Release Notes

Version 3.1

Released 19. October 2026. Smoother control of a running poll, and clearer expiry dates.

Improvements

• All three control links – Start / Next, Pause / Resume and Stop – are now in the cockpit’s Advanced links and do exactly what the respective buttons do, enough to run a whole poll from your slides or scripts (see Control your Poll with Links).
• Saving a poll checks that your e-mail address can receive mail, so a typo is caught before your links are sent nowhere.
• Expiry dates read the same everywhere, and “expires in” counts the time left.
• When a poll is full, the next voter is told so explicitly. Result screens and cockpits no longer count as voters.

Bug fixes

• Pausing a poll no longer reveals hidden answers; Next does.
• Start / Next no longer stops the poll and starts it over after the last question, and the QR code link that stops the poll keeps showing the QR code even when the poll is started again.
• A result screen that shows one specific question or the QR code no longer has control buttons acting on the live poll.
• A poll expires on its date, no longer up to 42 hours later.

Version 3.0

Released 19. September 2026. A new DirectPoll: every page redesigned, live results in PowerPoint, and optional paid extras for when you need more time.

Redesign

• Every page has a new design: the cockpit, the vote page, the result screen and the e-mails. The cockpit and the vote page work on phones too.
• The Excel file you download from the cockpit has a new, clearer layout.

New poll options

• A poll title, which you can show on the vote page and the result screen, and which makes the e-mails with your links and notifications easier to recognize.
• A Custom theme for the result screen, with your own colors and font.

Cockpit

• Edit poll: prepare your questions and settings.
• Live results: follow the votes and participants as they come in while you run the poll.

PowerPoint integration

• The DirectPoll add-in for PowerPoint on Windows and the companion app for PowerPoint on macOS show live results right on your slides and move the poll along as you present. See Embed your Poll into a PowerPoint Presentation.
• One click in the cockpit creates a ready-to-present slide deck for your poll.

DirectPoll Plus

• Optional paid extras, each marked with a and never charged without a confirmation page that shows the price first: extend a running poll by a year, renew an expired one, or become a DirectPoll Supporter to keep all your polls running and get a badge with your name. Everything that was free stays free. See DirectPoll Plus.

Earlier versions

Version 2 was released in February 2017 and served DirectPoll until September 2026.

Version 1 was released in January 2014, when DirectPoll went online, as a beta at first.