Release notes for Zoom Rooms for macOS Follow

Upcoming Release

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

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Current Release

August 12, 2021 version 5.7.5 (3865.0810)

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

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Previous Releases

Note: The information in the past release notes may have been superseded by subsequent release notes.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

July 27, 2021 version 5.7.3 (3831.0726)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • MacOS 10.10 support 
    MacOS 10.10 is no longer supported after this release. Older versions of the Zoom Rooms application will still function with this OS, but updating will not be possible. 
• In-meeting features
  • 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. 
  • Mute and Video Off when joining a recorded/live streamed Meeting
    When a Zoom Room joins a meeting that is already being recorded and/or live streamed, they will join with their video off and muted until they consent to the recording prompt. After consenting, they will be able to unmute and turn on their video, if the host allows them to. 
• Management features
  • Disable in-meeting chat replies
    Administrators can enable or disable the ability to reply to in-meeting chats from the Zoom web portal. 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

June 29, 2021 version 5.7.0 (3755.0628)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Updated Zoom for Government label
  • 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).
  • Support for Host Keys 
    Zoom Rooms users can join a meeting and enter the Host Key to claim the host privileges for that meeting. 
  • Third party meeting support
    Zoom Rooms users can join Fuze meetings.
  • STIR/SHAKEN compliance 
    STIR/SHAKEN is an industry standard to prevent fraudsters from initiating calls from the numbers they don’t own. As required by FCC, Outbound PSTN calls from Zoom endpoints with Zoom provided US phone numbers will include attestation of the caller ID.
• In-meeting features
  
  • Improvements to non-vebal 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.
  • 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. 
  • Panelist and host controls in a webinar
    Zoom Rooms that join a webinar as a panelist or a host will be able to view and/or manage attendees.  
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Mono channel dereverberation
    Users experiencing significant reverberation can turn on dereverberation.
  • Meeting archive notification
    Meeting participants will be notified if meeting data is being archived. 
• Zoom for Home features
  • OnZoom meeting display 
    Meeting hosts will be able to distinguish between regular meetings and OnZoom meetings when looking at their meeting lists.
  • Support for Mac and iOS devices 
  • Binding code login 
    A user that logs in to the Zoom web portal can then log in on the Zoom for Home device with a binding code.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

June 6, 2021, version 5.6.7 (3642.0606)

New and enhanced features

• 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.
• Recording consent 
  Zoom Rooms will need to consent to the meeting being recorded when joining a meeting or when someone starts recording the meeting. 
• Active Apps Notifier 
  When someone in a meeting or webinar is utilizing any app that has access to real-time content or personal information during a meeting, participants are given real-time notice of usage. Details of which apps have access and which participant is using the app are displayed, and clicking on the app opens the Marketplace page to provide more information.
• Disclaimer messages 
  Administrators can configure disclaimer messages that will appear for the following actions: start meeting, join meeting, host recording start.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

April 25, 2021, version 5.6.3 (3526.0424)

Changes to existing features

• Management features
  • Dashboard reporting 
    Administrators will not be able to view the local IP, client version or role of meeting participants from outside their organization.

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Enhanced data privacy notices
    In-context user education for various features, such as whiteboard, closed captioning, and meeting feedback, informs the user who can see, save, and share the information before they provide it.
• Management features 
  • Additional Network Device Options for Room Controls
    Administrators can now leverage link-local IP addressing (169.254.X.X) as well as hostname addressing (shure-mxa-3) on devices in the Room Controls JSON Profile. These changes allow organizations that leverage devices on closed or dynamic networks to forgo expensive routing equipment and reduce labor costs for custom configurations on each device's network settings.  Modern networks (where static addressing is being phased out) can define a hostname rather than a static IP address and prevent downtime during IP space changes across the network.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

March 28, 2021 version 5.6.0 (3480.0326)

New and enhanced features

• In-meeting features
  
  • Updated user interface for meeting chat
  • Updated user interface to match changes made on other devices
    The recording icon, phone controller icon, and top banner have been updated to match the changes made for Windows and Appliances.
  • Zoom for Government support
    Zoom for Government users can sign-in on Zoom Rooms and Zoom for Home devices. 
  • Virtual background setup
    Zoom Room controllers will display a message stating that a solid green background is required if that is the only option supported. If a user taps Recalibrate, the controller screen will display a “Calibrating” message.
  • Room Controls automatic re-connect
    Room controls will automatically try to reconnect a Zoom Room device if it loses its connection. Users can tap Retry to manually reconnect if the first automatic attempt fails, and the room controls will also try to reconnect periodically if the first attempt is unsuccessful.
• Management features
  
  • In-room participants information on the dashboard 
    The meeting dashboard will display in-room participants data for past meetings if the "Use supported hardware for real time people count" setting is enabled.
  • Meeting start notification 
    Meetings without Join Before Host enabled can be joined by participants more quickly. Once the host starts the meeting, participants no longer need to wait 30 seconds. 

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes

January 31, 2021 version 5.5.0 (3353.0130)

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Mobile device controllers
    Users can utilize their mobile devices to perform basic room controls during a meeting. These include: Mute/unmute audio, volume control, start/stop video, end meeting and more. This functionality can be used along with full companion mode on a client, which will allow users to perform additional meeting controls. Full companion mode can also be used by itself.
  • Native support for Apple Silicon processors
    Zoom Rooms will better support computers with ARM CPUs. Due to the lack of Dante ARM SDK, "Dante Virtual Microphones" is not supported on computers with ARM CPUs for now.
• In-meeting features
  • 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.  
  • Support for Huddly Canvas whiteboard camera
    Users can share white boards with the Huddly Canvas whiteboard camera.
  • Speaker tracking with AVer camera
    Admins can enable this feature which allows AVer cameras to track the active speaker in a meeting. 
  • Attendee counting with Huddly IQ camera
    Admins can enable this feature which allows Huddly IQ cameras to count the number of attendees in a meeting. 
• Management features
  • Configuration for Microsoft Teams Direct Guest Join integration
    Admin users will be able to setup the Microsoft Teams integration for Zoom Rooms on the Zoom web portal. 
  • Disable desktop screen sharing for meetings you host
    When enabled, users can only share selected applications and files. 
  • Log file expiration time 
    Log files with user information will expire after 90 days.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements 

January 10, 2021 version 5.4.3 (3265.0106)

Changes to existing features

• Blocking or warning of unencrypted traffic
  All unencrypted Zoom traffic will be blocked from connecting to meetings or webinars. Other external unencrypted traffic, such as phone dial-in and RTMP streaming, will be allowed, but warn all participants that the meeting is not entirely encrypted due to unencrypted end-points.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

December 6, 2020 version 5.4.0 (3164.1204)

New and enhanced features

• In-meeting features
  • 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.
  • Partially encrypted meeting warning
    Unencrypted connections, such as audio through phone dial-in, unencrypted SIP/H.323 devices, or streaming via RTMP, will alert the host and other attendees that some aspects of the meeting are not fully encrypted due to unencrypted end-points. 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

November 15, 2020 version 5.3.0 (3116.1113)

Changes to existing features

• Passcode and/or Waiting Room requirement
  Zoom will now require that all meetings have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled for accounts with a single licensed user, Pro accounts with 2 or more licenses, and Business accounts with 10-100 licenses. For Zoom Rooms specifically, this requirement will impact users who reserve rooms on scheduling displays.  Learn More.

New and enhanced features

• In-meeting features
  • Suspend participant activity
    New option in the Security panel to immediately suspend all participant activities, which will mute all video and audio, stop screen sharing, end all breakout rooms, and pause recording. Meeting participants in a Zoom Room can be suspended but meetings hosted from Zoom Rooms do not currently have the option to suspend activity.
  • 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. 
  • Breakout Room support
    Zoom Rooms can be assigned to breakout rooms. 
  • Ability to send DTMF with SIP information 
    This can be configured so that DTMF is sent when calling out of Zoom Rooms.
  • Video virtual background support with green screen 
  • Unmuting meeting participants
    Meeting hosts can request that all participants unmute themselves.
  • Attendee annotation
    Meeting hosts can allow or prohibit attendee annotation on shared content. 
  • Custom language support for language interpretation
    Meetings with the simultaneous interpretation feature enabled can support multiple translations for custom languages.
  • Italian and Vietnamese language support
  • Follow meeting host video order
    Meeting hosts on the Zoom client can drag and drop participant videos into a different position in gallery view and then broadcast this change to participants in a Zoom Room.
  • Virtual background preview support
    Users can preview their virtual background before a meeting if they are using a green screen. 
• Management features
  
  • Hide caller ID
    Administrators can choose to hide the outbound caller ID for their Zoom Rooms by configuring their settings for Zoom Phone.
  • Zoom room display name
    Administrators can customize the name that appears on the scheduling display screen on the Zoom web portal. This allows administrators to choose shorter display names that do not include things like location prefixes.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

October 26, 2020 version 5.2.2 (3051.1024)

New and enhanced features

• In-meeting features
  • End-to-end (E2E) encryption  for meetings
    End-to-end (E2E) encryption for meetings is now available in technical preview. Account owners and admins can enable end-to-end (E2E) encryption for meetings, providing additional protection when needed. Enabling end-to-end (E2E) encryption for meetings requires all meeting participants to join from the Zoom desktop client, mobile app, or Zoom Rooms. Users will not be able to join by telephone, SIP/H.323 devices, on-premise configurations, or Lync/Skype clients, as these endpoints cannot be encrypted end to end. Zoom web client and third-party clients leveraging the Zoom SDK are also not supported at launch. Enabling this setting also disables the following features: join before host, cloud recording, streaming, live transcription, Breakout Rooms, polling, and meeting reactions. This setting is enabled in the Zoom web portal at the account, group, and user level and can be locked at the account or group level. 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

September 27, 2020 version 5.2.0 (2940.0927)

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

August 23, 2020 version 5.1.2 (2806.0821)

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes

August 2, 2020 version 5.1.0 (2745.0802)

Changes to existing features 

• Management features
  • Meeting and webinar passwords now called Passcodes
    Meeting passwords will now be called Passcodes. This includes Room Meeting IDs.
  • Cloud recording storage
    If cloud recording storage capacity is reached, Zoom Rooms attendees will not be able to record. 

New and enhanced features

• In-meeting features
  
  • Support speaker switching with MXL microphones and camera presets
    Zoom Rooms with three MXL AC-44 microphones and a preset capable camera can be configured to support speaker switching. Once the microphones detect where a speaker is sitting, the camera preset is activated for that location.
  • Hand off a Zoom Phone call
    Users that initiate a phone call on their device can handoff the session to a Zoom Room that is in proximity.
  • Attendee audio status
    When users join a meeting, their audio status will be displayed on their video thumbnails until they successfully connect to the meeting audio.
  • Admitting external attendees
    Attendees from the same account as the host can admit external attendees in the Waiting Room. This setting can be toggled on or off.
  • Original sound 
    If software audio processing (SAP) is disabled, Zoom Rooms will automatically enter original audio mode when music is detected. If no music is detected after one minute, the room will leave original audio mode.
  • Check out
    Users who end a scheduled meeting early will have the option to check out and free up the room for other users. 
  • View In-Meeting Private chats
    Private chat messages sent to the Zoom Room during a meeting can be displayed. 
  • Live transcription
    Meeting hosts in Zoom Rooms can turn on auto-transcription during a meeting. Live transcription will be generated automatically and appear on the room meeting display. This feature is currently in beta.
  • Language Interpretation
    If interpretation is being provided, a meeting attendee in a Zoom Room can select another audio channel to hear the meeting language translated.
  • Reactions
    Meeting attendees in a Zoom room will be able to view reactions from other users.
  • Unmute Zoom Rooms attendee in a webinar
    Webinar hosts can unmute a Zoom Rooms attendee without promoting the attendee to panelist.
  • Select screen sharing privileges
    Meeting hosts using a Zoom Room can restrict the ability to screen share to the host only, or allow all participants to share. 
  • One click to join the audio of a Google Meet meeting
• Management features
  • Cloud recording storage
    If cloud recording storage capacity is reached, Zoom Rooms attendees will not be able to record.
  • Under construction
    Scheduling displays will display as under construction if the under construction status is enabled on the Zoom web portal.
  • Companion whiteboard user interface
    The companion whiteboard will display the Zoom Rooms background or the digital signage content when it is not in use.
  • Launch Zoom Rooms Controller from web portal
    Administrators can access a Zoom Room’s controller interface from the web portal.
  • Digital signage content display control
    Administrators can configure the time of day content is displayed.
  • Sign out from all devices 
    Users can sign out of Zoom Rooms from the web portal.
  • Room Controls
    Support for incoming messages to prompt other controls. Support for Additional Rules: Room Operating Hours.
• Scheduling display features
  • Passcode check 
    If a complex passcode is required, user created passwords for scheduled meetings will have to meet certain criteria to be considered secure.
• Controller features
  • Rename participants from controller
    Meeting hosts can rename participants from the Zoom Rooms controller. 

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

July 5, 2020 version 5.0.5 (2542.0703)

Changes to existing features

• Security update
  Support enhanced encryption for connections between Zoom Rooms and Zoom Rooms Controllers and the direct share functionality of the Zoom Meetings client. Starting August 16, 2020, Zoom Rooms and Controllers will need to be running version 5.0.5 or higher to function.

Resolved Issues

• Minor Bug Fixes

May 24, 2020 version 5.0.2 (2399.0524)

Changes to existing features

• Unmuting participants
  If a host mutes a participant then unmutes the person later, a consent message will be displayed to the participant allowing them to unmute or stay muted. 

New and enhanced features

• In-meeting features
  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Meeting information
    Users can view the numeric password which is used for phone and H323/SIP call-in participants. The numeric password is displayed with the phone dial in number on the meeting information screen.
  • Starting a test meeting while not signed in
    Users must accept Zoom’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy via pop-up message before starting a test meeting in a Zoom Room that is not signed in. 
• Management features
  • Recording consent customization
    Admins can customize the message that appears asking participants for their consent to be recorded. 
  • Logs
    Admin users can enable a web setting that allows Zoom support to submit logs to Zoom on behalf of the admin, or have the logs automatically uploaded in the event of a crash.
• Scheduling display features
  • Scheduling a password protected meeting
    Users can choose to schedule a password protected meeting and customize the meeting password from a scheduling display. If passwords are required for scheduled meetings, a password will be generated automatically and cannot be disabled from the scheduling display.

Resolved issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes

April 26, 2020 version 5.0.0 (2236.0426)

Note: Once you upgrade to this version, you cannot downgrade to the previous version using the Zoom web admin portal.

New and enhanced features

• Recording permissions
  Admin users can restrict recording permissions from the web so that meeting hosts cannot allow attendees to record. 
• AES 256-bit GCM encryption
  Zoom is upgrading to the AES 256-bit GCM encryption standard, which offers increased protection of your meeting data in transit and resistance against tampering. This provides confidentiality and integrity assurances on your Zoom Meeting, Zoom Video Webinar, and Zoom Phone data. This version of Virtual Room Connector will support GCM encryption when it is automatically enabled for all accounts on May 30. For H.323/SIP devices, GCM encryption will be used between the Cloud Room Connector and the Meeting connector, to ensure codec compatibility.

Changes to existing features

• Problem reports
  In addition to basic logs, users can send audio, content sharing, and crash dump logs with a problem report using the Zoom Rooms Controller.
• Screen sharing
  Zoom Rooms cannot share screen when the host disables screen sharing for meeting participants.
• Signing in to Zoom Rooms
  To pair Zoom Rooms and controller using the pairing code, the Zoom Rooms Controller must be upgraded to versions 5.0 or above. Alternatively, you can sign in or enter activation code on the Zoom Rooms and Zoom Rooms Controller individually. 

Resolved Issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes

April 10, 2020 Version 4.6.6 (2052.0409)

Resolved Issues

• Resolved an issue that prevented Blackmagic devices from working properly.

April 7, 2020 Version 4.6.5 (2040.0406)

Resolved Issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes