How To Change the Zoom Meetings Camera and Microphone

Learn how to change the Zoom Meetings camera and microphone to use another model with better quality during a meeting.

The Zoom Meetings offers several exciting features to its users. One of them is the possibility to change the selected camera and microphone , either before or during a meeting. This type of procedure can be completed in a few minutes in the PC software . Below, I will show you how to do this.

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Zoom Meetings allows changing camera and microphone (Image: Chris Montgomery/Unsplash)

How to download Zoom Desktop

If you have more than one camera or microphone available to use, Zoom lets you switch between these gadgets without a problem. For this, you need to download and install the version dedicated to desktops. Follow the step by step below and find out how:

1. Open your browser and go to zoom.us/download ;
2. Click on “Download” and wait for it to complete;
3. Click on the executable file and follow the instructions to install the program;
4. Open Zoom and sign in with your account — you can also sign in with Facebook and Google .

Changing the Zoom Meetings Camera and Microphone

Fortunately, the process for changing Zoom’s camera and microphone is the same on any operating system . This means that the instructions below are valid on Windows , Mac or Linux computers .

Before the meeting

1. Open the Zoom client and login with your account;
2. When the interface loads, click on your profile picture in the upper right corner;
3. Click on the “Settings” option;
4. On the left side menu, click on “Video”;
5. In the “Camera” section, click on the drop-down menu below and select the desired camera;
6. In the same side menu, click on “Audio”;
7. In the “Microphone” section, click on the drop-down menu and choose another microphone.

During the meeting

1. With the meeting started, click the up arrow on the microphone icon;
2. In the “Select a Microphone” section, choose the desired model;
3. To change the camera, click the up arrow on the video icon;
4. In the “Select a Camera” section, click on another template to complete.

That’s it, now you know how to change your Zoom Meetings camera and microphone in just a few minutes. By doing this, you can choose a device that offers better quality, which is important in meetings.