What’s New On Cliq?

As the host of a broadcast session, you can now invite guests to join by sharing the broadcast link with them.

This new feature allows the organization admins to restrict users from accessing only Zoho Cliq or all Zoho apps based on the IP address. IP restrictions can also be applied for specific roles and departments in Zoho Cliq.

Channel admins can now configure whether to create a separate thread conversation for the meeting, continue meeting chat in the channel or let the host decide between options.

You can now opt for either Accent Blue or Dark gray layout options and tailor the appearance of Cliq as per your likes. You can configure these under Profile & Settings -> Display -> Themes. 

When exporting files from Cliq now, you can choose between three security levels, unlike before, when password encryption was mandatory.
1. None - The user can open the file without a password, i.e., no added layer of security.

2. Password protection - The user will have to enter a specific password to open the file.

3. Password encryption - Only authorized users with the encrypted key can decrypt and access the file. 

Businesses using Zoho Cliq can now collaborate seamlessly with partners, vendors, contract employees and other stakeholders outside the organization. Networks offer a fully featured Cliq experience through chats, channels, meetings, admin controls and permissions promoting secure communication inside a specific network while keeping your organization's assets segregated and protected. Read on to know more.

You can now pane, rotate, and zoom in/out on images and files when previewing them.
 

The all new leave status notification has been added to intimate users about your availability. Once you apply for leave from Cliq your Cliq status automatically gets auto updated to "On leave"

Zoho Cliq brings you "Custom Emojis and Stickers" to keep your conversations interactive and lively. Refer to our forum post to know more.

Connect with up to 1000 participants in a single audio conference, with the help of Cliq audio/video meetings. Cliq meetings enable you to schedule, create and start a meeting instantly by adding users from your organization, and external organizations. Read to know more about the various actions that you can perform in a Cliq meeting .

Make your meetings interesting and engaging by enabling backgrounds & filters in Cliq meetings.

All the meetings that you host can now be recorded by the host and can be accessed from the "Recordings" tab in the files section.

The collaborative whiteboard helps you to express ideas, draw storyboards and plan strategically with your team-mates. Read more on how to use whiteboard in Cliq audio and video meetings.

No more switching between your task management application and Cliq. You can now create, manage, and track your tasks & issues from the projects section within Cliq.

Swiftly take down notes and view all your meeting notes in a consolidated space from the notes module. You can edit, share, set reminders and perform more actions on notes in Cliq. Read our help page to know more about the various actions that you can perform in Cliq notes.

You can now record a video message or your screen and share it with your coworker with ease.

Calendar in Cliq provides you with a wholesome view of your team's calendar making it convenient for you to plan and schedule your day to day activities and meetings efficiently. Read more to know about the various actions you can perform in the Cliq calendar.

Keep your chats and channels organized by creating chat folders in Cliq to have hassle-free conversations by conveniently accessing them.

Navigate to the Remote Work module -> Click on the Check out button dropdown -> select Apply Leave -> enter required details -> Submit.

Configure quick emoji reactions in Cliq to access the emojis, you most frequently use by just hovering over the message you receive. Refer to the help page and learn to configure quick emoji reactions in Cliq.

With Zoho CarPlay support, you can now:

• Listen to unread messages
• Send a message
• Call someone via Siri command

The "Do Not Disturb" (DND) status in Cliq will block all your Cliq notifications, pop-ups and sounds. You can set DND status from the Default status dropdown or from the Remote work module. Refer to our help guide to enable DND. 

Increase your work pace and get more done by simplifying and automating your routine tasks with the IFTTT integration for Cliq. Refer to the IFTTT integration knowledge base and automate your routine tasks with ease.

Streamline your conversations in Cliq with Threads. Threads are a group of related messages in reference to a particular subject or a topic made available exclusively in Cliq channels. With threads, you can have conversations about multiple topics in the same channel by grouping them. Do check out our help guide to learn how to create threads in Cliq with ease.

Note: Threaded conversations are made available on both the web and on your mobile devices.

Users may miss important notifications by turning them off by mistake. To address this pain point, we have provided the org admins with the ability to configure default notification settings for all their org members. Notifications about a doc being shared, event reminders and others can now be mandated.
 

Navigate to any chat or channel. Click on the mic button in the message composer to start recording. Click the link to learn more.

The admin of the organization can choose to provide selective admin privileges for any role and make them the custom admin of the organization. 

Share your comments, raise bugs and ask questions from Cliq by using the /feedback command. Our support team will get a ticket and they will resolve the issue.

Right-click on the chat profile picture for quick options.

Smart suggestions in Cliq, auto-detects the phone number shared in a conversation and provides you with an actionable suggestion to make an instant phone call via Telephony integration.

• Files: All the files shared in Cliq, that you have access to can be found here.
• History: The History section contains the logs of your entire direct calls, group calls, conversations and broadcasts. From the chat history, you can contextually search and retrieve the required data from your past conversations.
• People: You can easily find and connect with people in your organization from the people section in the Cliq navigation sidebar.
• Widgets: Extensions in Cliq are often accompanied by widgets.  All these widgets can be accessed easily from here. 

The Cliq search bar is now powered with optical character recognition. You can now search using not just the file name but also using any text in the images shared.

You can now choose a default status that will be updated once you check-in / check-out or can choose to have a status update pop up, show up every time you check-in / check-out or can retain your last updated status in Cliq.

No more missing an event due to overlooked timezone! Schedule events conveniently by selecting your timezone and the attendees will receive the event details in their timezone.

Pause your gifs to keep your chat window clean and drive focus to the conversation. Click on the gif and replay it whenever your want. 

You can now add more structure to your group conversations and collaborate better by converting them into channels.
Click on Actions in chat window --> Convert to channel 

Widgets bring the tools you use into one place: your Cliq window. It integrates with your everyday apps to create a custom view inside Cliq. You can easily access them from the Widget section in your Cliq sidebar. 

Zoho Writer’s integration with Cliq is a great way to collaborate on your documents from the comfort of your chat window. This powerful integration comes with a “Documents” Widget where you can view recent documents, create new documents, view documents shared with you, your favorites, or even create a new template.

Cliq detects the context behind every conversation to suggest smart follow-up actions. For example, whenever there is a phone number that is shared on chat, a contextual suggestion powered by Cliq’s Telephony integration is listed right next to the text.  

Make sure that Telephony is set up and enabled from the Zoho App of your choice (CRM, Bigin, Recruit, Zoho One) and get to make an outbound call right from your chat window.

Also, once the call gets connected, your Cliq status automatically reflects that you’re on a call. 

You can now create a webhook based extension for Cliq by accessing Cliq’s developer console. All you have to do is create the extension, choose the platform components you’d like to add to your extension, and provide a call back URL for your server. 

Now you can configure Taz notifications and get to decide on when to receive alerts/notifications under specific circumstances.

You can enable/disable notifications for the following cases:

• When a document is shared
• When a new event is created or updated
• When an event invite is accepted or rejected
• For event reminders

The galaxy view is our interesting take on the group video calling interface. All participants will be displayed in rings based on their activity in the call. The current active speaker will be present at the center and indicated by a yellow ring. Galaxy view in Group Video Call is currently available only to Cliq users falling under the US DC. 

If you’re active on Cliq and haven’t checked-in for the day yet, Cliq's check-in reminder will pop up to make sure you remember. Worry no more about forgetting to check-in or checking-in late! 

This has been long pending! But it's finally here :)

Read receipts allow you to know whether your message is read by the receiver. You'll be visually informed with a double tick when someone has read your message. A quick tap on the double tick will display the message read info in channels and group conversations. 

Now you can drag and drop attachments from a chat window to a specific chat or channel in Cliq's left side menu. Forget opening a chat to just share an attachment! 

Ever added a comment to an attachment and wished you could edit or update it after some time? Now you can do so easily by using the edit message action. You can edit comments for an attachment just like you edit normal messages. 

Messages that are forwarded will be labelled with the 'Forwarded from <username>' tag to indicate where it originally came from. All you've to do is, enable the 'Show Forwarded from' option that pops up and forward the message. 

Ever wondered what it’d be like to experience working from an office space while also working remotely? With Remote Work on Cliq, you can get the best of both worlds. 

• Easy Check in and Check out
• Department View
• Live Video Feed
• Group Calls & Scheduled Meetings
• User Availability Reports
• Contextual Native Integrations
   

You can now easily carry out short cut actions on a list of conversations. Simply click on the menu button right next to Conversations in Cliq's left side panel and use View unreads to view only the unread chats in your list. You can also mark all the unread chats as read by using the Mark all as read option!

Guest access in Cliq lets you invite an external user or a group of external users to be a part of a group conversation. Guest users will be able to send messages, share files, and get on group calls with an invite, without having to sign up!

You can now send a private reply to a user's message in a group conversation. All you've to do is, click on the message actions menu, choose the Reply Privately option. This will open up your private messaging space (direct conversation) with the message sender. Type your reply and hit send! 

You no longer have to scroll endlessly through a sea of messages to find that one important text sent hours ago. Simply, pin them to the top of the chat window for everyone to see!

All your messages will have a clear indication allowing you to monitor the progress of your messages. You'll see a single tick when your messages are successfully sent and a clear indicator when message sending fails, making it easier for you to act upon. 

P.S - We're gearing up for showing messages read by state as well. Read receipts is coming soon! 

PrimeTime's assembly mode is now available on Cliq Android! You can participate or initiate company-wide town halls, presentations and more now.