Features that were earlier available from the menu bar are now more contextual and distributed across the meeting. In the meeting controls, look under Audio options , Video options , Share content , and More options to find some of the key actions.

The following images show you where to find the features in the new experience. If you're looking for a specific setting, read the table below which maps the old menu paths to the new controls. You can also use keyboard navigation and shortcuts to save time and reduce the number of mouse clicks.

Show me the new controls

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 .

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

Menu bar reference

Unverified participants

Now, in both the lobby and the Participants panel, you see Unverified next to the name of participants who aren't signed in to Webex. This enhancement lets you easily identify the participants whose identify couldn't be verified by the app.

If your organization prefers, your Webex administrator can turn off the Unverified labels so that they don't show below the names of meeting participants in the Participants panel and videos.

For more information, see Know who you're letting into your Webex meeting.

Audio and video indicators

When participants turn on their video, they're easily visible in the participant videos. So, the video indicators in the participants list aren’t as useful and we've removed them in the Webex Suite meeting platform.

When someone is unmuted, you won't see next to the person's name in the Webex Suite meeting platform. However; when someone is muted, you see next to their name. And, if a participant isn't connected to audio in the meeting, you see next to their name in the participants list in the Webex Suite meeting platform.

In the Webex Suite meeting platform, the participants list doesn't include indicators, such as , to show the way participants are connected to audio.

Contact cards in meetings

During a meeting, you can hover over someone's profile picture in the participants list to see their contact card.

In the meeting and Not in the meeting sections

For scheduled meetings, the participant list has sections called In the meeting and Not in the meeting. These sections let you easily see which participants have already joined the meeting and which people are invited but have yet to join.

The Not in the meeting section doesn't show the following:

• People invited to the meeting who don't have a Webex account.
• People who were invited from within the meeting but haven't yet joined.

Participants who join from multiple devices

The participants list displays a signed-in user once, even if they join from multiple devices. This allows easier management of the user by consolidating their multiple join instances into a single participant.

Participants list options

We've made the options in the participants list more discoverable. If you're looking for a specific option, read the following table, which maps the old right-click menu options to the new controls.

Most people join a meeting unmuted. So, in the new meeting platform, when someone is unmuted, you won't see next to the person's name. However; when someone is muted, you’ll see next to their name. This makes it much easier to scan the participant list to see the people who have muted their audio.

The panels work differently when you're on the new platform.

Instead of opening multiple panels and using valuable screen space, you now open one panel at a time and the others collapse. If you prefer to see them together, you pop out multiple panels.

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.

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

Multimedia Viewer panel

The Multimedia Viewer panel isn't available on the Webex Suite meeting platform. Instead, share multimedia by sharing your screen or an application and selecting Optimize for motion and video and Share computer audio.

If you used the Multimedia Viewer panel for closed captioning or live interpretation, show closed captions or use simultaneous interpretation, which allows attendees to hear the presentation in their preferred language.

If you used the Multimedia Viewer panel for your meeting agenda, add your agenda to in-meeting chat.

Notes panel

The Notes panel isn't available on the Webex Suite meeting platform. Instead, get a written copy of the meeting audio: either get a post-meeting transcript by recording your meeting or download a meeting transcript without recording the meeting.

Get more from your meeting with in-meeting chat and files

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.

Your organization can choose whether the chat is automatically saved or cleared after the meeting. If the chat is saved, revisit and share the chat after the meeting ends. Currently, in-meeting chat can’t be downloaded. To save a copy of the in-meeting chat outside of the app, select all the chat during the meeting, and then copy and paste it into a document.

Add files to the meeting so that all participants can easily see all the meeting files in one location. Everyone can download the files you share. Even if someone joins the meeting late, they can access the files. Hosts and cohosts can turn off the ability to add files for everyone, at any stage of the meeting.

For more information, see Chat in a meeting or breakout session and Specify who participants can chat with in a meeting.

Access messages after the meeting ends

After a meeting ends, the meeting conversation is closed but we save the messages with the meeting content. Revisit the chat or share it with others. You can reference meeting notes, questions, and action items for follow-up.

If you prefer, your organization can choose not to save the messages with the meeting content.

For more information, see Access messages after the meeting.

Send a message to the meeting

If you’re invited to a meeting but haven’t joined it, you can still chat with everyone in the meeting. For example, if you're running late to a meeting, let the participants who already joined know that you'll be there soon.

For more information, see Send a message to meeting participants without joining the meeting.

We now provide you with polling and Q & A through Slido.

To open Slido, in the meeting controls, click Apps > Slido.

For more information, see Polls in Slido and Q&A in Slido.

The participants list displays a signed-in user once, even if they join from multiple devices. This allows easier management of the user by consolidating their multiple join instances into a single participant.

Move a meeting from one desktop or mobile device to another

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.

For more information, see Move a meeting to another desktop or mobile device.

If you use Webex for Government, here's an overview of how to join a meeting hosted on the Webex Suite meeting platform.

Webex App 43.10, 43.11, and 43.12

Follow these steps the first time you join a meeting.

1. Click the Join link in the email invitation or in Webex App.
2. In your browser, in the Open Webex pop-up that appears, check Always allow site_name.webex.com to open links of this type in the associated app and click Open Webex.
3. In Webex App, in the pop-up that appears, check Don’t show this message again.
4. Click Join in browser.
5. In the Webex web app that opens in your browser, enter your display name and email address, and click Next.

   Check Remember me to save the information for subsequent meetings.

6. Choose your audio and video settings before you join the meeting, and then click Join when you're ready to join the meeting.

The next time your join a meeting, you'll only need to do steps 1 and 6.

Webex App 44.1

Follow these steps the first time you join a meeting.

1. Click the Join link in the email invitation or in Webex App.
2. In your browser, in the Open Webex pop-up that appears, check Always allow site_name.webex.com to open links of this type in the associated app and click Open Webex.
3. In the Webex web app that opens in your browser, choose your audio and video settings before you join the meeting, and then click Join when you're ready to join the meeting.

   You don't need to enter your display name or email address.

The next time you join a meeting, you'll only need to do steps 1 and 3.

Webex VDI plug-in

If you have VDI users joining your meetings on the Webex Suite meeting platform, make sure that they have the Webex VDI plug-in.

Meeting options and attendee privileges

When you schedule a meeting on the Webex Suite meeting platform in Webex App, you can set the following meeting options only:

• Prevent all participants from turning on their video
• Turn off chat for all participants
• Prevent all participants, except the presenter, from adding and downloading files

However, when you schedule a meeting from User Hub or your Webex site, you can set the meeting options listed above and the following attendee privileges:

• Turn off content sharing
• Turn off the participants list

We don't support individual participant privileges on the Webex Suite meeting platform.

During a meeting, you can also set the meeting options and attendee privileges listed above and set other options and privileges, such as turn off reactions. For more information, see Webex App | Set meeting options and attendees privileges as a host or cohost.

Temporary File Solution (TFS)

You can't join a meeting on the Webex Suite meeting platform using the TFS meeting client. Instead, join meetings using the web client.

Announce name entry and exit tone

The Announce Name option isn't available on the Webex Suite meeting platform. Instead, play a notification sound when a participant joins or leaves a meeting and edit the display name of participants who join by phone only so they don't show as a call-in user.

Alternatively, hosts can schedule a meeting with ANI/CLI authentication, which allows participants' phone numbers to be identified in the meeting with their identity. Participants must specify a phone number for call-in authentication. For more information, see Use ANI/CLI authentication for audio connection in Webex meetings and events.

Call in from another application

The call in option to Call in from another application isn't available on the Webex Suite meeting platform. Instead, manually copy and paste the phone number to the third-party application.

Access Anywhere phone authentication

On the Webex Suite meeting platform, phone authentication isn't supported for Access Anywhere. Instead, use password authentication.

Show your front and back camera at the same time during a meeting

On an iPhone, you can't show your front and back camera at the same time during a meeting on the Webex Suite meeting platform. Instead, join the meeting from two mobile devices and share using one or the other camera. Make sure your move meeting preference is set to Always join again.

Invite people and notify host

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

We removed the Notify host button because we automatically notify the host if you're waiting in the lobby. You don't need to notify the host, and the host doesn't need to check their email.

Webex Assistant manual highlights

We don't support creating highlights manually on the Webex Suite meeting platform. Instead create highlights using voice commands.

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.

Layout and zoom

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.

Syncing the stage

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

Teleconference service

The audio connection type, Other teleconference service, isn't supported.

After you schedule a meeting, send the teleconference number and instructions to invitees by email or text message. The meeting recording won't have audio.

Audio-only meetings

Personal conference and audio-only meetings aren't supported.

To start an audio-only meeting, start a scheduled meeting by phone.

Join before host

The option to prevent attendees from connecting to audio before the meeting start time no longer works. All meetings have audio, including meetings that allow attendees to join before the meeting starts.

Access Anywhere authentication

Access Anywhere phone authentication isn't supported.

Use password authentication for Access Anywhere.

Maximum duration of a meeting

Meetings have a 24-hour time limit.

Video callback to video devices

Joining a meeting by using callback to a SIP video address (for example, <room_video_address>@example.com) isn’t available.

As an alternative, Webex App is able to detect and join meetings using nearby RoomOS-based Cisco video devices after pairing with them. For more information, see Webex App | Connect to a device from the desktop app and mobile app.

There are richer device controls available in a dedicated panel in Webex App. Use the device controls panel to mute or unmute audio, stop or start video, adjust the volume on the device, and control whether to show the participant video on both the app and the device. For more information, see Webex App | Device controls panel.

If you don't have access to a Cisco video device, to join the meeting, enter the meeting video address (for example, 987654321@company.webex.com) on the device's own user interface and call into the meeting.

Instant Help

The in-meeting Instant Help feature is no longer available. Contact Webex Support for any issues or questions encountered during a meeting.

Apple CarPlay

On the Webex Suite meeting platform, you can't listen to meeting recordings from the CarPlay dashboard. Instead, listen to recordings in the desktop or mobile version of Webex App.

Join webinars on mobile

Mobile users need Webex Meetings app for iOS or Webex Meetings app for Android to join webinars and to join meetings that aren't hosted on the Webex Suite meeting platform. These can’t be joined from Webex App mobile app.

Simultaneous interpretation

Simultaneous interpretation is supported only in scheduled meetings that use a one-time meeting link.

Headset support

Webex App only supports integrated headset controls with certificated headset models. Use headsets certified for Webex App to get full headset control functions and experience the best voice and audio quality.

NDI live streaming

Network Device Interface (NDI) support is coming soon.

Share options can be saved for future meetings—Windows and Mac

If you consistently use the same settings when you share content, for example, you always select Share computer audio, the app can now remember your preferences. This means you won't need to set them every meeting.

During a meeting, access the settings from the Share content window. When you're not in a meeting, go to Settings > Sharing content and select your preferences under Resolution and frame rate and Sharing options.

See Optimize the resolution and frame rate of shared content in a Webex call or meeting. Webex, Share computer audio when you share content in a Webex call or meeting, and Show yourself in front of your presentation in a Webex meeting

Access in-meeting chat in your meeting recordings—Windows, Mac, and Web

When you play back a recording on the Webex Suite meeting platform, the public chat messages from your meeting display directly in the recording player. Click to relive the full chat experience including reactions, GIF links, markdown formatting, clickable links, and threaded conversations.

Each chat message is accompanied by the sender's profile picture, making it easy to identify participants.

Remember, chat content in meeting recordings is read-only and can’t be edited.

See Webex App | View meeting recordings in your calendar and Webex App | View your meeting recordings in a space

Arrow pointer for annotation—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you annotate on shared content, you can now use an arrow to point out exactly what you're discussing. Simply click anywhere on the screen, and your arrow pointer moves to that spot, making it easy for others to follow along.

Each participant has one arrow pointer. Your arrow pointer has your name on it, and you can choose a color for it.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Choose the maximum layout resolution for incoming video, up to 4K Ultra HD (2160p)—Windows and Mac

You can choose the maximum layout quality for your incoming video. While your Webex administrator sets a default quality for your organization, you can customize your experience by selecting from a range of options, starting from basic quality all the way up to the highest your device supports, including 4K Ultra HD (2160p) as the new maximum. The resolution you actually experience depends on several factors including your computer's performance, your screen's resolution, the size of the Webex App window, bandwidth, the resolution other participants are sending, the number of participants in the meeting, and more.

See Choose the maximum layout quality for incoming video in a Webex meeting

Set sound notifications for meetings—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Never miss a meeting again! Set your app to play a ringtone when a scheduled meeting is about to start. Along with the visual meeting notification that pops up, the ringtone ensures you're always on time.

We provide a list of ringtones directly in the app. Choose your favorite.

See Get a sound notification when a Webex meeting is about to start

Integrate your desk phone with Webex meetings—Windows and Mac

You can connect your desk phone to Webex App and then join meetings from both your phone and the app. Use your desk phone as your audio device and the app to view participants’ videos and share content.

Whether you mute, unmute, or adjust the volume in the app or directly on your phone, the audio stays perfectly synchronized in real time between the app and your phone.

This feature is available on Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series with Webex Calling.

See Webex Companion with Desk Phone 9800 Series (Webex Calling)

New audio device notifications—Windows and Mac

Now, we'll inform you about any changes to your audio devices, making it easier to switch devices when needed. Previously, it was unclear if your audio device switched successfully when you joined a meeting, which sometimes led to joining with no audio or poor audio quality. Here's how we improved it:

• You see notifications during the meeting only.
• Notifications only appear when an audio device is connected or disconnected.
• If an audio device is connected but not yet used, you get a notification with options to change the device or dismiss the notification.
• Notifications inform you when an audio device is connected and automatically switched to, or when a device is disconnected and switched to another.
• The notifications will clearly indicate whether only the speaker, only the microphone, or both the speaker and microphone have been switched.

Invite a Cisco or third-party SIP device to an in-progress meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Tap > Invite and remind > Devices. You can either search for the device by name or directly enter the device's video address. The device then receives a call from the meeting, allowing its user to join seamlessly.

See Invite a device to your in-progress Webex meeting

Webinars on Webex Suite meeting platform

Over the next few months, Webex Webinars are moving to Webex Suite meeting platform. This platform improves and simplifies hybrid work across the entire Webex Suite, and incorporates AI-based experiences, with common architecture, administration, and integrations. The new platform converges the webinar experience across Webex applications and devices, and delivers continuous collaboration before, during, and after the webinar.

To check if you are on this new platform and read about key changes, new, and forthcoming features, see more about the Webex Suite meeting platform.

Turn off remote control for all attendees—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

During a meeting, anyone can request control of the screen or application that’s being shared. If you're the host or cohost and want to ensure a secure and controlled environment, prevent attendees from requesting control of the shared screen or application. The host, cohosts, and the presenter will still be able to request control of the shared content.

See Turn off remote control in a Webex meeting

Turn off annotation for all attendees—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you're in a meeting and someone shares their screen or an application, you can ask the presenter if you can annotate the content they’re sharing. However, if you're the host or cohost and want to keep the presentation focused, you can prevent attendees from requesting to annotate. The host, cohost, and presenter are still able to annotate the shared content.

See Turn off annotation in a Webex meeting

Control who participants can chat with during a meeting—Windows and Mac

As a host or cohost, minimize distractions during your meeting by changing the chat privileges. You can stop participants from chatting publicly with everyone. You're also able to prevent participants from chatting privately with other participants, the presenter, and the host and cohost. By adjusting these privileges, you ensure a more focused and engaging meeting environment.

See Specify who participants can chat with in a Webex meeting

Download in-meeting chat messages—Windows and Mac

You can download the chat messages from your meeting and share them with others.

The messages are saved as a text file in your Downloads folder. They're in a folder named <Meeting Name_yyyymmdd>, for example, Sales_Review_20250515 or Jessica Larson’s Personal Room_20250513.

See Webex App | Access and download chat messages after the meeting

Invite a Cisco or third-party SIP device to an in-progress meeting—Windows and Mac

From More options or the participants panel, click Invite and remind > Devices. You can either search for the device by name or directly enter the device's video address. The device then receives a call from the meeting, allowing its user to join seamlessly.

See Invite a device to your in-progress Webex meeting

Enhanced join experience for guest users—Web

This feature is currently available on Webex online free and paid plans. It will be available on all Webex enterprise plans in April (45.4). This feature will first be available to select customers before being released to everyone.

When you join a meeting as a guest using your browser, you'll find the process is now quicker and easier. You can enter your name and, if required, your email address right on the meeting preview page where you see your self view and adjust your audio and video settings. If you prefer, there's also an option to sign in before joining.

If you're joining a Personal Room meeting on a Webex site with CAPTCHA enabled, you need to complete the CAPTCHA before reaching the meeting preview page. After that, just enter your name and, if required, email address to join the meeting as usual.

Omnissa Horizon support—Windows VDI, Mac VDI, and Linux VDI

We support Omnissa Horizon, previously known as VMware Horizon, across all platforms. Ensure you upgrade to Omnissa Horizon to enjoy the full support benefits.

Support for Jabra headset controls—Linux VDI

You can now use your Jabra headset controls during meetings on Linux-based thin client VDI environments. For a detailed list of supported platforms and models, see Webex App | Headset Support.

Webex App VDI supports Windows App

With Webex App VDI, you can enhance your virtual desktop experience of meeting using Windows App. This app acts as your gateway to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365 (W365), replacing the old remote desktop application. You'll be able to seamlessly connect to virtual desktops on AVD and W365 through the Windows App with optimized media.

Experience spatial audio in meetings on Apple Vision Pro

When you pop out a participant's video during a meeting, you' now hear their voice coming from their direction, making the experience more immersive.

See Webex App | Use Webex on Apple Vision Pro

Choose your preferred speaker in Firefox and Safari browsers—Web

Previously, you couldn't see or change the speaker device in the audio connections menu due to security limitations on Firefox and Safari browsers. Now, you notice that Follow system setting is selected by default. This means the active speaker device is the one chosen by your operating system. If you want to switch to a different speaker, select another option. A browser pop-up shows you a list of available speakers to choose from.

Improved display of audio menu options—Web

Previously, you might have found inconsistencies in where the audio options were located on the meeting preview page, in the lobby, and during meetings. Also, an extra step was required to change your audio device. Now, things are simpler.

On the meeting preview page, all available audio devices show in an expanded list. This makes it easier for you to find and switch to a different speaker or microphone without hassle. Webex smart audio is now only available during meetings, ensuring you have the best audio experience when you need it most. The rarely used options to select no speaker, no microphone, and no camera have been removed to streamline your experience.

Adjust the lighting for your meetings—Windows and Mac

We all join meetings from different places—sometimes it's a dim room, other times it's right by a bright window. To help keep our faces evenly lit, we've introduced an intelligent relighting model. We've trained the relighting model with a wide range of lighting conditions, skin tones, and facial samples. It captures your image in real time and adjusts the lighting on your face directly through your device.

This feature is available only if your computer supports the app's intelligent lighting model. To turn on the feature, go to Settings > Video, and check Correct my lighting. It's turned on by default if you previously enabled automatic color boosting using the Adjust my video setting.

If necessary, you can still manually adjust the brightness, contrast, and color saturation of your video.

See Webex App | Correct the lighting in your video

Enhance manual close captioning with the option to manually type captions—Windows and Mac

As the meeting host or cohost, during a meeting, you now have the option to allow manual captioning and assign any participant to type captions.

If you're given the captioner role, simply open the manual captioning window in the app and start typing. Participants on Webex App for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and web can see the captions in real time as you type them.

See Turn on manual captions in a Webex meeting and assign a captioner

See your self view and the videos of other participants when you’re sharing content—Windows and Mac

When you’re sharing content in a meeting, the floating window now defaults to grid view instead of focus view. Grid view shows the active speaker and other meeting participants.

If you want to see your self view in the floating window too, go to Settings > Video and, under Self view in meetings, choose either Show with others or Show in floating window.

If you prefer to see the active speaker only in the floating window, switch to focus view.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Easily find the app or screen that you want to share—Windows and Mac

If you open another app after the Share content dialog box is already open, the dialog now automatically refreshes to show the new app. Similarly, if you connect a different monitor, the dialog now updates to display the new screen available for sharing. No need to close and reopen the Share content dialog box.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Choose the correct audio device for meetings—Windows and Mac

To make it easier for you to select the right audio option for your meeting, we added the device type—Built-in, HDMI, USB, or Virtual—in parentheses next to the device name.

When you click Audio options , you might notice that devices that don't produce sound are listed. For instance, if your monitor is connected to your computer through HDMI, it appears as one of the audio options. So now, if you see HDMI next to a device name, you can opt for a different audio option.

See Webex App | Change your audio settings and Choose your audio and video settings before you join a meeting or webinar

Improved label display for speaker and microphone audio devices—Windows, Mac, and Web

We've made it easier for you to see the names of your speaker and microphone devices. Previously, the default setting, Use system setting, cut off the full name of your audio devices. You had to hover over the label to see the complete name. Now, when you click Audio options , the speaker or microphone device name shows on a separate line, under Follow system setting. This change makes it much easier to view the full names of your devices.

See Webex App | Change your audio settings and Choose your audio and video settings before you join a meeting or webinar

Cisco spatial meetings

Cisco spatial meetings deliver an immersive experience featuring life-like video and incredible depth using Webex meetings, a Cisco Room Bar Pro, and an Apple Vision Pro. The dual-lens cameras in Cisco collaboration devices capture stereoscopic images, providing a realistic 3D view of people, objects, and surroundings to meeting participants using Apple Vision Pro.

Read more about spatial meetings on Cisco Room Bar Pro.

Enhanced join experience for guest users—Web

This feature is available on Webex online free and paid plans. It will be available on Webex enterprise plans in March (45.3).

When you join a meeting as a guest using your browser, you'll find the process is now quicker and easier. You can enter your name and, if required, your email address right on the meeting preview page where you see your self view and adjust your audio and video settings. If you prefer, there's also an option to sign in before joining.

If you're joining a Personal Room meeting on a Webex site with CAPTCHA enabled, you need to complete the CAPTCHA before reaching the meeting preview page. After that, just enter your name and, if required, email address to join the meeting as usual.

See Join a Webex meeting using the meeting link

Assign an invitee as a cohost from scheduler—Android

We’ve added the ability to edit cohost roles directly from the in-app scheduler. This allows you to prepare for upcoming meetings and provide in-meeting permission ahead of time.

See Webex App | Schedule a meeting from the meetings calendar and Webex App | Schedule a meeting from a space

See multiple camera angles at the same time from a conference room—Windows and Mac

During a meeting, you can now see up to two video streams simultaneously from the latest RoomOS devices. If the camera mode is set to Group & speaker, there are three or more people in the room, and one of them is speaking, you see both an overview of the room and a close-up of the person speaking.

Requirements: RoomOS 11.23 on Cisco Room Bar Pro, Cisco Board Pro G2, Cisco Codec Pro with Cisco Quad Camera, Cisco Room 70D G2, Cisco Codec EQ, or Cisco Room Kit EQX

See Group and Speaker mode for Cisco devices

Move participants who join by phone to the lobby—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

As a host or cohost, you can now move participants who join by phone to the lobby and back. Participants waiting in the lobby can't hear or see any of the shared content or interact with anyone in the meeting.

See Webex App | Move participants to the lobby during a meeting

Improved control of entry and exit tone—Windows and Mac

As the host or cohost of a meeting, you now have the flexibility to turn the entry and exit tone on or off during the meeting. This can be done even if you initially chose Beep or No tone when scheduling the meeting.

See Webex App | Turn on or off entry and exit tones in a meeting

AI Assistant support for multiple languages—Windows and Mac

AI Assistant now supports multiple languages for in-meeting and post-meeting summaries and transcripts, for more inclusive and engaging meetings.

For example, if a meeting is conducted in Spanish (the spoken language for the meeting set to Spanish), but your Webex App language is set to French, AI assistant provides the in-meeting summary and respond to your questions in French, based on your app settings.

For post-meeting summaries, AI assistant generates the summary in the meeting's spoken language. If the meeting language is set to Spanish, the post-meeting summary will also be in Spanish.

With the real-time translation license, we support 13 spoken languages. For customers without a license, we support 5 spoken languages by default.

See Webex App | Cisco AI Assistant in meetings

Increasing maximum resolution for individual video streams from 720p to 1080p—Window, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Linux, Windows VDI, and Mac VDI

To improve video quality, we’re increasing the maximum video resolution from 720p to 1080p. Previously sites had to request this capability to be enabled, this will now be enabled for all organizations as standard.

To send 1080p, you must have a suitable device (for more details see Webex video support) and you must select 1080p in the camera settings.

If your organization wants to restrict the video back to 720p, contact Cisco support to submit a request.

See Webex App | Set the maximum preferred resolution of your camera

Schedule recurring meetings—iPhone, iPad, and Android

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.

See Webex App | Schedule a meeting from the meetings calendar and Webex App | Schedule a meeting from a space

Move the share control bar to another monitor—Windows and Mac

If you use multiple monitors, now when you share content in a meeting, you can drag the share bar to a second monitor. This lets you focus entirely on presenting on your main screen.

See Webex App | Move the share control bar to another monitor when you're presenting

Use the system screen sharing picker—Mac

Now you can use the system screen sharing picker instead of Webex controls to share your screen, window, or an app in a meeting. Go to Settings on the navigation sidebar, click Sharing content, and check Use the Mac system screen sharing picker.

See Webex App | Use the Mac system screen sharing picker to share content

Personal Conference Number (PCN) meetings

Today, PCN meetings can’t be scheduled on the Webex Suite meeting platform, nor can new PCN accounts be created. However, you can start existing scheduled PCN meetings and use an existing PCN account to start an audio-only meeting.

After August 31, 2024, you’ll no longer be able to start an existing scheduled PCN meeting, nor use an existing PCN account to start a meeting. Make sure to mark your calendar and plan for this change. To start an audio-only meeting, start a scheduled meeting by phone.

Export a whiteboard as a PDF—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows VDI, Mac VDI, and Linux

Now you can save the whiteboard that you’re sharing as a PDF. Once you've saved it, you've got the perfect format for taking your whiteboard on the go, even without an internet connection.

Sharing your whiteboard with others after the meeting is easy, especially if they weren't part of the original group.

See Webex App | Share a whiteboard during a meeting

Choose whether to show your Webex App when sharing your screen—Windows and Mac

We now show your Webex App windows, by default, when you share your screen in a meeting. In earlier releases, Webex App was hidden by default. So, if you don’t want the other meeting participants to see Webex App when you share your screen, make sure you hide it.

We made showing or hiding the app more convenient by adding these two new ways:

• Before the meeting starts, go to Settings > Sharing content and check or uncheck Show my Webex app.
• When you share your screen, check or uncheck Show my Webex app in the lower left of the Share content dialog.

These methods are in addition to the option to click More sharing options on the share control bar and check or uncheck Show my Webex app.

See Webex App | Include Webex App when sharing your screen

Cisco AI Codec—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

We’ve improved audio quality in poor network conditions with Cisco AI Codec! When you have low bandwidth and high packet loss, audio is choppy and difficult to hear. AI Codec encodes at low bit rates and increases redundancies, providing better resiliency and audio quality.

AI Codec is being rolled out to Webex now.

In-meeting chat support for Apple Vision Pro

Great news for Apple Vision Pro users! You can now chat during meetings right within the app. You can chat with everyone or one-on-one. Tap Chat on the right of the video grid.

You can pop out the in-meeting chat window and place it anywhere you like on the infinite canvas.

See Webex App | Use Webex on Apple Vision Pro

Custom dictionary

Webex administrators can add up to 100 words that aren’t part of the standard dictionary for transcription to a custom dictionary. These words can then be transcribed more accurately in the closed captions, transcript, and AI Assistant summary when they are spoken in meetings.

Use Citrix Configuration Service for your Webex App VDI plug-in deployment—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

Get your Webex App VDI plug-in up and running smoothly with the help of the Citrix Configuration Service. After you've set up the Citrix Configuration Service, the Webex App VDI plug-in is included as part of your Citrix Workspace App installation process. The plug-in downloads from the Webex App cloud and installs right alongside the Citrix Workspace app. It's a hassle-free setup that gets you connected and ready to go in no time.

Higher resolution videos in meetings—Windows and Mac

During a meeting, the app now smartly adjusts the quality of the videos based on your device's screen resolution. It all depends on the capability of your computer and how large the app window is on your screen. Make the app window bigger and enjoy those crisp, clear videos.

Webex App | Change your video layout during a meeting

Whiteboards in end-to-end encrypted meetings—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

You can now share new whiteboards in end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) meetings.

See Webex App | Share a whiteboard during a meeting

Annotations in end-to-end encrypted meetings—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

You can now annotate on content that someone else is sharing in an end-to-end encrypted meeting.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Simplified meeting join page—Web

If you're a guest user joining a meeting from a web browser, we've got some great news! The option to join the meeting through the browser is now as prominent as the option to download the app.

See Join a Webex meeting using the meeting link

Better accessibility with fewer pop-ups in meetings—Windows and Mac

We tidied up our meeting interface by removing pop-up messages for features that were introduced before the latest release. This makes the app more accessible and creates a smoother experience for you.

If you're curious about any of the features we released earlier, find all the details in by clicking Help > What's New in the navigation sidebar of the app.

See Webex App | Accessibility support features

Google Pixel Fold support—Android

We fine-tuned Webex App for Android to work with your Pixel Fold phone. Now, you can enjoy the convenience of folded screen mode and then unfold your phone for a more immersive, collaborative experience on a larger screen.

See Webex App | Download the Desktop or Mobile App

Support new Jabra headset and headset dongle models—Windows and Mac

If you want to upgrade your audio experience in meetings, we now support the Jabra Engage 50 II headset and the Jabra Link 390 headset dongle.

See Webex App | Details about headset support

Remind invited users not in the meeting to join—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Web

Have you ever been in a meeting and realized that a few folks you invited haven't shown up yet? If you're hosting or cohosting the meeting, you can give them a gentle nudge to hop in. Take a peek at the list of people who aren't in the meeting and select their names. They get a friendly email reminder that includes a handy link to join the meeting right away.

If you use your Personal Room for the meeting, only invitees from organizations that have Common Identity appear in the list of people who aren’t in the meeting.

See Webex App | Remind invitees to join an in-progress meeting

Let others know when you step away from the meeting—Windows and Mac

If you need to answer the doorbell or grab a glass of water, now you can give the other participants a heads up. Manually set your status to Stepped away or set the app to automatically switch to Stepped away when you move away from your camera for a while.

When you step away, we mute your microphone, turn off your video, and replace your profile picture with an image of a hot beverage and the text, Stepped away. This lets other participants know you're temporarily away from the meeting.

See Webex App | Step away from a meeting

Easily switch between multiple shared files and a whiteboard during a meeting—Windows and Mac

If you're juggling multiple shared files or bouncing between a whiteboard and the files, things just got a whole lot smoother. Now you can seamlessly switch between different shared files on the fly, without interrupting your presentation.

When you're ready to switch to another file or the whiteboard, click You're sharing… above the shared content.

See Webex App | Switch between shared files and a whiteboard during a meeting

We changed the default value of "Connect to audio without pressing 1"—Windows and Mac

Great news for those who use the Call me option for audio during meetings on Windows and Mac. You no longer have to check Connect to audio without pressing 1. This option is now checked by default. Enjoy your meetings with one less click.

Annotate on camera content shared during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Now, when someone shares their camera in a meeting, both the presenter and other participants can annotate on the shared content.

You or the presenter can save a PDF snapshot of the annotations.

When you share a camera, you control who can annotate. Allow all participants to annotate, have others ask for approval to annotate, or block all requests so only you can annotate.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Annotate on files shared during a meeting—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When someone shares a file from a mobile device, you see a preview of that file. Now, you can also annotate on what you see. You or the presenter can save a PDF of the annotated view at any time.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Annotate on files shared during a meeting—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

Now, when someone shares a file in a meeting, both the presenter and other participants can annotate on the file. You can even mark up a different page than the one that the presenter’s currently sharing.

You or the presenter can save a PDF copy of the file that includes all the annotations.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Start multiple calls or meetings simultaneously from Webex App—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

Good news for multitaskers. With the latest update on Webex App VDI, you can make or answer calls right in the middle of a meeting. Or, if you're already on a call, you can hop into a meeting whenever you need to.

And there's more: The performance on your thin client just got a turbo boost. We're talking smoother experiences with CPU, GPU, and memory usage slashed to just a third of what they used to be.

Hear a beep when you mute or unmute yourself—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

The beep provides confirmation that you muted or unmuted yourself. Only you can hear the sound. Not other meeting participants. If you prefer, turn off the beep.

See Webex App | Turn off the beep you hear when you mute or unmute yourself

Keep your meetings and calls going smoothly in Webex App—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

When you're in a meeting or on a call, Webex App prevents sleep mode activation for your virtual desktop (HVD) server or thin client. This makes sure you have a stable and continuous connection throughout the duration of your meeting or call, without interruption.

No more worrying about warning messages for version mismatches in the Health Checker—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

Now, if the Webex App version on your hosted virtual desktop (HVD) and the plug-in version on your thin client play well together, you see a friendly green check mark in the Health Checker—even if they're not the exact same version.

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

• 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.

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

Answer a call to your video address during a meeting—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

Be in two places at once and answer important calls without leaving a meeting. Just put your audio and video on pause in the meeting and then take the call. When you finish the call, go back to the meeting without having to rejoin.

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

AI Assistant in meetings—Windows and Mac

Sometimes you may join a meeting late, need to step away for a moment, or you're multitasking and get distracted. With AI Assistant, you can now quickly catch up on what you've missed with meeting summaries, understand what's being discussed, ask questions without disturbing the meeting, and stay on top of the conversation. You also receive a summary and transcript after the meeting, without having to record.

AI Assistant is only available on the Webex Suite meeting platform. Your administrator must also have this feature enabled. It will be on a delayed release schedule.

See Webex App | Cisco AI Assistant in meetings

See higher resolution video thumbnails in meetings—Windows and Mac

In stack and side-by-side layouts, when you drag the resize handle between the video thumbnails and the stage, the app now dynamically adjusts the size of the thumbnails to accommodate higher resolution videos.

See Webex App | Change your video layout during a meeting

External USB camera support—iPad

Great news if you're using Webex App on your iPad—it now supports USB-C external cameras. All you need is to be running iPadOS 17 or later, and you can hook up an external USB camera.

See Webex App | Use an external camera for calls or meetings on your iPad

Allow participants to hear the meeting in their preferred language—Web

As a host, 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.

Inactive interpreters can request that the active interpreter hand off to them.

See Simultaneous interpretation in Webex meetings, webinars and Personal Rooms

Show meetings in calendar list view when messaging is unavailable—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

View meetings in your calendar list when messaging is unavailable in the app, this includes all active instant meetings, and Personal Room meetings. For ongoing meetings, you can see the join button and review the participant list.

Enhancements to calendar settings—iPhone, iPad, and Android

We’ve improved the way you view your meetings on mobile. You can choose to just see the meetings that are connected to your Webex account or you can include the calendars that are on your device, for example your calendar app on Apple devices. These toggles are available at Settings > Calendar and they only hide or show the meetings, you’re not disconnected from your calendars.

Annotate on files shared during a meeting—Windows and Mac

Now, when someone shares a file in a meeting, both the presenter and other participants can annotate on the file. You can even mark up a different page than the one that the presenter’s currently sharing.

Don't worry about losing the annotations when the meeting ends. Both you and the presenter can save a PDF copy of the file that includes all the annotations.

When you share a file, you control who can annotate. Allow all participants to annotate, have others ask for approval to annotate, or block all requests so only you can annotate.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Automatically accept requests for remote desktop control—Windows and Mac

If more than one person is training you or helping you to resolve an IT issue, they can now take control of your desktop without each person having to wait for your go-ahead.

A new setting on the share control bar allows you to automatically accept all requests for desktop control. Click More sharing options > Remote control privilege > Automatically accept requests.

See Webex App | Provide or request remote desktop control

Your pronouns now show in meetings—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you set your pronouns to show in Webex App, they’re now visible next to your name in the participants panel and in your thumbnail video.

See Webex App | Set your pronouns

Associate a meeting with a space—Windows and Mac

Create a space when you schedule a meeting or add a space when your meeting ends. Everyone invited can share files and collaborate before and after the meeting.

We changed the default panel behavior in the Cisco predefined Session Type "Pro Meeting" with ID = 3—Windows and Mac

Before this release, the panels were set to Open by default. To make the meeting interface more streamlined, we’ve now set the panels to Closed by default.

This is because we’ve changed the default behavior of the panels in the Cisco predefined Session Type "Pro Meeting" with ID = 3. You can think of a Session Type as a meeting template that your Webex administrator uses.

If your organization uses other Session Types or custom Session Types, nothing’s changing there. And the default behavior of all existing custom Session Types doesn’t change either.

Enhance your annotation experience by using the text tool—Windows VDI, Mac VDI, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Good news for VDI and mobile users! Now you can use the text tool when you annotate on shared content. It’s much easier to use your keyboard to type than draw text with your mouse or the pointer.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Annotate on shared content—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

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.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations

Access all the meeting controls when you’re presenting—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

Now, when you're presenting content, you can access all the meeting controls, not just a few, from the floating video panel.

If the floating video panel is taking up too much screen space, collapse it. Need it again? Expand it with one click.

With these changes, we aim to give you more control and flexibility during your presentations.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Remote control when sharing an application window—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

During a meeting, you can request or receive control of someone's shared application window.

See Webex App | Provide or request remote desktop control

Join meetings faster with Apple universal link support—Mac

Webex has applied Apple universal link technology to Webex join meeting links. Now, when you click a meeting link from your calendar, email, or Webex App, the meeting preview window opens directly. A browser window doesn’t open first so you join the meeting quicker.

Protect your organization's content by adding watermarks to participant videos and shared content—Windows and Mac

Deter participants from leaking meeting information. As a meeting host, have Webex superimpose a watermark image pattern over all the meeting video and shared content. Each participant who views the meeting sees a watermark image pattern with their own email address. If the participant isn’t signed into Webex, the watermark image pattern includes their display name and their email address. Your organization can choose to add the meeting number as part of the watermark.

You pick the opacity of the watermark, so that the image pattern is an effective deterrent but doesn’t cause too much distraction.

When you add visual watermarks, your organization may prevent recording the meeting.

See Webex App| Add visual watermarks to shared content in a meeting

Request to annotate or remote control from the context menu—Windows and Mac

When someone's sharing content, now there’s another way to ask the presenter for permission to annotate the shared content or control their shared screen. Simply right-click on the shared content and click Annotate or Request remote control.

These options are in addition to the Annotate and Request control icons that appear above the shared content.

See Webex App | Provide or request remote desktop control and Webex App | Mark up a shared screen with annotations

Upload up to 10 virtual background images—Windows and Mac

Now you can upload up to 10 images to use as virtual backgrounds in your meetings. This is a big step up from the previous limit of three images. So go ahead and choose your favorite images to add some personal flair to your next meeting.

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

Meet instantly with a one-time link—Windows and Mac

Start a meeting immediately with a unique one-time meeting link. Invite other people to join by sending them the meeting link without all the steps needed to schedule a meeting.

On the Meetings tab, you see Start a Webex meeting, the default action starts a one-time meeting link or you can click the drop-down list to select Start a Personal Room meeting.

Your administrator configures the available options.

Use Webex on Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later)

Webex App makes it easy for you to collaborate and engage with your team on your biggest screen, whether it's in the office or your living room. Use your Siri Remote to view your upcoming meetings and join when it's meeting time.

See Webex App | Use Webex on Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later)

Choose a custom meeting password—Android

When you schedule a meeting, you can choose if you want to use a custom meeting password or a generated password. The custom password is validated to ensure it meets the criteria for a secure password.

See Webex App | Schedule a meeting from the meetings calendar

Use Webex on your Apple Watch

Easily join Webex meetings with just a tap on your wrist device.

See Webex App | Use Webex on your Apple Watch

Customize the lobby—Windows, Mac, and Web

When you host a meeting and have people wait in the lobby before you admit them, create an engaging experience for them while they wait.

Add a welcome message, banner image, logo, and an image or video that promotes your organization or the meeting topic.

See Webex App | Customize the lobby

View embedded apps on passive devices

Passive devices are devices with no touch capabilities, such as Room Series devices.

If you join a meeting on a passive device, when a participant opens an app, you now see a screen share of the app session.

Sharing content takes priority over sharing the app. So, if someone shares content, you no longer see the app session.

This feature is available when someone starts a Stage View app from Webex App for Windows or Mac.

Access all the meeting controls when you’re presenting—Windows and Mac

Now, when you're presenting content, you can access all the meeting controls, not just a few, from the floating video panel. If you want to save some screen space taken by the floating video panel, collapse it. Need it again? Expand it with one click.

With these changes, we aim to give you more control and flexibility during your presentations.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Use Webex on Apple Vision Pro

Connect with others in an immersive Webex meeting environment that fills the space around you. View and join upcoming meetings. Pop out individual participant videos or shared content and resize them to life size.

See Webex App | Use Webex on Apple Vision Pro

Remote control when sharing an application window—Windows and Mac

During a meeting, you can request or receive control of someone's shared application window.

See Webex App | Remote desktop control when sharing an application window

Enhance your annotation experience by using the text tool—Windows and Mac

Good news for desktop users! Now you can use the text tool when you annotate on shared content. It’s much easier to use your keyboard to type than draw text with your mouse.

See Webex App | Mark up a shared screen with annotations

Join a meeting when already on a call—Windows and Mac

When you're on a call with your IT support and they need you to share your screen or give them remote control of your computer, they can request you to join a meeting simultaneously. Your audio remains on the original call, but you can actively participate in the meeting.

Share files with up to 200 pages—Windows and Mac

During a meeting, you can now share files with up to 200 pages. The previous limit of 50 pages is a thing of the past.

If you use an earlier version of Webex App and someone shares a file with more than 50 pages, you'll only be able to see the first 50 pages. We recommend that you update your Webex App to the latest version.

See Webex App | Share a file in a meeting

Participants panel now honors the Session Type settings—Windows and Mac

Your organization administrator can customize Session Type settings, which include setting the default behavior of the participants panel. If the participants panel's default behavior is set as Open in the session type, you see the participants panel when you start or join a meeting.

We've no meetings features this month. Look through earlier releases below for features.

Use Webex smart audio on macOS Sonoma

In macOS Sonoma (macOS 14), Apple added Mic Modes to the main system bar when there’s an active microphone. This feature appears on Mac models from 2018 and later.

Mic Modes take effect before the audio is provided to Webex App and can conflict with your smart audio settings. To ensure the best audio quality, we recommend you use Standard mic mode with Webex App and control your microphone optimizations with our smart audio settings.

If you select a mic mode that lowers the audio quality of the smart audio setting you select, a prompt appears with a link to change the mic mode.

Access chat while you share your screen—Windows and Mac

If you want to chat with participants while you share your screen, now it's convenient. In the floating window, click More meeting controls > Chat to open the chat panel.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Clean mode when sharing content—Windows and Mac

When you share content during a meeting, you can choose Hide Webex controls and panels from More sharing options . This mode hides the share control bar, the floating video window, and the chat and participants panels. Alternatively, you can use the Ctrl+Shift+Q shortcut to switch on or off clean mode, or click Esc to exit clean mode.

See Webex App | Hide the Webex controls and panels while sharing content

Move participants to the lobby from a breakout session—Windows and Mac

If you're the meeting host or cohost and you need to talk privately to some of the participants in a breakout session, temporarily move the other participants to the lobby. Admit them back into the breakout session when ready.

Participants waiting in the lobby can't hear or see any of the shared content or interact with anyone in the main meeting or breakout sessions.

See Webex App | Move participants to the lobby during a meeting

View type of content shared—Windows, Mac, iPhone, and iPad

When somebody shares content, you see more information on the type of content. For example, when the content shared is their screen, you see Viewing [presenter name]’s screen or if it’s an application Viewing [presenter name]’s application.

Share an existing whiteboard in a meeting—VDI

If you prepare a whiteboard before the meeting or previously closed a whiteboard during the meeting, now you can share it in the meeting.

If you scheduled the meeting from a space, participants can view the whiteboards from that space and share them.

See Webex App | Share a whiteboard during a meeting

Use Webex App for Amazon WorkSpaces—Windows VDI and Mac VDI

We now offer extended support for virtual desktops with a dedicated Webex plug-in for Amazon WorkSpaces. The plug-in optimizes your audio and video experience when you use Webex App with an Amazon WorkSpaces Windows client.

Webex App supports built-in meeting scheduler—Web

You can schedule a meeting in Webex App for web. The new layout includes basic settings and advanced settings. If your administrator has configured Hybrid Calendar, you can see invitees and their free or busy calendars.

New device pair settings—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

The device pair settings are redesigned to provide greater flexibility, to decide whether to use the microphone to detect and connect to nearby devices based on your individual needs. You can connect to devices using the redesigned Device panel style available when you click Connect to a device.

In some cases, the options are under the control of the administrator.

See Webex | Connect to a Webex App device

Customizable keyboard shortcuts for reactions in-meeting—Mac

Use keyboard shortcuts to open the reactions panel and navigate the panel using the up and down arrow keys to view the shortcuts. Use keyboard shortcuts to render a reaction in the meeting. Customize keyboard shortcuts for up to 5 reactions from the reactions panel.

See Webex App | Keyboard navigation and shortcuts

Whiteboard can now be used in breakout sessions—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Whiteboard is available in breakout sessions. You now have the same experience as a meeting, where you and can start a new whiteboard or share an existing one.

Full featured right-click menu on the participants list—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

More actions are added into the "..." on a participants menu, so that when you right click on a participant, the menu shows up.

See Webex App | Manage participants in your meeting

Webex supports sign language interpretation in meetings—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Host more inclusive, accessible meetings by including sign language interpretation. When you schedule or during a meeting, select a sign language channel and assign interpreters.

If you’re a meeting participant who’s deaf or hard of hearing, select the sign language channel in the meeting. Then, view the interpreter on the stage or, on desktop, you can pop out the sign language interpreter's video and resize it or move it to another screen.

Interpreters can view the participants who select their sign language channel, either on the stage or, on desktop, in a separate window.

See Webex App | Use sign language interpretation in a meeting

New dedicated device controls panel—Windows and Mac

When you join a meeting connected to a device, the device controls panel lets you mute or unmute the device, start or stop the device video, change the device volume, and select a different video layout for the device.

You can conveniently access the device controls from the floating mini window that appears when you're multitasking.

When someone shares content, it now appears both on the device and in the meeting window.

Show participant videos both in the meeting window and on the device—Windows and Mac

When you join a meeting connected to a device, you can now show participant thumbnail videos on both the device and in the meeting window.

This option, which appears on the new device controls panel, lets you have a clearer view of participants on your desktop.

You can change the video layout on both the device and the meeting window.

Claim the host privileges in a meeting with the host key—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If the meeting host is running late or can’t join a meeting, they can have somebody else take over the host role in the meeting by providing them with the host key.

If someone gives you the host key, enter it after you join the meeting. The host key gives you more privileges than you have as an attendee. For example, you can record the meeting, mute or unmute participants, and end the meeting.

If the original host joins the meeting later, they reclaim the host role from you.

See Webex App | Reclaim the host role in a meeting using the host key

Share Webex App now shares the meeting window and all floating windows—Windows and Mac

If you're training someone or demonstrating how to use Webex App, you want them to see all the Webex App-related controls and dialog boxes. When you share the app, participants can now see the meeting window, share control bar, preview window, and panels.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

Hear a beep when you mute or unmute yourself—Windows and Mac

The beep provides confirmation that you muted or unmuted yourself. Only you can hear the sound. Not other meeting participants.

If you prefer, turn off the beep in Settings > Notifications > Meetings.

See Webex App | Turn off the beep you hear when you mute or unmute yourself

Copy and paste text during a remote desktop control session—Windows and Mac

If someone gives you remote access to their computer, now you can copy text from your local computer and paste it into the remote computer. Conversely, you can copy text from the remote computer and paste it into the local computer.

This can help you troubleshoot issues if you’re an IT Support person, and you want to copy commands.

See Webex App | Provide or request remote desktop control

Enhancements to in-app scheduler settings—Windows and Mac

We’ve made some improvements to the wordings for settings available for auto admit. We’ve renamed Auto admit in the advanced settings to Join rules. There are other setting updates to make it clearer who the settings apply to and the corresponding admin settings in Control Hub are also updated. There are no functionality changes.

Enhancements to all day events—iPhone, iPad, and Android

When you have an all-day event, in the Meetings tab you see it in a new All day section at the top. When you have more than one event, on iPhone and iPad, you can drag and move the separator up and down to view more or less all-day events. On Android, you can tap the arrow under All day to expand the view of all day events.

Use picture-in-picture to show your video when you share content—iPhone and iPad

Create a more personal and engaging experience when you share content in a meeting. Turn on picture-in-picture so participants can see your video in a floating window when you share.

If you prefer to hide your video when you share, turn off picture-in-picture.

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

Next meeting on top—Android

We've made some improvements to what you see on the Meetings tab. Your latest meeting is on top, this could be an ongoing meeting or one that's about to start. You can still scroll back to see previous meetings or scroll forward to see upcoming meetings.

Share and collaborate on 3D models during a meeting—Android

Showcase your 3D model to a wider audience, such as students, potential customers, investors, or partners. Choose a 3D AR object from your Android phone, Android tablet, Google Drive, or One Drive. As you interact with the model, meeting participants can offer feedback on the design, functionality, and aesthetics.

You can share GL Transmission Format (.glb and .gltf) files. You can't annotate shared 3d models.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

VoiceOver and keyboard support for self-view in meetings—Mac

Control your self-view video during a meeting by using the VoiceOver screen reader. If you’re a keyboard user, use the F6 and arrow keys to focus on and then move your self-view video.

See Webex App | Accessibility features for Mac

Share an existing whiteboard in a meeting—Window, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you prepare a whiteboard before the meeting or previously closed a whiteboard during the meeting, now you can share it in the meeting.

If you scheduled the meeting from a space, participants can view the whiteboards from that space and share them.

See Webex App | Share a whiteboard during a meeting

Get a better view of the meeting by hiding the meeting controls—Windows and Mac

Maximize the space available for participant videos or shared content during a meeting by hiding the meeting controls. You can always show the meeting controls whenever you want to use them.

See Webex App | Hide the meeting controls during a meeting

Long press to respond to meetings—iPhone, iPad, and Android

In an earlier release, we added the ability to respond to meeting invites in the meeting details page. With this update, you can respond in the Meetings tab. Long press a meeting to respond and choose Accept, Tentative, Decline.

Hear an audio announcement when a meeting transcript is recording

If your Webex administrator has enabled saving transcripts in meetings, and you dial into the meeting using your phone, when someone turns on closed captions or the Webex Assistant, you now hear the audio announcement, "The meeting transcript is being recorded."

The new announcement accompanies the notification that appears in the meeting window.

Respond to meeting invites—iPhone, iPad, and Android

Choose how to respond to meetings from the meetings details. Accept, decline or, if you’re not sure, choose tentative.

Access more options from each participant’s thumbnail video—Windows and Mac

Now, it’s more convenient to chat directly with someone in a meeting or view their people insights profile. In their thumbnail video, right-click or click More options to access these and other options.

See Webex App | Chat in a meeting or breakout session and Webex App | View people insights profiles

Updated first-time experience for Meetings tab—Windows and Mac

We’ve added banners to prompt you to test a Webex meeting and connect a calendar. Click Test a Webex meeting to start a meeting where you can try out the features that are available to you. Click Connect your calendar to step you through connecting your third-party calendar. See Webex App | Connect your Google or Microsoft 365 calendar.

Update a scheduled meeting—Windows and Mac

When your account is set up with Hybrid Calendar, you can update a scheduled meeting in Webex App.

Allow participants to hear the meeting in their preferred language with simultaneous interpretation—VDI

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.

See Simultaneous interpretation in Webex meetings, webinars, and Personal Rooms

Automatically hear the original meeting audio when it’s in your language with simultaneous interpretation—VDI

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. You can change it according to your preference.

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

Playback bar revamp for the recording player—Windows and Mac

To enhance the ease of playback experience, the playback bar for the recording player is being enhanced to prioritize capabilities that help you skim through a recording faster. This involves changing the position and icons of capabilities like playback speed, follow speaker, edit recording, and volume control for better access.

Updated first-time experience for Meetings tab—iPhone, iPad, and Android

We’ve added banners to prompt you to test a Webex meeting and connect a calendar. Test a Webex meeting starts a meeting where you can try out the features that are available to you. The connect a calendar banner redirects you to the Calendar Settings page in the app where you can better understand your calendar connections and even connect to your device's local calendar app.

Enhancement to meetings settings—Windows and Mac

Meetings settings now include the source for your meetings list. For example, when you’re not connected to a calendar, you’ll see that the meeting list is from your Webex account.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

See Webex App | Add someone to 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.

See Webex App | Share content in a meeting

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.

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