While a whisper announcement plays, the agent cannot put the call on hold, transfer it, conference it, or request supervisor assistance, and those become available again when the announcement completes.

fact · verified 2026-09-05

When a whisper plays, you can't: Put the call on hold, transfer, or conference. Request supervisor assistance .
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Webex Contact Center
Subsystem
Flow Designer
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-05
Status
fact
Confidence
0.90
Verified
2026-09-05

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WarmTransfer. (2026, September 5). What whisper names in Webex Contact Center: claim wxwhis-announcement-blocks-transfer-controls. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/wxwhis-announcement-blocks-transfer-controls

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-wxwhis-announcement-blocks-transfer-controls,
  title  = {What whisper names in Webex Contact Center: claim wxwhis-announcement-blocks-transfer-controls},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/wxwhis-announcement-blocks-transfer-controls},
  note   = {Claim wxwhis-announcement-blocks-transfer-controls, verified 2026-09-05}
}

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