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 These release notes list notable changes in each version of Blocks. The latest version can be [[blocks:downloads|downloaded here]]. See the [[http://pixilab.se/outgoing/blocks/PIXILAB-Blocks.pdf|Blocks Manual]] for more details.
+=====PIXILAB Blocks 6.2=====
+Released on November 24, 2023, this version brings numerous new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+===New Features===
+  * **Slideshow, Book**: Graphical "current position" indicators can now be enabled.
+  * **Behavior**: Set of classes applied by Classify can be dynamic, specified by property.
+  * **Locator**: Can now also be closed by explicit Button Action.
+  * **Live Video**: Added setting for favoring either fast or temporally accurate start.
+  * **Display Spot**: Added Transition Delay setting for switching blocks.
+  * **Display Spot**: New tagSet property (read-only), listing all applied tags.
+  * **Display Settings**: Added Note field for user comments.
+  * **Device Drivers**: New driver for controlling and synchronizing to AvStumpfl PIXERA.
+===Minor Improvements, Changes and Bug Fixes===
+  * **Behavior**: Multiple Classify behaviors on same block now work additively.
+  * **Video**: Don't flash Pause symbol in Auto mode when used in slideshow or similar.
+  * **CSS Editor**: APPLY button restored.
+  * **Scripting**: New Spot setDefaultBlock() function specifying which block to cache.
+  * **Block Scheduler**: Copy/Paste now supported for layers and block entries.
+  * **Web Block**: Changing URL dynamically no longer affects browser history.
+  * **ArtNet**: Use config's defaultNetwork if nothing specified for artnet.bindToAddress.
+  * **ArtNet**: Made fixture Duplicate command work again.
+  * **Network Device**: Allow UDP receive-only drivers (without send-to address/port).
+  * **Synchronizer**: Fixed a time glitch when switching Synchronizers with a transition.
+  * **Synchronizer**: Expedite start of synchronization targets and improve accuracy.
+  * **MQTT Network Devices**: Now supports "retained" outgoing messages.
+  * **Child Replication**: Fixed missing data when returning from deeply nested content.
+  * **Tags**: CSS classes tag-XXX (matching current tag set) hoisted to #theDisplay element.
+  * **Tag Selector**: Editor background checkerboard brightness now configurable.
+  * **Serial drivers**: Could fail to send data after a Display Spot power cycle.
+  * **PIXILAB Player**: Identity based on first NIC's rather than live NIC's MAC addr.
+  * **Spot power**: Property feedback now indicates current state if wanted state never set.
+  * **Audio Media**: Incorrect placement of play button, making it hard to access.
+  * **Audio Media**: Failure to start synchronized playback from camera QR code on iOS.
+  * **SimpleImage**: Fixed a JPEG exif-rotated image cropping problem.
+  * **PIXILAB Player**: Improved reliability in configuring display/touch settings.
+  * **Scripting**: SimpleHTTP 401 error resolves with status and headers instead of rejection.
+:!: **NOTE**: The identity of PIXILAB Player is now based on the primary network interface's MAC address rather than the active interface's MAC address. The advantage of this method is that the identity of the player will remain the same even if you switch network interface (e.g., using both wired and wifi). However, if you previously used another network interface than the primary one, the player's identity may change when you update to Blocks 6.2, and you will then need to re-assign it. Players using a wired connection (with a single Ethernet jack) shouldn't see any need to re-assign their identity. Nor players that aren't based on our PIXILAB Player software, or where other means are used to identify the player.
 =====PIXILAB Blocks 6.1=====