What's new in the Virtual Office Meetings - February 2025?

We are introducing the following feature in 8x8 Meet:

Ability to launch a meeting in a separate window in 8x8 Work for Desktop

Note: The Undocked Meetings feature is now available to all 8x8 Work users

The Undocked Meetings feature allows you to start a meeting in a separate window within 8x8 Work for Desktop, enhancing multitasking. Before joining the meeting, users will be presented with a pre-join screen with all available functionalities (currently only accessible in the browser).

Note: This feature is also available in 8x8 Work for Web, where the meeting window is launched in a new tab.

Let's say you are in a meeting and wish to check and respond to messages or search for a contact in your directory while focusing on the meeting.

You can achieve this by opening the meeting in a separate window while accessing 8x8 Work for Desktop. Additionally, you can use the same customised controls to manage your meeting, including returning to the meeting or expanding and collapsing the meeting panel.

Improvements:

  • Multitasking Capabilities: Launching meetings in a separate window from 8x8 Work for Desktop enables effortless multitasking. Users can use split view on multiple monitors.
  • Enhanced Work for Desktop and Meetings Interaction: Users can seamlessly manage both windows (Meetings and 8x8 Work for Desktop) with a consistent navigation flow (access the meeting, expand or collapse the meeting panel, etc.). Although the meetings window opens separately, the left navigation panel stays integral to 8x8 Work for Desktop, allowing users to access meetings from the navigation panel and focus on them after launch.
  • Pre-join Screen: Before joining the meeting, users access the pre-join screen, which includes all functionalities (currently available in 8x8 Work for Web).
  • User Control: The feature can be enabled or disabled in the 8x8 Work for Desktop Meeting Settings section based on user preference.

Note: The Undocked Meetings feature is enabled by default. You can turn it off from the Meeting Settings > Meeting Launch section by disabling the Open meetings in a new window option. To learn more, see Enable or disable the option to open meetings in a new window.


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!