Note: These updates are for the Zoom Rooms attached Windows controller, which is part of the Zoom Rooms for Windows software. For updated to the Zoom Rooms Windows controller app on the Microsoft Store, click here. 

Upcoming Release

Details about upcoming releases will be posted as they become available. 

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Current Release

November 5, 2023 version 5.16.5 (3377)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  
  • Lenovo ThinkSmart Core (16 GB RAM) for 2-Camera Intelligent Director
    Users can configure the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core (16 GB RAM) as a two- camera Intelligent Director system.
  • Yealink ZVC S90  kit for 2-Camera Intelligent Director 
    Users can configure the Yealink ZVC S90kit as a two-camera Intelligent Director system. ZVC S90 includes MTouch Plus, MCore Pro, two UVC86(s) +AVHub.
• In-meeting features
  • Use standalone Zoom Room cameras with Smart Gallery or Intelligent director cameras 
    Administrators can configure additional standalone cameras for use with Smart Gallery or Intelligent Director. One Smart Gallery camera can be used with one or two additional standalone cameras. Alternatively, two or three Intelligent Director cameras can be used with one additional stand-alone camera. The additional stand-alone camera(s) can be used with any camera mode supported by the hardware: Manual (including default preset), Speaker Focus, Auto framing, or Multi-focus.
  • Greater host control of AI Companion during meetings 
    Hosts can control who in the meeting can ask AI Companion questions about the current meeting, when active in the current meeting. In addition to setting these defaults through web settings, the host can also control AI Companion access during the live meeting. The in-meeting options are the same as the web settings, restricting access to only themselves (the host), all participants from the point they join (meaning they cannot ask questions about topics from before they joined), or all participants for the entire time the AI Companion is active. If this is locked by admins, hosts cannot change this access during the live meeting.
• Management features
  • Toggle camera control modes shown on Zoom Rooms controllers and Touch displays
    Administrators can configure which camera control modes are available in Zoom Rooms from the web portal.

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Previous Release

Note: The information in the past release notes may have been superseded by subsequent release notes. Please review all current release notes carefully.

September 24, 2023 version 5.16.0 (3225)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Webinar Backstage 
    The webinar host and other panelists can move between the backstage area, which is not visible or heard by attendees, and the live webinar area, which is visible to and heard by attendees. Panelists backstage can still hear and view the live webinar to keep an eye on the presentation and know when to rejoin.
  • Third party apps for controllers
    Administrators can install and configure third party apps for Room Controls. Once configured, these apps appear on the room controls interface of the Zoom Rooms controller. Anyone in the Zoom Room can use the app to manage room controls (for lights, shades, etc) while in or out of a meeting.
  • Improvement to display logic for attendees 
    Webinar hosts can control what Zoom Room attendees view, even in rooms with multiple displays. 
  • Request remote control for all cameras in a multi-camera room 
    Users can request remote control of each PTZ camera in a multi-camera Zoom Room. 
  • Simplified calibration process  for Intelligent Director 
    The calibration process has been simplified with fewer steps needed to configure Intelligent Director. 
  • Support for joining Microsoft Teams Government Community Cloud High (GCC-H) meetings using Direct Guest Join (DGJ) 
    Zoom Rooms may now join Microsoft Teams GCC-H meetings when invited by calendar integration using the meeting list. Support for ad-hoc join of Teams GCC-H meetings by meeting ID and passcode is not supported (pending future Microsoft support).
  • Support for Emergency Services integration with Zoom Phone 
    Zoom Rooms integrated with Zoom Phone can now provide location information when a user dials an emergency services phone number.
• In-meeting features
  • Support Smart Meeting Summary 
    Hosts can initiate an AI generated summarization for the current meeting directly from a Zoom Room. Hosts will be prompted to enter an email address on the Zoom Room that the summary can be sent to. The ability to receive the meeting summary can be restricted to the host alone, the host along with users on their same account, or extended to all attendees of the meeting, including invitees outside of their organization. All meeting participants will be notified that the summary is being generated, and the meeting host can stop the summary at any time, if necessary.
  • Ask AI Companion questions about the meeting
    Zoom’s AI Companion transcribes and analyzes the verbal discussions in Zoom Meetings, allowing participants to ask the AI Companion questions about the meeting content that has been discussed and receive a response based on the meeting analysis thus far. Admins can choose to have this option remain visible in the meeting toolbar, even when the feature is disabled in web settings. Meeting hosts can start and stop AI Companion from a Zoom Room for other participants. Participants in the Zoom Room itself cannot ask AI companion questions. 
  • Enhanced captioning control for hosts/co-host 
    Hosts can have greater control of captioning use and the speaking language for the meeting. If enabled in web settings, captions can only be enabled by the host. Participants in the meeting can request captioning be enabled, which prompts the host (and co-hosts) to enable captioning and choose a speaking language.
  • Support for Intelligent director using two cameras 
    Intelligent Director can now support either two or three cameras Zoom Rooms systems. 
  • Support for breakout rooms with end-to-end encryption 
    Breakout rooms can be used in Zoom Rooms meetings with end-to-end encryption enabled. This feature must be enabled by Zoom support.  
  • Updated recording notice 
• Management features
  • Limit network bandwidth for Zoom Rooms 
    Administrators can limit the amount of bandwidth allocated for audio and video in Zoom Rooms. These policies are intended for local networks known to have limitations at specific locations.
• Zoom Whiteboard
  
  • Manage whiteboard sharing 
    Zoom Rooms users can control which participants can share whiteboards and who has control of the current shared board.   

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

August 11, 2023 version 5.15.7 (3094)

Changes to existing features

• Updated Meeting Summary, Smart Recording, and Team Chat Compose prompts to reflect Zoom’s data policies 

July 24, 2023 version 5.15.5 (3049)

• Controller features
  • Support for Crestron Mercury, Mercury X and TSW-1060 devices as Windows-attached Zoom Room controllers
    Crestron Mercury, Mercury X and TSW-1060 devices can be used as Windows-attached Zoom Rooms controllers, instead of Zoom Rooms Android controllers. The devices require the new firmware from Crestron and configuration to put them in the appropriate mode. These devices are only supported in this mode when used as part of a Crestron Zoom Rooms Windows PC kit. This feature will be supported in Crestron release 1.14. Consult the Crestron documentation for further details.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

June 25, 2023 version 5.15.0 (2095)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  
  • Support for Production Studio 
    The host of a Zoom Events Webinar session can enable Production Studio and allow a producer to join. Zoom Rooms users will be able to watch and listen to the producer's video.  
  • Improvements to local sharing 
    If Zoom Rooms users are sharing content locally and someone in the meeting begins to share content, the in-room users will be notified to choose the content they would like to see on the display. Users can also toggle back to the local content if necessary.
  • Companion Zoom Rooms for Touch device (Beta) 
    A Zoom Rooms for Touch device can be configured as a companion to an existing Zoom Room computer or appliance. This allows the Zoom Room to use the cameras of both devices, while only requiring one Zoom Rooms license. 
  • Default to numeric keypad when manually joining a meeting 
    Some organizations use numeric passwords for meetings and do not need a lettered keypad to appear by default when joining meetings manually. Administrators can toggle the type of keypad that is shown by default, so switching is not necessary when inputting passwords.
  • Support Crestron BYOD screen share on USB-C with HD 260
    This is support for UC-MMX-30-Z, UC-BX-30-Z, UC-BX-31-Z, and UC-CX-100-Z systems with UC-Engine from Dell and Asus.
    Note: Minimum UC-Engine firmware v. 1.13 is required.
• In-meeting features
  • Intelligent director (Beta) 
    With Intelligent Director, Zoom’s software AI selects the best view of the in-room participants from the multiple input camera sources, increasing the potential clarity and resolution of the video streams displayed in the meeting.
  • In-meeting chat updates 
    Zoom Rooms users will be able to send reactions in chat. The reactions sent by others in chat will also be visible to the users in the room.  
  • Support for additional NDI output content types 
    Separate, dedicated outputs (with mixed audio) have been added for gallery view, and multi-spotlight/multi-pin groupings. 
  • Pause recording 
    Zoom Rooms users can pause a meeting recording on the controller or touch display. 
• Management features
  
  • Real-time statistics display 
    Administrators can use the Zoom Rooms controller or touch display to view real-time meeting and zoom phone statistics for audio and video. This includes codec, resolution, bitrate, jitter, latency, and packet loss.
• Controller features
  • Support for Crestron Mercury, Mercury X and TSW-1060 devices as Windows-attached Zoom Room controllers (Beta) 
    Crestron Mercury, Mercury X and TSW-1060 devices can be used as Windows-attached Zoom Rooms controllers, instead of as Zoom Rooms Android controllers. The devices require new firmware from Crestron and configuration to put them in the appropriate mode. These devices are only supported in this mode when used as part of a Crestron Zoom Rooms Windows PC kit. Consult the Crestron documentation for further details. 
  • Room controls in BYOD mode 
    Devices in BYOD mode will be able to use room controls.
• Zoom for Home features
  
  • Personal Zoom Room PIN Management 
    Personal Zoom Room PINs can be managed from the web portal. Administrators can reset the PIN codes for all the devices they manage, and users can reset their own device’s PIN code. 

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

April 23, 2023 version 5.14.5 (2778)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Zoom IQ Meeting Summary
    Users can enable this feature to take advantage of the wealth of information generated in meetings. After enabling on the web portal, the smart summary will create transcripts of your meetings, including next steps for participants. All meeting participants will be notified that the summary is being generated. To start or stop the smart summary, the meeting host must be using the Zoom desktop client. Once the meeting is finished, the meeting summary transcript will appear on the Zoom web portal in the previous meetings section, on meeting calendar invites if they are integrated with Zoom, and in the meeting’s dedicated group chat, if using Continuous Meeting Chat. 

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes

April 9, 2023 version 5.14.2 (2710)

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes

March 26, 2023 version 5.14.0 (2683)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Webinar Session Branding
    Hosts can customize the appearance of the in-webinar experience by adding a wallpaper behind the video tiles, setting a common virtual background for all panelists, and providing name tags for each panelist. This requires version 5.14.0 or higher to use and/or view, but does not require this version to join the webinar.
  • Enhancement to local content sharing 
    If local HDMI content sharing is enabled, users that connect an HDMI cable to the Zoom Room during a meeting will be prompted to choose their content sharing preference: View Locally or Share to Meeting.
  • Display Chromium version in Settings 
    The Chromium browser version is displayed in the settings menu on Zoom Rooms controllers and Zoom Rooms for Touch. 
  • Native room control enhancements 
    Additional controls have been added to native room controls list. 
• In-meeting features
  
  • Directional audio
    Zoom Rooms with stereo loudspeakers can emit participant voices based on their placement in the meeting window. For example, when a participant that is displayed on the left side of a gallery view speaks, that participant’s voice is emitted from the left room speaker. This is currently supported on single display Zoom Rooms when using Gallery or Immersive view. Supported appliance devices are Poly X50, Poly X70, DTEN Me, DTEN On, and DTEN D7x CC. 
  • In-meeting chat enhancements 
    Meeting participants can view emoji reactions and reply in threads to in-meeting chat messages.
  • Toggle full room view 
    Users can toggle the full room video feed that appears next to Smart gallery video feeds.
  • Recording disclaimer update 
    Zoom Rooms participants will receive a recording disclaimer if a Zoom Phone audio only participant starts recording. 
  • Update to Show/Hide Non-Video Participants
    The Show/Hide Non-Video Participants option can be toggled from the View menu on the touch screen display or room controller.
  • Reactions for Zoom Rooms 
    Zoom Room users can send and receive reactions in meetings and webinars.
  • Multi-pin and multi-spotlight 
    With host permission, users will now be able to pin up to 9 participants on their end. The host can also spotlight up to 9 participants for everyone in the meeting.
  • Improvements to non-verbal feedback 
    Users who raise their hand in a meeting will have their feedback more prominently displayed in their participant window on the Zoom Room display.
• Management features
  • Recurring meeting display time
    Recurring meetings will now show start/end times on the Zoom Rooms display and controller. The meeting list can also be sorted by start time, and any recurring meetings without a set start time will be listed last.
  • Disable phone controls 
    Administrators can disable or enable phone controls on Zoom Rooms controllers for rooms without 3rd party SIP or Zoom Phone entitlement. This setting can be disabled on accounts with an active audio plan.
• Controller features
  • Government icon display update 
    Zoom Rooms that join a meeting hosted by a government account will see the government icon displayed on the room controller. 
  • Improved participant sync time 
    Participant information will be displayed more quickly on controllers after joining the meeting. 
  • STIR/SHAKEN checkmarks
    Checkmarks will be displayed for all inter-company calls (ext to ext) regardless of country, all intra-company on-net calls (Zoom Phone customer A to Zoom Phone customer B) regardless of country, and inbound PSTN calls from US/CA numbers that have an A-level attestation.
• Zoom for Home features
  • Display synced cloud contacts
    Personal Zoom Rooms users will see their synced cloud contacts from Google/Office 365/Exchange displayed on their contact lists.
• Zoom Whiteboard
  
  • End meeting save whiteboard prompt 
    If a whiteboard has been created in a Zoom Room hosting a meeting, the meeting host will be prompted to save the whiteboard before ending the meeting if the whiteboard has not been previously saved.

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

January 8, 2023 version 5.13.5 (2391)

• Management features
  
  • Upgrade Zoom Room from device 
    Administrators can upgrade a Zoom Room from the device itself (Zoom Rooms for Touch) or Zoom Room Controller rather than using the web portal. This function can be toggled from the web portal. 
  • Enhanced Zoom Room lockout notification and manual unlock ability 
    Administrators can enable a “room locked” alert email after five incorrect meeting password attempts. Once the room is locked, users will see a message telling them how long they have to wait until the room is unlocked and an email alert will be sent to the designated recipients. The recipients can manually override a locked room if the meeting is hosted by the same organization that the room belongs to. To override, the recipients click “unlock room” in the email alert they receive.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

December 19, 2022 version 5.13.0 (2301)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Native room control enhancements 
    Administrators can tie up to twenty native room control commands to a single button. Additionally, users can have more control over their room system without a third party control system.
  • Join ad hoc Microsoft Teams meetings 
    Users who want to join a Microsoft Teams meeting not on the calendar can enter the Microsoft Teams meeting ID and passcode.
  • Join ad hoc Webex meetings via SIP
    Users who want to join a Webex meeting via SIP only need to enter the Webex meeting ID.
  • Support for custom join webinar disclaimer 
    Join webinar disclaimers configured from the web portal will appear in Zoom Rooms. 
  • Product icon updates
    App and home screens icons have been updated to reflect the new Zoom logo. 
  • Persistent NDI outputs 
    The resolution and frame rate of NDI output streams can now be configured by the Zoom Rooms controller. The streams can be made available immediately when the Zoom Room launches, or created when participants are assigned. Zoom Rooms can now scale incoming video to the target resolution, and repeat or drop frames as necessary to reach the target frame rate, which ensures the NDI streams have consistent properties even if the participant Zoom streams are dynamic.
  • Support for audio framing on DTEN D7 
• In-meeting features
  • Camera behavior enhancements for Interop meetings 
    The default camera control mode configured in the Zoom web portal will be used after joining a Microsoft Teams meeting. In addition, users will also be able to select camera control modes (manual, auto-framing, speaker focus) and accompanying camera control functions (pan-tilt-zoom, preset controls mode) depending on their devices. Windows and Mac devices can use manual mode and preset camera controls. Appliances can use all the functions listed above that are supported by the device. These options are only available when one camera is connected.   
  • Increase the number of cameras supported in multi-camera mode 
    The maximum number of simultaneous cameras supported by Zoom Rooms multi-camera mode is now four. Zoom Rooms must meet system requirements to use the full quantity of simultaneous cameras. 
  • Additional option for toggling show/hide self view
    Users can toggle this view, which adds or removes their video feed from their personal meeting window, from the Change Views section of the user interface. 
  • Organize gallery view
    Users can sort the way attendees are displayed in gallery and thumbnail view. The options are sorted by name in alphabetical order, or reverse alphabetical order. Hosts and co-hosts can also load a saved gallery view configuration tied to the meeting ID. 
  • Audio enhancements 
    Updates echo cancellation, and advanced noise suppression, which can be set to auto or manual.
  • Support for NDI streams in breakout rooms 
    Meeting hosts can manage participant video feeds in breakout rooms as NDI sources. 
  • Updated recording privacy disclaimer
    The recording disclaimer has been updated to provide clearer information regarding how their data is being handled and who can access it.
• Management features
  
  • Third-party meeting join buttons on the home screen 
    Administrators can enable join buttons for third party meeting providers (Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex) that will be displayed on the Zoom Rooms home screen.
  • Passcode protection for camera controls 
    Administrators can enable or disable a passcode requirement for users that want to control a room's camera in-meeting.
  • Bring your own device (BYOD) mode enhancement 
    Administrators can disable the default prompt that appears when connecting a BYOD device to a Zoom Room. Instead, users will need to use the BYOD icon on the Zoom Rooms controller to switch to BYOD content.
• Controller features
  • Support for Dark Mode 
  • Joining personal meetings (PMI) 
    Users can populate their contact card with their PMI and allow others to join that meeting ID.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

November 7, 2022 version 5.12.6 (2076)

New and enhanced features

• In-meeting features
  
  • Companion mode enhancements
    Users in companion mode who join a Zoom Room meeting will be displayed in the participant list nested under the Zoom Room’s entry, instead of as a separate entry. 
  • Support for 720p 60fps wired HDMI screen sharing 
    This option can be configured after enabling Optimize for video sharing on the room controller. Requires a wired HDMI sharing capture card supporting 60fps capture.
  • Updated webinar privacy disclaimer
    The webinar disclaimer has been updated to provide additional clarity regarding how data is being handled and who can access it.
• Management features
  • Automatic attempted recovery from temporary web proxy authentication failure
    When this feature is enabled in the web portal, the Zoom Room will periodically attempt to reconnect through a web proxy when it receives a Proxy Authentication Required response. The Zoom Room will display a notification while it is attempting to recover.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

September 26, 2022 version 5.12.0

New and enhanced features

• General features
  
  • Zoom Interop for Google Meet
    When a Google Meet calendar invite is sent to a Zoom Room, the room controller displays a one click Join button. Click here for more information
  • Google Meet ad-hoc join integration
    Zoom Rooms users can tap join, then tap the Google Meet icon to input a meeting code for joining a Google Meet session. Click here for more information.
  • One-time password requirement for suspicious logins
    When Zoom Rooms administrators sign in to a Zoom Room using their work email and password, they may be asked to enter a one-time password, sent to their account email, when Zoom detects a suspicious login. A login may be considered suspicious if it originates from a different country or device, among other factors.  After entering the one-time password, the sign in will succeed.
  • Display gender pronouns 
    If enabled by account admins and added to their profile by either the user directly or through SAML mapping, a user’s gender pronouns are displayed in their contact card and as part of their display name in meetings and webinars.
  • Joining personal meetings (PMI) 
    Users can populate their “location” field with their PMI and allow others to join that individual’s personal meeting ID if listed.
• In-meeting features
  • Thumbnail View Enhancements 
    The Thumbnail view can be used in Zoom Rooms with multiple screens, and the view can be configured to display the film strip above or below the active speaker (this does not apply to Zoom Rooms for Touch). 
  • Zoom Translated Captions 
    Zoom Rooms in meetings where the host has a Zoom Translated License will be able to pick between multiple closed captioning channels such as CART, Live Transcription, and Live Transcription translations.
  • Support up to 25 custom languages for interpretations 
    The number of custom language interpretations allowed for a scheduled meeting has been upgraded to 25. 
  • Meeting assistant updates 
    Meetings assistants are displayed as participants in meetings they join. Assistants can change the name displayed in the participants menu when joining.
  • High Fidelity Audio mode 
    Zoom Rooms has added a High Fidelity Audio option in the client to allow for professional audio transmission in music education and performance applications. Professional audio interface, microphone, and headphones are recommended.
  • Share screen and audio to all Breakout Rooms 
    When sharing screen in the main session, the host or co-host can share their screen to all active Breakout Rooms. Computer audio and video audio from a screen share can also be shared. 
  • Support for Smart Gallery in E2EE meetings 
  • Enhanced in-meeting user abuse reporting
    Simplified process for meeting attendees to report abuse to Zoom.
  • Additional chat settings
    Meeting and Webinar hosts can tap the Security button on the Zoom Rooms user interface to set the chat privileges for participants, attendees and panelists.
  • Live streaming notification 
    All attendees will see a notification when the meeting or webinar host starts a live stream. Attendees who join the session after the live stream has started will be notified when they enter.
• Management features
  • Microsoft Teams Meetings join preference 
    When administrators enable Support 3rd party conferencing dial-in for Zoom Rooms and the Support Microsoft Teams web client meeting on Zoom Rooms option on the web portal, they can optionally elect to use Microsoft Teams Cloud Video Interop (CVI) information, if present, to join the meeting via SIP. If no Microsoft Teams Cloud Video Interop (CVI) information is present, Direct Guest Join will be used to join the meeting.  
  • Passcode failure alerts 
    Zoom administrators are notified via webhook, Dashboard, and email when someone in a Zoom Room has failed to enter the correct passcode three times within a 24 hour period. Alerts are automatically cleared at the beginning of the next day. 
  • Cloud recording limit 
    If a participant tries to record a meeting after the cloud recording storage limit is reached, the Zoom Room will display a message explaining why the meeting can't be recorded. 
  • Hide caller ID 
    Administrators can choose to hide the outbound caller ID for their Zoom Rooms by configuring their settings for Zoom Phone.
  • Disable in-meeting chat 
    Administrators can disable the display of in-meeting chat for Zoom Rooms.
• Controller features
  • Camera switching enhancement 
    Switching cameras in a room with only two cameras will carry out the switch without prompting the user to select the camera first.
  • User interface updates 
    The controller user interface (UI) has been updated to provide a more consistent experience. The new UI aligns with the Zoom desktop and mobile clients, matches Zoom’s current branding, and provides an optimized information architecture to better meet user needs.
• Zoom for Home features
  • Transfer meetings to Personal Zoom Rooms 
    Users attending an ongoing meeting with their mobile or desktop client can transfer the meeting to their Personal Zoom Room. The ongoing meeting will appear on the touch screen or controller meeting list, along with the Switch button. 
  • User presence status options 
    Personal Zoom Room users can set their status to “busy”, in addition to “available”, “away”, and “do not disturb”. If contacts set their status to “busy” that status will be displayed when viewing the contact list. 
  • Touch up my appearance 
    Gives the picture display a softer focus and enhances digital appearance in real-time when enabled.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

July 24, 2022 version 5.11.3

Resolved issues 

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

June 26, 2022 version 5.11.0

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Whiteboard enhancements
    Users can start a meeting from an open whiteboard, access their whiteboard content, as well as access their existing whiteboards on Zoom Rooms Touch devices.
  • User interface updates
    The Zoom Rooms user interface (UI) has been updated to provide a more consistent experience. The new UI aligns with the Zoom desktop and mobile clients, matches Zoom’s current branding, and provides an optimized information architecture to better meet user needs. See our blog post for more information.
  • Zoom Rooms Voice Commands
    Zoom Rooms Voice Command accuracy has been improved and is now in general availability.
  • Upgrade alerts for free accounts
    Personal Zoom Room users with a free account will receive a notification when their remaining meeting time reaches ten minutes. The notice includes information on how to upgrade. 
  • Turkish and Polish Language support
  • Local only screen share
    Users can make screen shares visible only to themselves when sharing. This allows a user to read notes in a meeting that are not visible to other participants.
• In-meeting features
  • Toggle participant entry tones
    If the Zoom Room is the meeting host, participant entry tones can be toggled on or off from the room controller.
  • Attendee annotation
    Meeting hosts can allow or prohibit attendee annotation on shared content.
  • Gallery view while screen sharing
    Users can swap shared content for video while screen sharing in a Zoom Room. Once this is done, gallery view is available.
  • Breakout rooms management
    Meeting hosts can use the features of breakout rooms with a Zoom Rooms controller or touch screen.
  • Optional Reclaim Host when rejoining
    When the original host of a meeting rejoins, they are now given the option to reclaim host controls or remain as a participant or co-host, in order to not disrupt the current host.
• Controller features
  • Limit screen sharing for external meetings
    Administrators can restrict specific internal participants from screen sharing in a meeting with external participants.
• Zoom for Home features
  • Support for displaying Zoom Events on the calendar
    After registration, Zoom Events will appear on the user’s calendar with a join option.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

April 24, 2022 version 5.10.3 (1320)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Zoom Whiteboard
    The virtual whiteboarding experience has been redesigned to bring you the all-new Zoom Whiteboard, a cross-platform visual collaboration solution. With Zoom Whiteboard, you can brainstorm and collaborate on a persistent, expandable, digital canvas. All Zoom Rooms can open, view and save whiteboards from a desktop client paired to the Zoom Room. Zoom Rooms for Touch can also create and save whiteboards. This feature is separate from the “classic” whiteboard feature, which will continue to be available. The administrative controls for the new Zoom Whiteboard on Zoom Rooms are found in the Zoom web portal on the Zoom Rooms account settings page, and on the pages for lower tiers of the Zoom Rooms location hierarchy. 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

April 2, 2022 version 5.10.0 (1233)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • User interface updates
    The Zoom Rooms user interface (UI) has been updated to provide a more consistent experience. The new UI aligns with the Zoom desktop and mobile clients, matches Zoom’s current branding, and provides an optimized information architecture to better meet user needs. The in-meeting experience has been updated for Windows, Mac, and iPad Zoom Rooms. It has also been updated for Zoom Rooms Appliances and iOS and Android Zoom Rooms controllers. The out-of-meeting experience has been updated for Windows-attached and Web Zoom Rooms controllers. See our blog post for more information. 
  • Removal of Calendar Integration error message
    Previously, when a Zoom Room was not linked to a calendar, a prominent error on the Zoom Rooms Controller home page appeared: "This room needs to be connected to a calendar. Contact your Zoom Rooms admin". This error message has been updated to suggest that connection to a calendar is not mandatory. Organizations that do not wish to connect their Zoom Rooms to a calendar can have their admins hide the upcoming meetings list on Zoom Rooms Controllers, which removes the message completely.
  • Troubleshooting logs for Microsoft Teams meetings
    Participants in a Microsoft Teams Direct Guest Join meeting can send logs to Microsoft.
• In-meeting features
  • Live transcription (automated captions) notification
    If saving transcripts (captions) is disabled for the meeting, attendees will be notified. 
  • Support for Smart Gallery
    Zoom Rooms Smart Gallery view displays multiple video feeds from a single conference room. This allows the Zoom Rooms cameras to focus more closely on participants and display these people more clearly to remote attendees. Smart gallery is enabled by tapping Multi-stream on the Zoom Room Controller. More info.
  • Enhanced in-meeting user abuse reporting
    Users submitting reports will be required to include their email addresses.
  • Screen sharing indicator
    The green Share Content button on the room controller will change to a red Sharing Content button when a screen share initiated by the Zoom Room is in progress.
  • Virtual background delay
    If a user’s virtual background fails to load, a prompt will appear with the option to start the video without it.
  • Focus mode
    In focus mode, only the host can see participants’ videos or profile pictures when video is off. Participant screen sharing can only be viewed by the host, who can switch between multiple shared screens and allow participants to view others’ shared screens. Administrators can enable Focus mode for use in meetings via the web portal.
• Management features
  • Microsoft calendar authentication notification
    Microsoft plans to disable basic authentication for Microsoft Exchange Web Services for Office 365. If a Zoom Room calendar integration to a Microsoft O365 calendar service encounters authentication errors because of this change, a notification message will display.  Customers are encouraged to update any Zoom Rooms calendar integration with Microsoft O365 to use OAuth instead of basic authentication by re-authorizing their calendar integration in the Zoom admin portal. 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

January 9, 2022 version 5.9.3 (911)

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes 

December 20, 2021 version 5.9.0 (801)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Support for Host Keys 
    Zoom Rooms users can join a meeting and enter the Host Key to claim the host privileges for that meeting.
• In-meeting features
  • Viewing webinar participants 
    Zoom Room users can view attendees and panelists in a webinar.
  • Support for Network Device Interface (NDI) 
    Video producers can use Network Device Interface (NDI) with Zoom Rooms to create custom visual experiences from individual video streams. Meeting or Webinar video is sent via NDI to the network and, from there, production teams can use NDI enabled applications to modify the video.
  • Active Apps Notifier Enhancements 
    The Active Apps Notifier will only be displayed to attendees if an app has accessed data during an on-going meeting. When the Notifier is displayed, it will categorize the type of meeting data that the third party app is accessing.
  • Additional security features 
    Hosts can hide profile pictures, suspend participant activities and start video for participants.
  • Immersive view 
    Recreate the feel of your class or conference room by placing video participants onto a single virtual background. Participants are automatically placed onto provided scenes, but the host can upload their own custom background and adjust the arrangements as needed.
  • Adjust the volume during a local screen share
  • Virtual background enhancements 
    Account admins can require users to use virtual background when their video is on, as well as set a default virtual background from the default or custom uploaded options. If a device does not support virtual background and the attempt is made to turn it on, the participant will be notified and their video turned off.
• Management features
  • Support for Graph API 
• Zoom for Home features
  • Blurred background 
    Zoom for home users can choose to blur their backgrounds rather than selecting a specific virtual background. This provides added privacy when a branded background is unavailable or unnecessary. This is currently supported on Poly devices, Neat bars, and Portal by Facebook.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

November 8, 2021 version 5.8.3 (636)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Archiving error notification
    Users will receive an error notification if meeting archiving fails.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

September 29, 2021 version 5.8.0 (505)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Support for IPv6 
  • Zoom Room voice commands (Public Beta)
    Users can check-in, check-out, start a scheduled meeting, start an instant meeting, join a meeting ID, enter meeting passcodes, leave and end a meeting with voice commands. Say “Hello Zoom” to get started. This is not currently supported on computers with ARM CPUs (Apple M1).
• In-meeting features
  • Support 49 video participants in Gallery view
    Each screen in a Zoom room can support up to 49 video participants. For example, two screens would support 98 participants and three screens 147 participants, which is the maximum number supported.
  • Italian and Vietnamese language support 
  • Report a participant 
    Meeting hosts can tap the security option while in a meeting to report a participant to Zoom trust and safety for inappropriate behavior.
  • Security features 
    Meeting hosts can tap the security option while in a meeting to easily access the following features: lock meeting, enable waiting room, disable chat, disable participant renaming, disable screen sharing for others, remove participant, report a participant.
  • Host selection when leaving a meeting
    The host will be prompted to assign a new host before leaving the meeting
  • Waiting room 
    Hosts in direct share meetings or phone calls will be able to allow or prevent participants from joining their meetings when waiting room is enabled.
  • Enhanced data privacy notices 
    In-context user education for various features, such as whiteboard, closed captioning, and others, informs the user who can see, save, and share the information before they provide it.
  • Searching participants 
    Zoom Rooms users can search for participants from the participants list in a meeting.
  • Video virtual background support with green screen 
  • Additional Smart Camera Modes 
  • In-meeting chat replies 
    Meeting participants in a Zoom Room can reply to in-meeting chat messages with a Zoom Rooms controller or using a Zoom Rooms touch screen.
  • Ability to delete chat messages 
    In-meeting chat messages that are deleted by a meeting or webinar host will also be deleted from the Zoom Rooms in that meeting.
• Management features
  • Disclaimer messages
    Administrators can configure disclaimer messages that will appear for the following actions: start meeting, join meeting, host recording start.
• Controller features
  • Country selection when dialing 
    Country flags have been replaced with country names.
  • Check out
    Users who end a scheduled meeting early will have the option to check out and free up the room for other users.
  • Error code customization 
• Zoom for Home features
  • Support for joining onZoom sessions 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

July 1, 2021 version 5.7.0 (144)

New and enhanced features

• Controller features
  • Support for Poly GC8 USB controller

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

July 27, 2021 version 5.7.3 (248)

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

July 1, 2021 version 5.7.0 (144)

New and enhanced features

• Controller features
  • Support for Poly GC8 USB controller

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements