--- title: Introducing New Conferencing Features canonical: https://telnyx.com/release-notes/introducing-new-conferencing-features --- # Introducing New Conferencing Features [Release notes](https://telnyx.com/release-notes) # Introducing New Conferencing Features ### 14, Nov 2019 Great news — Telnyx now has a suite of conferencing features that will make it easier than ever to embed feature-rich audio conferencing into your applications. Connect people and teams wherever they are in the world with granular, real-time control over your audio conferencing. The Telnyx Call Control API now includes these new conferencing features to manage conferences and participants: * Configurable behavior to play sounds when new participants join or leave * Specify hosts that control global conference behavior * Decide if participants should automatically be put on hold when joining * Choose participants to place on mute when joining * Define a length of time after which the conference automatically ends * Once a conference ends, get specific information on the conference including the reason for ending * List active conferences * Mute and unmute participants * Hold and unhold participants * Keep all participants on hold until a host arrives Ready to start building conferencing into your application? Stop by our Developer Center to check out the [API docs](https://developers.telnyx.com/api/call-control/dial-call) or follow the easy step-by-step \[conferencing tutorial\] (). [Start building](https://telnyx.com/sign-up) ### Ask AI * [![GPT](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/chatgpt_icon-ea55e09d.jpeg?width=92&format=webp)](https://chat.openai.com/?q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.) * [![Claude](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/claude_icon-c7c8eef3.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://claude.ai/new?q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.) * [![Perplexity](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/perplexity_icon-cd5b74f1.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.) * [![Gemini](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/gemini_icon-4ff1cbf4.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://www.google.com/search?udm=50&aep=11&q=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.) * [![Grok](https://d2efw2akbx8gaf.cloudfront.net/https://dotcom-payload-assets-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cms-media/grok_icon-e588e5bd.webp?width=92&format=webp)](https://x.com/i/grok?text=What makes Telnyx's global network different, breakdown call quality for normal phone calls and voice AI calls.)