Release roundup—April 16th, 2026

We’re hosting our first-ever Customer Obsessed Telethon—a 2‑day, live, telethon‑style hackathon where we’ll be building alongside real customer feedback in real time.

Have a “biggest little thing” you want added or improved?

Drop it (or upvote an existing idea) on our official Telethon board. You have until April 30th to submit your ideas.

The hackathon-telethon begins May 14th.

We’ve refreshed the Transitions experience to make it faster to find the right look between scenes. Transitions now come with animated previews, and are organized into a new grid layout with thumbnail previews so you can see the effect before you apply it.

We expanded the library to 16 total transitions, adding:

We added a bulk apply option if you want to use the same transition across all scenes at once to quickly add consistent polish. Many of the new transitions come with additional customization controls so be sure to check the advanced settings.

Just click the transition icon between scenes (or use the Properties panel) to open the new transitions panel.

Live (real-time) captions are now available in Descript Rooms. When enabled, Rooms will display a real-time caption overlay so you can read along with what’s being said during your session.

You can find it on the Rooms toolbar next to the , and Captions will appear as an on-screen overlay in your Room, which you can move around as needed. This update improves accessibility for participants who prefer or need captions, makes it easier to follow along in noisy environments or with quieter audio, and helps everyone keep up with fast-paced conversations and reduces mishearing.

You can now browse and import files from your Media library directly from the Media panel in the sidebar without leaving your project. If you’re on a Business or Enterprise plan you can also access your Brand Studio assets from this panel.

Seedance 2.0 is now available as a video generation model for all users. Seedance 2.0 has been noted for character consistency, motion physics, and multi-shot generation.

The Descript API beta is now available to all users. You can generate an API token from your account and use it to connect Descript to your own tools and workflows. It allows you to import media, create and edit projects with Underlord, and more all from a terminal or GPT of your choice.

The API also supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) connections so you can take actions in Descript using prompting from a GPT like Claude.