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Refer to the tables below to learn when a feature first became available. For details on these features, including specific support or availability information, see the What’s New articles below, which will always include the most complete and up-to-date information:
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Features for the Webex Meetings desktop app
Feature | Update |
---|---|
End of support for Internet Explorer 11 | 42.1 |
End of support for Windows 7.x and Windows 8.x operating systems | 42.1 |
Webex meetings to support Windows 64-Bit | 42.1 |
Improved Personal Room security | 42.1 |
Closed captions selection (on or off) automatically remembered | 42.1 |
Host or cohost can easily identify users to admit or remove in the secure lobby | 42.1 |
New keyboard shortcuts for smart audio, chat, closed captions, Mac right-click menu | 42.1 |
Keyboard shortcut changes (CTRL+Shift+K) | 42.1 |
Hide duplicated tooltips | 42.1 |
Webex recordings quick Forward and Rewind buttons | 42.1 |
Webex Assistant New Logo | 42.1 |
New virtual backgrounds, both static and animated | 42.2 |
New location for opened embedded apps | 42.2 |
Google Workspace add-on user interface improvements | 42.2 |
Real-time transcription for 13 spoken languages | 42.2 |
Raise hand button has moved to control bar | 42.2 |
Automatically hide self-view when video is off | 42.2 |
Anonymize meeting attendee display names (beta – enabled by request) | 42.2 |
*.PDF is the default file format when the shared file content is saved in meetings | 42.2 |
Speaker labeling and closed captions feed update | 42.3 |
Introducing people focus (Beta) | 42.3 |
Increased High Frame Rate Content Sharing Resolution to 1080p (from 720p) | 42.3 |
Webex Scheduler add-in schedule-on-behalf enhancements | 42.3 |
New name label style for meetings | 42.3 |
Simultaneous interpretation volume balance adjustment | 42.3 |
Increased High Frame Rate Content Sharing Resolution to 1080p (from 720p) | 42.3 |
Health status indicator update for Mac and Windows | 42.3 |
Make Share button clickable when anyone can share is disabled | 42.3 |
Improved toolbar for shared content | 42.4 |
Ability to share application windows instead of the whole desktop | 42.4 |
New option for high fidelity content sharing | 42.4 |
A new Share tab added to Meeting Settings | 42.4 |
Update your meeting app before you join the meeting | 42.5 |
French, German, and Spanish spoken language transcription available in closed captions | 42.5 |
Introducing People Focus (Beta) | 42.5 |
Resize the closed captions box | 42.5 |
Introducing the Webex Meetings for Chrome PWA | 42.5 |
Improved Registration page | 42.5 |
Entry and exit beep changes | 42.5 |
Fullband audio support in Music Mode on by default for Mac and Windows | 42.5 |
Breakout support for audio-only users | 42.5 |
Full HD (1080p) content sharing for motion and video | 42.5 |
Keyboard shortcut change: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X to hide participant video (Windows) | 42.5 |
Outlook add-in user experience improvements for on-premises exchange environments | 42.5 |
Final release of Productivity Tools | 42.6 |
Update to the error message during meeting start or join | 42.6 |
Add Webex to a single meeting in an existing recurring meeting using Google add-on | 42.6 |
Single Sign On (SSO) for Webex Scheduler Outlook add-in | 42.6 |
Allow Embedded Apps to be opened in stage view | 42.6 |
Grid view support for up to 81 videos | 42.6 |
Use external USB camera or built-in camera to share content | 42.6 |
Share content window can be re sized | 42.6 |
Audio & Video statistics moved into Meeting settings | 42.7 |
Share, Mute, and Unmute in Webex Meetings directly from your task bar in Windows 11 | 42.7 |
Webex now supports right-to-left languages, including Hebrew and Arabic | 42.7 |
Improve Embedded App Discovery | 42.7 |
New keyboard shortcut to select multiple apps to share | 42.7 |
ingle Sign On (SSO) for Webex Scheduler Outlook add-in | 42.8 |
Webex Scheduler for Outlook (Add-in) when using on-premises Exchange, automatically updates meetings | 42.8 |
Streaming and recordings layout can be adjusted in-meeting and follows the stage layout | 42.8 |
Shortcuts for Simultaneous interpretation | 42.8 |
Enhanced experience when sharing a camera as content | 42.8 |
Other language option for Simultaneous Interpretation | 42.8 |
Removal of Verify Rich Media Player from the Help menu | 42.8 |
Select and download multiple recordings | 42.8 |
Support for MacOS 13 (Beta Version) | 42.9 |
New Webex whiteboard (Beta) | 42.9 |
Change default to not allow cohosts to end meeting | 42.9 |
Reorder participants on the stage | 42.9 |
Chapters in the recording video | 42.9 |
Enhanced meeting security with Auto Admit | 42.10 |
Host can grant access to the meeting reports to their administrators | 42.10 |
Support M2 chipset on Mac | 42.10 |
New Webex whiteboard (Beta) | 42.10 |
Simultaneous interpretation original (floor) audio pass through | 42.10 |
Embedded apps third-party SSO support | 42.10 |
Lobby chime in Meetings | 42.10 |
Self-view | 42.10 |
Breakout session attendee report | 42.10 |
Attendance report now sortable on web (Apple) | 42.10 |
New lobby controls for Personal Room meetings | 42.11 |
Microsoft Edge WebView2 (Windows) | 42.11 |
Webex Scheduler support preferred site to login | 42.11 |
Notice of default value change to On for the Enable Webex Assistant administrator site setting | 42.11 |
New Webex whiteboard | 42.11 |
Edit in-meeting display name | 42.11 |
Notice of default value change to On for the Enable Webex Assistant administrator site setting | 42.11 |
Host notification for recordings reaching expiry based on retention policy | 42.11 |
Features for Webex Webinars
Feature | Update |
---|---|
New name for Webex Events (new) | 42.1 |
Slido to support 10,000 Webex Webinars | 42.1 |
Customize email template and setup reminders | 42.1 |
Webinar materials support | 42.2 |
Polling support in webinar | 42.2 |
Allow host and cohost to change registration form | 42.2 |
Maximum number of webinar registrants and attendees | 42.2 |
Polling in webinar | 42.2 |
1080p view only webinar and live streaming | 42.2 |
Enable Sync my Stage for everyone | 42.2 |
End webcast after all content is displayed | 42.2 |
Q&A, chat, and polling report for webinars | 42.3 |
Webinars to support breakout sessions | 42.3 |
Redirect attendee to a URL address after a meeting or webinar | 42.4 |
Support email reminder for up to 100,000 licenses | 42.5 |
Support email reminder for up to 100,000 licenses | 42.5 |
Display an image to attendees while conducting a practice session | 42.5 |
Support webinar series | 42.6 |
Attendees can hear music during a practice session in a Webinar | 42.7 |
Practice session - add text message in a Webinar | 42.7 |
Webinar attendance report includes email address | 42.7 |
Attendee doesn't need to re-enter email or registration ID before joining a webinar | 42.8 |
Webinar registration page updates after registration | 42.8 |
Webinar template scope improvement | 42.8 |
Webinar promotion in classic event | 42.8 |
Post webinar survey | 42.8 |
Track where your webinar attendees are coming from | 42.9 |
Shared content in stage view is now larger | 42.9 |
Simultaneous Interpretation: enable or disable interpretation ad-hoc and set a default language for scheduled meetings, webinars, and Personal Room meetings | 42.9 |
Email template improvement | 42.10 |
Change attendee status to pending in the Manage Webinar Registration page | 42.11 |
Webex Scheduler to support webinars for Microsoft 365 Cloud Customers | 42.11 |
Features for Webex Meetings and Webex Webinars
Feature | Update | ||
---|---|---|---|
Rename Meetings to Calendar | 42.1 | ||
Align simultaneous interpretation in webinar with Webex Meeting | 42.1 | ||
Shared Timer app for Webex Meetings and Webex Webinars
| 42.2 | ||
Registration form compliances with privacy law | 42.3 | ||
Optimize your meetings, webinars, and events for all voices | 42.3 | ||
Redirect attendee to a URL address after a meeting or webinar | 42.4 | ||
New and improved scheduler for Meetings and Webinars | 42.5 | ||
Features for Slido
Feature | Update |
---|---|
Filter for Slido events in Webex panel | 42.2 |
Cohosts and panelists can request access to co-administer Slido directly from the Webex sidebar | 42.2 |
No more inappropriate emojis in Q&A and Word-cloud | 42.2 |
Slido in Webex has a new look | 42.3 |
Survey results visible in the Slido participant mode | 42.3 |
Question topics | 42.3 |
Poll templates library | 42.3 |
New polling experience in Slido administrator sidebar | 42.3 |
Enhanced participant privacy settings | 42.3 |
New Slido administrator sidebar in Webex | 41.4 |
Slido accessibility improvements | 41.4 |
Slido open-text polls | 41.4 |
Better attendee experience with images in Slido polls | 41.5 |
Slido rating poll improvements | 41.5 |
Slido collaboration functionality | 41.5 |
Redesigned quiz in Webex sidebar as default experience | 41.6 |
Someone is typing indication in Slido Polls | 41.6 |
Participant Privacy in Slido | 41.6 |
Anyone can launch Slido in Webex Meetings | 41.7 |
Slido is available on Webex Devices | 41.8 |
Zoom in and out of Presenter mode | 42.9 |
Open text – topics or clusters | 42.9 |
New settings available in Webex Sidebar | 42.9 |
Open text - display name | 42.9 |
Drag and drop polls in Webex | 42.10 |
Multiple answers in open text by default | 42.10 |
Typing indicator in a survey and ranking poll | 42.10 |
Participants are now able to withdraw their replies to questions | 42.11 |
Create a new modal from Slido administration | 42.11 |
Typing indicator in administration | 42.11 |
PPT and Switcher applications for organizations in US data centers | 42.11 |
Ability to change settings when poll is live | 42.11 |
Accessibility Improvements for Slido Webex Sidebar | 42.11 |
Features for Devices
Feature | Update |
---|---|
4K Content share support for on-premises registered video devices | 42.2 |
New name label style for meetings and devices | 42.4 |
Remotely control interpretation on device (Windows) | 42.5 |
Immersive share on video devices | 42.7 |
Remotely control interpretation on device (Mac) | 42.7 |
Hide non-video users on video devices | 42.8 |
Change the paired device meeting layout from Webex app | 42.8 |
Breakout sessions in Webex Meetings and Webex Webinars extended to support on-premises registered devices | 42.8 |
Mute the paired device video from Webex Meetings | 42.9 |
| 42.9 |
| 42.9 |
| 42.9 |
Features for Media
Feature | Update |
---|---|
Webex media backup port changes | 42.1 |
Dedicated network origination port ranges | 42.3 |
Dedicated network origination port ranges | 42.7 |
Features for Webex Web app
Feature | Update |
---|---|
Web App: Pop-out panels from the meeting window | 42.1 |
Web app: Remove Background Noise | 42.1 |
Web app: Annotation support | 42.2 |
Web App: Send 1080p Video in the Chrome, Firefox, and Edge Browsers | 42.4 |
Web App: receive 4K shared content | 42.5 |
Web App and PWA for Chrome OS: background noise removal now available in Firefox, Chrome 97+, and Edge 97+ | 42.7 |
Web App PWA for Chrome: share 4K content | 42.7 |
Web App PWA for Chrome OS: improved media quality when TCP/UDP is blocked | 42.7 |
Features for Webex Meetings VDI
Feature | Update |
---|---|
Webex Meetings VDI supports audio background noise reduction on Windows thin client | 42.1 |
Meetings VDI to extend max video ports from 3x3 to 5x5 in grid view | 42.2 |
Quarterly release and N-7 support of VDI plugin | 42.7 |
Video Blur, Background support on Webex Meetings VDI for Dell ThinOS VDI plugin with Intel GPU | 42.8 |
Features for Site Administration
Feature | Update | ||
---|---|---|---|
Block all remote-control features for users when joining external meetings | 42.1 | ||
Administrators can manage images used in virtual background | 42.1 | ||
Administrators can export E.164 format phone numbers from bulk of attributes management | 42.1 | ||
Video Mesh Cloud Cascade port changes | 42.1 | ||
Administrators can choose to allow users to change their profile in the mobile app | 42.2 | ||
Administrator controls for video device layouts | 42.2 | ||
Collaboration restrictions for your company users from Control Hub settings templates
| 42.3 | ||
Forced authentication before joining Webex Meetings
| 42.3 | ||
Webex Meetings compliance policies for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
| 42.3 | ||
Email notification to users when their meeting recordings are deleted or reassigned | 42.3 | ||
Audit more administrative activities in Control Hub audit log | 42.3 | ||
Redirect attendee to a URL address after a meeting or webinar | 42.4 | ||
Collaboration restrictions for your company users joining meetings from a Chrome browser | 42.4 | ||
The administrator can search and delete the obsolete meetings on Control Hub | 42.4 | ||
Collaboration restrictions for your company users from Control Hub settings templates | 42.5 | ||
Webex Meetings compliance policies for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) | 42.5 | ||
Forced authentication before joining Webex Meetings | 42.5 | ||
Ability to disable Broadcast Message | 42.5 | ||
New join policy for your company meetings with allowed lists for IT administrators | 42.5 | ||
Increased fidelity available for VoIP | 42.5 | ||
IT Administrators can enable Embedded Apps for a group of users | 42.6 | ||
Innovate to audit more administrative activities in Control Hub admin audit log | 42.7 | ||
Option to disable all post-meeting emails | 42.7 | ||
Compliance feature for IT administration to block use of VoIP in meetings for their regulated users | 42.7 | ||
Site administrators can set if webinars need to have numeric password for users joining using a phone | 42.7 | ||
Reset Webex sessions | 42.8 | ||
Separate administrator settings for Webex Assistant and the Captions & Highlights panel | 42.8 | ||
Administrators can enable Allow host account signup on Control Hub managed sites | 42.9 | ||
Administrators can update SSO certification in Site Administration | 42.9.5 | ||
New look for site administration management | 42.10 | ||
Update SSO auto-account creation in Site conversion tool | 42.10 | ||
Ability to disable broadcast message | 42.10 | ||
Restrict meeting experiences using registry keys on your company devices | 42.11 | ||
Forced authentication before joining Webex Meetings | 42.11 | ||
Ability for IT administrators to control secondary camera experience for their meeting users | 42.11 | ||
Trusted domains for Personal Room meetings and internal only Personal Room meetings | 42.11 | ||
Custom dictionary | 42.11 |
Features for Webex Meetings Integrations
Feature | Update |
---|---|
Support for scheduling meetings for on-premises hybrid exchange | 42.4 |
Remove bot installation from 1:1 conversation | 42.4 |
Salesforce integration - support for Webex Webinars | 42.8 |
Webex Webinars integration for Oracle Eloqua | 42.8 |
Features for Webex Meetings APIs
Feature | Update |
---|---|
Enhanced recording reports using RESTFul APIs | 42.1 |
Receive Webex Webhooks notifications when meeting transcripts are ready | 42.1 |
Webex RESTful APIs to support approve and reject registration for meetings and webinars | 42.2 |
Webex Meetings RESTful API support for webinars | 42.2 |
List recordings APIs | 42.2 |
Webinars supports RESTful APIs | 42.2 |
Meetings RESTful API to support unlock meetings in create, update, and delete meeting | 42.3 |
Compliance Officer Webhooks | 42.3 |
Support Bulk registration for Webinars and Meetings | 42.5 |
Meeting options using APIs | 42.5 |
List meetings by Type | 42.5 |
Improved Registration page | 42.5 |
Webhooks API when meeting transcripts are ready | 42.6 |
Features for the Webex Meetings Mobile App (Android)
Feature | Update | ||
---|---|---|---|
Slido to support 10,000 Webinar | 42.1 | ||
Improved lobby notifications | 42.1 | ||
Remember last selected closed caption setting for next meeting | 42.1 | ||
Administrators can manage images used in virtual background | 42.1 | ||
Support viewing 1080P video format for mobile webinar attendees | 42.2 | ||
Option to hide Who's Speaking in stage mode | 42.3 | ||
Display speaker name in close caption feed | 42.3 | ||
Simultaneous interpretation volume balance adjustment | 42.3 | ||
Indicator center update | 42.3 | ||
Move Webex Meeting from desktop to mobile app using QR code
| 42.4 | ||
Move Webex Meetings from your desktop to mobile app using a QR code | 42.5 | ||
User setting for webinar default video layout | 42.5 | ||
Media quality indicator center update | 42.6 | ||
Facebook Portal login using QR code and six-digit PIN | 42.7 | ||
Virtual background support for GIF and MP4 animation | 42.7 | ||
Accessibility improvement for join and sign in | 42.9 | ||
Can share PDF file in Android mobile and tablet | 42.9 | ||
Webex Meetings: Day 0 support for Android 13 | 42.9 | ||
Share the mobile camera view as content | 42.10 |
Features for the Webex Meetings Mobile App (iOS)
Feature | Update | ||
---|---|---|---|
Slido to support 10,000 Webinar | 42.1 | ||
Improved lobby notifications | 42.1 | ||
Remember last selected closed caption setting for next meeting | 42.1 | ||
Administrators can manage images used in virtual background | 42.1 | ||
Apple Airplay external speaker support | 42.1 | ||
Support viewing 1080P video format for mobile webinar attendees | 42.2 | ||
Background PiP Support for iPad users | 42.2 | ||
CarPlay support for iPhone and iPad users using in-meeting setting
| 42.3 | ||
Option to hide Who's Speaking in stage mode | 42.3 | ||
Display speaker name in close caption feed | 42.3 | ||
Simultaneous interpretation volume balance adjustment | 42.3 | ||
Indicator center update | 42.3 | ||
Move Webex Meeting from desktop to mobile app using QR code
| 42.4 | ||
Picture-in-Picture support for Webex Meetings iPhone users | 42.4 | ||
GIF and MP4 animation virtual background support | 42.4 | ||
Move Webex Meetings from your desktop to mobile app using a QR code | 42.5 | ||
User setting for webinar default video layout | 42.5 | ||
Media quality indicator center update | 42.6 | ||
Webex Meetings Apple CarPlay UX improvement | 42.7 | ||
Facebook Portal login using QR code and six-digit PIN | 42.7 | ||
Accessibility improvement for join and sign in | 42.9 | ||
Webex Meetings: Day 0 support for iOS 16 | 42.9 | ||
Share the mobile camera view as content | 42.10 | ||
Webex Meetings to support Apple Continuity Camera | 42.10 | ||
| 42.9 | ||
Webex for Government updates
Feature | Update |
---|---|
End-to-end encryption with identity | 42.1 |
Collaboration restrictions for your company users joining external meetings now on Webex for Government | 42.2 |
Webex for Government supports RESTful APIs | 42.2 |
Polling support in webinar | 42.3 |
Easy to use audio mute state management, recording controls, lock state, and raise hands available on Webex on-premises devices | 42.3 |
Closed captions | 42.3 |
Recording transcripts | 42.3 |
Meetings Quality APIs | 42.4 |
Identify if you are connected to a Webex for Government meeting | 42.6 |
Webex Scheduler now supports GCC and GCC High environments | 42.8 |