# August 2025 updates - GIF preview, thumbnail improvements and more

> NeetoRecord August 2025 updates: smoother video playback, better thumbnails, GIF previews for Gmail, and improved editing workflow.
- **Authors**: Kirti Gulati
- **Published**: 2025-09-03
- **URL**: https://www.neeto.com/neetorecord/blog/august-2025-updates-gif-preview-thumbnail-improvements-and-more
- **Page title**: August 2025 updates - GIF preview, thumbnail improvements and more
- **Meta description**: NeetoRecord August 2025 updates: smoother video playback, better thumbnails, GIF previews for Gmail, and improved editing workflow.
- **Keywords**: NeetoRecord, video recording, screen recorder, thumbnail upload, GIF preview, video editing, bug fixes, desktop app, and Chrome extension

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Let’s go through what we got done in August 2025 in NeetoRecord.

## **Enhancements ✨**

#### ✅ **Thumbnail upload improvements**

We’ve made several improvements to make thumbnail uploads smoother and more consistent:

- You can now upload both JPEG and PNG thumbnails for more flexibility.

- Uploaded thumbnails now stay in place without flickering or reverting.

- After uploading a thumbnail, the video resets to 00:00 and refreshes, making the new thumbnail visible right away.

- You’ll now get a clear confirmation message when a thumbnail upload succeeds.

#### ✅ **GIF preview improvements**

We’ve enhanced the GIF preview feature for better usability in Gmail, Google Docs, and other platforms that don’t support embedding:

- Clearer labeling as “GIF preview” so its purpose is obvious.

- Updated text and description to explain higher click rates vs plain links.

- New preview design to show how a GIF will appear inside Gmail.

- Ability to copy the GIF thumbnail directly for sharing.

#### ✅ Split and trim feedback

While editing videos, you’ll now see a clear message that editing is in progress. Additional edits are blocked until the current action finishes, removing confusion about whether trimming is complete.

## Bug fixes 🐛

- Fixed issue where videos failed to play smoothly due to buffering and visual glitches.

- Fixed duration filter so it applies correctly based on the table’s displayed duration.

- Fixed toolbar width issue.

- Fixed desktop app pop-up button display.

- Fixed embedded video playback issues.

- Fixed camera freezing on Windows when the countdown timer is used.

- Fixed transcript by forcing regeneration in certain cases.

- Fixed the issue where the camera sometimes appeared behind other windows on Windows.

- Fixed video encoding pipeline to add preprocessing, making videos more suitable for editing.