I know you've been waiting all year to hear this: you can use Zoom on your second-generation Apple TV 4K or later. Yesterday, AppleInsider stained to post by Sigmund Judge about the “Zoom – for Home TV” app that quietly appeared on the tvOS App Store.
Earlier this year, Apple's tvOS 17 update enabled Continuity Camera for Apple TV, making it possible for anyone with a second-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 for meetings on macOS.
Using the new Zoom app is quite simple. Signing in is a lot like signing in to most third-party video streaming apps: You visit a pairing URL on your phone to enter a code displayed on the TV, or simply enter credentials manually on the screen.
Once you're signed in, connecting your phone is the same as with FaceTime on Apple TV. Zoom will ask you to connect to your phone. If you share Apple TV with multiple users, a list of accounts with nearby devices will appear, and after choosing, you'll receive a notification on your phone: Accept the connection and you'll be off to the races. . Or a meeting, I guess.
In the screenshot above, you can see what the screen looks like after logging in. I didn't have a second phone or camera on hand, and Continuity Camera doesn't send a video signal when you're taking a photo. But if I had, you'd see a live image of my face in the picture instead of a blurry snapshot of the last thing the camera saw before I opened my iPhone's camera app to get a picture of the TV. It's probably for the best.
According to the Zoom App Store Listing, the Apple TV app will have some features from other versions of the app, such as the ability to start or join meetings, invite people to meetings, and view chats within meetings. Although there is a page for an app with a similar title for the Android OS and Sky TV, Zoom doesn't appear to have documented the Apple TV app on its site yet. Still, it's easy to use and a nice feature if you work from home and want to hold meetings from your couch without a laptop camera pointed at your chin, or use a TV in an office meeting room with minimal setup .
