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 =====PIXILAB Player release notes=====
 In general, there's no reason to upgrade PIXILAB Player in an existing installation if it's running well, unless you know that a newer version provides some functionality that you need.
+===Version 7.1===
+Kernel: 6.13.4
+Chromium: 133.0.6943.141
+  * Snapshot support
+  * Empty cache support
+  * Local debug support
+  * Swap file support (8Gb default)
+  * Suppress install dialog if no installable media exist.
+  * Auto install flag (for installation without dialog and confirmations)
+===Version 7.0===
+Kernel: 6.10.5
+Chromium: 128.0.6613.36
+No longer based on Porteus kiosk project.
+Improved video performance using modern linux video implementation.
+===Version 6.3===
+Handles the spot ID (mac adress) more reliable for certain use setups, i.e. wired network with wifi also configured as fallback or wifi-controller present on device in combination with persistence on some devices.
+===Version 6.2.1===
+Updates Chrome to version 115, fixing a problem causing artifacts during transitions of videos when not using hardware accelerated decoding (issue limited to players with Chrome 108).
 ===Version 6.2===
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 Intel NUC11ATKC2 (Intel® Celeron® N4505) (Will also work on most elderly generations of processor series)
-The player web configurator has been updated to select the modesetting driver. For manual configuration please add the "gpu_driver=modesetting" to kiosk configuration file.
+The player web configurator has been updated to select the modesetting driver. For manual configuration please add the "gpu_driver=modesetting" to the kiosk configuration file.
 ===Version 6.1.3 ===
-Removed unwanted composting module from 6.1.2
+Removed unwanted composting module from 6.1.2.
 ===Version 6.1.2 ===
-Same as 6.1.1, fixes a bug that prevented use of additional storage for block-caching (persistence)
+Fixes a bug that caused additional storage to be unusable for block caching (persistence).
 ===Version 6.1.1 ===
-Same as 6.1 but fixes issue with multichannel audio failing if no audio is played as the browser is loaded.
+Fixes a problem thay caused multichannel audio to fail if no audio was played as the browser is loaded.
-Fixes issue with the potential to break pxe boat in version 6.1.
+Fixes an error that could cause problems during netork (pxe) booting in version 6.1.
 ===Version 6.1 ===
 Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.5.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.5]] with Linux kernel 6.1.20 and Chrome 108.0.5359.124
 ===Version 6.0 ===