Zoom - Updates

September 2025 

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workspace 6.5.12 released (9/1/2025)
• Zoom Workspace 6.6.0 released (9/15/2025)
• Zoom Workspace 6.6.2 released (9/29/2025)

General Feature Updates

Removed functionality for live streaming on Workplace from Meta

Due to Meta's recent announcement about the closure of Workplace from Meta, Zoom customers can no longer live stream Zoom meetings or webinars on Workplace from Meta. As an alternative, it is recommended to live stream a meeting or webinar to a custom platform, such as Workvivo. Learn more about enabling and setting up custom live streaming on your Zoom account or setting up a custom live stream to Workvivo.

Note: Live streaming a Zoom meeting or webinar on Facebook is still available.

Expanded language support for automated captions

Automated captioning support is expanding to include the following languages and regional dialects: Afrikaans, Arabic (Gulf), Bengali, Catalan, Croatian, Galician, German (Switzerland), Greek, Latvian, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, Somali, and Zulu. These languages are enabled by default, but admins can control the availability of the languages through the Automated captions setting within the web portal.

Note: The following locales were rolled back due to backend issues: English (Australian), English (India), English (Ireland), English (New Zealand), English (Scot), English (South Africa), English (United Kingdom), English (Welsh), Spanish (Mexico).

Meeting Features Updates

Support video auto framing for meeting participants

With the video auto-framing feature, meeting participants are automatically kept centered in the camera view as the technology detects and adjusts to their movements. The auto-framing capability works with both standard in-built laptop cameras and external webcams, removing the need for manual camera adjustments when participants change position. This ensures a consistent and professional visual presence is maintained throughout Zoom Meetings.

Enhancement to make microphone modes easily accessible

Users can switch microphone modes from the audio flyout. They can switch between default noise removal, personalized audio isolation and original sound for music. The centralized audio controls help users to easily switch mode, from a noisy office environment that isolates their voice to a private music lesson where they need to hear every note.

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Allow alternative hosts to manually reclaim host status when rejoining 

Alternative hosts can reclaim host status when rejoining meetings they were previously hosting. This feature ensures meeting continuity by preserving host assignments even when connection issues occur. When an alternative host who was acting as the meeting host disconnects and then rejoins, they must manually reclaim host status.

July 2025 

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workspace 6.5.5 released (7/14/2025)
• Zoom Workspace 6.5.6 released (7/27/2025)
• Zoom Workspace 6.5.7 released (7/22/2025)

Meeting Feature Updates

Support for personalized audio isolation on iPads

Personalized audio isolation enhances the meeting experience by enabling clear conversations even in loud environments with background talkers. Users can enable or disable this mode from the Audio section in their Zoom mobile app settings. Users need to record a voice print to use personalized audio isolation on mobile including iPad.

Host controls for managing participant speaking languages and translations

Meeting hosts can adjust the speaking language settings for any individual participant when any participant in the meeting has Translations enabled. When Translations is active, participants retain their own speaking language settings, which can sometimes conflict with default caption language updates. The host can access this control through the participant list drop-down menu, allowing them to modify language settings in main meeting rooms. This feature helps hosts resolve situations where transcriptions become inaccurate due to mismatched language settings, improving the overall translation and captioning experience for all participants.

Expanded language support for voice recorder with multi-language detection and transcription

Users can access voice recorder functionality across different languages. The feature automatically detects the speaking language during recording and allows users to switch languages if the detected language differs from the configured setting. Transcripts and summaries are generated in the primarily spoken language, even if initially configured differently. Supported languages for this release include English, French, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish and Indonesian.

Enhancement to Smart Recording with AI Companion transcript availability for playback

Users can access Smart Recording with AI Companion features including highlights, summary, smart chapters, next steps, and meeting coach without requiring a meeting transcript to be displayed with the cloud recording on the playback page. The AI features remain functional and accessible independently of the transcript availability, improving the flexibility and usability of AI-powered meeting features.

Enhancement to gallery view for 3-5 person meetings on mobile

Meeting participants on the mobile app can experience an improved gallery view layout that better utilizes available screen space in meetings with 3-5 participants. The new design displays equally-sized video tiles that are larger compared to the previous layout, moving away from the traditional speaker view format where one participant appears larger than others. The toolbar's behavior adapts based on display settings, maintaining separation from video tiles in always-on mode or allowing overlay in fade mode. This enhancement delivers a more balanced and visually appealing gallery view.

June 2025

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workplace 6.5.0 released (6/17/2025)
• Zoom Workplace 6.5.1 released (6/23/2025)
• Zoom Workplace 6.5.3 released (6/30/2025)

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General Features

Zoom Voice Recorder with AI Companion (mobile device feature)

Using the Zoom mobile app, users can now create an impromptu audio recording using the AI Companion. On the Zoom mobile app, simply select the "record" button:

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Then click "Continue" on the pop-up notification:

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An AI Companion summary will be automatically created once the recording is completed. The summary and recording can be accessed by visiting the Zoom web portal.

For more information, please see Zoom's "Using Voice Recorder with AI Companion" article.

Bi-directional Zoom and Microsoft presence synchronization

Users are now able to enable "presence" for their Zoom account. By enabling the presence integration, Zoom will update your availability to reflect if you are in a meeting (Zoom, Teams, etc.) or out of the office. For more information, please see Zoom's "Configuring Zoom and Microsoft presence synchronization" article.

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Note: To enable presence, a Zoom account must be integrated. For steps on this process, please see the Zoom - Integrate Meetings into Your Calendar tutorial.

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Meeting / Webinar Feature Updates

Host/co-host option to dismiss questions answered by panelists

Hosts and co-hosts can dismiss questions that panelists have marked "Answer Live" in webinar Q&As. When a panelist clicks "Answer Live" to answer a question, both the host and the co-host can click "Done" on the panelist's behalf to complete the answer and move it to the answered queue.

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Meeting Feature Updates

Automated captions on device

Users can experience automated captions generated on eligible devices. This means that for some meetings with lower internet connectivity or lower quality audio, users can still receive reliable captions when the Automated captions and Automated captions on device settings are enabled in the Zoom web portal.

Minimum device requirements include: Windows devices with Intel 11th Gen CPU or higher and 6 cores or higher, Windows devices equipped with AMD Ryzen 7 or higher and having 6 cores or higher, or macOS devices with Apple silicon of M2 or higher.

Note: This feature will not be immediately available, as it is dependent on a backend server update currently scheduled for June 30, 2025.

Enhancements to captions and transcripts language support

Users can access improved language detection and specification capabilities for captions and transcripts in Zoom Meetings. Users can customize caption settings with a new default mode, drag captions outside the meeting window, and resize the caption display. These enhancements enable clearer communication in multilingual meetings and improve accessibility for all participants.

May 2025

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workplace 6.4.10 released (5/19/2025)
• Zoom Workplace 6.4.12 released (5/29/2025)

General Features

Enhancements to Workplace app desktop settings interface

New tabs

• Video & effects
  • Camera selection from the Video tab is now combined with the Backgrounds & Effects tab, resulting in a single tab to control all settings related to your appearance.
  • Meetings-related settings from the Video tab have been moved to the new Meetings tab.
• Notifications & sounds
  • Combines notification and sound-related settings previously located across several settings categories.
• Meetings
  • Combines meetings-related settings previously located across several settings categories. Settings impacting similar parts of the meeting experience are grouped together to make them easier to find.

Changes to existing tabs

• General
  • Meetings-related settings have been moved to the new Meetings tab.
  • System settings are now grouped together in a subcategory.
  • Added a Zoom apps cache setting.
• Audio
  • Ringtones have been moved to the new Notifications & sounds tab.
  • Meetings-related settings have been moved to the new Meetings tab.
• Share screen
  • Created sub-categories for content sharing settings, divided into three sections: When others share, When I share, and Share button behavior.
• Team Chat
  • Desktop notification-related settings for Team Chat have been moved to the Notifications & sounds tab.

Meeting / Webinar Feature Updates

Enhancement to spotlighted tab display

When sharing multiple screens simultaneously during a meeting, participants can distinguish spotlighted tabs through a newly designed visual pill that appears next to the selected tab. The spotlight functionality has been refined to work seamlessly with existing gradients and color schemes in the interface.

Meeting Feature Updates

Ability to use slides as meeting presentation backgrounds

Users can select a PowerPoint or Keynote slide deck to be presented in the background. Users can navigate through their uploaded slide deck images while presenting, and adjust the size and location of their webcam video. The feature is available to Free, Pro and Enterprise users. This enhancement provides presenters with a flexible way to create engaging visual presentations while maintaining speaker presence on screen.

Ability to choose the meeting waiting room default screen

When the waiting room is enabled, participants see a default screen unless account owners, admins or hosts customize it. This screen may change over time to reflect Zoom's latest products or features—for example, switching from the Zoom Workplace image to the AI Companion image.

With this release, customers can choose to keep the Zoom Workplace image or use the AI Companion image as the default screen shown in the waiting room. 

• Account owners and admins can manage this setting at the account or group levels under the Meeting tab > Security section > Waiting Room Options > Customize Waiting Room.
• If allowed within the account, the host can also change this setting for their personal use under Settings > Meeting tab > Security section > Waiting Room Options > Customize Waiting Room. 

This feature will be added to feature release controls.

AI Meeting Summary in Microsoft Teams

This update adds a post-meeting summary feature to the Zoom integration in Microsoft Teams. After a Zoom meeting ends, a View meeting insights with AI Companion link will automatically appear in the Microsoft Teams meeting card. To use this feature:

• Zoom AI Companion must be enabled.
• The Insert meeting details option in Zoom web settings must be turned on (enabled by default).
  • Located under the Mail & Calendar tab.
• Clicking the link opens the AI-generated summary directly in Teams. Users can continue interacting with Zoom AI Companion via a deep link to the Zoom app included in the summary.

March 2025

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workplace 6.4.0 released (3/17/2025)
• Zoom Workplace 6.4.1 released (3/22/2025)
• Zoom workplace 6.4.3 released (3/31/2025)

General Features

Enhanced Zoom Workplace App interface for signed-out users

When a signed out user opens the Zoom Workplace App, they would see the enhanced workplace interface with tabs that reflects Zoom products. The last login of the user will be saved for a seamless sign-in. Upon signing in, users would only see the products as per their license entitlements. For customers who use device level policies, a new MSI/GPO flag, EnableNewSigninUI, will be enabled by default to show this experience. It can be disabled to continue showing the older experience.

January 2025

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workplace 6.3.5 released (1/6/2025)
• Zoom workplace 6.3.6 released (1/15/2025)

General Features 

Enhancements to global navigation menu to reduce interface complexity

The Help icon (?) has been removed from the global navigation bar to reduce visual clutter while maintaining Help functionality through alternate access points. Users can still access Help features through the native operating system toolbars or the profile menu.

Webinar Feature Updates

Simulive webinars with automatic transition to live

Hosts can schedule webinars to start with a pre-recorded video and automatically roll over to a live session after the recording completes. Hosts have the option to end the simulive portion early and transition to live manually. Attendees experience a seamless transition from the pre-recorded content to the live segment. Hosts and panelists are notified before the rollover to prepare for the live portion. This feature ensures webinars start on time with engaging content while enabling live interaction with the audience. Users must be on Zoom Workplace App version 6.3.5 or later to use this feature.

Teams Chat Features

New and improved sidebar experience in Team Chat

Zoom Team Chat's newly redesigned sidebar gives you complete control over your workspace. New Zoom Team Chat sidebar experience.

Integration Features

Enhancement to Zoom for Microsoft Teams

Zoom for Microsoft Teams has been enhanced for a better user experience. The Meeting and Phone tabs have been combined into a single Zoom Workplace tab. The user interface of the Meeting function, as well as the Notification to Chat, has been updated.

November 2024

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workplace 6.2.11 released (11/25/2024)
• Zoom Workplace 6.2.10 released (11/18/2024)
• Zoom Workplace 6.2.7 released (11/11/2024)

Meeting / Webinar Feature Updates

Improved visual indicators for lowering hand in meetings and webinars

In a meeting or webinar, the lower hand icon and a floating lower hand button above the toolbar will appear providing a clear visual cue. The floating button remains visible regardless of the Display your reactions above toolbar setting, so users don't miss the lowered hand state.

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Meeting Feature Updates

Improved speaker visibility in gallery view with follow drag order and sort by active speaker option

During a meeting, users can keep the most recent active speaker visible in the gallery view. When a participant starts speaking, they will remain in their current position until they finish speaking or are muted, even if they lower their hand.

Webinar Feature Updates

Shared content-only view mode for webinars

Webinar hosts and co-hosts can select a shared content-only view mode that displays only the shared content to attendees, hiding all panelist video tiles. This mode is available even when panelists have their cameras turned on. Hosts and panelists can also select this view for their personal use from the view menu or participant list. Attendees will see this view automatically if the host has set the attendee view to shared content only, or to follow host view with the host in the shared content only view.

This feature provides hosts with more control over the attendee experience, allowing them to prioritize shared content in situations like slide presentations, webpage sharing or video playback.

The following settings must be enabled through Zoom Recording settings:

• Enable Record active speaker with shared screen
• Enable Record gallery view with shared screen
• Enable Record active speaker, gallery view and shared screen separately
  • Enable Shared Screen (this is a sub-setting under Record active speaker, gallery view and shared screen separately)
• Disable Record thumbnails when sharing

For more information, please see Adjusting recording video layouts.

Survey & Polls Feature Updates

Integrate surveys and polls in the Zoom desktop app

Users can access and manage surveys and polls directly from the Zoom desktop app. They can create new surveys or polls, manage their personal survey library, access survey or poll results, and preview surveys or polls. This integration provides a seamless experience for users to work with surveys and polls within the Zoom desktop app, eliminating the need to switch between different apps.

Mail & Calendar Feature Updates

Bi-directional calendar sync enabled by default

Once a user integrates their calendar with Zoom, the bi-directional syncing is enabled by default.

With bi-directional syncing, users can ensure their Zoom meetings are correctly synced with their connected third-party calendar by enabling bi-directional sync.

September 2024

Zoom Workplace Desktop Application Updates

• Zoom Workplace 6.2.3 released (9/30/2024)
• Zoom Workplace 6.2.2 released (9/25/2024)
• Zoom Workplace 6.2.0 released (9/16/2024)

General Features Update

Manage signed-in devices and sessions

From both the Zoom Workplace app and the Web Portal, users can manage devices and sessions where they are logged in, with the ability to log out of individual devices or log out of all devices and sessions. This feature will not be immediately available, as it is dependent on a backend server update currently scheduled for Sept. 23, 2024.

Audio tone support for mute/unmute actions

The Zoom Workplace app offers an option to play audio tones when muting or unmuting the microphone, providing enhanced accessibility for users with visual impairments or other disabilities. This setting is off by default and can be enabled from the Zoom Workplace app under Settings then Audio. When enabled, users will hear a tone, audible only to them, indicating the mute or unmute action.

Meeting / Webinar Feature Updates

Simplified muted audio notification

Users will receive a consistent reminder across Zoom Workplace desktop app when they are speaking while muted during a meeting. The reminder stays visible long enough for users to read and unmute themselves. The reminder message is simplified removing multiple options for unmuting.

Show time of next recurring session in meeting and webinar waiting room

When waiting to join a recurring meeting or webinar series, users are shown the start time and date of the next scheduled session. The waiting room displays Starting at followed by the upcoming session's time and date, replacing the previous Recurring label. If the next session is not on the same day, the day is also displayed.

Webinar Feature Updates

New branding features

Zoom is adding new branding features for Webinars. Hosts and co-hosts gain the ability to change the webinar wallpaper within the Zoom Workplace app, similar to the experience in Zoom Meetings. This update enhances user control and personalization, allowing for a more productive and visually cohesive webinar experience. Additionally, admins can upload and define default wallpapers, providing a unified branding approach across different Zoom services.

Ability to demote alternative host to attendee

Hosts can demote an alternative host to an attendee role. This allows alternative hosts, who were automatically added with scheduling privileges or added manually by the host, to participate as regular attendees when not needed for hosting duties. The demoted user can leave and rejoin the session to regain alternative host privileges.

Slide control practice mode in Backstage for webinar presenters

Presenters can now practice using slide controls within Backstage as they prepare for webinars. This new practice mode simulates the live webinar experience, allowing presenters to navigate through slides and get accustomed to the slide control functionality. Backstage provides a dedicated environment for presenters to rehearse their presentations and become comfortable with the slide controls before the actual webinar.

Improved navigation for panelists moving from Backstage to Webinar

The icon for Enter Webinar or Enter Backstage is more prominent, making it easier for panelists to find and switch between the two spaces.

Mail & Calendar Feature Updates

Visually appealing calendar color palette revamp

The calendar color palette has been revamped with a consistent color mapping and visually pleasing color options. The new palette avoids overly bright colors or high contrast shades that can strain the eyes.