.3.1 has new capabilities that help you work with your go to data tool, Excel, as well. You asked for it we added: titles and captions can be modified. And you can show your vizzu on mobile to your boss with ease by using our new swipe functionality.

New Features

✏️ Title Editing
Customize your headlines and captions. While we still auto-generate titles for your slides, now you can add that personal touch to catch your audience’s attention.

📁 Excel Upload
Upload Excel files directly into Vizzu. Choose your worksheet, and you’re all set to visualize your data easily - no need for CSV conversion anymore.

📱 Swipe vizzus on Mobile
Your published vizzus just got a viewer-friendly update. Your audience can now swipe through your data stories quickly on their mobile devices, whether on the move or lounging at home.

Fixes

No release is complete without some bug fixes, and other quality-of-life improvements.

  • We fixed the thumbnails in your vizzu gallery
  • We made sure that you can upload only supported data file formats
  • Improved your data configuration experience

Release v0.3.0

New Features

📢 Publish Vizzus
Share the presentation view of your vizzu data story with anyone via a link by publishing it. Published vizzus get a dedicated page and can be unpublished at any time.

➕ Auto Slide Creation
To facilitate experimentation, data discovery, and story building, from now on, we automatically add a new slide to your presentation every time you make a change to your charts. Having more steps between the stages of your story helps your audience understand it more easily.

This is an experimentation feature. Do you love it or hate it? Let us know how you’d change it! Simply use the feedback button in Vizzu.

👆 Multi-Select and Delete Slides
In the editor, you can select and delete multiple slides by holding the [Shift] button and selecting the slides you want to remove.

🖼️ Updated Gallery View
We’ve separated your vizzus from the pre-uploaded samples, making it easier to find and access your stories.

▶️ Vizzu Animation Speed Changes
We’ve sped up the animations in the editor view to accelerate your workflow. Additionally, we’ve slowed down the animations in the presentation view, making it easier for your audience to follow along.

Fixed Issues

  • Autosave Error Handler
    You will now be notified if autosave didn’t occur, for instance because you lost a network connection.
  • Slide Selection Issue
    A bug that caused the selection to jump when a slide was selected has been fixed.
  • Vizzu Deletion
    The option to delete Vizzus has been moved to the last position in the menu to prevent accidental deletion and protect your Vizzus.

Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback!