Zoom Adds YouTube Livestreaming and End-to-End Encryption on Mobile

Oct. 27, 2020

Popularvideo conferencingplatformZoomis rolling out a new feature to let userslive stream meetings to YouTubeon mobile. The update also brings the long-awaited end-to-end encryption, which improves the overall security of meetings.

In order to live stream Zoom meetings to YouTube, you should start a meeting and tap on ‘More’ in the Meeting/Webinar controls. You will now see an option named ‘Live stream to YouTube’. Once you tap on it, you will have to log in to YouTube and authenticate your account. After successful authentication, you can set the privacy of the live stream (Public, Unlisted, or Private) and tap on the ‘Go Live’ button.

Apart from these major improvements, the update also adds a ‘search in channel’ option to the channel info panel and you can now search files with Microsoft SharePoint. Take a look at the entire changelog below:

All these changes are now rolling out through the latest version 5.4.0.434 update. If Zoom is your video conferencing platform of choice, you can get started with these features by updating the Zoom app from the link below; you should also check out theseZoom tips and trickswhile you’re at it.

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Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.