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Status Implemented
Categories RingCentral Video
Created by Greg Vermilion
Created on Dec 30, 2020

Add Remote Control feature to RC Desktop App - Video

It appears this was a feature in the Meetings App, but is not available in the current version of the Desktop App and our account does not allow us to run Meetings.

This is helpful when staff are in a video meeting and they want to hand off control to another presenter or tech support person.

Product Line RingCentral App
  • Jennifer Lovelady
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    Sep 13, 2022

    What is the status of the remote control feature?

  • Lisa Gabriel
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    May 20, 2022

    If this feature has been Implemented, can you tell us how to use it? I saw that the feature was supposedly as of April 12th but I cannot find it anywhere.

  • Tiffany Buraglio
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    May 20, 2022

    The status of this feature request has been changed to ���implemented���, however I do not see that it is available in RingCentral Video yet. I do not see a way for a participant to allow remote control, nor do I see a way for the host to request remote control. Is there an updated version I need to download or something? Can you explain how this feature has been implemented? Perhaps I am not looking in the correct spot for the controls????

    Tiffany Buraglio
    Executive Assistant
    PO Box 1350, Carmel Valley, CA 93924
    831.308.2717
    www.rgs.ca.gov

  • Andrew Hibl
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    May 20, 2022

    What does implemented mean? I am still not able to give remote control in the RC windows desktop app.

  • Nicholas Roberts
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    May 3, 2022

    Last update from RingCentral said this would be available on April 12th. It is now May 3rd and the idea is still in "Planned" status. Is there any update? This entire move to RCV truly feels like a half-baked huge step backwards with the number of features that are still missing. Remote control has been a core feature of enterprise communication applications for years.

  • Andrew Hibl
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    Apr 14, 2022

    ... Is there an updated date?

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    Jennifer Del Rosario
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    Apr 4, 2022

    Hello All,

    This feature will be available on the 12th of this month. Thank you!

  • David Fuller
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    Mar 9, 2022

    This is a feature we rely on quite a bit and would need to see it in the next release of RCV please.

  • Lutgardo Bayan
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    Feb 18, 2022

    Our customer would like to have this feature, they have bee migrated already to the RCV


  • Stacey Fritz
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    Feb 14, 2022

    This is a much used and needed feature, which is available in competitor applications please add it back as quickly as possible.

  • Lindsey Phillips
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    Feb 9, 2022

    This was the only reason we continued to stick with RC. Off to Zoom for now at least, bummer

  • Craig Rhinehart
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    Jan 11, 2022

    Please merge in CUSTCOM-I-4412. I searched, but was using different terminology when I created my idea. I later found this existing idea.

  • Jennifer Heath
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    Nov 30, 2021

    Pls add this feature back!!! Why in the world did you remove it in the first place?!?

  • Shannon Simonson
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    Nov 12, 2021

    Hi Jessica,

    I noticed another show stopper for us in RCV. We can���t share audio during a meeting. We produce videos and need to be able to share them during meetings but cannot because we don���t have the option to share sound when using the app.

    Best regards,
    Shannon

    Shannon Simonson
    Manager of Operations

    ADVANCEMENT RESOURCES
    ssimonson@advancementresources.org
    +1 319 398 3376 (main)
    +1 319 777 7204 (direct)
    advancementresources.org

    Pronouns (she/her/hers)

  • Guest
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    Nov 10, 2021

    Hello Ring Central,

    Has this feature in fact been committed for release during 4Q2021? Hope so! It is an essential feature.

    Best,
    Paul Ellett
    954-816-6757

  • Guest
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    Nov 8, 2021

    We also found this to be an essential feature in the old app. We uninstalled the new one and redownload the old app and now have it working. If that was not available we would need to switch apps as well. Please bring it back.

  • Guest
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    Oct 25, 2021

    This functionality is needed for the desktop app. We are moving away to a different solution because of it.

  • Sean Saulsbury
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    Oct 21, 2021

    Just FYI, it looks like you can revert back to Meetings to get back the remote control feature . In the desktop client, go to Settings - Video - Video service and select RingCentral Meetings from the drop-down menu. To reset your users as an admin, go to the online Admin Portal and click Meetings - Video Service.

  • Guest
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    Oct 20, 2021

    We were using meetings to take control of a company computer and work on it remotely. Why you would discontinue meetings and say that you will inable that feature in video in the future makes no sense to me. I guess it is time to move to Teams.

  • Kevin Kraft
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    Sep 15, 2021

    Depending on the timeline for this feature's implementation, it may hasten our staff's desire to move away from RingCentral and into Teams for meetings, chat, collaboration, etc.

    This feature was used extensively in Meetings by our staff to assist with training and is necessary for them to work.

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enable the control via cli of the "allow remote control of all applications" option in RC.

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enable the control via command line interface of the "allow remote control of all applications" option in RC/RCMeetings. Additional control of the feature from the RC Admin Portal would also be nice.
Guest almost 3 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Implemented
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remote access in RingCentral Video

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We would like to have a remote access in RingCentral Video
Joel Socorro over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Remote access feature

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We could use a Remote control while video call screen sharing. I tought that this existed in the past but now it is no where to be found.
Robert Dolinski over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Need the ability to give keyboard and mouse control when in a meeting

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We use Avaya Custom Office (ACO)/RingCentral. Within the "ACO" app we have the ability to host meetings (under the "Video" category). When in such a meeting, there appears to be no way for the organizer to give control of the keyboard and mouse to...
Craig Rhinehart almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Implemented
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RingCentral MVP - Pass Keyboard and Mouse Control during Video Call

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Hello. I am transitioning from RingCentral Meetings to RingCentral Office. It was by complete surprise when I realized I could not pass control of the keyboard and mouse during a video meeting using RingCentral Office. I could easily perform this ...
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Implemented
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Remote Control

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enable the remote control feature back on my ring central meetings. those were one of the best features you have!
Team Eligan over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Make "Remote Control" not be such a pain to use

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The screens don't match what's in the help documentation. Can't find the settings in the Web to enable anything. And trying to talk a new user through remote control is a ridiculously bad experience
Karen Admin over 1 year ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 0 Implemented
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Fix or bring back meeting as the new version needs remote control settings and the annotate feature does not align for all users

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Fix or bring back meeting as the new version needs remote control settings and the annotate feature does not align for all users
Steve McNeal over 1 year ago in RingCentral Meetings & Webinar 0 Implemented
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Bring back Remote Control to RC Video

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We have individuals located in geographically dispersed areas and it is very helpful to use RC for remote IT support. Please add Remote Control during meetings to RC Video
Guest over 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Remote control in Video

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When the meetings app announced it was being discontinued, I did what it told me to do. Download the new app. I downloaded and meetings was gone. Video was in its place. I had my first meeting in it and discovered that I could not take remote cont...
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 1 Implemented
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Add remote control to Ring Central Video within the desktop application

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This is useful for virtual training to provide interaction with the trainees.
Maggie Maes almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Screen sharing for idiots

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One of the biggest problems we run into when offering customer support for our online business is the people who are calling are EXTREMELY computer illiterate. Teaching someone how to use a computer over the phone is both time consuming and obnoxi...
Guest over 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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RingCentral Video - Request Mouse Control

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Since our company has switched over to the new app from RingCentral Meetings to RingCentral Video, we have not been able to request mouse control in screenshare meetings.
Casey Proulx over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 1 Implemented
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give and receive remote control in the meeting as are available in Zoom

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This is almost a required feature for any business operating in cyber space.
Mariko Hayashi-Hall over 1 year ago in RingCentral Meetings & Webinar 0 Implemented
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request remote control

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if i cannot control the participants computer - then the product is useless for me
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Meetings & Webinar 0 Implemented
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Access Remote control for my ring central video

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i would like to have remote access on my meetings
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Remote Access on Ring Central Video

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Our company frequently used the Give/Request Remote Controll (or Access) feature on Ring Central Meetings Desktop. We've since migrated over to Ring Central Video for everything we do, and we were greatly dissapointed to see this feature missing. ...
Guest almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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RingCentral App - Please add screen sharing for support calls. Much needed feature we already miss!

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Do you have plans to add on a support/desktop share? If not please let me know so I can find an alternative solution.
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 2 Implemented
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Request control on Ring Central Video

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Please add the Request Control on Ring Central Video to better assist users.
Guest about 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Add "Remote Device Control" to Ring Central Video

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We use Ring Central for meetings and screen sharing. It would be really nice to be able to allow the ability to enable "Remote Control" of either the host or the recipient to take control of the desktop. Thanks,
Darwin Lambeth over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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give control of your screen

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allow the participant to gain control of the shared screen
Guest over 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Give and receive screen control in meetings

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I'm confused. Documentation says that you can configure meetings to allow giving and taking screen control - but that feature is not present.
Guest over 2 years ago in RingCentral Web/Desktop App 1 Implemented
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Add Remote Support to RingCentral App/Video for Meetings like it was in RingCentral Meetings

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RingCentral meetings had an option to remotely control a screen that was being shared via requesting control and then accepting that request. This feature should have been added into the RingCentral App before killing off the meeting app.
Chris Knapp over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 1 Implemented
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Add remote control feature to RingCentral Video app like in Meetings

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RingCentral Video remote control feature
Norman Twitty about 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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RCV needs to allow the participants screen access to the host, just like RCM

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Ring Central Video needs to allow the participants screen access to the host, just like Ring Central Meetings. In other words, participants should be allowed to share their screen and/or the host should be allowed to give access to the participants.
Guest almost 3 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Remote mouse & keyboard control during RC Video meeting (RC Meetings feature)

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RC Meetings included the following feature: User A could request control of the mouse & keyboard when User B is sharing their screen / or / User B could grant mouse & keyboard control to User A when User B is sharing their screen.
Lani Pollard over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Remote Access in RingCentral Video (RCV)

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Would like to have a remote access feature in RingCentral Video (RCV). Don't have way to get the standalone RingCentral Meetings app. We badly need the remote access.
Joel Socorro over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Enable user to take control of another meeting participants screen.

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MS Teams has a feature where other users can request to take control of an individuals screen. It would be great if we could implement this feature.
Pitts Powell almost 2 years ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented
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Add ability to access Administrative windows via Remote Control

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When using RingCentral meetings we often have to use the request control feature with our client base to take over control of their computers. In times where we are doing software installations, we often have to run an app as administrator in orde...
Angela Furney over 2 years ago in RingCentral Meetings & Webinar / RingCentral Video 1 Implemented
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The ability to allow someone to control your screen in ringcentral video

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this feature is already in ringcentral meetings. I need to be able to let someone control my screen to sign documents
Chris Melendy over 2 years ago in RingCentral Meetings & Webinar 0 Implemented
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We need the remote control feature is required. Before we used to have it in RingCentral Meetings. We want the feature back as normal we can use the mouse, keyboard control the screen

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We need the remote control feature is required. Before we used to have it in RingCentral Meetings. We want the feature back as normal we can use the mouse, keyboard control the screen
Sam Dasari over 1 year ago in RingCentral Video 0 Implemented