What's new: Latest updates in Zoho Meeting

New Meeting UI

• We've re-designed Zoho Meeting's online meeting UI to enable users to fully engage in conversations and boost productivity. The new UI is distraction-free, letting participants focus on the active speaker and the discussion at hand.
• The productivity of any meeting depends on the conversations participants have during the meeting. To help you focus on the conversations and the participants involved, we've enhanced the size of video feeds (16:9) to appear better on your screen.
• We've also doubled the number of video feeds you can see at a time from 25 to 50.
• We've cut clutter by reducing the meeting toolbar to a small panel that appears only when needed. However, you can still set your toolbar to be visible at all times if you want.

Host webinars with 3000 attendees

We've scaled up our webinars to empower you to influence larger audiences and widen your reach globally. Engage up to 3000 attendees at a time from any part of the world using webinars from Zoho Meeting.

Other enhancements

• We've introduced a filter in your Zoho Meeting account which you can use to separately view the lists of meetings scheduled by you and meetings to which you have been invited.
• We've also been working on some server-side enhancements to reduce connectivity issues and enhance audio/video quality.
• Bug fixes
• Some users reported an echo in their audio, issues with seeing attendees' names in participants lists, and presenters not receiving screen sharing requests. These have been fixed.
• Some participants reported they were unable to join recurring sessions. This issue has been fixed.
• We've resolved the issue that prevented the status of cancelled meetings from being updated in calendars.
• We've also fixed the issue which prevented the meeting agenda from being shown completely in calendars.

Mobile app updates

iOS v1.3.17

• Select and add meeting participants from your device contacts and organization contacts.
• Webinar attendees can now ask questions anonymously.
• We've revamped the template of our meeting invitation to include title, date and time, duration, meeting key, and password.

Android v2.1.9.1

We've done crash fixes for anonymous Q&A in webinars.

We hope you'll enjoy these updates. If you're interested to know what's coming next, take a peek at our product roadmap. Write to us at support@zohomeeting.com to share your feedback.

Enhancements

• Duplicate participant handling: Zoho Meeting can now recognize a user joining from the same browser multiple times. This user will be encouraged to join from a single tab and will not be duplicated in the attendees list of the meeting window.
• Share and un-share recordings: You can now enable public sharing for your meeting recordings. If you want to make a recording inaccessible later, you can simply un-share it.
• You can now delete old recordings in bulk without having to delete each recording.
• Bandwidth optimization for better audio quality
• Optimizations to reduce re-connections during sessions.

Bugfixes

• Some users had reported the issue of mirrored video feeds. This issue has been fixed.

Webinar updates

Features

• Allow or block registrations: You can now allow or block registrations from a certain domain or a country. For example, if you are expecting registrations from business accounts, you can block registrations from public domains like gmail, yahoo etc. Similarly, if you need audience from only a specific country, you can enable registrations for that country or block registrations from other countries.
• If you are particular about the number of people who attend your webinar, you can now set a registration limit.
• If you want, you can make Zoho login mandatory for attendees to join your webinar.
• The joining URLs for meetings and registration URLs for webinars are now shortened for ease of use.

Bugfixes

New admins were unable to start webinars scheduled by members in the organization. This issue has been fixed.

Mobile app updates

iOS app v1.3.16

• You can now send feedback to Zoho Meeting during webinars
• Swipe support for 'back' actions in Edge browser
• Revamped exit UI

Android app v2.1.9

• Co-organizers can now join webinars from their Android devices
• Revamped exit UI for meetings and webinars

Common update

Add custom URLs from your Android or iOS device to re-direct your audience when your webinar ends

Source tracking

Share your webinar registration links using multiple online mediums (e.g., newsletters, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.), and use our in-house source-tracking tool to see where your registrants are coming from and which platforms are optimal for promotions. Learn more about source tracking with Meeting here.

Attendee engagement count

As a webinar organizer, you can now track your overall attendee engagement performance by getting a real-time live count of the number of hand-raises, Q&As, and attendee count. You can use these numbers to efficiently analyze your overall attendee engagement.

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Automatic session recording

Record online meetings and share them with members who could not attend your meeting. You can now enable automatic session recording to automatically start recording your online meeting sessions. Learn more about automatic session recording with Meeting here.

Android screen sharing

You can now share your remote screen on your Android devices using Zoho Meeting's Android app. Conduct online meetings from anywhere and interact with your peers on the go using Zoho Meeting's screen-sharing app for Android. Learn more about Android screen sharing here.

View and download meeting chat transcript

Let the conversation flow freely during your meeting using the Zoho Meeting chat functionality powered by Zoho Cliq. This includes file sharing during meetings, replying to a particular message, editing a message, sending emojis, and adding emoji reactions. You can now view and download your meeting chat transcript at any time from your "Past meetings" tab inside Zoho Meeting. Learn more about using chat in Meeting here.

Action Log Viewer

You can now keep track of events within your organization using our Action Log Viewer. You can export and save logs for auditing and administrative purposes. Learn more.

Anonymization of all Personally Identifiable Information

Zoho Meeting ensures that the information collected from you will only be used for purposes that you define. You can now anonymize all personally identifiable information saved by you within your Zoho Meeting account. This helps you anonymize all personal data such as names, email addresses, IP addresses, and other registration-related information. Learn more.

Allow WebCam video feed for webinar attendees

Webinar organizers can now allow their attendees to enable their webcam's video feed during a live webinar. This will help you get to know your audience's reaction to your presentations and thereby help you generate high-quality leads.

Live stream your webinar's video feed on YouTube

Live stream your webinar's video feed on YouTube live via Zoho Meeting's webcast. Streaming through YouTube Live helps you maximize your reach and connect with a much larger audience. Learn more.

Always on Top webinar window

You can now keep your Zoho Meeting's webinar window always on top while organizing a webinar and multi-task in the background without worrying about what happens on your screen. Always on Top is a feature that helps you multi-task with worrying about your online privacy.

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Enhanced security

Zoho Meeting understands the need to keep malicious intruders at the bay during your online meetings. Thus, we've now introduced alpha-numeric passwords to protect your meetings.

Zoom in and out of the shared screen

You can now Zoom in and Zoom out of the screen shared during an online meeting session. This will help you notice the finer details in a document or a picture shared during a screen-sharing session.

General Bug fixes

We've squashed a few bugs to ensure that you enjoy a smooth online meeting experience. We recently found and fixed a bug that caused your Apple Airpods to go undetected in our active speaker connections.

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Customizable video feed layouts

We've introduced three new video feed layouts in Zoho Meeting to help you navigate through your participants' video feeds seamlessly. You can choose a video layout from the following layouts based on your preference:

• Tiled (Displays your participants feed in tiles)
• Active Speaker (Displays the active speaker in the center)
• Sidebar (Displays the shared screen in the center with the remaining video feeds on the right side)

You can also minimize the shared screen window, drag and drop them based on your liking. We've also introduced an interactive active video feed alignment system which will automatically reorder your participant's video feed based on their contribution to the meeting session.

Invite participants UI

We've made some UI tweaks to our invite participants page to help you invite folks to your meeting session in a jiffy. You can now invite multiple email id's at once using our revamped user experience set up. We've also introduced an auto-suggest system to help you invite your frequently contacts seamlessly.

Mobile Apps

To improve your on-the-go online meeting experience, we've made some performance tweaks to our mobile meeting platform. Please ensure that you update your Zoho Meeting mobile application to the latest version and improve your mobile meeting experience. Learn more about Zoho Meeting's mobile application.

Hold the space bar to unmute your audio

Worried about background noises during your online meetings but find constantly muting and unmuting yourself a pain?? Say no more. You can now keep your microphone muted but unmute yourself temporarily by holding the space bar on your keyboard. You'll be muted as soon as you release the space bar.

Bandwidth optimization 2.0

We've made some technical enhancements to our bandwidth optimization setting using industry-standard REMB (Receiver Estimate Bit rate) protocol.This essentially means our secure meeting servers will automatically optimize to provide you with the best possible audio, video, and screen-sharing experience based on your network's bandwidth and how much your network can handle.Thus, you can carry your video conferencing sessions without worrying about the speed of your network.

Webcam video feed recording for Meetings

You can now record your webcam's video feed along with your audio and shared screen during online meeting sessions so that anyone watching the recording later can get the same fluid experience you had during the live meeting.

Webinar

Updated Time Zones

Based on customer feedback, we've enhanced your Daylight Savings offset experience inside our product. We've also included support for a 12-hour format in our Time Zone settings. Using our latest update, you can now sync your Zoho Account's preferential time zone with Zoho Meeting.

Rename organizer/co-organizer

You can now rename your designated Organizer/Co-organizers during a live webinar broadcast session.

Stereo audio support

You can now present your webinar in style with enhanced stereo audio support. We've now moved from mono to stereo type audio setup so that you can collaborate online with superior audio quality.

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Schedule meeting

Scheduling your meeting session at the right time plays an integral role in your online collaboration efforts. That's why we've revamped our scheduling system's user interface to help you stay on top of your schedule with efficacy. Learn More.

Enhanced audio quality

We've implemented FEC (Forward Error Correction) design technology to enhance the quality of audio you send and receive during a meeting session. Using this new innovative engineering approach, you'll no longer need to worry about your audio while conducting meeting sessions using moderate or poor internet connectivity.

Customizable email invites

Using Zoho Meeting's customizable email templates, you can add various information on your meeting's invite email based on your organizational preferences. You can now choose the country whose international dial-in numbers will be present on your meeting invites.

Mobile app updates

iOS

Co-organizer support: You can now join as a co-organizer during a webinar via our Zoho Meeting iOS app. Co-organizers can also end the webinar for all or leave the webinar midway and rejoin later with all the co-organizer privileges.

Hand raise: You can now raise your hand during webinars and interact with your presenters seamlessly.

Android

Lock Meeting: We've now enabled lock meeting support to all our Zoho Meeting Android app users to help them conduct their remote meetings with maximum security.

Common updates and Bug fixes

• We've now rectified a bug that disabled the video feed of users who've joined via phone audio. You can now conduct video conferencing with phone audio mode along with your webcam's video feed
• You can now hide all non-video feed participants of your meeting session on your screen and only view the participants who've enabled their web cam's video feed
• Zoho Meeting now supports Chinese translation for our in-app tour messages.

Intuitive new webinar UI

After thorough consultations, we have revamped our webinar user interface to help enhance your webinar experience.You can now conduct interactive video webinars in just a single click. Host live webinars with multiple video feeds while sharing your screen. Share just a single screen, an application window, or a monitor to conduct your online presentations efficiently. Learn More.

Webcam video feed recording for webinars

You can now record your webcam's video feed along with your audio and shared screen during a webinar so that you can relive the immersive experience you had during the live webinar.

Recurring webinars

Worried about manually scheduling your webinar as a series every time? Great news: we're introducing a recurring webinar series option in Zoho Meeting. You can now enhance your webinar planning process by setting up recurring webinars with a single registration process based on your attendee(s) preferences. Learn more about how to set up a recurring webinar series.

Q&A Enhancements in webinar

To improve your attendee engagement efficiency, we've made some interesting tweaks to our Q&A module. You can now assign questions to a specific staff member, set priority to a question, use templates to answer frequently asked questions, and offer interactive engagement to your attendees. You can also dismiss a question asked during a webinar based on its priority, improving your productivity within a few clicks.

Security updates

We are always committed to protecting your online presence. To continue to ensuring maximum security during your online meetings, we have released the following updates:

• Hide password

  Hide your password field while joining your meeting with our unique meeting key. You'll be able to share the password secretly via your invitation mailers if you like.

• Participant information

  To ensure awareness during an online meeting, you can now get live notifications regarding participant entry and exit, as well as prevent your screen from going to sleep during an audio conference. We've also taken active efforts to curb participant duplication, which was reported previously. Learn more about our commitment towards security and privacy.

Webinar updates

Features

• Multi-video feed: Organizers and co-organizers can now share their live video feeds to webinar attendees along with the webinar presentation.
• Search, sort, and filter: You can now search and sort your webinar attendee list. You can also filter the attendees who have raised their hands or have been allowed to talk in the webinar.

Enhancements

• New notifications:

- If a user tries to speak while their microphone is muted, Zoho Meeting will now show a notification to remind them they're muted.

- Attendees are notified when their question is answered in the Q&A tab.

- Organizers and co-organizers are notified for new raised hands, and attendees are notified when the organizer lowers the raised hand.

• We have added UI improvements for better user experience.

Bug Fixes

Inactive links: An issue that rendered links shared in the Q&A tab non-clickable has been fixed.

Meeting updates

Integration with MS Outlook

Outlook plugin: We have released a new plugin for MS Outlook that lets users conduct scheduled and instant meetings from their MS Outlook account.

Enhancements

• Password-protection: Passwords are now enabled by default for all meetings.
• Audio check: We now show a pop-up informing the user whether audio is received or not when a new device is plugged in.
• Audio state retention: If a user gets disconnected from a meeting and then reconnects, the original audio state (muted/unmuted) will be maintained.
• Membership authentication for presenters: Only users invited and approved by the admin as organization members can be added as presenters of meetings.
• Presenters of a meeting are now displayed as 'Hosts' in the Attendees list.
• UI improvements for better user experience

Bug Fixes

• Camera setting mismatch: The issue allowing presenters to change audio conferencing sessions into video conferencing sessions even when the option to use camera was disabled in Organization settings has been fixed.
• Editing/deleting recurring meetings: When single instances of recurring meetings were edited or deleted from mobile, it affected all the meetings in the series. This has been resolved.
• Calendar sync: The issue of calendar details not getting updated when a recurring meetings is edited or deleted has been fixed.
• The issue causing multiple emails to be sent if a participant is invited to a recurring meeting has been resolved.
• The issue of participants' names being listed in the emails sent for recurring meetings has been resolved.
• When a meeting is added to a user's calendar, the time of the session will now be visible in the user's local timezone.
• The issue causing the RSVP tab to disappear in Gmail calendar has been resolved.
• UI issues with video feed, top toolbar, and scroll button have been fixed.
• Audio state mismatches have been fixed.

Common updates

Features

Custom domain: Users can now customize the Zoho Meeting domain name (meeting.zoho.com) to a domain name of their choice for brand promotion and product credibility. Learn more about customizing domains.

Enhancements

When a user is deleted from an organization, ownership of all meetings and webinars created by them will be automatically transferred to super admin.

Common updates for meetings and webinars

Enhancements

• View bandwidth optimization details: Users can now see the details of how their bandwidth is optimized during a meeting or webinar from Settings.
• We've made design and text changes in the UI for improved user experience.
• We now show a pop-up if no audio is detected while starting or joining a meeting and when users mute and unmute their microphones.

Audio bug fixes

• A bug in Google Chrome caused audio to be captured from users' internal microphones, even after they switched to using their Bluetooth device. This has been fixed from our end.
• Some users encountered errors while trying to select the microphone device during meetings and webinars. This issue has been fixed.

Meeting updates

Enhancements

• Rename instant meetings: Previously, instant meetings were named after the presenter's name by default. Now, you can add names for the instant meetings that you conduct. During the meeting, this name will be displayed at the top of the Attendees list, Chat tab, and Settings tab. Adding names also makes it easier for you to identify a meeting in the Past Meetings list after it's over. Learn more.
• Rename participants: Participants can now rename themselves in a meeting. Presenters can rename themselves, as well as participants. With this option, users can replace their official names with nicknames during a meeting. Learn more.
• Entry/exit notifications: Text notifications can now be enabled for attendee entry and exit, in addition to sound notifications.
• Leave meeting option: Previously, meeting presenters had to end a meeting before exiting the meeting. Now we've added a 'Leave meeting' option, so that a presenter can leave a meeting without ending the meeting when there are multiple presenters.
• Remove participants during screen sharing: Presenters were unable to remove participants engaged in screen-sharing during a meeting. Now, presenters can remove participants even if they are sharing their screens.
• If a participant gets disconnected from a meeting and the session changes to a video conference, there's now a notification to the participant informing them about the change when they rejoin.
• If a user's microphone is in the muted state while they speak, we now show a notification informing them to unmute their microphone.
• The icons that appear on the video feed of users have been re-aligned for better UI interaction.

Bug fixes

• Screen sharing error: If a participant moved away from the meeting tab after raising a request (to the presenter) for screen sharing, they were shown an error when they returned to the meeting tab. This issue has been fixed and participants can share their screen after the presenter accepts their request, even if they navigate to a different tab temporarily.
• Audio state mismatches in the UI have been fixed.
• Some users who joined meetings using Mozilla Firefox faced issues with frozen/black video feed while switching to computer audio. This issue has been fixed.
• Bugs related to attendee entry/exit sound notifications have been fixed.
• UI interaction issues with adding participants while scheduling a meeting have been fixed.
• Issues with editing meetings and changing presenters in the web application have been resolved.
• The issue of reminder emails for recurring meetings displaying incorrect meeting dates has been fixed.

Webinar updates

• Page freeze issues during webinars have been resolved.
• Webinar organizers were unable to add more than one webinar to their calendar, as the entries got overwritten. This issue has been fixed.

Common updates for meetings and webinars

• As a performance enhancement, we have enabled bandwidth optimization for audio, video, and screen sharing. Users can also now view performance-related data under Settings.
• Recordings are now more reliable with a more robust recording engine which ensures that your recording does not become corrupt even if a server crash occurs unexpectedly.
• Some users faced the issue of an unknown device (displayed as "MediaStreamAudioDestination") shown as the chosen audio device. This was identified as a bug in the Google Chrome browser and it has been fixed from our end.
• Mozilla Firefox users were sometimes unable to re-connect their audio after being disconnected. This issue has been fixed.

Webinar updates

• With the new multi-video feed support in webinars, webinar hosts and attendees can now view the video feeds of organizers and co-organizers simultaneously with the screen broadcast.
• The issue in which the audio of a webinar attendee got unmuted unexpectedly when they changed their speaker device has been resolved.
• The issue which caused the video feeds to remain on the right side of the webinar window instead of being moved to the center after screen sharing ended has been fixed.

Online meeting updates

• The issue which caused shared screens to appear in smaller resolutions on participants' screens has been fixed.
• The issue which caused some video feeds to appear hidden under the meeting toolbar has been fixed.
• When a user switched audio options (computer audio to phone audio and vice-versa) or changed video devices, their video feed sometimes appeared to turn black. This issue has been fixed.
• The issue which caused the blue frame surrounding the video feed of the active speaker to hide the notifications bar has been fixed.
• Bugs that caused audio status mismatch (that is, showing an active audio state when the audio is not connected or when it's muted) have been fixed.
• If some disconnection happened on the participant's side after making a screen-sharing request to the meeting host, the screen-sharing button remained disabled even after re-connection. Now, the screen-sharing button will be enabled for the participant after connection is resumed.

Online meeting updates

• The microphone button remained active even when a user switched to phone audio. This issue has been fixed.
• An error caused the microphone status of participants to be wrongly displayed in the meeting toolbar and the attendees list.This issue has been fixed.
• There was a problem with displaying the name of the active speaker during meetings. This has been fixed now.
• The issue of Leave site prompt not being shown when a user clicked the Back button or refreshed the page has been fixed.
• Meetings were duplicated in the meeting lists available from mobile apps. This has been fixed.
• The microphone icon will now stay animated until the audio connection is established with the server.
• An issue prevented some meetings from getting added automatically to email client calendars upon receiving the invitation email. This has been fixed.
• The issue that caused occasional breakage in the RSVP response buttons of meeting invitation emails has been fixed.
• Previously, if a meeting was canceled, it was not always updated in meeting participants' calendars. This issue has been fixed.
• When a user reconnects to a meeting after facing connectivity issues, the audio was sometimes connected through the default computer microphone instead of the external microphone which they had chosen for the meeting. This issue has been fixed.

Webinar updates

• Organizers and co-organizers can now mute each other and their attendees (if they speak in the webinar).
• Calendar links for webinars now contain the joining link of the webinar instead of the webinar registration link, so registrants will be taken directly to the webinar at the time of the webinar.
• In some cases, the names of all webinar attendees were not visible in the attendees list. This has been fixed.
• An issue that caused the organizers' and/or co-organizers' webinar pages to freeze when many attendees joined a webinar has been fixed.
• Bug in Let attendees ask questions in Q&A setting is fixed.
• Bug in Add to calendar option for recurring webinars is fixed.
• In webinar email customization, users were sometimes unable to select email templates from preview and use the "Insert HTML" option. This issue has been fixed. 

Common updates

• The issue of toll-free and recording add-ons not getting activated immediately after subscription has been fixed.
• When a deleted user was added back to an org, the old role was automatically reinstated. This issue has been fixed.
• The issue causing some disabled video feeds appearing blank instead of being removed from active meeting and webinar windows has been fixed.
• If a user connected to audio using an external microphone and later disconnected it, the audio sometimes failed to automatically connect via the default microphone of the computer. This issue has been fixed.
• Abrupt muting and unmuting of the microphone caused complete disconnection of audio for some users who connected via phone audio. This issue has been fixed.

Desktop app updates

• The Zoho Meeting Desktop app can now automatically update itself when new versions of the app become available.
• The Zoho Meeting Desktop app is now available for Linux users. Download Zoho Meeting desktop app
• The desktop app sometimes failed to open properly in older versions of Windows. To overcome this issue, you can download and use version 3.0.8 or higher of the Zoho Meeting Desktop app.
• Users from China could not use the desktop app as it did not support a login option for that region. Now, the option to log in to the app has been added for the Chinese region and they can use the desktop app for meetings and webinars.

Meeting module updates

Screen sharing control: Meeting hosts can now disable screen sharing by participants in the Settings menu.

Unmuting control:If meeting hosts want complete control over unmuting each participant in a meeting, they can disable the participants' ability to unmute themselves.

Participant notification: Enable entry/exit tone from Settings to get notified every time a participant joins or leaves a meeting.

Chat notification: Participants can now enable sound notifications for new messages in the chat tab.

Recording notification: Participants will now be notified with a "Recording in progress" message when the meeting host starts recording a meeting.

Audio-only meetings: You can now start audio-only meetings by using the Audio conferencing option under Meet now. Participants won't be able to use their camera in these audio conferencing sessions.

View duration: A timer at the top of the meeting UI displays the elapsed time from the start of the meeting. The total duration of the meeting will also be displayed at the end of the meeting.

Chat transcripts: Participants can now download chat transcripts at the end of a meeting.

Hide inactive video feeds:  Disabled video feeds will be hidden from the active meeting UI and only active video feeds will be displayed to all participants.

View dial-in numbers: Previously, dial-in numbers for phone conferencing could only be viewed if a user switched from computer audio to phone audio in the meeting UI. Now, dial-in numbers can be viewed from Settings and can be used for phone conferencing. This feature is only available in the paid version of Zoho Meeting.

Filter participants: You can now filter the list of participants who have joined a meeting through computer, mobile, and the phone dial-in option.

Cliq status update: If you've integrated your Zoho Cliq account with Zoho Meeting, your Cliq status will be automatically updated to "In a meeting" while you're in one. This way, your team members will know when you're free to collaborate.

Muted audio by default: The audio of all participants will be muted by default when they join a meeting. This prevents participants' voices from being heard unintentionally when they aren't ready to speak in a meeting.

Common updates for meetings and webinars

Invalidating the keys of past meetings and webinars: This is an important security update. We're in the process of invalidating the keys of all of our users' past meetings and webinars. This prevents hackers from stealing the details of your past sessions by randomly guessing and creating keys. As a result, you won't be able to start or edit your past meetings and webinars anymore.

Noise cancellation: We've made enhancements to lower background noise in both meetings and webinars.

Features

Search and add presenter: If you want to make someone else the presenter while scheduling a meeting, you can search for the email address of the members in your organization in the Presenter field and add any of them as the presenter instead of manually typing in their email address.

Search meetings: You can now search and find individual meetings you have scheduled using the Search option in the upcoming and past meetings list.

Sort meetings: You can sort your upcoming and past meetings list based on the start time or the topic of the meetings. You can also select the number of meetings that should be listed on a page by selecting the number of records that should appear on a page.

Search contacts and add participants: While scheduling a meeting, you can now search email addresses in your contacts list and add participants instead of typing in each participant's email address. To add contacts, you can do a bulk upload to contacts.zoho.com and they will be added to your Zoho Meeting contacts list.

Post webinar re-direction: You can now take your webinar attendees to the web page of your choiceafter your webinar ends. This can be a "Thank you" page, your organization's website, a survey link, or any other web page you want your attendees to see.

Enhancements

Multiple email reminders: You can now set multiple reminders for meetings and webinars and send them to participants at different intervals before the session starts.

Customize registration field labels: You can now edit the field names of the available labels in the customizable webinar registration form. For example, the default field label "Name" can be changed to "First name" if you want.

Embed registration form: Previously, you could embed the registration link of your webinar on web pages. Now, you can embed your entire webinar registration form on websites to invite registrations.

Language localization: We have added support for many more languages for our Meeting users who belong to different regions around the world.

Here is the complete list of languages Zoho Meeting is now available in:

• English
• Simplified Chinese
• Traditional Chinese
• Japanese
• French
• Spanish
• German
• Thai
• Vietnamese
• Bahasa Indonesia
• Korean
• Portuguese Portugal
• Portuguese Brazil
• Bulgarian
• Swedish
• Italian 

Features

Email customization: Customize the content and design of your webinar invitations, registration confirmations, and follow-up emails. Add and send multiple reminder emails before webinars.

Recurring meetings: Schedule a meeting once and set it to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Modify or delete a specific recurring meeting if you want, and the changes you make will be synced to your calendars as well.

Recurring webinars: Organize a webinar once and set it to repeat on the schedule you choose.

Android app updates

Sign in and sign up options: You can now sign up for Zoho Meeting and sign in to your Zoho Meeting account from the Zoho Meeting Android app.

Start instant and scheduled meetings: Before this update, you could only join meetings from the Android app. Now, you can start both instant and scheduled meetings from the Zoho Meeting Android app.

Add presenter: Select and add your organization members as presenters for meetings you create from the Zoho Meeting Android app.

Chat feature: Share text messages and links with other participants during a meeting using the Meeting Android app.

Dial-in facility: If your internet connection is weak or unsecure, you can now dial in to your meetings using local and toll-free numbers from the Zoho Meeting Android app.

Moderator controls: Meeting hosts can now start and moderate meetings using controls like mute participants, remove participants, and lock meeting from the Zoho Meeting Android app.

Updates in iOS and Android

Schedule, edit, and cancel meetings: In addition to signing in to your Zoho Meeting account, you can now create, edit, and cancel meetings from the iOS app.

View upcoming and past meetings: You can access and view all your scheduled meetings and your past meetings in Zoho Meeting from your Android device.

Change audio output device: You can now change the speakers you use during a meeting (built-in, headset, or bluetooth speakers) using the audio output button.

We have also added crash and bug fixes and other enhancements.

Features

Active speaker frame: Zoho Meeting now adds a blue frame around the video feed of the active speaker helps other participants identify who is speaking.

Search and sort participants list: Search participants by name and also view the participants list in alphabetic order.

Webinar notifications: Webinar presenters and co-organizers can now view notification banners on their desktop when new attendees join a session, or when a question is raised in a webinar.

Enhancements

New UI for online meetings: Zoho Meeting's revamped UI for online meetings helps presenters and participants access and use features conveniently.

Sound notification switched on by default: Entry/Exit sound notifications in online meetings help presenters keep an eye on who enters a meeting. As a step to amplify security, this feature will now be switched on by default for all new users. This setting can be changed if required from the Settings menu during a meeting.

Remove phone participants: Presenters can now remove participants who join meetings through phone audio.

Bug fixes

• Links sent via chat during meetings behaved like normal text. This issue has been fixed.
• The participants list failed to update when a participant left the meeting or got removed. This has been fixed.
• An issue caused the video device to get switched to the default device option during reconnection. This has been fixed.
• Presenters were unable to remove attendees from meetings due to a UI error. This has been fixed.
• A UI error caused the star-rating icon in webinar polls to disappear. This has been fixed.
• Video reconnection banner stayed in the webinar window throughout a session even after reconnection. This issue has been fixed.
• A black strip appeared while sharing screens from low-resolution monitors. This has been fixed.

Features

• Video conferencing with multiple video feeds.
• We introduced a Conserve bandwidth option that helps you optimally manage and use internet bandwidth when your connection is poor.

Enhancements

We have increased the number of servers to support the load as more organizations start using Zoho Meeting.

Mobile app updates

• We have fixed the issue with the "Mute all" feature in online meetings.
• Video quality has been improved by better handling of bitrate and separation of audio and video tracks.
• Audio has been improved through better handling of bandwidth. 
• Other bug fixes and minor crash fixes.

Bug fixes

• The issue preventing webinar hosts and attendees from viewing results of polls has been fixed.
• An update in the Mozilla Firefox browser caused some incompatibility issues during screen sharing through online meetings. This has been resolved.

Features

Filter unanswered questions in webinar Q&A: During your webinar Q&A, it's easy to miss some attendee questions while providing multiple answers as quickly as possible. To avoid this, you can now view all unanswered questions using a checkbox in the Q&A tab.

Request control: Participants of a meeting can now request remote access to the presenter's screen for real-time collaboration or troubleshooting.

Enhancements

• To prevent users from joining sessions without audio, we introduced a pop-up to inform users to enable audio if it is not detected. 
• Webinars scheduled in Zoho Meeting will now be synced with Zoho CRM if you have the Zoho CRM (webinar) integration enabled.
• The same meeting or webinar key can now be used across all domains (.eu, .au, .com, etc.) to join meetings and webinars.
• While trying to screen-share during meetings and webinars, a pop-up will now inform Mac OS Catalina users if they have not enabled screen sharing in System Preferences.
• Zoho Meeting Desktop app is now supported in Mac OS X Yosemite, version 10.10 and above.
• We've made adjustments to reduce data consumption on mobile devices during live screen-sharing in meetings and webinars.

Bug fixes

• We have fixed the bug preventing screen-sharing for Catalina users joining from desktop app.
• Issues faced by users who have integrated Zoho Meeting with Zoho Marketing Plus have been fixed.
• We've fixed the bug causing same co-organizer names to incorrectly display for multiple webinars in the webinar details page.
• The contacts auto-suggestion feature in the Add participants field for scheduling meetings has been fixed.
• The issue causing webinar registration to remain open for all even after the webinar ended has been resolved.
• The bug preventing Zoho One users in the trial edition from migrating their organization members after moving to the paid edition  has been fixed.
• Some presenters using external web cameras were automatically switched to default web camera after disabling and later enabling the camera from the UI. This issue has been resolved.
• Scheduled meetings and webinars were not getting synced to participants' Google calendar because the .ics file for Google calendar was not getting added in automated emails. This has been fixed.
• The chat facility to contact the Zoho Meeting team in live meetings and webinars windows seemed unavailable in a few domains. This issue has been resolved.
• In some cases, even after a presenter enabled "Mute all participants" in a meeting, new attendees joining the meeting remained unmuted. This issue has been resolved.

Enhancements

Device recognition: Zoho Meeting can now recognize new devices, such as headphones and cameras, if you add them to your hardware during a session.

Use session key as access code to join from phone: Attendees can now use the meeting or webinar key (10 digit code) as the access code to join the session by phone. Previously, access codes were different from keys and could be viewed only in meeting invitation emails or by selecting phone audio in active session windows.

Join meetings with presenter's link: Sometimes the presenter of a meeting mistakenly shares their Start meeting link with other participants instead of the intended Join meeting link. Until now, participants could not join meetings using this link and were required to use the Join meeting links from their email. However, Zoho Meeting now notifies a participant when they use the presenter's link and lets them join as a participant.

Mute phone participants: Previously, the presenter of a meeting could only mute participants who join via computer audio or VoIP. Now, we've added an enhancement to let presenters mute participants who join through phone audio as well.

Bug fixes

• In some cases, participants using Outlook email were getting bounce-back emails in response to their RSVP with the message "This user does not exist." This issue has been fixed now.
• A mistake in theUI text saying maximum meeting participants in the free edition is five has been corrected to two.
• The issue in the desktop app's download page preventing some users from downloading the Zoho  app has been fixed.
• The issue preventing some webinar organizers from editing polls before and during the webinar has been resolved.
• The issue preventing some"Thank you" emails sent to webinar attendees from being delivered has been fixed.
• In some cases, attendees who joined from mobile could submit session feedback only by providing their email address. Now, attendees can add their name to submit feedback and need not give their email address.
• The issue preventing new users invited to an organization from signing up with Zoho Meeting has been fixed.

Performance tuning and other improvements

• Slow loading of Zoho Meeting home page has been fixed
• Improved real-time audio even with network congestion
• Improved server performance and quality of screen sharing
• Improved security for locked meetings by making participant pin mandatory
• Updated the latest security milestone (Open SSL & SRTP version change)

Features

Meet online from Gmail

Collaborate in online meetings directly from your Gmail inbox. Open any email to schedule a meeting, and Zoho Meeting will automatically include all senders and recipients in the invitation list. You can also use the add-on to start instant meetings, and view and launch your upcoming meetings. Learn how.

Toll-free add-on for Zoho One users

Toll-free numbers are a great alternative for attendees to join sessions by phone without incurring charges when internet connectivity is weak. Zoho One users can now purchase the toll-free add-on of Zoho Meeting.

Server enhancement

We've made a few enhancements to the media server to increase screen-sharing quality.

iOS app updates

• Mobile attendees can now use the Raise Hand feature to grab the attention of presenters during webinars.
• Webinar presenters can now use the Allow to Talk feature to let attendees talk during the session.
• Resolved the issue of unable to sign in using OneAuth app in EU and IN data centers.

Bug fixes

• We have corrected the issue of the recording button not working for users with smaller screen resolutions.
• The issue preventing co-organizers from viewing some webinars in their Upcoming Webinars list has been fixed.
• The issue causing a mismatch in the pricing amount displayed in the Subscription section of the Zoho Meeting UI and our payments portal has been fixed.
• We have added audio fixes and enhancements to improve server stability and session connections.
• The issue causing the video feed to disappear for some users after they turned video on during sessions has been fixed.
• The problem causing some instances of unnecessary audio and video re-connection has been resolved.

Features and enhancements

Webinars

Reach a wider audience

You can now use email to promote your webinars and engage your leads with our Zoho Campaigns integration. View this option under Registration after you create a webinar. Learn more.

Share your results

Your webinar attendees can now view the results after they participate in a poll during your webinar. This makes it easier for attendees to understand the percentage of votes and the outcome, so you won't need to explain the results without visual reference.

Meetings

View microphone level

Meeting now offers a live graphic representing sound level for computer audio, so you can check your audio equipment before you enter a session. Enter a meeting window and select computer audio to check your volume level.

Add users to your Zoho CRM-Meeting Plus

You can now add users without a Zoho CRM account to your Zoho CRM-Meeting Plus account without paying for extra user licenses. To add users, go to Settings > Subscriptions and click Add users in the top-right corner.

Bug fixes

Major bug fixes this month include resolutions for issues related to receiving registration confirmation emails, downloading webinar reports, webinar access after user migration, webinar Q&A, chat and screen sharing in online meetings. For a complete list of all the bug fixes, view updates for September 2019 here.

Webinars

• The issue of some webinar registrants not receiving registration confirmation emails when the email setting was turned on by the organization administrator has been fixed.
• Some webinars started by co-organizers could not be ended before due to an issue. This issue has been fixed.
• The issue causing some downloaded webinar reports to be .json format has been fixed and now organizers can download reports in XLS and CSV formats.
• The issue of webinar organizers being unable to answer questions through Q&A has been fixed.
• The issue of the mute icon failing to change when webinar attendees with Allow to Talk status tried to mute themselves has been fixed.
• The issue of webinar organizers seeing attendees using Allow to Talk in listen-only mode has been fixed.
• The issue causing a few webinar participants to see video disturbances has been resolved.
• Users who migrated to new organizations could not customize forms and access recordings of the webinars they created in the old organization. This has been resolved. Now a user who migrates to a new organization can:
• Customize the registration forms of the webinars they created in their previous organization.
• View and share the recordings of the webinars they hosted in their previous organization.

Meetings

• Some meetings for which a user selected the My own conference option in the scheduling form were not appearing in the Upcoming Meetings list. This issue has been fixed.
• The error causing muted participant voices to become audible after re-connection has been fixed.
• When a page is refreshed to resume a meeting, the recording status (on/off) now also resumes as it was before.
• The issue of meeting participants being unable to enter messages in chat has been fixed.
• The issue preventing meeting participants from sharing their screen and the presenter from receiving their request for screen sharing has been fixed.

Common for both meetings and webinars

• Some help links displayed in error messages were not working. These links are now re-directed to the correct help pages.
• The delay experienced by users with browser version Chrome 76 and above while joining sessions is now resolved.
• The detection issue causing repeated downloads of the auto-launcher has been fixed.

Features

Sign in and meet from the iOS app

You no longer have to remain tied to your desk or laptop to host an online meeting. Sign in to the Zoho Meeting iOS app to launch your scheduled meetings from anywhere. Invite participants, share your screen, and record your meetings. Your recordings will be stored on the cloud and you can share them with anyone you want. Sign-in is not necessary for participants to join meetings, however it is required to conduct instant meetings using the Meet Now option.

Join webinars from iOS and Android

Webinars help you gain knowledge and receive training on different topics, eliminating the need to be physically present in a classroom. Now you can attend webinars and learn conveniently from your mobile device using the Zoho Meeting iOS and Android apps. Raise questions, participate in polls, view broadcast messages, and listen to webinar presentations on the go.

Download the Zoho Meeting iOS app 

Download the Zoho Meeting Android app

Bug fixes

• The audio icon does not grey out now when video connection is established after disconnection.
• The prompt to download the desktop app no longer shows when a user starts a meeting and switches to phone audio immediately. It will be shown only if the user does not get connected to audio within 30 seconds.
• Meeting participants who take control of the presenter's screen can now successfully use the chat option.
• Users whose video setting is turned off will no longer view black video feeds upon rejoining webinars.

Features

Co-organizers can now launch webinars

Co-organizers, who are members of your organization, can now start webinars just like the organizer. This comes in handy to avoid delays if the organizer is away on an emergency or unable to start the webinar. All co-organizers (both organization members and external contacts) can also launch polls, answer questions, allow an attendee to speak, or make someone a presenter.

Broadcast a message to your audience

Organizers and co-organizers can now share messages and links with your audience during a webinar. Notify users when your Q&A session starts or when an attendee is about to speak. You can also broadcast messages to initiate impromptu polls using the Raise Hand option.

Create polls during a webinar

Based on how your webinar goes, you might want to get more information from your audience through polls. In addition to launching polls that you have already created, you can now create instant polls during the webinar itself. 

Note: Only webinar organizers can create instant polls.

Add webinars to your calendar

Webinar registrants can now add webinars to Google and Yahoo calendars from the relevant options in the webinar registration page or the registration confirmation email. They can also add webinars to other calendars like Outlook by downloading the .ics file.

Enhancements

• We have increased the Q&A character limit from 150 to 500 for questions and 200 to 2000 for answers.
• When a webinar reaches the maximum attendee limit, organizers and participants who try to join will be notified through a message. 
• You can now share links via chat in online meetings.
• When the computer audio/screen sharing connection to the server can't be established, you'll be prompted to download the desktop app to continue with the session.
• You can now delete recordings from your Zoho Meeting account if you don't need them anymore.
• Issues related to joining webinars from the iOS app has been fixed. Webinar registrants joining from iOS devices will now get into the webinar directly through the app while accessing the join link.
• We fixed the issue of having to download the desktop app every time server mapping has been modified. Now the desktop app will only be downloaded once, and for subsequent sessions you'll automatically join with the desktop app without having to download it.

Webinar Edition

Raise hand

Your webinar attendees can now use the Raise hand feature to get the attention of the presenter during a webinar.

Allow attendees to talk

Organizers and co-organizers can now let any attendee speak during a webinar using the Allow to Talk option. The attendee's speech will be captured in the webinar recording, and organizers and co-organizers can revoke the permission to talk at any time.

Join webinar from iOS app

Attendees can now join webinars on the go using the Zoho Meeting iOS app. They can raise questions, participate in polls, view, and listen to the presentation from their iOS devices.

Copy a webinar registrant's unique joining link

Webinar organizers can now copy the unique joining link for each attendee and share it with them if required.

Meeting Edition

Give control in Mac

Meeting participants who are Mac users can now use the Give Control feature that lets another participant take control of their screen. This feature already exists for Windows users.

Enhanced Org Settings

Organization admins can now enable or disable sound notifications in meetings, registration notification emails for webinar organizers, registration confirmation emails for webinar registrants, and thank-you emails that are sent to attendees after webinars.

Initial setup screen for first time users

New users can now add members to their organization right after signing up with the new initial screen setup.

Conferencing server enhancement

We have done a few enhancements to improve the audio lag issue for participants who join from low bandwidth networks. We have also made major changes to improve audio and video streaming during sessions, for more stable calls from networks with different speeds.

Introducing the Firefox extension

There's good news for Mozilla Firefox users. You can now add the Zoho Meeting extension to your browser and keep your meetings and webinars handy.

Other enhancements and bug fixes

• We have enhanced the user experience of attendees who join meetings and webinars through mobile apps.
• You can now watch or download your meeting and webinar recordings from all mobile devices and browsers eliminating the need to switch devices or browsers.
• You can now view recordings right after your meetings and webinars—no need to wait for them to be ready.
• The Attendee Report of webinars now gives you more details that include polls, Q&A, attendees, and missed registrants.
• Presenters and participants who face microphone and webcam device errors while joining sessions are shown proper messages that help them identify and solve issues.
• We have moved to the latest security milestone. The privacy policy link has also been added in the webinar registration page.
• The issue of showing the webcam video even after disabling the organization video setting has been fixed. Now webcam sharing occurs based on the organization video setting.
• All the meeting and webinar automated emails will now have your organization name as the sender name.
• The issue of missing poll responses and Q&A raised by attendees who join with duplicate links has been fixed now. You can now view their data in webinar reports.

Features

Screen sharing for everyone in online meetings

Any participant in a meeting can now share their screen with the others without the approval of the presenter. For this, they can simply click the Share screen option on the left pane of the meeting window. This is an enhancement of the Make presenter feature that is no longer available.  Learn more

Registration moderation

Webinar organizers can now moderate registrants and approve or cancel a registration. The moderation can be set to either the manual registration mode or the automatic approval mode. Learn more.  Learn more

Enhancements

Enhanced recording quality

You can watch, share, and download HD recordings of meetings and webinars.

Detect audio connectivity

Presenters can verify if all participants are connected to audio and able to hear them by checking the microphone icon next to each participant's name. The icon turns bold when a participant is connected to audio. If participants have joined from their phone, a phone icon will be shown instead of the microphone.

Invite participants option on the left menu

Presenters can now invite atttendees from their left pane during a meeting. An option to copy the link to clipboard is also provided.

Improved UI

The locations of major buttons in the UI have been changed to make it more user-friendly. A Meet Now button has been introduced to start online meetings instantly.

Enable or disable webinar registration notifications

A new setting has been introduced to enable and disable the emails that notify you about new webinar registrations.

View webinar time in any timezone

Registrants can now view the time of a webinar in any timezone using the dropdown list on the webinar registration page. This will help them plan their schedule better and attend webinars wherever they are.

View and add integrations

A new tab that displays integrations for meetings and webinars has been introduced. You can enable and disable all Zoho meeting integrations from here.

View and manage subscriptions

You can now get more clarity on the editions and add-ons that you've purchased, or available to you, by using the new Subscriptions tab under the Settings module.

A better user management module

We have enhanced the User Management module to let the admin choose a designated role along with the editions for every user that they add.

Other enhancements and bug fixes

Webinar enhancements

• Registrants can now choose the Already purchased option in the Purchasing time frame field of custom registration forms. Purchasing time frame is a pre-defined field you can add in your custom registration form for webinars.
• We have now removed the option to start past webinars. However, you can reschedule the webinar to a future date and start the same webinar.
• Once a webinar ends, new registrants will be notified about the expiry of the webinar through a message.

Desktop App Launcher

We have introduced a launcher for desktop app to quickly start/join any session from WebRTC unsupported browsers like IE, Safari, Opera etc. From now on, you, your participants and webinar co-organizers will need to download and install the desktop app only once, after which the launcher will automatically run the existing app when you join from unsupported browsers.

Calendar

We have fixed the duplicate event entry issue in Zoho Calendar when calendar setting is enabled. All the meeting events will be created only in your primary calendar instead of the Zoho Meeting calendar.

Automated emails

• Conference details provided for meetings are being sent along with email invitations when someone is invited from the Presenter toolbar during a meeting.
• Webinar presenter will be notified by email when webinar analytics is ready.
• The special characters added in the company name of your co-branding is now shown in the automated mailers.
• Now you can start or join a meeting from the link in 'session updated' notification email.
• Now cancelled meeting notification email is sent to the presenter chosen while scheduling the meeting, when the admin cancels the meeting.
• We have revisited the content for the meeting updated notification email for the presenter.
• Now the meeting scheduled user will not be notified by email when they choose the other organization member as the Presenter of the meeting.

Presenter/Participant app

• Proper error messages are displayed while trying to start meeting or webinar from the browsers in mobile devices.
• We have now added toll-free dial in number for Germany. Presenters and participants joining meetings or webinars from Germany can use this toll-free number to join the conference from their phones.
• When participants/presenter face issues while joining a meeting/webinar from the browser, one time desktop app download will be prompted.
• Give control (keyboard and mouse) option is now available for all the paid and trial licenses. Presenter from Windows OS can now share their computer's keyboard and mouse control to their meeting participants. This feature requires the desktop app.
• We have resolved the issue of overriding admin settings and showing the webinar attendee's video when made them as a presenter during the webinar. Now the video feed works for all during the webinar based on the admin's video setting.
• We have now handled the reconnection of session recording in a proper way when the Presenter page gets reloaded.
• You can now see a notification message on PPT application sharing when you try to share the application. Read more
• Now the video feed will be hidden and the video mute icon will be disabled when there exists a WebCam error after switching the presenter.
• The issue of video disabled icon not working after changing to a working web camera device has been resolved and you can choose to toggle the option.
• We have resolved the issue of showing black screen to the attendees when clicked on the Stop sharing button in the Google Chrome's notification ribbon before the Share screen button state changes in the presenter app. Now the state is better handled with the exact state of the screen sharing at both presenter and participant's end.
• The misspelled word of 'Select' in the star rating option of webinar polling has been corrected now.
• A webinar attendee who joins from a desktop app now gets the video option (based on the organizer's video setting) along with audio while they are made as a Presenter.
• The mute/unmute state of the changed presenter's microphone is now retained after reconnection to the server.
• The audio/video enumeration will now appear in the presenter/participant toolbar of anyone joining from the Firefox browser even after choosing the device in the browser's media device access prompt.
• When the presenter tries to join from an incognito browser window, they will be prompted to download the desktop app, since sharing screens is not allowed by the default Google Chrome extension setting.
• Now the audio option is hidden when the webinar organizer revokes the make presenter option from the attendee before they attempt to share their screen.
• You can now see how to unblock/allow a blocked camera/microphone while joining a session.
• The links sent through Webinar Q&A can be clicked to copy the link and view.
• We have now resolved the issue of attendees being unable to connect to the audio when they join from the latest version(version-71) of Google Chrome.
• We have resolved the issue of not showing audio and video devices while someone joins a session from Firefox browser and the webcam is not accessible, but the microphone is detected.
• We have also resolved the issue of not showing the proper message when the presenter/participant denies the access for microphone or webcam.
• We have resolved the issue in viewing the recording when the meeting is scheduled by an user in the organization and started by another organization member.

Copy join link option in webinar

We've received a few requests to show the registrants' join link for the webinar. So, we've added the link in the registrants list. Webinar presenters can now copy the join link for each registrant from the list.

New settings

We have added a couple of new settings for the organization to manage the default emails sent and the notifications.

• Registration notification email setting has now moved under the manage organization setting since this is based on the organization. Enabling or disabling this setting will be applied to all the organization members.
• We have now added a setting to play notification sound for the presenter whenever a participant joins or leaves the meeting.
• You can now control the webinar Thank You email for the attendees and Registration Confirmation email using the newly added settings. If you do not wish to send out these mailers from the product, you can disable it in the settings for the organization.

Presenter/participant application

• The links entered in the webinar Q&A are now shown as clickable links for the other attendees and presenters.
• We have resolved the issue of showing a blank popup after clicking on the Computer Audio option in Firefox browser when the microphone or camera device is not detected.
• We have resolved the issue of presenter's keyboard/mouse control being revoked when the page is either refreshed, or the connection gets reconnected at the participant's end.
• While joining a meeting from Mac OS Mojave version, we have fixed the issue of not showing the proper information when the camera device is blocked by the participant in the audio/video popup.
• The issue of terminating the server connection when an email link is clicked from Webinar Q&A section has been resolved.
• The presenter muting or un-muting themselves when no other participant joined the session is handled better now.
• The issue of showing the option to download the desktop app when trying to share screen from the Chrome browser in Linux OS has been removed since there is no desktop application for Linux. They will now be prompted to add the browser extension.
• The bluetooth audio/video devices connected will not be set as default in the older versions of Mac and Windows OSes. We have now made the audio enumeration dropdown more prominent so that it will be easy for presenter and participants to choose their bluetooth device if connected while joining the meeting.
• We have now added the tool tip message to the presenters about how the phone participants unmute themselves.
• We have tweaked a few scenarios in server connection during the session which speeds up the reconnection process in case of any interruptions.
• The issue of showing the message of switching to phone for Free user webinar attendees who will not have the option at all has been corrected.

Desktop application

• The audio quality is enhanced and improved for presenters and participants joining the session from the desktop application.
• The issue of showing "Another Login Found" pop-up when starting the session without logging in from the desktop application has been fixed now.
• The issue of prompting a presenter or participant to download the desktop app during server interruption and reconnection, who have already joined the session from the desktop application has been fixed.
• We have improved handling of messages displayed for users unable to download the desktop application. They can reach our support instantly using the live chat option, if required.
• The new logo has been updated in the desktop application.

Media server

• The issue of phone audio not resuming for participants when the presenter is disconnected has been fixed.
• The issue pausing the recording at the server end when presenter reconnects has been modified. Now the recording will automatically get resumed after reconnection.
• The issue of recording after reloading the page even if recording has not been started earlier has been fixed. The recording status is now maintained after reconnect.
• We have done a few major tweaks to improve the connection stability and better servers.
• The issue of participants being able to join the meeting from phone after locking the meeting has been fixed. Now participants can only join the meeting using their PIN for a locked meeting.

Session Recording

• The issue of presenters not being able to view the meeting recording preview when the meeting was created by another organization admin has been fixed.
• We have also fixed the audio/video mismatch issue in recording. Now both the audio and screen sharing will be in sync throughout the recording video.

Web application

• The issue of not adding invited participants while creating meetings from Zoho Calendar has been fixed.
• We have fixed the issue where some of the users with free licenses were unable to start sessions, and ended on a page with double braces.
• Now the supported currency in the My Subscription page is shown based on the user's IP location.
• The issue of showing the wrong meeting invite link in the calendar using RSVP has been corrected.
• Meeting invitation emails to participants will now include the dial-in number details.
• The issue of exposing the join link in the registration page for a registration moderated webinar has been fixed.

Features

Co-organizers for webinars

You can now invite co-organizers to help you manage your webinar. Co-organizers can launch polls, answer questions, change presenters during the webinar, record webinar, view all attendees/staff and more. Learn more

Choosing external audio and video devices

We already have an option to choose audio devices from the list of external audio devices connected to the computer. Now we have extended this feature to video devices also. If you have external video devices connected, you can select the webcam you would like to share with your meeting or webinar participants.

Enhancements

Automatic region based dial-in number display

To enhance the user experience for phone conferencing, we are now displaying the default phone number based on the country from where the presenter/participant join the session. You can view your country dial-in number(if available), conference code and pin just by choosing the Phone audio option while starting/joining the session.

Analytics ready notification

We have now added a notification email for the webinar presenter on the webinar analytics and reports are ready to view and export.

Drag and relocate the video feed

You can now drag the video feed in the presenter and participant's application to relocate anywhere inside the application. You don't have to worry that the shared screen behind the video feed getting hidden for the participants. They can just move around the video feed.

Speed enhancements

We have extended dedicated media servers to few more regions across the globe. Your participants can see improvements in screen sharing speed and this removes the unnecessary lag in both screen sharing and conference using computer's mic and speaker.

Phone audio enhancements

We have tuned the phone conference to improve the audio quality. We have also increased the volume of the voice through phone and you can see a betterment in the audio clarity during the conference.

Chrome extension changes

When you try to start screen sharing from the Google Chrome browser without the extension, it will take you to the Google Chrome Webstore where you can add the Zoho Meeting extension. This has been implemented with regards to GDPR compliance.

Enhanced video webinar scalability

We have now fine-tuned the webcam video streaming to enhance the scalability of the video webinar on a normal bandwidth network of the attendees. This also reduces the bandwidth usage and improved video streaming without any fuzzy or broken video frames.

Bug fixes

• The issue of not connecting to audio if there is any problem with video device for a switched Presenter on a Windows PC has been fixed now.
• The issue of not pre-populating the phone number for Webinar participant has been fixed.
• The issue of the screen is cluttered in Firefox browsers when zoomed in or out has been fixed now.
• If there are no details provided in the 'Your own conference' audio option, the proper message is shown to the presenter and participant during meeting.

• The issue of showing connection error while ending the webinar has been fixed now.
• The issue of exiting the webinar attendee when the join link is shared and joined during the webinar has been fixed. Now both the attendees are allowed to join the webinar.
• Loading icon is shown till the recording gets triggered from the server end and then the icon changes to record mode when the recording starts.
• The issue of recording getting stopped while the page is reloaded has been fixed.
• Proper messages are shown when there is an issue in connecting to the webcam or mic of the computer.
• The issue of connecting the rear camera instead of front camera when joining meeting from Windows Surface Pro is fixed now. 

Web App

• Proper message is shown in the registration page when someone tries to register for a canceled webinar. Restriction has been added when trying to register for a canceled webinar.
• Registrants will get an email notification when a webinar is rescheduled or updated.
• Automated thank you email for the webinar attendee will be sent when the session is ended after the scheduled time of the webinar.
• Presenter will now receive an email notification when someone registers for their webinar. If you prefer to disable this feature, please write to  support@zohomeeting.com
• Presenter will receive an email notification once the webinar analytics is ready to view. This happens only when the webinar is ended after the scheduled time of the webinar.
• The meeting scheduled email notification is sent to both the person who schedules and the one who has been assigned as the presenter while scheduling the meeting.
• All the meeting and webinar notification emails are redesigned for better view and clarity on the email message.
• The issue of predefined field in custom registration getting closed for each selection in Safari browser of Mac computer has been fixed. Now you can choose more than one field at a time.
• The special characters included in company name is now getting reflected in the meeting and webinar mailers.
• The issue of Google calendar integration not working for EU data center has been fixed.
• The issue of showing event expired in the invitation email for specific day light saving timezone has been fixed.
• The issue of unable to access the recording links from EU data center has been fixed.
• Meeting join form will be shown directly when accessing the join page from the mobile devices.
• The issue of unable to host or join sessions from the latest version of macOS has been fixed. Running meeting and webinar from macOS Mojave is smooth now.
• The issue of sending the meeting/webinar cancelation email to the participants when deleting the past meeting has been fixed.
• The issue of updated conference details not sent in the meeting updated invitation email while editing the 'Your own conference' details of the meeting has been fixed.
• Now the scheduled meetings and webinars will be available in upcoming meeting/webinar lists until the scheduled session end time. Those will be moved to the past meeting/webinar lists once the end time gets expired.
• The issue of setting the default session duration as one hour in the calendar, while event added using the Zoho/Google calendar integration, in spite of scheduling for a different time duration has been fixed.
• The issue of showing a horizontal scroll with smaller meeting topic and a lengthy agenda in Firefox version 60 has been fixed.
• Proper error message is handled while trying to upload any supported image file format as company logo in the Manage Organization.
• The Enter button is well handled in the custom registration field with a short answer. For the first Enter character the focus is set to the Register Now button and the consecutive Enter button click registers for the webinar.
• The error messages are well handled in the registration page with custom fields.
• The issue of not showing multiple answers in the Analytical Report that are provided during the webinar Q&A.
• We have extended the live chat functionality to our start/join page for WebRTC unsupported browsers. You can get instant technical help from our support representative if you are facing issues in getting connected to the meeting.
• The issue of unable to schedule a meeting while pasting the multiple participants listed with bullet points has been fixed.
• Now the upcoming meetings/webinars will be migrated and be avaibale when an existing user is invited and added to a new Zoho Meeting organization account.
• The issue of the calendar event added using the Zoho calendar integration, not getting updated or deleted when the meeting/webinar is updated/deleted in the Zoho Meeting portal has been fixed. 
• The issue of showing wrong time for the meeting event while adding to the calendar has been fixed.
• The issue of showing wrong time zone in the calendar while updating a meeting or webinar event has been fixed. Now the calendar event shows the correct timezone in which the session is scheduled/updated with.
• The issue of calendar event not getting updated when scheduled from Zoho Calendar and updated/rescheduled from Zoho Meeting portal has been fixed.
• Missing invitation email
• The issue of unable to join the meeting scheduled from IN data center using the join link directly has been fixed.
• Now you can upload your company logo with transparent background.
• Now the meeting presenter can view all the invitees from their Google and Zoho calendar events. This works for those who have enabled their Google/Zoho calendar setting.
• The issue of meeting invitation or webinar confirmation email landing in the junk box of the recipient's mail client has been fixed now.
• The issue of unable to add org members is fixed now.
• Now the ICS attachment is sent along with the meeting update invitation email. The issue of calendar event not getting updated from the calendar event sent along with the meeting updated notification email is fixed.
• Meeting key is now auto filled in android devices when trying to join a meeting by clicking on the join link.
• The issue of showing only the minutes and missing out the hours of the recording duration in My Recordings page is fixed now.  

Enhancements

• We have introduced  premium toll numbers for various cities in India.
• We have also added a toll-free number for India.  View the list of countries for which toll-free dial-in numbers are available.
• We have made some enhancements for audio conferences to address the noise reduction and improve the audio clarity.
• We have worked on the audio bit rates based on the end-user's bandwidth to give better audio quality for users from lower bandwidth.
• We have improved the recording quality.
• We have enhanced data encryption using strong chippers for audio, video and screen sharing connections at the media server end to establish a more secure connection.

Bug fixes

• Calendar event is now added to the meeting updated/rescheduled notification email.
• Now the meeting key is auto-filled when joined from android device without the Zoho Meeting app.
• The issue of not removing the old calendar event after rescheduling the meeting has been fixed now.
• The issue of hours missing in recording time duration under My Recordings has been corrected now.
• The issue of drafted answer getting disappeared when receiving a new question during the webinar has been fixed.
• The issue of adding the invitees of previous scheduled meeting automatically to the next meeting while scheduled consecutively has been fixed.
• The issue of stopping the recording when the presenter reloads the page has been fixed and the recording will be resumed soon after the page is reloaded.
• The issue of showing wrong time while scheduling the meeting and webinar from the Google Chrome extension has been fixed.
• The issue of stopping the webinar recording automatically when an attendee joins the webinar has been fixed.
• Moved to the latest security milestone.
• Moved to the latest Tomcat milestone.
• The issue with the join link sent for the webinar co-organizer invitation email has been fixed.
• The issue in joining meeting from mobile app has been fixed.
• We have now fixed the connect issue while scheduling and starting meeting from Zoho Calendar.
• The issue of unable to download the desktop app from IE/Edge in Windows PC has been fixed.
• A few cases of possible connection issues while starting or joining meeting/webinar sessions have been fixed.
• The issue of email id gets trimmed while adding the invitees using the suggestion list when the email id is typed till the '@' symbol has been fixed.
• The issue if unable to copy the embed registration code from Internet Explorer has been resolved.
• The issue of showing "Webinar has ended" message when the registration like is shared on social network, due the registration page header text has been changed with better content.
• The issue of exiting session not working in some cases, while the switched presenter shares the screen has been fixed.
• The issue of lagged screen sharing after starting the recording has been fixed.
• The issue of choppy audio in recording while the live audio is good has been fixed now.
• The issue of audio not getting recorded from iOS device has been fixed and it is working fine now.

Features

Customize registration form

Now add predefined fields or custom fields to your webinar registration form. Get more information from your webinar registrants beforehand and understand your leads better. All these can be viewed by the webinar organizer from the registrants' report. Learn more on what you can do with custom registration form. Learn more

Lock meeting

Host private meetings by locking the meeting using the Lock Meeting option on the left panel of the Presenter app. The participants can then knock and join the meeting only after the presenter's approval. The presenter can choose to accept or reject the participant from joining the meeting.

Mute participants

The presenter can now take control of their web meeting's audio. Mute the participant with some background noise and make the meeting smooth. Mute individuals or all the participants during the meeting (the participant will be able to unmute themselves if desired).

Remove participants

The meeting presenter can now remove any participant and disconnect them from the meeting using the 'Remove' option beside the participant in the Attendee List.

Enhancements

Better webinar registration page

We have also redesigned the registration page to have a fresh and new-look along with the custom registration form. The registrants can now view the time of the webinar scheduled in their local timezone along with the scheduled timezone.

Thank you emails

We have now added the automated follow-up email for the webinar attendees thanking them for attending the webinar.

Zoho Contacts synced with Zoho Meeting

Zoho Contacts is now synced with Zoho Meeting and it gets listed as autosuggest in invite participant while scheduling meeting. The participants invited for a meeting will also be added to your Zoho Contacts.

Bug fixes

Integrations

• The issue of unable to schedule meeting from Zoho calendar, and the invite was not sent to participants are now resolved.
• Zoho Meeting is included in Zoho One and you can now add the Zoho Meeting application.

Desktop app

• The issue of signing in from desktop app is now fixed.
• Now we are showing UI for launcher open while starting or joining session in chrome or firefox.

Web app

• The announcement notification at the top of the web app will not be shown again if you close. It will be shown when we make the next announcement.
• Now you can crop the image while uploading logo in manage organization setting.
• Get access to our latest user guide from the top right menu when you login to Zoho Meeting account.
• Get the link to install the android app for joining meeting from the bottom menu in Home page of Zoho Meeting.
• A better notification message is shown while adding users to the org.
• Now the time left in the subject of reminder email will be day, hours, or minutes depending on the reminder setting.
• We have now updated email validation to accommodate longer email domains.
• Proper error handling along with relevant notification message is added to the user management section of Manage Organization module.
• The issue of sending meeting update email though there occurs an error while saving the edits has been fixed now.
• The issue of showing "{meeting_tagline}" in meeting invitation email has been fixed.
• Now the reminder emails are co-branded with organization logo.

Webinar enhancements

• The registration confirmation email is redesigned with better clarity on the information.
• The character limit for title and description while scheduling the webinar has now been increased as 200 characters for webinar title and 2000 for the description.
• Now the registration page allows the registrants to fill the form in other languages.
• Now you can find the webinar analytics once you start the webinar and now you don't have to wait for the webinar scheduled time to arrive.
• The issue of showing error in windows while double clicking the webinar registration link has been fixed now.
• The issue of already filled question getting cleared while changing the polling option from Multiple choice to Star rating in creating poll is now fixed.

Meeting enhancements

• The issue with the organization logo not reflected in meeting invitation email is fixed now.
• We have now removed the RSVP for the presenter invitation email and have added the add to calendar option.
• The character limit for topic and agenda while scheduling the meeting has now been increased as 200 characters for meeting topic and 2000 for the agenda.
• Unable to start an instant meeting with popup blocker in some browsers has been fixed.
• The issue of unable to join meeting from meet.zoho.com page while entering special characters or name in other languages has been resolved.
• We have now added snapping email which supports comma (,) and newline as delimiters while inviting participants.

Presenter/participant app

• The mis-aligned UI of the participant's email ID in "Attendees list" after changing presenter is fixed now.
• The issue of showing scroll bar in chat on some browsers is fixed now.
• The issue of clearing earlier poll participation of the attendee on server reconnection has been fixed.
• The issue of hiding screen sharing button on reconnection has been fixed.
• The issue of webcam video stream not been disconnected even after ending the session has been fixed.
• The issue of webcam green light being still on when connected to audio alone has been fixed.
• The issue of showing the multiline Other audio text in a single line has been fixed.
• The misleading text description in 'Multiple Poll' has now been corrected.

Features

Zoho Meeting add-on for Zoho CRM

We have come up with a tighter integration for online meetings with Zoho CRM events. You can now schedule and host meetings; invite your CRM leads, contacts, or users; and view recordings and reports in your CRM portal. You can also access all those meetings in your Zoho Meeting portal. This comes as an add-on to Zoho CRM paid and trial users. You can try it free for 14 days, after which you can get this add-on at just $1/user/month.  See how to setup the add-on.

Android App

We are happy to announce our new android app for web meetings. You can start a meeting from your computer or iOS devices and your participants can join your meeting from their android devices using our android app.  Get the Zoho Meeting app from the play store to join a web meeting.

Report Generation for Webinars

We have good news for those who've waited for the downloadable webinar reports functionality in Zoho Meeting. You can now generate various reports like registrants, attendees, polls, Q&As, and performance reports for your webinar from the Webinar Analytics section. All the reports are downloadable in XLS and CSV formats.

Hold Phone Audio Conferencing

You can now hold phone audio conferencing with Zoho Meeting. Once you schedule meeting and invite participants, the audio conference details will be sent to the invitees along with the invitation email. Your participants can join the conference directly from the phone using international numbers and conference code without joining from the web. However for security reasons the presenter has to start the meeting from the web. This feature is currently available in our early access servers. Contact support to enable this feature on your account.

Enhancements

Connection speed and stability

We are continuously focused on improving performance, stability, and connection speed. We have made some enhancements to the server connections and added new protocols to improve the stability of audio/video connections, so you'll see an improvement in the connection speed.

Screen Quality Improvements

We have come up with a new implementation to enhance the screen sharing quality. This helps your attendees by reducing blurriness, browser memory consumption, and bandwidth usage.. This feature is currently available in our early access servers. Contact support@zohomeeting.com to enable this feature on your account.

Enhanced Google Chrome extensions

Keep all your Zoho Meeting events handy. The Google Chrome extension for Zoho Meeting is now fully-featured with your meetings and webinars. You can start instant meetings, schedule a meeting or webinar, and view and start the upcoming meetings and webinars.  Add the chrome extension now and get quick access to your Zoho Meeting sessions.

Meeting Duration

As requested, we have now added meeting duration. You can now set the duration of your meeting, ranging from fifteen minutes to three hours, while scheduling. This will be sent along with the invitation email so your meeting participants can plan accordingly.

Exit Session

We have now introduced the option to end the meeting or webinar at the bottom left of the Presenter app. Your meeting participants/webinar attendees will be notified once you exit the session.

Bug fixes

Web App

• Changed the font style in our web app.
• Updated the certificates for the app servers.
• Moved to the latest security milestone.
• Audio details are now sent along with the invitation email.
• Updated the meeting reminder email template.
• The webinar registrants list is now displayed in the order of registered time.
• Polls results for the webinars started by other members or admin are now visible to organization admin.
• Fixed the issue of webinar confirmation emails getting phishing notification and landing in spam folders in Gmail.
• Fixed the issue of own audio conference details not sent along with the invitation email .
• Fixed the issue of the participant name not being reflected while joining from embed meeting widget.
• Fixed the issue of showing the time in milliseconds in reminder email.
• Fixed the failure to display registrants list in upcoming webinars page when there are more than 20 registrants.
• Fixed the inability to choose presenters while scheduling or rescheduling meeting from the Internet Explorer browser.
• Fixed the issue of showing previous poll results for the star rating to the participants, unless someone votes.
• Fixed the issue of not showing the earlier poll activity in the participant app.

Timezones and calendar bug fixes

• Fixed the issue of not showing the timezone in My Recordings list.
• Fixed the issue with adding events using "Add to calendar" option after registering for a webinar.
• Failure to add event to Outlook Calendar has been fixed.
• Fixed the issue of showing incorrect scheduled meeting time in Google Calendar.
• Fixed the issue of meetings getting missed in Google Calendar.
• Email no longer gets triggered from invitation email in Gmail after turning the settings off.
• Restored option to add ICS file to the email calendar using RSVP.

Presenter/Participant App

• Fixed the issue with not getting reconnected automatically while switching network.
• Fixed multiple issues with participant app in Firefox 59 version, like server connection, audio problem, and switching presenters during webinar.
• Fixed the issue of showing attendee as null while joining the meeting from desktop app.
• Restored option to connect audio when there is a problem with video or webcam.
• Fixed the issues with Give Control like app getting crashed and missing characters while typing fast from participants computer.
• Restored option to go back from phone audio in the initial landing for video disabled users.
• Fixed the issue of "Screen Share" button being disabled when the screen is not shared.
• Fixed the issue with garbled text for other language attendee name/chat message in presenter and participant app.
• Fixed the issue of audio/video and screen sharing permissions getting lost for the switched presenter when reloading the page.
• Fixed the issue of skipping slides during a presentation in webinar.
• Fixed the usability issues with mute/unmute in presenter/participant app.
• Fixed the issue of page not loading for browsers with other languages in cookie.

Desktop App

• Added option to choose monitors while sharing the screen.
• Made the launcher compatible with higher versions of Mac OS.

Media and conference Server

• Updated the latest certificates in the servers.
• IVR messages are refined and tuned for phone conferencing.
• Duplicate participant connections are better handled now such that the most recent connection is considered as the actual participant and the same will be notified to the earlier duplicate participant.
• Fixed the issue of missing the attendees name in the list while reconnecting to the webinar.

iOS App

• Fixed the issue with audio/video not working for participants joining a meeting from computer for a meeting started from ios app.

Features

Q&A in Webinars

Now make your webinar more interactive by fielding questions from your engaging attendees. You can review all of the questions and choose the best ones to display by answering them to all. When an attendee raises a question out of context, you can also answer it privately.

Co-Presenter

Make any attendee a co-presenter using 'Make Presenter' option and allow them to share their screen/application and present using their microphone and webcam during your webinar.

Webinar Analytics

Measuring the webinar and following up is as important as the webinar event itself. Now get in-depth analytics like registrants and attendee list along with region, login time, duration, engagements in polls and Q&A during the webinar. Measure and find the right leads to follow up and convert them.

My Recordings

Now manage all your meeting and webinar recordings in your Zoho Meeting portal itself. Replay, download, and share the recording with your attendees for later reference. Now easily manage your cloud storage either by deleting the older session recordings or buying extra storage space. The storage limit goes as 10 session recordings per host for lower plans and 25 session recordings for higher plans.

Enhancements

Enhanced usability for audio/video conferencing

Now, we have better handled the usability to enhance the user experience while launching or joining a meeting or webinar session. You can choose the audio options before entering in to the session and check your audio and video connections beforehand.

Presenter and participant app

After an analysis on the visual appeal for the attendees, we have now implemented the white theme to presenter and participant apps. This not only includes the change in color theme, this also holds better visibility to the options and the presenter's screen.

Web client

• Reorganized the tabs in your Zoho Meeting portal for better usability.
• Introduced handy placeholder for the downloadable apps like chrome extension, iOS app and desktop app at the bottom of the home tab.
• Moved the 'Manage Organization' tab inside the Settings page.
• You can now start an instant meeting right from the My Meetings tab itself.

Security enhancements

• The desktop app is updated with the latest signed certificates.
• Enhanced security implementation in web client and servers.

Bug fixes

• Scrolling down the list of meetings and webinars are now better handled.
• Switching between phone audio and computer audio is better handled.
• Starting a meeting from the join page, meet.zoho.com needs authentication now.
• The issue in reconnecting to the server after 15 min is resolved now.
• The server connection problem while switching presenter is fixed.
• Sending incorrect attendee list to the server in specific cases is resolved.
• The screen sharing issue after changing the presenter during the meeting is fixed.
• The issue of showing participant from iPhone as 'Guest' in some cases is fixed.
• The issue of not showing the participants joining meeting from iOS app in attendee list is fixed.
• The issue with screen sharing for participants from iOS app is fixed.
• The issue of unable to reconnect to the server is fixed.
• The issue with duplicate presenter is resolved.
• The issue with email reminders for webinar is fixed.
• The issue with org logo getting distorted in the registration page is resolved.
• The issue in uploading company logo is fixed.
• The issue of IVRS messages played partly for some cases while joining the phone audio is fixed.
• The issue with screen sharing missing for some use cases in the recorded video is fixed.
• The attendee list is now not visible for the webinar attendees.
• The issue of error messages gets lost under the announcement bar in web client is fixed.
• The issue of unable to invite a participant for a meeting with lengthy domain name in email address is fixed.
• The issue in sharing the screen via the desktop app while starting meeting from Opera browser is fixed.