Your Webex service will be upgraded to the Latest release 41.5 according to the Cisco Webex maintenance schedule.
Highlights in the upcoming release are:
For Users
The All New Webex Events
- Webex Events (New) was introduced to you in the 41.4 release. In 41.5 release Webex Events (New) will be automatically enabled for Webex Meetings Suite customer sites and will be enabled upon request for Events 3000 customer sites. Webex Events (Classic) remains available on your site.
With 41.5 the following features will also become available:
- PSTN for Attendees Joining Webex Events (New) will enable the Call in and Call me audio options for attendees joining an event in Webex Events (New). Audio options available are based on your offer and site configurations.
- Q&A, Chat, and Polling Added to Webex Events (New) Webcast Mode (for Events 3000) ensures attendees can interact with panelists and stay more engaged and enabled by default. Hosts can also create polls and enable Q&A sessions that can be moderated by the host, cohosts, and panelists.
- Maximum Registration for Events and Meetings sets the maximum registration capacity at the time of scheduling a meeting or an event.
- Export Registration Report for Events & Meetings is now available to meeting Hosts.
In-Meeting Experience
- Real-Time Translation provides translation of English to 100+ languages as closed caption and supports maximum of 5 concurrent unique languages translation in a single meeting. This feature is chargeable and requires add-on licenses on top of Webex Assistant.
- Stop Video from Video Devices enables the host to stop the video from video devices.
- Workplace from Facebook now available for Live Streaming Services
For Administrators
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Starting in June with 41.6 release, Cisco will increase the meeting numbers to 11-digits and applies to Webex Meetings, Webex Events, Webex Training and Webex Support; and all customers including Slow Channel.
Note: Slow channel customers will receive the update in July. Cisco will provide the desktop and mobile apps that can support 11-digits meeting number.
- 10ZiG Zero Client Support in Meetings VDI is now available and provides support for Citrix environment. 10ZiG will package the VDI plugin in their devices.
- Enable Video Centric Recording by Default gives the option for hosts to choose the default layout for their recordings under Preferences>Recordings when sharing content. Before 41.5 Video Centric layout had to be enabled for your users.
- Removal of Mac Productivity Tools in Download Page is also part of this release. Windows Productivity Tools remains available, however, it will also be moved down, after M365 Webex Scheduler becomes available.
- Links for Java Client Download have now been removed and replaced by Webex web app which contains the majority of the functions provided by Java Client.
Go here for more details on what's new.