New Collections Experience
Collections & Layouts is an updated user experience for creating Collections in Skykit Beam. It makes it easier to design, schedule, and play content across your screens. Nothing is being taken away: your existing Classic Collections, Playlists, Programs, and content stay in Beam and keep playing on your Displays.
Who This Article is For
This article is for Enterprise Accounts created before May 2026 that used Classic Collections. If your Account was created after May 2026, you’ve always had Collections & Layouts and won’t see Classic Collections. Pro and Base Accounts have never had Classic Collections.
Collection management is available to the Beam Roles of Administrator, Display Manager, Content Manager, Content Organizer, and Basic (Legacy).
What's New
Collections & Layouts is the new way to build what plays on your screens. It combines the visual, multi-zone design of Programs with the scheduling of Playlists, all in one place:
Design visually. See exactly how each screen will look as you build it, in landscape or portrait.
Put Playlists in zones. Keep a logo fixed in one zone while a playlist rotates in another.
Schedule with play rules. Set dates, times, days and display labels on a whole layout, a playlist or a single item.
Get smoother playback. A modern playback engine runs multi-zone screens more reliably on your Skykit device.
Every new Collection you create uses Collections & Layouts. You can no longer create Classic Collections, but the Classic Collections you already have can still be edited and played on your Displays.
What You'll See in Your Collections List
Your previously created collections are still in your Collections list, alongside any new ones you create. Collections made before this update have a red Classic version of collections label.
Your Classic Collections keep playing on your Displays, and you can edit them the same way as before. You can’t create new Classic Collections. When you click +Collection, you’ll create a Collections & Layouts Collection.
Getting Started
To start using Collections & Layouts, create a new collection and add your existing playlists and content to it. Classic collections can't be converted automatically, but they keep playing until you switch your displays over, so there's no downtime.
Tip:
See How to Set Up Collections & Layouts (New Edition) for step-by-step instructions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I still create a Classic Collection?
No. All new Collections are created with Collections & Layouts. You can still open, edit, and play the Classic Collections you already have.
Will my Classic Collections stop working?
No. They keep playing, and you can keep editing them.
Do I have to switch from using Programs to Collections & Layouts?
No. However, we recommend Collections & Layouts for anything you build from now on because it uses a more modern playback engine than Programs.