Zoom Rooms features

The Zoom Rooms application runs on macOS, Windows, and Android operating systems (OS). The features available vary by OS. The following will help you evaluate the Zoom Rooms solution or decide what OS is preferable for your setup. 

Requirements for Zoom Rooms features

Table of Contents

Features

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Feature

 

macOS

 

Windows

 

Appliance

 

Meeting list

 
Display no subject meetings✔ 
Hide host and meeting ID from private meetings✔ 

Installation

 
Download and install app 
Install with MSI  
Multiple language support

Sign in / sign out

 
Sign in with work email
Sign in with Google service account ✔ ✔ 

Start / Join / End / Leave meeting

 
Start/Join a Zoom meeting✔ 
Waiting room
Start a meeting by inviting contacts ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Start a meeting by inviting SIP/H.323 room system✔ ✔ ✔ 
Start/Join a telephone only meeting✔ 
Auto start/end scheduled meetings
Dial H.323/SIP meeting

Meeting history

 
Meeting history with meeting ID✔ 
Meeting history with vanity URL ✔ 

In-meeting breakout rooms

 
Join assigned breakout room✔ ✔ 
Assign participants to breakout rooms

In-meeting sharing

 
Direct sharing (wireless sharing from Zoom user client) with sharing code ✔ 
Direct sharing with ultrasonic proximity signal ✔ 
Direct sharing with annotation 
Airplay sharing ✔ ✔*
HDMI sharing ✔ 
HDMI sharing at 60fps✔ ✔  
HDMI sharing with annotation ✔ ✔  
Camera sharing✔ ✔*
Whiteboard sharing with Kaptivo device ✔  
Receive multiple simultaneous shares ✔ 
Companion whiteboard and Companion Zoom Room✔ 
Receive and display Dropbox/OneDrive/Google Drive files

Phone

 
Phone call out with audio conferencing plan✔ 
Change phone call out to meeting ✔ 
Zoom Phone Common Area Phone (CAP) provisioning 
Personal Zoom Room support for Zoom Phone provisioning
SIP PBX call in/call out
Formatted SIP PBX numbers ✔ 
SIP PBX 3-way calling ✔ 
SIP PBX call transfer ✔ 
Escakate SIP PBX call to meeting ✔ 
Call history 

Audio

 
Mute/unmute all 
Mute/Unmute one participant ✔ 
Mute on entry ✔ 
Toggle participants' ability to mute/unmute ✔ 
Software audio processing and noise suppression✔ 
Multi MXL microphone support✔  
Multi XLR microphone support✔  
External audio DSP support✔*
Dante microphone support✔ ✔  
NDI audio output (associated with video output) 
Spatial audio output

Video

 
Far end camera control ✔ 
Local camera control ✔ 
Enable/disable mirroring ✔ 
Camera presets ✔ 
Multiple camera framing and focus modes
Software auto-framing for USB cameras 
Far end and local PTZ support with serial-/VISCA-controlled PTZ cameras  ✔  
1080p video and video share ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Virtual background with green screen 
Personal Zoom Room blur Background without a green screen  ✔*
Personal Zoom Room virtual Background without a green screen  ✔**
Multiple camera support (switching between cameras)
Multiple simultaneous camera support✔*
Smart Gallery multi-stream✔*
Intelligent Director 
Boundary framing for Smart Gallery and Auto-framing 
NDI video output 
Transmit video from a Companion Zoom Room

Invite

 
Invite by contacts ✔ 
Invite by email ✔ 
Invite by phone ✔ 
Invite by SIP/H.323 room system ✔ 

Recording

 
Start recording✔ 
Stop recording✔ 
Auto recording✔ 
Allow attendee to record ✔ 

Meeting views

 
Gallery view ✔ 
Speaker view ✔ 
Thumbnail view ✔ 
Show/hide video non-video participants
Swap content ✔ 
Local view 
Spotlight a video
Pin a video✔ 
Confidence monitor support (with dual/triple/quad display)
Dual display support (system requirements apply)
Triple display support (system requirements apply)
Triple display with fourth display confidence monitor support (system requirements apply) 
21:9 aspect ratio display support✔*

Chat

 
View in-meeting chat✔ ✔ 
Raise hand

Closed captioning

 
Enable/disable CC✔ 
Adjust CC font size ✔ 
Manually type CC✔ 
Live transcription

Watermark

 
Display watermark while sharing ✔  ✔ ✔ 
Display watermark with video ✔  ✔ ✔ 

Host privileges

 
Make participant host✔ 
Claim host privileges ✔ 
Make participant co-host ✔ 
Receive co-host privileges ✔ 
Make room alternate host✔ 

Meeting alert

 
Upcoming meeting alert before meeting ✔ 
Upcoming meeting alert during meeting ✔ 

Webinar

 
Join a webinar ✔  ✔ ✔ 
Promote to panelist✔  ✔ ✔ 
Make participant view only ✔  ✔ ✔ 
Side by side mode ✔  ✔ ✔ 

Notifications

 
Audio device quality issues ✔ 
Low battery on controller ✔ 
Controller disconnected ✔ 
High CPU usage ✔ 
Low network bandwidth ✔ 
Zoom Room offline ✔ 
Display disconnected ✔  
Auto login not configured  

Restart

 
Weekly restart ✔  ✔
Select day for auto restart ✔ 
Restart Zoom Rooms application from web ✔ 
Restart device OS from web✔ 

Digital Signage

 
Digital signage ✔ 
Split screen layout ✔ 
Weather widgets on display ✔ 
Background image

Meeting participants

 
Sort participants list✔ 
Display number of participants not on screen✔ 
Large meeting support✔ 

Annotation

 
Allow participant to annotate ✔ 
Whiteboard  

Multiple Screens

 
Dual screens ✔ 
Triple screens ✔ ✔***

Logs

 
Send problem report ✔ 

Integrations

 
Native Room Controls for third party devices
Zoom Apps for Zoom Room Controllers

Check-in

 
Check-in  ✔
Auto check-in ✔ 
Release room ✔ 
Delete recurring meetings ✔ 

Calendar integration 

 
Exchange on-premises✔ 
Office 365 (Exchange Online)✔ 
Google Calendar
Zoom Calendar

Third-party meeting join

 
Webex (SIP)✔ 
GoToMeeting (SIP)✔ 
Microsoft Teams (SIP or Web client)
Google Meet (Web client)✔ 
One touch join✔ 
Fuze/8x8 (SIP
HDMI sharing during third-party interop meetings (Google-only) 
Dial external SIP/H.323 address or meeting

Zoom Rooms for Touch

 
Toggle touch functionality 
Dual displays ✔ 
Zoom Whiteboard support ✔ 
Deploy as a Companion Whiteboard 

Contact list

 
Search contacts/rooms✔ ✔ ✔ 
Invite by room or contat ✔ 
Show contact availaibility 
Personal Zoom Room set availability status

Security

 
Password protected meetings
AES-256 GCM Encryption
Direct share encryption 
End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) meetings support

Remote management

 
Usage and adoption reports in Dashboard
Audio log 
Manage application upgrade from Zoom Device Management✔*
Manage application downgrade from Zoom Device Management 
Configure automatic application upgrade from Zoom Device Management
Schedule application upgrade from Zoom Device Management
Manage firmware update from Zoom Device Management  
Configure automatic firmware upgrade from Zoom Device Management  
Automatic device provisioning from Zoom Device Management  
Automatic provisioning using Apple Business Manager (ABM)  
Automatic provisioning using Microsoft Windows MDM provisioning package  
View device information (serial, IP address, MAC) from Zoom Device Management

*(Personal Zoom Rooms only) supported on DTEN Me, Facebook Portal, Neat, and Poly Zoom Room appliances.

**(Personal Zoom Rooms only) supported on Poly devices, Neat bars and Facebook portal.

***Consult the vendor's documentation to see if the device supports triple displays.