# Beta and early access

> Understand preview access, developing capabilities and how to propose a focused pilot.

Canonical: https://maruaudio.com/help/beta-and-early-access
Documentation index: https://maruaudio.com/help/llms.txt

If a feature is marked beta, early access or preview, check its limits before using it for a release or customer project. Access to one Maru feature does not automatically include every developing feature or download.

## Read availability in context

**Beta or early access** means a workflow is being developed with users and may need guided setup. **Preview** means a capability is offered for evaluation with stated limits. **Planned** describes an intended direction that you should discuss with us before depending on it.

Check the product's release notes, the [Apps directory](https://maruaudio.com/apps), the options offered in your account and any agreed pilot scope. Those are the places to confirm the exact platform, download and access requirements. A guide describing a possible product is not a release announcement.

## Opportunities to explore

Creators can discuss [connected instruments](https://maruaudio.com/help/creator-apps.md), [generative products](https://maruaudio.com/help/generation-in-your-products.md) and [selling on Maru](https://maruaudio.com/help/selling-on-maru.md). Integration partners can explore [game audio](https://maruaudio.com/help/game-audio-and-creative-tools.md), [website embeds](https://maruaudio.com/help/embed-audio-on-your-website.md) and [DAW integration projects](https://maruaudio.com/help/daw-and-audio-software-makers.md).

There is no promised release date for every path. If your work depends on a particular download, host or selling feature, ask about that requirement before committing to it.

## Ask for early access

[Contact Maru](https://maruaudio.com/contact) with:

- What you want people to make or hear.
- The application, operating system or device where it should work.
- Whether it needs sign-in, generation, private assets or paid access.
- A small example we could evaluate together.

For a business integration, use [teams and organizations](https://maruaudio.com/help/enterprise.md) to prepare the discussion.

## Give actionable feedback

Include the product or project, version, environment, expected result and what happened. Keep a copy of important work, and remove credentials and private material from reports. Use [support](https://maruaudio.com/contact#help) for a problem with an existing workflow.