What are Shared Components?

Shared components are common features that are delivered to both slow channel and latest channel sites each month. All sites automatically receive updates to the Webex components delivered by the cloud, such as Webex site pages, meeting integrations, APIs, the mobile app, the web app, and site administration.

As a slow channel customer, you’ve chosen to keep the desktop meeting application on a specific supported slow channel version. You will not see changes to your in-meeting experience, like those added to latest channel sites, unless your site upgrades to a newer desktop app version.

The following are the new shared component updates delivered to slow channel sites:

Announcements

The 43.4 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

Use Webex Webinars to schedule webinars starting April 1st, 2023

Beginning April 1, 2023, you can no longer use Webex Events (classic) to schedule webinars, you must use Webex Webinars instead.

Webex Webinars allows you to host large-scale, customizable, and engaging, virtual events with innovative capabilities such as rich branding, high-motion video and audio, increased audience engagement with reactions, polling, Q&A, and breakout sessions, and advanced production and content management.

If you have any scheduled events with Webex Events (classic) that starts on April 1, 2023, or later, you can still start, manage, and cancel those events. However, you cannot change the date and time to be April 1st, 2023, or later.

• For more information, see Get started with Webex Webinars and Compare Webex Webinars and Webex Events (classic).

• For more information to disable Events (classic), see Turn Webex Events (classic) on or off.

Attendance, registration, and survey data all in one report

Completed webinars now include a new report in the Activity tab called Reports summary which combines attendance, registration, and survey data all into one csv file. This report is all inclusive for the webinar data pipeline and saves hosts from the effort of viewing the three reports separately or combining them manually.

This report is visible once all three reports - attendance, registration (if applicable), and survey (if applicable) are generated.

Webinar and webcast experience

Use Webex Webinars to schedule webinars starting April 1st, 2023

Beginning April 1, 2023, you can no longer use Webex Events (classic) to schedule webinars, you must use Webex Webinars instead.

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

Allow only one join per email for Webinars

Attendees can join a webinar once using one email address. This prevents uninvited attendees from using an email address that has been approved or invited to join the webinar.

Attendance, registration, and survey data all in one report

Completed webinars now include a new report in the Activity tab called Reports summary which combines attendance, registration, and survey data all into one csv file.

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

Host and cohost to have same privileges on webinar report page

To empower collaboration, cohosts can now access and download the same reports as the host from the webinar report page. Both hosts and cohosts can see the same tabs on the reporting page including attendance, registration (if required), survey (if any), activity (if any), recordings, and insights.

Cohosts can only view reports if they are in the role of cohost when the webinar ends. Cohosts who didn’t join the webinar or whose role is changed to attendee or panelist during the webinar can’t access these reports.

Announcements

The 43.3 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Enhance meeting security with Auto Admit

  We’re excited to introduce Auto Admit that is designed to make your life easier as a meeting host while increasing the security of your meeting.

  New default behavior introduced with Auto Admit allows invitees who are signed into Webex to join a scheduled meeting directly without having to wait in the lobby. No more admitting people from the lobby when they were supposed to be in the meeting anyways!

  No passwords or PIN numbers required! Even Webex Room systems that you add to your meeting invite can join the meeting directly.

  Remind your invitees to sign into Webex to be able to take advantage of this amazing new usability improvement.

  For users who aren’t signed into Webex and those who aren’t on the invite, they continue to wait in the lobby until you or a cohost admits them. For more information, see Use the lobby to control meeting access for guest users.

  Important callouts:

  1. This feature doesn’t apply to Personal Room meetings.

  2. Settings for existing customers will be honored with this feature. For net new customers, lobby is the default setting.

  3. Allowing participants in your organization to always join unlocked meetings is now an admin level option that controls the behavior for all meetings in your organization. Users in your organization who aren’t invited to a meeting are no longer permitted to join unlocked meetings unless the new admin setting is enabled.

  4. Under our Advanced options for scheduled meetings, the behavior behind the following cohost settings has been modified to check for invitee status before assigning the cohost role.

     1. The first person to join the meeting who has a host account on the site becomes a cohost.

     2. All attendees who have host accounts on this site become cohosts when they join the meeting.

     For more information, see Securing scheduled meetings.

• Multiple Windows Support on iPad

  With Apple iPad OS Multiple Windows (multiple scene) Support, users can now pop-out the shared content into a separate window and run multiple instances of the app side by side.

  Pop-out shared content on iPad: users can drag the shared content or click on the pop-out icon to view standalone shared content window on iPad. Users can change the shared content window size to full screen by swiping the right to left as shown the in image.

  Multiple instances of app: Users can run multiple instances of Webex Meetings App for iPad App next to each other.

• New user interface for fold and flip phones

  With new UI enhancements, Webex Meetings Android users can enjoy the best meetings experience in all modes available on fold and flip phones: Flex mode, Tablet mode, and Folded mode.

  You can view up to 12 people on the same screen with a 3 x 4 grid in flex mode and tablet mode

  Take advantage of the flex mode and tablet mode real estate to see everyone in large meetings.

Post-meeting experience

Changes in retention storage policy for Webex Meetings

Webex is removing the option to retain post-meeting data (recording and transcripts) for an indefinite period.

This retention policy is applicable for Meetings, Webinars, Training, and Support.

For pro pack users, if the retention policy is set to indefinite today, then the default retention period changes to 360 days, with the option of changing it from 7 days to a maximum of 3600 days. Additionally, customers have the option to purge user-deleted recordings within 30 days or make them follow the retention policy.

For Webex customers with the pro pack offer, these changes come into effect 31^st March 2023.

To avoid any interruptions, Webex customers with the pro pack offer can choose to change the retention policy from indefinite in Control Hub to a value between 7 days to 3600 days.

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

Webex Meetings for iOS

Multiple Windows Support on iPad

With Apple iPad OS Multiple Windows (multiple scene) Support, users can now pop-out the shared content into a separate window and run multiple instances of the app side by side.

Pop-out shared content on iPad: users can drag the shared content or click on the pop-out icon to view standalone shared content window on iPad. Users can change the shared content window size to full screen by swiping the right to left as shown the in image.

Multiple instances of app: Users can run multiple instances of Webex Meetings App for iPad App next to each other.

Webex Meetings for Android

New user interface for fold and flip phones

With new UI enhancements, Webex Meetings Android users can enjoy the best meetings experience in all modes available on fold and flip phones: Flex mode, Tablet mode, and Folded mode.

You can view up to 12 people on the same screen with a 3 x 4 grid in flex mode and tablet mode

Take advantage of the flex mode and tablet mode real estate to see everyone in large meetings.

Announcements

The 43.2 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

Listen to Webex meeting recording on Apple CarPlay

In addition to joining a Webex meeting from the Apple CarPlay dashboard, you can connect your iPhones to the Apple CarPlay dashboard and listen to audio meeting recordings on the go.

You can see a list of your meeting recordings and can tap on the recording title to start listening. You can play and pause the recording and also forward or rewind it by 10 seconds.

Webex Meetings for iOS

Listen to Webex meeting recording on Apple CarPlay

In addition to joining a Webex meeting from the Apple CarPlay dashboard, you can connect your iPhones to the Apple CarPlay dashboard and listen to audio meeting recordings on the go.

You can see a list of your meeting recordings and can tap on the recording title to start listening. You can play and pause the recording and also forward or rewind it by 10 seconds.

Administration experience

Collaboration restrictions for Webex meetings in Control Hub: Support internal meeting settings at the organization level

Currently, for Control Hub's Collaboration restrictions settings, administrators can only manually apply internal meeting settings using the user or group-level settings templates after the user has been created (it doesn’t automatically apply for new users).

With this new update, the administrators can apply internal meeting settings to users using the organization-level settings, which automatically apply to new users and users with none template.

Announcements

The 43.1 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Cohosts can record, view, and share cloud recording and support anyone can record

  We’re excited to announce that we’re going to allow cohosts and meeting participants to record a meeting in the cloud. This makes it easy to record a meeting if the host isn’t available or busy during the meeting. This has been a highly requested feature from users who mentioned that this makes the meetings less interruptive as any cohost or meeting participant can record the meeting.

  With this feature, cohosts or meeting participants can record the meeting and have the capabilities that a host to start, stop, or pause the recording. After the meeting ends, the recording is still owned by the host. However, the recording is shared automatically with the cohosts who are from within the organization.

• Enhance meeting security with Auto Admit

  We’re excited to introduce Auto Admit that is designed to make your life easier as a meeting host while increasing the security of your meeting.

  New default behavior introduced with Auto Admit allows invitees who are signed into Webex to join a scheduled meeting directly without having to wait in the lobby. No more admitting people from the lobby when they were supposed to be in the meeting anyways!

  No passwords or PIN numbers required! Even Webex Room systems that you add to your meeting invite can join the meeting directly.

  Remind your invitees to sign into Webex to be able to take advantage of this amazing new usability improvement.

  For users who aren’t signed into Webex and those who aren’t on the invite, they continue to wait in the lobby until you or a cohost admits them.

  Important callouts:

  1. This feature doesn’t apply to Personal Room meetings.

  2. Settings for existing customers will be honored with this feature. For net new customers, lobby is the default setting.

  3. Allowing participants in your organization to always join unlocked meetings is now an admin level option that controls the behavior for all meetings in your organization. Users in your organization who aren’t invited to a meeting are no longer permitted to join unlocked meetings unless the new admin setting is enabled.

  4. Under our Advanced options for scheduled meetings, the behavior behind the following cohost settings has been modified to check for invitee status before assigning the cohost role.

     1. The first person to join the meeting who has a host account on the site becomes a cohost.

     2. All attendees who have host accounts on this site become cohosts when they join the meeting.

Pre-meeting experience

Enhance meeting security with Auto Admit

We are excited to introduce Auto Admit that is designed to make your life easier as a meeting host while increasing the security of your meeting.

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

Post-meeting experience

Changes in retention storage policy for Webex Meetings

Webex is removing the option to retain post-meeting data (recording and transcripts) for an indefinite period.

This retention policy is applicable for Meetings, Webinars, Training, and Support.

If the Standard retention policy is set to indefinite today, then the default retention period changes to 360 days, with the option of changing it from 7 days to a maximum of 360 days.

For standard Webex customers, these changes come into effect from January 2023.

Cohosts can record, view, and share cloud recording and support anyone can record

We’re excited to announce that we’re going to allow cohosts and meeting participants to record a meeting in the cloud.

Webex Meetings for Android

Android 6 and Android 7 end of life support from January 1, 2023

Starting January 1, 2023, Webex Meetings isn’t going to be supported on Android 6 and Android 7.

• Existing Webex Meetings users on Android 6 and Android 7 won’t get new app updates. We recommended their users upgrade their devices to Android 8.

  Existing Webex Meetings users on Android 6 and Android 7 can continue using their existing app.

New users on Android 6 and Android 7 can’t download and use Webex Meetings app.

Administration experience

Cohosts and meeting participants can do a cloud-based recording

For this feature, we are adding two Control Hub toggles. Webex administrators can decide if they want to allow host, cohost, or meeting participants to record meetings in the cloud.

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

Flow updated for a user joining a meeting and signing in or signing up for a Webex account using Google credentials

Due to a change mandated by Google, starting with the January 43.1 update, the flow for users when joining a Webex meeting and trying to sign up or sign into their Webex account using Google credentials has changed. Today, the sign up or sign in is part of the app experience. However, starting with the 43.1 update the users are directed to their default system browser to complete the sign up or sign in process before being navigated back to the app to continue joining the meeting. The user is informed in the app that a new browser tab is opened where they need to complete their sign up or sign in process before proceeding with the join. Users who are selecting Google as their social provider when signing up or signing in are impacted. This change is backported to 42.6 (June) and 42.10 (October) updates.

Announcements

The 42.12 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Webex Meetings iOS app UX improvements (iPhone and iPad)

  The Webex Meetings app for iPhone and iPad is redesigned to provide a better experience for users.

  • Style update for interstitial page, in-meeting more menu, plist, layout, layout options, and in-meeting chat.

  • In-meeting chat, plist and apps modal appears as side panel for iPad Webex Meetings app.

  • Indicator center moved at bottom left corner.

  • Speaking bubble appears only when speaker is not on the screen.

  • Virtual background option added in in-meetings more menu.

  • In-meeting Audio icon (earpiece, speaker, and bluetooth) moved to bottom call controls.

  • Logged-in user can share PMR link from within iMessage.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

Option to hide profile picture in the grid layout when self-video is off

Mobile users can now either show or hide their profile picture self-view in the grid layout when their self-video is off.

• By default, when the self-video is off, your profile picture with self-view is shown in the grid layout.

• When you turn on the Hide SelfView toggle during the meeting, your profile doesn’t appear in the grid view when your video is off. Only participants appear in the grid layout.

This option can be used by accessing ..., more option -> Settings during the meeting.

Webex Meetings for iOS

Webex Meetings iOS app UX improvements (iPhone and iPad)

The Webex Meetings app for iPhone and iPad is redesigned to provide a better experience for users.

• Style update for interstitial page, in-meeting more menu, plist, layout, layout options, and in-meeting chat.

• In-meeting chat, plist and apps modal appears as side panel for iPad Webex Meetings app.

• Indicator center moved at bottom left corner.

• Speaking bubble appears only when speaker is not on the screen.

• Virtual background option added in in-meetings more menu.

• In-meeting Audio icon (earpiece, speaker, and bluetooth) moved to bottom call controls.

• Logged-in user can share PMR link from within iMessage.

Starting December 1, 2022, Webex Meetings isn’t supported on iOS 11 and iOS 12

• Existing Webex Meetings users on iOS 11 and iOS 12 aren’t going to get new app updates. It’s recommended their users upgrade their devices to iOS 13 to continue to receive new app updates.

• Existing Webex Meetings users on iOS 11 and iOS 12 can continue using their existing app.

• New users on iOS 11 and iOS 12 can’t download and use the Webex Meetings app.

Hosts, cohosts, and panelists to initiate private chat with attendees

Webinar hosts, cohosts, and panelists can now initiate a private chat with attendees using the chat panel or the participant list. This enables them to initiate communication with attendees proactively without requiring attendees to reach out to them first.

Announcements

The 42.11 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Notice of default value change to ON for the Enable Webex Assistant administration site setting

  The Enable Webex Assistant setting is on by default, in November, unless an administrator has already manually set it to Off. In November this change is applied to all customers, including both slow and fast channel customers.

  This setting only makes Webex Assistant available in meetings but doesn’t automatically turn it on. Whether or not Webex Assistant is turned on in meetings depends on the host's choice.

  Administrators can also control Webex Assistant availability for individual users and groups using the settings templates.

  If a customer prefers Webex Assistant to be unavailable for all users, then they can ensure that the Enable Webex Assistant setting is turned OFF by following these steps:

  If the setting is currently OFF:

  1. Turn the setting ON.

  2. Save the page.

  3. Turn the setting OFF.

  4. Save the page.

  If the setting is currently ON:

  1. Turn the setting OFF.

  2. Save the page.

  For more information on how to turn on or off this setting, see Enable Webex Assistant for Meetings in Control Hub.

Post-meeting experience

Host notification for recordings reaching expiry based on retention policy

Webex users receive an email notification if they have recordings reaching expiry soon. They can see an expiring soon label next to their recordings in the recordings tab in the Webex site.

These notifications are set either weekly or monthly, depending on the retention period set by the administrator. These notifications are controlled by the existing recording email notification toggle in settings.

Announcements

The 42.10 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Enhanced meeting security with Auto Admit

  We are excited to introduce Auto Admit that is designed to make your life easier as a meeting host while increasing the security of your meeting.

  This new default behavior allows invitees who are signed into Webex to join a scheduled meeting directly without having to wait in the lobby. No more admitting people in the lobby when they were supposed to be in the meeting anyways.

  No passwords or PIN numbers required. Even Webex Room systems that you add to your meeting invite can join the meeting directly.

  Remind your invitees to sign into Webex to be able to take advantage of this amazing new usability improvement.

  For users who aren't signed into Webex and those that aren't on the invite, they continue to wait in the lobby until you or a cohost admits them.

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

• Share mobile camera view as content

  We’re introducing an industry first ability to share the camera view from your mobile device or iOS and Android users. During a Webex Meeting, mobile app users can start sharing their mobile camera view with all the meeting participants. Meeting participants can view shared mobile camera content in full screen mode on their computers, devices, and phones.

  To use this feature, select Start or Join a meeting, then … more > Share Content > Camera icon.

  Capabilities while sharing mobile camera:

  • Zoom in or zoom out when sharing mobile camera and attendees see the updated view.

  • Annotate with shared mobile camera content.

  • User can share either front camera or back camera.

  • If you’ve turned on self-video on your meetings mobile app, it is turned off when sharing mobile camera as content.

• Support M2 chipset on Mac

  Webex Meetings is now fully supported on Mac operating system with M2 chipset.

Pre-meeting experience

Enhanced meeting security with Auto Admit

We are excited to introduce Auto Admit that is designed to make your life easier as a meeting host while increasing the security of your meeting.

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

Support M2 chipset on Mac

Webex Meetings is now fully supported on Mac operating system with M2 chipset.

Webex Meetings for Android and iOS

Share the mobile camera view as content

We’re introducing an industry first ability to share the camera view from your mobile device or iOS and Android users.

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

Webex Meetings for iOS

Webex Meetings to support Apple Continuity Camera

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

Requirements for Apple Continuity Camera feature:

• Needs iOS 16 beta (or later) and MacOS Ventura beta (or later).

• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are on for both your Mac and iPhone.

• Mac and iPhone are signed in with the same Apple ID and using 2FA.

Announcements

The 42.9 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Chapters in the recording video

  If you are using Webex Meetings and Webinars you can now add chapters to a recording and share them with others. This makes it faster and easier to view recordings that are longer in duration.

  Hosts can indicate the starting timestamp of a chapter along with its title and then delete them. You can enable MP4 recording and Webex Events (classic).

  You can view all the chapters in the recording playback bar and chapter panel.

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

• Webex Meetings: Day 0 support for Android 13, iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and Apple watchOS 9

Post-meeting experience

Chapters in the recording video

If you are using Webex Meetings and Webinars you can now add chapters to a recording and share them with others. This makes it faster and easier to view recordings that are longer in duration.

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

Webex Meetings for Android and iOS

Accessibility improvement for join and sign in

Accessibility improvement have been made for join and sign in experience on meetings mobile app.

Webex Meetings for iOS

Webex Meetings: Day 0 support for iOS 16

Webex Meetings app for iOS supports iOS 16 on day 0 when Apple open the support to all their users.

Webex Meetings for Android

Can share PDF file in Android mobile and tablet

Similar to desktop, Android mobile and tablet users can now share PDF file from their device.

Webex Meetings: Day 0 support for Android 13

Webex Meetings Android app support Android 13 on day 0 when Google open the support to all their users.

Announcements

The 42.8 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

Post webinar and meeting survey

Hosts can define the survey questionnaire and layout when they set up a webinar.

When the webinar ends, attendees see the survey on their main browser. After their responses are submitted, hosts can download the responses in the completed webinar portal.

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

Post-meeting experience

Select and download multiple recordings

Multiple recordings are available to download from the web portal by navigating to My Recordings > Recordings in your Webex site.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

Streaming and recordings layout can now be adjusted in-meeting and made to follow the stage layout

Similar to the desktop app, Streaming and recordings layout can now be adjusted in-meeting and made to follow the stage layout, is now available for mobile.

Webex Meetings Integrations

Salesforce integration - support for Webex Webinars

Marketing professionals can import Webex Webinars registrants and attendees into Salesforce as contacts, leads, or any custom object with a few simple clicks, all without leaving Salesforce. Marketing teams will improve productivity by reducing time spent on manual entry and better engagement with webinar participants.

Webex Webinars integration for Oracle Eloqua

With a focus to streamline workflows across the customer lifecycle, from awareness to loyalty, the Webex Webinars and Oracle Eloqua integration brings productivity enhancements to marketeers through configurable workflows. This eliminates data silos and accelerates the transfer of leads. Webex Webinars integrates seamlessly with Oracle Eloqua so that our customers can focus on converting leads without having to worry about webinar management.

Webex Meetings APIs

Support customizable registration forms

Provide customers with the ability to answer customizable registration questions using the API for both Meetings and Webinars.

Administrator's ability to retrieve recordings of all users per site

We now provide the ability for administrators and compliance officers to retrieve all recordings for a site. This is possible using the new /admin/recordings endpoint. With this feature we further strengthen the security and compliance of our platform.

Custom registration questions for Webinars and Meetings

Currently, if you are using Meetings API, you can choose what registration questions are required to be answered for an attendee to register for meeting or a webinar. These registration questions can be chosen out of the standard list of registration questions provided by Webex. In this update, the APIs are enhanced, to allow you to retrieve list of custom questions that are created on Webex sites as well as choose which of these custom created questions are required for registration when scheduling a meeting or a webinar.

Announcements

The 42.7 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Webex Meetings Apple CarPlay UX improvement

  Webex Meetings users can view their upcoming meetings after connecting their iPhone to Apple CarPlay dashboard and can join the meeting with one click.

• Web App and PWA for Chrome OS: background noise removal now available in Fir/efox, Chrome 97+, and Edge 97+

  Previously, the Webex Smart Audio noise removal option was only available by request. In this update, we’re excited to announce that this option is now available by default in Firefox, Chrome 97+, Edge 97+, and the PWA for Chrome OS.

  In order to use this feature in Safari and older versions of Chrome/Edge, this still must be enabled by request.

Post-meeting experience

Webinar attendance report includes email address

After a webinar ends, the attendance report from webinars with webcast view also contain the attendees' email address column, making it easy to accurately identify who the attendees are, and join with other report.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

Facebook Portal login using QR code and six-digit PIN

Facebook Portal users can login using QR code or six-digit pin making it easy for users to login.

Webex Meetings for iOS

Webex Meetings Apple CarPlay UX improvement

Webex Meetings users can view their upcoming meetings after connecting their iPhone to Apple CarPlay dashboard and can join the meeting with one click.

Webex Meetings for Android

Virtual background support for GIF and MP4 animation

Similar to desktop and iOS, Android now supports MP4 virtual background. GIF is currently not support for Android.

Announcements

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

Highlighted features for this update

Webhooks API when meeting transcripts are ready (Shared Components)

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

Pre-meeting experience

Final release of Productivity Tools

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

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

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

Media quality indicator center update

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

Webex Meetings APIs

Webhooks API when meeting transcripts are ready

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

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

Announcements

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

Highlighted features for this update

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

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

  

• Introducing the Webex Meetings for Chrome PWA

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

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

  If you currently have the Webex Meetings Android App that is installed on your ChromeOS device, you need to uninstall the Meetings Android App first, in order to install the Meetings for Chrome PWA.

  

Pre-meeting experience

Entry and exit beep changes

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

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

In-meeting experience

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

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

It is available to users who are on 41.11 and later versions.

Web App: receive 4K shared content

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

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

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

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

User setting for webinar default video layout

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

Webex Meetings APIs

Support Bulk registration for Webinars and Meetings

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

Meeting options using APIs

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

List meetings by Type

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

Announcements

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

Highlighted features for this update

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

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

  

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

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

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

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

Move Webex Meeting from desktop to mobile app using QR code

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

Webex Meetings for iOS

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

Picture-in-Picture support for Webex Meetings iPhone users

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

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

GIF and MP4 animation virtual background support

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

Webex Meetings Integrations

Support for scheduling meetings for on-premises hybrid exchange

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

Remove bot installation from 1:1 conversation

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

Announcements

The 42.3 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

CarPlay support for iPhone and iPad users using in-meeting setting

During a meeting, iOS app users can go to settings and enable CarPlay to connect their meeting to CarPlay-supported device.

Limitation: The user has to manually switch on CarPlay setting to connect their Webex meeting to the CarPlay device.

Option to hide Who's Speaking in stage mode

On iPad and Android tablets, part of the shared content is hidden when the speaker’s name or multiple speaker names are displayed in stage view layout.

Users now have option to hide the names of Who's Speaking in the stage view if they face this issue.

Display speaker name in close caption feed

In order to enhance the clarity for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, we need to provide them with an option to display speaker labeling within the closed caption feed.

Simultaneous interpretation volume balance adjustment

The volume balance in the simultaneous interpretation feature now shows interpreter on the right side instead of the left, so to hear the interpreter at a higher volume, users can slide the balance to the right.

Optimize audio for your voice

Similar to desktop, Webex Meetings mobile app users can now enhance their meeting experience using Optimize for My Voice option. You can now suppress all background talkers and noise to allow others to hear you better, by selecting the option to Optimize for My Voice during a meeting by clicking More > Webex Smart Audio.

Users can set their preference prior to a meeting by accessing Audio and Video menu in the app setting under the Webex Smart Audio section.

The default option is Noise Removal that is enabled (previously, called Remove Background Noise).

In this update, Remove Background Noise is renamed to Noise Removal. In the pre-meeting Audio and Video settings, Audio is renamed to Webex Smart Audio with the on and off toggle.

Webex Meetings for Android

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

Indicator center update

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

• When the network signal quality is good, the network icon turns green.

• When the network signal quality is medium, the network icon turns orange.

• When the network signal quality is poor, the icon turns red and Poor connection message pops-up.

Webex Meetings APIs

Meetings RESTful API to support unlock meetings in create, update, and delete meeting

You can choose what happens when guests join unlocked meetings:

• Guests can join the meeting

• Guests wait in the lobby until host admits them

• Guests can’t join the meeting

Compliance Officer Webhooks

Compliance officer can subscribe and get webhook notification for events like Meeting Scheduled and Recording done.

Announcements

The 42.2 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

Background PiP (picture-in-picture) support for iPad users

The Webex Meetings mobile app now supports background PiP (picture-in-picture) for iPad users.

PiP support shrinks the whole meeting window to a small rectangular window that appears over your iPad home screen and even over other apps.

For example, iPad users can browse their emails or web browser while on their iPad watching a meeting window outside the Meetings app. This is done using the picture-in-picture window that is positioned in one corner of the screen.

Post-meeting experience

*.PDF is the default file format when the shared file content is saved in meetings

*.UCF is an old file format that can only be viewed in a meeting or with Webex Media Player, which is no longer supported. Going forward, *.PDF is the default file format when the shared file content is saved in meetings.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

Support viewing 1080P video format for mobile webinar attendees

Similar to desktop, the mobile app also supports viewing 1080P video format for mobile webinar attendees.

Webex Meetings for iOS

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

Background PiP Support for iPad users

The Webex Meetings mobile app now supports background PiP (picture-in-picture) for iPad users.

PiP support shrinks the whole meeting window to a small rectangular window that appears over your iPad home screen and even over other apps.

Webex Meetings APIs

Webex RESTful APIs to support approve and reject registration for meetings and webinars

Using Webex Meetings RESTful API you can now approve and reject registration for meetings and webinars and check the number of views of a specific recording.

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Webex Meetings RESTful API support for webinars

Developers can schedule webinars using the meetings API. The API supports standard CRUD operations in line with the current meetings API endpoint. We're releasing more API features to support webinars so stay tuned here to learn more in the coming months.

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

List recordings APIs

Customers can list recordings based on service type, recording format type, and recording name. For more information, see

• Webex RESTful APIs to support approve and reject registration for meetings and webinars details: https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/meetings

• Meetings API support for Webinars details: https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/meetings

• List recordings APIs details: https://developer.webex.com/docs/api/v1/recordings

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Webinars supports RESTful APIs

In case you missed the APIs that are supported for webinars, you can now find them here.

Announcements

The 42.1 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

Enhanced recording reports using RESTFul APIs

Meetings RESTful API users are now able to get the following reporting information about who has viewed the recordings:

• Number of views of a specific recording

• Number of downloads of a specific recording

• The following information about the viewer:

  • Name

  • Email

  • When they viewed the recording

  • If they downloaded the recording or not

  This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

Slido to support 10,000 Webinar

Similar to desktop, mobile app users can also now use Slido in plans for up to 10,000 users in Webex Webinars. Slido polls are available for up to 10,000 attendees, while quizzes are available for up to 5,000 users.

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Improved lobby notifications

Similar to desktop, mobile users can experience improved lobby notifications for when someone joined the lobby. The notifications are dynamic and update if additional people join the lobby.

Remember last selected closed caption setting for next meeting

Similar to desktop, the Webex Meetings mobile app also remembers your closed captioning selection for your next meeting or event.

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Administrators can manage images used in virtual background

Similar to desktop, mobile app administrators can also manage images used as a virtual background.

Webex Meetings for iOS

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

Apple Airplay external speaker support

Add in-meeting settings to enable Apple Airplay audio support.

Webex Meetings APIs

Enhanced recording reports using RESTFul APIs

Meetings RESTful API users are now able to get the following reporting information about who has viewed the recordings:

• Number of views of a specific recording

• Number of downloads of a specific recording

• The following information about the viewer:

  • Name

  • Email

  • When they viewed the recording

  • If they downloaded the recording or not

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Receive Webex Webhooks notifications when meeting transcripts are ready

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

In this update, we’re providing the ability to receive a webhook once meetings transcripts are ready. This helps customers to satisfy use cases for sending out emails to meeting participants to inform them about the transcription readiness.

This feature is not available for Webex for Government.

Announcements

The 41.12 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted features for this update

• Scheduled meetings template using RESTful APIs

  Today, on the Webex platform, you can schedule a meeting, and then save the scheduled meeting with its preferences as a template. You can then directly apply this template when scheduling a meeting in the future. We’re adding this feature to our Meetings RESTful APIs to allow you to programmatically save scheduled meeting preferences as a template.

  This feature isn’t available for Webex for Government.

• Update from Site Administration to Control Hub

  In case you missed the update in 41.11.4, administrators can now confidently update their Meetings site management to Webex Control Hub. Previously, meetings data such as upcoming meetings, recordings, site settings, and user preferences are maintained from your Webex site.

  The benefits of managing all Webex services in Control Hub include:

  • Unified way of licensing across all Webex services (Messaging, Calling, and Meetings)

  • Consistent security policies across all Webex services

  • Common sign in for users for all Webex services

  • Modern administration controls like Directory Connector, System for cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM), Active Directory (AD) groups, and more licensing templates by AD Groups

  Review the site conversion doc before updating administration to Control Hub. It’s important to review and follow Prepare your Control Hub Organization before you attempt to update your site.

  This update (from Site Administration to Control Hub) is enabled on most sites shortly after this version update. This feature won't require an update of client versions.

  Limitations:

  • Sites that are managed by partners using CPAC won’t receive this update.

  • Sites whose users haven’t been linked to Control Hub aren’t eligible for this update.

  This feature isn’t yet available for Webex for Government and will be available in a future update.

Pre-Meeting experience

Cohosts can manage invitations and registration in Webex Meetings and Webex Events (New)

Once the Webex Meeting or event is scheduled by the host, assigned cohosts can now help manage invitations and registration from the meeting information page.

For more information, see the Highlighted Features for this update.

Refine the user interface for interpreters in Webex Meetings and Webex Events (New)

Interpreters receive their own email that includes an interpreter password. When the host adds an interpreter to the invitation list, there’s a new icon to indicate that they are an interpreter. This distinguishes an interpreter from the panelist and other attendees.

Device enhancements

Speaking while muted prompt for third-party video devices

Similar to other Cisco devices, we’re now introducing Speaking while muted prompt for third-party video devices. We’ve all experienced when we mute our line in a meeting, and after a while we start talking, forgetting that the audio was muted. However, people in the meeting can’t hear us.

Say goodbye to these problems, as Webex detects that you’re trying to speak while muted and shows a warning message to remind you to unmute your line.

This capability is for third party standard-based video devices where users mute themselves by using DTMF-*6 command.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

New skin tones

Similar to desktop, mobile meetings app users can use five new skin tone reactions during their meetings.

Rebranding changes and improvements for meeting users on Facebook Portal

Meetings users on Facebook Portal can see changes in icons and button sizes for in-meeting buttons and icons per rebranding changes and Facebook design guidelines.

Respond to host privilege

Webex Meetings and Webex Events (new) desktop hosts can enable or disable participants to from raising their hand. Participants using Android devices can respond to this option.

Webex Meetings and Webex Events (new) desktop hosts can enable or disable attendees from viewing joined attendee’s counts. Participants using Android devices can respond to this option.

Meeting duration clock

Similar to desktop, mobile app and events user can see the meeting duration clock that shows how long the meeting has been running.

Administration experience

Update from Site Administration to Control Hub

In case you missed the update in 41.11.4, administrators can now confidently update their Meetings site management to Webex Control Hub. Previously, meetings data such as upcoming meetings, recordings, site settings, and user preferences were maintained from your Webex site.

For more information, see the Highlighted Features for this update.

Administrator ability to disable Webex Events (Classic)

Administrators now have the ability to disable Webex Events (classic) from their Webex site. This is useful for administrators who’d want their users to use Webex Events (new).

Once disabled, the Webex Events (classic) link is no longer displayed in the left navigation menu. Hosts can still access any of their Webex Events (classic) reports from events they have held in the past.

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

Webex Meetings APIs

Scheduled meetings template using RESTful APIs

Today, on the Webex platform, you can schedule a meeting, and then save the scheduled meeting with its preferences as a template. You can then directly apply this template when scheduling a meeting in the future. We’re adding this feature to our Meetings RESTful APIs to allow you to programmatically save scheduled meeting preferences as a template.

This feature isn’t available for Webex for Government.

Enable closed captioning and Webex Assistant by default through APIs

This new set of Meetings RESTfulAPIs attributes allow users to set their meeting preference. They can modify such that meetings scheduled by them would enable Webex Assistant or closed captioning by default for all subsequent meetings when the meetings start.

This feature isn’t available for Webex for Government.

Announcements

The 41.11 update has important announcements, which you can review in the Announcements for the Slow Channel of Cisco Webex Meetings.

Highlighted Features for this Update

• Configuration of Webex Control Hub and Webex Site Administration to support eCDN

  This feature leverages a Vbrick Rev tenant for enterprise content distribution (eCDN) and video content management (eVCM).

  After the administrator turns on and configures Vbrick Rev eCDN site users on the Webex site, they have the ability to get webcast events configured on Vbrick Rev tenant site that supports eCDN.

  You’ll need to acquire the Vbrick service to use this feature.

  

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

• Web scheduler now supports Multiple time zones

• Similar to Webex Events (classic), the host can use the Time zone planner in the Webex Meetings and Webex Events Scheduler page to plan a time where the invitees who are based in multiple time zones can attend.

  

  

• Easy to use audio mute state management, recording controls, lock state, and raise hands available on Webex on-premises devices

  It’s now possible to accurately reflect the mute status in the meeting participant list for our on-premises registered video devices. Previously, when they muted or unmuted themselves, this wouldnt show up in the participant list.

  When the host mutes the video device user, the user on the video device also sees a device notification indicating that they have been muted. When the host requests the video device user to unmute, the video device user is prompted to unmute using DMTF-*6. However, they can simply use their device mute button to unmute themselves.

  In addition, if the host turns on or off the ability for participants to unmute themselves, users on video devices then see appropriate messages rendered on their video device.

  When a meeting is setup in the moderated unmute mode, hosts on the Webex App can continue to mute and unmute video device users directly from the app.

  There’s no request to ummute and response flow. Keep in mind that in this mode, if a user on a video device uses their local mic button to control their mute state, this is not reflected on the Webex App participant list.

  As a host on a Webex on-premises registered video device, you can now record meetings using controls on the device interface instead of using DTMF controls, see direct device messages indicating the lock status of a meeting, and can now raise and lower your hand in a meeting using controls on the device interface instead of using DTMF controls.

  With the first tap on the recording control a new recording is started. Tapping on the recording button again stops the current recording.

  In addition, all users on Webex on-premises registered video devices see a recording icon shown on the edge of the screen. When the recording stops, the icon is removed.

  When a meeting is locked, there’s a key icon shown on the edge of the screen to indicate that the meeting is locked. When the meeting is unlocked, the key icon is removed.

  When someone else raises their hand, you see a hand icon displayed on the edge of the screen. When all hands have been lowered by the host, the icon is removed from the screen.

  Make sure to follow the instructions at the Active Controls help article to configure your on-premises components for proper operation of this feature: Improve the Cloud and Premises Meeting Experience with ActiveControl.

• Support for Android 12

  Webex Meetings is now supported on Android 12.

Pre-Meeting Experience

Web scheduler now supports Multiple time zones

Similar to Webex Events (classic), the host can use the Time zone planner in the Webex Meetings and Webex Events Scheduler page to plan a time where the invitees who are based in multiple time zones can attend.

For more information, see the Highlighted Features for this update.

Scheduling Webex Events (New) now becomes easier

As a host, you can see the Schedule an event button on the site home page rather than it being hidden under the Schedule a meeting button.

Hosts can invite attendees or upload CSV Files in Webex Events (New)

Hosts can invite attendees using the event information page once they schedule an event. If there are a lot of attendees, then the host can upload .csv files that contain up to 10,000 attendees. If the host wants to add more than 10,000 attendees, they can upload multiple .csv files.

User interface change in Webex Events

User interface changes in Webex Events (new) are aligned with the behavior in Webex Events (classic). By default, the Start button changes to Schedule in the Schedule an Event section.

Device Enhancements

Easy to use audio mute state management, recording controls, lock state, and raise hands on available for Webex on-premises devices

It’s now possible to accurately reflect the mute status in the meeting participant list for our on-premises registered video devices. Previously, when they muted or unmuted themselves, this wouldn’t show up in the participant list.

As a host on a Webex on-premises registered video device, you can now record meetings using controls on the device interface instead of using DTMF controls, see direct device messages indicating the lock status of a meeting, and can now raise and lower your hand in a meeting using controls on the device interface instead of using DTMF controls.

For more information, see the Highlighted Features for this update.

Webex Meetings for iOS and Android

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

Change app name

As a part of the rebranding efforts, we’re changing the app name from Cisco Webex Meetings to Webex Meetings.

Improvement in the meetings mobile app

We’ve made improvements to the More Menu in the Mobile app.

Webex Meetings for Android

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

Support for Android 12

Webex Meetings now supports Android 12.

Administration Experience

Configuration of Webex Control Hub and Webex Site Administration to support eCDN

This feature leverages a Vbrick Rev tenant for enterprise content distribution (eCDN) and video content management (eVCM).

For more information, see the Highlighted Features for this update.

New GDM Location

We’re adding a Mumbai Data Center to the list of our GDM locations. This move allows all Webex Meeting application (Desktop, Mobile, and Web) to select the Mumbai Data Center as the destination for their computer audio sessions into their meetings. This is expected to significantly enhance the computer audio quality of Webex meeting participants from India and nearby regions in Asia Pacific.

Folder and version compatibility changes

With the 41.11 update, the install folders have changed for Windows users. Installation files are now found in the following folders:

Latest version sites - MSI deployment:

• Program Files (x86)\Webex\ or Program Files\Webex\

Latest version sites - individual user downloads:

• Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings

• Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings_01

• Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings_02

• Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings_03

• Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings_04

Slow channel version sites – MSI deployment:

• Program Files (x86)\Webex\ or Program Files\Webex\

Slow channel version sites – individual user downloads and signed-in users:

• Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings\

• Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings_slow\

We’ve also made it faster to join meetings when updating your Webex version. You’ll now join your meeting first and then update later when updating from the last four versions, instead of just the last two. Your Webex Meetings application always updates to the latest version, even if an older version is saved locally. If the local version isn’t the same as site version, they may be upgraded or downgraded to the site version.

Signed-in slow channel version site users also join first and then updated later to the version in \Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Webex\WebEx\Meetings_slow. If the local version isn’t same as site version, users may be upgraded or downgraded to match the site version.

This update also allows MSI deployment to slow channel sites. If user deploys the Webex Meetings MSI package msiexec /i webexmc_x64.msi FORCELOCKDOWN=1, then it uses the Program Files (x86)\Webex\ folder version to join meetings if the folder is compatible with site version.

Finally, we’ve added webexhost.exe as a daemon process to replace ciscowebexstart.exe, which automatically downloads client package to provide a faster joining experience.