See which scene was left out. If an AI movie had to leave a scene out, the movie page now says which one and why, with an Open scene button and how to add it back.
Clearer message for unfilled text. If a scene still shows a placeholder like {{town}}, the message now names it, so you can fill it in.
Start again keeps your settings.Start again with this brief now keeps the movie's length, shape, voice and language.
Stock clips that fit better. Automatic stock clips now match the kind of business more closely.
October 5, 2026
Clearer color names on classic slides. The color panel now says Shape color, Shape 1 color, Shape tint and so on, instead of technical names.
Why a movie can't render yet. If your movie uses a scene from a client sample that isn't marked as paid yet, the message now names that sample, links to it and tells you what to do.
Free stock video clips for any kind of business. When you make a movie with AI, Add stock video clips now adds a few short, free clips that fit the business, for about 40 kinds of business, from accountants and bakeries to plumbers and vets. If no clip fits, the movie page tells you why. See Stock photos in the movies Explaindio illustrates for you.
Clearer out-of-credits messages. When you don't have enough credits, the message now says so plainly and, when it can, shows how many you need and how many you have.
October 1, 2026
More businesses across Europe. Searches and Done-For-You picks now also draw on a larger business list in Western and Central Europe, Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltics, so a town like Lyon, Munich or Stockholm can show more businesses with no video.
Chains left out of searches. Big national chains no longer show in your search results, so your list is the independent businesses you can actually reach. (Done-For-You picks already left them out.)
Fuller Done-For-You picks. Picks now draw on a much larger list of businesses in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, so a pick can add up to 50 businesses with no video. How many depends on the size of the town and the type of business. Big national chains are left out.
Emails that read well in Gmail. Explaindio's emails to you now show properly in Gmail.
Your edits reach the sample page. Change a sample in the Studio, then click Make the sample page to send, or Update the page with my edits. Explaindio makes the scenes you changed again first, so the business sees your edits. It uses about 1 credit for each scene you edited, plus about 1 for the page.
Fix a name the voice says wrong. Under the Voice box, a tip shows how: type the name the way it sounds, then click Re-voice. Only the voice changes.
Open a paid render from Credit History. A scene or movie render now has an Open scene or Open movie button that opens it in the Studio.
Done-For-You picks. With Done-For-You Leads, pick a type of business and a town, and Explaindio adds businesses with no video to your list, and looks up their contact details.
When a website was checked. A business card now shows when its website was last checked, like Checked 4 days ago. Click Check again for a fresh check.
Clearer website checks. Under No video on site, the card's other checks now say they can be wrong, so look at the website before you mention them.
Long text fits. If a text is longer than its scene allows, it's drawn smaller to fit, and the movie page tells you which ones.
Client paid marks the business. When you click Client paid, the business is marked Client for you.
Know before you pick. On Done-For-You picks, the screen now shows about how many businesses with no video a pick will likely add, before you spend it.
Business data sources. A link under your search results shows where Explaindio's business data comes from.
Changed a sample? Go straight to the update. The sample's movie page lists the scenes you changed, with a button to the business, where you update the page.
September 28, 2026
Faster searches in big towns. A search in a large town now comes back faster.
Booking sites count as listings. A business whose map link points to its page on a booking site, like Fresha or Treatwell, now shows Listed on … instead of that site's findings.
Searches in Canada and Mexico fixed. A search for a town near the US border, like Toronto or Tijuana, now finds its local businesses.
September 27, 2026
Real photos in your AI movies. When you turn on Illustrate my scenes, Explaindio now picks a free stock photo for each picture when one fits, and cuts it out of its background when that looks better. Stock photos don't use credits.
See your Pro credits. Settings now shows how many of your credits are Pro credits, and about how many seconds of Talking presenter they make. Pro credits pay for the Talking presenter and the top image models. Everything else uses your Core credits first.
"Near" follows the town line. A business is marked near only when it's outside the town or town you searched. Businesses in a town's own districts no longer say near.
Classic slides are now called Animated templates. Same templates, new name: find them in the Animated templates tab of the template gallery.
More original fonts. More of the slides from the original Explaindio app now use the fonts they were designed with.
Businesses listed on other sites. A business whose map listing points to its NHS, Facebook or Yelp page now shows Listed on … with a link, and each one shows up on its own in your results.
Text always fits. Each text box in a scene now shows a counter, like 12/20. If a change is too long, Explaindio keeps your earlier text and tells you how many characters fit, instead of cutting your words.
Clearer Credit History. Charges in Credit History now say what they paid for, like Talking presenter.
Back to Explaindio after paying. When you pay in the app, you come back to Explaindio's own page.
Explaindio emails look like Explaindio. Password reset and low-credit emails now use Explaindio's own colors and links.
Animated template fonts stay right after you edit. When you change an animated template and save it, its text keeps its original font.
See who took each stock photo. In Stock photos & videos, each photo or clip shows who made it, with a link to it on Pexels or Pixabay.
Scenes look the same while you edit. When you move through a scene in the editor, a layer's wipe or reveal now shows exactly as it will in the finished video, so hidden parts of an animated template stay hidden.
No made-up reviews or numbers. When Explaindio makes a video for you, it no longer picks animated templates built for a customer quote, and it uses slides built for a number only when the business gives a real one.
American spelling. Videos Explaindio writes in English use American spelling, unless your own text uses British spelling.
Your Bundle's Pro credits come back each year. When your Explaindio 5 AI Bundle renews, you get its 100 Pro credits again, along with your 800 Core credits.
Clearer sending messages. If a send through GoHighLevel doesn't go through, the message now says what to do next, like trying again in a minute or picking another campaign in Sending settings.
Animated templates in their original fonts. Many animated templates now use the fonts they were designed with.
Find animated templates by what they say. Search in the Animated templates tab now matches more words, like "welcome" or "sale".
Faster searches in the UK, Ireland and Australia. Searches for towns there now use our own copy of the map data, so they come back more reliably.
Endings that fit the business. A sample video for a local business now ends with a call to action that fits that business, never one meant for another kind of business or a video channel.
Animated templates load faster. Every template in the Animated templates tab now has a small preview picture, so the tab fills in quickly.
Clearer emails. Your welcome email says what Explaindio 5 AI does and how to start, and your receipts name exactly what you bought, like "Explaindio 5 Pro".
Free stock photos and videos. Search free photos and video clips right in the editor, and add them to any scene. They don't use credits.
The animated templates are here. The slides from the original Explaindio app, in the Animation Studio's Animated templates tab. Explaindio 5 AI includes a starter set; Explaindio 5 Pro and the Bundle include them all.
Animated templates at their full length. An animated template you add from the Animated templates tab now plays for its original length.
September 26, 2026
Sample videos from your credits. Explaindio 5 AI's sample videos come from your credits, with no monthly limit.
Your credits, live. Your credit balance at the top of the app updates as you go.
Script changes kept. If you edit a scene's script and leave before re-voicing, your changes are still there when you come back on the same device.
A heads-up when the voice doesn't match. Change a price or a word on screen that the voice also says, and Explaindio offers to update the script.
Clearer messages. When something goes wrong, the message says what happened and what to do next.
Out of credits, told sooner. If a sample waiting in line can't start because you're out of credits, Explaindio tells you.
Animated templates in your AI movies. When Explaindio makes a movie for you, it can use animated templates that fit the business, from the ones on your plan. A movie uses at most 12, and never the same one twice.
Your next movie starts right away. Rendering a second movie no longer waits for the first one to finish.
The business's name on every sample. Every sample's opening card shows the business's name. A long name is shortened to its main part, so "Quillbrook Dental: Dr. Ana Ruiz" shows as "Quillbrook Dental".
Your brand on sample pages, in one place. Explaindio 5 Agency: Client workspaces now has Your branding on sample pages. Upload your logo and pick your button color, with a live preview.
Captions remember your choice. The Captions box now remembers whether you turned captions on the last time you rendered that movie, on any device.
Free refresh after our updates. When a scene needs a new render because we improved how videos are made, Explaindio refreshes it free of charge. Scenes you edit, and the movie render itself, use credits as usual.
Faster search results. Your list of businesses shows up faster.
"Near" is more accurate. A business outside the town you searched now says near and that town's name.
Make a new sample, keep your link. Make a new sample for a business, and its sample page keeps the same link and view count. It shows the new sample after you click Update the page with my edits.
Clear costs. Updating a sample page or making the full video now says it uses credits based on the video's length.
Clearer "too many requests" message. If Explaindio gets too many requests from your account at once, it tells you how long to wait, then you can try again.
The Bundle's price, right now. On the Upgrades page, the Bundle card shows today's price.
Find scenes and movies faster. My Scenes and My Movies have a search box, and long lists load as you go.
Duplicate keeps everything. A duplicated scene keeps its voice, camera and all its layers.
Next steps when a search finds no one to send to. If no business in your results can get a sample, Explaindio suggests related kinds of business in the same town, or a bigger town nearby.
Your sample's length. The business card shows how long your video is, and how long the preview on the sample page is.
The full video, step by step. After Client paid, the business card shows one clear line for each step, and what to do when it's ready.
Updated scenes, named. When we've improved how videos are made and some of your scenes need a new render, the note now names those scenes.
When it's very busy. At a very busy moment, Explaindio shows the businesses in the town you searched first, with the note "Busy right now: showing the main results." Try again later for nearby businesses and related searches.
Get your first sample out. A new checklist at the top of Find Businesses walks you from a search to a sent email. Each step checks itself off.
More results for smaller towns. If a search finds only a few businesses, Explaindio looks a little farther out. Those businesses say "near" and the town you searched. For some types of business, a Related button runs a close match, like Related: HVAC (6).
Download saves the file.Download MP4 now saves the video to your computer, instead of opening it in a new tab.
Changed scenes, named. When scenes changed since they were last rendered, the movie page names them, and one click renders those scenes, then the movie.
Credits back when a video fails early. If an AI video stops before anything is made, its credits are returned automatically.
Mark a business Do not contact yourself. If a business asks you to stop, set its status to Do not contact. Marked one by mistake? You can clear it.
Your fonts, in every movie. Upload a font once, and it's in Your fonts in all your movies.
Green screen, set to Auto. Explaindio now finds the screen's color in your clip for you. Tip: green clothes or props can disappear too, so pick the color yourself if you need more control.
Longer videos with a Video Blueprint. Blueprints now work with longer videos too.
Explaindio Images. Our own image model now has its own name in the image picker.
