Release Notes for Feature Pack 202001

It is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). Screens provides maintenance support for AEM 6.3 Screens platform.

Availability

AEM Screens released AEM 6.5 Feature Pack 3.

You can download the latest feature pack for AEM Screens 6.5.3 Release from the Software Distribution Portal using your Adobe ID. Navigate to Adobe Experience Manager tab and search for Screens to get the latest feature pack titled as AEM 6.5 Screens FP3.

Release Date

The Release Date for AEM Screens Feature Pack 202001 is January 31, 2020.

What’s New

Command Sync for Asset Playback
Command Sync allows synchronized playback across different players. The players can play different content but each asset needs to have the same duration.
To learn more about Command Sync and how to set the master and clients, refer to Using Command Sync.
Health check framework to show status of https and allow empty referrer
The Health Check framework allows the user to check if two necessary configurations (Allow Empty Referrer Requests and Apache Felix Jetty Based HTTP Service) are set up before running an AEM Screens project.

To learn more about Health Check Framework, refer to Health Check Framework.
Updates to Default Transition Types
The properties of the transition component such as Type is now set to Fade and the Duration as 1600 ms, by default.

Refer to Applying Transitions use case for more details.