This article describes features and improvements available in the latest versions of Fuze Mobile. See our Fuze Desktop and Web Whats New article for details about the latest features in those products.
Depending on your company’s settings and your permissions, you may have some or all of the features described below.
July 2019
Fuze Mobile 5.9
Fuze Mobile 5.9 introduces the following new features:
Redesigned Settings
We’ve redesigned the Settings screens in Fuze Mobile to help you more easily understand and configure Fuze Mobile to suit your needs. Additionally, we’ve added new Audio settings to the Meetings section that enable you to set the audio configuration that is used when you join meetings.
Additionally, we've expanded the Meetings settings to help you join with your audio switched off to, for example, avoid acoustic feedback if you are near other devices that are also in the meeting.
See the Settings section of the Fuze Mobile help for more information about settings.
Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive file previews
You can now view previews in Chat conversations of files shared from both Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive.
You can view previews for Google Drive files shared from Fuze Desktop, but at this time you cannot view previews for Google Drive files shared via Fuze Mobile.
To enable this feature for one or both cloud drives, switch on the associated setting in the Connected Accounts section of the Settings screen, and log in to your account when prompted.
See the Connected Accounts article in the Fuze Mobile help for more information about how to access these settings.
Additional Improvements
In addition to the enhancements described above, we've also introduced the following improvements:
• When sharing content in meetings, Fuze Mobile now automatically switches your Status to Do Not Disturb (DND).
• Keyword matches are now highlighted in Chat search results.
• Fuze Mobile now defaults SMS to the first Mobile phone number on a contact profile.
• Notifications are now generated if you miss a video call.
June 2019
Fuze Mobile 5.8
Fuze Mobile 5.8 introduces the following new features:
Launch Meetings in Fuze Rooms Directly from your Mobile Device
If your organization uses Fuze Rooms, you can now easily launch a meeting in any Room that isnt presently in use.
If you want to launch an upcoming meeting in a Room, simply navigate to the More options menu in your Meetings list, and tap Launch in Room to access a list of Rooms in which to launch your meeting.
If you're already in a meeting, you can also open the Meeting menu, and tap Launch in Room to select a Room in which to launch the meeting.
See the article Launch Meetings in Fuze Rooms Directly from your Mobile Device for more details about this feature.
Text Formatting Guide and Actions
In our last release of Fuze Mobile, we introduced the ability to format text in Chat. In this release we've introduced two more improvements to help make formatting even easier:
- View an in-app guide that shows how to format text. This guide appears above the message field as you type, and automatically hides when you are not typing a message.
- Apply formatting to selected words or phrases via the More Options section of the long press menu.
See Format Text in Mobile Chat for more details about this feature.May 2019
Fuze Mobile 5.7
Fuze Mobile 5.7 introduces the following new features:
Simplified Sign in
We’ve simplified the Fuze Mobile sign in workflow so that if you skip the Carrier Calling and VoIP Calling setup screens when signing in to Fuze Mobile, those screens are automatically bypassed during subsequent sign-ins, no matter what mobile device you’re using. Carrier and VoIP Call settings are available in the Calls section of the Settings screen any time you need them.
See Sign In to Fuze Mobile for more details about this feature.
Attended Transfers
We've introduced the ability to perform attended transfers. This type of transfer automatically places the current caller on hold while you ring the intended recipient. This lets you to speak with to the intended recipient before completing the transfer.
See Transfer a Call for more details about this feature.
Screen Share while on a Call
If you’re on a call with another Fuze user at your organization, you can now share your screen at any time during the call.
Unifying calls with screen sharing allows you to seamlessly enrich your calls without needing to switch to a meeting.
See Video or Screen Share during Calls on Fuze Mobile for more details about this feature.
Text Formatting in Chat
Want to emphasize an important point or make it clearer when you’ve
editedchanged a message? Now you can! We’ve added text formatting in Fuze Mobile. Long press a word in any Chat message to access formatting options, including bold, italics, strikethrough, quoting, and preformatted/code.See Format Text in Mobile Chat for more details about this feature.
Mark as Unread
Received a message that you want to remember to review later? You can now mark it as unread by long pressing it within your Chat conversation, and tapping Mark unread.
See Mark as Unread for more details about this feature.
Search your own messages in Chat
Looking for a message you sent? Simply type “from:me”, followed by the key word(s) you want to find to search your own messages in Chat.
See Search your Message History for more details about this feature.
Mobile version of Fuze Rooms experience for tablets
If your organization uses Fuze Rooms, a full featured mobile version designed specifically for tablets is now available for iOS and Android.
See Fuze Rooms for Tablets for more details about this feature.
March 2019
Fuze Mobile 5.5
You can now search your entire message history, and you can search for files. Additionally, you can search for messages from specific people or groups, and you can filter search results by sender, group conversation, and date.
February 2019
Fuze Mobile 5.4
- Ability to Turn On Video while on a Call with another Fuze user at your organization.
- Ability to View Screenshare while on a Call with another Fuze user at your organization, initiated from Fuze Desktop or Web.
Additional Improvements
- You now receive notifications of Fuze activity that occurs while you are in a no-network zone or airplane mode, once your data connection is restored.
- After upgrading to a new version of Fuze Mobile, you no longer need to sign out and then back in to be able view contact search results.
December 2018
Fuze Mobile 5.3
- Ability to look up all contacts from the directory service that is affiliated with Google or Office 365 accounts you connect to Fuze.
- Additional performance and stability improvements.
See the full Fuze Mobile 5.3 Release Notes for more details.
November 2018
Fuze Mobile 5.2
- Video calls now ring recipients, similar to regular phone calls. A 'ringing' screen will appear when you click the video call button in a one-on-one or group conversation.
- Performance improvements for quicker loading of chat history.
- Preview thumbnails of images, files, URL links, and gifs in a conversation prior to sending.
View the Fuze Mobile 5.2 Whats New video., or see the full Fuze Mobile 5.2 Release Notes for more details.
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