Beta Unlocked: Video Background on Mobile!

#WixBeta
No need for further explanation. Title says it all. Let the excitement commence. !!! =) @idan-cohen Thank you!!!

Why?
Because the community has ASKED for so long!
What?
Users can go to mobile, select in the background GFPP the video BG behavior on mobile devices!
This is feature is relevant to: Strip, Columns, Lightbox, Hoverbox, Slideshow.
Check this site on your mobile device, the upper part should play a Yoga video after the ‘success’!

Please provide your feedback below!

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Its very nice, thank you!
So, it works for “strip”, but not for back ground…
Do you have any plan for the back ground?
Cheers!

Thank you, thank you!

Doesnt really work on my strip. bug maybe?

My own website had 2 columns with video and appears to be working well. Awesome thanks Wix. I also have a Video background so would be great if that works too at some point. The other good thing I noticed was that my speed of load did not seem poor. Happy days :slight_smile:

This is a significant breakthrough! I guess the only thing we should be concerned about is load speed… But wait, that’s coming too!! If that’s the case, it compliments this new beta function.

Excellent beta, I would like to know if Wix compresses the size of the video so that playback from a smartphone is agile.

This is awesome…but I think I am missing something…I am trying to set a video on an existing strip to play on mobile, but I don’t see any of the cues to allow me to do it…suggestions? The site is: https://www.anklefootsurgeon.net/

Hi, I’m the product manager of this feature. Glad to hear you like it. Did you experience any issues with load speed? it is the kind of feedback I’m happy to hear from you.

Yes we do :slight_smile:
How did you experience the loading time of the video?

I’m checking why you don’t see the background icon when selecting the strip in the mobile editor

Great, we were looking forward to it. : D

Defiantly :slight_smile:

Can you please share some details so I can help you?

Thanks @idan-cohen for this amazing new feature ! It will definitely give a more impact for visitors on mobile.

I’ve made a few tests on my Samsung S8+ (3G connection) and I’m not shocked on my side by the loading time (that will be even better in a few months).

I’ve just noticed that sometime the background video disappear to let quickly the stripe in grey color and then the background video appears again (it’s a story of 1-2 seconds) but not a serious issue. I can try to make a video screen capture if necessary.

I would like to share my test website because it could be interesting to see the feedback on other Experts with their smartphone :

3 different game modes

Easy mode | 3 background vides + 3 text animations
https://reversewebagency.wixsite.com/video-speed-mobile

Less easy mode | 5 background videos + 5 text animations
https://reversewebagency.wixsite.com/video-speed-mobile/5-videos

Crazy mode | 12 background videos + 12 text animations
https://reversewebagency.wixsite.com/video-speed-mobile/12-videos

You can also try to enter a second time on a page because the SSR cache is activate.

@idan-cohen Thank you. I look forward to sorting this out. D

Thank you Wix and @idan-cohen & @brett-haralson , my clients are absolutely loving this feature.

Thank you Wix team. I use Photoshop to create a lot of video backgrounds for clients. I was always disappointed that they would not play on mobile devices. I now have a number of happier clients. It would be great if we had the ability to turn on the video for clients who have already published their site and are on their own account…just saying!

Soon we will rollout this feature to all users so your clients will be able to make the video play on mobile