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October 9, 2026

Feature request: Let notetaker bots show a static profile image instead of initials

  • October 9, 2026
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AI notetaker bots (Fathom, Otter, Fireflies, etc.) join meetings through the Meeting SDK as anonymous users. With their video off, Zoom shows them as auto-generated initials, so they look like real participants who have their cameras off. Right now a bot's only alternative is to send a video feed, which takes up a video tile and makes the bot look like an active attendee.

Please let SDK apps set a static avatar image for their bot participant, either as a join parameter or a Marketplace app setting. Zoom would display it the same way it displays a signed-in user's profile photo when their video is off. That would let people tell bots from humans at a glance, without a bot needing to send video. Even cooler would be if users could also customize their bot image for some personalization and levity.

Context: Zoom staff confirmed on the Developer Forum that SDK bots are anonymous and can't have an avatar: https://devforum.zoom.us/t/how-to-upload-avatar-image-for-linux-sdk/112872

Would love to hear if others want this too! (I know my coworkers do.)