Zoom Rooms features

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The Zoom Rooms application runs on macOS, Windows, and Android operating systems (OS). The features available vary by OS. The following will help you evaluate the Zoom Rooms solution or decide what OS is preferable for your setup. 

Prerequisites for Zoom Rooms features

Latest version of Zoom Rooms for Conference Room and Zoom Rooms Controller

Features

Feature

macOS

Windows

Appliance

Meeting list  

Display no subject meetings ✔ 
Hide host and meeting ID from private meetings ✔ 

Installation

Download and install app  
Install with MSI    
Multiple language support

Sign in / sign out

Sign in with work email
Sign in with Google service account  ✔  ✔ 

Start / Join / End / Leave meeting     

Start/Join a meeting ✔ 
Waiting room
Start a meeting by inviting contacts  ✔  ✔  ✔ 
Start a meeting by inviting room system  ✔  ✔  ✔ 
Start/Join a telephone only meeting ✔ 
Auto start/end scheduled meetings
Dial H.323/SIP meeting

Meeting history     

Meeting history with meeting ID ✔ 
Meeting history with vanity URL  ✔ 

In-meeting controls

Join assigned breakout room ✔  ✔ 
Assign participants to breakout rooms

In-meeting sharing  

Laptop sharing ✔ 
Direct sharing with sharing code  ✔ 
Direct sharing with ultrasonic proximity signal  ✔ 
Airplay sharing  ✔   
HDMI sharing  ✔ 
Camera sharing ✔   
Whiteboard sharing with Kaptivo device  ✔   
Multiple simultaneous shares  ✔ 
Companion whiteboard ✔ 
Receive and display Dropbox/OneDrive/Google Drive files

Phone     

Phone call out with audio conferencing plan ✔ 
Change phone call out to meeting  ✔ 
SIP call out 
SIP call in  ✔ 
Multi-protocol support  ✔   
PBX call in/call out
Formatted PBX numbers  ✔ 
SIP or PBX 3-way calling  ✔ 
SIP or PBX call transfer  ✔ 
Change PBX call to meeting  ✔ 
Call history 

Audio     

Mute/unmute all 
Mute/Unmute one participant  ✔ 
Mute on entry  ✔ 
Toggle participants' ability to mute/unmute  ✔ 
Software audio processing ✔ 
Multi MXL microphone support ✔   
Multi XLR microphone support ✔   
Support for Dante virtual microphones ✔  ✔   

Video     

Far end camera control  ✔ 
Local camera control  ✔ 
Enable/disable mirroring  ✔ 
Camera presets  ✔ 
Intelligent camera support
Far end and local PTZ support with serial port PTZ cameras    ✔   
Camera speed control for absolute cameras   
1080p video and video share  ✔  ✔  ✔ 
Virtual background with green screen  
Virtual Background without a green screen     ✔*
Blur background ✔**
Multiple camera support (switching between cameras)

Invite     

Invite by contacts  ✔ 
Invite by email  ✔ 
Invite by phone  ✔ 
Invite by room system  ✔ 

Recording

Start recording ✔ 
Stop recording ✔ 
Auto recording ✔ 
Allow attendee to record  ✔ 

Meeting views     

Gallery view  ✔ 
Speaker view  ✔ 
Thumbnail view  ✔ 
Show/hide video non-video participants
Swap content  ✔ 
Local view  
Spotlight a video
Pin a video ✔ 

Chat     

View in-meeting chat ✔  ✔ 
Raise hand

Closed captioning     

Enable/disable CC ✔ 
Adjust CC font size  ✔ 
Manually type CC ✔ 
Live transcription

Watermark     

Display watermark while sharing  ✔   ✔  ✔ 
Display watermark with video  ✔   ✔  ✔ 

Host privileges     

Make participant host ✔ 
Claim host privileges  ✔ 
Make participant co-host  ✔ 
Receive co-host privileges  ✔ 
Make room alternate host ✔ 

Meeting alert      

Upcoming meeting alert before meeting  ✔ 
Upcoming meeting alert during meeting  ✔ 

Webinar

Join a webinar  ✔   ✔  ✔ 
Promote to panelist ✔   ✔  ✔ 
Make participant view only  ✔   ✔  ✔ 
Side by side mode  ✔   ✔  ✔ 

Notifications

Avoid Bluetooth audio device  ✔   
Audio device quality issues  ✔   
Low battery on controller  ✔ 
Controller disconnected  ✔ 
High CPU usage  ✔ 
Low network bandwidth  ✔ 
Zoom Room offline  ✔ 
Display disconnected  ✔   
Auto login not configured    

Restart

Weekly restart  ✔   ✔
Select day for auto restart  ✔ 
Restart Zoom Room from web  ✔ 
Restart OS from web ✔ 

Digital Signage

Digital signage  ✔ 
Split screen layout  ✔ 
Weather widgets on display  ✔ 
Background image

Meeting participants 

Sort participants list ✔ 
Display number of participants not on screen ✔ 
Large meeting support ✔ 

Annotation

Allow participant to annotate  ✔ 
Whiteboard   

Multiple Screens     

Dual screens  ✔ 
Triple screens  ✔  ✔***

Logs

Send problem report  ✔ 

Integrations     

Revolabs integration  ✔   
Polycom Trio 8800  ✔   
Mercury  ✔   
Voxbox  ✔   
Room control for third party devices

Check-in     

Check-in   ✔
Auto check-in  ✔ 
Release room  ✔ 
Delete recurring meetings  ✔ 

Calendar integration     

Exchange  ✔ 
OAuth support for O365/Exchange calendar integration  ✔ 
Google Calendar

Third-party meeting join     

Webex  ✔ 
GoToMeeting ✔ 
Skype for Business
Microsoft Teams
BlueJeans ✔ 
Google Meet ✔ 
One touch join ✔ 
Fuze

Zoom Rooms for Touch

Toggle touch functionality  
Dual displays   ✔ 
Shape detecting   ✔ 
Multi-page whiteboard   ✔ 
Send whiteboard to internal contacts only    ✔
Save a multi page whiteboard as a single PDF    ✔ ✔ 
Companion whiteboard  
Content sharing with Magewell   ✔   

Contact list

Search contacts/rooms ✔  ✔  ✔ 
Invite by room or contat  ✔ 
Show contact availaibility 
Set room availability status 

Security

Password protected meetings
TSP meeting ✔ 
AES-256 GCM Encryption
Direct share encryption 

Remote management

Avoid Bluetooth audio device    
Usage tracking 
Audio log   
Audio device quality issues   
Low batter on controller 
Controller disconnected 
High CPU usage 
Low network bandwidth 
Zoom Room offline 
Display disconnected     
Auto login not configured    
Weekly restart
Select day for auto restart  
Restart Zoom Room from web
Restart OS from web

*(Personal Zoom Rooms only) supported on DTEN Me, Facebook Portal, Neat, and Poly Zoom Room appliances.

**(Personal Zoom Rooms only) supported on Poly devices, Neat bars and Facebook portal.

***Consult the vendor's documentation to see if the device supports triple displays.

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