What's new in the latest channel for Webex Meetings (2023)

Available in January 2023 (43.1)

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Update 43.1 contains important announcements, which you can see on theAds for Cisco Webex Meetings Suite.

Highlights of this update

Scale end-to-end encrypted meeting to 1,000 participants

You can now host up to 1,000 participants in end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) v2 Webex meetings. The E2EEv2 meetings are part of Cisco's Zero Trust Security Initiative Webex and Cisco's security pillar that privacy is a fundamental human right.
Co-hosts can record, view and share cloud recordings and help anyone record

We are excited to announce that we will allow meeting co-hosts and participants to record a meeting in the cloud. This makes it easy to record a meeting when the host is unavailable or busy during the meeting. This was a highly requested feature from users who mentioned that it makes meetings less disruptive as any co-host or meeting participant can record the meeting.

This feature allows co-hosts or meeting participants to record the meeting, and allows a host to start, stop, or pause the recording. After the meeting ends, the recording still belongs to the organizer. However, the recording is automatically shared with co-hosts in the organization.
Enhance meeting security with automatic admission

We are pleased to introduce Auto Admit, designed to make your life as a meeting organizer easier while increasing the security of your meeting.

The new default behavior introduced with Auto Join allows attendees who are signed in to Webex to join a scheduled meeting directly without having to wait in the lobby. Stop letting people out of the lobby when they should be in the meeting anyway!

No passwords or PIN numbers required! Even Webex Room systems that you add to your meeting invitation can join the meeting directly.

Remind your guests to sign in to Webex to take advantage of this amazing new user experience enhancement.

Users who are not signed in to Webex and those who are not on the invite will continue to wait in the lobby until you or a co-host admits them.

important instructions:
1. This feature does not apply to Personal Room meetings.
2. Settings for existing customers are considered with this feature. The lobby is the default for net new customers.
3. Always allow participants in your organization to join unlocked meetings is now an admin-level option that controls the behavior of all meetings in your organization. Users in your organization who have not been invited to a meeting can no longer join unlocked meetings unless the new admin setting is enabled.
4. In our advanced options for scheduled meetings, the behavior behind the following co-host settings has changed to check the status of attendees before assigning the co-host role.
  1. The first person to join the meeting who has a host account on the site becomes the co-host.
  2. All participants who have host accounts on this site become co-hosts when they join the meeting.
Stage Manager at Webex Webinars

The presenter and co-host can now give their webinar a polished, professional look by adding a background image and logo to the stage, and customizing the speaker name tag with names and subtitles. You can set the background, logo, and name tags on the information page before the webinar starts, or for a last-minute review during the webinar. Attendees will only see the stage produced and adjusted if you sync the stage for everyone.

known issue:
- The produced stage is displayed to panelists and guests in the Webex Meetings app. The produced scenario cannot be displayed in the device, recording, or webcast view. These come in updates.
- If the panelist uses the telephone number provided by theapply by phoneFor direct dialing, the name and title that the host has set for them based on the email address will not be applied to the phone number.
This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

Add NDI video export support for meetings and webinars

Meeting and webinar hosts can now enable NDI® streaming technology for their meetings and webinars. NDI is used in many video production environments to transport video streams over the network between applications and hardware devices. After the host has enabled the use of NDI onmeeting setup>and Management>Allow NDI technology for my meetings and webinarsAny host or co-host can enable NDI mode in their meeting client. The meeting host must have live streaming and NDI permissions in user settings in site administration or inProgressiveConfiguration per user in Control Hub. Existing live streaming users are automatically granted access to the NDI stream.

Activating this special mode allows you to receive high-quality broadcasts for up to four selected participants, video from local cameras, active speakers, and all shared content. More participant outputs can be created using additional applications in NDI mode.

The NDI interface allows you to select the output with a stream preview, remove the output from an existing stream, or change the participant that is sent with a preview. All meeting participant audio is mixed into the participant and active speaker channels.

To learn more about NDI®, visithttp://ndi.tv

NDI is a registered trademark of NewTek, Inc.
Slido-Updates

Several Slido improvements are coming this month. See the Meeting Experience section for more information. See more product details below.https://community.sli.do/product-news-23.

Slido versions are not dependent on the Webex update cycle.

pre-meeting experience

Enhance meeting security with automatic admission

We are pleased to introduce Auto Admit, designed to make your life as a meeting organizer easier while increasing the security of your meeting.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

encounter experience

spoken italian language

If you have a paid Webex plan, you now get the Italian spoken language for free along with the existing English, French, German, and Spanish spoken languages. During the meeting, the host can select Italian as the spoken language for the meeting, which will appear in the subtitles and transcript.

Scale end-to-end encrypted meetings to 1,000 participants

You can now host up to 1,000 participants in end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) v2 Webex meetings.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Visual changes in the meeting preview window

We've updated the meeting preview window to make it easier to start meetings. The window has been resized to be smaller than the meeting window and cannot be expanded. This prevents users from thinking that the preview window is the actual meeting window. We have also added a new tooltip to encourage users to clickTo connectoTo startmeet.

New Final Control Button and keyboard shortcuts when using the remote

We make it easy to take back control when you give someone else control of your screen or app sharing. We add a newlast checkControl bar button at the top of the screen and a new keyboard shortcutSHIFT+ALT+R. You can still double-click the mouse to regain control.

stop sharingmisurrender control(to another user) are now inFurther(…) Menu.

Automatically toggle camera settings in Windows

Windows users can chooseSettings -> Video -> Camera -> Automatically select camerato enable or disable automatic camera switching when you connect a new external camera to your Windows computer.

By default, automatic camera switching is disabled (unchecked).

When users connect to the camera, they see a new camera notification.

It is now available at 42.9 for Mac users.

Webinar and webcast experience

Attendees can join via browser by default (online webinar)

Webinar attendees booked by online users can now join from their browsers by default. This eases the join process that previously required downloading, setting up, joining using the desktop app, and better online webinar support.

This feature is for online webinar users only.

This feature is not supported in Webex for Government.

Pre-assign attendees to breakout sessions

Hosts and co-hosts can now pre-assign attendees for breakout sessions from the webinar info page.

Hosts can manually import a CSV file containing attendee information with a pre-assigned session name column that attendees create and assign to their assigned BO sessions. You can also automatically assign approved participants to breakout sessions when registration is required.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

Stage Manager at Webex Webinars

The presenter and co-host can now give their webinar a polished, professional look by adding a background image and logo to the stage, and customizing the speaker name tag with names and subtitles.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

slide experience

Second search stream

We added a plus + button to continue adding multiple polls to your event from the Slido integration for more efficient event creation.

Required field in search

When creating a survey (in the Slido admin or any integration sidebar), you can tag all the questions as needed. Then it is visible in participant mode. You see an asterisk* at the end of the survey question and below the answer is an explanation of what the asterisk* means. If a user does not answer the required question, an error will be displayed.

Open text themes in Slidelabs

This feature enhances meetings by providing instant context to the moderator. Filter responses in the open text survey based on their topics. They are automatically generated for responses in English and appear in presentation mode. Recommended for meetings with many participants.

Webcast support for more than 10,000 users

Solid now supports webcast mode for 10,000 users or less. However, up to 5000 quiz participants are supported.

post meeting experience

Webex Meetings Retention Policy Changes

Webex is removing the option to retain post-meeting data (recording and transcripts) indefinitely.

This retention policy applies to meetings, webinars, training, and support.

Today, if the default retention policy is unlimited, the default retention period changes to 360 days, with the option to change it from 7 days to a maximum of 360 days.

For standard Webex customers, these changes will take effect in January 2023.

To prevent accidental interruption or deletion of old data, standard Webex customers can change the retention policy from unlimited in Control Hub to between seven days and 360 days.

Co-hosts can record, view and share cloud recordings and help anyone record

We are excited to announce that we will allow meeting co-hosts and participants to record a meeting in the cloud.

Webex Meetings para Android

End of life support for Android 6 and Android 7 starting January 1, 2023

Starting January 1, 2023, Webex Meetings will no longer be supported on Android 6 and Android 7.

Existing users of Webex Meetings on Android 6 and Android 7 will not receive new app updates. We recommend that your users update their devices to Android 8.

Existing users of Webex Meetings on Android 6 and Android 7 can continue to use their existing app.

New users of Android 6 and Android 7 cannot download or use the Webex Meetings app.

administrative experience

Admins can reassign a new host for scheduled meetings and webinars

If a meeting organizer leaves the company or moves to another group, the organizer is no longer valid for your scheduled meetings. Admins can assign a new host for scheduled meetings.

Admins can find the meeting using the original host's email address or meeting number and reassign a new host. The new host can manage the meetings. The direct benefit for clients is to maintain the original schedule with new hosts and avoid confusion among attendees.

In the first phase, this feature supports meetings and webinars scheduled from Webex meeting sites.

Meeting co-hosts and participants can make cloud-based recordings

For this feature, we will be adding two Control Hub switches. Webex administrators can choose to allow the meeting host, co-host, or meeting participants to record meetings in the cloud.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Flow updates for a user who joins a meeting and signs in or signs up for a Webex account using Google credentials

Due to a mandatory change by Google introduced with the 1/43 update. Starting January 1, the flow of users changed when they joined a Webex meeting and tried to register or sign in to their Webex account using their Google credentials. Today, registration or login is part of the app experience. However, starting with the 43.1 update, users are directed to the default system browser to complete the registration or login process before returning to the app to continue joining the meeting. The user will be informed in the application that a new browser tab will open where they must complete the registration or login process before they can join. Users who select Google as their social provider when registering or logging in will be affected. This change will carry over to Updates 42.6 (June) and 42.10 (October).

Custom dictionary - beta version

The custom dictionary feature in Control Hub allows administrators to specify custom non-vocabulary words that are not part of the default dictionary so that when these words are spoken in meetings, they can be more accurately transcribed in subtitles and transcription . Keywords can include terms such as acronyms and organizational jargon, technical terms, product names, and organization names. In this update, this dictionary is limited to 100 words and only supports the English language.

December 2022 (12.42)

In December 2022 (42.12)

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Update 42.12 contains important announcements that you may see in theAds for Cisco Webex Meetings Suite.

Highlights of this update

Hosts, co-hosts, and panelists to start private chats with attendees

Webinar hosts, co-hosts, and panelists can now start a private chat with participants from the chat panel or attendee list. Now you can proactively initiate communication with attendees without them needing to contact you first.

The feature is available for desktop apps and Android users on 42.12. iOS customers can see this feature in 43.1.
The sharing control bar can now be manually expanded and collapsed

When splitting the screen, the control bar sometimes interferes with the content, and the automatic opening and closing can be annoying. These changes allow you to drag the bar left and right on the screen to see the content behind it. It can also be opened manually for better menu control.
The query must be managed by host and cohost

Hosts and co-hosts can manage embedded polls (not Solid) during meetings and webinars.

Moderators cannot edit or manage the poll.

Hosts and co-hosts can edit surveys at the same time and receive notifications about who is editing the survey and who has already made changes to it. This makes asynchronous collaboration much easier.

This feature is not available in webcast view.
The host's closed captioning status is independent of the host's Webex Assistant status

When the host activates the Webex Assistant, it no longer automatically activates the host title field; Instead, the title field's on or off state is independent and follows the same behavior as participants. That is, for all users, including hosts and participants, the on or off state of the title field depends on what the user last selected. For example, if the user had closed captioning turned on in their last meeting, they'll remember that setting and stay turned on in their next meeting, and vice versa, regardless of their Webex Assistant status.
iOS Webex Meetings App UX Improvements (iPhone and iPad)

The Webex Meetings app for iPhone and iPad has been redesigned to give users a better experience.
- Styling update for interstitial page, More menu in meeting, plist, layout, layout options, and meeting chat.
- The chat, plist, and app meeting modal appears as the side panel of the Webex Meetings iPad app.
- The center of the screen has been moved to the lower left corner.
- The speech bubble only appears when the speaker is not on the screen.
- Added the Virtual Background option in the More menu in meetings.
- The meeting audio icon (headphones, speakerphone, and Bluetooth) has been moved to the lower call controls.
- Registered users can share the PMR link in iMessage.

encounter experience

Seasonal Emoji Reactions - Windows and Mac

To add some holiday cheer, we're giving reactions a seasonal overhaul. You'll see these changes for all reactions on Windows and Mac from December 7 to December 30. (On mobile, reactions use Android or iOS emoji, so we won't update these reactions.) If you prefer to disable this option, please contact feature-feedback@cisco.com before December 10.

This is only available with the December release builds.

The sharing control bar can now be manually expanded and collapsed(meetings and webinars)

When splitting the screen, the control bar sometimes interferes with the content, and the automatic opening and closing can be annoying.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

The host's closed captioning status is independent of the host's Webex Assistant status

When the host activates the Webex Assistant, it no longer automatically activates the host title field; Instead, the title field's on or off state is independent and follows the same behavior as participants.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

The query must be managed by host and cohost

Hosts and co-hosts can manage embedded polls (not Solid) during meetings and webinars.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Easily control how your own view is displayed

In this update, we're giving you even more control over where and when you want to see your own video in meetings, webinars, and webcasts. You can still choose to display your own view with others or to display your own view in a floating window. But now you can hide your own view completely or just hide it when the video is off.

Webinar and webcast experience

New webcast viewing experience

In case you missed the update that came in 42.11.5, the host can set a custom logo from the planning stage, which was not possible before. The host and their participants are impressed by the refined appearance of Slido's surveys and Q&A and the variety of survey questions. Streaming quality can be up to 1080p. In the previous version, the participant's view could not be maximized, but in this update, participants can maximize their web browser space to view the webcast.

Regarding the restrictions, the host can see the total number of participants, but still can't see the individual participants in the list, this is being worked on. There is also no emoji in the chat or the ability to customize the font.

Schedule a webinar within a series

Series owners can now schedule a new webinar within their series.

if you chooseSchedule a new webinar, the series owner accesses the booking page and goes through the process of booking a webinar. However, in this flow, the webinar series is pre-populated with the name of the series in which the webinar will be created.

Manage registrations for the webinar series

Webinar series owners and contributors can now manage registration for individual webinars in their series from the series information page. You can see how many people signed up for each webinar, including the number of pending, approved, and rejected registrations. They can also quickly respond to registrations on the Series Information page by clicking the linked Pending, Approved, or Rejected numbers next to the webinar name, which will take them to the webinar registration page.

Webinar-Update

Webinar users will now see a new component on the webinar schedule page that contains links to a webinar quick start guide and other help documents. This helps new webinar users to schedule a webinar and educate them on all that webinars have to offer to enhance their experience before, after, and during the webinar.

Hosts, co-hosts, and panelists to start private chats with attendees

Webinar hosts, co-hosts, and panelists can now start a private chat with participants from the chat panel or attendee list.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

slide experience

Animated Wordcloud Voting

Present and Participant modes now display an animated layout of word cloud research posts.

emoji rating search

Now you can choose your preference of stars or emojis to rank the surveys. You can find this setting inadditional researchideas

Multiple rooms supported

The ability to change rooms in your Slido event is now supported with the Webex integration.

View Webex Suggestions

We've added a hint screen for multiple-choice quizzes and surveys so you know the exact number of participants who are still entering their answers. Webex and site administrators have this role.

Webex Meetings para iOS y Android

Option to hide profile picture in grid layout when own video is off

Mobile users can now show or hide profile picture self view in grid layout when self video is disabled.

When auto video is turned off, your self view profile picture will default to the grid layout.
When turning on theto hideto seeToggle during the meeting, your profile will not appear in the grid view if the video is turned off. Only participants are displayed in the grid layout.

This option can be used by accessing...,more options -> settingsduring the meeting.

Webex Meetings para iOS

iOS Webex Meetings App UX Improvements (iPhone and iPad)

The Webex Meetings app for iPhone and iPad has been redesigned to give users a better experience.

Styling update for interstitial page, More menu in meeting, plist, layout, layout options, and meeting chat.
The chat, plist, and app meeting modal appears as the side panel of the Webex Meetings iPad app.
The center of the screen has been moved to the lower left corner.
The speech bubble only appears when the speaker is not on the screen.
Added the Virtual Background option in the More menu in meetings.
The meeting audio icon (headphones, speakerphone, and Bluetooth) has been moved to the lower call controls.
Registered users can share the PMR link in iMessage.

Starting December 1, 2022, Webex Meetings will no longer be supported on iOS 11 and iOS 12

Existing users of Webex Meetings on iOS 11 and iOS 12 will not receive new app updates. It is recommended that your users update their devices to iOS 13 to continue receiving new app updates.
Existing users of Webex Meetings on iOS 11 and iOS 12 can continue to use their existing app.
New users of iOS 11 and iOS 12 cannot download or use the Webex Meetings app.

Hosts, co-hosts, and panelists to start private chats with attendees

Webinar hosts, co-hosts, and panelists can now start a private chat with participants from the chat panel or attendee list. This allows them to proactively initiate communication with attendees without the attendees needing to contact them first.

administrative experience

Restrict meeting experiences using registry keys on your corporate devices

IT admins can restrict their corporate devices to adhere to specific meeting experiences based on their corporate policies. This can be done by pressing a registration key on all company devices. For more information, seeCollaboration Restrictions for Webex Meetings in Control Hub.

When a user signs in today, they follow company policies, regardless of the device they use to join the meeting. This behavior changes with the installation of the registry key. If the restricted computer or device has a registry key, the experience will have the more restrictive policy going forward. For example, the device or computer restricts file transfers, but the user's policy allows this feature, if the user joins meetings with this restricted device, they will no longer be able to do file transfers in that meeting.

Update sites with external users for Control Hub administration

You can now upgrade site administration from Site Administration to Control Hub for sites that have users in other organizations.

Previously, site users belonging to organizations outside of Control Hub had to be deactivated before a site could be upgraded to managed Control Hub.

This does not apply to users with thenew basic license- This license is not available on Control Hub sites for external users. External users with a basic license must be deactivated or upgraded to a full license before upgrading the site from Site Administration to Control Hub.

For more information, seeUpgrade Webex Meetings Site Administration from Site Administration to Control Hub.

November 2022 (11.42.5)

Available November 2022 (42.11.5)

New Webcast Viewing Experience in Webex Webinars

We're excited to announce the new webcast viewing experience, launching in November.

Hosts can set a custom logo at the scheduling step. The host and their participants are impressed by the refined appearance of Slido's surveys and Q&A and the variety of survey questions. In the previous update, participants' view could not be maximized, but in this update, participants can maximize their web browser space to view the webcast.

Regarding restrictions, hosts can see the total number of participants, but not individual participants in the list yet. Also, the chat lacks emojis or the ability to customize the font.

November 2022 (42.11)

In November 2022 (42.11)

adverts

Update 42.11 contains important announcements that you may see in theAds for Cisco Webex Meetings Suite.

Highlights of this update

New Webex Whiteboard

This feature is still available under a beta tag. The new Webex whiteboard is an infinite canvas where you can collaborate with all meeting participants, whether they're using the Webex Meetings app, Webex app, or Webex devices.

There are some new tools added to the new whiteboard:
- Text- It is much easier to enter text than to type with the mouse.
- to form- There are some inner shapes that you can discover by clickingto formTool.
- tie selection- When choosing theSetaYou can link objects on the screen and move, delete, bring to the front, or send to the back.

Edit the meeting display name

You can now edit your display name in the meeting. This makes it easy to use a preferred name or control how you want others to see your name.

As a meeting attendee or webinar speaker, simply right-click and select your name in the attendee panel.edit display nameto edit your name for this meeting. Hosts and co-hosts can edit the display name of any meeting participant or webinar panel member in the meeting or webinar.

The meeting recording and usage report always shows theLast editionthe name of a user.

For customers who prefer to block the ability to edit display names, the administrator can turn it off.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.
Enable Default Change Notification to ON for Webex Assistant Administration Site Settings

OEnable Webex AssistantThe setting is enabled by default in November, unless an administrator has already manually set it to Disabled. In November, this change applies to all customers, including slow and fast channel customers.

This setting only makes the Webex assistantaccessiblein meetings, but it doesn't turn it on automatically. Whether or not Webex Assistant is enabled in meetings is up to the host's choice.

Administrators can also control the availability of the Webex Assistant for individual users and groups by usingconfiguration templates.

If a customer prefers that Webex Assistant not be available to all users, they can ensure that theEnable Webex AssistantThe setting is disabled by the following steps:

If the setting is currently OFF:
1. Turn on settings.
2. Save on the page.
3. Turn off settings.
4. Save on the page.
If the setting is currently enabled:
1. Turn off settings.
2. Save on the page.
For more information on how to enable or disable this setting, seeEnable the Webex Meeting Assistant in Control Hub.
Woerterbuch persoenliches

The custom dictionary feature in Control Hub allows administrators to specify custom words that are not part of the default dictionary, so when these words are spoken in meetings, they can be more accurately transcribed in closed captions and transcription. Keywords include acronyms and organizational jargon, industry terms, product names, organization names, and personal names. In this update, this dictionary is limited to 100 words and only supports the English language.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.
Webex Scheduler to Support Webinar for Microsoft 365 Cloud Customers

You can now schedule a Webex Scheduler webinar for Microsoft 365 cloud users. Outlook invites are sent to panelists. In the meantime, the organizers will receive another email that will be forwarded to other participants. Hosts can further edit a webinar from the home page and materials on the Webex site.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

pre-meeting experience

New lobby controls for Personal Room meetings

New Personal Room meeting room controls recategorize guest users and separate them into two groups with separate room controls.

These two new user groups are:

unverified users: Users who are not logged in and whose identity cannot be verified.
Verified External Users: Users who are logged in but belong to a different organization than the one hosting the meeting.

Each of these user groups has separate and independent lobby controls:

You can join the meeting.
They wait in the lobby until the host lets them in.
You cannot join the meeting.

By distinguishing between unconfirmed and verified external users, administrators can improve meeting security by applying stricter access controls to unconfirmed users. For example, unverified users cannot join the meeting while verified external users are placed in the lobby, or unverified users are placed in the lobby while verified external users can join the meeting directly .

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

Microsoft Edge WebView2 (Windows)

In this update, the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime is automatically installed with the latest version of Webex Meetings and Webinars if it isn't already installed. This ensures that WebView2 is always running with the latest updates.

For VDI environments, Webex users are prompted to install WebView2 each time they log in. To avoid this, we recommend that IT administrators implement WebView2 in their VDI environments.

Webex Scheduler supports preferred website for login

Webex Scheduler uses the default Webex site when scheduling a meeting. You can change the default Webex site in the Webex app settings. Administrators can bulk change the default Webex site for users through a CSV export of the user and import it into Control Hub.

Notification about changing the default value to On for Webex Assistant Administration Site Settings.

OEnable Webex AssistantThe setting is enabled by default in November, unless an administrator has already manually set it to Disabled. This change will apply to all customers in November, including slow and fast channel customers.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

encounter experience

New Webex Whiteboard

This feature is still available under a beta tag. The new Webex whiteboard is an infinite canvas where you can collaborate with all meeting participants, whether they're using the Webex Meetings app, Webex app, or Webex devices.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Edit the meeting display name

You can now edit your display name in the meeting. This makes it easy to use a preferred name or control how you want others to see your name.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Notification about changing the default value to On for Webex Assistant Administration Site Settings.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Webinar and webcast experience

Change the attendee status to Pending on the Manage Webinar Registration page.

now you seeChange status to pendingButton on the Manage Webinar Registration page that allows you to change an attendee's registration status from approved or rejected to pending.

Attendees marked as pending are listed on the Pending tab of the Manage Registration page.

If an approved attendee's status changes to pending, the attendee will receive an email notifying them that their webinar invitation has been cancelled. This email will not be sent to participants whose application status has changed from 'Rejected' to 'Pending'.

Webex Scheduler to Support Webinars for Microsoft 365 Cloud Customers

You can now schedule a Webex Scheduler webinar for Microsoft 365 cloud users.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

slide experience

Attendees can now withdraw their responses to questions.

You can withdraw the answer nowwith the symbol > Up.The feature works similarly to question retraction and therefore retracted submissions are anonymized.

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Create a new modal in Solido admin

Along with the new design, you may notice that we've removed thoseevent codemiinvite employeesinput fields are still available inevent settings. We believe this makes it easier and faster for new users to get started, while minimally disrupting the workflow for experienced users.

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Display of advice in administration

To make sure you don't miss anyone's responses before moving on to the next poll or question, while moderating in the Slido admin, you can now see how many people are still posting.

Switch applications and PPT for US data center organizations

Until a few weeks ago it wasPowerPoint integrationmiswitcher appwere not available to organizations hosting your Slido datain US data centers. You can read the articles linked above to learn more about these integrations and how they can help you get the most out of your meeting experience.

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What's new in the latest channel for Webex Meetings (36)

What's new in the latest channel for Webex Meetings (37)

Ability to change settings when survey is active

As a user, you can also change the settings when the search is active.

Accessibility Improvements for Slido Webex Sidebar

The improvements are:

Focus: Slido now manages keyboard focus more efficiently, allowing users to easily navigate the UI.
Screen Reader Ads: Slido correctly announces various elements in the UI and helps users understand what content is being presented.
Quiz improvements: Timed questions are now announced so users know when a question is closed.

post meeting experience

Host notification for writes that expire based on retention policy

Webex users receive an email notification when they have recordings that are about to expire. can you see onewill expire soonTag next to your recordings in the Recordings tab on the Webex site.

These notifications are scheduled weekly or monthly, depending on the retention period defined by the administrator. These notifications are controlled by the existing email notification toggle in Settings.

administrative experience

Restrict meeting experiences using registry keys on your corporate devices

This feature is available in the 42.11 update, but was added after the first November 2022 (42.11) features were released.

IT admins can restrict their corporate devices to adhere to specific meeting experiences based on their corporate policies. This can be done by pressing a registry key on all corporate devices. More information about the configuration:Collaboration Restrictions for Webex Meetings in Control Hub

When a user signs in today, they follow company policies, regardless of the device they use to join the meeting. This behavior changes with the installation of the registry key for this update. In the future, if the restricted computer or device has a registry key, the experience will be the most restrictive policy. For example, devices or machines restrict file transfers, but user policy allows this feature; if the user joins meetings with that restricted device, the user will no longer be able to perform file transfers in that meeting. We will go with the more restrictive policy.

Forced Authentication Before Joining Webex Meetings

In this update, IT administrators can now lock down the corporate device so that only authenticated corporate users can join meetings using that device. This feature is enabled in Control Hub.

This feature applies when you use a corporate device to join meetings that are held within your organization or attend external meetings (meetings that are held outside of your organization). This function uses registry keys and tokens that are entered. For more information about tokens and registry keys, see Sharing Restrictions forWebex Meetings without a Control Center.

Though without a registry keyauthenticated loginis turned on, this applies to anyone trying to join meetings with a claimed email address.

Ability for IT administrators to control the secondary camera experience for meeting users

IT admins can now decide whether or not their users should have the secondary camera feature in their meetings. Administrators can apply these settings to a specific user, to a group of users, to the entire organization using the Control Hub configuration template, or to the entire organization using organization-wide settings in Control Hub. Administrators can also choose which meetings (internal or external) these settings apply to using the options available to them in the settings templates.

The end user will receive a notification from the app when this secondary camera feature is disabled for use by IT administrators.

Trusted domains for Personal Room meetings and internal-only Personal Room meetings

This feature provides more granular control over internal Webex meetings.

Previously, this Control Hub feature allowed an administrator to hold all scheduled meetings and Personal Room meetings:

Accessible to all external users
Only accessible to users of approved email domains
Accessible only to internal users

This function can be applied to:

All users in the organization
A group of users in the organization (using templates and user groups)
A person in the organization

With this new feature, the above controls can only be applied to Personal Room meetings, allowing you to:

Scheduled meetings and Personal Room meetings are accessible to all external users.
Personal Room meetings are only accessible to users of approved email domains, scheduled meetings are accessible to all external users.
Personal Room meetings are only accessible to internal users, scheduled meetings are accessible to any external user.

This Personal Room Meetings Only filter can be applied to all users in the organization, a group of users, or an individual user.

Woerterbuch persoenliches

The custom dictionary feature in Control Hub allows administrators to specify custom words that are not part of the default dictionary, so when these words are spoken in meetings, they can be more accurately transcribed in closed captions and transcription.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

October 2022 (10.42)

Available from October 2022 (42.10)

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Highlights of this update

Enhanced meeting security with auto join

We are pleased to introduce Auto Admit, designed to make your life as a meeting organizer easier while increasing the security of your meeting.

This new default behavior allows attendees who are connected to Webex to join a scheduled meeting directly without having to wait in the lobby. Stop letting people into the lobby when they should be in the meeting anyway.

No passwords or PIN numbers are required. Even Webex Room systems that you add to your meeting invitation can join the meeting directly.

Remind your guests to sign in to Webex to take advantage of this amazing new user experience enhancement.

Users who aren't signed in to Webex and those who aren't on the invite will continue to wait in the lobby until you or a co-host allow it.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.
New Webex Whiteboard (Beta)

In case you missed the update that arrived in 42.9, the new Webex Whiteboard is an infinite canvas where you can collaborate with everyone in your meeting, whether they're using the Webex Meetings app, Webex app, or Webex devices.

There are many useful tools like pens, shapes, sticky notes, and pictures. When collaborating with others, you can see how your profile pictures move along with your pen strokes.

To start a new whiteboard, click the "..." menu button and clickStart a new whiteboard. Or when other participants start a whiteboard session, you can automatically join that session.

This feature is on a separate release schedule. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.
Share mobile camera view as content

Introducing an industry first way to share the camera view of your mobile device or iOS and Android users. During a Webex meeting, mobile app users can start sharing their mobile camera view with all meeting participants. Meeting participants can view shared mobile camera content in full screen on their computers, devices, and phones.

To use this feature, selectTo startoTo connectthen a meeting… further>share content>CameraSymbol.

Mobile Camera Sharing Features:
- When sharing the mobile camera, zoom in or out and participants will see the updated view.
- Annotate content with shared mobile cameras.
- User can share front camera or rear camera.
- If you have self video enabled in your Meetings mobile app, it will be disabled when you share the mobile camera as content.
Support M2 chipset not Mac

Webex Meetings is now fully supported on Mac operating systems with the M2 chipset.
Lobby-Gong in Meetings

To help hosts and co-hosts manage meeting attendees, we've added sound notifications when someone enters the lobby. In addition to the current visual notification, hosts and co-hosts can now enable an audio notification. You can find this option inmeeting setup->notifications. People can choose the sound they hear. Audio is only audible to hosts or co-hosts. If multiple people enter the lobby at the same time, only one sound will be played. After 10 seconds, the sound will play again when a new person enters the lobby.

pre-meeting experience

Enhanced meeting security with auto join

We are pleased to introduce Auto Admit, designed to make your life as a meeting organizer easier while increasing the security of your meeting.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Hosts can give their admins access to meeting reports

This feature allows you to schedule delegates, typically senior administrators, to access meeting content, including recordings, transcripts, highlights, and attendance reports. This removes the burden of executives downloading this information and manually submitting it to their managers for further analysis or processing.

At the end of the meeting, the delegate, as well as the organizer, will receive an email with a link to the page where the meeting content is available. The delegate can also sign in on the Webex site page, select thiscalendaroption in the menu on the left, go toaccomplishedtouch and selectwhere i am delegatein the drop down menu. The delegate can view and access the full list and meeting content by clicking on any of the meetings.

Only a user marked as a delegate can access the meeting content at the end of the meeting. Additionally, a Webex user can assign whether or not a delegate has access to meeting content.

Support M2 chipset not Mac

Webex Meetings is now fully supported on Mac operating systems with the M2 chipset.

encounter experience

New Webex Whiteboard (Beta)

The new Webex whiteboard is an infinite canvas where you can collaborate with all meeting participants, whether they're using the Webex Meetings app, Webex app, or Webex devices.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

Simultandolmetschen Original (Piso) Audio Pass-Through

When interpreters are not speaking on a language channel, participants who subscribe to that channel automatically hear the 100% original (earth) audio. After an interpreter speaks on the channel, the user hears the volume balance of an interpreter or the original audio depending on the setting (by default, it is 80% interpreter, 20% original audio, but the user can change it according to your preferences). This feature does not change the user interface.

SSO support for embedded third-party apps

When you select an app from the App Gallery, you can view app information along with descriptions, screenshots, and videos that app developers have provided for their apps. you can also choosedo not show this page againif you do not want to display the application information.

Lobby-Gong in Meetings

To help hosts and co-hosts manage meeting attendees, we've added sound notifications when a user enters the lobby.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

self image

Fixed an issue where the grid or filmstrip self-view would be removed when the video was turned off.

PWA for Chrome OS: Meeting Calendar

You can now access your upcoming meetings directly from the Meetings Progressive Web App (PWA) for Chrome OS. Browse meetings by date and click to view meeting details. When is the time to enter?To connectThe button is displayed automatically.

webinar experience

Email template improvement

In this update, the webinar supports three new email templates:

Emails for invitation to webinars for speakers
Cancellation emails for panelists who were removed from the webinar
Follow-up emails for people who signed up for the webinar but did not attend

Certain email templates are optional and hosts can choose to send them.

There is also improved support for variables in email templates, making it easier for the host to customize.

Support to customize logos for all email templates.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

slide experience

Drag and Drop Surveys in Webex

now you candrag and dropSurveys and change their order directly from the Webex sidebar.

Multiple open text responses by default

Have you ever searched for admins to allow multiple responses in open text surveys? Not only you, but we also hear this as feedback from our users and experience it ourselves.

More than 50% of the open text surveys we use have multiple responses enabled in the survey settings. This means that our users had to make an additional click in more than 50% of open text searches.

Going forward, all apps will have this query setting, which is enabled by default.

Typing marker in a search and search ranking

You can now see a gauge showing the number of participants who responded.

post meeting experience

Report of attendees to the group session

The breakout session attendance report is added to the meeting attendee report. This includes breakout session names and attendee check-in and check-out times.

This feature is available in a delayed release cycle. Checkstatus.webex.com/maintenanceto see when it's available on your site.

Attendance report can now be ordered on the web (Apple)

Previously, this report was static and could not be sorted. Now you can sort by last name directly in the browser without having to download it.

Webex Meetings para Android e iOS

Share mobile camera view as content

Introducing an industry first way to share the camera view of your mobile device or iOS and Android users.

For more information, see Highlights of this update.

Webex Meetings para iOS

Webex Meetings to support Apple Continuity Camera

Apple Continuity Camera lets you replace your Mac's built-in webcam with your iPhone's camera. You can use the wide-angle rear camera on an iPhone to support capturing high-quality photos and videos in Webex Meetings. It also enables the Mac Desk View app, which works as a top camera setup to view the desktop area in front of your Mac without any additional equipment.

Requirements for the Apple Pass Camera feature:

Requires iOS 16 Beta (or higher) and macOS Ventura Beta (or higher).
Both your Mac and iPhone have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled.
Mac and iPhone sign in with the same Apple ID and use 2FA.

administrative experience

New look to manage site administration

We're changing the look of the meeting site admin pages in Control Hub. We make your experience managing your website consistent with managing other services in Control Hub.

The current site administration pages use iframes to get the site administration settings from Webex Site Administration to Control Hub. This UI update removes iframes and ports from most site administration settings on Control Hub pages. Meanwhile, all administrative activities are monitored in the Control Hub audit log. We offer customers the option to revert to the old site admin tool during this time, and the admin can also switch to a new site admin. (At this stage, we have completed the relevant functionality related to Webex Meetings and Webinar Meetings.) For more information, seeNew look for site administration.

Update Automatic SSO Account Creation in Website Conversion Tool

Site administration sites with automatic account creation can now be updated fromSite-Administration zu Control Hub.

Administrators mustset up your Control Hub ORG with automatic account creation and automatic license templatesbefore upgrading your site to Control Hub to avoid loss of functionality.

Possibility to disable broadcast messages.

Administrators can disable broadcast messages by using Control Hub templates for meetings and webinars. Controls to disable this feature are available at the user, group, or organization level.

If the administrator has disabled this for the user, the user will not be able to receive broadcast messages as a participant in a webinar or meeting. A user with broadcast messages disabled will not be able to use this feature in the meeting and will receive an appropriate client message. If the user is a host, the entire meeting cannot send messages.