Zoom Events Recording Studio
Yes, I said Recording Studio, not Production Studio.
Recording Studio is a brand new feature released May 18, 2026. In a nutshell, it allows a Zoom Events or Webinars Plus license holder to schedule a single session Meeting and select up to 10 participants to have their audio and video recorded locally on their computer. “That’s nothing new” you might rightfully add. But that’s not the cool part.
The magic is that once the local recording is processed on the far-end computer, it automatically uploads the audio and video to the Host’s Zoom Cloud!
In some circles this is referred to as “end-to-end recording.”
Here’s what you need to know:
- This feature requires a Zoom Events or Zoom Webinars Plus license.
- Even if you have this license, you must make a request to Zoom Support for “enablement.” My request took 10 calendar days. You might get luckier if you’re an Enterprise user; I’m just a small business.
- Once you get it enabled, you're currently on your own; there’s no documentation available in the Zoom Support system, based on what Support tells me.
- And lastly, if you manage to figure out how to get it activated in a session, it might not work – at all. I’ve enabled it in a session, had 2 or more people in a session, and opened the Recording Studio window, and it’s entirely blank.
I reported this in my enablement request Support Ticket, and got elevated to a higher Support Tier. But they say “we don’t have any other reports of this issue happening.” Well, I included a link in my ticket of last Fridays Zoom Test Kitchen Youtube live stream where the exact same thing happened. I want to respond to support and ask, “but do you have any reports of anyone successfully running Recording Studio.” Obviously, nobody reports successes to Support, right? And of course many Zoom employees have tested this out.
Have you successfully run Zoom Events Recording Studio “in the wild”? I’m not talking about Zoom staff, I’m talking about those of us “out here”, with “regular” accounts. If you’ve done this successfully, please comment here!!! I’d like to compare notes and see where your setup and mine may differ.
Ray