Release Notes

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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 . 

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Identification of Smart Meetings Usage during Live/Past Meetings

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.  

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Available in August

Moderators can now start or stop a meeting recording, directly from within the Room System controls menu, and don't have to connect using a desktop computer to initiate recording.

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Available in August

We are adding an additional layer of security to the existing restricted event type by adding an option to restrict event access to invitees only. Users will have to authenticate themselves using Single-Sign-On or their BlueJeans login and must be also be on the invitee list to gain entry into the event. Find more details here.

Addition of “User_Tags” Field in Meetings & Endpoint Exports

Available In July

Meetings and Endpoint CSV exports from Command Center will now have a “user_tags” field. Data rendered in this field helps IT admins to group meeting and endpoint usage by groups curated via user tags.

Ability to Sort Columns on Live Meeting Control 

Available in July

For frequent users of Live Meeting Control, we are adding the ability to sort meetings by various columns. This feature is useful when Command Center users want to sort information by Moderator or Endpoints. By default, this listing is sorted by meeting start time.

Rename an Endpoint via Live Meeting Control

Available in August

Users of Live Meeting Control will be able to rename any endpoint in a live meeting session. Specifically built for renaming of room endpoints where a large room names does not show up completely within a video frame. With this feature, Command Center users can rename the endpoint name to have a better meeting experience.  The new name of the endpoint is only applicable for that meeting instance and defaults to the original room name in new meetings. 

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Keyboard Accessibility (Mac Only)
Available in July
Navigate through all your BlueJeans App options using only a keyboard. 

Accessibility Screen Reader (Mac Only)
Available in July
You can now leverage a Screen Reader to hear the different options while navigating with the keyboard.

Available Now
Users can now schedule One-Time BlueJeans Meetings using Outlook Add-In with their on-premises mailbox. The add-in is supported for both Exchange and Office 365. It works for Windows, Mac, and Outlook Web.

Available in June
We are giving administrators the ability to trust internal rooms, thereby allowing those rooms to bypass the need to be admitted into a Teams Meeting by a desktop or mobile attendee.  External/Non-Trusted rooms will still enter Teams Meetings via the waiting room.

Available in June
BlueJeans Events now include Dolby Voice. This will bring the highest quality audio to all events hosted on the platform.

Benefits:
-Clear audio that is easy to hear and understand
-Exceptional audio clarity without distortion
-Distracting background noise and ambient sounds are suppressed
-Volume levelling technology maintains consistent volume across both quiet and loud talkers

Available toward the end of April

Admins will now be able to provision permissions to the Rooms & Relay Command Center tabs for non-admin users.

Available toward the end of April

Admins can now trigger a “reboot” action on a specific BlueJeans Room via Command Center’s room view. Additionally, admins can trigger automatic log uploads of the room for debugging / diagnostic purposes with the click of a button. Admins also have the ability to provide comments to mention the behavior noticed.

Available in April

BlueJeans Moderators now have a separate chat window within the moderator dashboard for moderators to chat amongst themselves. The chat details are included as part of the end of event chat report.

Rollout will begin toward middle of April

Video Clip Sharing

The Desktop App now offers the ability to share video clips on the fly. Users can pull up a YouTube video clip and share it with meeting attendees without having to download or upload anything ahead of time. Once available, BlueJeans 2.11 users will see an option to “Share computer sound” when initiating content sharing.

This functionality requires a one-time audio driver installation to capture the computer audio and send it to the rest of the meeting participants. If the user does not have admin rights for installation, IT admins can deploy the driver centrally. More details can be found here.

Available toward the middle of March

Users can now schedule a BlueJeans Meeting directly from Google Calendar. Once users install the new BlueJeans Add-On from GSuite Marketplace, they will be able to schedule a meeting with just one click. This Add-On is available for all browsers, iOS, and Android.

Available Now

Administrators can now brand their company’s bluejeans.com landing page with custom images, colors, and text. Users will also be allowed to sign-up from the landing page.

Available toward the end of March

Accessibility improvements for Events Presenters will help users leverage Events web apps with the help of keyboard, screen readers, and tools like JAWS for Windows and Voiceover for Mac OSX.