This document contains details about the Adobe Connect 12.5.1 release, including release dates, technical requirements, upgrades, improvements, and known issues.
Overview
Adobe Connect enables you to create rich digital training, webinars, and collaboration experiences. For an overview of Adobe Connect, see www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html.
Adobe Connect 12.5.1 is a minor release introducing new features, improvements to existing features, greater accessibility, and fixes to known issues.
Release dates
Adobe Connect 12.5.1 will roll out in the following phases:
Hosted services:
Upgrades will begin on Nov 30, 2023. See Adobe Connect Downloads and Updates to determine the upgrade date for your account.
On-premise deployments:
Will be available from Jan 9, 2024.
Managed services:
Contact your Adobe Connect Managed Services (ACMS) representative, or private cloud provider, to schedule an upgrade.
What's new in Adobe Connect 12.5.1
Delinking controls for requesting microphone and raising hand
Controls for participants to request microphone rights and raise hand have been delinked. Participants will see a new 'Request for mic' action to request for microphone access. 'Raise hand' reaction will only alert the host about a hand being raised and will not trigger a microphone request. For more information on this enhancement, see What's New in Adobe Connect.
Additional languages available for Automated Closed Captions
The Automated Closed Captions will now be available for these languages as 'Beta': Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish. The host can select the captioning language from the room preferences menu.
Share system sound on Mac desktop application
Users on Mac devices will be able to share system sound when sharing their screen from Adobe Connect application for Mac. This feature was already available on the Adobe Connect application for Windows.
NOTE: This feature will only be available from MacOS 13.0 (Ventura) onwards
Enhancements to Adobe Connect Central Home Page
The new Adobe Connect Central home page introduced with the Adobe Connect 12.4 release has been enhanced to be more actionable.
- Quick action options will be available for the rooms, recordings, and events widgets.
- The home page will also start listing the rooms, and events where the user has been assigned a co-host role. Prior to this release only rooms and events created by the user were shown to them.
- Hosts will also be able to view a calendar widget displaying the past and upcoming events.
Room access changes
A new access option “Account members may enter the room without host being present” has been introduced for meeting rooms, virtual classrooms, and seminar rooms. When this option is enabled, only account members will be able to enter the room (as participants) and access the shared content without needing the host to start the room.
Miscellaneous changes
- Enhanced A/V recordings display corrected in mobile devices.
- Quiz Pod – The Questions card in the ‘Show All Questions’ view is now clickable.
Patch for On-Premise customers
An patch will be available for on-premise customers to upgrade to 12.5.1.
For more information on the new features and enhancements in Adobe Connect 12.5.1, see What's New in Adobe Connect.
System requirements
For the latest system requirements, see the Adobe Connect Technical Specifications page.
Upgrade paths for on-premise deployments
Here are the prerequisites for this release:
- From Adobe Connect 9.x, upgrade to Adobe Connect 12.5 before applying this patch
- From Adobe Connect 10.x, upgrade to Adobe Connect 12.5 before applying this patch
- From Adobe Connect 11.x, upgrade to Adobe Connect 12.5 before applying this patch
- From Adobe Connect 12.x, upgrade to Adobe Connect 12.5 before applying this patch
Issues resolved in server version 12.5.1
Issue Tracking Number |
Issue Description |
|---|---|
| 4126636 | Fixed an issue where the animations in PPTX files were not in sync between host and participants |
| 4137531 | Fixed an issue where PPT slides with text inside callout shapes did not render |
| 4141181 | Fixed an issue where the host audio quality degraded when screensharing. |
| 4142818 | Fixed an issue where the drawings made on PDF and PPT files moved to a different slide when entering a breakout room. |
| 4142829 | Fixed an issue where audio was not recorded and was lost for a short duration when pausing recording. |
| 4143185 | Fixed an issue where the By Attendees report did not show correct start time, end time, and duration for some participants. |
| 4143454 | Fixed an issue where attendee names were not visible in the Attendees pod |
| 4143797 | Fixed an issue where it was not possible to start recordings under some scenarios |
| 4143850 | Fixed an issue where enhanced AV recordings did not render correctly on mobile devices. |
| 4144040 | Fixed an issue where the video pod resolution in Filmstrip View mode degraded when switching between speakers |
| 4144183 | Fixed an issue where the System Usage Report had duplicate entries |
| 4144236 | Fixed an issue where the whiteboard pointer position was not correct for participants after the host zoomed in or out. |
| 4144362 | Fixed an issue where content URLs under 12 characters in length fail to load |
| 4145044 | Fixed an issue where mobile access setting was not honored and participants were able to join sessions from mobile devices. |
| 4145160 | Fixed an issue where the pod title were not accessible as the title and icon color customizations were not honored. |
| 4145375 | Fixed an issue where the host audio was not working in some scenarios |
| 4145391 | Fixed an issue where it was not possible to enable Basic Reports from the Event Administration page. |
| 4145609 | Fixed an issue where the view count in content reports was not reported correctly for PPT, PPTX files |
| 4145622 | Fixed an issue where it was not possible to connect microphone if the microphone access permission was denied in the browser. |
| 4145664 | Fixed an issue where some labels on the new Adobe Connect Central home page in French locale were not optimal. |
| 4146113 | Fixed an issue where the screenshare preview displayed a black screen to the presenter. |
| 4146250 | Fixed an issue where the video pod resolution degraded with time. |
| 4146493 | Fixed an issue where the event time did not reflect correctly in event catalog. |
| 4146859 | Fixed an issue where recording playback stopped frequently and required users to login again to resume playback. |
| 4146961 | Fixed an issue where seminar tab in Connect Cenral diaplayed a connection termination error message. |
| 4147046 | Fixed an issue where the session recording failed to start sometimes. |
| 4147353 | Fixed an issue where the Chat Panel did not load for participants when Force Presenter View setting was enabled. |
| 4145150 | Fixed Pen Test vulnerability - Brute force protection not enforced properly |
| 4146245 | Fixed a XSS vulnerability |
| 4146246 | Fixed a XSS vulnerability |