Release Notes

Breakout Sessions

Available in September

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.

New Layout Design for Gallery View

Available in September 

The video display for Galley View has been updated to remove the black borders between video thumbnails and optimized for a more seamless video experience.

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Quality Improvements for Audio and Bandwidth Management

Available in September 

Improvements for audio, video and content have been made to better estimate the available bandwidth for video and content and avoid choppy audio. The changes will select the optimum resolution for both content share and the sender’s video while still maintaining consistent audio quality. These changes have been measured under different network conditions with noticeable improvements, particularly in networks with limited bandwidth. Audio improvements for additional error corrections have also been added to compensate for poor network conditions and packet loss.

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.

Rollout will begin toward the end of February

Windows Annotation

Windows users can now use annotation to highlight and mark-up their screen while presenting. Annotation lets users add text or use a marker on top of their screen share. This capability can be accessed while screen sharing (using the top controls) or from the Apps tab.

Windows Whiteboarding

Windows users can now illustrate different designs and concepts leveraging the whiteboard. Whiteboarding enables users to add text or use a marker to draw. This capability can be accessed in the Apps tab.

Office 365 Calendar Integration

Today, both Windows and Mac users can import their calendars into the BlueJeans App dashboard from their local Outlook client. With this release, users who have Office 365 will now be able to import their calendars from the Office 365 cloud. Learn more in our Admin Guide to Office 365 Application Permissions. This has a number of advantages:

Always show meeting controls

Desktop App users are shown meeting controls when they first join a meeting. These controls include Start Recording, Mute Video, Mute Audio, Share Screen, and more. All of these controls “auto-hide” when there is no mouse activity in order to provide an immersive video experience. However, for users who want the controls to always be shown, we now offer that option via settings.

Available in early February

These new settings allow admins to enable and disable specific meeting features for all users across the entire enterprise or at a more granular level for individual users.

Available in February

We are making more enhancements to the Events experience for Dolby Voice Rooms with better notifications for in-event changes like mute/unmute, recording, and other event-specific notifications.