Webex adds native support for Apple's foldable iPhone Duo

Cisco has updated Webex, its video meeting app, with native support for Apple's iPhone Duo, the first foldable iPhone from Apple. According to 9to5Mac, Webex has worked with the device since launch, and Cisco has now explained how the app takes advantage of its folding design. The app is already on the App Store.

The app adapts to both screens and to every position of the device. MacRumors reports that Webex works when the phone is open or closed, in portrait or landscape, and in laptop or tent positions. When open, more meeting participants appear on screen, shared content stays visible, and a whiteboard is available. Split View lets users run Webex next to another app.

A feature called Webex Mobile Camera Share streams the iPhone camera into a meeting while the device sits in laptop position. Other participants can watch the live feed and mark it up. Camera Share needs the device open in that position, as the reports describe. Cisco has also added a tool to the iPhone app that transcribes and summarises in-person conversations and creates action items. Webex is free to download.

Cisco says it treats Apple platforms as priorities from the start, and this release follows that approach. The reports do not say whether the notetaker is free or needs a paid plan, how recordings or transcripts are stored, or when the same features will reach other countries.