BlueJeans is proud to announce day-zero support for
Microsoft’s new
Chromium-based Edge browser that
was released earlier today. Microsoft’s new browser
experience promises to deliver a rich set of security and privacy
settings to end users, while simultaneously taking advantage of the
Chromium open-source
platform to provide better compatibility and an overall
improved browsing experience. BlueJeans’
award-winning browser-based meeting experience works flawlessly
on the new Edge browser and provides users with a simple and secure
way to join any BlueJeans Meeting.
Similar to the experience on
Chrome and Firefox, the Edge browser provides BlueJeans users
with crystal-clear, 2-way VoiP and Video. Just because a user
prefers to conduct their meetings in the browser, doesn’t mean
they shouldn’t be able to take advantage of BlueJeans’
world-class audio-visual experience. The audio is enriched with
Opus Spatial Audio, delivering an immersive experience that makes
it easier to distinguish between two individuals when they are
speaking at the same time. Furthermore, meeting attendees have
the ability to both share and receive content—documents, slides,
pictures, video, other web pages…literally anything—which is
important because not every browser enables content sharing.
One of our customers’ favorite features within our browser
experience is known as Intelligent Join and is available within
Edge as well. This feature enables meeting hosts to customize how
their meeting attendees will join a meeting—via the desktop app
or the browser. This is important because when you are engaging
with meeting attendees outside of your company, maybe as an HR
Recruiter or a Sales Rep, you don’t know whether they necessarily
have administrative rights to download the BlueJeans app.
Therefore, this feature drives meeting attendees directly to the
browser experience without any potential disruptions to the meeting
itself. This join flow setting has made a huge difference for our
customers are we are excited to now bring it to Edge.
Additionally, because Edge is built on Chromium, existing Chrome
Extensions work within Edge. Therefore, BlueJeans users can
download the
BlueJeans Chrome Extension to easily add a a quick start
meeting button, configure their browser settings, and visit their
account page to perform more customizations. This extension makes
it easy to jump into a meeting or manage your settings without
having to switch context and spend time opening and closing
apps.
We are thrilled to support Microsoft’s new Edge browser and
wish our browser users many more successful and productive
BlueJeans Meetings. To give the new Edge a shot, download here. To launch
a BlueJeans Meeting in the Browser, simply open your browser of
choice, type in bluejeans.com/, insert your personal meeting ID,
and add /webrtc – Example: bluejeans.com/1234567890/webrtc.
