Update: Zoom for Apple Silicon is now available. Look for the M1 Mac mention on the Zoom download page right here.
Zoom has published the release notes for an update it says is scheduled to be released to users tomorrow, December 21. The highlight for Mac users is that the update will bring support for Apple Silicon Macs, including native performance on the M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.
Zoom on Mac On your Mac, you can head to Zoom’s website to create a free account if you don’t have one yet (you can join calls without an account but need one to host meetings). Support for Screensharing in a Zoom Room with a 64-bit Mac; Meeting Features. Notification that Meeting will Time Out after 40 Minutes when Scheduling When scheduling a meeting as a basic user through the Zoom client for PC or Mac, the host will now be reminded that the meeting will time out after 40 minutes if they have 3 or more participants. Zoom is a free program for Mac that belongs to the category Chat-instant-messaging, and has been developed by Zoom Video Communications Inc. This program is available in Dutch, Chinese, French.
The release notes for the update explain that Zoom will also release a separate installer for installation of the video conferencing app on Apple Silicon Macs:
- Support for Apple Silicon processors – Zoom desktop client will better support computers with ARM CPUs. A separate installer is available for download in the Zoom Download Center.
Given the growth in popularity of Zoom this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a notable update for Mac users. Granted, early indications were that the Intel version of Zoom actually performed quite admirably on M1 Macs despite running in Rosetta 2 translation mode.
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Tomorrow’s update should make Zoom a Universal application, meaning it runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. The M1 processor allows you to run three different types of applications on your Mac:
- iPhone and iPad apps on the Mac through the Mac App Store
- Rosetta 2 translation allows you to run apps made for Intel Macs on Apple Silicon, and sometimes apps perform better in Rosetta with M1 than they did with Intel, Apple says.
- Universal apps are apps built for Apple Silicon and Intel processors and are downloadable from the Mac App Store or from the web.
You can find the full release notes for this Zoom update here. The company says the update will be available sometime on Monday, December 21, 2020. We’ll be sure to update this article when the new version of Zoom begins rolling out.
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The holidays are upon us, and with that comes gatherings of friends and family—usually. In this time of COVID-19, in-person gatherings with people outside of your immediate circle are discouraged. After all, it is the season of giving, but no one wants to give anyone the virus.
That doesn’t mean you can’t get together—virtual meetings are the next best thing, and apps like Zoom help make that happen. Zoom happens to have a holiday gift for its users: owners of M1 Macs can now run a version of Zoom that has “better support” for Apple silicon. So if you just bought a M1 Mac or you get one as a gift this season (lucky you!), be sure to download the version made for Apple silicon here.
Important note: this version of Zoom is specifically written for Apple silicon. It is not a Universal app that can run on Intel processors. The version for Intel is available here. If you download the Apple silicon version on an Intel Mac, the app with have a slash through it.
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According to the company’s release notes, Zoom has several other new and enhanced features for macOS, such as cloud contact integration for chat and calls, enhanced nonverbal feedback and reactions, the ability to access poll results live during a meeting instead of after, and bug fixes.