Webex Site Upgrade to Version 41.8 - Aug 10th, 2021
Posted: 2021-07-21 10:04:18 Expiration: 2021-08-28 10:04:18
This months release includes building your own brand and customization in Webex Events (New), increased number of videos that can be moved to stage, pop out panels directly from the meeting window and more! A full list of the changes being applied to our site can be found here
A full list of the changes being applied to our site can be found here
Highlighted Features for this Update
Build your Own Brand and Customization in Webex Events (New)
As a host, you have the option of branding and customizing the attendee Welcome page and Registration page in Webex Events (new).
For a webinar or webcast, as a host you can customize the attendee landing page and registration page. You can customize the color theme, upload a logo, background, or update the speakers profile with the branding tool.
 | Branding is available for webinars that require registration. |
Pop-Out Panels Directly from the Meeting Window
We've made managing panels in the meeting experience even easier! You can now pop out any of the panels directly from the meeting window, without having to go into full-screen view. This makes it easy to float multiple panels, scale them for a closer look, or even move them to another monitor.
Simply click on the pop-out icon to float the panel in its own window. Once floating, you can pop panel back into the meeting window at any time, and it snaps right back into place. If you close the panel floating panel, you're able to reopen it from the meeting window. You can even use the panel buttons in the meeting window to close any floating panels.
Increased Number of Videos that can be Moved to Stage
You can now move up to eight additional videos onto the stage (where previous, limit was four). This gives you the ability to keep even more people front and center in your view.
Known Limitations:
Web app: Limited to six simultaneous video streams at a time, which means if eight people are on stage, two of them display the profile picture.
Scheduling Template Available for Webex Events (New)
When scheduling an event as a host, you can choose to save the configuration to a template so that you can reuse it when scheduling future events. The site administratorcan also choose to save a template as a standard template for all users on the site.
You can manage your templates in Preferences > Scheduling > Events templates.
As a site administrator, you can manage all standard templates and make any user- created template visible or invisible to everyone for the site in Site Administration > Configurations > Webex Meetings or Control Hub > Configure site > Webex Meetings > Site Options.
| Custom registration questions aren’t saved as a part of the template, but they can be saved and reused from My questions when customizing the registration form. |
Adjust Camera Brightness
Under the camera settings, there’s a new option to adjust the camera brightness. Enable this feature by checking the box to automatically adjust the camera brightness. This can help with low light or other challenging lighting environments. You can also select Manual in the drop-down menu to enable this feature. This enables a slider control, allowing you to manually adjust the camera brightness level to the desired level.
Hardware Acceleration for Video on Mac OS
In the Advanced video settings, there’s a new option to Allow hardware acceleration. This setting is on by default and will use available hardware acceleration for video if available. Requires Mac OS. Disabling this setting forces the use of software-based processing and may have a negative impact on CPU utilization and battery life.
Optimized Spacing Between Videos and Shared Content
We've made some small adjustments to the layout when content is shared to minimize wasted space in between content and video.
Improved Active Speaker Switching
We've improved the video response time of the active speaker window on the stage, or when grid view is zoomed in all the way. The active speaker window switches between participant videos more seamlessly as different people in the meeting speak.
-- Cisco Webex: Shawn Thiele