Zoapi Release V10.8662Â #
Version: 10.8662
Date: 30-Jun-2024
Summary of Changes since v10.8598
Features #
- Support for Microsoft Teams with Automation for older version of Windows (including LTSC2019 running on 8th and 10th generation Hub Connect/Pro devices)
- Run Teams in temporary session – had stopped working with New Teams. This will work with this update
- Pan-Tilt-Zoom controls on the hub for cameras which have the support
- Improvements to signage player with better performance
- New and completely revamped Dashboard with improvements to performance and Look & Feel
- Sign into the dashboard with Office365, Google or Password
- OIDC SSO sign in support (Please contact support to enable it)
- Paginated results
- New Search and filters
- We will send a downtime alert if a device is unable to reach the server for 10 minutes. This needs to be enabled/configured from the dashboard
- Changes to daily, weekly and monthly reports (unfortunately, no more sad puppies!)
- Add Co-Admins to your dashboard account
- We will now send out automated subscription expiry alerts
- Generating Trial licenses automatically creates a dashboard account and adds the Trial key to that account
- Microsoft Teams – Dual display supportÂ
- screen share on one display and video on the other
- Both local and incoming screen shares are handled
- Answer incoming calls on Microsoft Teams (Requires Beta Room Controller update)
- Added setting to select display on which to share screen
- Improved notification engine – improves reliability of incoming notifications, calendar events, browser based screen share etc
- Interactive mode – Shows share and conferencing instructions. These can be customized
- Improved UI on share.zoapi.com
- Automation – performance improvements
- Hub Installer no longer asks to set Chrome as the default browser
- Zoom – Include audio while sharing screen
Bug-Fixes #
- FIXED – flicker with the Zoom window in speaker view
- FIXED – random crash on hub start up
- FIXED – Zoapi Audio driver would fail to start and require a reboot on newer MacOS devices (Sonoma)
- FIXED – With dual display a random popup would appear – “Only one auto-hide toolbar…”
- FIXED – Clicking on dashboard activation link would throw an error
- FIXED – Zoom – Automation does not type in the entire name
- FIXED – Zoapi Client for Mac sometimes does not go beyond 7% while connecting even though network access is available
Known Issues #
- [SOMETIMES] On intermittent network loss, browser client may continue to show “Reconnecting” even after the Hub has dropped the session
- [ALWAYS] Enabling “Allow Screen Lock” setting when the group policy: “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL” is set to disabled, might not allow the user to sign in to the system
- [SOMETIMES] 4K BMP and PNG images may fail to upload to the Zoapi Drive
- [SOMETIMES] Zoapi Client on Mac may show ‘0’ as the username, first time after installing
- [SOMETIMES] Glitches are heard for 1-2seconds when switching to a presenter that’s playing audio
- [RARE] HDMI audio is not heard even though the HDMI input is configured. Occurs when there are issues with driver detection. Removing and plugging the capture card again usually resolves the issue
- [SOMETIMES] Closing a macbook lid, without disconnecting from Zoapi, might take upto a minute to remove the screen from the Zoapi Hub display
- [ALWAYS] When reconnecting after a connection loss – the screen becomes blank till the connection is established
- [ALWAYS] When there is no network connection, or when the Zoapi App is reconnecting, pressing leave might take some time to exit the application
- [SOMETIMES] The screen grab shown when a user pauses their screen share might change to a newer screen grab when their network reconnects
- [ALWAYS] Trying to share screen by entering the IP address of the device on the browser page – does not work with Safari
- [ALWAYS] Opening conferencing apps like Zoom, Teams, Chime etc from the calendar when the application is not installed will open the meeting in the browser
- [RARE] On screenshare a blank screen might appear. Stopping and starting screen share will usually work
- [SOMETIMES] When connecting dual display there might be aspect ratio and UI layout issues. A cleanup might be required
- [ALWAYS] On changing calendar from the dashboard, a cleanup is required for the new calendar to start reflecting on the Hub
- [SOMETIMES] Random failures while connecting from the browser (depending on the network configuration)
- [ALWAYS] Incoming stream from remote with Dual display does not appear on secondary display on Windows LTSC2019 based devices
Zoapi Release V10.8598Â #
Version: 10.8598
Date: 26-Apr-2024
Summary of Changes since v10.8522
Features: #
- Automation support for New Teams (Please install new Teams from the Zoapi App Store. We are continuing to support both Classic Teams and New Teams for the time being as the new Teams rollout has compatibility issues with older OS versions)
- Optimized video conferencing automation speed and load
- Interactive mode – optimized UX, icon sizes for handling dual display where both displays are of different resolutions
- Better handling for Zoom in dual display setup
- Using new Zoom logo in the app
- New setting – to allow/disallow Num Lock keys. Allowing Num Lock keys might impact the mouse/touchpad behavior from the Controller/Browser Client
- Share audio on screen share with Teams and Zoom
- Sign in with Google from the dashboard (Will also work if the email id has already been used to create a dashboard account)
Bug-Fixes: #
- FIXED – If any application window is open in the backgrouond google meet screen sharing might fail to start
- FIXED – hang on connecting secondary display
- FIXED – Multiple issues while moving Zoom to fullscreen
- FIXED – handling google meet links without https prefix
- FIXED – Signage on the device would not update when all images are deleted from Signage on the dashboard
- FIXED – Improper exit from Zoom on ending meeting
- FIXED – Resizing issues while changing resolution
- FIXED – Google Meet window was not closing on ending the meeting
- FIXED – Multiple hangs and crashes
- FIXED – Audio devices with special characters in the name ( ©®™) etc would cause issues
- FIXED – Automation failure on stopping screen share immediately after starting screen share in New Teams
- FIXED – Window ordering issues with Zoom while launching
- FIXED – On daily restart – the device shows a warning triangle with IP address if it takes too long to obtain internet address
- FIXED – If a signage image is added to the screensaver playlist of a device, and is deleted from signage on the dashboard, some devices might see the default Zoapi wallpaper
- FIXED – Teams window does not go to fullscreen at times
Known Issues: #
- [SOMETIMES] On intermittent network loss, browser client may continue to show “Reconnecting” even after the Hub has dropped the session
- [ALWAYS] Enabling “Allow Screen Lock” setting when the group policy: “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL” is set to disabled, might not allow the user to sign in to the system
- [SOMETIMES] 4K BMP and PNG images may fail to upload to the Zoapi Drive
- [SOMETIMES] Zoapi Client on Mac may show ‘0’ as the username, first time after installing
- [SOMETIMES] Glitches are heard for 1-2seconds when switching to a presenter that’s playing audio
- [RARE] HDMI audio is not heard even though the HDMI input is configured. Occurs when there are issues with driver detection. Removing and plugging the capture card again usually resolves the issue
- [SOMETIMES] Closing a macbook lid, without disconnecting from Zoapi, might take upto a minute to remove the screen from the Zoapi Hub display
- [ALWAYS] When reconnecting after a connection loss – the screen becomes blank till the connection is established
- [ALWAYS] When there is no network connection, or when the Zoapi App is reconnecting, pressing leave might take some time to exit the application
- [SOMETIMES] The screen grab shown when a user pauses their screen share might change to a newer screen grab when their network reconnects
- [ALWAYS] Trying to share screen by entering the IP address of the device on the browser page – does not work with Safari
- [ALWAYS] Opening conferencing apps like Zoom, Teams, Chime etc from the calendar when the application is not installed will open the meeting in the browser
- [RARE] On screenshare a blank screen might appear. Stopping and starting screen share will usually work
- [SOMETIMES] When connecting dual display there might be aspect ratio and UI layout issues. A cleanup might be required
- [ALWAYS] Microsoft does not support New Teams on Windows 10 LTSC2019 and LTSB2016. New Teams will not run on Zoapi Hub devices running LTSC2019 and LTSB2016. Classic Teams will continue to run on these devices for the time being
- [ALWAYS] Temporary Session is not supported for New Teams
- [SOMETIMES] Window switches to the front and back on sharing screen with Google Meet
- [ALWAYS] On changing calendar from the dashboard, a cleanup is required for the new calendar to start reflecting on the Hub
- [SOMETIMES] Random failures while connecting from the browser (depending on the network configuration)
- [ALWAYS] New Teams – if remote party shares their screen – it might not appear on top of the local screen share
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Zoapi Release V10.8522Â #
Version: V10.8522Â
Date: 19-Feb-2024Â Â
Summary of Changes since v10.8414
Features: #
- Option to hide “Please book room to enable Pin” – shown when “Hide Join Info on No Scheduled Meeting” is selectedÂ
- Continues to show the apps menu in the client – when all apps related settings are disabled – the info button will always be available
- Performance improvements – for calendar sync and image fetch
- Interactive widget appears only on the primary display
- Updated to the latest version of Chrome
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Bug-Fixes: #
- FIXED – auto-pause screensharing on opening remote control – was failing randomly
- FIXED – The home screen calendar appears on top of the settings window, immediately after enabling from the settings
- FIXED – With certain displays, the device hangs on switching on the display
- FIXED – Bottom bar would not appear correctly in the interactive mode
- FIXED – About page is not rendered properly after a restart
- FIXED – Pressing F6 – Home Screen hide/show would not work properly
- FIXED – Minor look and feel bugs
- FIXED – Zoom automation does not work properly when no camera is connected
- FIXED – Mac application crashes on leaving/ending meeting
- FIXED – Installation of apps/download of updates would fail on very poor networks
- FIXED – Hang with the zoapi_launcher.exe during meetings
- FIXED – WIN/MAC Apps menu becomes empty randomly
- FIXED – Tooltips appear blank/incorrect in meeting settings list
- FIXED – Crash on repeated share – stop-share with the Windows Application
- FIXED –Â Wallpaper images would not appear when 2 images were being configured simultaneously
- FIXED – Remote keyboard key release with iOS/android app was not working properly
- FIXED – Zoom weblinks would fail to open at times
- FIXED – Random crashes when no speaker is connected to the hub
- FIXED – Volume level randomly starts flickering
- FIXED – Opened Apps Icon is missing
- FIXED – F2, F6 keys were not working (introduced in intermediate builds)
- FIXED – On 11th generation NUC – bottom bar would not be visible when display is switched on, and the calendar would appear incorrectly
- FIXED –  Screenshare window would not be visible (black screen) and becomes visible on clicking on the screen
- FIXED – Signage window does not appear at times
- FIXED – Google Meet unable to join meetings if camera/mic is not connected
- FIXED – Mac application would crash on stop share/disconnect
Known Issues: #
- [SOMETIMES] On intermittent network loss, browser client may continue to show “Reconnecting” even after the Hub has dropped the session
- [ALWAYS] Enabling “Allow Screen Lock” setting when the group policy: “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL” is set to disabled, might not allow the user to sign in to the system
- [SOMETIMES] 4K BMP and PNG images may fail to upload to the Zoapi Drive
- [SOMETIMES] Zoapi Client on Mac may show ‘0’ as the username, first time after installing
- [SOMETIMES] Glitches are heard for 1-2seconds when switching to a presenter that’s playing audio
- [RARE] HDMI audio is not heard even though the HDMI input is configured. Occurs when there are issues with driver detection. Removing and plugging the capture card again usually resolves the issue
- [SOMETIMES] Closing a macbook lid, without disconnecting from Zoapi, might take upto a minute to remove the screen from the Zoapi Hub display
- [ALWAYS] When reconnecting after a connection loss – the screen becomes blank till the connection is established
- [ALWAYS] When there is no network connection, or when the Zoapi App is reconnecting, pressing leave might take some time to exit the application
- [SOMETIMES] The screen grab shown when a user pauses their screen share might change to a newer screen grab when their network reconnects
- [ALWAYS] Trying to share screen by entering the IP address of the device on the browser page – does not work with Safari