Browser notifications, and an app that feels native

Three changes this week, all aimed at fewer dead ends: an alert when you're not in the tab, an app that moves like something installed on your machine, and a way out when a network still won't play the cut.

Browser notifications, without keeping a tab open

You can now turn on browser notifications for project activity, either from Settings or a one-time prompt in the notification bell. That means an alert for a client decision, a new comment, or an upload lands on your desktop or phone even when Studioscope isn't the tab you're looking at. It's opt-in, and it works the same whether you're on Chrome or Safari.

It feels like a desktop app now

Click from the dashboard to a project, into planning, into settings — and you're there. No waiting on a reload, no blank page in between. Studioscope now moves the way a native app does, not the way a website used to.

A review copy when the stream still can't start

If playback still can't start after the automatic fallback — some corporate networks block even that — the player now offers a downloadable Review copy as a last resort, instead of a frozen frame and no way out.

Also this week

Uploading a large video no longer freezes the tab while the review-ready version prepares in the background. Login, signup, password reset, and onboarding match the rest of the site. Captions now actually turn on in Chrome, Edge, and Android — they previously only worked in Safari. Storage and usage figures no longer go negative after deleting a video, billing charges for bytes actually delivered rather than the full file size every time, and a contract or scope PDF stays clearly disabled until both sides have signed. Full list on the changelog.