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Vote now2025-03-17 05:39 AM
Before you answer "just turn on notifications when someone enters a meeting" that is NOT what I'm asking for. I don't own the meeting, I can't turn it on. Also, I don't want everyone to be notified.
What I want is personal. I want to be able to enter a meeting, and go about working on other things while I wait for people to arrive. The meeting window will be covered by other windows I'm working in, so what I want is a little bing so I know when someone else shows up.
Seems like a simple and obvious feature to me, and I'm surprised it isn't already implemented. Any ideas? Please, Zoom, can you add this simple feature?
2025-03-17 11:29 PM
Zoom's notification via audio is restricted to host and co-hosts. If the host will trust you ask to be a co-host. Beyond that requires the use of developer tools.
2025-03-19 08:24 AM
Yes, thank you, but I already know that the current Zoom feature set does not do what I'm asking.
I am asking for a new feature, that is unrelated to meeting settings at all. It is a completely local to my computer notification when someone joins a meeting.
The very good reason for this is that the meeting window may be covered or on a different display, and otherwise I have no way of knowing when someone joins.
Again, this isn't related at all to who owns the meeting, or who is the host or co-host, this is just me, a lowly participant, needing to know when someone joins a meeting without having to keep the meeting window in the foreground all of the time.