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December 15, 2022
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Why does zoom automatically answer calls on my phone?

  • December 15, 2022
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It's been happening to me for some time that the zoom app on my android phone automatically answers incoming zoom calls. Is there any setting to change to avoid this problem?

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    FORE-Craig
    Specialist
    Specialist
    December 15, 2022

    Hi @officialgallons 

     

    I'm not quite clear on what you mean by "automatically answers". If you don't want it to ring on your Android, you can just log out of the app. There was a recent change made in the system to allow you to break out which devices (desktop app, mobile app, appliance app, desk phone) ring when a call comes in. You can configure that on the Zoom web portal under Personal > Phone > Settings (https://zoom.us/pbx/page/telephone/myZoomTelephony#/my-cloud-phone/settings), then look for Call Handling.

     

    I hope that helps!

     

    Newcomer
    December 15, 2022

    Hi, thanks for reply.

    By "auto answer" I mean that the mobile phone answers the call without any user intervention.

    FORE-Craig
    Specialist
    Specialist
    December 15, 2022

    Hi @officialgallons 

     

    Interesting! Is the call coming in and being answered in the Zoom Phone app interface automatically, or by the Android's native phone interface?

     

     

    Contributor I
    December 15, 2022

    One other possibility is that something else on your phone is interacting with the zoom app to autoanswer. I had one user with an app that was some kind of game enhancing tool and it messed up the zoom app call notifications though not to the point of auto-answering.

    Newcomer
    December 16, 2022

    From further investigation it seems that the automatic answer only happens if the phone is connected to the bluetooth headphones. I'm doing further tests to be sure of this.

    FORE-Craig
    Specialist
    Specialist
    December 16, 2022

    I'm happy that you figured it out!

     

    Newcomer
    December 16, 2022

    The mystery thickens. When the user receives a call, the phone is idle with the screen off. The screen turns on, auto answer is activated and the call is put on mute. Before proceeding with further investigation, I am updating the Epos software of the headphones and installing Android 13 on the smartphone. Next Tuesday I'll do a test with all the updated environment. I can't attach the video because only photos are allowed.

    Newcomer
    January 11, 2023

    Did you ever work out what was causing this? I seem to have the same issue and no setting on my phone, in Zoom, or the companion app for my headphones seems to exist.

    Newcomer
    January 11, 2023

    The user had a setting on their phone that automatically picked up calls if they had a bluetooth headset connected. Once they deactivated that setting the problem was gone.