Release notes for April 9, 2024

Release notes for Zoom Whiteboard

In-meeting follow along
Whiteboards will consistently initiate in Follow mode, regardless of initiator's intent. This ensures everyone can easily navigate and contribute during collaborative brainstorming sessions. Previously, users on large screens (Zoom Rooms/desktop) may have experienced confusion when a whiteboard was launched in collaboration mode. This is because the initiator often used the Follow mode intended for presentations, making it difficult to navigate and contribute.

User features
- Structured voting sessions
  Enhancements to feedback gathering in Whiteboard include structured voting sessions. These improvements encompass the expansion of voting options to include various objects like Sticky Notes, Cards, Shapes, and more. Additionally, users can specify voting parameters, such as the number of votes per user and voting frequency, and export session results as CSV files, among other enhancements.
- Enhancements to content arrangement
  Users can arrange content on the Zoom Whiteboard canvas in new ways, including by type, creator, editor, color, status, date, and assignee using multi-select. For example, notes can be grouped by author or images can be arranged by status. These new arrangement options allow for more customized and logical content organization.
- Enhancements to viewer interaction
  Users with viewer permission can navigate through pages of an embedded document and interact with links on the whiteboard canvas. Previously, viewers had limited interaction capabilities compared to editors. These updates provide viewers with an improved collaboration experience by enabling them to more fully explore shared whiteboards.