Native Zoom Rooms and Zoom Rooms for Google Beam Comparison

The meeting experience between native Zoom Rooms and Zoom for Google Beam is largely at parity in the joined meeting experience itself. Differences occur primarily in the out-of-meeting experience.

Native Zoom Rooms deliver the full Zoom platform experience end-to-end, while Zoom for Google Beam delivers a near-identical Zoom meeting experience running from HP Dimension, with the device retaining control of the device platform and hardware features.

Non-applicable room settings are hidden in the Zoom web portal for Google Beam rooms, and account-level settings that don't apply to Google Beam for Zoom (e.g., Automatically update OS/Firmware, Apple Screen Mirroring, Virtual Background with Greenscreen) are ignored by Google Beam devices.

Standard meeting experience room settings (e.g., Zoom AI, Cloud Recording, Video Layouts, Captions) remain visible in the Zoom web portal with a tooltip and apply only when the room is in a standard video call (or force the call into 2D if enabled at meeting start).

Standard video calls are handled through Zoom’s servers, while 3D calls are handled through Google Beam’s servers. See below for more detailed information comparing Native Zoom Rooms and Zoom for Google Beam.

Meeting Join & Scheduling

Area	Native Zoom Rooms	Zoom for Google Beam (2D)	Google Beam (3D)
Meeting join flow (OBTP)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar integration	Yes	Yes	Yes
Join via meeting ID	Yes	Yes	Yes
Host key required when joining by ID	Yes	Yes	Yes
Start instant meeting	Yes	Yes	Yes

In‑Meeting Experience

Area	Native Zoom Rooms	Zoom for Google Beam (2D)	Google Beam (3D)
Zoom meeting UI	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maximum meeting resolution	1080p per video stream	1080p per video stream (standard meeting only)	N/A
Video layouts (speaker, gallery, multi-speaker)	Yes	Yes	No
49 participant gallery view	Yes	Yes	No
Breakout rooms	Yes	Yes	No
Webinar support	Yes	No	No
Zoom AI	Yes	Yes	No
Captions / translated captions	Yes	NO	No
Participant management UI	Yes	Yes	No
Host controls UI	Yes	Yes	Yes
Support for all Zoom Rooms languages and closed captions, translated captions	Yes	Yes	No
Classic Whiteboard	Yes	NO	No

In-meeting and out-of-meeting content sharing

Area	Native Zoom Rooms	Zoom for Google Beam (2D)	Google Beam (3D)
Out-of-meeting share Room Code Web share	Yes	Yes	No
In-meeting HDMI content sharing	Yes	NO	No
In-meeting wireless share (AirPlay)	Yes	NO	No
In-meeting Wireless Proximity Sharing	Yes	Yes	No
In-meeting Zoom device pairing (Companion Functions)	Yes	Yes	No

Video, Audio & Peripherals

Area	Native Zoom Rooms	Zoom for Google Beam (2D)	Google Beam (3D)
Dual display support	Yes	No	No
Camera intelligence	Zoom camera modes Auto framing Multi focus Speaker focus Manual Presenter Focus Smart Gallery Intelligent director	No	Google Beam camera AI modes
Peripheral control layer	Zoom device stack	Google Beam hardware stack	Google Beam hardware stack

Collaboration Features

Area	Native Zoom Rooms	Zoom for Google Beam (2D)	Google Beam (3D)
Zoom whiteboard persistence	Yes	No	No

Device Management & Platform

Area	Native Zoom Rooms	Zoom for Google Beam (2D)	Google Beam (3D)
Device management	Zoom Device Management (ZDM)	Zoom Device Management (ZDM) and Google Admin Console (for Google license management)	Google Admin Console for Beam management
Firmware update initiation	Zoom	Google (Automatic only)	Google (Automatic only)
Zoom app upgrade	Yes	Yes, update via Zoom Device Management (ZDM)	Yes, update via Zoom Device Management (ZDM)
Schedule Zoom app upgrade	Yes	Yes	Yes
Assign to room	Yes	Yes	Yes

Out of Meeting Experience

Area	Native Zoom Rooms	Zoom for Google Beam (2D)	Google Beam (3D)
Access to Contacts directory and starting a meeting by contact before starting a meeting	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zoom Phone	Yes	No	No
Out-of-meeting ad hoc Zoom Whiteboard	Yes	No	No
Zoom Rooms Control App	Yes	No	No
Zoom Apps out of meeting	Yes	No	No
Zoom web controller	Yes	No	No
Zoom Workspace Reservation	Yes	No	No
Room check-in / check-out and automatic release	Yes	Yes	Yes