Zoom Release Notes (Jan 2023)

Jan 15, 2023 | Zoom Release Notes

Some new features may require that you update your Zoom software.

In this Zoom release:

  • New meeting chat experience – Hosts can allow meeting participants to communicate as effectively and efficiently with in-meeting chat.
  • Creation of breakout room based on poll results – Meeting hosts can choose to Create Breakout Rooms while setting up polls.

View full release notes from Zoom Support.

New Meeting Chat Experience

Hosts can allow meeting participants to communicate as effectively and efficiently with in-meeting chat, as they do with Team Chat. Participants will be able to delete their messages, reply in threads, quote, format their messages with additional rich text formatting options, preview images directly in the chat thread, capture and send screenshots, and react to messages with emojis.

Screenshot of the Zoom New Meeting Chat Experience

Creation of breakout room based on poll results

Meeting hosts can choose to Create Breakout Rooms while setting up polls. If this option is selected, the host can split participants into separate, smaller rooms based on participants’ answers. Hosts can set a limit for how many participants are placed in each breakout room and move/exchange participants after launching the breakout rooms.

Screenshot showing the poll creation in Zoom with the Create Breakout Rooms option checked.

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