Release Notes v2.9

🏠 Rooms

• Users can now create permanent meeting rooms. Each room has a customizable link that doesn’t change.
• Inside a room, you can host an unlimited number of sessions. Once a session created in a room has ended, you will find it in Memory. This means you can easily keep track of all the activity that took place in your room.

🎉 More control for Moderators

• Host and Co-host can now take control of presentation-style tools embedded in a session or event. These will display a button allowing Hosts or Co-hosts to take over instantly.
• Event Speakers assigned to an agenda item will have control by default of the tools embedded.

⚙️ Improvements

• Customizable background for ‘Book me’ sessions
• Other improvements and bug fixes

Release Notes v2.8.8

🤲 Custom domains for Workspaces (CNAME)

• Workspace Admins can now link their custom domains in Sessions, creating a more personalized user experience.
• Users can now have more personalized URLs for their meetings and events.
• Users can still access the Sessions domain even if they have a custom domain linked. They can use custom URLs, or they can continue to use Sessions-provided URLs.

🖼️ Whiteboard templates

• Users can now create Whiteboard templates and add them as resources in their agendas.

Release Notes v2.8.7

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Overview page for all Workspace Events

• Workspace members now have a page dedicated to their organization's events. This feature is useful internally since members can have an overview of their colleagues' events, or externally: the page can be shared publicly, showcasing the organization's events for all those interested.
• The page will display details such as the date, time, and the host.
• Users can list an event on the workspace Events page with a simple toggle. This gives them control over what event to showcase or not.
• The page will display events in all stages (drafts, published or passed) if they are marked to be listed. Users can un-list the event, hiding it from the page if it has passed.

🖼️ Custom branding on Landing pages

• If the Custom branding feature is enabled, the logo and primary color will be automatically showcased on an Event’s Landing page.

✍️ Formatting options for descriptions

• Hosts now have various formatting options for their sessions or events descriptions.

📑 Customizable ‘Book me’ Landing page

• Users now have the option to customize their ‘Book me’ Landing page when it comes to descriptions, layout and branding.

⚙️ Improvements

• Redesign for Lobby, pre-join screen, and exit session.

Release Notes v2.8.6

📃 Improvements to note-taking tools

• My Notes and Takeaways have been improved to offer a more user-friendly experience.

🔴 Recording improvement

• Poll pop-ups will no longer show up in recordings.

📊 Poll & Question pop-ups

• Participants can now close Poll pop-ups without voting. They can also close Question pop-ups that are displayed on the main screen.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes

Release Notes v2.8.5

📩 Email reminders for all sessions

• For Events, Planned sessions & 'Book me' meetings, Hosts can now set up one-hour, one-day, or three-day reminders when configuring their gathering. The reminder will be received by all the attendees invited with their email addresses.

✍️ Speaker notes for agenda items

• Hosts and Co-hosts can now add speaker notes to each item on their agendas when building it.
• Speaker notes are visible and editable only by Hosts and Co-hosts, before a gathering starts or while it's live.

🔎 Search feature in transcripts

• Users can now search within a transcript during live sessions or in Memory once it's over.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Improvements and bug fixes to the Whiteboard Sessions' native tool.
• Improvements to the platform's accessibility

Release Notes v2.8.4

🎉 AI Copilot improvements

• Users can now generate titles and descriptions for individual agenda items using the AI Copilot. The AI will populate the agenda item according to the user's input within the prompt.
• Users can now generate action points with their summary.

📂 Duplicate agendas

• Users can now easily duplicate agenda templates they created. This comes in handy when users want to edit agendas without modifying the original template.

🔴 HD quality for recordings

• The recordings feature has been improved to render HD quality (1080p).

❓ Questions improved

• Hosts and participants can now delete questions submitted.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Improvements and bug fixes for Breakout Rooms
• Improvements to the recording quality
• Improvements to a session’s emails containing Takeaways and My Notes

Release Notes v2.8.3

❓ Questions redesigned

• The Questions modal's UI has been redesigned to be more user-friendly and intuitive for both moderators and attendees.

✍️ Smoother event collaborations

• If a user tries to add Event collaborators with email addresses that are not part of their own Workspace, they will be notified to first add them to their Workspace.

👋 'End session' button redesigned

• The 'End session' button for Hosts and Co-hosts has been redesigned.

⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts for Conference

• Users can now use keyboard shortcuts within a Conference. E.g. Switch views, start/stop video, start/stop recording, etc.

Release Notes v2.8.2

🙌 AI-generated polls

• Hosts and Co-hosts can now leverage Sessions AI Copilot to instantly generate relevant and engaging polls for their participants.

🖼️ Custom wallpaper for the live session

• Workspace Admins can now set a custom wallpaper for their live meeting or event, so that all sessions have a consistent and branded appearance for their participants.

🔴 Recording to start automatically

• Users now have the option to set their recording to automatically start when the session or event begins, ensuring they will never forget to start the recording again.
• This option can be enabled from Settings before a meeting or event starts.

📄 Adding new resources whilst using an agenda

• In the past, if users had an agenda during your session and then decided to showcase a new resource, the agenda would be removed. Now when a user adds a new resource while they have an agenda attached, this will be added to the current agenda item. It will automatically replace the existing resource (if there is one), without removing the agenda.

🔊 Notification to unmute videos

• If autoplay doesn't start the sound of a YouTube, Vimeo or locally uploaded video, a button will be displayed, instructing participants to unmute the video.

🏠 Home redesigned

• AI Copilot, Events, and Bookings are now displayed in Home, making them easier and faster to access for all users.
• In order to have a better overview of one’s schedule, Home now displays only the user's current-day sessions.

⚙️ Other improvements:

• Improvements to the AI-assisted agendas flow and how users interact with this functionality.
• The character limit for any session or event's title and description has increased to 250 and 2000 characters, respectively.

Release Notes v2.8.1

✍️ Real-time transcriptions and translations

• Users can now enable real-time transcriptions and translations in their preferred language.
• Transcriptions can be accessed from Memory after a session ends.

🎉 Event summaries and action items AI-generated

• Hosts and Co-hosts can leverage AI to summarize all types of sessions and generate action items during live gatherings.
• Hosts and Co-hosts can edit generated summaries and action items, which will be available to all participants.
• Summaries and action items can also be accessed and edited in Memory.

💬 Chat improvements

• Users can now delete messages sent in Chat.
• Users can now upload files directly in the Chat, replacing the Storage feature. Files will be stored in a dedicated tab within Chat, and can also be accessed while live or from Memory once a session ends.
• Users can now redirect questions asked in Chat to show up in the dedicated Questions feature.

Release Notes v2.8

📃 AI-generated agendas

• Users can now leverage AI to generate agendas for meetings, webinars and workshops. These will automatically include a title, description and a time limit.
• The option to create agendas with AI is available in various places within the app (in Agendas, Lobby, Events, and during live gatherings).

✅ Advanced session & event analytics

• Hosts and Co-hosts can now access detailed analytics regarding their participants’ engagement and content consumption during webinars and workshops. This way, organizers can optimize future events to provide the most relevant content for their audience.
• Hosts and Co-hosts can now create UTMs in the Event section (under Sharing and tracking), where they can track visits and registrations based on different UTMs. This is available and can be downloaded from Memory’s analytics section.
• Hosts and Co-hosts can now download the participants’ list, which includes names, roles, registration form answers and attendance status from Memory. Memory will display the following event analytics: the number of participants who registered and completed the registration form, the number of participants who attended, and the number of chat messages, questions, and polls.

Release Notes v2.7.2

📃 Event Landing page improvements:

• Hosts can now choose in what order to display the speakers on the Landing page.
• The UI has been improved to accommodate mobile devices better.

🔊 Events improvements:

• Hosts can now invite participants before the event starts, directly from the Event’s setup page. These attendees will not be required to register for the event.
• Hosts and Co-hosts can now find a speaker's invitation link inside the app, making it easier to share it again in case the speaker can't find the original email.
• Hosts can create and edit an agenda directly on the Event set-up page.

🎤 Conference improvements:

• Users' audio feedback will now be visible on the microphone icon when they speak.
• Other minor improvements to the Conference layout

Release Notes v2.7.1

🖼️ Upload Custom Background

• Users are now able to upload custom background images. The app supports .jpg, .png, and .webp file formats.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes for Conference and Events.

Release Notes v2.7

🗣️ Advanced settings for speakers

• When setting up a session, event or ‘Book me’ availability, moderators can now restrict permissions to certain advanced and access settings only to speakers and hosts.

🔴 Cloud recording as participant

• The recording will now be automatically created from the perspective of a participant.

💻 Share screen tunneling effect prevented

• When users share their window or entire screen, a dark mask will cover their live meeting in order to prevent tunneling effect. Users will be notified why this will appear and can choose to ignore it and continue screen sharing or stop.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes

Release Notes v2.6

🎉 Improved View Modes

• There are now only two View Modes: Gallery and Speakers. Hosts have the option to enforce their chosen view onto their participants.
• Gallery is the default mode for all sessions.
• Speakers mode displays up to four video streams belonging to appointed Speakers and/or attendees in the spotlight. If there are no Speakers or attendees in the spotlight, the most involved and active users will take center stage.

🖼️ Fixed aspect ratio for video streams

• Users’ video streams will now have a fixed 4:3 aspect ratio in the pre-join screen and throughout the session.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other improvements and bug fixes for the stability of the platform

Release Notes v2.5

✌️ Duplicate events

• Hosts and Co-hosts can now duplicate an event with everything it entails (agenda, tools, speakers, etc.), except participants.

🔊 Conference enhancements

• We improved the conference to offer more stability to users.

🎉 Resources website

• We’ve created a space dedicated to Sessions resources: Help Center, blog articles, video tutorials, release notes, webinar announcements, and many more.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor improvements and bug fixes for the Events feature

Release Notes v2.4.2

📃 More file formats supported

• Users can now upload and share more file types, such as Documents (.doc, .docx, .odt), Spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx, .ods), Numbers (.numbers), and Pages (.pages). Once uploaded, these resources can be found in Files.
• Users can also now upload .odp files in Presentations.

💻 Ending Instant sessions

• Users can now manually end Instant sessions when they close the meeting.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Release Notes v2.4.1

⭐ Easier access to events for speakers and co-hosts

• An event’s speakers and co-hosts now have, by default, permission to join the session. They don’t require the Host’s approval to enter the event.

⌚ Overall agenda time

• A session’s agenda now sums up the time estimations for all items and shows the agenda’s overall duration when editing it live or in the Lobby before the meeting starts. It is also displayed in Agendas.

💻 Improved quality and performance for presentations

• Users can now enjoy higher quality and overall better performance when viewing or sharing PDFs and presentations.

⚙️ Resolved Issues

• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Release Notes v2.4

💻 More customizable Events

👉 Registration form

• Organizers can now add a registration form for their event. They can ask attendees to fill in their name, email address or other details relevant to them, like location and social media links. 
• The registration form is by default enabled, and organizers can fully customize it to include any requirement they may have. 
• Event Moderators and Speakers aren’t required to fill out the registration form.

👉 Advanced settings

• During the preparation stage of an event, organizers can access and edit advanced settings. These include two predefined sets of recommended settings ideal for managing participants easier during webinars, events or workshops.
• These settings can always be customized to suit the user's needs as much as possible.

👉 Participants' details

• Organizers can now see the complete list of participants who registered for the event, including the host, co-host and speakers. The list can be exported as a CSV file, and it will contain details submitted by participants in the registration stage.

🧠 Public access to Memory

• Users can now share a session’s Memory publicly. Anybody with the link will be able to access it, not just participants who joined or were invited to the session. 

🗓️ 'Book me' feature redesigned

• The setup stage for the 'Book me' feature has been redesigned to be more detailed and to include settings for accessibility and participant management. 
• This feature offers more flexibility when users set up their 'Book me' page. One of the most significant changes is that users can now customize their schedule to include multiple windows of availability per day.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Release Notes v2.3

🛠️ Multiple My Product Tools per Workspace

• Admins can now configure more My Product tools per Workspace, which allows them to embed an unlimited number of web-based apps or platforms directly into a live session. 
• My Product tools can now be enabled or disabled. This allows Admins to choose what My Product tool to share with their Workspace members.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Release Notes v2.2

🛑 Stopping participant’s screen share

• Hosts and assistants now have the option to stop a participant’s screen share if need be. 
• When Hosts and assistants share a file, tool or agenda while a participant shares their screen, the latter is automatically stopped.

⚒️ Easier setup for Planned Session

• The setup for a Planned session has been redesigned to be more intuitive for usersThe new setup allows users to preview agendas.

💡 Signing in with Microsoft

• Users will now be able to sign in to Sessions using their Microsoft account.

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Release Notes v2.1

🙋 Audience management

• Hosts and Assistants can now clearly see in the Participant’s modal all the people who’ve been invited via email. 
• They can also see the participants who are already in the Lobby, waiting for the Planned session to start. 

⚙️ Improvements and Resolved Issues

• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Release Notes v2.0

💳 Pricing Plans

• Our pricing plans include a Free, Pro, Business and Enterprise tier. Before you commit to one, you’ll get an unbeatable 60-day free trial. We want you to try Sessions 2.0 for free, so you can evaluate what works best for your team. When you’re ready to grow, we’ll meet you every step of the way.
• As the Workspace Admin, you’ll always have an overview of how many new active contacts joined your Workspace sessions. You’ll never have to remember these details, just check this info in your Sessions profile.
• As a token of appreciation, our community members who previously received a Life-Time or a 12-month free Deal get free access to the PRO plan for life.

📑 Synced Agendas

• Work smarter, not harder! Edits you make to an agenda from a Planned session’s Lobby will also apply to the original template stored in Agendas - and vice-versa. So until the meeting starts, changes you make in either Agendas or a session’s Lobby will be synced.
• The same principle applies to a new agenda you build directly in the Lobby. You will automatically find it in Agendas.

🎯 Updated Interface for PDFs

• View a PDF in an interface that’s most familiar to you, with the usual left-side navigation menu, actionable zoom-in/zoom-out, and fit-to-page/fit-to-width buttons.
• PDFs are collaboratively showcased in Sessions, allowing your participants to browse through the file at their own pace. If you want the audience to follow your lead, you can always deactivate the collaborative mode for PDFs. 

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