Many people across the world especially the Apple TV users have been waiting all year to hear this. Now Zoom stealth has dropped an Apple TV version of its meetings app. Initially, users were able to use their Apple TV for zoom meetings through the Continuity Camera which enabled iPhone users to use their phones, iPads as webcam . This new app is eligible to users of 2nd gen or later Apple TV 4K. The “Zoom – for Home TV” app has quietly showed up in the tvOS App Store after a post on X by Sigmund Judge, “‼️ @Zoom is now available for Apple TV. The highly anticipated app brings the company’s communications capabilities to Apple TV 4K (2nd generation) or later and takes advantage of Continuity Camera from a nearby iPhone or iPad…”
This app comes just months after Apple’s tvOS 17 update enabled Continuity Camera for the Apple TV, making it possible for anyone with a 2nd-generation-or-later version of the streaming box to use their iPhone or iPad as a webcam for FaceTime on a TV. The iPhone can do the same thing for meetings on macOS.
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Using this new Zoom app is straightforward as one can log into it just like signing into a third-party video streaming app — you either visit a pairing URL on your phone to enter a code displayed on the TV or just manually enter credentials on the screen. Once you are logged in, connecting your phone is the same as with FaceTime on the Apple TV. Zoom will prompt you to connect to your phone and in instances you share the Apple TV with multiple users, it’ll bring up a list of accounts with nearby devices, and after you pick, you’ll get a notification on your phone — accept the connection, and you’re off to go.
According to the Zoom App Store listing, the Apple TV app will have some features from other versions of the app, like the ability to start or join meetings, invite people to meetings, and view in-meeting chats. Although there’s a page for a similarly titled app for Android OS and Sky TVs, Zoom doesn’t seem to have documented the Apple TV app on its site yet. Even so, it’s easy to use, and a neat feature if you’re working from home and you want to do meetings from your couch without a laptop camera pointed at your chin — or use a TV in an office meeting room with minimal setup.