With Zoom, you can combine cloud video conferencing with simple online meetings. We offer a wireless screen-sharing solution that offers the best video, audio, and audio experience across multiple platforms. You can learn more about Zoom’s basic features in this article.

The Chrome OS app allows you to start or join a meeting, invite contacts, manage participants, and more; however, it does not offer all the features available on the Zoom desktop client, mobile app, or web client.

Prerequisites

• Zoom app from the Chrome web store

Sign in and join

Click Join a Meeting after Zoom has launched to join a meeting without signing in. You can sign in and start or schedule your own meeting by clicking Sign In.

Sign in with your Zoom, Google, or Facebook account. SSO is also available. You can reset your password if you have a Zoom account but cannot remember it.

Start a meeting

You will see the Start a meeting tab after signing in, where you can select from the following options:

• Let’s start with the video:
• Set up a video meeting.
• Without the video:
• Start an instant meeting without video.
• (Optional) Select Use My Personal Meeting ID (PMI) to start an instant meeting with your personal meeting ID.

Join a meeting

To join a meeting in progress, select the Join a meeting tab. Click Join after entering the meeting ID or personal link name. Keep the meeting invite information handy in case you are prompted for the meeting passcode.

Before joining, you can also check the following boxes:

• Audio should not be connected:
• Once you join the meeting, you will be prompted to connect to computer audio if you choose not to do so automatically.
• Turn off my video:
• As you join the meeting, your video will be off, but you will be able to turn it on after you join.

Contacts

View and manage your contacts by clicking the Contacts tab. A list of all your contacts will appear. Contacts can also be searched. Upon selecting a contact, you will be able to see their status, some information about that contact, and start an instant meeting.

Settings

To access your settings, click the gear icon.

• Video tab
  • Enable mirror effect:
  • Flip your video horizontally. This is useful if your camera automatically flips your video.
  • Whenever you join a video meeting, show the video preview dialog:
  •  When you join a video meeting, show a preview of your video.
  • Hide non-video participants:
  • Hide participants’ thumbnails if they do not have video enabled. Non-video participants’ thumbnails display their name and profile picture, if they have one.
• Audio tab
  • Automatically join audio by computer when joining a meeting:
  •  Instead of displaying a join prompt, automatically join meetings with computer audio.
  • Make sure that the microphone is muted when you join meetings
  • Automatically adjust microphone volume:
  •  Automatically adjust your microphone’s volume as needed to make it easier for other participants to hear you. You may want to turn off this setting if your audio is fading in and out.
• Accessibility tab
  • Always show meeting controls:
  •  Make sure the meeting controls are always visible during any meeting. A few seconds of inactivity will result in hiding the meeting controls.
  • A list of keyboard shortcuts is also provided.
• Statistics:
• While in a meeting, you can view network statistics for audio, video, and screen sharing.
• About Zoom:
•  View the current version, Zoom company information, and information about what Open Source software is used within Zoom

In-meeting controls

After joining a meeting, you can access the meeting controls found at the bottom of the Zoom window (move your mouse in the Zoom window to display meeting controls).

Learn how to control meetings as a host, co-host, or attendee. Before joining a scheduled meeting, you can attend a test meeting to familiarize yourself with meeting controls.

More resources

• Join our weekly Zoom meetings and webinar training
• Join a test meeting