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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 7.3=====
+Released on October 17, 2025, this version brings a few new features and several improvements and bug fixes.
+=== NEW FEATURES ===
+  * **PIXILAB Player**: Configuration can be changed in Display Spot settings.
+  * **3D**: Adds Appearance Zoom Time setting.
+  * **Feed script API**: Adds refreshFeed method for updating feed displays.
+  * **Camera Block**: Can downscale image (e.g., to speed up upload from mobile).
+  * **Composition**: Can now be either shown or hidden after delay.
+  * **Locator**: Located content can be "Constrained", allowing Stack/Scroller use inside
+=== MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES ===
+  * **PIXILAB Player**: Can refresh screenshot in Settings dialog continuously.
+  * **PIXILAB Player**: Screenshot now accessible using Media URL and Live Video (see manual).
+  * **PIXILAB Player**: Can be rebooted from Display Spot settings.
+  * **Server SSO**: Improved handling of expired SSO session.
+  * **Serial data**: Fixed bug causing trailing zeroes when using sendBytes.
+  * **Timeline**: Fixed a tag-switch-while-active bug
+  * **Timeline**: Enable newly created PropTrack.
+  * **Timeline**: Video at time 0 didn't appear immediately when timeline paused after being stopped
+  * **Timeline API**: Made 1st param of gotoMarker optional and renamed it to just "name".
+  * **Web Block**: Focus its iframe once loaded.
+  * **Server Metrics**: Added some data-points and wiki documentation.
+  * **WATCHOUT**: Reconnect WATCHOUT 6 aux timeline sync if cancelled by production software.
+  * **Panorama**: Made negative auto-spin direction work as expected again.
+  * **Display Spot**: Adds Sync Offset to compensate for varying signal propagation delays.
+  * **API**: SimpleHTTP adds support for server-sent events (SSE).
+  * **Spot Parameter**: URL-decode value set using param-xxx URL query parameter.
+  * **Synchronizer**: Force local sync if Offline Spot used, regardless of "local" setting.
+  * **Attractor**: Deactivate by button sometimes failed on touch screen.
+=====PIXILAB Blocks 7.2=====
+Released on July 1, 2025, this version brings a few new features and several improvements and bug fixes.
+=== NEW FEATURES ===
+  * **Magazine**: New block type with facing pages and animated page-turn effect.
+  * **Caching**: New "General Content Caching" for reduced network traffic (requires separate license).
+  * **Timeline**: New "Go to Time" command.
+  * **Display Spot**: Sync Offset setting, to compensate for display propagation time differences.
+  * **Schedule**: Now accessible from scripts through root level object.
+=== MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES ===
+  * **Offline Spot**: Setting and licensing option previously known as "Block Caching"
+  * **Slideshow**: Adds "Editor Scale" setting.
+  * **Button**: Block picker now shows Schedule blocks as well.
+  * **Panorama**: Mute behavior now works on the background video.
+  * **MQTT**: Accepts path with leading slash (generally not recommended).
+  * **Timeline**: Enter key opens cue for editing (e.g., child block).
+  * **Timeline**: Audio could occasionally play after the timeline was discarded.
+  * **PIXILAB Player**: Display Settings could occasionally fail to be applied.
 =====PIXILAB Blocks 7.1.1=====