Release notes for May 5, 2024

• Release notes for Zoom Workspace Reservation
• Release notes for Zoom Rooms

Release notes for Zoom Workspace Reservation

New and enhanced features

• Admin features
  • Set Visitor Management admin permissions at the location level
    Account owners and admins can assign Visitor Management admins at the location level instead of just the account level. This allows admins to only have access to certain locations, preventing them from accessing locations outside their role. The location-level admin permissions can be set in the Custom Scope section of user roles and directly in the location settings.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

Release notes for Zoom Rooms

For full notes including version numbers, please see the operating system release notes. 
Windows | macOS | Appliances | Zoom Phone Appliances | iOS controller | Android controller | Windows attached controller | iPad

New and enhanced features

• General features.
  • Portable companion Zoom Room - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Administrators can enable a setting which allows a Zoom Rooms for Touch room to be used as a companion Zoom Room. Once the companion Zoom Room is no longer needed, it can be disconnected and used as a standard Zoom Rooms for Touch room again with minimal effort. Both the companion room and the main room require a license.
  • Support for simulive webinars, with Zoom Sessions, Zoom Webinar, and Zoom Events - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc Web zrc 
    Zoom Rooms users can join simulive webinars as attendees or panelists. 
  • Support Companion Zoom Rooms and Whiteboards in Zoom Events - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Companion Zoom Rooms and Whiteboards can be used in a Zoom Event.
  • Pro AV Hardware Input and Output Support (Beta) - Win, Mac
    Zoom Rooms can now send video and audio to and receive video from certain Pro AV hardware devices including the Blackmagic Design DeckLink Duo 2 and Quad 2. This feature allows individuals, groups, galleries, shared content, or active speakers to be transmitted over professional hardware connections, and if multi camera mode is enabled, up to 4 Pro AV inputs can be assigned to Zoom Room cameras. This beta feature requires enablement by an account representative, is configured under a new Web Portal setting for approved accounts, and is managed by a new Pro AV Zoom Rooms Controller which will be provided to approved beta customers on an individual basis.
  • HDMI as a Digital Signage source for Kiosk - Appliances
    Account owners or Zoom Rooms admins can configure an Android Kiosk to switch to an HDMI input when Digital Signage is playing. This allows admins to display HDMI content in place of a playlist or other content uploaded to Zoom. This functionality already exists for Windows Kiosks. 
  • Panelist Support for Production Studio in Zoom Events - Win, Mac, Appliances, ZP Appliances, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Panelists can now join a Zoom Event enabled with Production Studio. When joining, panelists will see a non-produced view and get panelist specific notifications about the scene they are on and if they are going to speak next. Panelists will be able to see the produced view as a thumbnail in gallery view or on a confidence monitor if needed.
  • Display correct meeting topic and duration of scheduled PMI meetings - Win, Mac, ZP Appliances, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    When a Zoom Room with calendar integration receives an invitation to a user's Personal Meeting ID meeting, the Zoom Room will show the duration and topic of the scheduled PMI meeting on the meeting list.
  • Directional audio is now spatial audio - Win, Mac, Appliances, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc，Web zrc
    The directional audio feature has been renamed to spatial audio.
  • Support for Workvivo TV on Zoom Digital Signage - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr
    This integration between Zoom Digital Signage and Workvivo TV allows companies using both platforms to easily display Workvivo TV content on Zoom Digital Signage screens. Account owners and Zoom Rooms admins can enable the integration and select the Workvivo TV content feeds when configuring Zoom Rooms Digital Signage devices.
  • Digital signage only room restriction - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Digital signage only rooms may join meetings, but will be unable to send audio or video while in-meeting.  
  • Webinar Backstage enhancement - Win, Mac
    Participants in Zoom Rooms can use Network microphones/speakers, and dual audio in Webinar backstage sessions. 
  • Ability to join Huddles - Appliances
    Zoom Rooms can join Zoom Huddles. This feature is currently in Beta and requires activation by Zoom.
  • Webinar Backstage - iPad zr
    Zoom Room 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. Zoom Room Panelists backstage can still view the live webinar to keep an eye on the presentation and know when to rejoin.
  • Save preset images from Intelligent Director calibration - Win, Mac
    Zoom Rooms problem reports will include images from the camera presets for Intelligent Director.
  • Support for Pexip CVI SIP Guest Join for MS Teams meetings - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Zoom Rooms can join Microsoft Teams meetings using Pexip CVI “SIP Guest Join” with a customer’s Pexip CVI service.
  • Support for NDI Cameras (Beta)  - Win, Mac, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    NDI cameras can be selected as the video input for Zoom Rooms. .
  • Add Pushkit Support for on-screen notifications - iPad zr
    Users with an iPad Zoom Room in an idle or locked state will be notified of incoming meeting join requests, upcoming scheduled meetings, and incoming SIP PBX or Zoom Phone calls.
  • Support compatibility with new Z6 meetings multi-share capability - Win, Mac, Appliances
    Users can view and interact with a multi-share mix of one-or-more screens of shared content and one-or-more whiteboards.
  • Apple video reactions disabled by default - Mac, iPad zr
• In-meeting features
  • Dynamic layouts is now multi-speaker view - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    The dynamic layouts feature has been renamed to multi-speaker view.
  • Support for Multi-speaker view with multiple screens - Win, Mac, Appliances, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Multi-speaker view, formally known as dynamic layouts, can now be used on one screen of a multi-screen Zoom Room.
  • Support full transcript panel - Win, Mac, Appliances, ZP Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Zoom Rooms users can open the full transcript panel when live transcription is used for meetings. 
  • Support for Presenter focus mode - Win, Mac, Appliances, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Presenter Focus mode can be used with Yealink M500 + UVC 86, HP Poly E60, and AVer TR315N cameras. 
  • Disclosure notice updates - Win, Mac, Appliances, ZP Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Notices for Meeting Summary, Meeting Question, Ask AI Companion, recording, live streaming, and saveable captions will be combined and displayed once when a feature is first activated.
  • Per-meeting temporary room display name - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Administrators can enable a prompt that will appear when a Zoom Room joins a Zoom  meeting. The in-room users can use the prompt to temporarily change the room’s display name for the meeting, if desired. 
  • Support Zoom App Icon Overlay - Win
    Apps can overlay app content on the meeting window for everyone to see.
  • Transform links shared in meeting chat into QR codes - Win, Appliances, ZP Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    When Zoom Rooms receive a shared link in a meeting chat, the link will be displayed as a QR code which the in-room users can scan and open with their mobile devices. 
  • Updated Camera Control user interface - Win, Mac, Appliances, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    The Camera Control interface has been updated to allow for easy selection of Camera Modes.
  • Zoom Room display name in third-party meeting - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr
    Zoom Rooms that dial into third-party meetings via CRC will have their room names displayed correctly. 
• Management features
  • Alert when Companion whiteboard or Companion Zoom Rooms for Touch device is disconnected - Win, Appliances
    Administrators can be alerted when a Companion whiteboard or Companion Zoom Rooms for touch device is disconnected.
  • Notification for accounts with devices on iOS 11 or lower - iOS zrc
    Zoom Rooms iPad Controller version 6.0.0 is the final version that will support Apple iOS 11.x. This notification will help administrators determine if their account has devices to upgrade. See our article for more information. 
  • Support automatic logout after set time period - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc
    Administrators can configure an automatic logout for Zoom for Home and Personal Zoom Room devices after a set period of time, or allow an exception so these devices can stay logged-in perpetually.
  • Speaker and Multi-focus framing default for Multi-Camera mode - Win, Mac, Appliances
    Administrators can set Speaker Focus or Multi-focus framing as the default setting for Multi-Camera mode.
  • Meeting ending notification - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr
    Administrators can configure a meeting ending notification that will be displayed in scheduled meetings. Meeting participants will see the notification twice: ten minutes before the meeting is scheduled to end, and again one minute before the meeting ends. 
  • Update to Workspace dashboard - Win, Appliances, iPad zr
    The Workspace dashboard will display the number of reservations that were canceled because a check-in did not occur. 
  • Zoom room display name -  Win zrc, Web zrc
    Administrators can customize the name that appears on the Zoom Rooms display screen and on the Zoom web portal. This allows administrators to choose shorter display names that do not include things like location prefixes.
• Scheduling display features
  • Inactivity Timer for Scheduling Displays - iOS zrc, Android zrc
    Scheduling display will default back to the main screen after one minute of inactivity. 
  • Configure reservation duration increment on scheduling displays - iOS zrc, Android zrc
    Account owners and admins can configure the reservation duration increment on scheduling displays in Workspace Reservation. Increments can be set to 5, 15, 30 minutes, or 1 hour for the workspace. Users will see the configured increment when reserving spaces on the scheduling display. This allows reservations to provide more flexibility in reserving spaces. Previously, reservations could only be made in 5 minute increments.
  • Scheduling Display interface when hot desking is active - Android zrc
    When an account owner or admin enables the hot desking feature for a Zoom Room, which makes it a desk/workspace reservation device, the attached scheduling display will automatically switch to show the workspace/desk interface. 
• Controller features
  • Workspace setup on Zoom Rooms Controller - iOS zrc, Android zrc,
    Users will see additional Workspace options when performing the setup process on a Zoom Rooms controller.
  • Support for Crestron TST-1080 - Android zrc
    Crestron TST-1080 devices can be used as Zoom Rooms controllers. 
  • Poly Trio C60 devices now support Zoom Device Management - Android zrc
    Polycom Trio C60 devices using firmware version 9.0.0 now support Zoom Device Management.
• Zoom for Home features
  • Updates to Zoom for Apple TV - Appliances
    Zoom for Apple TV users can take advantage of the following features: Immersive view, third party calendar integration, meeting chat panel (view only), companion mode, QR code sign-in, and calling out using SIP/H.323.
  • Support for Personal Zoom Rooms on Windows devices without a touchscreen - Win, Win zrc
    Windows devices without touch screen displays can now be signed-in as Personal Zoom rooms.
  • Support for Zoom Calendar on Personal Zoom Rooms - Win, Mac, Appliances, iPad zr
    Personal Zoom Rooms may now use Zoom Calendar. 
• Zoom Phone Appliances
  • Improved administrator user experience for workspaces
    Administrators can assign a common area and configure a calendar resource and location from the same page. 
  • Automatic logout for common areas
    Administrators can enable an automatic logout for common area devices every 30 days. 
  • Send to Zoom logs from the web portal
    Administrators can send logs to support from the Device List page on the Zoom web portal. 
  • Increase screen lock timeout
    Users can configure their screen lock settings in the application itself or in the web portal.
  • Private Call Park & Aim Park for Shared Line Group
    Administrators have the flexibility to create a user group with permissions for these activities and specify the location where calls should be picked up. Those not included in the designated group are unable to retrieve these calls. Aim Call Park allows a user to transfer a parked call to an available user-selected aim call park number. Admin can configure in the admin portal. The feature can be enabled at the account and site levels.
  • User experience enhancements
    Phone settings, Call Forward settings, CQ opt/in out settings, and conference creation are easier to access on the device interface. 
  • Set Firmware Rule at Group level
    Administrators can determine what firmware version all devices in a particular group will have. If a new device is added to the group it will also get the designated firmware version and will not be auto-upgraded. 
  • Privacy function for shared lines
    Administrators can enable an optional privacy function for shared line groups and shared line appearances. When a user makes a call private, the call will be hidden from others on the shared line.
  • Hide client dial pad key selections
    Users who need a client to authenticate via the dial pad will not see the client’s selections. This feature can be toggled by an administrator. 
  • Ability to transfer to contacts in speed dial list without expansion module
• Zoom Whiteboard
  • Improved Whiteboard loading time - Win, Mac, Appliances, iOS zrc, Android zrc, Win zrc, Web zrc
    Users collaboration with Dten Companion whiteboards will see their inputs quickly appear on the main Zoom Room display

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements