# New Features and Tools in the Media Area

[date: 2019-10-11T11:00:00.000+02:00]

We have significantly improved the Media Area, with a wide range of new features, QoL changes, and brand new tools.

Here's a quick list:

-   New Search Filters
-   General UI improvements
    
-   Fast access to asset details from Records
-   Localizable Titles and Alts
    
-   Real-time Image editor
    

To accommodate some of these features, we [updated our APIs](https://www.datocms.com/blog/our-new-media-area-is-online.md#technical-details) and released version 3.

If you want to read more about the topic, [have a look at our blog post](https://www.datocms.com/blog/our-new-media-area-is-online.md).