Release notes for Zoom Webinars
Zoom provides up-to-date release notes for Zoom Webinars. This article contains information about recent changes to the Zoom Webinars product, including new and enhanced features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes. In addition, you can find information about upcoming changes (if available) and see a full history of updates made in the last two years.
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Upcoming release
Details about upcoming releases will be posted as they become available.
June 16, 2025
New, enhanced, and changed features
| Type | Feature title | Description | Platforms |
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| Admin features |
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| New or enhanced feature | Enhancements to webinar resources controls | Account admins can enable or disable specific sections of webinar resources at the account, group, and user levels. Admins have granular control over three main components: resource links, documents, and speakers sections. When a section is disabled, hosts cannot add or display content in that particular area of webinar resources. This flexibility allows organizations to maintain compliance requirements while still utilizing other webinar resource features. These controls help organizations better manage their webinar content sharing capabilities. | Web portal |
| Host features |
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| New or enhanced feature | Host/co-host option to dismiss questions answered by panelists | Hosts and co-hosts can dismiss questions that panelists have marked "Answer Live" in webinar Q&As. When a panelist clicks "Answer Live" to answer a question, both the host and the co-host can click "Done" on the panelist's behalf to complete the answer and move it to the answered queue. | Windows
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| User features |
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| New or enhanced feature | Enhancements to video reactions for webinar panelists | Webinar panelists can display reactions on their individual video tiles during webinars. Panelists can use both individual reactions and full reactions where the tile changes color and multiple reactions are shown simultaneously. The reactions appear directly on the panelist's video tile, making it easier for them to express emotions and engage with other participants. Attendees maintain their existing reaction capabilities of sending floating reactions across the webinar viewer. This enhancement enables more dynamic interaction options for panelists while preserving the simplified attendee experience. | Web portal |
Released
Note: The information in the past release notes may have been superseded by subsequent release notes. Please review all current release notes carefully.
May 19, 2025
New, enhanced, and changed features
| Type | Feature title | Description | Platforms |
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| Host features |
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| New or enhanced feature | Custom captions for simulive events | Hosts can upload custom captions to their cloud recording that can be used during simulive events instead of automated captions. When a recording has custom captions uploaded, these captions replace the automated captions for that language during simulive playback. Attendees maintain control over caption visibility and can toggle them on or off during the event. The custom captions are not embedded in the video stream, allowing for flexible viewer preferences. | Web portal |
| User features |
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| New or enhanced feature | Schedule simulive events on behalf of others | Users with schedule-on-behalf privileges can now view and select recordings when scheduling simulive webinars for other users. A new Recordings for simulive toggle controls access to recordings specifically for simulive scheduling purposes. Users can manage this permission separately from general cloud recording access, ensuring users only have access to recordings when scheduling simulive events. This feature must be enabled by Zoom. | Web portal |
| New or enhanced feature | Enhancements to spotlight tab design | When sharing multiple screens simultaneously during a webinar, participants can distinguish spotlighted tabs through a newly designed visual pill that appears next to the selected tab. The spotlight functionality has been refined to work seamlessly with existing gradients and color schemes in the interface. | Windows
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