Zoom Updates - Week of April 26, 2021


New Updates to Zoom Web

User Features 

  • Enhanced data privacy notice: In-context user education for various features, such as viewing a cloud recording, informs the user who can see, save, and share the information before they provide it. 
  • UI enhancement for webinar practice session: Webinar hosts that enable the practice session will see a Start Practice Session button when viewing their webinar details instead of a Start Webinar button. 

Web Client Features

  • Enhanced data privacy notice: In-context user education for various features, such as polling, Q&A, chat, whiteboard, closed captioning, and others, informs the user who can see, save, and share the information before they provide it. 

New Updates to Zoom Client

General Features

  • Enhanced Untrusted Service Certificate alerts for WIndows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS: Untrusted Service Certificate alerts will now provide additional information about the error, such as the server name on the certificate is incorrect, failed revocation check, untrusted certifying authority, or an invalid certificate or associated chain. Users will also be able to view the certificates to assist in troubleshooting.
  • Enhanced data privacy notices for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS: See Web Portal > Web Client Features section. 

Meeting/Webinar Features

  • Vanishing Pen for Windows, macOS, and Linux: This new annotation tool will allow annotators to make on the shared screen to highlight certain information, but the markings will fade away within a couple of seconds. 

Meeting Features 

  • Full suite of emojis for Reactions for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS: Available in client version 5.2.0 or higher, all emojis available for Zoom chat can now be used as a reaction in a meeting. Hosts can restrict reactions to the standard set or allow use of the full suite. 

Chat Features 

  • Enhancements to deactivate user visibility for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS: Deactivated users will no longer be searchable, unless there is existing chat history with that user. Profile information and available interaction options will be reduced in line with their diminished user status. Deactivated users will be listed at the bottom of any contact list or group. 


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