June 1, 2023

We've released a Webex App progressive Web App (PWA), the app provides the same capabilities as Webex App and is designed to work on Chrome OS devices. See Install Webex App PWA and Webex Meetings PWA.

May 8, 2023

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—43.5.0.26155

  • Linux—43.5.0.26155

  • Mac—43.5.0.26155

  • iPhone and iPad—43.5

  • Android—43.5

New message icons—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android

You'll now see separate icons for @me or @all messages in your spaces list.

  • —messages that only mention you.

  • —messages that mention everyone in your spaces.

See Webex App | Tips for managing notifications

Preferences to Settings—Mac

Preferences has been replaced by Settings in MacOS Ventura, and it's quite a change.

We've updated Webex App to reflect the new look, so you'll now see Settings in the profile picture menu, and in a few other places in the app.

Space list sections—Windows, Linux, and Mac

Struggling to manage your spaces? We're introducing a new way to organize your spaces into sections. Create your sections and move spaces into them with drag and drop, or a right-click. You can also collapse and expand sections to give your space list a clean new look. When collapsed, if there are unread messages within your favorites or other sections, the section title will be bolded with a blue notification dot, making sure you don't miss an unread space.

When you create sections on desktop, you can see these sections on iPhone or iPad.

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

Below, we've indicated which calling service each new feature applies to. If you're not sure what calling service you have, see Webex App | Find Out What Calling Service You Have.

The following feature applies to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Enhancements to Calling tab—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

The call history lists only includes calls, we’ve removed your past meetings.

See Webex App | View call history

The following features apply to Webex Calling

Block Spam callers—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Stay focused on what’s important, stop unwanted calls directly in the app. Block callers from your recents list or add the number to your block list.

See Webex App | Block calls


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

911/988 business text support—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Send a business text message to 911/988, the app cross-launches the messaging app for your mobile device.

This feature is supported for business texting with Webex Calling enabled.

See Webex App | Send a text message


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

The following feature applies to Webex Calling and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

More functionality for multiple lines—Windows

When you’re assigned multiple lines, you can now park calls on any of those lines and join or leave call queues from any line.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

The following feature applies to Unified CM and Webex Calling on Dedicated Instance

Remove background noise on the remote end of a phone call—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you're in a phone call with someone who's not using Webex App and they're in a noisy location such as a busy airport or cafe, no need to worry. Just suppress the remote noise during your call.

See Webex App | Remove background noise from the other end of a phone call


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

The following features apply to Unified CM

More calling controls available when you share content—Windows and Mac

You can now record the call directly from the floating window that appears when you share content during a call.

See Webex App | Share content in a phone call

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

More meeting controls available when you share content—Windows and Mac

You can now record the meeting, open the participants panel, and lock the meeting directly from the floating window that appears when you share content during a meeting.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Option to include Webex App when you share your screen—Windows and Mac

Other meeting participants no longer see your Webex App when you share your whole screen or a portion of your screen in a meeting.

If another participant is helping you use Webex App, it can be useful to share your app. To share your app when you share your screen, select More sharing options > Include my Webex app when sharing my screen to change the setting.

When you provide remote desktop control to another person, Webex App is shared automatically.

See Webex App | Include Webex App when sharing your screen

Make a call during a meeting—Windows and Mac

Be in two places at once and make important calls without leaving a meeting. Pause your audio and video in the meeting and then make the call. The meeting continues even though your meeting audio and video are paused. And when you're finished with your call, go back to the meeting without having to rejoin.

See Webex App | Make a call during a meeting

Book an available room when invited to a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

As a meeting invitee, search for and add meeting rooms to a scheduled meeting. Simply type the room name, and see if it's available for your meeting time.

See Webex App | Update a meeting

View contact card for room—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you schedule a meeting in the Webex App, you can select a room and view the contact card for that room. For any meetings already scheduled that include a room, you can view the contact card for the room in the meetings detail page.

Details on the contact card include the type of room, capacity, location, and devices available. Room details are entered in Control Hub.

See Webex App | Schedule a meeting from the meetings calendar

One tap to join a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you join a meeting as an attendee, you’ll see a new dial-in option One Tap to Join. Meeting information is automatically entered and you’re joined directly to your meeting.

Features available only on our Video Mesh-ready meeting platform

The following additional features are available only on the Video Mesh-ready meeting platform. Find out if your meetings are running on the Video Mesh-ready meeting platform.

Download a meeting transcript without recording the meeting—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you want a written copy of the meeting audio but you don’t want to save the audio and video from the meeting, download a transcript without having to record the meeting.

To download a transcript, turn on closed captions. Then, you can save a transcript any time before the meeting ends. Your Webex administrator must enable saving transcripts.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Download a meeting transcript without recording the meeting

We’re launching a new experience to share files—Windows and Mac

  • Present with ease when multiple presenters take turns—It can be time consuming to transition among presenters when you’re taking turns to present content in a slide deck. Our new Take control feature makes it easy for multiple presenters to transition seamlessly when they present.

  • Catch-up on what’s presented during a meeting—As an attendee, sometimes you want to go back to a previous slide or read ahead. Now you can, without interrupting the presenter. Switch back to the presenter view when you’re ready.

 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Share a file in a meeting, Webex App | Take turns presenting a file in a meeting, and Webex App | Browse through a file someone's sharing in a meeting

Turn off the raise hand feature for all meeting participants—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

As a host or cohost, if you don’t want to let anyone in the meeting raise their hand, turn off the raise hand feature.

If you turn off raise hand and uncheck Allow attendees to unmute themselves, muted participants won’t be able to raise their hand to request to be unmuted.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Turn off the raise hand feature for all meeting participants

We're sharing details about our planned releases, but keep in mind that we might need to make changes to release dates and the features themselves.

You can subscribe to this article to get updated about any changes.

Beta features are available if you've accepted the Cisco Beta Participation Agreement and participate in the Beta program.

Coming in June

Application

beta Contextual actions—Windows, Mac, Linux

Now you can perform the most commonly used actions directly from the tab you're in. For example, you can now choose to send a direct message, create a space or section, and explore public spaces directly from the Messaging tab.

beta UI improvements—Windows and Mac

We've made some subtle changes to the app's design to help you distinguish key areas. For example, we've updated the color gradient in the People and Spaces list to add more definition. This should make it easier for you to quickly navigate to the people and spaces you need.

We've also made some changes to the sizing and layout of the global header, global actions will now be to the right of the search bar, which should make it more intuitive to use.

In addition, we've improved the layout of the space header. We've moved Add to favorites to the right of the space name and space settings to the right corner, beside the View pinned messages and Search in space icons. This should make it easier for you to manage your spaces and find the information you need.

beta What's New icon—Windows and Mac

We've added a new icon , for the in app What's new in the help menu, for more consistency across platforms.

Report an issue—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android, Web

When you encounter an issue with Webex App, you can send a report directly from the Help menu, to our technical team. This helps us find and fix issues to improve the overall Webex experience.

The new drop-down options let you quickly select the product area and issue type, and automatically include your log files when you create and send your report.

Siri Shortcuts—iPhone and iPad

You'll now see Siri Shortcuts in your Webex app settings, where you can review the full list of voice commands, turn commands on or off, and even create custom commands.

Accessibility enhancements—Windows

We’ve implemented a new bolder style for visual focus outlines around UI elements. So, you can easily see where your keyboard is focused, when navigating the app.

Messaging

Space sections—Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android

We released our space section feature last month, and this month we're adding the ability to create, update and delete space sections on our Android and iOS apps. For desktop, you can add spaces to a section from search.

Let everyone know you're busy—Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android

Let colleagues and contacts know you're not available for calls or chat with our 'Busy' feature. Update your availability to 'Busy', without blocking incoming notifications. Get more time in your day to focus, and turn it off when you're ready to call and chat again.

Searching made easy—Windows, Mac, Linux

We're giving you easy access to more options when you search in the app. In the global search bar, you can now give some context to your search by filtering: Messages, Files, People and Spaces, to narrow your search results and find exactly what you're looking for.

Share any message as a link—Windows

Copy any message in any space as a link, and paste it in another space, or outside Webex App. When you click on the link, you'll be brought to the original message in the space.

Calling

The following feature applies to Webex Calling and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Calling widget—Android

When you’re on a call, the widget provides you with quick access to call controls. The widget is always visible outside of the app giving you additional access to manage calls while multi-tasking.

You can use this feature with Webex Go or a mobile network operator (MNO) that has call signaling using Cisco call control for your mobile phone calls.

Additional languages supported for voicemail transcription—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Extending the voicemail transcription support to French, German, and Spanish, in addition to English language.

Transfer calls to an active call—Windows and Mac

When you’re juggling lots of calls, you’ll have an option to transfer a call to somebody you’ve put on hold.

The following feature applies to Unified CM

Receive call notifications on Wi-Fi networks—iPhone and iPad

For restricted networks or areas without internet access, the app uses specified Wi-Fi networks to receive notifications for incoming calls.

The following feature applies to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Fit your camera video in self view—VDI

In earlier releases, if your camera video used a 4:3 aspect ratio, Webex cropped your self view to a 16:9 aspect ratio to fit the frame. With our new Zoom to fit setting, we preserve your full camera video. Preview what your self-view video looks like in Settings > Video.

If you prefer to preserve the 4:3 aspect ratio, uncheck this setting.

Meetings

beta Improvements for scheduler in the Meetings tab—Windows and Mac

When you schedule a meeting, we included the day of the week to make it clearer what day you’re choosing for your meeting.

For custom passwords, we added all the password requirements to make it clearer how to create a secure meeting password.

beta Link in location—iPhone, iPad, and Android

For any valid URL added in the meeting location field, provide a link in the meetings detail page to make it easy to tap.

More ways to manage participants from their thumbnail video—Windows and Mac

If you’re the meeting host or cohost, no need to search the participants list to make someone the presenter, mute or unmute their audio, or stop their video. Now you can do all that by clicking More options in their thumbnail video.

More options in thumbnail video

Cohosts can record meetings in the cloud—Windows, Mac, Linux, VDI, iPhone, iPad, and Android


 
We originally announced this feature in April. It's available on a phased rollout and will be available to all customers by June 20.

We’re excited to announce that we’re allowing cohosts to record a meeting in the cloud. This makes it easy to record a meeting if the host isn’t available or is busy during the meeting.

Cohosts have the same capabilities that a host has. They can start, stop, or pause the recording. After the meeting ends, the host still owns the recording. The recording is shared automatically with the cohosts within the organization.

If you prefer, your Webex administrator can also allow meeting participants to record meetings in the cloud.

beta Annotate on shared content—Windows and Mac

If you want to highlight or point out something that you’re sharing, draw right on the screen or application window. Use the pen or disappearing ink, which fades away after a few seconds.

Optionally, allow other participants to annotate on the shared content too.

Annotation privileges

Annotate the shared content

Run two instances of your app side-by-side—iPad

Take advantage of your iPad's ability to multitask so you can focus on specific meeting content. Split shared content, the participants panel, or the chat panel into its own window on your iPad screen so you don't miss anything. If you attached a monitor to your iPad, move the second window to its own screen to give yourself more room to see what's going on. For select iPad models, use the iPad's Stage Manager for easier multitasking.

Play a notification sound when someone’s waiting in the lobby—VDI

If you lock your meeting, sometimes it’s difficult to notice when someone’s waiting in the lobby to join.

Hosts and cohosts can now choose to the app play a sound on their computer when someone enters the lobby.

You only hear the sound when you're the host or cohost. The sound only plays once every 10 seconds, regardless of how many users have entered the lobby.

Hide the participant video and meeting control panel when you’re sharing content—VDI

In a meeting, if you prefer to see only the content that you’re sharing, you can now hide the floating panel that contains participant videos and the meeting controls.

In earlier releases, you had the option to collapse the panel but now you can hide it completely if you prefer if you prefer the panel to be out of your way.

To show the panel again, press Ctrl + Alt + P (Windows) or Shift + ⌥ + P (Mac).

Fit your camera video in self view—VDI

In earlier releases, if your camera video used a 4:3 aspect ratio, Webex cropped your self view to a 16:9 aspect ratio to fit the frame. With our new Zoom to fit setting, we preserve your full camera video. Preview what your self-view video looks like in Settings > Video.

If you prefer to preserve the 4:3 aspect ratio, uncheck this setting.

Features available only on our Video Mesh-ready meeting platform

The following additional features are available only on the Video Mesh-ready meeting platform. Find out if your meetings are running on the Video Mesh-ready meeting platform.

Allow participants to hear the meeting in their preferred language with simultaneous interpretation—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

As a host or cohost, use simultaneous interpretation to create language channels, invite interpreters, and assign them to languages. Interpreters select the source language for interpretation, change the interpretation direction, and hand off interpretation to the next interpreter. With our enhanced work flow, inactive interpreters can request that the active interpreter hand off interpretation to them, otherwise they go in the order that the host set.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Automatically hear the original meeting audio when it’s in your language with simultaneous interpretation—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

When the original audio is in the same language as the interpretation channel that you subscribe to, and the interpreter stops speaking in that channel, you automatically hear 100 percent original audio (floor audio) after a few seconds.

When the interpreter starts speaking in that channel again, you hear the volume balance of interpreter/original audio according to what’s set. By default, it’s 80 percent interpreter, 20 percent original audio, but you can change it according to your preference.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Start a Slido poll during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

With Slido, you can easily engage with other participants and the host. Open Slido from Apps or More options from the meeting controls. By default, Slido is available for hosts and cohosts, who can turn it on for attendees in meeting options.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Move your meeting to a new device—VDI

Seamlessly move a meeting from one desktop or mobile device to another without disrupting or disconnecting from the meeting. For example, if you commute to work and join a meeting on your mobile device, move the meeting to your laptop when you get to the office. Or, if you need to step away from your computer during a meeting, move the meeting to your mobile device.

By default, the meeting moves to the new device, and you leave the meeting on the previous device. If you prefer, change your meeting preference to keep both devices in the meeting.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Still coming in May

Integrations

Gmail bot—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Stay in Webex App while you stay on top of emails. The Gmail bot provides real-time notifications to make sure you never miss a new or important email and even helps you keep your mailbox organized. Draft and respond to emails, or add a label to save it for later.

HelloSign bot—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Stay up-to-date with sign requests from Dropbox Sign directly in Webex App. Receive notifications in the app for sign requests, view, sign or decline the requests. Choose a signature request criteria for notifications

Google form bot—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Add the Google form bot to get notified when new Google forms are submitted. Select and view details of all Google forms tagged to your account in the app. Manage bot notifications for added, edited, or deleted forms.

April 28, 2023

We're planning to release the Webex App for May a little later. We just wanted to let you know about this change, and we'll post an update on May 8th.

April 19, 2023

We've released an update for Webex App on Windows and Mac to include some improvements for pronouns and translations.

We've also included Move meeting reminders and Add files in a meeting features, for more information on these, see the Meetings tab.

The following app versions correspond to today's releases.

  • Windows—43.4.0.25959

  • Mac—43.4.0.25959

April 17, 2023

We're planning to release an update for Webex App on Windows and Mac in the coming days to include some improvements. We just wanted to let you know about this upcoming update, and we'll post again when the update is available.

April 14, 2023

Upcoming changes for start a meeting—Windows and Mac

We wanted to let you know about some changes that are coming in how you start a meeting in Webex App. These changes are currently scheduled to release in August 2023. For more detailed information see Webex App | Upcoming changes for start a meeting

April 4, 2023

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—43.4.0.25788

  • Mac—43.4.0.25788

  • iPhone and iPad—43.4

  • Android—43.4

Customize keyboard shortcuts—Windows, Linux, and Mac

Edit your keyboard shortcuts for the app to suit your work style. You can also set or remove some global keyboard shortcuts, these work when the app isn’t in focus.

With these updates to keyboard shortcuts the following are some changes to existing shortcuts:

Windows

  • Add a link: from Ctrl + E to Ctrl + K

  • Markdown: from Ctrl + M to Alt + Shift + M

  • Answer with message: from Ctrl + R to Ctrl + Alt + A

  • Reload a space: from Ctrl + Shift + R to Ctrl + Alt + Y

  • Go to @mentions to all list: from Ctrl + Shift + L to Alt + Shift + G

  • Go to @mentions to me list: from Ctrl + Shift + O to Alt + Shift + H

  • Toggle inline code: from Ctrl + Shift + C to Alt + Shift + K

  • Paste special: from Ctrl + Shift + V to Ctrl + Alt + V

Mac

  • Go to drafts: from Command + 0 to Command + 3

  • Reload a space: from Command + R to Control + Shift + Y

  • Go to Meetings: from Command + Shift + M to Command + Shift + B

  • Add a link: from Command + E to Command + K

  • Insert PMR: from Control + Shift + P to Command + Shift + K

  • Mute / Unmute: from Control + Shift + M to Shift + Command + M

  • Open home: from Command + Shift + H to Command + Shift + J

  • Show links: from Control + Shift + P to Command + Shift + K

See Webex App | Keyboard navigation and shortcuts

Set your pronouns—Windows and Mac

We're making it easier to have a more inclusive workplace. Add your pronouns to your profile, so people see which pronouns to use when they address you. This helps build better working relationships, and takes the guessing out of everyday interactions. This feature is off by default and must be enabled by your organization's administrator.

See Webex App | Set your pronouns

Set Enter to send your message—iPhone, iPad, and Android

You can choose if Enter adds a new line in the app or sends your message.

Customize notifications for all spaces—Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Notifications help you keep up-to-date with what's happening, so you don't miss anything. We're introducing a custom option so you can choose your own notification preferences for direct messages, @mentions to you, and @mentions to all, that apply to all of your spaces.

See Webex App | Set notifications for all spaces

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

Below, we've indicated which calling service each new feature applies to. If you're not sure what calling service you have, see Webex App | Find Out What Calling Service You Have.

The following features apply to Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

More options to manage incoming call notifications—iPhone, iPad, Android

On your mobile device you have more options for incoming call notifications. Turn off all notifications, choose just the banner notification, or you can choose to receive the banner notification with a ringtone.

The following features apply to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Fit your camera video in self view—Windows and Mac

In earlier releases, if your camera video used a 4:3 aspect ratio, Webex cropped your self view to a 16:9 aspect ratio to fit the frame. With our new Zoom to fit setting, we preserve your full camera video. Preview what your self-view video looks like in Settings > Video (Windows) or Preferences > Video (Mac).

See Webex App | Fit your camera video in self-view

See the network connection status indicator when you’re sharing content—Windows and Mac

The indicator that shows your network connection and CPU status now shows in the floating mini window that appears when you’re sharing your screen or application window.

The following feature applies to Webex Calling

More functionality for multiple lines—Windows and Mac

When you’re assigned multiple lines, you can now park calls on any of those lines.

The following feature applies to Calling hosted by a Service Provider

View people’s call status or pick up calls—Windows

We’ve added a Watchlist section to the Multi Call window, where you’ll see a list of people, their Busy Lamp Field (BLF) availability and call options for incoming calls. If you transfer lots of calls, use the list to check who is available to take the call. When somebody’s phone rings, you can pick up that call from this list.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.


 

If you subscribe to Webex from your Service Provider, your meetings in Webex App are always full-featured. To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

Move meeting reminders—Windows and Linux

Reminders getting in the way? To help you finish what you’re working on before joining your meeting, drag and move your Webex meeting reminders anywhere on your screen.

Cohosts can record meetings in the cloud—Windows, Mac, Linux, VDI, iPhone, iPad, and Android

We’re excited to announce that we’re allowing cohosts to record a meeting in the cloud. This makes it easy to record a meeting if the host isn’t available or is busy during the meeting.

Cohosts have the same capabilities that a host has. They can start, stop, or pause the recording. After the meeting ends, the host still owns the recording. The recording is shared automatically with the cohosts within the organization.

If you prefer, your Webex administrator can also allow meeting participants to record meetings in the cloud.

See Webex | Record a meeting in the cloud

Invite any user to an in-progress meeting by email—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

As a host or cohost, you can now invite Webex users from outside of your organization and users who don't have a Webex account to join a meeting that’s in progress.

In the meeting window or participants panel, click Invite people and enter their email address. The invitee receives an email invite to join the meeting.

Invite people to an in-progress meeting

Invite people to an in-progress meeting

See Webex App | Add someone to a meeting

See the meeting status indicators when you’re sharing content—Windows and Mac

The indicators that show your network connection and CPU status and whether the meeting is locked or being recorded now show in the floating mini window that appears when you’re sharing your screen or application window.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Hide the video and controls when you’re sharing content—Windows and Mac

In a meeting, if you prefer to see only the content that you’re sharing, you can now hide the floating window that contains participant videos and the meeting controls.

In earlier releases, you had the option to collapse the window but now you can hide it completely if you prefer the window to be out of your way.

Show video and controls in a floating window

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Fit your camera video in self view—Windows and Mac

In earlier releases, if your camera video used a 4:3 aspect ratio, Webex cropped your self view to a 16:9 aspect ratio to fit the frame. With our new Zoom to fit setting, we preserve your full camera video. Preview what your self-view video looks like in Settings > Video (Windows) or Preferences > Video (Mac).

If you prefer to preserve the 4:3 aspect ratio, uncheck this setting.

See Webex App | Fit your camera video in self-view

Share application windows directly from your Windows taskbar—VDI

If you use Windows 11, there’s a new way to share content during a call or meeting. Hover over any open app on your taskbar and you see a new button that allows you to share the app window.

Share application windows directly from your Windows taskbar

See Webex App | Share an application window directly from the Windows taskbar

Focus on the individual, instead of their surroundings, during a meeting—VDI

We've added new feature in grid layout called people focus, which gives you a better face-to-face experience with the people you're meeting with.

Regardless of how each person is positioned in front of their camera, the app automatically adjusts so that each person's face is what you focus on. You feel more connected to them—as if you're there in person.

See Use people focus to see people more clearly in meetings and webinars

Book an available room when invited to a meeting—Windows, Mac, and Linux

As a meeting invitee, search for and add meeting rooms to a scheduled meeting. Simply type the room name, and see if it's available for your meeting time.

Guest meeting settings—Windows and Mac

When you join a meeting as a guest, you now have access to more meeting settings, such as:

  • Appearance—change the theme color
  • Accessibility—screen reader and keyboard shortcut options

Features available only on our Video Mesh-ready meeting platform

The Webex meeting experience is now starting to roll out on the Video Mesh-ready platform. This platform allows for improved and simplified experiences for hybrid work across the entire Webex Suite, with common architecture, administration, and integrations. It converges the meeting experience across Webex applications and devices, and unlocks potential for continuous collaboration before and after a meeting, with rich real-time experiences. Find out if your meetings are running on the Video Mesh-ready meeting platform.

The following features are available only on the Video Mesh-ready meeting platform.

Add files in a meeting—Windows, Mac, Linux

Improve your meeting experience and upload files during a meeting where all attendees can download the files. Hosts and cohosts can turn off the ability for everyone to add files at any stage of the meeting.

See Webex App | Add files in a meeting

Preassign participants to breakout sessions—Windows and Mac

As a host, if you already know which breakout sessions you want to assign participants to, create the breakout sessions ahead of time when you schedule the meeting. Let Webex App automatically assign participants to the sessions, manually assign participants to the sessions yourself, or let the participants choose which session to join.

See Preassign participants to breakout sessions

Move your meeting to a new device—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Seamlessly move a meeting from one desktop or mobile device to another without disrupting or disconnecting from the meeting. For example, if you commute to work and join a meeting on your mobile device, move the meeting to your laptop when you get to the office. Or, if you need to step away from your computer during a meeting, move the meeting to your mobile device.

By default, the meeting moves to the new device, and you leave the meeting on the previous device. If you prefer, change your meeting preference to keep both devices in the meeting.

See Webex App | Move a meeting to another desktop or mobile device

Provide or request remote desktop control when sharing your screen—VDI

When you're sharing your screen during a meeting, you can give someone else mouse and keyboard access to your screen. You can also request access to someone else's screen when they're sharing. This can help if you need to troubleshoot an issue or if you're in a training session with someone.

Remote desktop control is supported only when you share your entire screen, and not when you share other types of content.

See Webex App | Provide or request remote desktop control

The following enhancements are available on our Video Mesh-ready platform.

When you start a meeting

After you start an instant meeting, it's easy to invite people to join the meeting, directly from the meeting window.

Invite people directly to the meeting

With our improved notification system, participants no longer need to notify the host when they're waiting in the lobby to join a meeting. We removed the Notify host button so hosts no longer need to check their email. The host now automatically receives a notification from the app when there are participants waiting in the lobby.

In the meeting window

We've made several changes to improve your experience and improve the workflow during a meeting. The Layout and Zoom buttons are conveniently located so you can switch to other layouts or show more participants.

In grid view layout, use the navigation controls to quickly go from one page to another, or to jump back to the first page of participants.

The participants panel not only shows you the participants who are In the meeting but also the people who are invited but are Not in the meeting yet. The participant panel is also now more user-centric so a user is listed once only, even when they join from multiple devices.

Since most people join a meeting with their audio turned on, the participants panel now shows an audio indicator only when a participant has muted their audio. That way, if someone is talking but you can't hear them, you can scan the list of participants to see who has their audio turned off.

The meeting options are simplified, and related menu items are removed from the right-click menu of the participants panel.

Instead of opening multiple panels at once and taking up valuable screen space, you can open one panel at a time and pop multiple panels out, when you need to.

Video mesh enhancements for meetings

We've simplified syncing the stage. After the host syncs the stage, attendees can't customize the stage and adjust the stage proportion. Attendees now always see the view that the host intended them to see.

Sync the stage view during a meeting

While sharing content

It's more convenient to share your Webex meeting window. Share it directly from the Share content dialog—where you share all other types of content—by sharing Webex App.

When you're sharing your screen, you can give remote desktop control to other participants, or they can request control, which provides a lot more flexibility to users.

To save screen space when the shared content is maximized, we show all participant videos in a narrow floating panel.

Provide remote desktop control to other participants when you're sharing your screen during a meeting

You can now share a specific area of your screen only. Participants only see the portion of the screen you select, not your entire screen.

We've simplified the actions available during sharing, keeping the share-related actions in the control bar at the top of the screen. Other key actions that you commonly use, such as mute or unmute audio, appear in the floating window.

Favorite menu bar items are now more contextual and convenient to access

We've optimized the location of the most popular options on the menu bar. You can now access options from the Share, View, Audio & Video, Participant, and Meeting menus directly from the meeting controls.

For example, access Audio Settings from the Audio options drop-down in . Access Video Settings from the Video options drop-down in .

access audio and video settings during a call or meeting from your meeting controls

Go to More options in the meeting controls to access meeting options and enable breakout sessions.

Turning off the participants list in a meeting.

When you chat in a meeting

Get more from your meeting with our enriched in-meeting chat. Organize a productive meeting by sharing the meeting agenda, notes, and a summary in the chat. Even if you join the meeting late, you can easily catch up by seeing meeting chat from the start of the meeting. Engage and express yourself by using markdown, reactions, or GIFs. Revisit and share the chat after the meeting ends.

Open and chat in a meeting.

When you're multitasking during a meeting

When the window is minimized or covered up by other applications, a floating mini window appears on top of the other applications that you’ve open. This allows you to keep an eye on what’s happening in the meeting. To easily get back to the meeting, click anywhere in the floating mini window.

Get back to your call or meeting window after multitasking

March 7, 2023

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—43.3.0.25468

  • Mac—43.3.0.25468

  • iPhone and iPad—43.3

  • Android—43.3

Sign in improvements—Mac and iOS

When you sign in and authenticate with Webex App, you can then navigate to other applications in your organization that use your Webex credentials, without entering your details multiple times. If you're using a Mac device you'll see an Apple standard security popup.

Passkey sign in—Mac and iOS

Passkey provides you with a simple and secure way to sign in without usernames and passwords. It uses biometric authentication such as a fingerprint or facial scan, or your passcode, to identify you when you sign in.

To use passkey on a Mac device, reach out to your organization's administrator for support.

Multiple windows—iPad

Start multitasking with Webex App. You can open multiple windows, each a separate instance of the app interface, so you can easily have your meetings, messages, and spaces open at the same time, and toggle between them using the app switcher. You can also view one window of the app, side by side with another copy.

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

Below, we indicate which calling service each new feature applies to. If you're not sure what calling service you have, see Webex App | Find Out What Calling Service You Have.

The following features apply to Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Calling widget on mobile—iPhone, iPad, Android

Get quick access to key calling features from your home screen with the calling widget. Key calling features include call history, setting do not disturb, call forwarding, and call queue settings.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

Schedule recurring meetings—Windows and Mac

You can now create a meeting series that repeats in daily, weekly, or monthly increments. Meeting organizers can edit specific instances to include additional people, or update meeting agendas. Meeting invitees can choose to accept or decline a single instance of the recurring meeting, or the entire meeting series.

Show up to 81 participant videos at a time—Windows, Mac, and Linux

If you have more than 25 participants in your meeting, now you can increase the number of participants to show in grid layout. You can choose to view up to 81 participants on-screen at a time in a 9 × 9 grid.

Go to Settings > Meetings > Layout to select the default number of participant videos to view on each page for the grid layout.

See Webex App | Adjust the maximum number of participants you see per page in grid layout

Hide your self view when you turn off your video—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you turn off your video in a meeting, your self view shows your profile picture or your display name when you're in grid layout. If you prefer, you can choose to hide your self view in grid layout whenever you turn off your video. If you turn on your video, your self view shows.

See Webex App | Show your self view only when your video is on

See yourself in full-screen mode—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you’re the only person in the meeting, your self-view video is now visible in full-screen mode.

Use an external USB camera as shared content—Windows and Mac

During a meeting, share content from an external USB camera or built-in camera, just like you share your desktop. Participants see whatever the camera sees, and they’ll still be able to view your self-view video.

See Webex App | Share content using an external USB camera

Share application windows directly from your Windows taskbar—Windows

If you use Windows 11, there’s a new way to share content during a call or meeting. Hover over any open app on your taskbar and you see a new button that allows you to share the app window.

Share application windows directly from your Windows taskbar

See Webex App | Share an application window directly from the Windows taskbar

Save bandwidth during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you want to save bandwidth on your mobile device, stop receiving incoming videos during a meeting. You'll still be able to view shared content.

During a meeting, tap More options and toggle off Receiving Incoming Videos.

See Webex App | Stop receiving incoming video in a meeting

Use an animated background in your meeting—iPhone and iPad

Add some pizzazz to your meeting and keep your audience’s attention by uploading your own animated background image.

Webex App for iPhone and iPad supports MP4 and GIF files.

See Webex App | Use a virtual or blurred background in calls and meetings

Performance enhancements for spaces with large adaptive cards—Windows and Mac

You’ll notice an improved performance when loading a space that contains large adaptive cards. The overall memory usage is also reduced by nearly 50%.

February 13, 2023

We've released an update for Webex App, see Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issue resolved with this release. We submitted updates for the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted. The following app versions correspond to today's updates and we've restarted the auto update.

  • Windows—43.2.0.25211

  • Linux—43.2.0.25211

  • Mac—43.2.0.25211

  • iPhone and iPad—43.2

  • Android—43.2

February 13, 2023

We've paused the auto update for Webex App on Windows and Mac, we're planning to release a new version in the coming days, and we'll post another update on February 14th.

February 9, 2023

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—43.2.0.25157

  • Linux—43.2.0.25157

  • Mac—43.2.0.25157

  • iPhone and iPad—43.2

  • Android—43.2

Preferences vertical navigation—Mac

Preferences has a refreshed design that's easier to navigate. The horizontal tab view is replaced with a vertical navigation sidebar, which is the standard for Mac as of MacOS 13.1 (Ventura).

February 7, 2023

We're planning to release a little later this month. We just wanted to let you know about this change, and we'll post an update on February 9th.

Discover public spaces—Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad

We've made it easier to find and join public spaces. You'll see a new public filter in your list of spaces, which shows the public spaces you've joined. You can also explore unjoined public spaces with just one click.

Quietly leave a space—Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad

We know how much you value your privacy and anonymity. Now, when you leave a space, this action won't be visible to other space members, apart from moderators in moderated spaces.

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

Below, we've indicated which calling service each new feature applies to. If you're not sure what calling service you have, see Webex App | Find Out What Calling Service You Have.

The following features apply to Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Enhance mobile phone calls with full collaboration capability—iPhone and Android

During a mobile phone call, you can seamlessly move the call to a Webex meeting without ending the call. You can use this feature with Webex Go or a mobile network operator (MNO) that has call signaling using Cisco call control for your mobile phone calls.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

The following features apply to Unified CM

Whisper coaching for Contact Center—VDI

When you're set up as a call center agent, your supervisor can listen in on your calls and discreetly provide you with advice during the calls.

The following features apply to Webex Calling

Post call survey—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Share your feedback on call quality when your call ends and choose a star rating. If you have any issues, you can choose from the list provided, or add your own text describing the issue. Include logs to help us investigate.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Webex Calling supports site survivability—Windows and Mac

If a site in your company loses internet connectivity and you’re at that site, you can still make and receive calls, both internally in your company and externally to customers. This feature requires a survivability gateway, that your administrator must configure.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Send a text message—iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you need to send a text to somebody, you can write your message in the app and send it to their mobile number. You can also receive text messages in the app.

This feature is currently only available in the US and Canada for Webex Calling with Cisco Calling plans.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Improvements to text message—Windows and Mac

We've added some improvements for text messaging on desktop. You can include an emoji in your message and choose to mark a text message as unread. In the app header on Mac, when you search for a number we've added an option to send a text message in the search results.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

Raise hand emoji uses your preferred skin tone—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you raise your hand in a meeting, the raise hand emoji now uses the reaction skin tone you chose.

See Webex App | Choose the skin tone for your reactions

Share video from your mobile device’s rear camera—iPhone, iPad, and Android

During a meeting, share video from the built-in rear camera on your mobile device. Zoom in and out to focus on what you want participants to see.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Play a notification sound when someone’s waiting in the lobby—Windows, Mac, and Linux

If you lock your meeting, sometimes it’s difficult to notice when someone’s waiting in the lobby to join.

Hosts and cohosts can now choose to have Webex App play a sound on their computer when someone enters the lobby.

You only hear the sound when you're the host or cohost. The sound only plays once every 10 seconds, regardless of how many users have entered the lobby.

Play a sound when a participant is waiting in the lobby

See Webex App | Play a notification sound when someone is waiting in the lobby

Sync your stage now syncs the video proportion of the stage—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

During a meeting, if you resize your stage to show more of the shared content or participant video while syncing to everyone, you can now update your stage, so everyone sees your changes. This ensures that everyone in the meeting sees the exact same stage as you intend.

Sync your stage view with everyone

See Sync your stage with everyone in meetings, webinars, and events

Failed call ins now get an option for an automatic callback—iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you use your mobile device to call in to a meeting and the call fails, you’ll now see an option to call back into the meeting again.

Use an animated background in your meeting—Android

Add some pizzazz to your meeting and keep your audience’s attention by uploading your own animated background image.

Webex App for Android supports MP4 files.

See Webex App | Use a virtual or blurred background in calls and meetings

Join button in meetings list—Android

The Join button appears for a meeting shortly before it begins, tap and join right from the list on the meetings tab.

Share only a portion of your screen—VDI


 
We announced that this feature was available in February but it'll be available in a future release.

If you want to share a specific area of your screen with meeting participants, select the area that you want to share. Participants only see the portion of the screen you selected, not your entire screen.

See more applications in the “Share content” window—VDI

When you have lots of applications open, sometimes it’s difficult to find the one that you want to share in a meeting. Now, you can resize the Share content window to display more applications. You can display up to 5 columns of applications. The app remembers your changes for next time.

Resize Share content window

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Participants external to your organization can start and schedule meetings in a space—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

You asked and we listened. External participants in a space who are licensed to host meetings in their own organization, can now schedule meetings in the space and start meetings in the space, when they want to collaborate instantly.

This feature also applies to enhanced meetings associated with a space, which are available on our Video Mesh-ready meeting platform.


 
When the meeting ends, meeting content from external participants isn’t shared automatically in the space. The meeting host must add the content to the space after the meeting.

January 10, 2023

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—43.1.0.24716

  • Mac—43.1.0.24716

  • iPhone and iPad—43.1

  • Android—43.1

December 6, 2022

Updated app versions

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile app to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—42.12.0.24485

  • Linux—42.12.0.24485

  • Mac—42.12.0.24485

  • iOS—42.12

  • Android—42.12

Choose your default screen—iPhone and iPad

Choose what you'd like to see first when the app opens. Maybe you'd prefer to see Meetings, set that as your default.

See Webex App | Select a Landing Screen

Webex App 2023 release update

We have a few things to tell you about our 2023 schedule:

  • For our January release, we're planning to just include some critical fixes and release on January 10th.

  • Webex App will continue to release on the first Tuesday of every month.

Seasonal emoji reactions—Windows, Mac, and Linux

To add some festive cheer, we're giving reactions a seasonal makeover. You'll see these changes for all reactions on Windows, Mac, and Linux from December 7 to December 31. (On mobile, reactions use the Android or iOS emojis so we aren't updating those reactions.)

If you'd prefer to turn this option off, contact feature-feedback@cisco.com before December 6.

This is only available using the December release builds.

Send a text message—Windows and Mac

If you need to send a text to somebody, you can write your message in the app and send it to their mobile number. You can also receive text messages in the app.

This feature is currently only available in the US and Canada for Webex Calling with Cisco Calling Plans.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Recommended Messages—Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Recommended messages help you filter out the noise and focus on your most important messages. It prioritizes messages by understanding the messages that matter most to you.

This feature is currently only available outside the EU for enterprise customers


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Recommended messages

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

The following features apply to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

See more applications in the “Share content” window—Windows, Mac, and Linux

When you have lots of applications open, sometimes it’s difficult to find the one that you want to share during a call. Now, you can resize the Share content window to display more applications. You can display up to 5 columns of applications. The app remembers your changes for next time.

See Webex App | Share content in a phone call

The following features apply to Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Enhancements for Hunt Group and Call Queue calls—Windows and Mac

We now provide a clear indication in the incoming call notification and in the call history when you receive a call from a hunt group or a call queue.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Support for multiple shared lines—Windows and Mac

Answer calls from any of your shared lines and choose any line to make calls from within the app. Your administrator must set you up with shared lines and you can see your primary line and up to nine shared lines.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Webex App | Multiple lines

Choose your caller ID for outgoing calls—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When your business and personal lines use the same mobile device, choose which of the lines to use for your caller ID. This feature is set up by your administrator and requires Broadworks mobility service on a mobile network operator(MNO).


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Choose your caller ID for outgoing calls on mobile

Enhance mobile phone calls with full collaboration capability—iPhone and Android

During a mobile phone call, you can seamlessly move the call to a Webex meeting without ending the call. You can use this feature with Webex Go or a mobile network operator (MNO) that has call signaling using Cisco call control for your mobile phone calls.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

The following features apply to Webex Calling

Send a text message—Windows and Mac

If you need to send a text to somebody, you can write your message in the app and send it to their mobile number. You can also receive text messages in the app.

This feature is currently only available in the US and Canada for Webex Calling with Cisco Calling Plans.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Send a text message and Webex App | Text messages

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's new for the latest channel of Webex Meetings.

Edit in-meeting display name—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

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

Simply right-click your name and select Edit Display Name to edit your name for this meeting. Hosts and cohosts can edit the display name of any participant in the meeting.

The meeting recording and usage report always show the last-edited name of a participant.

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

See more applications in the “Share content” window—Windows, Mac, and Linux

When you have lots of applications open, sometimes it’s difficult to find the one that you want to share in a meeting. Now, you can resize the Share content window to display more applications. You can display up to 5 columns of applications. The app remembers your changes for next time.

Resize Share content window

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Improved first-time experience for connecting to a Webex device—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

The app now listens for ultrasound signals from nearby Webex room and desk devices only if you manually connect to a device or use Wi-Fi networks in your vicinity to discover nearby devices. If your organization doesn’t use Webex devices, the app no longer uses ultrasound.

See Webex | Connect to a Webex App device

Pin your self view during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you want your self-view video to always show on your screen during a meeting, now you have the option to pin your video in place. Make sure you start your video and then, in your self view, tap More options > Pin My Self View.

Pinning your self view affects your view only, not what other participants see.

New whiteboard tools—VDI

We've added some new tools to the whiteboard:

  • Text—It's much easier to type text than writing with a mouse.
  • Shapes—There are some built-in shapes, you can discover them by clicking the Shapes tool.
  • Lasso-selection—When choosing the Arrow tool, you can lasso-select objects in the canvas and move them, delete them, bring to front or send to back.

Whiteboards now available in scheduled and Personal Room meetings—VDI

Use the in-meeting whiteboard to brainstorm, collaborate, and plan. Anyone in the meeting can start a whiteboard. Everyone in the meeting can see and work on updates to the whiteboard together in real time.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Create and share a whiteboard during a meeting

Hear everyone’s voices loud and clear during a meeting—VDI

When a few people are speaking into the same microphone in a conference room, make sure everyone’s voices are heard. The audio option, Optimize for all voices, removes background noise and enhances all voices nearby.

See Webex App | Remove background noise and speech in calls and meetings

Get notified before your actions interrupt the current share—Linux and VDI

When someone else shares content or a whiteboard and you start to annotate or share content, a message now appears. If you decide to continue, you stop the current share.

Message to notify that you'll stop the current content share

Enhancements to meeting details—iPhone, iPad and Android

We improved the way we show information for meetings. The details are grouped into easier to read tabs, including attendee status, more ways to join meetings, and easier access to copy and share information.

Join button in meetings list—iPhone and iPad

The green join button appears for a meeting shortly before it begins, tap and join the meeting right from the list on the meetings tab.

November 8, 2022

Updated app versions

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—42.11.0.24187

  • Mac—42.11.0.24187

  • iPhone and iPad—42.11

  • Android—42.11

More choice with message reactions—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

We've increased the number of animated reactions to messages in a space. Express yourself and take conversations to another level.

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

The following features apply to Unified CM

Whisper coaching for contact center—Windows

When you're set up as a call center agent, your supervisor can listen in on your calls and discreetly provide you with advice during the calls.

The following features apply to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Remove background noise on the remote end of a phone call—iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you're in a phone call with someone who's not using Webex App and they're in a noisy location such as a busy airport or cafe, no need to worry. Just suppress the remote noise during your call.


 

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

Share only a portion of your screen—Windows and Mac

If you want to share a specific area of your screen with someone, select the area that you want to share. They'll only see the portion of the screen you selected, not your entire screen.

See Webex App | Share only a portion of your screen

Answer a call during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Be in two places at once and answer important calls without leaving a Webex scheduled meeting, a Personal Room meeting, or a meeting associated with a space. Just put your audio and video on hold in the meeting and take the call. The meeting continues even though you put it on hold, but your audio and video are paused. And when you're finished your call, go back to the meeting without having to rejoin.

See Webex App | Answer a call to your video address during a meeting

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

Enable Airplay Audio—iPhone and iPad

When you're in a meeting on your iPhone or iPad you can enable Airplay Audio, and stream your meeting audio to any surrounding Apple AirPlay compatible devices.

Search and book a room—Windows and Mac

You can search for, and book a meeting room when scheduling a meeting from Webex App. With the in-app scheduler, you can search for a room by name, and also see the current availability.

See Webex App | Schedule a meeting from the meetings calendar

New whiteboard tools—Windows and Mac

We've added some new tools to the whiteboard:

  • Text—It's much easier to type text than writing with a mouse.
  • Shapes—There are some built-in shapes, you can discover them by clicking the Shapes tool.
  • Lasso-selection—When choosing the Arrow tool, you can lasso-select objects in the canvas and move them, delete them, bring to front or send to back.

The speaker bubble now appears in a new location—Windows and Mac

In meetings, the speaker bubble appears when someone is speaking, but their video or profile picture isn’t visible on the screen. It lets you know who’s talking.

We’ve moved the speaker bubble to the top center of the screen so that it doesn't overlap or obscure the participants’ videos or the shared content.

Speaker bubble appears at the top center of the screen

 
On Mac, the speaker bubble briefly replaces the meeting name in the top header bar when it appears. When no one is speaking, the meeting name is in the top header bar.

Share only a portion of your screen—Windows and Mac

If you want to share a specific area of your screen with meeting participants, select the area that you want to share. Participants only see the portion of the screen you selected, not your entire screen.

Share portion of screen

See Webex App | Share only a portion of your screen

Option to use less mobile data during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you’re not connected to Wi-Fi, save mobile data by turning off the option to use data to show participants’ videos and your self view. Go to Meetings settings and toggle off Use Mobile Data for Video. Otherwise, the app will continue to use mobile data to show videos.

If you connect to Wi-Fi, the videos automatically show again.

Get notified before your actions interrupt the current share—Windows and Mac

When someone else shares content or a whiteboard and you start to annotate or share content, a message now appears. If you decide to continue, you stop the current share.

Message to notify that you'll stop the current content share

View participants page by page in grid layout—iPhone, iPad, and Android

In grid layout, by default, you now see participants’ videos in a new pagination view. On your mobile phone, a maximum of four participants per page appear in portrait mode and a maximum of six participants per page appear in landscape mode.

Pagination view shows a maximum of four participants' videos

On a large tablet, a maximum of 24 participants per page appear in portrait mode and a maximum of 25 participants per page appear in landscape mode.

Pagination view shows a maximum of 25 participants' videos

Swipe left to view more participants.

If you prefer scrolling view, which was the default in earlier versions, go to Meetings settings and change the Grid View Layout.

Support for Apple Continuity Camera—Mac and iPhone

Apple Continuity Camera lets you replace Mac's built-in web camera using the iPhone camera. You can use the rear-facing, wide-angle camera of an iPhone to support high-quality photo and video capture. It also enables the Mac Desk View app, which works like an overhead camera setup to show the desk area in front of the Mac without any additional equipment.

Select your iPhone from the camera list

See Webex App | Use iPhone Continuity Camera in a call or meeting

Answer a call during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Be in two places at once and answer important calls without leaving a Webex scheduled meeting, a Personal Room meeting, or a meeting associated with a space. Just put your audio and video on hold in the meeting and take the call. The meeting continues even though you put it on hold, but your audio and video are paused. And when you're finished your call, go back to the meeting without having to rejoin.

Resume the meeting after taking a call

Resume the meeting after taking a call

See Webex App | Answer a call to your video address during a meeting

Guest users can send feedback—iPhone, iPad, and Android

People who join a meeting as a guest can report issues and send feedback about their experience with meetings or the app.

Linked folder enhancements—Windows and Mac

Adding a folder from Microsoft to a space is much more discoverable, there’s a call to action next to your files, whiteboards, and other space content. We’ve made the following enhancements:

  • When you add a folder, the embedded view from Microsoft OneDrive or SharePoint is directly accessible from the space

  • You can fully navigate the linked folder from the embedded view, including any subfolders

  • You can use all file management actions without leaving Webex App, for example, deleting, editing, or sharing files

  • We’ve improved the layout of the folder management in the space content tab

  • We’ve made it easier to switch views between files shared in a space and files in the linked folder

October 26, 2022

Update to supported operating systems—Mac, iPhone and iPad

The Webex App is supported on macOS Ventura 13.0, iOS 16.1, and iPadOS 16.

October 19, 2022

We've released the Webex App for Linux, the following version corresponds to today's release.

  • Linux—42.10.0.24000

October 4, 2022

Updated app versions

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—42.10.0.23814

  • Mac—42.10.0.23814

  • iPhone and iPad—42.10

  • Android—42.10

Message notification sounds—Windows and Mac

Customize your Webex App experience with notification sounds. Select a sound from our extended list of options for specific types of spaces, to alert you to the messages that matter most.

Unlink the social network account you use to sign in—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

You may not want to continue using your social network account to sign in to Webex App. You can now unlink your social account from the app, and switch to an email and password based sign in, quickly and easily from the Welcome screen.

Click and drag to copy messages—Windows and Mac

We're making it easier to copy multiple messages in a space. Simply click and drag your mouse over the message area, and copy using keyboard shortcuts or the right-click menu. See Webex App | Copy and paste multiple messages.

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

The following features apply to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

One step to find your phone number—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

We've added your phone number to your profile picture. When you select your profile picture, you'll see your main phone number under your email address.

Choose your caller ID for customer calls—Windows and Mac

When you're set up as a call center agent and you make follow-up calls to customers, choose a suitable caller ID from a list of call queues your administrator has assigned to you.

See Webex App | Change your caller ID

Let Someone Else Control Your Computer—VDI

Want help troubleshooting a problem? Just hop on a call or jump into a space and share your screen. You can then grant that person control of your computer and watch the person's mouse move over your screen. They can even use keyboard shortcuts to move around your app. When they're done, you can take back that control at anytime.

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.


 

If you subscribe to Webex from your Service Provider, your meetings in Webex App are always full-featured. To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

Meetings associated with a space—Windows, Mac, Linux, VDI, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Meetings associated with a space have been improved!

We’ve enriched your meetings experience in a space. Now, when you join or schedule a meeting in a space, you have access to all the features you’ve come to enjoy in Webex Meetings. You can leverage this new experience in every meeting you schedule or join from here on in.

To schedule or start a meeting in a space, you must have a Webex Meetings license or the free Basic Meetings license, and be in the same organization as the person who created the space. Without a license, you only have the capability to join meetings.


 
The enhanced experience isn't yet available in Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Improved meetings associated with a space

Global menu on meetings tab—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Start, join, or schedule a meeting from the new global menu on the Meetings tab.

See Webex App | Start a Personal Room meeting, Webex App | Join a meeting using the action button, and Webex App | Schedule a meeting from the meetings calendar

Calendar view uses preferred first day of week—Windows and Mac

The calendar views in the meetings tab take the locale setting you set for your preferred first day of the week in your operating system.

Connect to your Google calendar—Windows and Mac

You can manage your meetings and events from your Google calendar directly in the Webex App. Connect to the calendar in the Meetings settings in the app, and you'll see your meetings and events populated in the Meetings tab. However, if your organization administrator has already set up your calendar, you won't be able to change it.

Share only what you want others to see—Windows, Mac, and VDI

If you only want to share one window of an application instead of the entire application, choose the setting, Share an individual window only, and then select the window to share.

See Webex App | Share all or an individual application window

Turn on “Share computer audio” in real time—Windows and Mac

It’s more convenient to share your computer audio when you share a file with audio. You can now select Share computer audio from the share control bar that appears at the top of your screen while you share content.

Turn on “Show me in front of presentation” in real time—Windows and Mac

It’s more convenient to show your video in front of your presentation. You can now select Show me in front of presentation from the share control bar that appears at the top of your screen while you share content.

Raise your hand in a meeting easily—Windows and Mac

Raise hand now appears as an icon in the meeting controls. It's right next to Reactions so it’s now easier to raise your hand when you need to ask a question in a meeting.

See Webex App | Raise your hand in a meeting

Enhanced scheduling of meetings associated with a space—Windows and Mac

When you schedule a full-featured meeting associated with a space, advanced settings are now available. You can now also modify the meeting password.

The cohost setting, Let me choose cohost for this meeting, is now selected by default. Members of the space are assigned as cohosts automatically, but you can remove the cohost role from any of the invitees by hovering over their name and clicking > Remove cohost.

Always see your preferred video layout when someone shares content—Windows and Mac

If you change your video layout to side by side layout to see more of the content that’s being shared during a meeting, the app remembers your preference. Each time you start or join a meeting, you no longer have to switch to side by side layout when someone shares content.

Shared content in stage view is now larger—Windows and Mac

When you share content in a meeting, the shared content is now larger, and the speaker’s video is now smaller. The ratio between shared content and speaker videos is approximately 70:30 but depends on the size of your screen and the number of speakers on the stage.

Mute or unmute yourself right from the taskbar—Windows

During a meeting, you’ll find a microphone icon in your Windows taskbar. Click it to mute or unmute yourself. The icon is present throughout your meeting, so it’s always accessible.

Whiteboards now available in scheduled and Personal Room meetings—Linux

Use the in-meeting whiteboard to brainstorm, collaborate, and plan. Anyone in the meeting can start a whiteboard. Everyone in the meeting can see and work on updates to the whiteboard together in real time.

Whiteboard in a meeting

See Webex App | Create and share a whiteboard during a meeting

Identify if a meeting participant is internal, external, or unverified—Linux

In the list of participants waiting in the lobby, you can see if a participant is Internal (verified and within your organization), External (verified and from a different organization) or Unverified (not signed in).

See Know who you're letting into your Webex meeting

Express yourself without saying a word—Linux

Animated reactions let meeting participants express themselves without saying anything in a meeting. Cheer on the speaker with the clapping hands reaction or appreciate a joke with the haha reaction. Get a sense of the audience's response by asking participants to give a quick thumbs up or thumbs down.

See Webex App | Use reactions in your meetings

Maximize what you see when content is shared—Linux

Show the thumbnail videos of the participants in a floating panel that you can move around, so it doesn’t cover up what’s being shared. Choose to have the floating panel in grid view, active speaker view, or minimized.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Maximize your view when someone’s sharing content—Linux

When you’re viewing shared content in full-screen view, you can now resize the floating panel that shows the videos of meeting participants. Make the panel smaller to see more of the shared content. Make the panel bigger to see more of the meeting participants.

See Webex App | Switch between shared content and speaker in a call or meeting

Hosts can set a stage view for all meeting participants—VDI

If you join a full-featured meeting and the host syncs their stage with everyone, you and all of the other participants in the meeting see what the host wants you to focus on, such as the active speaker and any participants that the host has moved to the stage.

See more in thumbnail videos—Linux

An audio indicator to the left of the name label indicates whether the participant is muted or unmuted.

Name labels in thumbnail videos are now aligned to the lower left, have a more transparent background, and are reduced in size to avoid covering up the participant's face.

Thumbnail video improvements

All the world’s a stage—Linux and VDI

Customize your video layout when you’re in stack or side by side layout. Drag a video from the filmstrip on to the stage to get a closer look at a participant. Place an active speaker right next to the content that's being shared, or keep people who aren't actively speaking, such as a sign-language interpreter, in view.

Move to stage gives you the flexibility to resize your layout to focus on shared content or other participants.

See Move participants to the stage in meetings, webinars, and events, Resize the stage in meetings, webinars, and events, and Webex App | Rearrange videos in stage view

Choose the skin tone for your reactions—Linux

For reactions that use hand emojis, such as thumbs up, you can choose the skin tone that you prefer.

See Webex App | Choose the skin tone for your reactions

Set the default for your self view—VDI

Choose whether to hide or show your self view, and where your self view appears on your screen.

Hide your self view if you prefer not to look at yourself.

Show your self view with others if you want to feel included in the meeting.

If you want to make more room on your screen to see other people or the shared content but still see yourself, show your self view in a floating window.

See Webex App | Change your self-view location

We’ve made it more intuitive to join a meeting—Linux

Enhancements to the Join meeting window make it clearer when you’re not yet in the meeting. Visual changes let you know what your audio options are when you join the meeting.

Audio connection options

It's easier to see what your camera options are, how to upload or change your virtual background, and make changes if you’re connected to a device.

Use virtual background

See Webex App | Join a meeting

Preview of shared content—Linux

When you share content, you now see a preview of the content. You're able to make sure that you’re sharing only what you want and that everyone in the meeting can see it.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Automatically start your video when you join a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you always turn on your video during a meeting, save yourself the step of having to start it each time. Select the meeting option, Start my video when I join.

See Webex App | Automatically start your video when you join a meeting

Microsoft Teams Integration: More streamlined calling experience for mismatched UPN (User Principal Name)—Windows and Mac

Previously, when you made a call and your UPN in Microsoft Teams didn't match your UPN in Webex, we asked you to confirm before making the call. We have now simplified this experience by checking your email addresses (not just your UPN) and allowing the call to go through without needing confirmation.

Your UPN in Microsoft Teams can be different than the UPN used in the Webex integration, if your organization has gone through an acquisition, rebranding, or if you moved from a different department in the company, or maybe you changed your name: your email address would be updated, but your UPN would remain the same.

September 12, 2022

We've submitted the Webex App for iPhone and iPad to the app store for review, and you'll be able to download it after it is approved and posted.

  • iPhone and iPad—42.9

September 7, 2022

We have a few things to tell you about today:

  • The release for Webex App on iPhone and iPad is slightly delayed this month, and we'll post again when the release is available.

  • The next release for Webex App on Linux is scheduled for October (42.10)

  • The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the Webex App for Android to the app store for review, and you'll be able to download it after it is approved and posted.

    • Windows—42.9.0.23494

    • Mac—42.9.0.23494

    • Android—42.9

Connection issue notifications—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

We've made it easier to see if you're running into connection issues when using Webex App. If you run into a problem, you'll see a banner notification to alert you to the specific issue. You can then take steps to troubleshoot, or resolve the issue.

Upgrade multiple Webex accessories at the same time—Windows and Mac

We've made it easier to update your Cisco Headset or Webex Desk Camera through Webex App. Now you can upgrade multiple Cisco Headsets and Webex cameras at the same time.

Customize your Cisco Headset settings—Windows and Mac

You can now customize your Cisco Headset settings directly through Webex App. Simply go to Settings > Devices > Advanced settings.

See Cisco Headset settings in Webex App.

September 6, 2022

We're planning to release the Webex App for September a little later. We just wanted to let you know about this change, and we'll post an update on September 7th.

Public spaces⁠—Windows, Mac and Linux

In this hybrid work world, it's now more important than ever to make connections with people in your organization. Join or create easy-to-discover public spaces that anyone in your company can join, and message people with similar interests, or keep up with the latest news.

See Webex App | Public spaces

Reply directly—iOS and Android

Ever felt reluctant to reply to a message in a busy space, or want to reply to a message from an announcement space? We've made it easier to reply to the author in a direct message, quoting the original message.

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.


 

If you subscribe to Webex from your Service Provider, your meetings in Webex App are always full-featured. To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

Only hosts can end a meeting—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Cohosts can no longer end a meeting. When cohosts leave a meeting, they can’t inadvertently end the meeting for everyone else.

See Webex App | Leave or end a meeting

Whiteboards now available in scheduled and Personal Room meetings—Windows and Mac

Use the in-meeting whiteboard to brainstorm, collaborate, and plan. Anyone in the meeting can start a whiteboard. Everyone in the meeting can see and work on updates to the whiteboard together in real time.

Whiteboard in a meeting

See Webex App | Create and share a whiteboard during a meeting

Hear everyone’s voices loud and clear during a meeting—Windows and Mac

When a few people are speaking into the same microphone in a conference room, make sure everyone’s voices are heard. The audio option, Optimize for all voices, removes background noise and enhances all voices nearby.

See Webex App | Remove background noise and speech in calls and meetings

Turn off picture in picture when multitasking—iPhone and iPad

Control whether to show the floating mini window that appears when you're multitasking and have minimized the meeting window.

See Webex App | Hide the floating mini window when multitasking during a call or meeting

Never miss an important notification during a meeting—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

During a meeting, notifications now show in a consistent position on your screen and don’t overlap. The most important notifications that you need to respond to are more visible and show in the center of your screen. Less important and information-only notifications show in the upper right of your screen and disappear after a few seconds.

Choose how many participants to show in grid layout—Windows and Mac

Show a maximum of 25, 16, 9, 4, or 1 participant in the grid, depending on the number of people in the meeting. The fewer participants you show, the larger their video is.

See Webex App | Adjust the maximum number of participants you see per page in grid layout

Adjust number of participants in grid view

Set the default for your self view—Windows and Mac

Choose whether to hide or show your self view, and where your self view appears on your screen.

Hide your self view if you prefer not to look at yourself.

Show your self view with others if you want to feel included in the meeting.

If you want to make more room on your screen to see other people or the shared content but still see yourself, show your self view in a floating window.

See Webex App | Change your self-view location

August 18, 2022

We've released an update for Webex App on Windows and Mac to include some improvements and we've restarted the auto update. The following are the app versions that correspond to today's updates:

  • Windows—42.8.0.23281

  • Mac—42.8.0.23281

August 18, 2022

We've paused the auto update for Webex App on Windows and Mac, we're planning to release a new update for Webex App on Windows and Mac in the next few days.

We've replaced the versions of the app available on the downloads site with the July versions for Webex App on Windows and Mac.

August 11, 2022

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—42.8.0.23214

  • Mac—42.8.0.23214

  • iPhone and iPad—42.8

  • Android—42.8

Improvements for Webex for Government sign-in—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

We've made it easier for you to sign into Webex for Government. Choose Webex for Government from the dropdown list and enter your credentials.

Webex App supports Ukrainian—Windows, Mac, and Linux

When you set the language for your operating system to Ukrainian, the app detects your preference and displays the app in Ukrainian.

Send feedback—iPhone, iPad, Android

Whether you're experiencing issues with the app, or you have suggestions for improvements that you'd like to see, we want to hear your feedback. Send us your input through our feedback page.

August 9, 2022

We're still working through some items, we'll post another update on August 11th.

August 5, 2022

Personal Insights

Personal Insights is now available in the EU. Depending on your administrator's settings, you are asked to opt in or out when you launch personal insights for the first time. It can take up to seven to ten days for your insights to be generated.

See Webex App | Personal Insights

August 4, 2022

We're still working through some items, we'll post another update on August 9th.

August 2, 2022

We're planning to release the Webex App for August a little later. We just wanted to let you know about this change, and we'll post an update on August 4th.

Change the font size for messaging—Windows, Mac, and Linux

You don't have to strain your eyes to read your messages any more. Just choose a font size you prefer, so you don't miss any details. You can always change it again at any time, simply go to the Accessibility tab in your Settings on Windows (or Preferences on Mac).

See Webex App | Change the font size for messages

Find a quote in context—Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android

Looking for added context when a message is quoted in a space? With one click, easily find the original quote, and its associated reactions and threads.

See Webex App | Quotes or threads and Webex App | Quote someone's message

Reply directly—Windows, Mac and Linux

Ever felt reluctant to reply to a message in a busy space, or want to reply to a message from an announcement space? We've made it easier to reply to the author in a direct message, quoting the original message.

See Webex App | Reply directly

Be selective about what you share—VDI

You have more options when you're sharing content, making presentations or troubleshooting a more seamless experience:

  • Share specific applications
  • Swap one application for another without having to stop sharing.
  • Use annotations to mark up what's being shared.
  • If you're sharing a video, you can share your computer audio.
  • Others see what you're sharing with high frames per second (FPS).

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

Below, we've indicated which calling service each new feature applies to. If you're not sure what calling service you have, see Webex App | Find Out What Calling Service You Have.

The following feature applies to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Know who's calling you—VDI

When someone in your organization's directory calls you, their name appears in the Caller ID and your call history, rather than just their phone number. This helps you decide whether you want to answer certain calls.

The following features apply to Webex Calling and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Remove background noise on the remote end of a phone call—Windows and Mac

If you're in a phone call with someone who's not using Webex App and they're in a noisy location such as a busy airport or cafe, no need to worry. Just suppress the remote noise during your call.

Turn off background noise

See Webex App | Remove background noise from the other end of a phone call

Fewer clicks to get to your call queues—Windows and Mac

We've made access to your call queues more convenient. Instead of having to navigate to your profile picture to change your call queue status or to join or unjoin a call queue, you now have it all available from the footer of your app. From there, change your call queue status and join or unjoin any queues your administrator has made you a member of.

Call Queue options that are available from the footer of your app

See Webex App | Change your call queue status

The following feature applies to Unified CM

Bring work home with you—VDI

You can already make calls from an alternate device when connected to your work network. Now, that network connection is no longer required. Make a call from your desk phone, mobile phone, or home phone at home, when you're not connected to your work network. You can even take advantage of some calling features, such as transfer, hold and resume.

The following feature applies to Call on Webex

Be selective about what you share—VDI

You have more options when you're sharing content, making presentations or troubleshooting a more seamless experience:

  • Share specific applications
  • Swap one application for another without having to stop sharing.
  • Use annotations to mark up what's being shared.
  • If you're sharing a video, you can share your computer audio.
  • Others see what you're sharing with high frames per second (FPS).
Share your screen or one or more applications

See Webex App | Share content in a phone call

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.


 

If you subscribe to Webex from your Service Provider, your meetings in the Webex app are always full-featured. To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

Focus on the individual, instead of their surroundings, during a meeting—Windows and Mac

This feature is in beta.

We've added new feature in grid layout called people focus, which gives you a better face-to-face experience with the people you're meeting with.

Regardless of how each person is positioned in front of their camera, the app automatically adjusts so that each person's face is what you focus on. You'll feel more connected to them—as if you were there in person.

People Focus

See Use people focus to see people more clearly in meetings and webinars

Seamlessly move your meeting to a video device—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you start or join a meeting on your desktop or mobile device but then walk into a conference room, take advantage of the features available on the room's video device. Transfer your meeting to the video device without disrupting or disconnecting from the meeting.

See Webex App | Move your meeting to a video device

Right-to-left language support for Arabic and Hebrew in closed captions—Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you select Arabic or Hebrew for closed captions, you’ll see the right-to-left text direction in the closed captions box and captions & highlights panel, regardless of your language setting in Webex App.

See Show or hide automated closed captions during a Webex meeting or webinar

It’s more convenient to see who’s recording a meeting—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Select the recording indicator to see who started, paused, or stopped recording the meeting. Previously, this information showed in the participants list.

This feature is available when the host or cohost records the meeting on their computer.

See Get started with Webex App

Schedule a webinar from Webex App—Windows, Mac, and Linux

Schedule a webinar right from the Meetings tab. You're redirected, and automatically signed in, to the Webex site you've selected in the Webex App settings, the site is where you'll schedule your webinar.

If you're already signed in to a different Webex site though, you're redirected to the sign-in screen for the site you've selected in the Webex App settings.

Webex App supports Center Stage, the camera feature from Apple—iPad

If you move around during a meeting, turn on Center Stage so your camera automatically pans to keep you and anyone with you, in the frame.

Turn on or turn off Center Stage from the options in your self-view video or from Settings on your iPad.

See Webex App | Turn on Center Stage

We’ve made it more intuitive to join a meeting—VDI

Enhancements to the Join meeting window make it clearer when you’re not yet in the meeting. Visual changes let you know what your audio options are when you join the meeting.

It's easier to see what your camera options are, how to upload or change your virtual background, and make changes if you’re connected to a device.

See Choose your audio and video settings before you join a meeting or webinar

Hear the meeting in a language that you can understand—VDI

If interpretation is available in a meeting that you join as an attendee, you can choose to hear the audio translated, simultaneously, in the language of your choice.

The meeting host determines which languages are available in the meeting.

Hosts and interpreters can include simultaneous interpretation in meetings scheduled from Webex Meetings, not in meetings scheduled from Webex App.

See Select your preferred language audio channel in Webex meetings and webinars

All the world’s a stage—VDI

Customize your video layout when you’re in stack or side by side layout. Drag a video from the filmstrip on to the stage to get a closer look at a participant. Place an active speaker right next to the content that's being shared, or keep people who aren't actively speaking, such as a sign-language interpreter, in view.

Move to stage gives you the flexibility to resize your layout to focus on shared content or other participants.

See Move participants to the stage in meetings, webinars, and events and Resize the stage in meetings, webinars, and events

Choose the skin tone for your reactions—VDI

For reactions that use hand emojis, such as thumbs up, you can choose the skin tone that you prefer.

See Webex App | Choose the skin tone for your reactions

July 28, 2022

We've updated the version of Webex App for Windows on the downloads site. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issue resolved with this release. The following is the app version that corresponds to today's update:

  • Windows—42.7.0.23054

July 11, 2022

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—42.7.0.22904

  • Linux—42.7.0.22904

  • Mac—42.7.0.22904

  • iPhone and iPad—42.7

  • Android—42.7

Scheduling Assistant—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Check availability for your invitees before you schedule your meeting. See what time everyone's free and drag your meeting to that time slot.

See Webex App | Schedule a meeting from the meetings calendar

Message and schedule meetings at 36,000 feet!—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

In partnership with airline Wi-Fi providers, Webex App users can work effectively using non-real time capabilities while flying.

See Webex App | Restricted networks.

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

Below, we've indicated which calling service each new feature applies to. If you're not sure what calling service you have, see Webex App | Find Out What Calling Service You Have.

The following features apply to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

You've never looked better—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you share your video in a call, you can control your own video on your connected device from your app. You no longer have to reach or walk over to your device to turn your self-view on or off.

See Webex App | Change the video layout of a connected device

Focus on what matters—iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you're about to join a meeting or you just want to focus on the task at hand without distraction, silence your mobile ringer for incoming calls. You won't hear incoming calls come in but you still get a visual notification so that you can choose whether to answer the call or not.

See Webex App | Turn off notifications for incoming calls

Share an image or PDF file—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Instead of having to share your entire screen during a call, choose a specific photo or PDF file to share.

Share photo during a call

Share PDF during a call

Tap More options > Share content, and then choose the image or PDF file.

See Webex App | Share content in a phone call

"Share computer audio” option is in a new location—Windows and Mac

When you’re sharing content that contains audio, the Share computer audio check box is now located directly to the right of the Automatically optimize option in the Share content dialog.

See Webex App | Share content in a phone call

The following feature applies to Webex Calling and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Extend calling capabilities to a third-party application—Windows and Mac

If you're using Contact Center, Receptionist thin client, or a third party app that doesn't have calling capabilities, use Webex App as your calling device. Make calls from your third-party app, answer calls from there, and put calls on hold, all while Webex App runs in the background. Just make sure that your administrator makes Webex App your primary device.

The following features apply to Unified CM

Forward thinking made easier—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Now, when you set up call forwarding, your call notifications let you know who's calling instead of where the call is being forwarded from. This way, you know whether you want to answer the call or not.

See Webex App | Forward your phone calls

Bring work home with you—Windows and Mac

You can already make calls from an alternate device when connected to your work network. Now, that network connection is no longer required. Make a call from your desk phone, mobile phone, or home phone at home, when you're not connected to your work network. You can even take advantage of some calling features, such as transfer, hold and resume.

See Webex App | Make a call from an alternate device


 

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

If you subscribe to Webex from your Service Provider, your meetings in Webex App are always full-featured.

Create inclusive and interactive meetings using Slido live polling and Q&A—Windows, Linux, and Mac

Hosting an interactive meeting can be a challenge, but Slido can help. Get real-time feedback using word clouds, rating polls, and multiple-choice questions. Set up a live Q&A session, where participants can upvote the questions they want answered the most.

See Polls in Slido and Q&A in Slido

Hear the meeting in a language that you can understand—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and VDI

If interpretation is available in a meeting that you join as an attendee, you can choose to hear the audio translated, simultaneously, in the language of your choice.

Interpretation is available

The meeting host determines which languages are available in the meeting.

My interpretation language

Hosts and interpreters can only use simultaneous interpretation in Webex Meetings, not in Webex App meetings.

When Webex App is connected to a new cloud-registered device that's supported for simultaneous interpretation (attendee view only), you can toggle the interpretation controls remotely on the app or directly on the device.

See Select your preferred language audio channel in Webex meetings and webinars

You've never looked better—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you share your video in a meeting, you can control your self-view video on your connected device from your app. You no longer have to reach or walk over to your device to turn your self-view video on or off.

See Webex App | Change the video layout of a connected device

Be front and center when you present—Windows and Mac

Create a more personal and engaging experience while you present. In the Share Content window, select Show me in front of presentation to immerse your video directly into the screen or application you're sharing.

Your video shows in the lower right corner, by default, but you can resize and position your video anywhere you want during your presentation.

See Webex App | Show yourself in front of your presentation

All the world’s a stage—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Customize your video layout when you’re in stack or side by side layout. Drag a video from the filmstrip on to the stage to get a closer look at a participant. Place an active speaker right next to the content that's being shared, or keep people who aren't actively speaking, such as a sign-language interpreter, in view.

Move to stage gives you the flexibility to resize your layout to focus on shared content or other participants.

See Move participants to the stage in meetings, webinars, and events, Resize the stage in meetings, webinars, and events, and Webex App | Rearrange videos in stage view

Hosts can set a stage view for all meeting participants—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you join a full-featured meeting and the host syncs their stage with everyone, you and all of the other participants in the meeting see what the host wants you to focus on, such as the active speaker and any participants that the host has moved to the stage.

Share an image or PDF file—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Instead of having to share your entire screen during a meeting, choose a specific photo or PDF file to share.

Share photo during a meeting

Share PDF in a meeting

Tap More options > Share content, and then choose the image or PDF file.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Say goodbye to the days of being surprised by a dead battery—iPhone, iPad, and Android

During a meeting, you now receive a notification when your battery life goes below 15 percent. Then, you can switch to audio-only mode to conserve battery.

See Webex App | Turn on audio-only mode

Manage closed captions more efficiently with new keyboard shortcuts—Windows and Mac

We've added keyboard shortcuts to toggle on and off closed captions, move the closed captions box, and go to the More menu in the closed captions box.

See Webex App | Keyboard navigation and shortcuts

Schedule a one-time Webex meeting with Hybrid Calendar—Windows and Mac

In your work calendar, add @webex:onetime as the location to schedule a one-time Webex meeting. Your administrator needs to set up your account with Hybrid Calendar. Administrators can change the default behavior for @webex to @webex:onetime for the organization.

"Share computer audio” option is in a new location—Windows and Mac

When you’re sharing content that contains audio, it’s now more convenient to select Share computer audio. The option now appears at the top of the Share content dialog.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Improved Participants list—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Quickly find the person you’re looking for in the Participants list by expanding or collapsing the In the meeting and Not in the meeting sections.

You'll see the total number of participants listed at the top of the In the meeting and Not in the meeting sections, so you’ll know how many people have or haven't joined.

See Webex App | Manage participants in your meeting

Hide the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons when the stage is resized to its minimum width—Windows and Mac

If the presenter resizes the shared stage to its minimum width, the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons are hidden. If the presenter makes the shared stage wider than its minimum width, the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons appear above the shared content.

June 29, 2022

We're planning to release the Webex App for July a little later. We just wanted to let you know about this change, and we'll post an update on July 11th.

June 27, 2022

Personal insights goals—Windows and Mac

You can set all your goals in one place. At the beginning of the week, you'll see a list of the goals you've met for the previous week and if you've turned on notifications for goals, you'll receive a badge notification.

See Personal insights

June 16, 2022

We've released an update for Webex App on Windows it includes some improvements. The following is the app version that corresponds to today's update:

  • Windows—42.6.0.22645

June 16, 2022

We're planning to release an update for Webex App on Windows in the coming days to include some improvements. We just wanted to let you know about this upcoming update, and we'll post again when the update is available.

June 8, 2022

The following app versions correspond to today's releases. See Webex App | Release Notes to get information about the issues resolved with these releases. We recently submitted the mobile apps to the app stores for review, and you'll be able to download them after they're approved and posted.

  • Windows—42.6.0.22565

  • Linux—42.6.0.22565

  • Mac—42.6.0.22565

  • iPhone and iPad—42.6

  • Android—42.6

WebView2 installation—Windows

  • WebView2 is required by Webex App on Windows, users will be unable to sign in to the app without WebView2 installed.

  • Webex supports WebView2 version 100.0.0.0 and later

  • Webex will continue to attempt to install WebView2 before users can sign in to the app.

  • You can use the Evergreen Bootstrapper or Evergreen Standalone installer to install WebView2 from the WebView2 download page.

Schedule Webex meetings right from the app!—iPhone, iPad, and Android

No need to go outside the app to schedule your standard and Personal Room meetings. Add important meeting details, check the availability of the attendees, and send out the invites.

You'll see the meetings on your Webex calendar with different week views so you can plan your week.

Need to make changes? Just edit the meeting from the calendar and send the invite again.

See Webex App | Schedule a Meeting from the Meetings Calendar

Support for Ubuntu 22—Linux

We've added support for Ubuntu 22 to the Webex App. Ubuntu 22 joins Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 as well as Red Hat (RHEL) 8.2 and 8.3 as officially supported distros.

See Webex App for Linux

Right-to-Left language support—Windows, Linux, and Mac

Webex introduces support for Arabic and Hebrew languages. Simply set your operating system to Arabic or Hebrew and we mirror the app to provide an optimal reading experience for right-to-left languages.

If you choose to use English (or another left-to-right language) in a space with somebody who writes in a right-to-left language, no problem: the app supports mixed alignments for both left-to-right and right-to-left messages.

See Webex App | Change the Language and Languages Webex supports

New message area—Windows and Linux

We've rebuilt the message area to leverage some platform components. You'll see improvements to quality, performance, and a new accessibility experience in the message area.

See Webex App | Accessibility features for Windows and Webex App | Copy and Paste Multiple Messages

Space contact cards—Windows and Mac

Hover over a space contact card or space link and see a summary of the space details, just like people contact cards.

See Webex App | Verify space details

Don't forget about your drafts—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android

Sometimes you start typing a message only to find your attention is needed in another space, or conversation. You'll see a visual indicator next to spaces with drafts left in them, so you can easily jump back whenever you’re ready to hit send.

See Webex App | Get back to your drafts

The calling service your administrator has set up for you determines which calling features you can use.

Below, we've indicated which calling service each new feature applies to. If you're not sure what calling service you have, see Webex App | Find Out What Calling Service You Have.

The following features apply to Unified CM, Webex Calling, and Calling hosted by a Service Provider

Boost the brightness of your video—Windows, Mac, and VDI

Making or answering a call from a dark or dimly lit room where it's hard for others to see you? Now, you can automatically adjust the brightness, contrast, and color saturation of your video, or manually adjust these settings yourself.

See Webex App | Adjust the brightness and contrast of your video

Quick calling at your fingertips—Windows and VDI

If you make and receive a lot of calls in a day or you manage multiple phone lines, make your life easier and use the Multi Call window. You don't have to worry about carting your multiline phone back and forth from the office to your home. Just open the Multi Call window from Webex App and access all of your lines from there. You can also use some of the more common calling features right from the Multi Call window:

  • Make a call, answer a call, and take advantage of several mid-call features (hold, mute, dial pad, and transfer).

  • Get a visual indicator for your shared lines letting you know how many calls have been missed and whether there are any voice messages.

  • Line status on shared lines lets you know when a call is coming in (flashing amber), when you're on a call (solid amber), and when the line is free (green) or in use by someone else (red). (Unified CM only)

  • If you don't want others to know you're using a shared line for a call, toggle on the Privacy setting. (Unified CM only)

  • Barge into a call that's already in progress on a shared line. The call then becomes a conference call between three people. (Unified CM only)

See Webex App | Manage all your phone calls in one place

Optimize audio for your voice—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Taking your calls from a noisy environment like an open office or a coffee shop? Suppress all background talkers and noise and allow others to hear you better by selecting Optimize for My Voice during the call.

Optimize for my voice

See Webex App | Remove background noise and speech in calls and meetings

Optionally, set this as the default for all your calls in your audio settings.

Optimize for my voice audio setting

See Webex App | Change your audio settings

The following features apply to Webex Calling

Do not disturb across the board—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

You no longer need to set your status to do not disturb (DND) in more than one place. When you turn DND on or off from your app on one device, that setting automatically gets applied to all of your devices.

See Webex App | Let people know you're busy

Read your voice messages—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you miss a call and someone leaves you a voice message, the message is automatically transcribed for you and is available from your Voicemail tab. Copy and paste any part of the transcription, like a phone number or part of the message that you want to share with someone else. If you get rid of the voice message, the transcription also gets deleted.

Transcriptions are available in English.

See Webex App | Listen to your voice messages

The following feature applies to Unified CM

Get up close and personal—VDI

If you’re in the healthcare field, diagnosing and treating patients in a virtual setting just got easier. You can get a better view of someone during a call or meeting by controlling the angle of the patient’s camera and even zooming in. Letting you focus on facial expressions and any physical ailments a patient may have so you can provide high quality care.

See Webex App | Control someone else's camera during a video call

To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.


 

If you subscribe to Webex from your Service Provider, your meetings in Webex App are always full-featured. To learn about what's new for full-featured meetings, see What's New for the Latest Channel of Webex Meetings.

French, German, and Spanish spoken language transcription available in closed captions—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Linux

For meetings with Webex Assistant or closed captions, meeting hosts can now select the spoken language (transcription) of the meeting in four different languages: French, German, and Spanish, and English.

If you want transcription in more languages, as well as translation capabilities, get the real-time translation add-on, which enables spoken language (transcription) in 13 languages, and caption language (translation) in 100+ languages.

See Show real-time translation and transcription in meetings and webinars

Optimize audio for your voice—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Taking your meeting from a noisy environment like an open office or a coffee shop? Suppress all background talkers and noise and allow others to hear you better by selecting Optimize for My Voice during the meeting.

Optimize for my voice

See Webex App | Remove background noise and speech in calls and meetings

Optionally, set this as the default for all your meetings in your audio settings.

Optimize for my voice audio setting

See Webex App | Change your audio settings

Boost the brightness of your video—Windows, Mac, and VDI

Joining a meeting from a dark or dimly lit room where it's hard for others to see you? Now, you can automatically adjust the brightness, contrast, and color saturation of your video, or manually adjust these settings yourself.

See Webex App | Adjust the brightness and contrast of your video

Turn reactions on or off while you're in a meeting—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and VDI

As a meeting host or cohost, choose whether all participants—including the host, cohosts, and the presenter—can send reactions during the meeting from More options More options.

See Webex App | Turn off reactions in a meeting

Turn on GPU acceleration for virtual background in advanced video settings—VDI

Using a virtual background in your meetings can use more CPU resources. We've enabled graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration, by default, to help decrease that usage. You can always turn off this feature at any time.

Make the closed captions box the perfect size for you—VDI

You can now resize the closed captions (CC) box to show more or fewer lines of text at a time. Resize closed captions box

See Show or hide automated closed captions during a Webex meeting or webinar