New features and improvements in this release

The new features and enhancements included in Pexip Infinity version 40 are described below.

This topic covers the Pexip Infinity platform; for new features in the latest release of the Pexip web app see the Pexip Web App release notes.

Pexip Infinity platform

Feature Description More information
Layouts: ability to include audio-only and video-muted participants as avatars in the main video layout

You can now optionally configure whether any audio-only or video-muted participants are represented as an avatar in the main video layout (excluding Adaptive Composition and Teams-like layouts) instead of those participants being counted in the "notch" indicators.

The avatar/image used to represent the participant can come from the following sources:

  • User records
  • External policy avatar lookup
  • Exchange Online (Microsoft Teams conferences only)

If a participant image is not available then a substitute graphic is generated based on the initials of the participant's name.

This feature is disabled by default and can be enabled via the new enable_avatars_in_mix theme setting.

 Participant avatars
Google Meet enhancements: raise/lower hands Pexip's integration with Google Meet has been enhanced so that participants connecting to Google Meet via Pexip Infinity can now raise and lower their hand in meetings, and see that other participants have their hand raised.
Teams Connector enhancements: new speaker-focused layout

Pexip's Cloud Video Interop (CVI) integration with Microsoft Teams has been enhanced to include a new speaker-focused layout:

  • It displays one large main speaker and up to 7 other video participants as thumbnails to the side. It does not apply any face detection or zooming.
  • Audio-only participants are shown across the bottom of the layout and are represented by their avatar from Exchange Online.
  • It can be applied via local or external policy using the view name teams_focus.

Note that version 40 of the Teams Connector contains updates that necessitate an upgrade to your Pexip platform to ensure compatibility with the latest updates to the Microsoft Teams APIs and to the Teams Connector's latest features. We strongly recommend that you upgrade your Pexip deployment — both the Pexip Infinity platform and the Pexip Teams Connector — to version 40 as soon as practicable.
Breakout rooms: client support for flexible chat configuration per room

Users of the client API can now ascertain whether individual breakout rooms are enabled for chat capabilities or not, and thus provide the appropriate chat features within that breakout room. Previously, chat support for Hosts in each breakout room had to be based upon whether chat was enabled for the main room or not.

(Note that chat configuration for a breakout room, as well as any other specific breakout room settings such as its theme, can currently only be set via policy).

Breakout rooms

Using the Pexip client APIs

OIDC: additional supported features
  • When configuring administrator access to the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface, or setting up Identity Providers for participant or registration authentication, Pexip Infinity now supports OIDC Authorization Code Flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE).
  • When configuring an OIDC Identity Provider (Users & Devices > Identity Providers), the Display Name Claim Name field now supports custom attributes.

Managing administrator access via OIDC

OpenID Connect flow

Administrative improvements: FIPS compliance mode status and enablement

This release contains the following administrative improvements:

  
  • The platform information page (accessed via the About link at the top right of every page in the Administrator interface) now displays the platform's FIPS compliance mode status.
  • FIPS compliance can now only be enabled via the security wizard if there are no Conferencing Nodes configured.

Using the Pexip Infinity Administrator interface

Deploying Pexip Infinity in a secure mode of operation

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