Release Notes for Cisco Video Phone 8875 on Webex Calling or BroadWorks

October 31, 2024

The PhoneOS Release 3.2(1) delivers the following new features and enhancements:

April 3, 2024

Firmware Release 2.3(1)SR1 delivers the following enhancement:

SRTP rollover counter (ROC) configuration

If the feature is enabled, the ROC will be reset after a re-keying occurs without SSRC/IP/Port changes.

By default, this feature is disabled. To enable this feature on the phone administration web page, use the parameter RX ROC Reset on Re-Key under the section RTP Parameters from Voice > SIP.

For more information about the feature, see Enable RX ROC reset.

February 1, 2024

Firmware Release 2.3(1) delivers the following new features and enhancements:

UX enhancements of multiple calls

The phone now supports the following User Experience (UX) enhancements for the multiple calls relevant scenarios:

• The new item "Call bar" now displays at the bottom of the phone screen when the phone has any call(s).

  If the phone has multiple calls, "Call bar" can display the count of the current calls on the phone (including all lines).

• "Call bar" displays specific icons for incoming, held, and active calls. It also displays the count of each type of calls.

  Users can tap or swipe up on the bar to enter the calls list for further actions as needed.

• The calls list displays calls of all lines in chronological order.

  Users can directly answer, decline, or ignore calls from the calls list.

• The calls in the calls list can be sorted by each line by toggling on Sort by line.
• On the in-call screen, the soft button New call now always displays. Before the release, the button only displays when users hold an active call.
• On the phone with multiple lines, the phone home screen can display the count of the remaining calls for each line.

For more information about the feature, go to the following links:

• Make and answer calls
• Swap between calls

New features for meetings on your phone

This release includes the following new features:

• Active meeting button

  The active meeting button appears on the top of the phone screen when you move away from the active meeting screen. With this button, you can easily return to the meeting from the Home page.

• Video layout

  You are able to change the video layout in a meeting by selecting any of the available layouts: Focus, Overlay, Stack, Grid, and Prominent.

• Selfview button in hybrid meetings

  The Selfview button is moved to > Selfview.

• Participants button

  When in a meeting, the Participants button shows the count of participants. The Participants button has been moved to > Participants.

• The Calendar page shows the count of scheduled meetings for the day.

For more information about the feature, go to the following links:

• Check and join a Webex meeting on your phone
• Return to the active meeting
• Mute or unmute yourself during a meeting
• Turn your video stream on or off during a meeting
• Change video layout during a meeting

Screen Zooming in conference or meeting

Your phone now supports to use the zooming feature to enable you to can see the sharing or video more clearly.

The zooming feature is available when you're in a meeting or on a video conference call.

For more information about the feature, see Zoom in and out in a conference or meeting.

Out-of-box firmware upgrade

At present, no such upgrade is enforced. This software release introduces the capability for future needs. The following description explains how it will work if utilized in the future.

Out-of-box firmware upgrade feature potentially resolves onboarding issues caused by lower firmware version on the phone.

Upon initial onboarding, if the phone fails to register with any calling system through Zero Touch Provisioning, an automatic firmware upgrade will start to install the minimum required firmware version. Once the update process is complete, the phone will reboot and continue the out-of-box provisioning process.

See the following list for the specific conditions that trigger an auto firmware upgrade:

• The phone is in the initial onboarding process
• The phone has failed to register through DHCP or DNS-SRV
• The phone's MAC address isn't provisioned in CUCM server or Cisco Device Activation (CDA) service
• CDA service has identified that the phone is running a firmware version that is lower than the required one

Changes in the Settings menu

This release includes the following changes in user experience:

• About this device

  The phone's IP addresses are available in Settings > About this device.

• Network settings menu

  The Network settingsmenu has been restructured. Some of the menu items are repositioned, such as alternate TFTP, DHCP.

  For more information about network settings, see Configure the network settings on your phone.

Voicemail configuration

The Voice Mail Enable parameter is added to the phone administration web page. This parameter enables the administrator to turn on or off the voicemail feature on phone lines. By default, this parameter is set to Yes.

For more information about this parameter, see Configure voicemail settings.

Enhancement for group pickup notifications

This enhancement is for the primary line on phones that are registered with Webex Calling.

In addition to the existing BLF notifications, incoming calls to a group also alert group members with the handset LED indicator and ringtone.

For the primary line on the phone, the handset LED flashes red and ringtone plays for incoming calls to other members in the group. The ringtone notification changes with phone statuses, such as idle or on a call.

On the phone administration web page, the new parameter User ExternalID is added to Voice > Phone > XSI Phone Service. The phone gets the User External ID from the Webex Calling server. The populated ID must be matched with that on the server. Otherwise, the notifications don't work for group pickup calls. Administrators can use this information for troubleshooting.

Other improvements in user experience

This release also incorporates various refinements in the phone user interface including, but not limited to, changes in feature icons, pop-up messages, screen color tones.

August 17, 2023

Firmware Release 2.2(1) delivers the following new features and enhancements:

Quick access to speed dials

You can now call out the speed dial list with a finger swap down from the top of the phone screen. All your speed dials can be found on both the pull-down list and the Speed dials tab. The Shortcuts tab no longer contains BLF shortcuts with speed dial.

On a phone with multiple lines configured, you can choose a specific line to call a speed dial number. If you don't specify a line, the primary line will be used to make the call.

For more information about this feature, see Use speed dials on your phone.

Active call bar

If you move away to other screen during an active call or meeting, you can see an active call bar at the bottom of the phone screen. The active call bar appears as a green bar on the call hold screen, different from showing the active call duration on other screens. Tapping or swapping up on the bar brings you back to the active session.

The active call bar isn't available on the conference participant list.

For more information about this feature, see Return to the active call or meeting.

No password warning

The phone now displays the No password provided warning on both the phone screen (Settings > Issues and diagnostics) and the phone web page when there is no password set for the user and administrator.

To enable this feature from the phone administration web page, use the Display Password Warnings parameter under System Configuration section from Voice > System.

For more information about the feature, go to the following links:

• Check phone issues and diagnostics
• Access control parameters

Factory reset with SIP-Notify

You can initiate a factory reset of a phone when the phone is deleted from server. Once deleted by the administrator, phone will receive SIP-NOTIFY message with event:factory-reset and performs factory-reset accordingly.

May 11, 2023

Firmware Release 2.1(1) delivers the following new features and enhancements:

Meeting features

In this release, we deliver the following features and enhancements:

• Your phone supports joining meetings that require a meeting PIN. When you join a PIN-protected meeting on the phone, you're prompted to choose your role and enter the PIN code.
• The participant list shows the participants with their roles and the video and audio status. The invitees that aren't present are listed in the lower part of the list.
• The audio mute status is now synchronized across multiple devices, including the phone, connected headset, and Webex App. This ensures that the user's audio status remains consistent across all devices when they join a meeting with the phone.
• In addition to using the camera shutter, you can also use the on-screen Stop video and Start video buttons to turn your video stream on and off during a meeting.
• The meeting recording indicator displays on the header of the meeting screen. When the meeting is being recorded, you can see . means that the recording is paused.

These features don't require additional administration configuration. For more information about how to use these features, go to the following links:

• Join a scheduled Webex meeting with your phone
• Turn your video stream on or off during a meeting
• Mute or unmute yourself during a meeting

Participants list on conference calls

The Participant button on the conference screen allows the host and the participants to access the participant list. The host who has added people to the call can remove their invitees from the call. The participants can only view who else is on the call.

The Participants button is initially available to the host only. Administrators can configure the programmable softkeys to enable participants to view the attendee list.

To enable participant phones to get the participant list, use the Callinfo Subscribe parameter under Voice > Ext(n) on the phone administration page.

To configure the Participants button, configure the Connected Key List and Hold Key List fields in Programmable Softkeys under Voice > Phone.

For more details about this feature, go to the following links:

• Use your phone for an ad-hoc conference
• Configure conference settings for phones

New supported languages and soft keyboard for multiple languages

Your phone now supports locales in Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese. The latest locale installer is available on the Cisco Software Download site.

Multilingual soft keyboards are available on the phone when the system language is set to a language other than English. Users can easily switch between the English keyboard and the system-language keyboard.

For more information about the soft keyboard, see Soft keyboard on your phone.

March 20, 2023

Hot Desking

The Hot Desking feature is generally available with Firmware Release 2.0(1) since March 20.

Hot Desking allows your organization to make the best use of office space. People using shared workspaces can sign in and book a shared phone for their workday.

For more information about Hot Desking, go to the following links:

• Configure Hot Desking
• Use a shared desk phone (Hot Desking)

January 17, 2023

Firmware Release 2.0(1) delivers the following new feature:

FIPS mode enabling

You can now enable phone with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance. This validation is required after OpenSSL Cisco OpenSSL 7.2.440 is ported to SL 2.0 as secured communication system through cryptography is important.

To enable this feature from the phone administration web page, use the FIPS mode parameter under the Security Settings section from Voice > System.

October 13, 2022

Cisco Video Phone 8875 is launched with Firmware Release 1.0(1).

For the phone specifications, see Cisco Video Phone 8875 Data Sheet.