Added

Added the followedEntities data source to load Stories, Moments, and Videos from the entities a viewer follows. See DataSourceBuilder.
Added protected and tokenized playback with setExternalUserToken(), closeCurrentPlayer(), and the onEntitlementDenied and onContentResolveError delegates. See BlazeSDK class.
Added moments auto-advance: play each moment a set number of times, then advance, with momentsPlaybackConfiguration. See BlazeSDK class.
Added an audio track selector for streams with multiple audio tracks, on by default (shouldAllowMultiAudio). See VideoPlayerStyle.
Added a live recap that lets viewers who join a live stream late watch a recap Story, then return to live. See Live streaming.
Added the story page title as a subtitle in the Stories player, styled with subtitle on StoryPlayerStyle. See StoryPlayerStyle.
Added the row-circle-animated preset for animated GIF thumbnails. row-rectangle-animated now also supports Stories. See Widget.
Added per-item badge images: when an item has a badge image set in Arena, widgets show it in the item's badge position. See Widget.
Added banner ads to the Moments player. See Ad capabilities in Experiences.
Added isInColdStart() to check whether a viewer's For You feed is in cold start. See BlazeSDK class.
Added a star icon option for the follow button chip (followedIconSource, unfollowedIconSource). An unrecognized value reports error 402 on onErrorThrown. See MomentPlayerStyle.

Updated

Updated the Moments follow button to show a + icon by default instead of the "Follow" label. To keep the label, set playerStyle.followButton.variant to 'text'. See BlazeFollowButtonVariant.
Updated setExternalUserId() to accept null for signed-out viewers.
Updated captions to be optional on exported player-style interfaces.
Updated user activity syncing to run only when WSC Sports enables it for your app. If you rely on it, contact your WSC Sports team.
Updated privacy controls so WSC Sports can enforce doNotTrack and disableAnalytics for your app.
Updated VAST ads in Stories and Moments to preload, so they start without a loading delay.

Fixed embedded stories playing two pages after exiting fullscreen, and not restarting the first page on back.
Fixed Moments ads losing their cadence after appendContentToPlayer.
Fixed the Moments play icon staying stale after returning from the background.
Fixed custom native ad CTAs not receiving taps through the player overlay.
Fixed a 1.5 second CTA navigation delay in Stories when no CTA modal is shown.
Fixed shared Video and Moment links not opening when the URL has title text after the hash.
Fixed Poll and Quiz answers not being restored on revisit or refresh.
Fixed the close button showing on a standalone Moment page.
Fixed widget.setTheme() not updating a Moments follow button that's already on screen.