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 recent releases are below. 

• Explicit consent for in-meeting data—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Web

Explicit consent enables organisations to comply with global consent laws, ensuring everyone is informed whenever their data is being collected.

Before a meeting can be recorded, summarised, or transcribed, everyone participating needs to give their consent. This way, you are fully informed and in control of your personal data. If you decline, you can still join the meeting to listen, but you will stay muted, with your video off, and you won’t be able to share content. This feature is off by default. Your organisation administrator will need to turn it on.

See Explicit consent in meetings.

• Dim flashing videos and images for photosensitivity protection—Windows and Mac

If you are sensitive to flashing or strobe effects, you can set the app to automatically dim your screen when someone shares a video or a graphic with flashing images. Go to Settings > Accessibility, scroll down to Dim shared content, and check Automatically dim shared content when it contains flashing images. Your screen dims when flickering is detected and remains dimmed for at least four seconds after the flickering stops.

See Dim flashing videos and images shared in a Webex meeting.

• “Disappearing ink” annotation tool is now “Laser pointer”—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

On the annotation toolbar, the Disappearing ink tool used to look a lot like Pen tool, which might have made you think it worked the same way. To make things clearer, the icon has een updated and renamed to Laser pointer. The Laser pointer lets you briefly highlight something. You don’t have to worry about cluttering your shared content with too much markup because the laser pointer line automatically disappears after a few seconds.

See Webex App | Mark up shared content with annotations.

• Redirect participants to a web page after a meeting ends

After you schedule a meeting, you can choose a specific web page where participants are directed after the meeting ends. This could be a thank-you page, a survey page, or any other web page you choose. It’s a great way to manage your participants’ experience and keep them engaged after the meeting concludes.

See Redirect participants to a landing page after a Webex meeting ends.

• Redirect attendees to a web page after a webinar ends

After you schedule a webinar, you can choose a specific web page where participants are directed after the webinar ends. This could be an information page, a thank-you page, or any website that you choose. It’s a great way to manage the attendees' experience and keep them engaged after the webinar concludes.

See Redirect attendees to a landing page after a Webex webinar ends.

• Settings for incoming video resolution—iOS and Android

Select the video quality for incoming video for meetings you join on mobile. Tap your profile picture > Settings > Video to see the available settings. Choose from Basic (up to 720p), Good (up to 1080p), and on supported devices you can choose Highest (up to 2160p).

The experience that you receive depends on a number of things such as your device, screen resolution, bandwidth, and number of participants in the meeting. Attendees on Webex App for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and web can see the captions in real time as you type them.

• Enhance manual closed captioning with the option to manually type captions in webinars

As a host or cohost in a webinar, you can assign a panelist in the webinar to type captions. If you're given the captioner role, simply open the manual captioning window in the app and start typing.

Attendees on Webex App for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and web can see the captions in real time as you type them.

• Invite a Cisco or third-party SIP device to an in-progress meeting—Web

From More or the participants panel, click Invite people > 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.

• Control who attendees and panelists can chat with during a webinar—Web

As a host or cohost, minimise distractions during your webinar by changing the chat privileges. You can stop attendees from chatting publicly with everyone. You are also able to prevent attendees from chatting directly with the host and cohost, the presenter, and individual panelists.

Similarly, you can stop panelists from chatting publicly with everyone. You're also able to prevent panelists from chatting directly with the host and cohost, the presenter, individual panelists, and individual attendees.

By adjusting these privileges, you ensure a more focused and engaging environment.

See Assign privileges in Webex Webinars.

• No more joining meetings without audio or video—Web

For the best interactive experience, it is now simpler and more intuitive for you to let Webex App access your microphone and camera. Pop-ups now guide you through enabling your audio and video the first time you join a meeting.

• Spoken Language support in meetings—Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android

You can now use all 15 spoken languages in your meetings without needing the Real Time Translation (RTT) License. This means your transcripts and captions will be even more accurate.

• Meetings and webinars automatically end if you are the only participant remaining—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

If you are the only person left in a meeting, Webex automatically ends the meeting after the scheduled end time, based on the duration your Webex administrator has set for it to end. You will get a warning message that gives you the option to extend the meeting if you need more time.

• Set up a permanent Webex meeting link for instant meetings—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Web

Create a permanent Webex meeting link so everyone in your space—or anyone you share the link with—can join the meeting using the same link every time. When Permanent meeting details is toggled on in a space, the meeting link never changes, so participants can join, leave, and rejoin as needed. This feature is great for incident triage or office hours, where having a consistent meeting link makes it easier for everyone to connect.

See Set up a permanent Webex meeting link for instant meetings.

• Take control of who can be heard in a webinar—Windows and Mac

As a host or cohost, you can directly unmute attendees, like young students, who can’t unmute themselves. As an attendee, you are notified if the host or cohost directly unmutes you.

• Join Microsoft Teams meetings directly from Webex App—Windows and Mac

If your app is connected to a Webex Room Device, when it's time for your Microsoft Teams meeting, you will receive a reminder in the app. You can join the meeting right from the app with one click. Use the device controls in the app to mute or unmute your device audio, turn your video on or off, adjust the device volume, change the Microsoft Teams video layout, share content, and leave the meeting.

See Join a Microsoft Teams meeting from Webex App.

• Share meeting content to Slack or Microsoft Teams - Windows and Mac

With a few clicks in the app, you can instantly share meeting content, including recordings, and summaries, directly to Slack, or Microsoft Teams Channels or individuals. No more searching through emails or chasing down links. Your team gets everything they need, right where they already work.

See Share meeting content to Slack, and Share meeting content to Microsoft teams.

• Camera resolution now adjusts automatically—Windows, Mac, and Linux

Your camera’s resolution now adjusts automatically based on your desktop's capabilities. We no longer set a default resolution for everyone. This change takes effect when you upgrade Webex App. To change the resolution to something other than Auto, go to Settings > Video and select the Max camera resolution that works best for you.

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

• Improved interface for testing your audio—Web

It is now easier for you to test your audio before joining a meeting. You can quickly check and adjust your speaker volume, record yourself talking to test your microphone, and change the speaker and microphone. Any changes you make carry over to your meetings, so you won't have to set them again.

See Webex App | Test your audio before or during a call or meeting.

• Host meetings in spaces with up to 500 members—Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android

You can now schedule and start meetings in spaces with up to 500 members. Previously, meeting features were unavailable when a space reached 200 members. This enhancement gives you more flexibility as your spaces grow.

The number of people who can join a meeting in a space still depends on your host license. This update only affects when you can schedule and start meetings in larger spaces.

See Webex App | Schedule a meeting from a space and Webex App | Start a meeting from a space.

• AI generated meeting summaries in recordings—iOS and android

View your AI generated meeting summaries and transcripts in the Webex mobile app. Stay informed on decisions, key points, and quickly get up to date with your meetings. Tap Meetings > Meeting recap, to see your available recordings with summaries and transcripts.

See AI generated meeting summaries and transcripts in recordings.

• See shared content faster when sharing directly from Webex App to a Webex device—Windows and Mac

Now, when you click the device name in the app and click Share on device, you’ll see your shared content appear on the device in about one second, much faster than before. This improvement helps you start collaborating right away.

This faster sharing is only available when you’re not in a meeting.

See Webex App | Share content wirelessly to Webex devices.

• AV1 video codec support in the main video window—Windows and Mac

The desktop app now supports the AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) video codec in the main video window in limited use cases. You don’t need to do anything to enable it. AV1 automatically provides improved video quality at the same resolution compared to H.264 when it’s negotiated.

• Download and playback recordings—iPhone

While mobile does support viewing a recording on iPhone, it can be difficult. The player doesn’t keep track of where you left off, and you have to log in and find your place every time you watch.

When you download the recording as an MP4 and then play it on iPhone, you avoid these issues.

• Enhance manual close captioning with the option to manually type captions—Web

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 are 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.

• Review the above features and inform your users.