Far end camera control allows another meeting participant to take control of your camera and use pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) functionality of the camera. The webcam must have these PTZ features for this setting to work. This setting can be useful for receiving remote help from another participant with your video conference meetings or presentations.

Admins can also enable auto-accept far end camera control, allowing users to auto-accept far-end camera control requests from designated users. 

This article contains:

• How to use far-end camera control
  • Zoom desktop client
  • Zoom Rooms

Prerequisites for using far-end camera control

• Far-end camera control enabled
• Zoom desktop client Global minimum version or higher
• Zoom Rooms 5.16.0 or higher
• A camera with pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) capabilities

Note: Once far end camera control is enabled, Zoom client users can request control of any PTZ camera in a multi-camera Zoom Room. 

How to use far-end camera control

Zoom desktop client

Note: Ensure that Far end camera control is enabled for you or users in your account (if you're an admin). 

1. Start or join a Zoom meeting.
2. Once in the meeting, select the video of the participant you'd like to request camera control from, then select Request Camera Control.
   Note: If the participant does not have a camera with PTZ capabilities, you will not be able to request camera control.
3. The far end will receive a prompt to approve the camera control.
4. Once approved, the controls will appear to pan, tilt, and zoom the participant's camera.
   

Zoom Rooms

1. Start or join a Zoom meeting.
2. Tap Participants.
3. Tap the name of the participant you want to request control from. 
4. Tap Request camera control.
5. Note: If the participant does not have a camera with PTZ capabilities, you will not be able to request camera control.
6. The far end will receive a prompt to approve the camera control.
7. Once approved, the controls will appear to pan, tilt, and zoom the participant's camera.