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Upgrading your video meeting service from RingCentral
Meetings to RingCentral Video | RingCentral app
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Understanding RingCentral Video
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Starting a meeting
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Scheduling a meeting
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Joining a meeting
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RingCentral Video attendee controls
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RingCentral Video Virtual Background
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RingCentral Video Presentation Mode
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RingCentral Video Breakout Rooms
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RingCentral Video host controls
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RingCentral Scheduler Outlook add-in
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Using the Calendar Migration Tool
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Managing meetings
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Managing RingCentral Video meeting recordings
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Managing your RingCentral Video settings
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Managing RingCentral Meetings recordings
With your transition from the RingCentral Meetings app to the new RingCentral app, you will still be able to access your favorite RingCentral Meetings features via the RingCentral Video service. In the new RingCentral app, you should switch your video service from RingCentral Meetings to RingCentral Video. Learn more about Switching the video service on RingCentral app.
RingCentral Video is a video meetings solution that lets you start, schedule, or join meetings from anywhere and on any device, including browser, desktop, and mobile. To learn more about the RingCentral Video features, visit Intro to RingCentral Video.
This article will help you understand the differences between the RingCentral Meetings and the RingCentral Video service within the RingCentral app.
Difference between RingCentral Meetings and RingCentral Video
Settings
The table below shows the settings differences between RingCentral Meetings and RingCentral Video.
| Features | RingCentral Meetings | RingCentral Video |
| Use PMI and non-PMI settings | ✔ | ✔ |
| Conference number email invites | ✔ | Coming soon |
| Enable end-to-end encryption | ✘ | ✔ |
In-meeting experience
The table below shows the differences in the in-meeting features between RingCentral Meetings and RingCentral Video in the RingCentral app.
| Features | RingCentral Meetings | RingCentral Video |
| Joining with audio | ✔ | ✔ |
| Screen share | Advanced screen share option | Choose to share application window or entire screen |
| Presentation mode | ✘ | ✔ |
| **Virtual Backgrounds | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mirror video | ✔ | ✔ |
| Auto-follow video | ✘ | ✔ |
| Recording | Choose to save between local or Cloud | Automatically saved via Cloud |
| Accessibility | ✔ | ✔ |
| Statistics | ✔ | ✔ |
| Keyboard shortcuts | ✔ | ✔ |
| In-meeting chat | ✔ | ✔ |
| Participants control | ✔ | ✔ |
| Reactions | Emojis | Raise hand |
| In-meeting security | Lock meeting, enable waiting room, hide profile pictures, and participants control via the bottom menu toolbar | Prevent new users from joining the meeting and participants control via Participants menu, and End-to-end encryption via in-meeting settings |
**If you have set up a virtual background while using RingCentral Meeting, you will need to set it up again after switching your video service to RingCentral Video in the RingCentral app.
RingCentral Meetings
RingCentral Video
Scheduling a meeting
The table below shows the differences in scheduling a meeting between RingCentral Meetings and RingCentral Video in the RingCentral app.
| Features | RingCentral Meetings | RingCentral Video |
| Use PMI and non-PMI settings | ✔ | ✔ |
| Connect and sync calendar | ✔ | ✔ |
| Schedule meetings using Outlook or Google Calendar | ✔ | ✔ |
| Recurring meetings section | ✔ | Available for non-PMI meetings via RC Scheduler |
| Time zone | ✔ | ✔ |
| Edit/delete scheduled meetings | ✔ | ✔ |
| Delegates | ✔ | ✔ |
| **Waiting room | Open waiting room | Enable waiting room and select to open it for Everyone, Anyone outside my company, or Anyone not signed in |
| **Authenticated users | Only authenticated users can join (signed-in co-workers or signed-in users) | Only signed-in users can join in Advanced Settings |
| Camera on/off (participant and host) | Options for both participants and hosts | Option for participants only |
| Record meeting automatically | ✔ | Coming Soon |
| Participant join audio options | Host can select computer audio, telephone, or both, and select dial-in numbers | Join via computer audio or phone |
| Only host & moderators can share screen | ✘ | ✔ |
**Features are available for both RingCentral Meetings and RingCentral Video. However, the naming conventions of the features while scheduling a meeting are different.
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