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Overview

See the table below for a comparison of Zoom Phone features across desktop clients (Windows, Mac, Linux) and mobile apps (Android, iOS). Make sure to update your client or app to the latest version to access these features.

You can also view features available on supported desk phones.

This article covers:

Prerequisites

  • Latest version of the Zoom Desktop Client or Mobile App
  • Zoom Phone license

Comparison

Click the embedded links to learn more about each feature. 

  - The feature can be enabled, disabled, or customized by the Zoom Phone admin.
  - The feature is only available in the Zoom web portal.

Feature Windows Mac Linux Android iOS

Controls
Make and receive calls  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Select outbound caller ID   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
View detailed incoming call notifications ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Dismiss call notifications (continues to ring on your other devices) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Transfer calls ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Flip calls to another Zoom Phone device (see note A) ✔ ✔ ✔  ✔ ✔
Start cloud recording  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Add another person to the call (three-way calling) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Elevate call to Zoom Meeting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Start or join a concurrent Zoom meeting and switch between phone call and meeting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Merge phone call with concurrent meeting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Contacts
Search through your internal and external contacts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
View contacts synced with Google or Outlook  ✔ ✔ ✔    
Add synced contacts to Google or Outlook using call history or voicemail  ✔ ✔ ✔    
View contacts saved on your phone       ✔ ✔

Voicemail
Play, download, or delete your voicemails ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
View voicemail transcriptions  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Delete several selected voicemail messages at once       ✔ ✔
Delete all voicemail messages at once ✔ ✔ ✔    
Call, copy, or block number of associated voicemail message ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Play, download, or delete shared voicemails  ✔ ✔  ✔  ✔ ✔
Filter voicemails by ownership (owned by you or shared by admin)  ✔  ✔ ✔  ✔  ✔ 

Call history and recordings
Play, download, or delete call history ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Play, download, or delete your own call recordings  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Play, download, or delete shared call recordings            
Delete several selected call history and recording entries at once       ✔ ✔
Delete all call history and recording entries at once ✔ ✔ ✔    
Call, copy, or block number of associated call history or recording entry ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic call recordings  ✔ ✔  ✔ ✔ ✔

Settings
Enable or disable call queue calls  ✔ ✔  ✔ ✔ ✔
Enable or disable calls from shared line groups (see note B) ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔
Show or hide incoming call notifications while in a meeting (see note C) ✔ ✔ ✔    

Additional features
Call delegation  ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔
Shared line groups  ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔
Click to dial ✔ ✔      

 

Note (A): You can use call flip on Linux if it's the originating device. In other words, you can transfer calls from the Linux desktop client, but you can't transfer calls to the Linux desktop client.

Note (B): If your platform does not support enabling or disabling calls from shared line groups, you can change this setting in the Zoom web portal.

Note (C): Incoming call notifications on the Zoom mobile app do not display when you are in a meeting using the app.