This platform allows for improved and simplified experiences for hybrid work across the entire Webex Suite, with common architecture, administration, and integrations. It converges the meeting experience across Webex applications and devices, and unlocks potential for continuous collaboration before and after a meeting, with rich real-time experiences. For an overview, watch Welcome to the Webex Suite meeting platform

Summary of the upcoming releases are below. 

• 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.

• Google Pixel Fold support - Android

Cisco 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.

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

Cisco tidied up the 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.

• 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.

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Join a Webex meeting using the meeting link.

• 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.

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations.

• 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.

• In E2EE meetings, you can't open whiteboards created outside the meeting. This includes private whiteboards, whiteboards shared by others, and whiteboards created in a space.

• Whiteboards created in E2EE meetings are only available while they're open in the meeting. You can't access them after they're closed.

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Share a whiteboard during a meeting.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Use Webex on Apple Vision Pro.

• Cisco AI Codec - Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

Cisco has 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.

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

Cisco now shows 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.

Cisco 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.

The check boxes in all three places share the same value. Your selection applies to all your future meetings.

See Webex App | Include Webex App when sharing your screen.

• 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.

This feature isn't supported for Webex for Government.

See Webex App | Share a whiteboard during a meeting.

• 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.

When you use the system screen sharing picker, you're unable to share a file, your camera, a portion of your screen, your iPhone or iPad screen, or use the share optimisation options.

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.

• 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 licence, Cisco supports 13 spoken languages. For customers without a licence, Cisco supports 5 spoken languages by default.

See Webex App | Cisco AI Assistant in meetings.

• Schedule recurring meetings - iPhone, iPad, and Android

You can now create a meeting series that repeats in daily, weekly, or monthly increments. Meeting organisers 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 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.

• Assign an invitee as a cohost from scheduler - Android

Cisco has 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.

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• Review the above features and inform your users.