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Zoom: Minimum system requirements for Windows and mac OS

Supported operating systems Desktop operating systems macOS X with macOS X (10.10) or later Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8 or 8.1 Windo...

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Supported operating systems

  • Desktop operating systems

    • macOS X with macOS X (10.10) or later

    • Windows 11

    • Windows 10

    • Windows 8 or 8.1

    • Windows 7

    • ChromeOS

    • Ubuntu 12.04 or higher

    • Mint 17.1 or higher

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 or higher

    • Oracle Linux 6.4 or higher

    • CentOS 6.4 or higher

    • Fedora 21 or higher

    • OpenSUSE 13.2 or higher

    • ArchLinux (64-bit only)

  • Mobile operating systems

    • iOS 8.0* or later:

    • iPhone 4 or later, iPad Pro, iPad Mini, iPad 2 or later, iPod touch 4th Generation, iPhone 3GS (no front facing camera)

    • iPadOS 13 or later

    • Android 5.0x or later

Processor requirements

  • Desktop devices

    • Single-core 1Ghz or higher

    • (Recommended) Dual-core 2Ghz or higher (Intel i3/i5/i7 or AMD equivalent)

  • Mobile devices

    • Any 1 Ghz single core processor or better (non-Intel)

RAM requirements

  • Windows and macOS devices

    • 8GB or greater total system RAM recommended

  • ChromeOS devices

    • 4GB or greater total system RAM recommended

Note: Zoom Web App consumes 1GB-1.5GB of active memory during a Zoom meeting.

Supported web browsers

  • Desktop

    • Chrome: Within 2 versions of current version

Bandwidth requirements

The bandwidth used by Zoom will be optimized for the best experience based on the participants’ network. The Zoom Web App will automatically adjust for 3/4/5G, WiFi, or wired networks.

Recommended bandwidth for meetings and webinar panelists:

  • For 1:1 video calling:

    • For high-quality video: 600kbps (up/down)

    • For 720p HD video: 1.2Mbps (up/down)

    • For 1080p HD video: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down)

  • For group video calling:

    • For high-quality video: 1.0 Mbps/600kbps (up/down)

    • For 720p HD video: 2.6Mbps/1.8Mbps (up/down)

    • For 1080p HD video: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down)

    • For gallery view receiving: 2.0Mbps (25 views), 4.0Mbps (49 views)

For more information about minimum system requirement, please visit the following article.

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