Start or be a part of a 100-person assembly with crystal-clear, face-to-face video, prime quality display sharing, and prompt messaging – without cost. Zoom brings video conferencing, on-line conferences and group messaging into one easy-to-use software.
It’s tremendous straightforward: set up the free Zoom app, click on on “Host a Meeting” and invite as much as 100 individuals to hitch.
Zoom gives video, audio and screen-sharing expertise throughout Windows PC, macOS, iOS, Android and H.323/SIP room programs.
Android
- Screen share immediately out of your Android system
- Screen share images, internet and Google Drive, Dropbox or Box information
- Send group textual content, pictures and audio from cellular and desktop
- Contact availability standing
- Easily invite cellphone, e mail or firm contacts
- Join as interactive participant or view-only webinar attendee
- Works over WiFi, 4G/LTE and 3G networks
- Safe driving mode whereas on the street
- Connect with anybody on Android, different cellular units, Windows, Mac, iOS, ZoomPresence, H.323/SIP room programs, and telephones
Chrome
The Zoom Chrome Extension permits contributors to schedule Zoom cloud conferences immediately from Google Calendar. With the clicking of a button, you can begin an prompt assembly or schedule a future assembly. The assembly URL and data is distributed through a Google Calendar invitation so the attendee can be a part of with a single-click. Zoom Chrome Extension permits you to:
- Start an prompt assembly
- Schedule a gathering
- Schedule a gathering for different
Focus Mode
In focus mode, solely the host can see contributors’ movies and profile photos. You can begin Focus Mode from the “More” menu on the toolbar of the desktop consumer. This setting is offered on the account-, group-, and user-level settings pages. This requires the desktop consumer for Windows or macOS model 5.7.3 or larger.
What’s New
Changes to present options
- Enforcement of TLS certificates
Starting August 15, 2022 Zoom would require organizations to make the most of TLS certificates (both managed by Zoom or offered by the group) for the Meeting Connector. Additionally, as part of this transformation, customers will be capable to make the most of the Zoom Web consumer for on-prem conferences.
Resolved Issues
- Security enhancement on macOS programs. Read the safety bulletin right here.
Previous Notes:
New and enhanced options
- Indonesian language assist – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. The Zoom consumer now helps Indonesian. By default, Zoom will match the working system’s language if supported and customers can manually choose a language of their selection.
Additional MSI/PLIST/GPO/MDM choices
- Disable in-meeting use of Zoom Whiteboard – DisableInMeetingWhiteBoard – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Disabled by default, this selection disables the flexibility to make use of the Zoom Whiteboard function throughout a gathering.
Meeting/webinar options
- Support for stopping exterior customers from saving in-meeting/webinar chats – Windows, macOS, Linux. Account homeowners and admins can select to solely enable customers of their account to avoid wasting chats from conferences and/or webinars. This possibility is offered on the account, group, and person ranges, and may be locked on the account or group stage. This function requires consumer model 5.11.3 or larger.
- Speaker attribution included in downloaded transcript – Windows, macOS, Linux. Downloaded transcript information will embrace the speaker’s identify, in addition to timestamps, when saved regionally.
Meeting options
- Support for Breakout Rooms in E2E encrypted conferences – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Meetings utilizing the E2E encryption possibility are in a position to make the most of breakout rooms, with the identical enhancements as breakout rooms in conferences with our normal assembly encryption.
Webinar options
- Support for Zoom Whiteboard in Webinars – Windows, macOS, Linux. Hosts can launch and collaborate on Zoom Whiteboards inside Zoom Webinars.
Whiteboard options
- Host management of in-meeting Whiteboard entry – Windows, macOS, Linux. Meeting hosts can alter the conduct of who can start sharing a Whiteboard in a gathering (host solely or all contributors), in addition to who can interrupt a participant’s Whiteboard (host solely or all contributors).
- Default titles for Whiteboards created in-meeting – Windows, macOS, Linux. New Whiteboards created in a gathering use the assembly’s identify because the default identify of the undertaking. The identify may be edited in-meeting or afterwards as wanted.
- In-meeting Pan instrument – Windows, macOS, Linux
- The in-meeting Whiteboard expertise features a pan instrument, permitting the host to maneuver the canvas freely with out unintentionally choosing and transferring objects.
- Move Whiteboard to trash in conferences – Windows, macOS, Linux. If a Whiteboard undertaking is now not wanted, it may be moved to the Trash throughout a gathering.
- Object and group rotation – Windows, macOS, Linux. Objects, or teams of objects, may be rotated throughout an in-meeting Whiteboard session. After clicking on the rotate icon, the choice rotates, snapping to the closest 15° increment. Holding the Shift key permits free rotation with out snapping.
Chat options
- Share movies from cellular units – Android, iOS. Users can share video information from their cellular system’s digicam roll or file explorer to Zoom Chat.
Phone options
- Receive SMS brief codes – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Users with SMS enabled can obtain SMS messages from brief codes. Short codes are particular short-digit cellphone numbers sometimes used for ordering companies or sending two-factor authentication codes.
- Mark voicemail as unread – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Users can mark voicemails as unread and flag them for comply with up. Unread voicemails may be filtered as all or comply with up.
- Dial through Zoom Phone from Android deal with guide – Android. When customers navigate to the Android deal with guide they will provoke a name by way of Zoom Phone as a substitute of the native Android dialer.
Contact Center options
- Internal calling between Zoom Phone to Zoom Contact Center – Windows, macOS. Calls from Zoom Phone to Zoom Contact Center route immediately to at least one one other for finest name high quality and won’t incur prices as an outbound Zoom Phone name.
- Note: PSTN calls forwarded or transferred from Zoom Phone to Zoom Contact Center might proceed to incur prices as an inbound Zoom Contact Center name. This may be helpful to be used circumstances the place calls are routed from a Zoom Phone auto receptionist or person to a Zoom Contact Center circulate. Agents can even switch a contact middle voice name to a Zoom Phone person by coming into their extension quantity.
- Update Zoom presence standing primarily based on contact middle standing – Windows, macOS. Agents’ Zoom presence will probably be robotically set primarily based on their contact middle standing. For instance, if an agent is within the Occupied standing whereas in a video engagement, their Zoom presence standing will probably be robotically set to In a Meeting.
- Enhancements to closed engagements tab – Windows, macOS. Agents and supervisors are in a position to see all engagements which had been assigned to them and closed, in addition to engagements which had been assigned to them however closed with one other agent or supervisor. Additionally, queue supervisors can see all engagements which had been closed and assigned to the brokers of their queue in addition to engagements which had been assigned to an agent of their queue however had been closed with one other agent.
- Enhancements to lively engagements tabs – Windows, macOS. When viewing the lively engagements tab, supervisors and brokers can see the circulate that the engagement went by way of. Additionally, the supervisor motion buttons have moved to the ellipses icon (…) menu relatively than having their very own column space.
- Callback label for inbound notifications – Windows, macOS. If a buyer requests a callback and is routed to an agent, the inbound voice name notification will show Callback above the patron’s cellphone quantity and show identify.
- End of SMS or chat engagement expertise – Windows, macOS. Agents can set a disposition for closed SMS or chat engagements. Additionally, a brand new Messaging Wrap-up part has been added within the left-side panel for messaging engagements which might be closed however awaiting a disposition.
- Enhancements to multi-tasking whereas on an lively engagement – Windows, macOS. When an agent is on an lively engagement and switches to a different tab within the Zoom desktop consumer, brokers will see a banner that notifies them of the lively engagement and permits them to mute/unmute their microphone.
- Set contact middle ringtone – Windows, macOS. Agents can set a ringtone particularly for contact middle inbound engagements to distinguish these from inbound Zoom Phone calls and Zoom Meeting invitations.
Resolved Issues
- Minor bug fixes
- Security enhancements
- Resolved a difficulty relating to proxy authentication – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to a bunch’s modified show identify not showing as such in Q&A – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty for a subset of customers relating to Webinar Q&A not showing for some – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to incomplete syncing of contacts from Exchange – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to audio high quality scoring reporting inaccurate ends in the Dashboard – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to shortened be a part of hyperlinks being incorrectly parsed from calendar occasion particulars – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to lacking outcomes when looking for a contact’s quantity within the localized format – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to shared content material turning into pixelated – Windows, macOS, Linux
- Resolved a difficulty relating to Slide Control and Google Slides – Windows, macOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to including a contact when using darkish mode – Windows, macOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to Zoom Contact Center Ready standing – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to sharing display to a Zoom Room – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to shedding different authentication strategies after selecting SSO – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to the keyboard shortcut for switching interpretation channels – macOS
- Resolved a difficulty for a subset of customers relating to failed display sharing when utilizing a case delicate file system – macOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to beginning a gathering when a name is on maintain – macOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to unmuting after adjusting audio settings – Linux
- Resolved a difficulty relating to observe session notifications on cellular units – Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to group chat notifications – Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to ballot query character limits not displaying precisely within the reside session – Android
- Resolved a difficulty relating to bluetooth units – Android
- Resolved a difficulty relating to audio not reconnecting in a gathering after receiving a name – iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to double-tap to pin a video – iOS
Meeting options
- Search breakout rooms – Windows, macOS, Linux. Hosts and co-hosts are in a position to higher handle breakout rooms with the flexibility to go looking contributors or breakout rooms by identify, permitting them to shortly view, assign, or transfer contributors between breakout rooms.
Webinar options
- Simultaneous sharing for panelists – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Webinar attendees can now expertise the sharing of simultaneous displays by panelists. This is similar performance that’s already obtainable in Zoom Meetings. The webinar attendee can select which display to view, comparable to seeing the content material of their language when a presentation is shared in numerous languages. This may be useful when sharing displays in a number of languages.
- Chat Etiquette Tool assist for Webinar Q&A – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Chat etiquette insurance policies are additionally utilized to Webinar Q&A content material, along with the present assist for in-meeting chat, in-webinar chat, and Zoom Chat.
- Support for Zoom Apps in Webinars – Windows, macOS. Webinar panelists can launch Zoom Apps throughout their webinars and share their view of the app with attendees. For some apps, attendees may be invited to open the app and collaborate with the panelists. This function requires model 5.10.6 and won’t be instantly obtainable, as it’s depending on a backend replace presently scheduled for June 21.
Chat options
- Support for Chat Folders on cellular – Android, iOS. Chat folders can be utilized and created by way of the Zoom cellular app, along with the desktop consumer.
- Enhanced deep linking for chat and channels – Windows, macOS, Android, iOS. Chat message linking may be carried out to and from personal channels, group chats, and 1:1 conversations. Only customers with present entry can view the referenced channels, group chats, or messages.
- Notifications when added to a brand new channel – Windows, macOS, Android, iOS. Users are proven a notification when they’re added to a chat channel or group chat.
- Support for limiting channel creation by person teams – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Admins can limit on the Group stage if customers can create their very own public or personal channels. This may be configured for each new and present person teams, and Admins can change the setting at any time.
- Support for suppressing channel removing notifications – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Admins can suppress deleted or deactivated person notifications in group chats and channels.
- Sidebar and folders enhancements – Windows, macOS. The Starred part has moved to the highest on the sidebar, above all folders. A brand new caret menu to the best of the Chat title consists of choices to Create a Channel, Join a Channel, Create a Folder, and Add a Bot. The preview of unread Chats or Channels that seems when hovering over an unread badge on a collapsed folder or part will now embrace @all or @me mentions.
- Support for GIF content material ranking restrictions – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Account admins can limit sure GIF pictures in Zoom Chat primarily based on GIPHY’s content material ranking system. Content scores embrace G, PG, PG-13, and R.
- Support for including customers to a channel in bulk – Windows, macOS, Linux. Zoom Chat channel admins can add members to an present channel in bulk by copy-and-pasting a listing of e mail addresses. Separate emails are detected by an area, semicolon, comma, or new line.
- Happy Anniversary chat celebration – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. When variations of “Happy Anniversary” are utilized in Zoom Chat, a celebration of raining Tada emojis 🎉 will rain down within the chat window.
Phone options
- Call forwarding – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS. Phone customers can allow/disable Call Forwarding on their consumer and ahead their name to inner extensions, exterior contacts/numbers, and voicemail, relying on their cellphone plan and coverage. This setting may be set for a time period if desired.
- Search Common space telephones in Contacts – Windows, macOS. Users can search and dial a desk cellphone from the Zoom consumer. They can even flick through a listing of Zoom Phone Appliance names within the Contacts web page beneath the Zoom Phone Appliances part.
Contact Center options
- Internal calling between Zoom Phone to Zoom Contact Center – Windows, macOS. Calls from Zoom Phone to Zoom Contact Center route immediately to at least one one other for finest name high quality and won’t incur prices as an outbound Zoom Phone name. Note: Calls will proceed to incur prices as an inbound Zoom Contact Center name. This may be helpful for accounts with each merchandise and route calls from a Zoom Phone auto receptionist or person to a Zoom Contact Center circulate. Agents can even switch a contact middle voice name to a Zoom Phone person by coming into their extension quantity.
- Estimated wait time in video Waiting Room – Windows, macOS. If enabled by an admin, customers will see the estimated wait time whereas ready within the queue for a video engagement (Waiting Room). The estimated wait time is predicated on a number of components together with the typical dealing with time.
- Enhancements to voice name recordings throughout name transfers – Windows, macOS. When a name is being recorded and the agent transfers the decision to a Zoom Phone person or to an exterior quantity, the contact middle voice name recording will cease.
- Enhancements to speak function in video engagements – Windows, macOS. There are a number of UI enhancements to the chat function in video engagements to raised match the online chat expertise.
- Enhancement to video engagements – Windows, macOS. When a further client is in a video engagement after which they go away, the engagement will proceed for the remaining agent and client.
- Test video and microphone – Windows, macOS. Consumers can check their video and microphone when becoming a member of a video engagement utilizing an online browser.
- Enhancements to closed engagements tabs – Windows, macOS. When viewing the closed engagements tab, supervisors and brokers can seek for particular engagement or filter to a subset of engagements.
- End of SMS or chat engagement expertise – Windows, macOS. Account homeowners and admins can now not set a wrap-up time for chat and SMS engagements. This is being modified to enhance the expertise for brokers that deal with a number of chat engagements without delay and offers brokers extra time to set a disposition. Agents will be unable to set a disposition for a closed SMS or chat engagement. Dispositions will probably be re-enabled in a future launch for SMS and chat engagements.
- Enhancement to Salesforce integration – Windows, macOS. If the Salesforce integration is configured, brokers can fill within the Contact/Lead and Related to fields on the Engagement web page within the Zoom desktop consumer when an engagement ends. These fields will probably be synced to Salesforce when the agent clicks Done.
Zoom Apps options
- Support for Zoom Apps in Webinars – Windows, macOS. Webinar panelists can launch Zoom Apps throughout their webinars and share their view of the app with attendees. For some apps, attendees may be invited to open the app and collaborate with the panelists. This function requires model 5.10.6 and won’t be instantly obtainable, as it’s depending on a backend replace presently scheduled for June 21.
- Guest mode for authenticated customers – Windows, macOS. Meeting customers can entry a Zoom App by way of Guest mode, even when they’re authenticated within the assembly. This permits customers some performance when collaborating on apps that haven’t been pre-approved by an admin or put in by them immediately.
Resolved Issues
- Minor bug fixes
- Security enhancements
- Resolved a difficulty relating to webinar panelists profile photos showing improperly in chat notifications – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to native recordings and twin–monitor mode – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to DNS parsing and sign-in – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to demoting panelists in a webinar – Window, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to breakout room assignments not saving – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to hyperlinks in chat not recognizing the whole URL – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to incorrect caller ID when a name is transferred on cellular – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty for a subset of customers relating to the shortcoming to enter a password containing the @ image when utilizing Hungarian keyboard – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to exterior contacts names matching incorrectly with an incoming name – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty for a subset of customers relating to one-way audio on Zoom Phone calls in fast succession – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to the SetEmailDomainsRestrictedToLogin and OverrideEnforceSigninIntercloud insurance policies – Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to enabling HD video within the consumer – Windows, macOS, Linux
- Resolved a difficulty relating to inconsistent menu navigation with keyboard arrow keys – Windows, macOS, Linux
- Resolved a difficulty relating to the inaccurate time zone being utilized and inflicting sync points with Outlook – Windows, macOS, Linux
- Resolved a difficulty relating to a number of digicam units with the identical system ID not being switchable between in a gathering – Windows, macOS, Linux
- Resolved a difficulty relating to looking out contacts by first/final identify, relatively than their show identify – Android, iOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to the flexibility to share purposes after Windows Explorer is restarted – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to spotlighting contributors – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to share hyperlinks for cloud recordings being unnecessarily lengthy – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to darkish mode not being utilized on the Verify your Emergency Address window – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to a breakout room broadcast message with line breaks – Windows
- Resolved a difficulty relating to contributors randomly being unassigned from breakout room assignments between breakout classes – macOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to presence standing when display is locked – macOS
- Resolved a difficulty for a subset of customers relating to sharing the basic whiteboard in a gathering – macOS
- Resolved a difficulty relating to unmuting contributors – Linux
- Resolved a difficulty relating to sharing content material on Gnome 41 with Wayland – Linux
- Resolved a difficulty for a subset of customers relating to menu visibility when folding/unfolding a tool – Android
- Resolved a difficulty relating to a shared combined text-and-image message in Zoom Chat, showing as a file switch in reporting – Android
- Resolved a difficulty relating to dismissing captions – iOS
- Resolved a difficulty for a subset of customers relating to scheduling a gathering with a particular period – iOS
