United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20190614 Released

We have successfully pushed an update to all physical zones residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 110+ new features and improvements.

1. New Offline Downloading Capabilities with Podcast Pre-Generation
   The Media Player now supports the ability to auto-play based on settings We now provide the ability to download directly from the Media Player without the need to wait for an email with the streams. Now, Content Owners can opt to pre-generate podcasts for viewers enabling quick and direct downloading while watching the video.
   
2. Ability for Organizations to Customize Speed Controls
   Administrators have new Media Player customization capabilities to select which variable speeds, including much more granular speed options. This was a heavily requested capability from our Medical and Nursing school partners.
   
3. New Top Bar and UI for HTML5 Video Conference Tool
   As part of our beta HTML5-based Video Conference, we incorporated a visual refresh aimed at a better user experience. This includes clear top-bar buttons of key tools, a higher-contrast user experience, and more attractive integrated chat.
   
4. New Branded Video Conference Landing Page for Guests
   As part of the visual refresh of the HTML5-based Video Conference, we also incorporated a branded guest landing page for those joining a video conference.
   
5. New Chat Integration with Visual Notification of Unread Chats
   We’ve introduced a new chat box integration that’s more similar to iMessage’s style that users are familiar with. We also introduced a visual notification on the Top Bar of the number of unread chat messages.
   
6. Ability for Organizations to Adjust the Control Time Used for the Go Back Button
   Organizations can now customize the Media Player’s Go Back button’s control time. The default will remain unchanged; however, customers can now change the control time to one better suited to their users.
7. New Control Options for Ad-Hoc Hardware Captures Initiated from Room Touch Panels
   Administrators now can manage which user and to which location an ad-hoc hardware capture should be stored in. The primary use-case is administrators would like to centralize the management of touch panel-initiated recordings.
8. Schedule Priority Setting for CTRL=Extend Touch Panel Command
   Administrators can now choose if, when a Extend command is sent from the room touch panel, they would like to prioritize the existing auto-scheduled event or the current, active event.