Zoom Rooms Release: New Features and Enhancements Update

New Features:

• Native room control enhancements: Administrators can tie up to twenty native room control commands to a single button.
• Display common area phones in the contact list: Common area phones can now be viewed and invited to meetings.
• Join ad hoc Microsoft Teams meetings: Users can enter Microsoft Teams meeting ID and passcode.
• Join ad hoc Webex meetings via SIP: Users can join a Webex meeting using just the meeting ID.
• Passcode for BlueJeans meetings: Automatic parsing of BlueJeans invites to eliminate manual entry of passcodes.
• Shared meeting content on Companion Whiteboards: Automatic display and annotation of shared content on companion whiteboards.
• Support for custom join webinar disclaimer: Configured disclaimers appear in Zoom Rooms.
• Multi-language calendar parsing for Webex meetings: Supports all languages supported by Zoom.
• Product icon updates: Updated app and home screen icons reflecting the new Zoom logo.
• Persistent NDI outputs: Configurable NDI output streams with consistent resolution and frame rates.
• Crestron BYOD support for USB-C: Support for specific Crestron systems with minimum UC-Engine firmware v. 1.11.
• Support for audio framing on DTEN D7.

Enhancements:

• Camera behavior enhancements for Interop meetings: Default camera controls based on Zoom web portal settings.
• Reactions for Zoom Rooms: Users can send and receive reactions in meetings and webinars.
• Increase the number of cameras supported: Multi-camera mode now supports up to four cameras.
• Added More menu to the Whiteboard: New options for toggling collaboration cursors.
• Additional option for toggling show/hide self view: Manage video feed from the Change Views section.
• Organize gallery view: Sorting of attendees in gallery and thumbnail view options.
• Audio enhancements: Updates for echo cancellation and advanced noise suppression.
• Support for NDI streams in breakout rooms: Video feed management for breakout room hosts.
• Chat panel enhancement: Improved visibility for active speaker notifications.
• Updated recording privacy disclaimer: Clearer information regarding data handling.

Fixed Bugs:

• Minor bug fixes.
• Security enhancements.

Open Issues:

Nothing known.

Update Instructions:

• Override Room Activity for Updates: Option for immediate updates ignoring scheduled meetings.
• Firmware upgrade management for DTEN devices: Administrators can upgrade firmware from the web portal.
• Third-party meeting join buttons: Enable join buttons for Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex on home screen.
• Kiosk controls: New icons displayed in kiosk mode for managing room settings.
• Editing source media ports: Set maximum number of source ports, minimum fifty required.
• Bring your own device (BYOD) mode enhancement: Disabling of default prompt for BYOD connections.