What's new in the 8x8 Meet in FY26Q2?

We are introducing the following feature in 8x8 Meet:

Pre-configure meeting settings in 8x8 Work

This release introduces significant enhancements, allowing organizers to pre-configure meeting behavior, participant roles, and recording preferences. This marks a substantial improvement over the previous stateless model, offering structured, secure, and customizable meetings.

Key Benefits

  • Configure in advance: Define participant roles, privacy level, and recording rules before the meeting starts.
  • Meeting types: Choose Public, Private, or Large depending on your use case.
  • Persistent settings per URL: Each scheduled meeting has its own set of options, which are tied to a link applied to all future sessions.
  • Auto-record and transcribe: Enable recording and transcription to begin automatically.
  • Enhanced privacy: Pre-configurable access and security controls support compliance needs.

Availability

  • Discovery: A meeting settings link appears in the event after inserting an 8x8 meeting via the add-in.
  • Default behavior: If no action is taken, meetings behave as Public (default)—the same as before.
  • Sign-in required: You must be signed in to your 8x8 account in the add-in to configure settings.

To learn more about pre-configuring meeting settings, see Configure meeting settings in advance.


Share files during meetings

You can now share files with participants during a live meeting and access them later in Meetings > Past Meetings in 8x8 Work for Desktop or Web.

Participants with the proper permissions can upload, download, or delete files during the meeting and retrieve them after the meeting.

Supported file types:

  • PDFs
  • Standard image formats (JPG, PNG, etc.)
  • Microsoft Office documents

File size limit:

  • Up to 50 MB

Benefits

  • Collaborate in real time: Instantly share proposals, reports, or designs for live discussion.
  • Centralized resources: Access all meeting materials in one place after the session.
  • Streamlined follow-up: Eliminate post-meeting “Can you send me that file?” messages.

How to share files in 8x8 Meet

You will find the same content under About Meetings > Share files during a meeting.


What's new in the 8x8 Meet in FY26Q1?

We are introducing the following feature in 8x8 Meet:

Share meeting assets in 8x8 Meet

The Share meeting assets feature in 8x8 Meet allows users to generate a public link to key meeting materials, such as recordings, chat, or summaries, for meetings they attended. Only one link can be active per meeting. When one attendee generates a link, it becomes available to all attendees, who can view and share it.

Share meeting assets allows 8x8 Work users to make meeting assets publicly accessible for their attended meetings

Note: Sharing meeting assets is enabled by default, but administrators can disable this option through the 8x8 Admin Console. For more information, see 8x8 Admin Console - Set up sharing meeting assets.

Features

The meeting assets available for sharing may vary depending on the meeting and may include:

  • Participants list
  • Recordings
  • Screenshots
  • Chat
  • Transcriptions
  • Summaries
  • Action items
  • Links (shared materials)

Share meeting assets - Examples of meeting assets

Availability

  • Only authenticated 8x8 Work users who attended a meeting can generate a share link.
  • Attendees can generate a link and share it immediately after a meeting ends.
  • Attendees can access the share link for as long as it remains active.
  • The share link is active for 30 days and can be revoked by any meeting attendee.
  • Attendees who did not generate the link can still access and share it.
  • Users outside your organization can access shared content if they receive the link.
  • Links that have been revoked can be restored if the asset-sharing feature is reenabled within the availability window.

Limitations

  • The share link must be used as-is, with all formatting intact.
  • Only one active link can exist per meeting. All attendees share the same link.
  • The link expires 30 days from creation and must be regenerated for future access.
  • If meeting asset sharing is disabled, admins must re-enable it in 8x8 Admin Console to restore access to existing links.

Let’s say you joined a meeting in the 8x8 Work app and want to share the meeting assets with a colleague. In the Meetings section, under Past Meetings, select the desired meeting. Click the Share icon next to Join Meeting to open the sharing options. You will find the shareable link in the Share meeting dialogue.

Share meeting assets

To share meeting assets:

  1. In the navigation menu, click Meetings .
  2. In the Meetings tab, under Past Meetings, click the meeting for which you want to share assets.
  3. Click Share next to Join Meeting on the right side of the session details.

    Share meeting assets - Open the Share meeting window

  4. In the Share meeting dialogue, click Create link to generate a shareable link.

    Share meeting assets - Generate a shareable link to the meeting assets

  5. Click Copy link. Paste the link where needed or open it in a browser to access the assets. Or share it with others.

Share meeting assets - Use the generated link to share or open meeting assets

Note: The meeting asset link must be shared and accessed as-is. It contains critical meeting-specific parameters and formatting in URL:
https://app.8x8.vc/summary/?sessionId={sessionId}#token={token}

The meeting asset link expires 30 days from the creation date. Any attendee can revoke access at any time. If the link expires, you must generate a new one.

Once a meeting assets link is generated, all the 8x8 Work meeting attendees can view and access it. Attendees can also copy or revoke the shared link at any point. The Share meeting icon preceding the meeting title identifies meetings with shared assets.

Share Meeting Assets  - The Share Meeting icon indicates which meetings have shared assets

To learn more about sharing meeting assets, see Share meeting assets in 8x8 Meet.


Previous releases

The following features and enhancements were introduced in previous versions of 8x8 Meet.

8x8 Video Meetings is now 8x8 Meet: Say hello to 8x8 Meet! In recognition of the increased importance of digital tools and changes to how we all work, the 8x8 products and services you work with are getting new names as part of their transformation:

  • 8x8 Video Meetings: 8x8 Meet
  • 8x8 Meeting Rooms: 8x8 Spaces
  • Virtual Office: 8x8 Work
  • Virtual Office desktop app: 8x8 Work for Desktop
  • Virtual Office mobile app: 8x8 Work for Mobile
  • And more!