Release notes for

New Features:

• Enabled 3.5mm AUX-Out for Assistive Listening Devices
  • For further details, please click here

Updated:

• Updated microphone performance while participants are speaking at the same time

Fixed:

• A rare circumstance where a connection would be rejected with certain SSID/Password combinations

Minor performance and stability improvements 

Updated:

• Improvements to security and stability

Minor performance and stability improvements

Please note: The Citrix VDI issue present in 6.6.5 has been resolved in this release, customers using Citrix VDI may update to this version.

New Features:

• Multi-Stream Dynamic Composition for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows*
  •  For further details, please click here.

Requirements:

• Multi-Stream Dynamic Composition requires a USB 3.0 connection*

Minor performance and stability improvements

Public release note edited on August 1, 2024.

Please Note: Citrix VDI users should not update to this version, remain on your current deployed version and await future updates.

Details

• New feature: Option to input a proxy CA certificate to setup the Jabra PanaCast 50 network connection*
• Updated: Improved AI person detection when the PanaCast 50 is mounted above the display
• Updated: Video quality improvements for sharpness and saturation
• Updated: Video quality improvements for framing and zoom levels
• Performance and stability improvements

* Requires Jabra Direct version 6.14.08801

Public release note, edited April 19, 2024

Details

• Fixed: Issue with misaligned whiteboard area in certain scenarios
  •  May require the area to be redefined
• Fixed: Issue with no video stream in certain scenarios
• Performance and stability improvements

Details

• New feature: Intelligent Meeting Space - In Jabra Direct, you can now define a meeting space and only frame participants within that space. This works especially well in meeting rooms with glass walls and even in open spaces with no walls at all*
• New feature: Microsoft Intelligent Speaker for Teams Rooms - Uses voice profile (max 10 per meeting) information to recognize who said what in transcripts and recaps from a Microsoft Teams Room meeting
• New feature: People Counting Toggle - Allows anonymous people counting and LED to be toggled on/off in Jabra Direct*
• New feature: Power Management: In BYOD mode, the Jabra PanaCast 50 will enter a power saving mode once there is no activity detected on the USB connection and enter into normal mode as soon as there is activity detected on the USB connection
• Updated: Sensor stability - Reduces framing changes when people move between sensors
• Performance and stability improvements

*Requires Jabra Direct 6.10.25001

Details

• Fixed: PanaCast 50 now works with USB 2.0 in Dynamic Composition mode
• Fixed: Green screen issue for some users in VDI environments
• Performance and stability improvements

Details

• New feature: Enables a Panacast 50 to be connected to a wired or wireless network using the network name (SSID) and a password*
• New feature: 802.11r support added
• Updated: Enhancement to Panacast 50 firmware update process with security policies that block USB Mass Storage devices
• Performance and stability improvements

*Requires Jabra Direct version 6.6.03101

Details

• New feature: Status LED will now blink every 5 seconds to represent camera in standby mode with anonymous people count active but no live video streaming. Live video stream status is still represented by a solid white LED.
• Performance and stability improvements

Public release note, edited December 5, 2022.

Details

• Fixed: On rare occasion Panacast 50 may suddenly stop streaming video and the screen may go black.
• Fixed: Accurate perspective correction for whiteboard selection
• Fixed: Potential flashing issue when switching back from whiteboard mode
• Performance and stability improvements

Details

• New feature: Dynamic Composition – which offers tiled view of up to 4 participants
• Updated: whiteboard UI that enables users to select a wider range of view
• Updated: people detection accuracy – for better focus on the participants in the meeting
• Fixed: video freeze in certain scenarios
• Fixed: color distortion in certain scenarios
• Performance and stability improvements

Note: Mac users will encounter an issue with updating to this new firmware via Jabra Direct (version 6.2.18901). Please contact Jabra Support for assistance.

Details

• New feature: dual tweeter support
• New feature: super wideband audio
• Updated: noise reduction level when having high background noise
• Updated: audio output in conference calls
• Updated: microphone noise performance
• Performance and stability improvements

Details

• New feature: ability for Jabra PanaCast 50 to support remote admin capabilities over RJ45 in secure proxy network environments*
• Updated: video driver stability and longevity
• Performance and stability improvement

*This capability requires a Jabra Direct release planned for later this year to enable proxy configuration of the Jabra PanaCast 50

Details

• Updated: Intelligent Zoom now has improved near field detection accuracy within 1.5 meter
• Updated:  Virtual Director now has improved immediate transition mode and zoom accuracy
• Updated: Whiteboard image quality and stability improvements
• Updated: Video performance
• Performance and stability improvements

Details

• First public release