Happy Friday! Cameo's expanded the definition of 'creator' by shipping a feature letting kids get personalized videos from Thomas the Tank Engine. For those of you procrastinating on presents for your little relatives this holiday season, you're welcome!

New features & products (date)

Streaming

• Pricing

  • Disney rolls out its $7.99 ad-supported tier

• Virality

  • LineupSupply ships Spotify posters functionality

  • Apple Music announces Sing, an in-app karaoke experience

• Other

  • HBO and Discovery will merge into a single app called 'Max'

  • PreSnap launches an NFL draft feature

  • Amazon brings HBO Max back to Prime Video channels

  • Discovery+ adds offline downloads in the US

Social

• Trust & safety

  • Facebook tests age verification on Facebook Dating in the US

  • Instagram ships new recommendation transparency tools

• Communication

  • Google tests end-to-end encryption for group chats in Messages app

  • Apple applies China's AirDrop privacy settings to all users

• User delight

  • Snapchat tests Lenses with in-app power-ups and purchases

  • YouTube rolls out custom Twitch-style emotes

  • WhatsApp rolls out 3D avatars

• Other

  • Snapchat shuts down its social mapping app

  • WhatsApp rolls out a 'search by date' feature on iOS

  • Telegram starts auctioning anonymous SIM-free numbers

  • Reddit rolls out its end-of-year recap experience

Creator

• Engagement

  • Beatport introduces Party Mode for group DJ sessions

• Monetization

  • Klarna launches a global creator platform

  • Rigi launches an anti-piracy tool for creators

• Tooling

  • Beehiiv ships a new API and a Mailchimp import tool

  • Buffer ships Twitter Threads scheduling and sharing

  • Lumen launches an in-app recording feature

  • Substack lets users post from its iOS app

• Other

  • Cameo unveils kid-friendly personalized videos

Artificial intelligence

• Images

  • Adobe tests labels for AI-generated images for sale

  • Clip Studio Paint kills its AI image generation tool

  • Spline ships AI texture generation

• Chatbot

  • Cohere unveiled an AI-powered support assistance chatbot

  • DoNotPay announces a GPT-3 based chrome extension to cut bills

• Other

• Qatalog launches an AI software builder

Web3

• NFTs

  • Magic Eden ships a royalty enforcement tool for new collections

  • Stargaze launches a 'search by trait' feature

  • Winamp unveils audio NFT playback functionality

  • Unstoppable ships NFT Token Galleries

  • Starbucks launches its NFT community and web3 loyalty program

• Wallets

  • Ledger announces an iPod style hardware wallet

  • ConsenSys announces privacy updates for MetaMask

  • mStable unveils its MetaVaults product

• Other

  • Neebus launches a service to track crypto price movements

  • Faraland lets users create their own lobby in PvP mode

  • Fireblocks ships a tool making it easier to integrate with its network

Product

• Design

  • Belight launches a new typography design software

  • Semplice launches an Accordion Module for design customizations

  • Figma ships spell-check functionality

  • Diagram adds a magic copy feature through Figma's text review API

• Growth

  • Apple announces increased pricing flexibility on App Store

  • RevenueCat rolls out A/B testing for app store prices

• Other

  • PostHog ships export / import functionality for session recordings

Tools

• Dev

  • GitHub unveils Copilot for business

  • Losant ships a Resource Jobs IoT feature

  • GitLab launches an abuse rate limiting feature

• Identity

  • Axiom announces an identity and access management platform

  • Rezonate launches its identity protection platform

• Infrastructure

  • ClickHouse launches a cloud-hosted version of its database

  • Protonbrings its e2e encrypted cloud storage service to mobile

  • Apple launches end-to-end encryption for iCloud

• Other

  • Google introduces a no-code machine learning add-on for Sheets

  • Parsely ships a benchmarking tool for sections and authors

  • SpaceX unveils a military version of Starlink

  • Salesforce announces an ESG reporting product

Rideshare & vehicles

• EV's

  • BrightDrop expands its EV delivery service to Canada

  • Tesla delivers its first battery powered semi-truck

  • Polestar 2 ships an OTA performance update priced at $1.2k

• AV's

  • Monarch ships its first robot tractor

  • Uber and Motional launch a robotaxi service in Vegas

• Other

  • Waze to launch an in-built app on two new Renault cars

Collaboration

• Meta Quest Pro adds mixed reality capture functionality

• Microsoft Teams launches a Communities feature

• Amie unveils a calendar blog software offering

• Felt ships basemap control, hi-res export, new styling options

• Notion introduces a Business subscription plan

Fintech

• XTM launches an instant employee monetary bonus feature

• Robinhood announces a retirement product

• FirstTrust adds in-app credit score monitoring

• Splitwise ships bank transfer functionality

E-commerce

• Google shuts down its retail website "Duplex on the Web" product

• Alexa upgrades its shopping list feature widget

• Amazon partially rolls out a TikTok style shopping feed

• Temu to introduce an incentivized referral feature

Gaming

• Amazon set to launch Prime Gaming in India

• Epic introduces a kids account for multiplayer gaming

• Xbox to bring gaming themed soundscapes to Calm

• Pokemon Go ships a feature adding variability to Pokemon size

Other

• Browsers

  • Google ships infinite scroll to search results on desktop

  • Google launches topic filters to refine or expand searches

  • Chrome gets memory and energy saver modes

  • Brave adds a custom feeds feature to its browser

• Ed-tech

  • Ready Education ships a student intervention feature

  • EduMe launches a scenario videos feature

• Other

  • Google ships call enhancements and a VPN for Pixel 7 phones

  • Carrot launches a dating simulation in its weather app

  • Bosch kills its app store for connected cameras

  • ElliQ ships a companion robot to create digital memoirs

And that’s a wrap for today. Stay tuned for more!

-  Amol