Connect web app release notes
This topic describes the new features, changes in functionality, and fixed issues in the current and previous supported releases of the Connect web app:
- What's new?
- Fixed issues
- Known limitations
- What's new in previous versions
- Fixed issues in previous versions
What's new?
New in v32 Webapp3
Following are the new features and changes in Connect Webapp3 in Pexip Infinity version 32:
Feature | Description | More information |
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New features | ||
Show name labels | Host participants now have the option to enable and disable name labels for all participant in the meeting. | Show name labels |
Alternative disconnect destination | Administrators can now manually customize a destination to send participants upon disconnecting from a meeting (as an alternative to returning them to the home page). | disconnectDestination |
Additional background images |
Administrators can now specify, via manual customization, multiple background images for users to select from. Note that this replaces the bgImageUrl option — for more information, see Changes in functionality below. |
bgImageAssets |
Guests shown PIN entry keypad | Guest participants who join a meeting without a Host are offered a DTMF keypad, so that they can enter the Host PIN. | Enter the Host PIN |
Send DTMF tones to external devices / conferences | Participants in a gateway call can now send DTMF tones to the meeting or device they are connected to. | Send DTMF tones to an external conference or device |
Send DTMF tones to participants | Host participants in a Virtual Meeting Room or Virtual Auditorium can now send DTMF tones to a selected participant. | Send DTMF tones to a participant |
Application tab title | Administrators can now manually customize the title that appears on the web app browser tab. | appTitle |
Local mute state propagated to server | When a user mutes or unmutes themselves, their mute state will be updated on Pexip Infinity. | |
App and plugin API versions shown | The app version and plugin API version are now available from within the app's | .|
Changes in functionality | ||
Default background images |
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Participant background replacement images |
New in v32 Webapp2
There are no significant new features in Connect Webapp2 in Pexip Infinity version 32.
Fixed issues
Fixed in v32.1 Webapp3
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33921 | The client now respects the requested "Maximum inbound call bandwidth" limits from Pexip Infinity (outbound limit from the client's perspective). |
33013 | Entering a conference with a preconfigured link containing join=1 (to bypass the option to check devices) now works correctly when device permissions have already been granted on a previous occasion. |
Fixed in v32.1 Webapp2
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34111 | Resolved an issue where movement would not occur with some USB webcams when being controlled by FECC via Webapp2. |
Fixed in v32 Webapp3
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GL‑3997 | Certain meeting controls are no longer hidden from Host participants using the web app on touch devices. |
GL‑3807 | Participants who join an end-to-end encrypted call after a presentation has started will now receive the presentation. |
GL‑3733 | Resolved an issue that sometimes caused the first character in an input to be missed. |
32411 GL‑3730 |
Participants in VMRs with Conference capabilities restricted to Main video only will not longer be offered the presentation button. |
GL‑3689 | Participants in gateway calls to Google Meet or Microsoft Teams meetings now have the option to change the layout. |
GL‑3588 | When viewing a presentation using the browser's picture-in-picture (PiP) option, the PiP will automatically close when the presentation stops. |
GL‑3580 | Participants in an end-to-end encrypted call are no longer offered the option to | .
GL‑3569 | When no camera or microphone is available, the media statistics page now shows a message that no statistics are available. |
GL‑3379 | Resolved an issue whereby if a user experienced connectivity issues while presenting, the presentation would sometimes freeze. |
Multiple minor improvements to device detection, permissions, and message wording on the preflight page. |
Fixed in v32 Webapp2
There were no significant user-facing fixes in this release.
Known limitations
Ref # | Limitation |
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34979 | Webapp3 clients are unable to send TURN messages to Transcoding Conferencing Nodes and Proxying Edge Nodes on port 443 when the media relay feature is enabled on Pexip Infinity ( ). |
19889 | When using the Connect web app in a browser on a mobile device in landscape mode, in some cases the video and presentation is cropped. To work around this, we recommend using the Connect mobile apps on mobile devices. |
18119 | Long display names are truncated when there is space available to show the full name. |
What's new in previous versions
New in v31 web app
New in v31 Webapp3
Feature | Description | More information |
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New features | ||
Additional Host actions |
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Additional layouts | The full set of layouts supported by Pexip Infinity are now offered to participants. | |
Additional customization options |
The following options are now customizable via the branding manifest file:
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New in v31 Webapp2
Feature | Description | More information |
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Changes in functionality | ||
Background blur | It is now possible via branding to remove the option to enable or disable background blur from within the Connect app, using the disableBackgroundBlur application setting. | disableBackgroundBlur |
New in v30 web app
Following are the new features and changes in the Connect web app in Pexip Infinity version 30:
Feature | Description | More information |
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New features | ||
Presentation audio support |
The Connect web apps now support sharing audio when you share your screen in a conference. When you select Share my screen, there is a new option to Share system audio (if you share your entire screen), or Share tab audio (if you share a browser tab). Supported on Chrome and Edge browsers only. On Mac and Linux, you can only share audio from a browser tab. On Windows you can share either system audio or browser tab audio.
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Using Connect apps to share content |
Updated Connect web app |
A new release of the Connect web app, "Connect Webapp3", is now available. This release includes:
Administrators can choose which version of the Connect web app is offered to users by default via the Global Settings page. Note that this has resulted in a change in functionality around the how the default web app is determined, and the preconfigured URLs used to access the web app. Additionally, users themselves can elect to use a specific web app version by appending /webapp1/, /webapp2/ or /webapp3/ to the IP address or domain name of a Conferencing Node (or reverse proxy), for example: |
Using Webapp3 |
Changes in functionality | ||
Secure check code |
The Secure check code used to verify end-to-end encrypted calls now has a copy button, allowing it to be easily shared between participants. |
New in v29 web app
Following are the new features and changes in the Connect web app in Pexip Infinity version 29:
Feature | Description | More information |
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Presentation content defaults to full motion HD | Incoming presentation content is now viewed in full motion HD video by default. The user can switch to the previous default behavior of a series of still images / JPG format if required. | View incoming presentation in full motion * |
New in v28 web app
Following are the new features and changes in the Connect web app in Pexip Infinity version 28:
Feature | Description | More information |
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Change layout during a conference and show/hide participant names |
Host participants can use a new option in the side panel's menu. This lets you dynamically change the layout used during a conference to any of the support layout options, and to toggle the display of participant names.
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Using Connect web apps |
Chat messages indicator |
A visual indicator is displayed when a new chat message is received. It is displayed against the Events tab If the side panel is open and showing the participant list, or above the button used to show the side panel if the side panel is closed.
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Using Connect web apps |
Push spacebar to talk | If a participant has muted themselves, they can press and hold down their keyboard spacebar to temporarily unmute themselves. This does not apply if the participant has been administratively muted. | Using Connect web apps |
Customize the participant list sort order | The participant list can be customized to be sorted alphabetically via a new sortAttendeesAlphabetically application setting (instead of the order that the participants joined). | Advanced Connect app branding and customization |
Fixed issues in previous versions
Fixed in v31.2 Webapp3
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33503 |
Resolved an issue with Microsoft Edge v113.0 on Windows where the video being sent was replaced with a static green image. |
31840 | Resolved an issue where the Webapp3 client would hang when joining with no camera or microphone connected. |
Fixed in v31.1 Webapp3
There were no significant user-facing fixes in this release.
Fixed in v31 Webapp3
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32419 | Resolved an issue on Windows devices when using Edge or Chrome v108-v110, whereby when previewing background effects (blur or replacement) a white background was shown in place of the selected effect, and when using Edge or Chrome 108 the background effect flickered on and off. |
GL‑3599 |
The branding manifest schema is now hosted publicly (at https://branding.pexip.rocks/schema/latest/schema.json). This enables $schema to be used in supporting editors to help build an appropriate branding object with required properties. |
GL‑3403 | When a user changes their preferred browser language, the change is now remembered the next time they use the web app. |
GL‑3367 | Preconfigured links for the step-by-step joining flow now support the inclusion of a Guest PIN. |
GL‑3331 | Within the defaultUserConfig section of the branding manifest.json file, the amount of background blur and edge blur is now specified as a value between 1-100. |
GL‑3240 | When a participant has been muted by a Host, their microphone mute button is now disabled. |
GL‑3239 | When a participant has been muted by a Host, they are now shown a notification accordingly. |
GL‑2621 | Webapp3 uses a new Plugin API. Webapp3 plugins are tech preview for v31. |
GL‑199 | Statistics are now available for the presentation stream. |
Fixed in v31 Webapp2
Ref # | Resolution |
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32419 | Resolved an issue on Windows devices when using Edge or Chrome v108-v110, whereby when previewing background effects (blur or replacement) a white background was shown in place of the selected effect, and when using Edge or Chrome 108 the background effect flickered on and off. |
31611 | The toolbar will now wrap when required to accommodate additional plugin icons. |
30299 | Resolved an issue where under some circumstances when a participant is previewing a presentation from a vertical monitor, the previewed image went off screen. |
29899 | When changing the layout, the currently selected layout is now indicated. |
25868 | Resolved an error with microphone sampling when enabled via branding. |
Fixed in v30.1 web app
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30498 | Resolved an issue whereby settings enabled via branding were not always applied until after the page was reloaded. |
Fixed in v30 web app
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29364 | When two or more participants perform the same action on another participant at almost the same time, the second and subsequent participants will no longer see an error. |
29339 | Participant names in chat messages in end-to-end encrypted calls now use the name provided by IDP authentication. |
29130 | Resolved an issue whereby when a call from a participant into a Virtual Meeting Room was transferred to an end-to-end encrypted call, the participant may see the spinning animation instead of the welcome screen while waiting for other participants to connect. |
Fixed in v29.3 web app
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31169 | Resolved an issue where Webapp2 users who switched between the web app join screen and another tab experienced frozen audio and video. |
Fixed in v29.2 web app
This version was released internally to Pexip only.
Fixed in v29.1 web app
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29758 | Fixed an issue where users may have encountered an "Invalid Call" error when using the "Invitation Card" feature of the web app. |
29269 | Fixed an issue where the "Stop Sharing" button in Firefox browsers did not work. |
Fixed in v29 web app
There were no significant user-facing fixes in this release.
Fixed in v28 web app
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22967 | All references to Adobe Flash have now been removed from the Connect app codebase. |