🎮 Remote Control Beta: Backstage goes stage-ready

We've been listening. You told us: "I want to control my presentation from my phone. I need the freedom to move around on stage while staying in control. I want my assistant to access the presentation and press next for me.”

Consider it done.

What's New: Remote Control Beta

 

• Super easy to use — Control from any device, especially mobile with friendly UX

• No login needed — Just grab the link or scan a QR code

• Full presentation control including:

  • Slide list & speaker notes

  • Navigate slides and interactive activities

  • Q&A controls (moderation, pin, mark as answered)

Everything You Love About Backstage Stays:

• Presenter notes creation and editing - All existing notes and settings are preserved

• Q&A moderation (approve/decline questions)

• Presentation preparation workflow

What's different: Instead of controlling your live presentation from the desktop Backstage interface, you now use Remote Control Beta for real-time mobile control during presentations.

We understand this might take some getting used to, but this upgrade gives you the mobility and confidence to perform at your best. Think of it as finally cutting the cord that kept you tethered to your laptop.

🎬 Multi-Session (Beta): The training revolution

Finally, a solution that doesn't make L&D heads want to throw their laptops out the window.

The problem we solved: Large training organizations with 80+ trainers running 300+ sessions annually were stuck in presentation purgatory. One master deck, multiple trainers, chaos ensued.

The solution:

• One master presentation → infinite concurrent sessions

• Isolated session data (no cross-contamination between classes)

• Automatic updates that flow to all trainers without breaking active sessions

• Individual trainer control with personal QR codes and session management

We call it the Presenter role. Watch the video below to get more information. 

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📊 Analytics & reporting revolution

We understand that numbers matter. Behind every great presentation is data that tells the real story — who engaged, what worked, and where you can improve next time.

📝 Participant reports: The individual spotlight

Finally, you can see exactly what each participant contributed instead of just aggregate numbers. 

Perfect for educators and trainers: Identify participants who might benefit from additional support based on their responses, enabling more personalized follow-up and targeted assistance.

• Complete activity breakdown — Every poll response, word cloud contribution, brainstorm idea, and Q&A interaction

• Quiz performance analysis — Accuracy rates, points and response times per individu

Technical wizardry: Built on our new data warehouse with hourly updates.

🔎 Improved Excel reports: For the spreadsheet enthusiasts

We know you love your Excel files, so we made them even more lovable:

New additions:

• Participant IDs on all sheets (because tracking matters)

• Correct Answers visible in Slides Report

• Time Spent for quiz submissions

• Answer Results (correct/incorrect/partial) breakdown

• Cleaner data organization with separate sheets for Quiz Answers, Opinion Answers, and Reactions

• Enhanced Leaderboards showing Points Earned, Bonus Points, and Final Scores

🚀 Other Improvements & Updates

🌏 Language expansion: The global takeover continues

We've been busy little linguistic bees, adding 9 new languages to our hive: Hrvatski (Croatian), Íslenska (Icelandic), Lietuvių (Lithuanian), Română (Romanian), Български (Bulgarian), Magyar (Hungarian), Slovenčina (Slovak), Shqip (Albanian), Norsk (Norwegian), 한국어 (Korean).

So now AhaSlides supports 21 presenter languages and 30 audience languages.

See more details here. And still counting.

Do email us at hi@ahaslides.com if you find any translations funny - it's amazing how much ambiguity you can pack into three words.

🤖 Updated AI Chatbot: The presentation whisperer gets smarter

• New theme commands: Because manually theming presentations is so last century. 

• Smoother UI/UX: Faster responses, more intuitive interactions (we taught it better manners).

• Bug Fixes: Reliable slide creation, reordering, and deletion.

🎨 Visual refresh: The Great color awakening

Following our new logo and branding, we've unleashed a new AhaSlides color palette across the platform. It's like we gave our entire interface a shot of espresso and a makeover.

🏆 Recognition & Performance

G2 Grid climbing championship: The numbers don't lie

We've been busy impressing the critics, and the data is speaking volumes:

Top 5 High-Impact User Categories:

• #2/41 — Implementation Index for Assessment

• #3/23 — Usability Index for Audience Response

• #3/29 — Results Index for Assessment

• #3/32 — Momentum Grid® Report for Audience Response

• #4/30 — Relationship Index for Audience Response

🚀 Multiple "NEW" entries in usability categories, indicating strong user satisfaction in team building platforms, Q&A and knowledge management tools, and presentation solutions, especially in the Enterprise categories, all NEW 7 recognitions:

• #6/10 - Enterprise Grid® Report for Q&A Platforms

• #31/46 - Enterprise Grid® Report for Knowledge Management

• #40/104 - Enterprise Grid® Report for Employee Engagement

• #8/18 - Enterprise Grid® Report for Audience Response

• #19/37 - Enterprise Grid® Report for Presentation

• #17/22 - Enterprise Grid® Report for Assessment

• #31/61 - Enterprise Grid® Report for Survey
  

Bottom Line: Our strongest value propositions are in implementation ease, assessment tools, and audience engagement — areas that directly impact your productivity and user experience. The significant gains in Enterprise categories show we're successfully solving real workplace collaboration pain points.