Enhance Mobile End User Experience with Seamless Meeting Movement and External Camera Support

The Webex Mobile SDK is a powerful toolkit that allows developers to integrate Webex's robust video conferencing and collaboration capabilities into their own mobile applications for iOS and Android. With the release of version 3.12, the SDK introduces two groundbreaking features that enhance user experience and productivity: seamless meeting movement and support for external cameras on iPadOS. In this blog, we will explore these new features and see how they can transform the way you connect and collaborate within your mobile apps.

Seamless Transition for Uninterrupted Productivity

Imagine needing to switch from your desktop to your mobile device during an important virtual consultation or transferring a call to a more conducive device while using IoT technology in the field. With the latest iteration of the Webex Mobile SDK, these transitions are effortlessly smooth.

This innovative feature allows users signed into the Webex mobile or desktop app to move their active meetings to a custom app integrated with the Webex Mobile SDK, or vice versa, with unmatched ease. The transition is invisible to other participants and maintains the fidelity of the meeting, ensuring that collaboration remains uninterrupted.

Empowering Experts on Demand

In the realm of IoT, the 'Expert on Demand' (XoD) systems stand to gain significantly from this feature. Service technicians, healthcare professionals, or manufacturing experts can initiate a call on an IoT device and move it to a desktop or mobile for a more in-depth discussion, ensuring that expertise is always within reach.

Use Cases: Where Mobility Meets Innovation

The applications for seamless meeting movement are vast and varied. Financial advisors, architects, educators, and executives can all benefit from the ability to switch devices seamlessly during critical engagements.

Watch Move Meeting in Action!

Check out Move meeting in action in this video.

External Camera Support on iPadOS

With Apple's recent revelation, iPadOS now embraces external cameras, and the Webex Mobile SDK v3.12 is quick to capitalize on this enhancement. For iPads equipped with USB-C, this means a world of UVC (USB Video Class) compliant cameras is now at your disposal.

Imagine the Business Implications

Real estate agents, event organizers, and remote educators can now leverage professional-grade camera setups for enhanced video quality in mobile Webex meetings. Document scanning also becomes more powerful with the flexibility of an external camera.

Technical Elegance Meets Practical Application

The v3.12 SDK update empowers developers with a structured list of all available camera devices, built-in or external. When a UVC camera is connected, the CameraDeviceManager's callbacks notify your application in real-time.

Control at Your Fingertips

The SDK's Phone.updateSystemPreferredCamera API allows users to manually select their camera source, enabling on-the-fly adjustments to suit the video call's needs.

Seamless Integration, Ready for Action

To enjoy these capabilities, your iPad must be running iOS 17 or above. With the simple act of plugging in a USB camera, the Webex iOS SDK v3.12 triggers an automatic notification to your app, enabling an effortless switch between camera sources.

Watch External Camera Support in Action

See the external camera support in action in our demo video.

To check and try out code, please visit SDK documentation here.

Explore the Webex Mobile SDK v3.12 Codebase

For those eager to dive into the code and explore the capabilities, visit the GitHub repository at iOS and Android.

With these groundbreaking features, Webex Mobile SDK v3.12 is setting a new standard in virtual collaboration and video conferencing. Whether you're switching devices mid-meeting or leveraging high-definition external cameras on your iPad, the future of seamless, integrated communication is here. Dive into the code, explore the capabilities, and transform the way you connect and collaborate.