Digital Samba 621

Available from 10 September, 2025

Explore what’s new in Digital Samba 621. This release introduces custom virtual backgrounds, allowing more flexibility and personalisation in rooms. Participants can now choose their breakout room on join for a smoother start to sessions. Other updates include new Q&A default settings, increased chat input limits, and more, along with several important bug fixes for a more reliable experience.

Digital Samba Embedded, Dashboard and API

New Features

In-Room

New Features

• Added the ability to upload a custom virtual background image in the Virtual Background settings. Custom images can also be deleted, while default backgrounds remain unchanged.
• Added support for allowing participants to choose their initial breakout room when breakouts are active. A new toolbar button opens the breakout panel, where a room can be selected and joined.
• Added support for opening the Q&A panel with Open questions by default, allowing participants to focus on unanswered entries when viewing the Q&A section.
• Added support for invite functions in private embedded rooms, making it possible to send invitations directly from within the session.
• Added a higher character limit for chat messages, increasing the maximum length to 1024 characters.
• Added a clearer lobby message on the join screen. When waiting to be admitted, a bold message appears at the top, and the lobby text is shown above the audio selector.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where audio and video broadcast continued after switching to a role with broadcast permission disabled.
• Fixed an issue where the zoomed-in view was overly sensitive to mouse or touchpad movement, making navigation difficult.
• Fixed an issue where the "My Files" tab was incorrectly displayed without an external ID, preventing content creation.