Replace 1/31/24: The Webex app for Apple TV 4K (2nd era) is now obtainable. The remainder of this text initially posted on October 24, 2023.
Cisco kicked off its WebexOne convention on Tuesday with some large information for Apple followers—now you can take Webex calls in your Apple TV 4K.
The brand new Webex app for the Apple TV 4K works equally to the FaceTime app to permit customers to take part in conferences via a TV linked to an Apple TV 4K. Customers can log into a gathering utilizing a cell phone to scan a QR code on the TV. For the reason that Apple TV 4K doesn’t have a digital camera or microphone, customers can make the most of tvOS 17’s new Continuity Digital camera assist, which connects with an iPhone or iPad that may be arrange because the Apple TV’s digital camera and mic.
The Webex App for the Apple TV 4K was talked about throughout Apple’s tvOS 17 announcement at WWDC. That announcement centered on FaceTime’s integration into tvOS 17. The Webex App makes use of the Continuity Digital camera utility programming interface (API) launched at WWDC.
The Webex App for Apple Watch can now present an inventory of conferences and customers can faucet on a gathering to hitch it in audio-only mode. If a consumer has paired the Apple Watch with AirPods, the Webex App can use the AirPods’s microphone and the consumer can converse throughout a gathering.
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The Webex App for the Apple TV 4K and Apple Watch will be downloaded via the Apple App Retailer. Extra particulars will be discovered on the Webex weblog.