Cisco Proximity Changelog

Important Update: Discontinuation of Cisco Proximity

Cisco has discontinued the development of the Cisco Proximity application. This complimentary tool will no longer receive software updates or support. We recommend transitioning to the Webex app, Miracast®, or Apple AirPlay for secure wireless sharing. For more details, please visit our support forum. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Version 4.0.0

New Features

Support connecting to Webex cloud registered systems.

Changes

Improve ultrasonic pairing performance and resilience.
Minor updates to UI.

Bugfixes

Fix crashes occuring on certain systems, as reported by user marcis.U.
Prevent reconnection issues in certain scenarios where there are multiple devices in the same room.

Notes

MacOS only: Because of a change in signing identities, you may be prompted to authorize access to the microphone / screen again despite having granted access previously.

Version 3.1.0

Changes

Added host fingerprint verification. See this help page on fingerprint matching for more information.
Updates to external dependencies.
Remove hardcoded lookup path from Qt5Core.dll to fix CVE-2021-1240.

Bugfixes

Fixed possible crash on application exit.

Notes

MacOS only: Because of a change in signing identities, you may be prompted to authorize access to the microphone / screen again despite having granted access previously.

Version 3.0.8

Bugfixes

Handle screen changes (screen added/remove/resized) better.
Make correct error message appears in certain error scenarios.
Try to ensure that app is always re-launched correctly on MacOS.

Version 3.0.7

Changes

Take steps to reduce likelyhood of incorrectly decoding pairing messages in random noise
Add option to disallow connections to public IP addresses
Show volume button as muted when volume is set to zero
For more details, see the release notes on our support forums.

Version 3.0.6

Changes

Compatible with new MacOS Catalina requirements.
Minor changes to logging detail levels.

Bugfixes

Fix sharing indicator sizing issue in some mixed screen DPI scenarios.

Version 3.0.5

Changes

Reduce amount of logging, especially metrics.

Bugfixes

Remove several potential crash scenarios.
Minor bugfixes.

Version 3.0.4

Bugfixes

Fix cursor scaling and positioning on MacOS.
Minor bugfixes.

Version 3.0.3

Changes

Make code aware of microphone privacy settings in MacOS.

Bugfixes

Fix errors where network issues could result in corrupt downloads.
Improve validation of downloaded upgrades on MacOS to ensure upgrades are not left half-finished.

Version 3.0.2

Changes

Added confirmation dialog for ending calls.
Minor improvements to UI in some error situations.

Bugfixes

Stop showing call controls in all cases where call controls are unavailable.
Handle disabled and unsupported systems correctly.

Version 3.0.1 (Windows only)

Changes

Made exclusive mode audio recording the default while application is in foreground.

Version 3.0

New Features

Call controls:
- Dialling, answering, and ending calls.
- Local recents history.
- Search in codec directory/recents.
- Answering incoming calls.
- Volume control.
- Microphone mute.
- DTMF keytone keypad.
Accessibility / screen reader support.

Changes

Included new audio token decoding algorithm to be used in newer versions of CE software.
Added support for audio drivers exposing only 4-channel recording on Windows.
Respect changes to default audio card more reliably on Windows.
Updated external dependencies.

Bugfixes

Stopped the application from crashing on exit in some conditions.
Fall back to system fonts if embedded fonts are disallowed (rather than crashing).
Improve cursor capture size / position.
Other minor bug fixes.

Version 2.0.8

New Features

Added a series of properties to .msi to simplify Windows mass deployment. See the mass deployment guide for details.

Changes

Allowing Proximity to run on Windows systems on AC power also with the lid closed.
Updated dependencies.

Bugfixes

Fixed issures with sharing external screen on OS X.
Fixed some possible crashes.
Other minor bug fixes.

Version 2.0.7

Bugfixes

Changed telemetry service.

Version 2.0.6

Bugfixes

Fixed logging rate and memory consumption issues.

Version 2.0.5

Bugfixes

Fixed an issue where the program would act incorrectly when another program was using the microphone.

Version 2.0.4

Bugfixes

Fixed some metrics issues.

Version 2.0.3

New features

Added integration against OS X power saving features, ensuring better pairing and presentation stability and speed.
Improved high resolution display support on Windows.

Bugfixes

Fixed some issues involving multiple displays on Windows 10.
Corrected some minor upgrade related issues on both OS X and Windows.
Better behaviour when logging out on Windows.
Fix possible application hang on OS X.

Version 2.0.2

New features

No features were added in this version.

Bugfixes

Simplifed and robustified audio recording timing.
Reduced CPU usage on Windows.
Better error messages on failed upgrades on Windows.
Updated third party dependencies on Windows.

Version 2.0.1

New features

No features were added in this version.

Bugfixes

Fixed font loading crashes on Windows.
Fixed issue causing delayed reconnection when reactivating services.
Minor UI bug fixes

Version 2.0.0

New features

New first time guide introducing the app and its features
Improved usability: Proximity now has a interactive window and is present in task bar / dock
Improved pairing on Windows (exclusive mode microphone access). The Windows release is no longer classified as Beta
Provide targeted in-app feedback and troubleshooting tips to the user
Application is now called Cisco Proximity (was: Proximity)

Bugfixes

Fixes to some known application crashes and freezes.

Version 1.1.1

Bugfixes

Fixes to some known application crashes
Modified appearance of installer
Changed app icon
Better feedback to user when proximity was disabled by administrator
Changes to session handling to improve connection stability

Version 1.1

New features

Your mouse cursor will now appear when you share your screen
Proximity has a changelog! (You're reading it right now.)
You can now left click the tray icon on Windows

Bugfixes

Fixed a number of application crashes and instabilities
It is now possible to select between screens with the same name
The selected screen is now marked in the list of available screens

Maintenance

Support for CE8.1
Upgraded Qt libraries to version 5.5.1
Improved crash reporting tool for OS X

Version 1.0

Initial release supporting screen sharing.