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Apple CarPlay Webex integration means you can never escape work calls
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Webex Meetings is making it easier for people to continue calls using CarPlay.
New CarPlay support means meetings can move from the desktop to iPhone to the car.
August improvements will mean CarPlay support for playing back past recordings, too.
Leaving for the day is no longer an excuse to ditch that meeting.
Cisco has announced improvements to its Webex Meetings app that make it easier than ever to take a meeting from your Mac to your phone and then onto your car — because nobody should be able to escape work, even when they're driving.
The new functionality is actually pretty cool in terms of how it works, even if it does mean there's no respite for workers. Users can scan a QR code on their Mac using their iPhone's camera, moving the call from one device to another. The video makes the process look seamless and surprisingly speedy, although that's surely the best-case scenario playing out there. Slow WiFi, spotty 5G, and more will likely put Cisco's...