Zoom Web SDK
The Web Meeting SDK enables the development of video applications powered by Zoom’s core framework inside an HTML5 web client through a highly optimized WebAssembly module.
As an extension of the Zoom browser client, this SDK is intended for implementations where the end user has a low-bandwidth environment, is behind a network firewall, or has restrictions on their machine which would prevent them from installing the Zoom Desktop or Mobile Clients.
On this page
Component view
The Component view provides the option to display the Web Meeting SDK in components on your page. This allows for a more flexible design.
Client view
The Client view provides the option to display the Web Meeting SDK as a full page. This allows for a familiar Zoom Meeting experince because the Client View is the same as the Zoom Web Client, except it lives inside your own web page.
Browser support
The browser support of the Web SDK directly reflects that of the Zoom Web Client.
For a full guide to Zoom Web Client browser support, reference the Zoom Web Client Support page.
Currently, the Zoom Web SDK encodes at a maximum resolution of 360p. If a user is in a meeting with both native and browser clients, the browser client video displayed within the native client will be of lower quality due to encoding limitations.
Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer (IE) 11 on August 17, 2021. Based on this date, Zoom is ending support for IE on September 30, 2021. Users can still use Zoom on IE after this date but Zoom will no longer be supporting IE, fixing issues related to IE, or offering any customer support related to IE.
Features across desktop browsers:
| Chrome 69+ | Firefox 56+ | Safari 11+ | Edge 79+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallery View | (1) | ✘ | ✘ | (1) |
| Pause Recording | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waiting Room | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Share Video | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Share Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ |
| Join Computer Audio | ✓ | ✓ | (2) | ✓ |
| Join Audio by Phone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Meeting Host Controls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View Shared Video | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View Shared Screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Request Remote Control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| In-meeting Chat | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Closed Captioning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webinar Q&A | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| End-to-end encryption (E2EE) (3) | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Share computer audio | (4) | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
(1) Gallery View is supported on Chrome and Edge (Chromium Version) and requires cross origin isolation.
(2) Joining computer audio on Firefox and Safari is only available for webinar attendees. Meeting participants and webinar hosts and panelists can also join computer audio on Firefox if they are using Linux.
(3) End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for meetings and webinars is not supported on any browser.
(4) Computer audio only works one audio stream at a time. You can either share computer audio or microphone audio, but not both.