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Over the past six months, we shipped 13 avatar releases and 4 voice upgrades. Here's everything that's new.
Avatars
- 130+ new avatar additions including new characters and style/outfit variations
- Logo-Apply: your company logo on avatar clothing
- NEO rendering upgrade: more realistic, stable, and natural across all avatars
- Happier default expressions and clothing variations
Voices
- New premium voices on all self-serve plans
- Speech 2.8 with emotional depth and natural expression
- 34 new premium voice options
- Higher fidelity custom voice cloning
How it works
Open the avatar selector in any project to browse new characters and looks. Logo-Apply is automatic for NEO avatars when you upload your logo. New voices are available in the voice selector for all supported languages.
What this means for you
More diverse, realistic avatars. More natural-sounding voices with emotional range. Training content that looks and sounds like your brand, not like a generic tool.
We've added scenario avatars set in real-world environments, plus new cropping options for how avatars appear on screen.
Scenario avatars
- Malcolm in an office
- Connor in a clothing store
- Lauren in a government building
- Diego and Franklin on a construction site
- Riley in a new scenario environment
These avatars are placed within their environments so the training context feels authentic, not just a background swap.
Cropping views
Scenario avatars now support three framing options:
- Bubble view: avatar in a circular frame, overlaid on content
- Half-screen view: avatar takes up half the screen alongside content
- Full-screen view: avatar fills the screen for immersive scenes
How it works
Select a scenario avatar in the avatar selector, then choose your preferred view in the Appearance setting. Switch between bubble, half-screen, and full-screen depending on whether you want the avatar front-and-centre or more contextual.
What this means for you
Training scenarios that match real work environments. Role-play, compliance, and safety training that looks like the actual setting your teams work in.
You now have full control over every element on your canvas. A new Layers icon in the floating toolbar opens a panel that lists every visible element, organized into Action Buttons, Interactive elements, and Layers.
What's included:
- Drag-and-drop reorder to control which elements appear in front or behind
- Multi-select with Shift+click (range) or Ctrl/Cmd+click (toggle) for bulk operations
- Spotlight: click any layer to zoom and center on that element instantly
- Lock layers to prevent accidental edits
- Smart labels that auto-display actor names, shape types, text previews, and media types
- Bulk actions: Group, Ungroup, and Lock multiple elements at once
- Right-click context menu for quick layer operations
What this means for you:
- No more hunting for overlapping elements. Select, reorder, and edit anything on your canvas in seconds.
- Build complex, multi-element training scenes without losing access to buried content.
- Lock finished layers so collaborators can work on new elements without breaking what's already done.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
You can now share instant avatars, pronunciations, media library items, custom voices and brand kits across workspaces. Previously, these assets were locked to the workspace where they were created or shared inconsistently, which meant broken drafts and duplicated uploads for teams working across multiple workspaces.
How it works:
- Open any instant avatar, pronunciation, media item, or brand kit and click Share
- Select which workspaces should have access
- The asset becomes available to collaborators in those workspaces immediately
- Custom voices will follow the same model once released
What this means for you:
- No more broken drafts when sharing projects across teams
- Upload media once, use it in any workspace
- Keep brand pronunciations and brand kits consistent across your organization
- One sharing model across every asset type
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Colossyan Learn is now available. You can create fully structured courses with seamlessly embedded Colossyan videos, powered by AI from start to finish.
What’s available today:
- AI course generation to turn drafts or documents into structured courses
- Seamless integration of Colossyan videos inside course pages
- Rich text and stock media support for lesson content
- Branding options to align courses with your organization
- Built-in assessments to test learner understanding
- SCORM export for LMS delivery
What this means for you:
- Create structured training without switching between multiple tools
- Turn existing knowledge into courses faster with AI
- Combine video, text, and assessments in a single workflow
- Export courses to your LMS when needed
This is just the beginning. Colossyan Learn is the first step toward a complete system for creating and delivering training and enablement at scale.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
NEO 2 Studio avatars are now live. You can now use our industry-leading NEO 2 model with avatars that work seamlessly on custom backgrounds or directly within your presentations, bringing a new level of realism and flexibility to your videos.
What this unlocks:
- Use NEO 2 avatars without a fixed background.
- Place them directly on your own slides or custom scenes.
- Combine industry-leading realism with full layout control.
- Choose shoulder or bubble view to fit your design.
Shoulder and bubble views are available today, with full-body support coming soon.
This release marks a major step forward in avatar quality and creative flexibility. We’re excited to see how you blend realism with your own branded environments.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Your brand, now on your avatars. You can apply your company logo directly to supported avatars and embed it naturally into their clothing for a more consistent, polished, and recognisable look across your videos.
How it works:
- Choose one of our supported AI avatars.
- Upload your logo in PNG format.
- Select the placement, preview it, and apply.
Shoulder placement is available today, with full-body support coming soon.
Support for Scenario avatars is on the way.
This update brings your brand closer to your content and makes it easier to create videos that feel truly yours. We can’t wait to see how you use it.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Learners can now leave a SCORM interactive video and continue exactly where they left off when reopening it in their LMS. No restarting. No losing progress.
What’s saved:
- Current scene and active branch
- Multiple-choice answers
- Navigation history for jumps and branches
- Volume, captions, and selected language
What this means for you:
- Learners can pause long or complex training and come back later without friction
- Interactive paths stay intact, even when videos include branching and quizzes
- Fewer drop-offs and less frustration for learners using your LMS
This update focuses on making interactive training easier to consume, especially when it spans multiple sessions.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Creating videos from a written script just got a lot faster. With Script to Video, you can now turn plain text into a structured video draft in just a few steps, without needing to format scenes manually.
How it works:
- Choose AI Video Creator and select Script to Video in the new modal.
- Type your script directly into the editor to create your first scene.
- Press Enter to create a new scene, or Shift + Enter to add a line break within the same scene.
- Paste in a script from another tool and we’ll automatically create scene breaks based on paragraph spacing.
- Easily move, duplicate, or delete scenes as you refine your structure.
Once your script is ready, the rest of the flow stays familiar. Choose a template, apply your brand, and generate your video draft as usual.
This release is focused on speed and structure. Support for branching and multiple-choice interactions will be added as part of a broader AI Video Builder overhaul.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
Scenario avatars are now available to everyone. After a successful early access period, this feature is officially out of beta and ready for all creators.
What this unlocks:
- Full access for all users, no special rollout required.
- More realistic, role-based scenarios for training and simulations.
- Stronger storytelling for real-world situations and decision-making.
- Production-ready avatars built for learning and compliance use cases.
We’re excited to see how you use scenario avatars to build more immersive learning experiences.
Best,
The Colossyan Team
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