RingCentral Desktop and Web App | January 2021

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes for RingCentral Desktop and Web App.

VERSION 21.1.10

Release Date: 1/13/2021

What's New

Code snippets
- Conveniently share snippets of code in their original format
Create task from a post
- Create a task directly from a post and auto-populate descriptions from the post content.
Cloud Contacts for Glip (beta)
- Stay connected to all of your contacts by syncing your Glip, Microsoft, and Google accounts.
Virtual background Beta (RingCentral Video)
- To improve your work-from-home experience, Virtual Background can blur your background or replace it with a custom image.
Recent notes
- Quickly discover notes that have been updated within the last week.
Sync avatar changes to RingCentral Meetings
- Updates to your avatar will now sync with the RingCentral Meetings app.
Closed Captions Beta (RingCentral Video)
- RingCentral Video can detect what’s said in a meeting and present real-time captions.
Invite personal contacts to RingCentral
- Easily invite personal contacts to join RingCentral and they’ll get access to video and messaging for free
Waiting room permissions
- Admins can now set company wide preferencing for attendees waiting to join a Waiting room.
Set country and language preference
- Set your country and language preference when you create your account.
Default audio source
- Your headset will automatically be set as your primary audio source when answering a call.
Multi-call handling
- Manage multi-call handling with your Jabra and Poly headsets

Improvements

Personal Meeting ID in Video
- Manage, edit, and view your Personal Meeting ID directly in the Video tab.
Simplified scheduling information
- Find all of your essential meeting details for each meeting and look under Advanced to see more information.
Schedule on behalf of
- Schedule meetings on behalf of someone else using their Personal Meeting ID.
Dropdown list with recent meetings
- Easily join recent meetings from a dropdown list.
Icon update
- Updated RingCentral Cloud contacts icon
Download RingCentral mobile app
- Quick and easy access to download the mobile app by using the dropdown on your avatar.
Headset call controls for Plantronics and Jabra
- Easily manage your calls with the controls on your Plantronics or Jabra headset.