# Product release notes – April 2026: More activities, more ways to fight distraction.

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_Two brand-new slide types, sounds that bring energy to your quizzes, LaTeX rendering for educators, a redesigned presenter backstage, cleaner reports, and a central hub for all your integrations. Here’s everything that shipped in April._

🌟 **This month’s highlights: Two new slide type**

**🏆 Ranking** — Let your audience rank options in real time. See the group’s

consensus instantly.

**💡 Idea Board** — Collect free-text ideas, group them into themes, and let

the audience vote for the best ones.

Together with **Pin on Image** (released in March), these three slide types make

up AhaSlides’ group discussion activity suite, built for collecting, organising,

and prioritising ideas in a live session.

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🏆 Ranking question: Let your audience weigh in

Standard polls tell you which option wins. Ranking tells you the full picture — how

every option stacks up relative to the others, across the whole audience.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/d2dca2e1f9b7de4bd0be6a077046f1a0754801f5.png)

**The vibe check:** Participants drag options into their preferred order, and you see the

group’s consensus build in real time.Great for priorities, preferences, and any question

where order matters.

**Why this matters:** Useful for product roadmap votes, training needs assessments, session

feedback, and any moment where you need more than a single winner.

📖 **Help Centre article** : [Using the Ranking slide](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/using-the-ranking-slide)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/072fbf324986cfe1f88fe153507b84ec8fe99919.png)

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💡 Idea Board: Collect, cluster, vote

Getting structured, actionable ideas from a live audience has always been difficult.

Idea Board makes it a built-in part of your presentation.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/46065731cfadf44cfeb75efb2cab492b5e49e617.webp)

**The vibe check:** Participants type in their ideas freely. The presenter groups responses

into themes on screen. Then the audience votes to surface the most valuable ones.

**What’s new:** Idea Board is a new slide type where the flow is: collect free-text responses

→ organise into groups → open voting to prioritise. All inside one slide, with no extra tools required.

**Why this matters:** Ideal for workshops, retrospectives, and brainstorming sessions.

The voting step means you leave with a ranked shortlist, not just an unfiltered collection of responses.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/9d8d58a3ce7e61608b3a324b5db208e0973fef79.png)

**Part of a set:** Idea Board pairs with **Ranking** (this month) and **Pin on Image** (March 2026)

to form AhaSlides’ group discussion activity suite. Use them together to run structured,

engaging group sessions from start to finish.

📖 **Help Centre article** : [Using the Idea Board slide](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-use-the-idea-board-slide)

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🔊 Sound effects: Add energy to your quizzes

Sound effects are now available at the slide level, so you can choose the right tone for

each moment rather than applying a single setting to the whole presentation.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/bca1e9932ffeecee5005e399244f06b2eeecf7b7.png)

**The vibe check:** Pick from a set of built-in audio effects that play when results are

revealed — without leaving the slide settings panel.

**What’s new:** A new “Sound” option in slide settings lets you assign an effect per slide.

**Why this matters:** Audio cues help maintain energy and focus, particularly in longer

sessions or remote meetings where engagement can drop.

📖 **Help Centre article** : [Slide and presentation audio](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/slide-and-presentation-audio)

![Info](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/26a3fad9cbd0330510a64df2b29e3896de8265cf.png)

[Read more](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/community/topic/ahaslides-sound-just-got-refreshed) about the story behind this new sound set.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/40337ecfa6628d2817adf09764bb2ca2a70d40f9.png)

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➕ LaTeX support: Render mathematical expressions

LaTeX expressions now render directly inside AhaSlides — no workarounds, no screenshots

from external tools.

**The vibe check:** Type LaTeX syntax in any text field and it renders inline, both in the editor

and during presentation.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/d340a67b8939e04903a261da350bc4d1d7d3f66b.gif)

**What’s new:** Wrap your expression in `$$...$$` for display mode or `$...$` for inline

rendering. Supported across slide titles, body text, and answer options.

**Why this matters:** A long-standing need for educators in science, engineering,

and mathematics — and a meaningful step toward supporting university and technical

training use cases.

📖 **Help Centre article** : [How to use LaTeX in AhaSlides](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-use-latex-in-ahaslides)

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/d340a67b8939e04903a261da350bc4d1d7d3f66b.gif)

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🎬 New Backstage: Q&A moderation built in

Backstage has been redesigned with a clearer layout and dedicated Q&A

moderation controls, so managing live questions is part of the presentation flow rather

than a separate task.

**The vibe check:** See incoming questions, approve or hide them before they go live, and pin

the ones you want to address — all from one panel.

**What’s new:** New Backstage layout with a dedicated Q&A moderation panel. Approve

questions before they appear to the audience, star the most relevant ones, and keep your

session on track.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/6501097a4e1c1fa385ca01129a9da28136b0a4f9.gif)

**Why this matters:** Moderated Q&A gives presenters control over what the audience sees,

which is essential for large sessions, sensitive topics, or events with high audience volume.

📖 **Help Centre article** : [Using Backstage while presenting](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/using-backstage-while-presenting-on-ahaslides)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/1cbc7e3356ab5247103cdf66fa6b6e5a7cbf2b22.png)

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📊 Reports, overhauled: faster, cleaner, more complete

Reports have been rebuilt from the ground up with faster load times, a cleaner layout,

and more complete data at every level.

**The vibe check:** Open your session report and get a clear breakdown of what happened

— per slide and per participant — without additional processing.

**What’s new:** Redesigned reports with per-slide breakdowns, participant-level

response views, and improved export options. Load times are significantly faster for

large sessions.

**Why this matters:** For trainers, HR teams, and educators who need to review or share results

after a session, better reports mean AhaSlides delivers value beyond the live moment.

📖 **Help Centre article** : [Your AhaSlides presentation report](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/your-ahaslides-presentation-report)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/d1a0c5650527013e7f23e1e3e8ffaa26b3ff4f85.jpeg)

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🛍 AhaSlides Marketplace: All your integrations in one place

Marketplace is a central hub where you can find, connect, and manage all your AhaSlides

integrations — Zoom, Teams, LMS tools, and more — from a single location.

**The vibe check:** Browse integrations by category, connect in a few clicks, and manage

permissions without navigating through separate settings menus.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/4c34229ed5d1c40442209c4767e091297f2d8fd6.png)

**What’s new:** The Marketplace tab is now active in your account. Explore

available integrations, view existing connections, and handle all management

in a single location. You can also submit requests for new integrations that work

with your workflow.

> **[AhaSlides MCP — Getting Started Guide - AhaSlides Docs](https://docs.ahaslides.com/integrations/ahaslides-mcp-getting-started-guide)**
>
> The AhaSlides MCP server lets AI assistants like Claude control AhaSlides to create presentations, build quizzes, manage slides and analyse responses.

![Idea](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ahaslides_connect/original/1X/4347c656b541f1458a08fb03c111e685f1ca7321.png)

[AhaSlides MCP](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/articles/ahaslides-mcp-getting-started-guide) is out for AI-workflow lover, and Teams add-in is coming back soon.

**Why this matters:** As the integrations catalogue grows, a central discovery

and management surface makes it easier for teams to get AhaSlides working

with their existing tools.

📖 **Help Centre article** : [Integrations on AhaSlides](https://help.ahaslides.com/portal/en/kb/integrations-on-ahaslides)

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Here are a few updates for this month. Stay tuned for more activities and

integrations coming your way. Happy presenting!

_From Cheryl, AhaSlides ❤_