Zoom has announced the availability of an automatic update feature designed to streamline the update process for desktop clients.
This new feature is currently only available for Windows and macOS desktop Zoom clients, Linux platforms are currently not supported.
In addition, mobile device users can also use the automatic updater built into their respective app stores to automatically update their apps.
Most individual users have automatic updates enabled by default. If automatic updates are enabled, users can stop them after the initial installation of the desktop client or after the first update where this feature is present.
Customers can change this setting at any time by checking or unchecking the “Automatically keep my zoom up to date” box under Zoom > Settings > General.
You can also toggle the frequency of updates between “slow” and “fast”; if you select the “slow” option, updates will be less frequent and will focus on maximizing stability. If you select the fast update channel, the latest features and updates will be installed as soon as they become available.
However, regardless of which update channel you choose, important Zoom client security updates will be provided automatically to all users who have automatic updates enabled.
Although the platform has previously provided automatic updates for enterprise customers, this update expands the target audience to include all individual desktop client users who are not part of an enterprise organization.
Zoom is also working on two-factor authentication (2FA) support for all accounts in September 2020, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in October 2020, and security enhancements to stop Zorro vandalism a month later.
The company’s video conferencing software has become very popular as a way to keep in touch with friends and hold online meetings since the pandemic began.
Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan reports rapid growth, with the platform reaching 300 million Zoom meeting attendees per day in April 2020.
Zoom Messenger was hacked by Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade of Computest at the Pwn2Own 2021 event in April.
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