Available in June 2022 (42.6)

Announcements

The 42.6 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Cisco Webex Meetings Suite.

Highlighted features for this update

• Grid view support for up to 81 videos

  Grid view in Meetings, Webinars, and Events (classic) can now support up to 81 simultaneous videos per page! This gives you the ability to see even more thumbnail videos in large meetings.

  You can set your preferred maximum numbers of videos to show in grid view in the Meetings settings.

  The actual number of videos may be limited by your screen resolution or window size.

  This feature is available on a delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

• Support webinar series

  Webinar series brings a simple registration experience where registrants can select and register for multiple webinars at once.

  Webinar series owners can add webinars to a series. They can invite their team to a series as contributors. Contributors can also add their webinars to a series and manage the series. All webinars in the series will use the same registration form. The webinar owners manage registration approval for the webinars that they own.

• Allow Embedded Apps to be opened in stage view

  Third-party apps opened in Webex Meetings can now be opened in stage, not just in the Apps panel. Some apps are better used in full screen so now users can open those apps in stage view.

• Webhooks API when meeting transcripts are ready (Shared Components)

  Webhooks are great way to provide notifications. Customers can use these webhooks to execute specific business logic based on the status provided when the Webhooks are received.

  In this update, we are providing the ability to receive a webhook once meeting transcripts are ready. This helps customers send emails to meeting participants to let them know when the transcript is ready.

• Slido updates

  There are several Slido enhancements coming this month. See the In-meeting experience section for more information. For more product details see https://community.sli.do/product-news-23.

  Slido releases are not dependent on the Webex upgrade cycle.

Pre-meeting experience

Final release of Productivity Tools

The June (42.6) release is the last release for Productivity Tools. Microsoft Outlook customers who wish to schedule Webex meetings from Microsoft Outlook must move to the Webex Scheduler add-in.

For more information on migrating to the Cisco Webex Scheduler add-In, see the Migrate from Productivity Tools to the Cisco Webex Scheduler add-in.

Support webinar series

Webinar series brings a simple registration experience where registrants can select and register for multiple webinars at once.

Webinar series owners can add webinars to a series. They can invite their team to a series as contributors. Contributors can also add their webinars to a series and manage the series. All webinars in the series will use the same registration form. The webinar owners manage registration approval for the webinars that they own.

Update to the error message during meeting start or join

To ensure you have a good support experience when faced with join meeting issues, we are adding a few more details to the error message dialogs shown to the user. With the next update, you can see a meaningful high level description of the error a user has run into. A meeting details component contains any other details surrounding the error including the error code. You also have the option to Send Problem Report to Cisco for the issue. You can share these details including the error code when logging a TAC case.

Add Webex to a single meeting in an existing recurring meeting using Google add-on

Users can now add Webex Meetings to a single instance of an existing series of Google events.

Single Sign On (SSO) for Webex Scheduler Outlook add-in

Users no longer need to re-authenticate with their Microsoft Outlook credentials, which is currently asked for when the add-in is invoked for the first time.

This only works for cloud-based and administrator authorized users and not for on-premesis or individual authorization.

In-meeting experience

Allow Embedded Apps to be opened in stage view

Third-party apps opened in Webex Meetings can now be opened in stage, not just in the Apps panel. Some apps are better used in full screen so now users can open those apps in stage view.

Grid view support for up to 81 videos

Grid view in Meetings, Webinars, and Events (classic) can now support up to 81 simultaneous videos per page!

For more information, see the highlighted features for this update.

Use external USB camera or built-in camera to share content

In the June (42.6) update, Windows and Mac users can share their built-in or external camera content as if they are sharing their screen during a meeting or webinar. Attendees can view what the user is seeing and sharing using the camera in full screen mode and also view self-video of the participant who is sharing camera content. If users share built-in camera as content sharing source, self-video continues to work.

This feature is available on a delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

Share content window can be resized

You can now scale the Share content window to make it bigger. This makes it easier to see more of the windows you have open without having to scroll.

Redesigned quiz in Webex sidebar as default experience

The quiz feature is available in the New Look of the Slido Integration.

• Once the redesigned quiz feature is available, the new look becomes the default version for your hosts.

• Currently, hosts can still switch back to the old version if required.

Someone is typing indication in Slido Polls

There is an indication if someone is still typing on present mode, this is helpful for presenters to see if everyone is done submitting their responses.

Participant Privacy in Slido

This new feature allows hosts to set whether participants are anonymous or named during Slido events. You can lock the setting or allow your participants to choose which option they want.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

See the Webex Meetings Mobile App Resources for more info on the Webex Meetings mobile app.

Media quality indicator center update

Mobile users can now view their network quality status in the indicator center during a meeting.

Administration experience

IT Administrators can enable Embedded Apps for a group of users

IT administrators can now enable the embedded apps for a group of users. To enable the app to a group of users, login to Control Hub, navigate to the Apps > Embedded Apps. Then choose an app and enable it for the selected groups.

This capability requires that the Control Hub feature toggle be enabled. The Control Hub feature toggle will be available by mid-June.

This feature is on an independent release schedule. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

Webex Meetings APIs

Webhooks API when meeting transcripts are ready

Webhooks are great way to provide notifications. Customers can use these webhooks to execute specific business logic based on the status provided when the Webhooks are received.

In this update, we are providing the ability to receive a webhook once meeting transcripts are ready. This helps customers send emails to meeting participants to let them know when the transcript is ready.

Webex for Government updates

We’ve added support for Webex for Government to the following features that are currently available.

Identify if you are connected to a Webex for Government meeting

Participants connecting to a meeting hosted by Webex for Government can now easily tell what meeting platform they are connected to.

Available in May 2022 (42.5)

Announcements

The 42.5 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Cisco Webex Meetings Suite.

Highlighted features for this update

• French, German, and Spanish spoken language transcription available in closed captions

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

  If users wants transcription in more languages, as well as translation capabilities, that can be obtained with the real-time translation add-on, which enables spoken language (transcription) in 13 languages, and caption language (translation) in 100+ languages.

  This feature is available on a delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

  

• Introducing People Focus (Beta)

  We're excited to introduce People Focus—a new way to use Grid view, that maximizes screen space by using AI to dynamically crop videos to focus on the individual, rather than their surroundings.

  This gives you a better face-to-face experience with the people you are meeting with, regardless of how the person is positioned in front of their camera, making you feel more connected. Click Layout to turn on People Focus.

  Current limitations in this Beta:

  • Video cropping is supported for participants using Mac, Windows, and Board Series Devices.

  • Participants using the mobile app, web app, or Desk Series Devices videos don’t support cropping at this time.

  

  

• Resize the closed captions box

  Users can now change the size of the closed captions (CC) box to show more or fewer lines.

  

• Introducing the Webex Meetings for Chrome PWA

  We're excited to announce that the Webex Meetings web app is now available for download as a Progressive Web App (PWA) for ChromeOS in the Google Play store.

  This makes it easy for Chromebook users to access Meetings directly from their desktop, without having to go through the browser. Similarly, this provides you with more flexibility to manage services and apps for your users.

  Beginning in the May 42.5 update, the Webex Meetings Android App isn't supported on Chrome OS. If you currently have the Meeting Android App installed on your Chrome OS device, it is automatically replaced when updating to 42.5.

  

• Move Webex Meetings from your desktop to mobile app using a QR code

  We are introducing the Move Meeting to Mobile feature where users can scan the QR code using their mobile camera and move their meeting to Webex Meetings mobile app without disrupting or disconnecting the meeting.

  This feature is available on a delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

  

• Slido updates

  There are several Slido enhancements coming this month. See the In-meeting experience section for more information. For more product details see https://community.sli.do/product-news-23.

  Slido releases are not dependent on the Webex upgrade cycle.

Pre-meeting experience

Update your meeting app before you join the meeting

The goal is to ensure that all attendees are able to participate in the meeting effectively and use all the available features. We’re giving you the option to update your app before you join the meeting. Then you’ll be sure to have the latest features for an optimal meetings experience.

Support email reminder for up to 100,000 licenses

Today, organizations or sites with licenses of 10,000 and below can schedule email reminders to attendees. Starting with the 42.5 update, organizations or sites who have more than 10,000 licenses can also schedule email reminders. To support a large volume of emails, the reminder can be scheduled to be sent at least 12 hours before the start time. This feature also supports webcast view for attendees.

Improved Registration page

Now, when you go to register for an upcoming meeting, you see the meeting title, time, and host. This helps make it clear what meeting you're registering for. We've also removed the meeting password in the Registration page since you don't need that information during registration.

If you're the host, you also get a registration link that they can copy to the Meeting information page.

Entry and exit beep changes

All new sites have this feature turned off by default. For existing sites that have entry and exit beep that is turned on, phone users continue to hear the beep, while it is turned off for computer audio users.

This feature is available on a delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

Introducing the Webex Meetings for Chrome PWA

We're excited to announce that the Webex Meetings web app is now available for download as a Progressive Web App (PWA) for ChromeOS in the Google Play store.

Beginning in the May 42.5 update, the Webex Meetings Android App isn't supported on Chrome OS. If you currently have the Meeting Android App installed on your Chrome OS device, it is automatically replaced when updating to 42.5.

For more information, see the highlighted features for this update.

New and improved scheduler for Meetings and Webinars

Scheduler on website for Meetings and Webinars is undergoing following UI enhancements,

1. A new section that is called Security is added and all scheduling options that are related to security are moved here. This includes passwords for meetings and webinars.

2. Tooltips are added to most scheduling options including options under Attendee privileges and Meeting options.

3. Agenda is now part of the main or basic scheduling flow instead of under advanced options.

In-meeting experience

Fullband audio support in Music Mode on by default for Mac and Windows

Music Mode now uses Fullband audio quality on Mac and Windows Meetings app, by default. Administrators that require the use of lower quality audio for Music Mode can request the feature toggle to be disabled for their site. By default, Music Mode sessions are encoded using up to Fullband audio quality. With this toggle disabled, Music Mode operates up to Superwideband audio fidelity on desktop clients. But Webex takes up more network bandwidth.

French, German, and Spanish spoken language transcription available in closed captions

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

For more information, see the highlighted features for this update.

This feature is available on a delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

Breakout support for audio-only users

A user joining a meeting using Audio only (PSTN), can now be placed in a breakout session. This feature is available for meetings desktop and mobile.

Attendee experience:

1. The attendee is prompted when they are moved to a breakout. They can be moved immediately or asked to join later which they can do by pressing *2.

2. When turned on, the attendee can return to main session and rejoin the breakout by pressing *2.

3. When a host or cohost closes the breakout sessions, the attendee is warned and then moved to the main meeting.

Host experience:

1. An audio-only host, when assigned to a breakout session by a cohost, can join the breakout session later by pressing *2, regardless of selected settings.

2. They can also return to the main session and rejoin the breakout session by pressing *2 regardless of the selected settings.

3. Host is warned with an audio prompt when a cohost moves them to another breakout session.

4. When a cohost closes the breakout sessions, they are warned and then automatically moved to the main meeting.

Limitations:

• In meetings, attendees cannot view or choose the breakout session to self-join. They must be assigned to a breakout session by the host or cohost.

• This feature is not supported for attendees in Webinars, only supported for panelists.

• If using a Meetings desktop app version earlier than the current version, audio-only users aren't listed in the Participant of the breakout session.

• Only following DTMF tones are available inside the breakout for

  Host: *2, *6, ** Attendees: *2, *3, *6, **

Full HD (1080p) content sharing for motion and video

Webex Meetings app for Mac and Windows can now support sharing Full HD (1080p) video quality with high motion content. This works when selecting Automatically Optimize or Optimize for Motion and Video with high motion content.

Introducing People Focus (Beta)

We're excited to introduce People Focus—a new way to use Grid view, that maximizes screen space by using AI to dynamically crop videos to focus on the individual, rather than their surroundings.

For more information, see the highlighted features for this update.

Resize the closed captions box

Users can now change the size of the closed captions (CC) box to show more or fewer lines.

For more information, see the highlighted features for this update.

Keyboard shortcut change: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X to hide participant video (Windows)

To better align with the shortcuts in the Webex App, we have changed the Windows shortcut to hide participant video from Ctrl+Shift+X to Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X.

Display an image to attendees while conducting a practice session

When the practice session starts, attendees can now view an image that the host has uploaded. The host can upload an image before the webinar starts.

This feature doesn’t support webcast view. The ability to upload other file types will come in a later update.

Attendee view during practice session:

Host, cohost, panelist view during the practice session:

This feature is available on a delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

Outlook add-in user experience improvements for on-premises exchange environments

Users of the Outlook add-in in on-premises Exchange environments now see improvements in the scheduling experience. Users in environments with Hybrid Calendar deployed no longer need to manually click Update to update Webex Meetings with changes that are made to Outlook (these changes sync automatically). Additionally, for all on-premises Exchange users, Outlook events are no longer auto-saved if a Webex Meeting is added. This brings back the Outlook modal for customers that want to see it.

Web App: receive 4K shared content

When 4K content is being shared in a meeting or webinar, users joined through the web app can now see that content in 4K (rather than being downgraded to 1080p).

Better attendee experience with images in Slido polls

In the Webex-Slido integration, attendees can zoom in on a picture that is inserted into a Slido poll.

Slido rating poll improvements

We're adding the option to choose between the emoji and star scale.

Slido collaboration functionality

We're simplifying the invitation flow and streamlining the first-time user experience. In practice, we're consolidating all Slido invitation flows under the unified design system.

Device enhancements

Remotely control interpretation on device (Windows)

When the Webex Meetings app for Windows is paired with a new cloud-registered device that is supported for Simultaneous Interpretation (attendee view only), the interpretation controls can be toggled remotely on the app (or directly on the device).

Remote control for Mac will be supported in a future update.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

See the Cisco Webex Meetings Mobile App Resources for more info on the Webex Meetings mobile app.

Move Webex Meetings from your desktop to mobile app using a QR code

We are introducing the Move Meeting to Mobile feature where users can scan the QR code using their mobile camera and move their meeting to Webex Meetings mobile app without disrupting or disconnecting the meeting.

User setting for webinar default video layout

The default video layout for webinars on iPad and tablet is Stack view and for mobile is Focus view. Users can change their webinar default layout by going to Settings > Audio & video settings menu.

Administration experience

Collaboration restrictions for your company users from Control Hub settings templates

With this update, collaboration restrictions can now be applied at an individual user and group level from the settings template in Control Hub.

Today, IT administrators can block users from joining meetings that are hosted on the external sites at the org level only. With this update you can apply this policy at group and user level using settings template. Collaboration restrictions are applicable to the permitted sites too.

The Settings template is applicable to your company user joining both internal meetings and external meetings, with separate collaboration restriction toggles.

More than 20+ compliance control features are available for you to apply across your company users joining internal or external meetings.

Users are provided with appropriate messaging while using Webex Meetings based on their company policy.

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Webex Meetings compliance policies for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

IT administrators can now prevent users from joining company meetings from a BYOD. This feature leverages registry keys or tokens.

Users can join your company meetings using BYOD only if a registry key or token is detected on that device.

For more information on tokens and registry keys and how to configure them, see Collaboration restrictions for Webex Meetings in Control Hub

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Forced authentication before joining Webex Meetings

In Control Hub, as an administrator, you can now lock the company device to allow only authenticated company users to join meetings using that device.

This feature is applicable to your users using company device to join meetings that are held within your organization or joining external meetings (meetings held outside of your organization). This feature leverages the registry key and token that have already been introduced. For more information on tokens and registry keys, see Collaboration restrictions for Webex Meetings in Control Hub.

Without the registry key, if Authenticated Sign-in is ON, it applies to the user trying to join meetings with a claimed email address.

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Ability to disable Broadcast Message

Administrators can now disable Broadcast Message using Control Hub templates for meetings and webinars. The control to disable this feature is available at the user, group, or org level.

When the administrator has this feature disabled for the user, they won’t be able to receive broadcast message. The user as a host or cohost won’t be able to use the Broadcast Message feature in breakout rooms. The host and cohost are notified of the feature limitations.

New join policy for your company meetings with allowed lists for IT administrators

IT administrators can now set rules on who can join your company meetings. You can choose to allow anyone to join your internal meetings or choose to create an allowed list of domains. Only users who are authenticated on that domain can join your internal company meetings.

This policy can be applied at the organization level. You can also choose to apply this policy at user and group level using the settings template in Control Hub. This feature is available for meetings desktop and mobile.

Increased fidelity available for VoIP

Fullband audio for VOIP in meetings and webinars is available by request. This feature provides the highest level of audio quality available on the Webex service. Higher quality audio uses more bandwidth, so fullband audio isn't enabled by default. Site administrators can ask to have it enabled.

Webex Meetings APIs

Support Bulk registration for Webinars and Meetings

Currently, when applications utilize Webex Meetings APIs to register for a specific participant to join a Meeting or a Webinar, it must happen on a participant-by-participant basis. In this update, this API is updated to allow bulk registration of participants for more efficient use of the APIs. Visit the updated API: https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/meetings/register-a-meeting-registrant.

Meeting options using APIs

Webex Meetings management APIs is updated to allow applications to configure meetings options. Meeting options are used to define the features you can use in the meeting. For example, if a certain use case requires that you can’t view and use chat during a meeting or allow you to turn on closed caption. Meeting options are available for create and update meetings and are a part of listing meetings. To view the related APIs, please visit: https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/meetings.

List meetings by Type

The Webex Meeting list API https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/meetings/list-meetings is updated to allow applications to list meetings by their type.

Improved Registration page

Now, when you go to register for an upcoming meeting, you see the meeting title, time, and host. This helps make it clear what meeting you're registering for. We've also removed the meeting password in the Registration page since you don't need that information during registration.

If you're the host, you also get a registration link that they can copy to the Meeting information page.

Available in April 2022 (42.4)

Announcements

The 42.4 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Cisco Webex Meetings Suite.

Highlighted features for this update

• Improved toolbar for shared content

  We've made interacting with shared content easier by moving the tools (from a fade-out side bar) into a dedicated toolbar above the stage so you can access it at any time.

  You can now see who's sharing content, zoom in or out, open the annotation tools, and more–without blocking your view of what's being shared.

  

• Move Webex Meetings from your desktop to mobile app using a QR code

  It was initally communicated that Move Webex Meeting from desktop to mobile app using QR code was available in the 42.4 update, however, it has been delayed and will be available in a future update.

  We are introducing the Move Meeting to Mobile feature where users can scan the QR code using their mobile camera and move their meeting to Webex Meetings mobile app without disrupting or disconnecting the meeting.

  

• Picture-in-Picture support for Webex Meetings iPhone users

  Similar to iPad, iPhone users can use the iOS picture-in-picture (PiP) feature.

  With direct PiP support, users can now multitask with other apps on their iPhones while watching the meeting window or shared content.

• Redirect attendee to a URL address after a meeting or webinar

  Host can enter a URL address when they set up the meeting or webinar. Attendees can now be forwarded to a landing page after a meeting or webinar ends. This is a way to direct your audience to a survey, invite to next meeting or webinar, a thank you page, or information on event sponsors. This provides the opportunity to keep the attendee engagement going even after the meeting or webinar has ended.

  This ability doesn’t apply to webinars with webcast view for attendees.

  For security reasons, the domains approved by administrator can be saved here. You can work with your administrator to ensure the domains you need are approved. Otherwise, you'll see an error message when you enter the URL and the URL won’t be saved in your meeting or webinar information page.

  Administration experience

  As site administrators, for security reasons, make sure that you provide a list of domains so that the users can save the URLs containing the domains. Without the approved domains, the users won't be able to save any URL due to security considerations. For example, here are a few domain types for your consideration, survey domains (qualtrics.com, surveymonkey.com, typeform.com, to name a few), and your company's domain(s).

  Site Administration

  1. Go to Site Administration > Common Site Settings.

  2. In the Allow the following URL domain names enter the domain names.

  The URL containing the domains are considered approved so that the users can save them.

• New option for high fidelity content sharing

  Optimize for 3D is a new sharing optimization that is available to customers upon request to your Customer Success Manager. This feature uses additional bandwidth to reduce color artifacts when sharing high fidelity 3D models. The increased quality can aid in real-time collaboration for other types of content including Computer Aided Design and Medical Imaging.

  This feature is only supported for Webex Meetings (Windows and Mac) desktop app.

  If any other apps or devices join the meeting, the quality is reduced for all participants to normal levels. The quality is also reduced to normal levels if the meeting is recorded.

  Once enabled, the Optimize for 3D option appears in the drop-down selection on the Share Content dialog. This optimization is not used when Automatically Optimize is selected.

  This feature is turned on by request only.

• Slido updates

  There are several Slido enhancements coming this month. See the In-meeting experience section for more information.For more product details see https://community.sli.do/product-news-23.

  Slido releases are not dependent on the Webex upgrade cycle.

In-meeting experience

Improved toolbar when viewing shared content

We've made interacting with shared content easier by moving the tools (from a fade-out side bar) into a dedicated toolbar above the stage so you can access it at any time.

For more information, see the highlighted features for this update.

Ability to share application windows instead of the whole desktop

This feature optimizes the Webex Meetings content sharing experience while sharing an application. Previously, when the user shared applications it would share the entire screen and mask areas outside of the application window. With this update, the receiving user sees the individual windows of the shared application and not the entire masked desktop screen.

This feature is available on an delayed release cycle. Check status.webex.com/maintenance to see when it’s available on your site.

New option for high fidelity content sharing

Optimize for 3D is a new sharing optimization that is available to customers upon request to your Customer Success Manager. This feature uses additional bandwidth to reduce color artifacts when sharing high fidelity 3D models. The increased quality can aid in real-time collaboration for other types of content including Computer Aided Design and Medical Imaging.

For more information, see the highlighted features for this update.

A new Share tab added to Meeting Settings

In this update we’ve added a new Share tab to the Meeting Settings dialog. This is the new location for all relevant share-based preferences. One new setting is added for the Optimization for shared content. Currently, the Webex Meetings desktop app defaults to Automatically Optimize each time you share. Updating this preference allows you to control the default optimization that appears when the share dialog is opened.

This feature is to unify fragmented sharing settings into the unified preference to align with the Webex App. It offers a new setting under sharing section to configure the by-default sharing type. This setting could be entered using the new setting icon on the sharing dialog.

Web App: Send 1080p Video in the Chrome, Firefox, and Edge Browsers

Users joining from the Webex Meetings web app from the Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers can now send up to 1080p video in meetings and webinars.

New Slido administrator sidebar in Webex

The new side bar was made available in February as a toggle which you can turn on to try the enhanced polling experience. In April, the quiz feature is also supported in the new sidebar, followed by making it the default experience. Details and visuals can be found here: https://community.sli.do/product-news-23/slido-in-webex-has-a-new-look-1527.

Slido accessibility improvements

In the February update, the Slido participant mode was improved in terms of accessibility. Some visual changes were made, as well as support for Voice Over.

Additionally, Slido has the VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) available now:

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/responsibility/accessibility/downloads/vpats/VPAT_Cisco_Slido-Web-App_Jan2022.pdf.

Slido open-text polls

A few visual and functional improvements are coming in March/April. As a presenter, you’ll be able to control the flow of incoming open-text responses more seamlessly. Also, we’re adding the option to display respondents’ names attached to their open-text answers. Respondents can decide if they want to submit their name or not, and the Slido administrator can decide if they want to allow the names when setting up the poll.

Device enhancements

New name label style for meetings and devices

We've made some small, but effective changes to the style of the name labels in the video windows. So that they don't cover up as much, particularly in smaller window sizes. Name label styles are being updated to better align better with the rest of the Webex portfolio for users joining from video devices.

This visual update applies to on-premises registered video devices, older cloud video devices including SX, MX and DX series video devices, as well as meeting recording and streaming.

Post-meeting experience

Redirect attendee to a URL address after meeting or webinar

Host can enter a URL address when they set up the meeting or webinar. Attendees can now be forwarded to a landing page after a meeting or webinar ends. This is a way to direct your audience to a survey, invite to next meeting or webinar, a thank you page, or information on event sponsors. This provides the opportunity to keep the attendee engagement going even after the meeting or webinar has ended.

This ability doesn’t apply to webinars with webcast view for attendees.

For security reasons, the domains approved by administrator can be saved here. You can work with your administrator to ensure the domains you need are approved. Otherwise, you'll see an error message when you enter the URL and the URL won’t be saved in your meeting or webinar information page.

See the Administration experience section for more information.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

See the Cisco Webex Meetings Mobile App Resources for more info on the Webex Meetings mobile app.

Move Webex Meeting from desktop to mobile app using QR code

It was initally communicated that Move Webex Meeting from desktop to mobile app using QR code was available in the 42.4 update, however, it has been delayed and will be available in a future update.

We are introducing the Move Meeting to Mobile feature where users can scan the QR code using their mobile camera and move their meeting to Webex Meetings mobile app without disrupting or disconnecting the meeting.

Webex Meetings for iOS

See the Cisco Webex Meetings Mobile App Resources for more info on the Webex Meetings mobile app.

Picture-in-Picture support for Webex Meetings iPhone users

Similar to iPad, iPhone users can use the iOS picture-in-picture (PiP) feature.

With direct PiP support, users can now multitask with other apps on their iPhones while watching the meeting window or shared content.

GIF and MP4 animation virtual background support

Similar to desktop, iOS mobile apps now support GIF and MP4 animation in virtual backgrounds.

Administration experience

Collaboration restrictions for your company users joining meetings from a Chrome browser

IT administrators can apply all e-compliance controls using templates in Control Hub at user, group, and org level for joining meetings from the Chrome browser.

IT administrators can add the token to the new Chrome extension, then push the extension to all devices in the organization. All the compliance controls that are applicable to the user joining both internal and external meetings using the Webex Meetings desktop app are now applicable when they join meetings from the Chrome browser as well.

The administrator can search and delete the obsolete meetings on Control Hub

A host may schedule meetings but for some reason, can’t delete the meetings by themselves. For example, if the host leaves the company, then the administrator should have an ability to find the meetings and delete them. On Control Hub, the administrator can search for the scheduled meetings per the host user's name or meeting number, and then delete them.

Redirect attendee to a URL address after a meeting or webinar

As site administrators, for security reasons, make sure that you provide a list of domains so that the users can save the URLs containing the domains. Without the approved domains, the users won't be able to save any URL due to security considerations. For example, here are a few domain types for your consideration, survey domains (qualtrics.com, surveymonkey.com, typeform.com, to name a few), and your company's domain(s).

Site Administration

1. Go to Site Administration > Common Site Settings.

2. In the Allow the following URL domain names enter the domain names.

The URL containing the domains are considered approved so that the users can save them.

Webex Meetings Integrations

Support for scheduling meetings for on-premises hybrid exchange

If your Microsoft Teams account uses hybrid Microsoft Exchange, you can now schedule meetings from the Webex tab, a private chat with the Webex bot, or from the messaging extension.

Remove bot installation from 1:1 conversation

Schedule meetings from the Webex messaging extension in channels, group chats, or private chats without having to install the Webex bot. When you schedule a meeting, the meeting information appears in the conversation or chat message for others to join from.

Webex for Government updates

Meetings Quality APIs

Meetings Qualities API allows an administrator to pull detailed quality and troubleshooting information about a meeting (both recently occurred and currently occurring). This powerful API allows customers to create their own supportability tools and integration for their organization.