Zoom Meeting 7.1.46825 for Windows

Zoom Meeting 7.1.46825 for Windows is the desktop client of Zoom's video-conferencing software, and you can download it free from the official website. It handles video calls, screen sharing and meeting chat, and runs on current editions of Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Specifications

What Zoom does

Zoom was created by Eric S. Yuan, and its history goes back to January 2013. The product is videotelephony at its core: you start a meeting, send a link, and people join from a laptop, phone or browser. The Windows client adds the conveniences that make regular meetings less tiring, such as a meeting list tied to your calendar, a waiting room for guests, screen and window sharing, in-meeting chat, reactions and recording. Teachers use it for online classes, companies for daily stand-ups and all-hands calls, and families for catching up across time zones. A guest does not need an account to join; hosting and scheduling meetings require signing in.

System requirements

According to Zoom's system requirements article, the desktop app supports Windows 11 and Windows 10. Devices on Windows 10 must run the Home, Pro or Enterprise edition; S Mode is not supported. Windows 7 is no longer supported. On Windows, Zoom relies on WebView2 and the Chromium Embedded Framework for some features and downloads them automatically if they are missing. On a managed office PC, ask your administrator to allow them.

How to install

1. Go to zoom.com and open the download section.
2. Download the Zoom Workplace installer for Windows.
3. Run the file and follow the prompts until setup finishes.
4. Sign in, or click Join and enter a meeting ID from an invitation.

Changes in each build are listed in the official release notes for Zoom Meetings.

Security

Download the client only from Zoom's own site. Meeting invitations with a link to a "required Zoom update" on another domain are a classic phishing trick. Protect your own meetings with a passcode or waiting room, and keep the app updated so security fixes arrive quickly.

Price

The client is free, and a free account lets you host meetings with some limits. Paid plans raise those limits and add features for businesses.

Pros and cons

• Pro: guests can join with a link and no account.
• Pro: stable video quality on ordinary connections.
• Con: the free plan limits meeting length.
• Con: the installer pulls in extra components on first launch.

Alternatives

Microsoft Teams and Google Meet cover similar needs and are in the same category. For communities that prefer drop-in voice channels, Discord is another option.