# April 12th, 2025

Hi there, Storylaners! 👋

A new home, smarter sharing, and cleaner workflows.

From a brand new Home page that helps you hit the ground running, to faster ways to personalize links and cleaner ways to manage teams - this update is all about saving time and making demos easier to use and share.

Let’s dive in. 👇

### 🏠 A New Home in Your Dashboard

We’ve added the **Storylane Home page** to help you get started faster.

Now you’ll see:

* Example demos to spark ideas
* Your **own recent demos**
* Real customer examples to learn from

It's the new starting point - designed to help you get on track, fast.

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### 🔒 Personalize & Secure Demo Links (Extension Update)

**Control how your demos are shared - right in the extension.**\
The Storylane Chrome extension just got an update. You can now use it to:

* **Secure** demo links with passwords and expiration dates
* **Personalize** demos with Tokens

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### 📞 Tel & Mailto Links in CTAs

**Make it easier for prospects to take action.**\
You can now link CTAs directly to a phone number or email - ideal for reps, support, or direct contact flows.

This works for:

* primary/secondary CTAs
* chapters
* convert CTA

### 🌐 HTML Screens: Open Links in New Tab

**Keep users engaged, without breaking their flow.**\
For HTML-based screens, you can now control whether links open in a new - great for redirecting while keeping the demo experience intact.

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### 🛠️ Other Improvements

* **Apply Style to All Steps**: Now copies more design elements to speed up editing
* **Demo Hub**: Smoother performance and better rendering
* **Video Editor**: Improved stability and editing UX
* **Team Members Page**: Easier to manage large teams with pagination and a faster load&#x20;

Stay cool and happy demoing! ✌️