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Updated on September 30, 2022
Published on June 25, 2019
In-room people counting
The Zoom Rooms dashboard will now be able to provide data on the number of in-room attendees, providing insight on room utilization and meeting attendance. This is a part of the Zoom Rooms software and will work with any camera. Available on Mac. Coming soon for Windows and Chrome OS.
View meeting chat
Zoom Rooms can now show meeting chat messages via the room display and the room controller. Available on Mac and Windows.
Zoom Rooms for Touch gets auto shape detection and more
Zoom Rooms for Touch is becoming a popular go-to solution for huddle spaces and small meeting areas due to its ability to provide video conferencing and interactive whiteboarding. The recent release enhancements include:
Make outbound SIP/H.323 Calls without additional licenses
Zoom Rooms can now call out to SIP or H.323 room systems without a Conference Room Connector license, Zoom’s interop bridge solution. Conference Room Connector licenses will still be required on the meeting host’s account to allow any SIP or H.323 devices to join a Zoom meeting. Available on Mac and Windows.
One-touch to join third-party meetings from Zoom Rooms
With a single tap of a button, join third-party meetings from your Zoom Rooms with video and audio. Zoom Rooms support this feature with Webex, GoToMeeting, Teams, and Skype for Business meeting invitations. Once in the meeting, users with the Zoom client on their desktop will be able to use one-click proximity share to cast a desktop into the meeting. To use this feature, the third-party meeting invite must provide SIP or H.323 meeting access. Available on Mac and Windows. Get the details in this support article.
Settings to automatically start or end scheduled meetings
Admins can now choose to have Zoom Rooms automatically start or end meetings based on the scheduled time. Zoom Room admins also can choose whether they want to show upcoming meeting alerts on just the controller, or both the controller and the display. Available on Mac and Windows.
Enhanced room control capabilities
The Zoom Rooms controller now includes more capabilities to make sure meetings run flawlessly. They now include the ability to:
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