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BlueJeans June/July 2020 Release Notes

BlueJeans Meetings

BlueJeans Desktop App

Virtual Background and Background Blur

Generally Available in July

Attendees have the ability to turn on background blur and choose their own blur density or upload their own background image to serve as their conferencing background. They can enable this in BlueJeans > Preferences. This is supported on BlueJeans Desktop App version 2.22+. Learn more here.

Raise Hand in Meetings

Generally Available in June

With the raise hand feature, participants can present a visual cue to the moderator without having to speak or send a chat. This is especially useful in large meetings and in a training/education scenarios where the moderator may not want participants to interrupt but want them to use nonverbal reactions to contribute to the discussion. This feature is supported on Desktop App version 2.21+ and accessible from the bottom of the meeting roster. Learn more here.

Moderator Lock Screen Share

Generally Available in June

Moderators can restrict who has the ability to share their screen and who has the ability to take over screen share controls.  Similarly, moderators can reserve screen sharing solely for themselves. Doing so will also prevent participants from taking over screen share. This setting can be made default for all meetings in the users’ Account Settings.

Simplified Chinese Language Support

Generally Available in July

Desktop app version 2.22+ will support Simplified Chinese language.

Quick Diagnostics Test

Generally Available in July

Users can now test if their device is able to connect to a BlueJeans Meeting effectively by running a diagnostic test. This is a web-based solution that runs diagnostic on network quality, VOIP, mic, and speaker. User can go to diagnostics.bluejeans.com to perform the test.

End of support for Desktop app on Windows 7 by 12/31

Microsoft’s support for Windows 7 ended on January 14th, 2020. The end of support for BlueJeans Desktop App on Windows 7 is targeted for December 31st, 2020 after which there will be no active development for the Desktop App on Windows 7.

BlueJeans Mobile

New Video Layout on iOS

Generally Available in June

The iOS app (version 37.0+) now provides a new video layout during meetings. This redesign includes an enhanced display of non-video participants on the main screen and the ability to scroll through non-active participants.

Simplified Chinese Language Support on iOS

Generally Available in June

The iOS app (version 37.0+) supports Simplified Chinese language.

Call Me on iOS

Generally Available in July

Call Me is a premium audio connection option that allows meeting participants to enter a phone number of their choice and have BlueJeans call the number and connect them to the meeting. This feature will be supported on the iOS app version 38.0+ for customers subscribed to Premium Calling.

Automated Closed Captioning on Android

Generally Available in July

Participants can now view automated closed captions in real time on their BlueJeans Android App version 42+  upon selecting the Closed Caption option under the additional features section. This works for all users’ meetings who are enabled with the paid closed captioning add-on. The captions are not stored nor available for download post meeting. Support for this feature on iOS is coming soon.

BlueJeans Browser

Simplified Join Flow

Generally Available in July

The BlueJeans Browser experience is now enhanced to make the joining much easier. If the browser has permissions to engage the Mic and Camera, users are directly taken to the “Hair Check” screen bypassing the audio selection screen and decreasing the number of clicks needed to enter the meeting. From there, they can simply click to Join Meeting or choose options to join a BlueJeans Meeting such as via Phone, Room System, Screen Share, or Listen only mode.

First time users will be taken through Device Permission flow.

Report an Issue Link

Generally Available in June

Users can report any issue and upload the logs directly from the browser experience. “Report an Issue” link is available on the right side of the footer. This is supported in all browsers.

Download Chat

Generally Available in June

Meeting participants can download a copy of the chat discussion locally. The option is available beside the Chat Message text typing place. Learn more here.

Note: A new setting will be available under Settings Tab to auto-download the chat in late July.

Low Bandwidth Mode

Generally Available in June

Users can stop sending and receiving video in order to preserve their bandwidth when using a slow network to join a meeting. This setting can be enabled by clicking the down arrow key next to the camera icon and clicking “Disable Video”.  Learn more here.

Quick Lock Meeting

Generally Available in June

In addition to selecting the Lock Meeting feature in settings, moderators on a browser can easily lock an ongoing meeting by clicking the lock icon in the upper left corner to prevent any new participants from joining the meeting. Anyone who leaves the meeting will be unable to rejoin until the meeting is unlocked. Once the meeting is unlocked, participants who were attempting to join will be auto-connected to the meeting.

Moderator Lock Screen Share

Generally Available in July

Moderators can restrict who has the ability to share their screen and who has the ability to take over screen share controls.  Similarly, moderators can reserve screen sharing solely for themselves. Doing so will also prevent participants from taking over screen share. This setting can be made default for all meetings in the users’ Account Settings.

Raise Hand in Meetings

Generally Available in July

With the raise hand feature, participants in the browser can present a visual cue to the moderator without having to speak or send a chat. This is especially useful in large meetings and in a training/education environment where the moderator wishes to minimize participant interruption, instead have them utilize nonverbal reactions to contribute to the discussion.  Learn more here.

BlueJeans Desktop App for Linux

Download Chat

Generally Available in June

Meeting participants can download a copy of the chat discussion locally. The option is made available besides the Chat text bar. Learn more here.

Note: A new setting will be available in late July under Settings to auto-download chat.

Low Bandwidth Mode

Generally Available in June

Users can stop sending and receiving video in order to preserve their bandwidth when using a slow network to join a meeting. This setting can be enabled by clicking the down arrow key next to the camera icon and clicking “Disable Video”.  Learn more here.

Quick Lock Meeting

Generally Available in June

In addition to selecting the Lock Meeting feature in settings, moderators can easily lock an ongoing meeting by clicking the lock icon in the upper left corner to prevent any new participants from joining the meeting. Anyone who leaves the meeting will be unable to rejoin until the meeting is unlocked. Once the meeting is unlocked, participants who were attempting to join will be auto-connected to the meeting.

Moderator Lock Screen Share

Generally Available in July

Moderators can restrict who has the ability to share their screen and who has the ability to take over screen share controls.  Similarly, moderators can reserve screen sharing solely for themselves. Doing so will also prevent participants from taking over screen share. This setting can be made default for all meetings in the users’ Account Settings.

Scheduling

Restricted Meetings

Generally Available in July

Restricted Meetings ensures that only invited participants can join a BlueJeans meeting either via login or by using a unique one-time passcode that is generated every time an authorized attendee attempts to join. Learn more here.

Control meeting access by selecting "Invited Participants Only” or “My Organization Only” under Meeting Access options in the Web Scheduler when scheduling your meeting. When joining the meeting, attendees will be asked to verify their identity to join the meeting.

Schedule Meetings with Screen Share settings

Preview in June

Users who schedule meetings via web-scheduler will be able to change their Screen Share settings at the time of scheduling a meeting. They would be able to limit screen sharing to the moderator and/or prevent screen sharing takeover.

Outlook Add-in: Edit Meeting and Advanced Settings

Generally Available in July

BlueJeans Outlook Add-in for O365 users can now edit BlueJeans Meetings settings for previously scheduled BlueJeans Meetings. Also, in the Default Scheduling Profile, new Settings options such as Crop Video, Chat, Auto recording, and Encrypted Meeting are introduced.  Learn more here. 

Note: Any meetings scheduled using v3.2 and above can be edited. Old meetings cannot be edited.

Windows Outlook Plug-in – End-of-Support Extended until August
The End-of-Support (EOS) date for the Windows Outlook Plug-in has been delayed until August 1, 2020, to allow organizations additional flexibility to continue migration efforts to the Outlook Add-in. Learn more here.

 

Recording

Closed Captioning in Recording Playback

Generally available in July

Meetings that are recorded with Smart Meetings Transcription enabled, will have the option to display the transcript as closed captions in the recording playback. This may be switched on/off by clicking the “CC” button in the viewer. There are several additional accessibility features like changing font, color, background opacity etc. Learn more here.

Recording Migration

Preview in July (postponed from May)

BlueJeans will continue to provide unlimited recording storage for our Enterprise customers. For this, we need to migrate recordings older than 12 months and that have not been accessed, to an equally reliable and secure storage tier to maintain our cost structure. These recordings will always be available; however, it may take some time to retrieve migrated recordings depending on the file size. If you are interested in participating in Preview, contact your Customer Success Manager or Customer Support.

Integrations

Slack Shortcuts

Preview in July

The BlueJeans Slack integration will be enhanced to support the new Slack feature called Shortcuts. This will help users to schedule BlueJeans Meetings directly from within the Slack interface and notify a channel or 1-1 conversation. Learn more.

Zoom.ai

Preview in July

The BlueJeans integration with Zoom.ai will use Zoom.ai’s AI powered meeting assistant for scheduling meetings by determining scheduling conflicts. Zoom.ai will create a BlueJeans meeting URL via the user’s BlueJeans account and adds it to the Zoom.ai calendar invite. Please contact BlueJeans Support or your Customer Success Manager to participate in Preview.

 

 

BlueJeans Events

Automated Closed Captions

Generally Available in June

Event Attendees can now view automated closed captions in real time upon enabling the feature under Settings. The captions are not stored nor available for download post meeting. Learn more here.

Application Sharing

Generally Available in July

In addition to sharing full screen, Presenters & Moderators can share an individual application during the Event. When a moderator or presenter clicks to “Share Screen”, they will be presented an option to share their screen or a select an application. This feature is supported on Chrome (version 80+) and on the Events app (1.7.8+)

Attendee Search for Moderators

Generally Available in July

Moderators now have an ability to search attendees in the moderator dashboard.

Brazilian Portuguese Language Support

Generally Available in June

BlueJeans Events now supports Brazilian Portuguese for Attendees & Presenters. Learn more

BlueJeans Rooms

Auto Join Meetings Based on Scheduled Time (For non-DVR Endpoints)

Generally Available in July

Customers using Cisco, LifeSize, Poly, or any other SIP/H.323 devices can now join meetings automatically from their devices at scheduled start time without touching the “JOIN” Button. However, attendees will still be required to manually hang-up the meetings.  Customers can easily configure their endpoints to Auto Join Meeting by simply enabling/disabling the feature from Relay Admin Settings. More details can be found here

Office 365 Calendar Support for DVR endpoints

Generally Available in July

Customers using BlueJeans Rooms (DVR, DVR Pro, Huddle 1.0) can now configure their devices to connect with Office 365 calendar easily and directly without the need of a Listener Service. More details can be found here.

BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams

Australia PoP in Traffic Routing

Generally Available in June

All Australia traffic will now route through a local Australia Azure PoP.  Current customers will have to add the AU PoP IP address to firewall rules.

Japanese Support

We now support Japanese in the IVR and Waiting Room, as well as for notifications.  In the IVR, users can cycle through the supported languages (EN, ES, FR, IT, GR, JP) via DTMF commands under the star “*” menu. 

Enterprise Admin

Require Attendee Passcodes for Personal Meetings

Available for Preview in June

Administrators can now require “Attendee Passcode” for users at the user level or for the entire enterprise. Once marked enabled/disabled at enterprise level, any new user would automatically inherit the setting and any new meetings created by the users would include a passcode for attendees to enter when joining a meeting. Alternatively, admins can apply the “Attendee Passcode” setting at the user level and require attendee passcodes for select users. Once this setting is checked, any new meeting created by the host would include a passcode for attendees to join the meeting. Please contact Customer Support or Customer Success Manager to participate in Preview.

Enterprise level setting:

Once this setting is enabled at enterprise or user level, “Add Participant Passcode” setting appears in User’s Profile > Settings > My Meeting for the user to configure. Learn more here.

Control Screen Sharing at Enterprise/User Level

Available for Preview in June

Administrative-level controls are now available for admins to enable/disable screen sharing at the enterprise level or at an individual user level.

These additional controsl are represented by the following settings –

  1. Only moderator can screen share: enabling this checkbox would allow only the moderators to share screen. For rest of the participants, screen share control on the app would appear disabled.

  1. Prevent screen share takeover: enabling this checkbox would prevent participants from sharing screen if someone else is already sharing.

Admins while creating a new user or editing user details via Manage Users, can edit these settings.

Once enabled at enterprise / user level, Screen Share settings appear at User’s Profile > Settings > Default Scheduling Options. Setting is available in both “Personal Meeting” and “Scheduled Meeting” for user to configure.

Command Center

Download Endpoint Distribution Data

Generally Available in June

One of the key factors in ensuring end users have the best quality meeting experience is an organization’s ability to keep users up-to-date with the latest version of the BlueJeans App. The Command Center Endpoint Distribution Widget helps administrators to see the spread of application versions that are being used within their enterprise, which provides an opportunity to take action and recommend that end users upgrade their App.

BlueJeans is enhancing the Endpoint Distribution Widget to allow for exporting and downloading endpoint information in a CSV format, at every stage of the chart’s drill-down levels.

 

BlueJeans May 2020 Release Notes

BlueJeans Meetings

BlueJeans Desktop App

Automated Closed Captioning

Generally Available in April

Participants can now view automated closed captions in real time on their BlueJeans Desktop App version 2.18+ upon checking a box under Settings. This works for all users’ meetings that are enabled with the paid add-on. The captions are not stored or made available post meeting. Learn more here.

Help Panel

Generally Available in April

The Mac and Windows desktop apps (version 2.19.2+) now make it easier for users to find help with the most common issues and questions.

 

User Profile

Generally Available in April

The Mac and Windows desktop apps (version 2.19.2+) now make it easier for users to access their profile from the title bar.

 

Floating View

Generally Available in May

Users can now have easy access to meetings through the Floating View even when they move the Windows or Mac desktop apps (version 2.21+) to the background during the meeting. This view can be disabled in the Preferences option in the Desktop App. Learn more here.

 

Updated Title Bar

Generally Available in April

The Windows & Mac (version 2.19.2+) title bar now reflects the name of your meeting without revealing the Meeting ID. This is a more secure approach if a participant takes a screenshot of the meeting. Meeting ID can be found under the “People” panel.

Download Chat

Generally Available in April

Participants in the meeting can now export their chat conversation while in the meeting by clicking the download button at the bottom of the chat window. This is available on Windows & Mac desktop apps only (version 2.19.2+). Learn more here.

 

Slider – BlueJeans for Linux (RPM / DEB)

Generally Available in April

Participants that are using the Linux app (version 2.2.0) can now see a full-screen view of content being shared by scrolling the Slider all the way to the right-hand side. This will completely minimize the video view from the screen.

Enhanced Infrastructure

Phased Rollout Starting in May

BlueJeans is launching a state-of-the-art video backend infrastructure that allows for a better quality and sharper video experience delivered more efficiently. The end user and admin experience will remain the same except they will notice a small improvement to the video layout on desktop apps where non-video participants will be represented in a video tile.

BlueJeans Mobile

Meeting Settings

Generally Available in May

The Android app (version 39.0+) now provides access to Meetings settings for non-logged in users.

Outlook Add-in: Android Outlook Mobile App Integration

Generally Available in April

BlueJeans Outlook Add-in users can now schedule a BlueJeans Meeting directly from their Android Outlook App (version 39).

 

BlueJeans Browser

Application Sharing and Browser Tab Sharing

Generally Available in April

The BlueJeans Browser experience now supports individual Application Sharing and Browser Tab Sharing. This is supported on Chrome with version 80 and above. Application Sharing is a feature that was already supported on the BlueJeans Desktop App and has now been added to the Browser client to ensure feature parity.

Note: The App / Tab Sharing feature is currently supported in Chromium Edge.

Scheduling

Windows Outlook Plug-in – End-of-Support Extended until August
The End-of-Support (EOS) date for the Windows Outlook Plug-in has been delayed until August 1, 2020, to allow organizations additional flexibility to continue migration efforts to the Outlook Add-in. Learn more here.

Smart Meetings

Highlights and Real-Time Transcription

Generally Available in April

BlueJeans Smart Meeting Highlights transforms the meeting experience with in-app intelligence that allows participants to capture the most important discussion points, assign action items, catch-up quickly with time-saving highlight reels. For a paid add-on, participants can now also view audio transcribed to text in real-time and capture transcription enriched highlights. The transcript is available for review and download on the recording playback page.  Learn more here.

 

Enhanced Slack App for Smart Meeting Highlights

Generally Available in May

BlueJeans Meeting owners can now share Meeting Highlights into a private Slack channel of their choice immediately after a meeting or via the Highlights playback page. Slack administrators need to upgrade their BlueJeans Slack app via Slack’s app directory as well as upgrade to BlueJeans Desktop App version 2.20 to use this new functionality. Learn more here.

Watch Individual Highlight

Generally Available in April

From the BlueJeans Meeting Hub page, click on an individual highlight link to directly watch the specific Meeting Highlight within the recording.

 

 

Recording

Recording Migration

Customer Preview in May

BlueJeans will continue to provide unlimited recording storage for our Enterprise customers. For this, we need to migrate recordings that are older than 12 months and have not been accessed to an equally reliable and secure alternative storage tier to maintain our cost structure. These recordings will always be available; however, it may take some time to retrieve migrated recordings depending on the file size.

BlueJeans Rooms

Office 365 API Support (For Non-DVR Endpoints)

Generally Available in April

Customers using Cisco, LifeSize, Poly, or any other SIP/H.323 devices can now connect to the Office 365 calendar directly without the need of a Listener Service.  However, a Listener Service must be deployed to meet other requirements.  Learn more here.

Note: Office 365 API support is currently not available for BlueJeans Rooms (DVR, DVR-Pro, BlueJeans Rooms with Dolby Conference Phone, or the original BlueJeans Rooms with PC)

Relay Support for Poly Studio X30, Studio X50, and G7500

Available in April

BlueJeans Relay One-Touch Join now supports Poly’s new endpoints: Studio X30, Studio X50, and G7500.  These new endpoints will be represented in the device type option within the Relay Admin Panel that is located in Command Center.

Enterprise Admin

Highlights and Real-Time Transcription

Generally Available in April

Administrators can manage Smart Meeting features in the Admin control panel in the ‘Manage Features’ panel for enterprise level control and ‘Manage Users’ for user level control. When allowed to be changed by users, the corresponding settings will be available in user’s profile settings.

Enhanced Slack Integration for Smart Meeting Highlights

Generally Available in May

Administrators can manage the Slack integration in the Admin control panel in the ‘Manage Features’ panel for enterprise level control and ‘Manage Users’ for user level control. When allowed to be changed by users, the corresponding settings will be available in user’s profile settings.

Automated Closed Captioning

Generally Available in April

Administrators can manage this feature in the Admin control panel in the ‘Manage Features’ panel for enterprise level control and ‘Manage Users’ for user level control. When allowed to be changed by users, the corresponding settings will be available in user’s profile settings.

BlueJeans March 2020 Release Notes

BlueJeans Meetings

BlueJeans Desktop App

Video Disabled on Entry to Preserve Bandwidth

Available in March

The Windows & Mac Apps will now support a mode that disables video (bidirectionally) by default for meeting participants when joining a meeting. These default settings can now be applied across your enterprise. 

There are several ways that this capability can be leveraged.  Learn more here.

Note: It is likely that video will be disabled by default in China.

Accessibility – Improved Color Contrast on Windows

Available in March

The Windows App will now support a mode that delivers high-contrast user elements to ensure color blind and partially blind users can effectively navigate the user interface. 

BlueJeans Browser

Participant Pinning

Available Now

BlueJeans Meetings attendees that are using the Browser experience can now pin a participant so that the video from the participant is always shown when the video is on. This is a feature that is already supported on the desktop app and has been added to the Browser client to ensure feature parity.

Audio

Higher Quality Numbers in China

Available Now

In an effort to improve audio quality and phone number reliability, we are introducing new PSTN numbers in China. The new numbers will replace the current numbers that support the Mandarin language.

The new numbers are available now. The old numbers will be removed from newly created meeting invitations and join flow instructions on March 24, 2020. The old numbers will continue to function until all traffic is migrated away from them; a decommission date will be communicated in future release notes before this happens.

Additional US Numbers

The following numbers have been added:

  • +1.404.458.0105 - United States (Atlanta)
  • +1.650.963.5767 - United States (San Mateo)
  • +1.408.915.6290 - United States (San Jose)
  • +1.408.419.1715 - United States (San Jose)
  • +1.202.795.3352 - United States (Washington DC)

Additional UK Numbers

The following numbers have been added:

  • +44.2036950613 (UK Primary Number)
  • +44.2039761937 (UK Secondary Number)

Additional Premium PSTN Numbers

The following premium numbers have been added:

  • +1.844.540.8065 - United States (Primary)
  • +1.888.748.9073 - United States (Primary)
Scheduling

Windows Outlook Plug-in – End-of-Support Extended through May

The End-of-Support (EOS) date for the Windows Outlook Plug-in (originally targeted for end of March) has been pushed out to May 31, 2020 to allow organizations additional flexibility to continue migration efforts to the Outlook Add-in as time permits over the next few months. To learn more, please review the BlueJeans Windows Outlook Plug-in Migration Guide.

Recording

Responsive Playback

Available in March

We have made it easier for you to view BlueJeans Meetings recordings on your mobile devices by improving the view layout.

Smart Meetings

Admin Controls

Available in March for Customer Preview

Smart Meetings feature enablement will be available for administrators on the ‘Manage Features’ panel for enterprise level control as well as on the ‘Manage Users’ panel for user level control. Once a user is enabled, the corresponding settings shall be available under the user’s profile settings.

 

Sharing with Specific People

Available in March

For customers with Smart Meetings, the BlueJeans recording playback page will allow for recordings to be shared with specific email addresses, in addition to enterprise-level sharing and public access. This helps in sharing recordings safely with external participants.

BlueJeans Events

Salesforce Registration Integration

Available in March

Automatically sync registration and attendee data into Salesforce for seamless audience tracking and faster follow-up. Learn more here.

BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams

Localization

Available in March

BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams now supports multiple languages in the IVR and lobby interfaces. English, French, Spanish, Italian are supported. Support for the Japanese language will be added in a future release. To change the IVR language, just use the DTMF menu (*1) and then use option 2.

Command Center

Download Endpoint Distribution Data

This feature has been delayed – new target release date is TBD

One of the key factors in ensuring end users have the best quality meeting experience is an organization’s ability to keep users up to date with the latest version of the BlueJeans App. The Command Center Endpoint Distribution Widget helps administrators understand the spread of application versions that are being used within their enterprise, which provides an opportunity to take action and recommend that end users upgrade their App.  BlueJeans is enhancing the Endpoint Distribution Widget to allow exporting and downloading endpoint information in a CSV format, at every stage of the chart’s drill-down levels.

Configurable Quality Alerts

This feature has been delayed – new target release date is TBD

BlueJeans is giving you more control over the Command Center quality alerts that can be configured. In the prior version, quality definitions could not be configured; now this capability exists.

 

Download Concurrent Ports Data

This feature has been delayed – new target release date is TBD

BlueJeans Command Center now allows you to export and download the CSV data that generates the Concurrent Ports Widget. This capability will now allow administrators to see which endpoints were connected at peak usage periods. Admins can request access to this feature by contacting BlueJeans Support.

Enterprise Admin

Automatic User Provisioning, Profile Updates, & De-Provisioning via SCIM APIs

Available in March for Customer Preview

In a major step forward towards making the onboarding experience a delight for our new customers and also making it highly efficient for our existing customers to easily manage user accounts, BlueJeans has standardized the user management process by implementing support of SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) APIs.

Using SCIM Integration, BlueJeans customers can:

  • Automate user lifecycle management tasks in BlueJeans, including provisioning, user record modifications, account de-provisioning and user re-hires.
  • Integrate with SCIM-compliant IdPs, such as Azure AD, Okta, OneLogin, G-Suite etc.
  • Interoperate between cloud solutions using a single connector.
  • Synchronize identity data from a single, authoritative source securely and efficiently.

Currently:

  • BlueJeans supports & implements SCIM 2.0 protocol.
  • Supported IdPs in open preview are MSFT Azure & OKTA.
  • Active work is in progress to certify integration with G-Suite & OneLogin.

For more details about SCIM, BlueJeans support of SCIM, and technical details, please refer to following article.

Interested in giving it a try? Contact BlueJeans Support.

Tips and How To’s for Admins & Meetings Users

Available Now

BlueJeans offers admins and users a simple way to visit common knowledge base articles directly from the My BlueJeans home page.  

BlueJeans February/March 2020 Release Notes

BlueJeans Meetings

BlueJeans Desktop App

Low-Bandwidth Mode

Available Now

In situations where network performance is poor, the BlueJeans App now offers the ability to fully disable bidirectional video.  This capability allows the maximum amount of bandwidth to be used for audio, ensuring that users can always have an effective meeting. This is available with Desktop app 2.18 for Mac.  Additionally, users can now specify default video states in the Preferences menu, so that the video and audio settings will accommodate user preferences each time a meeting is entered.

BlueJeans Desktop App 2.0 for Ubuntu

Available in February

The BlueJeans Desktop App 2.0 for Linux will now support Debian-based operating systems. This Ubuntu app can be downloaded here. You can learn more here.

Accessibility Improvements 

Available in Early March

The Windows App will now support a mode that delivers high-contrast user elements to ensure color blind and partially blind users can effectively navigate the user interface. This is already available in the Mac app and will be available with Desktop app 2.18 for Windows in March. Click here for more details.

Improved Application Sharing for Large Monitors

Available in Early March

The BlueJeans Desktop App 2.19 for Windows and Mac will now have improvements for single & multiple window application sharing for large monitors. Rather than sharing the entire window, only the contents of the application will be shared during the meeting.

"What's New" in the Desktop App

Available in February 

The BlueJeans Desktop App 2.19 for Windows and Mac will now feature a section called ‘What’s New’ to inform users of newly available features.

 

BlueJeans Browser

Microsoft Edge Support

Available Now

Microsoft’s release of a new Edge browser that is based on Chromium means that BlueJeans will now be able to take advantage of the WebRTC capabilities the browser offers and deliver full audio and video support in Edge. BlueJeans now supports all major browsers for easy, download-free access to meetings.

Improved Browser Join Flow

Available in February for Customer Preview

The browser interface during the join flow has been optimized to reduce end-user confusion and make joining a meeting smoother. The new design recommends the preferred mode of connection and lets the user know if s/he is in the meeting yet.

Users will not be enabled with this enhancement by default during Preview. If you are interested in having this enhancement enabled for your enterprise, please contact BlueJeans Customer Support at support.bluejeans.com.

 

BlueJeans Mobile

Audio Resiliency

Available in February 

The bandwidth manager in our iOS and Android apps has been optimized to provide the most reliable VoIP audio possible, allowing users to carry on with their meetings in locations that suffer from poor network connectivity.

Commute Mode

Available in February

The BlueJeans iOS and Android apps now have three distinct modes that give users control over their mobile experience based on where they are attending meetings. Find more details here.

Microsoft Intune Support

Available in February

BlueJeans now supports Microsoft Intune as a Mobile Device Management solution. To learn more, contact BlueJeans Customer Support at support.bluejeans.com.

Privacy Mode on Samsung S10 5G

Available in February

The Samsung S10 5G phone now supports the ability to blur your surroundings to maintain privacy and reduce meeting distractions. This will be supported on 4G and Wi-Fi connections.

 

Audio

Teleconferencing Number Update

Available in February

The way we label phone numbers is being updated to reduce user confusion. The number will remain the same and no functionality will be changed.

Recording

Recording Storage in India & Canada

Available in February

BlueJeans is now adding support for recordings to be stored in India and Canada, in addition to North America, Europe and Australia. This helps customers in regulatory situations where data must be stored within a specific country. To switch storage to a specific location, please reach out to BlueJeans Customer Support at support.bluejeans.com

BlueJeans Rooms

Dolby Voice Room Enhancements

MultiService Quality Score & Improved Error Handling

Available in January

BlueJeans has improved the Dolby Voice Room MultiService join experience by adding user-friendly error messages and adding Quality Score support for users to share their feedback regardless if they use WebEx, Zoom, or Microsoft Teams meetings.   

Auto-Pairing Support for Faster Rooms-as-a-Service Setup

Available in February

BlueJeans Rooms-as-a-Service customers will now experience an easier and faster setup process with the new improved auto-pairing feature, which reduces the manual intervention required to setup a Dolby Voice Room. This feature will be particularly useful for bulk deployments. More details here.

Support for In-Meeting Audio During HDMI Share

Available in February

The Dolby Voice Room will now support in-meeting audio when sharing content via HDMI into a meeting. This feature will be helpful for easily sharing locally stored audio/video content, as well as web videos, from laptops in-meeting without relying on Wi-Fi connectivity or the BlueJeans desktop application.

Stability Improvements

Available in January

The Dolby Voice Room now delivers an improved experience when auto-reconnecting to meetings and also does a better job of detecting HDMI devices during reboot and other scenarios. 

 

BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams

Branding Removal

Available in February

Depending on organizational requirements, some Gateway customers may prefer to remove the BlueJeans branding in the IVR.  In this case, we can have the BJN branding removed from the IVR to be just a blue background for no additional fee. For this option, please contact BlueJeans Support at support.bluejeans.com to initiate this feature. It will take up to 45 days for this feature to be activated on your enterprise.

For a custom IVR experience, BlueJeans offers a premium service to help your company design and implement a company branded IVR experience. For more information, please contact BlueJeans Customer Support.

BlueJeans Events

Room System Join Details

Available in February

BlueJeans Events organizers can now customize how they wish to present room system join information for attendees.

Command Center

Improved Email Alerts

Available in February 

Command Center will deliver improved email notifications that contain more precise and actionable subject lines.    

For user rating alerts, Command Center now highlights specific usernames & the count of users who have rated below a specified threshold.

 For quality rating alerts, Command Center now highlights the number of impacted meetings and the time they were impacted.

Dashboard Improvements

Available in February

Command Center has changed the backend widget library that renders following dashboards:

  • Rooms Dashboard
  • Teams Gateway Dashboard
  • User Feedback Dashboard
  • Smart Meetings Dashboard

The actual look and feel of above dashboards will not change substantially. That said, users will now have access to additional features that include drill down capabilities, automatic date range conversions, list scrolling instead of paginated controls, and more.

Please find more information here.  

BlueJeans November/December 2019 Release Notes

BlueJeans Meetings

BlueJeans Desktop App

BlueJeans Desktop App for Linux 2.0

Available in November

BlueJeans Desktop App 2.0 for Linux provides a faster and more intuitive user interface, enabling an exceptionally immersive video, audio, and web conferencing experience. You can download the new desktop app for Linux here.

 

BlueJeans Desktop App for Windows v2.18 - Keyboard Accessibility

Available in January

As part of our ongoing Section 508 Compliance efforts, users can users can now navigate through all the BlueJeans options using only a keyboard.

 

BlueJeans Desktop App for Windows v2.18 - Screen Reader

Available in January

With screen reader accessibility, users can now hear which BlueJeans settings are available while navigating through the options while using the keyboard. Users will be informed about what options are available and which option is currently selected.

Scheduling

Delegate Scheduling 

Available in December

Executive Admins can now schedule a BlueJeans Meeting on behalf of another BlueJeans user using the new Outlook add-in (previously known as Office 365 add-in). Learn more here.

 

Recording

Recording Playback Speed

Available in November

BlueJeans users may now modify the playback speed when watching a meeting recording. Supported speeds are 0.75x, 1x (default), 1.5x and 2x. 

New Recording Layout 

Available in December

The layout for meeting recordings will now more closely resemble the desktop app experience. The main video will be shown with full height and width of the recording player and other participant videos will be overlaid on the main video.

Audio

Updated Dial-In Numbers for APAC

Available in December

We have updated and replaced a few Asia-Pacific dial-in phone numbers to provide a better voice quality experience. BlueJeans will automatically update these numbers as part of your default settings.  Any existing recurring calendar invitations that already contain the old numbers will continue to work for the next several months. Users can cancel and reschedule recurring meetings in order to take advantage of the enhanced audio quality.  Please see the impacted numbers below. 

Hong Kong

  • Old Number: 85-258084756 
  • New Number: 85-230082163 

Japan*

  • Old Numbers: 0120.992.24 and 81-345798425 
  • New Numbers: 00-6633814197 and +81-350505032 

Malaysia*

  • Old Number: 60-392121982
  • New Number: 1800.819.412 

Singapore

  • Old Number: 65-31584256
  • New Number: 65-31576747 


South Korea 

  • Old Number: 82-260224240
  • New Number: 82-7047319641 

*Indicates Premium Calling numbers which display and function only if purchased. 

BlueJeans Rooms

MultiService Support

Available in November

BlueJeans now supports one-touch join for multiple conferencing services.  In cases where organizations use more than one service for collaboration or companies have partners that are using other platforms, we now support SIP dialing for 3rd party services such as:

  • Zoom Meetings (meeting organizer must have Zoom Room connector subscription)
  • Cisco Webex (with VCS and Express-E support)
  • Microsoft Teams Meetings (via BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams)

SUPPORTED ENDPOINTS:

  • Dolby Voice Room
  • Dolby Voice Room Pro
  • SIP/H.323 endpoints (Poly, Lifesize, Cisco, Etc) with upgraded Relay Listener v2.23 are eligible.

More details here.

 

Dolby Voice Room Enhancements

Available in December

  • VP8 Support: We have added VP8 codec support to reduce lag in screen sharing.  This is especially useful on PowerPoint slide advances.
  • Faster Join Times: We have reduced the time to join a BlueJeans Meeting.

 

Office 365 Calendar API Connector

Available in January

For deployments that are only BlueJeans Rooms-specific (i.e., Dolby Voice Room, BlueJeans Rooms with Dolby Conference Phone, and BlueJeans Rooms with iPad/Android Tablet), we will support connecting the room to Office 365 without the need of a listener service.  This new feature will help with faster Rooms deployments and less maintenance for BlueJeans Administrators.  When SIP and H.323 endpoints are present, administrators will still need to deploy a listener service to enable calendar integration and one-touch join. 

 

BlueJeans Events

Branding & Customization

Available in December

Customers now have the ability to customize the look and feel of their Event by uploading company logos, creating custom banners, and changing the page color to align with corporate requirements. The branding selections will apply to all the attendee facing emails, registration pages, and in-event pages. Find more details here.

 

 

Customizable Registration Forms

Available in December

We have added the ability to customize different types of questions on the registration page. Event Moderators can now define short answer, multiple choice, drop down, and radio button types of questions and include them as either mandatory or optional. In addition, Moderators can also add custom disclaimer text on the page.

 

Network Strength Indicator for Attendees

Available in December

Event participants will now see a network indicator on the attendee interface to reflect the strength of the network the user is on. This will help attendees correlate buffering issues with their actual bandwidth conditions.

Post Event Survey

Available in December

If you would like your Event Attendees to take a survey or be taken to a specific webpage following the conclusion of your Event, you can take advantage of the Post Event Survey feature. Event participants will be prompted to take a survey on any web-based survey platform. More details here.

BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams

New Australia PoP (Point of Presence)

Available in December

In order to better service our Australian partners and customers, we are deploying a new PoP in Sydney.  This will ensure all Gateway SIP/H.323 calls from Australia will be routed to a local PoP and then routed to the Teams Infrastructure.

 

1080P Video Support

Available in December

Addressing a common customer request, we are releasing an update to support 1080P meeting video.

Higher Bandwidth Throughput

Available in December

To help with video and content quality, the Gateway will support up to 2.5 Mbps throughput to help with possible video degradation during content share.

Support for Lower Resolutions with Variable Frame Rates

Available in December

For some VTC systems that initially start calls at lower frame rates before ramping up to HD, we are improving support for lower resolutions at variable frame rates.

Command Center

Smart Meetings Usage & Analytics

Available in November

Command Center now includes Smart Meetings usage analytics that will help admins understand how users are making the most of Smart Meetings across the following categories:

  • Adoption Metrics
  • Daily Usage Trends
  • Identification of Smart Meetings Usage during Live/Past Meetings
  • Markers for Highlight Creation & Transcription Start/End on A/V Timeline

Adoption Metrics

Meetings Dashboard now hosts a new widget that reflects the percentage of Smart Meetings conducted compared to overall meetings during a given time period.

 

Daily Usage Trends 

On click of “Trends & Analytics”, admins will be taken to the Smart Meetings Dashboard which hosts eight widgets to provide –

  • Overall summary of Smart Meetings, Highlights and Transcription minutes
  • Overall view of Smart Meetings & Transcription usage over a number of days . 

 

Identification of Smart Meetings Usage during Live/Past Meetings

Each Smart Meeting is identified by a lightbulb icon on the Live & Past Meeting page.

 

Markers for Highlight Creation & Transcription Start/End on A/V Timeline

In Audio/Video Timeline for a Smart Meeting, the following new markers have been introduced to reflect highlights & transcription related events –

  • Yellow star marker reflects the timestamp at which a highlight has been created
  • Blue pen marker reflects the timestamp when Transcription has started
  • Red pen marker reflects the timestamp when Transcription has stopped

 

 

Search by Meeting Participant or Conference Room Name

Available in November

Command Center now offers improved search functionality that allows users to search for all meetings that a specific participant or a conference room has attended.  Command Center Search will return live & past meetings that have Organizer / Participant names and/or Room names matching the search string.

BlueJeans Rooms Usage Dashboard

Available in November

BlueJeans Command Center now displays a Rooms Usage Dashboard to help Rooms admins view and analyze overall usage trends for BlueJeans Rooms.

The new Rooms Dashboard will show: 1. Usage over time in minutes 2. Usage over time in meetings joined 3. Top rooms by usage

 

Enterprise Admin

Brand Customization

Available in November

The BlueJeans Enterprise Admin tool now provides a simple interface that allows Enterprise Administrators to manage how their organization displays their brand within various areas of the BlueJeans Platform:

  • Desktop App
  • Email Invitations (via web scheduler)
  • Browser-Based Meetings (in footer)
  • Custom Landing Pages
  • Web Account (in header)

Logos are required to be uploaded in 2 versions

  1. Full Color Version-used in areas with a light background like the desktop app, web account header, landing pages, and email invitations. 
  2. White Version-used in areas with dark backgrounds like in browser-based meetings & during login with the desktop app.

In order to unify the branding experience for our admins, BlueJeans has moved the “Landing Page” customization feature from “Group Settings” to “Branding.”

 

BlueJeans October/November 2019 Release Notes

BlueJeans Meetings

BlueJeans Desktop App

Smart Meetings - Highlights

Available in October

BlueJeans Smart Meetings transforms the meeting experience with in-app intelligence that allows participants to capture the most important discussion points, assign action items, and catch-up quickly with time-saving highlight reels. For more information click here.

 

New MAC OS (Catalina) Support

Available in November - Mac Desktop App v2.17

Added support for new permission flows on the Mac desktop client to make it ready for MacOS Catalina roll out. For more information click here.

 

BlueJeans Mobile

Recording Playback on iOS Devices

Available in October

BlueJeans Meetings recordings may now be viewed on iOS devices through Safari. Upon hitting the play button, the video will be played on the native iOS video player. For recordings with both video and content sharing, the content portion of the meeting will be played. User controls such as landscape and portrait mode, volume, and full-screen mode will work with recording playback.   

 

Enterprise Admin

Breakout Session Settings

Available in October

Admins are now be able to enable (or disable) the Breakout Session feature across an enterprise or specifically at the user level. Upon enablement of this setting, users will be able to see Breakout Sessions listed under the App section on the desktop app, where Breakout Session features can be used. 

 

Command Center

Breakout Session Support

Available in November

Command Center groups all Breakout Sessions under the main meeting from where all sessions originated. Admins can then review each breakout to troubleshoot performance. 

BlueJeans Rooms

Dolby Voice Room Pro

Available in October

Introducing the Dolby Voice Room Pro: a new bundled solution that includes the Dolby Voice Camera Pro, Dolby Conference Phone, and Dolby Voice Hub.  This solution is designed for larger rooms that require a PTZ camera with smooth and fast framing.

The Dolby Voice Room Pro supports innovative features like:

  • Intelligent Scene Framing to automatically detect and focus on the speakers in the room
  • Whiteboard Mode to present the whiteboard in the room with one touch of a button
  • Wide Dynamic Range to deliver the best possible picture even in bad lighting conditions

Dolby recommends the Pro camera for larger rooms up to 12-25 people.

 

Mac Mini Support

Available in October

We now support the ability for customers to deploy BlueJeans Rooms using Windows 10 Pro (via Bootcamp) on a Mac Mini. Minimum system requirements still apply (Core i5 2.2 GHz or higher, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD). For more information click here. 

 

Join Restricted Events with Dolby Voice Room

Available in October

Dolby Voice Room now supports the ability to join Restricted BlueJeans Events within the same enterprise. To join a Restricted Event, simply go to the Join screen and enter the event ID.

BlueJeans September 2019 Release Notes

BlueJeans Meetings

BlueJeans Desktop App

Breakout Sessions

Available in September Available In November 

Trainers and educators often need to have large groups break into individual project teams for different exercises.  To accommodate this, BlueJeans Breakout Sessions allows meeting moderators (i.e., the meeting owner) to create separate rooms and move participants in and out of them. This allows training instructors to create separate, temporary work sessions as part of their virtual classroom curriculum.  For more information on this feature click here.

 

Video Upload & Share

Available in September

Users will be able to upload a video and share it during the meeting. This is especially useful when the network quality is bad, and the user wants to share a flawless, high-quality video.

 

Color Contrast (Windows)

Available in September

We now have Color Contrast support on Windows.  This capability ensures all users can distinguish between the foreground and background of the app.

BlueJeans Browser

Full Screen Meeting Support

Available in September

BlueJeans Meetings in the Browser can now be experienced in Full Screen mode.  

BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams

Command Center Enhancements

Available in September

BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams will now present a more robust set of metrics and key performance indicators within BlueJeans Command Center, including: 

  • VTC Adoption & Utilization (e.g., endpoints, minutes, locations)
  • Call Characteristics across audio, video, and content streams for connected VTC endpoints 

Additionally, BlueJeans Gateway admins will be able to search Comand Center by VTC endpoint name or conference ID to locate detailed analysis. 

Enterprise Admin

Getting Started, Release Notes Open in New Tab

Available in September 

We are enhancing the way our admins interact with the Getting Started and Release Notes tabs in the Admin portal. With this release, users will now be taken to a new tab where the latest relevant content will be rendered for consumption.

Command Center

User Feedback Dashboard

Available in September 

This dashboard contains a set of widgets that help admins understand Average User Ratings over time. Additionally, we are adding capabilities to track trends for remote IP addresses, endpoint types, and locations to better understand, analyze and discover insights around factors that impact meeting ratings.  Learn more here.  

Phone Usage Widget

Available in September 

The Phone Usage Widget helps BlueJeans admins monitor BlueJeans Premium PSTN usage.  For a given date range, the widget presents PSTN minutes usage over time per country.  The Widget respects monthly ranges for completed billing cycles. For a month with unbilled usage, Command Center presents the usage through the current day in the month. Please note that PSTN minutes usage includes only BlueJeans minutes and does not include Partner audio minutes usage.  Learn more here.  

 

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