1. Zoapi Release Notes – 2025

Zoapi Release V10.9000

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Version: 10.9000 (Patches Update)
Date: 28-Apr-2025

Summary of Changes since v10.8976

 

Features #

• This version has no feature updates

 

Bug-Fixes #

• FIXED – [RANDOM]Volume continuously flickers between Mute/Unmute
• FIXED – Web Client – Connecting over local IP address – shows empty user name
• FIXED – Random HDMI input playback failures
• FIXED – Maintenance – Sometimes updates would be downloaded before the configured time interval
• FIXED – Zoom Automation – Join By Meeting ID would fail
• FIXED – Web Client – “End Call” popup would appear even though the meeting controls have been disabled for the user
• FIXED – Webclient would fail to launch some meeting URLs
• FIXED – PTZ controls – selecting default randomly fails
• FIXED – Teams – After the latest Teams update – some users were being removed from the call immediately after joining

 

Known Issues #

• [ALWAYS] Uninstall Classic Teams before installing New Teams from the Appstore
• [SOMETIMES] On intermittent network loss, browser client may continue to show “Reconnecting” even after the Hub has dropped the session
• [ALWAYS] Enabling “Allow Screen Lock” setting when the group policy: “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL” is set to disabled, might not allow the user to sign in to the system
• [SOMETIMES] 4K BMP and PNG images may fail to upload to the Zoapi Drive
• [SOMETIMES] Glitches are heard for 1-2seconds when switching to a presenter that’s playing audio
• [RARE] HDMI audio is not heard even though the HDMI input is configured. Occurs when there are issues with driver detection. Removing and plugging the capture card again usually resolves the issue
• [SOMETIMES] Closing a macbook lid, without disconnecting from Zoapi, might take upto a minute to remove the screen from the Zoapi Hub display
• [ALWAYS] When reconnecting after a connection loss – the screen becomes blank till the connection is established
• [ALWAYS] When there is no network connection, or when the Zoapi App is reconnecting, pressing leave might take some time to exit the application
• [SOMETIMES] The screen grab shown when a user pauses their screen share might change to a newer screen grab when their network reconnects
• [ALWAYS] Trying to share screen by entering the IP address of the device on the browser page – does not work with Safari
• [ALWAYS] Opening conferencing apps like Zoom, Teams, Chime etc from the calendar when the application is not installed will open the meeting in the  browser
• [RARE] On screenshare a blank screen might appear. Stopping and starting screen share will usually work
• [SOMETIMES] Random failures while connecting from the browser (depending on the network configuration)
• [ALWAYS] Incoming stream from remote with Dual display does not appear on secondary display on Windows LTSC2019 based devices

 

 

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Zoapi Release V10.8976 #

Version: 10.8976
Date: 1-Apr-2025

Summary of Changes since v10.8962

 

Features #

• Dashboard:
  • Moved calendar related settings to a separate calendar tab
  • Appstore – improvements to app installation and update handling – better detection of installation/uninstallation/update detection and failures
  • Allows editing image/video filenames that have been uploaded to the drive
  • Email Reports – get alerts on Office 365 Integration Expiry
• Hub:
  • In case apps are missing in the local path – they are forcefully installed again
  • Optimized log files to reduce their size
  • Google Meet – improvements to handling Camera/Mic request popups
  • Support for configuring app visibility setting of sideloaded apps
  • Improvements to HDMI input handling – for better quality and lower CPU usage
  • Handling accessibility improvements introduced in Google Chrome 136
  • Improvements to Browser Sharing over Local IP address
  • Google Meet – Handling new Adaptive Audio Feature
  • Improvements to Apps provisioning through the Zoapi App store
  • Changed splashscreen animation

Bug-Fixes:
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• FIXED – [RANDOM] Same user would appear twice in the presenters list
• FIXED – Controller connection failures
• FIXED – Zoom Meeting Automation – Dealing with “Host Disabled Screen Share”
• FIXED – Connecting to the hub from the Windows and MAC Apps using the IP address would fail
• FIXED – On stopping tab screenshare – the chrome notification bar would not be removed
• FIXED – Zoom Meeting Automation – Handling screen share issues with older versions of Zoom

 

 

Known Issues #

• [ALWAYS] Uninstall Classic Teams before installing New Teams from the Appstore
• [SOMETIMES] On intermittent network loss, browser client may continue to show “Reconnecting” even after the Hub has dropped the session
• [ALWAYS] Enabling “Allow Screen Lock” setting when the group policy: “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL” is set to disabled, might not allow the user to sign in to the system
• [SOMETIMES] 4K BMP and PNG images may fail to upload to the Zoapi Drive
• [SOMETIMES] Glitches are heard for 1-2seconds when switching to a presenter that’s playing audio
• [RARE] HDMI audio is not heard even though the HDMI input is configured. Occurs when there are issues with driver detection. Removing and plugging the capture card again usually resolves the issue
• [SOMETIMES] Closing a macbook lid, without disconnecting from Zoapi, might take upto a minute to remove the screen from the Zoapi Hub display
• [ALWAYS] Controller – PTZ controls – Default preset does not change the PTZ values. All other presets works
• [ALWAYS] When reconnecting after a connection loss – the screen becomes blank till the connection is established
• [ALWAYS] When there is no network connection, or when the Zoapi App is reconnecting, pressing leave might take some time to exit the application
• [SOMETIMES] The screen grab shown when a user pauses their screen share might change to a newer screen grab when their network reconnects
• [ALWAYS] Trying to share screen by entering the IP address of the device on the browser page – does not work with Safari
• [ALWAYS] Opening conferencing apps like Zoom, Teams, Chime etc from the calendar when the application is not installed will open the meeting in the  browser
• [RARE] On screenshare a blank screen might appear. Stopping and starting screen share will usually work
• [SOMETIMES] Random failures while connecting from the browser (depending on the network configuration)
• [ALWAYS] Incoming stream from remote with Dual display does not appear on secondary display on Windows LTSC2019 based devices

 

 

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Zoapi Release V10.8962   #

Version: 10.8962 (Limited Release)
Date: 24-Mar-2025

 

Summary of Changes since v10.8896

 

Features #

• Dashboard:
  • Moved calendar related settings to a separate calendar tab
• Hub:
  • In case apps are missing in the local path – they are forcefully installed again
  • Optimized log files to reduce their size
  • Google Meet – improvements to handling Camera/Mic request popups
  • Support for configuring app visibility setting of sideloaded apps
  • Improvements to HDMI input handling – for better quality and lower CPU usage
  • Handling accessibility improvements introduced in Google Chrome 136
• Controller:
  • Connection support over internet
• Client:
  • MAC OS – Requesting new Local Network Access Permission

 

Bug-Fixes #

• FIXED – Screenshare from the Mac Client on newer Macbooks – the display would appear blank
• FIXED – Sign-In issues with Microsoft Teams in temporary profile
• FIXED – All services would not update completely
• FIXED – Added additional recovery support for configuration corruption through registry caching
• FIXED – Dashboard shows app as installed, but the app icon does not appear on the hub
• FIXED – special characters in roomname is entered as numbers while joining meetings
• FIXED – saving settings on the hub without making any changes shows the homescreen momentarily
• FIXED – auto update start time was not being read from the settings (would always use the default value instead)
• FIXED – While screensharing with webex – the whole screen would go blank
• FIXED – Bugs with sideloaded apps handling
• FIXED – Freezes and CPU load issues with HDMI input
• FIXED – Cannot unmute with volume up if device is muted
• FIXED – With certain cameras/speakers connected – teams automatically selects “Room Audio”
• FIXED – Zoom – crashes while starting meeting
• FIXED – After exiting from Remote Control – mic/camera toggle would stop working

 

Known Issues #

• [SOMETIMES] On sharing screen – the window appears in the background or appears black
• [SOMETIMES] On intermittent network loss, browser client may continue to show “Reconnecting” even after the Hub has dropped the session
• [ALWAYS] Enabling “Allow Screen Lock” setting when the group policy: “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL” is set to disabled, might not allow the user to sign in to the system
• [SOMETIMES] 4K BMP and PNG images may fail to upload to the Zoapi Drive
• [SOMETIMES] Glitches are heard for 1-2seconds when switching to a presenter that’s playing audio
• [RARE] HDMI audio is not heard even though the HDMI input is configured. Occurs when there are issues with driver detection. Removing and plugging the capture card again usually resolves the issue
• [SOMETIMES] Closing a macbook lid, without disconnecting from Zoapi, might take upto a minute to remove the screen from the Zoapi Hub display
• [ALWAYS] When reconnecting after a connection loss – the screen becomes blank till the connection is established
• [ALWAYS] When there is no network connection, or when the Zoapi App is reconnecting, pressing leave might take some time to exit the application
• [SOMETIMES] The screen grab shown when a user pauses their screen share might change to a newer screen grab when their network reconnects
• [ALWAYS] Trying to share screen by entering the IP address of the device on the browser page – does not work with Safari
• [ALWAYS] Opening conferencing apps like Zoom, Teams, Chime etc from the calendar when the application is not installed will open the meeting in the  browser
• [RARE] On screenshare a blank screen might appear. Stopping and starting screen share will usually work
• [SOMETIMES] Random failures while connecting from the browser (depending on the network configuration)
• [ALWAYS] Incoming stream from remote with Dual display does not appear on secondary display on Windows LTSC2019 based devices

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Zoapi Release V10.8896  #

Version: 10.8896 
Date: 07-Jan-2025

Summary of Changes since v10.8662

Features #

• Clients (Browser and Apps):
  • Browser – share.zoapi.com now opens the browser share page by default, with a download apps link at the bottom
  • Browser – ReCAPTCHA validation added
  • Multiple changes to improve screen share quality
  • Accepts pin and user name with spaces
  • Browser – Option to hide meeting controls
• Dashboard:
  • Conference reports (for google meet, zoom and teams) in daily email reports
  • Scheduler usage Analytics
  • Search filter for integrations
  • Search used and unused integrations
  • New Email Reports menu – with multiple email report configuration options
  • Download detailed reports as zip files
  • Advanced Tab – allows changing screenshare and conference instructions shown on the Hub in interactive mode
  • Download Integrations report
• Hub:
  • Alpha numeric 6 character pin when hardening is enabled
  • Set video files as Signage
  • In case of a dual display setup – Select the display on which screen share will appear (settings > display > Share screen on main display)
  • Signage will now play on both displays (in case of a dual display setup)
  • Ability to mute/unmute audio in signage video files
  • New Harden Device Setting – Does series of device hardening functions – will disable downloads and file listing in chrome/edge
  • Support for Miracast (requires access point to be disabled)
  • Support for Airplay (Enabled when Airserver is not in use)
  • Dual display support for Zoom
  • About Page is now moved under Settings
  • Reduced Hub Connect installer size. Default apps are downloaded and installed on first start
  • Added multiple security features
  • Splashscreen appears on secondary display as well
  • Attempts to create a new local user and runs applications as this user
  • Support for running any app as a temporary user (guest user) – earlier this was available only for Teams
  • New Apps table under settings:
    • Configure which apps can appear as pinned apps on the taskbar/home screen
    • Configure which apps can appear in the apps menu
    • Configure the user profile under which the apps are launched (default, local user, guest)
    • Open apps . Useful if apps have been hidden from both taskbar and apps menu.
  • Calendar settings are now grouped under a new calendar tab in settings
  • Automation improvements for Teams, Zoom and Google Meet to adapt to changes introduced by the vendors
  • Improvements to settings management on the hub – affects reliability and performance
  • Removed GPU for browser share setting as this version can automatically detect and handle this on older CPUs
• Controller 
  • Switch camera support (requires OBS Studio to be installed – available on the appstore)
  • PTZ support
  • Performance improvements

Bug-Fixes #

• FIXED – Special characters in room name would appear as numbers in conferencing apps
• FIXED – Clicking save button on settings would cause a screen flicker
• FIXED – Update start time was not always adhered to
• FIXED – Webex – On sharing screen – the screen appears blank
• FIXED – [Random] Crash on stopping screen share with google meet
• FIXED –[Random] Wallpaper images would be rendered incompletely or fail to render
• FIXED – Google Meet would not open in fullscreen
• FIXED – Very old hub instances (pre 10.78xx) – which used the old wifi menu settings to connect to wifi network – on update would see mangled controls under settings
• FIXED – In case of temporary connection loss with HDMI capture card ( poor cabling etc) – sometimes the screen share would not resume
• FIXED – multiple signage files with the same name do not render correctly
• FIXED – Some devices would show the activate license key prompt randomly

Known Issues #

• [ALWAYS] MS Teams (New) – will not run as Guest User. Changing the setting from the dashboard does nothing.
• [ALWAYS] All newly installed apps are always pinned to the taskbar. They can be removed from settings
• [SOMETIMES] Miracast connections might randomly fail
• [ALWAYS] Miracast only works with Wifi Direct (i.e Infrastructure mode is not supported)
• [ALWAYS] Enabling “Allow Screen Lock” setting when the group policy: “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL” is set to disabled, might not allow the user to sign in to the system
• [SOMETIMES] Zoapi Client on Mac may show ‘0’ as the username, first time after installing
• [SOMETIMES] Glitches are heard for 1-2 seconds when switching to a presenter that’s playing audio
• [RARE] HDMI audio is not heard even though the HDMI input is configured. Occurs when there are issues with driver detection. Removing and plugging the capture card again usually resolves the issue
• [SOMETIMES] Closing a macbook lid, without disconnecting from Zoapi, might take upto a minute to remove the screen from the Zoapi Hub display
• [ALWAYS] When reconnecting after a connection loss – the screen becomes blank till the connection is established
• [ALWAYS] When there is no network connection, or when the Zoapi App is reconnecting, pressing leave might take some time to exit the application
• [SOMETIMES] The screen grab shown when a user pauses their screen share might change to a newer screen grab when their network reconnects
• [ALWAYS] Trying to share screen by entering the IP address of the device on the browser page – does not work
• [ALWAYS] Opening conferencing apps like Zoom, Teams, Chime etc from the calendar when the application is not installed will open the meeting in the  browser
• [RARE] On screenshare a blank screen might appear. Stopping and starting screen share will usually work
• [ALWAYS] On changing calendar from the dashboard, a cleanup is required for the new calendar to start reflecting on the Hub
• [SOMETIMES] Random failures while connecting from the browser (depending on the network configuration)
• [ALWAYS] Incoming stream from remote with Dual display does not appear on secondary display on Windows LTSC2019 based devices
• [ALWAYS] On Mac Client clicking on the “Need Help” link does nothing