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Need a _personal_ notification sound when someone enters a meeting

rvnash
Newcomer
Newcomer

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?

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storyhub
Community Champion | Customer
Community Champion | Customer

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.

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.