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24 for ’24: mmhmm’s year in review

Forrest Bryant

Dec 18, 2024

We hope 2024 has been a great year for you—fulfilling, productive, and creative. That’s why we’re here, after all. Our job is to make it as easy as possible to express yourself clearly on video and put your best foot forward.

We’ve been working tirelessly throughout the year to make mmhmm more powerful, but also more intuitive. If you haven’t looked around in a while, here are 24(!) recent improvements that can make your presentations and recordings better than ever.

A close-up view of mmhmm's start screen, letting the user jump directly into a presentation or video call.

Get started faster

Tech should make it easier for you to do your best work. These changes were designed to help you find the features you need, when you need them.

  • Full redesign: We packed more features into a simpler package.
  • Start screen: Dive right into whatever you want to achieve.
  • Preset layouts: So you can create a polished presentation in less time.
  • A dynamic sidebar adjusts to show relevant controls at the right moment.

A woman presenting a security training video. She appears to be sitting at a bench in a park, and has a caption over her shoulder.

Look your best in every video

You’re unique, so flexibility is the name of the game with these updates. When you want to craft your look from scratch, we’ve got you covered.

  • Alignment guides: position things accurately on screen
  • Crop & zoom media elements to focus on what matters
  • Corner radius: add rounded corners to media
  • Circle Frame + background tints
  • Put media behind you even without a virtual background
  • Green screen improvements for better stability

Learn more about mmhmm’s appearance features →

One of mmhmm's speaker notes views, showing slide thumbnails side-by-side with talking points.

Present with style

When the stakes are high, the last thing you need is more stress. Breathe easy and ace your presentation with these improvements.

  • Speaker notes view: Keep your talking points in view as you navigate your slides.
  • Share your slides when presenting with a colleague, so you stay in sync.
  • Point out what matters with laser pointers and cursor arrows in several styles.
  • Upload media files as large as 256mb (that's 4x bigger than before)

Dig into mmhmm's presentation features →

A close-up view of the editor, showing a precision timeline, basic controls, and an audio waveform

Record and edit like a pro

It’s easier than ever to create an amazing video for your team…or share it with the world. We’ve even added some helpful AI-powered assists to smooth your way.

  • A fully redesigned editor combines the most-used editing & sharing tools in one place.
  • Multisession recording: There's no pressure to be perfect. Come back and add new material to your video later.
  • Chapters: Work in logical chunks to edit and rearrange your video with ease.
  • Split & merge your chapters to get them just right.
  • Overlays: Cut away to media or bridge the break between chapters smoothly.
  • Questions: Record meaningful videos without notes. Tell mmhmm what you want to talk about and let it ask you questions.
  • Get suggestions for highlights and follow-up questions after you've made a recording.
  • Automated captions: mmhmm transcribes your video, and lets you edit before publishing.
  • Automated titles and descriptions: mmhmm can summarize your video with a click.
  • Upload videos directly as chapters to your recording.

All about recording in mmhmm →

And that’s only the short version!

We’ve made dozens of changes this year, going deep under the hood and polishing up every corner of the app to help enhance your video presence every time use mmhmm. And there's a lot more on the way. We can’t wait to show you what 2025 has in store.

Happy holidays!