Release notes for Zoom Team Chat

Upcoming Release

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

March 20, 2023

New and enhanced features

• Zoom desktop client and mobile app features (version 5.14.0)
  • Restrict/disable @all mentions in a channel - Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
    If allowed by admins, Team Chat channel owners can disable or restrict use of the @all mention within that channel.
  • Message translation - Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
    Users can translate messages sent to them in other languages, better facilitating communication between teams in different regions. Zoom will detect the language of the original message and, when prompted, translate the message to the default language used by the Zoom app. Users can also choose other target languages for the message to translate to. This feature will not be immediately available, as it is dependent on a backend server update currently scheduled for March 26th.
  • Support for Team Chat message encryption with Customer Managed Key (CMK) - Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
    Customer Managed Key (CMK) encryption can be extended to include encryption of Team Chat messages. Team Chat messages join other items already covered by CMK encryption, including Zoom Phone voicemails and recordings, Meeting and Webinar recordings, compliance archiving, and certain tokens.
• Web portal features
  • Administrator features
    
    • Support message translation in Team Chat
      Account owners and admins can enable Team Chat message translation. Message language is automatically detected upon translation and supports 22 languages. This setting is available at the account and group levels and is enabled by default. This feature will not be immediately available, as it is dependent on a backend server update currently scheduled for April 2nd.
    • Restrict use of Continuous Meeting Chat
      Account owners and admins can enable dedicated group chats for meeting conversations. This allows meeting hosts to schedule a meeting and invite contacts, who are added to both the calendar event for the meeting and the dedicated Team Chat group chat. This group chat and its messages are accessible by members before, during, and after the scheduled meeting.
    • Restrict or disable @all mentions in a channel
      Account owners and admins can allow Team Chat channel owners to disable or restrict use of the @all mention.
    • Support for Team Chat message encryption with Customer Managed Key (CMK)
      Customer Managed Key (CMK) encryption can be extended to include encryption of Team Chat messages. Team Chat messages join other items already covered by CMK encryption, including Zoom Phone voicemails and recordings, Meeting and Webinar recordings, compliance archiving, and certain tokens.
  • User features
    
    • Support message translation in Team Chat
      If enabled, users can select their preferred language to use when translating messages in Team Chat. This feature will not be immediately available, as it is dependent on a backend server update currently scheduled for March 26th.
    • Continuous Meeting Chat
      Meeting hosts can schedule a meeting and invite contacts, who are added to both the calendar event for the meeting and the dedicated Team Chat group chat. This group chat and its messages are accessible by members before, during, and after the scheduled meeting.
• PWA features
  • • Enhancements to Team Chat for PWA
      Apart from the ability to directly access Zoom Team Chat from the PWA, users can now benefit from enhanced features such as:
      • Existing Group Chats: When starting a new chat, users can see existing group chats that match the exact members you entered. They can select an existing group chat and jump right into the chat, rather than duplicating an existing group chat. 
      • External Contacts and Contact Requests: Users can add external contacts to their group chats and channels, as well as send invite requests when adding a contact to a channel or sending a chat message. Contact requests can be pinned to the left sidebar through PWA settings for easy access.
      • Channel Settings: Additional channel settings available on the desktop and mobile apps have been added to restrict who can add members, as well as support for multiple channel admins.
      • Additional User Settings: Users can choose to show link previews, change your status to away when inactive, and block users through PWA settings. Blocked users cannot be added to a channel or receive a chat message from you.

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Current Release

For more details on associated releases, such as other features included in the release and exact version numbers, refer to the dedicated release notes by platform: 
Web | Windows | macOS | Linux | Android | Android for Intune | iOS | iOS for Intune | PWA

February 27, 2023

New and enhanced features

• Zoom desktop client and mobile app features 
  • Personal note enhancements 
    Various enhancements have been made to make the personal note feature easier and more impactful to use.
  • Consolidated notifications for channel member changes 
    When users join, leave, are added by, or removed by another user, the various chat notifications displayed in the chat channel are consolidated down when there are multiple of these notifications in a given day. This provides more visual space for chat messages, while still providing the additional information when needed.
• Web portal features
  • Set default Team Chat channels for users
    Account owners and admins can set up to 5 default Team Chat channels, which all new and existing users will automatically be added to. The chosen channels must be public channels and users can choose to leave these default channels.

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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.