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Content Sharing on Zoom Rooms

Last updated November 14, 2025

This article offers advice and tips on content sharing when using Zoom Rooms on your Neat devices.

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Share content from a laptop using an HDMI cable

Your Neat device has an HDMI-in port and supports sharing screen content with audio via an HDMI cable. Note that this only supports 1080p30 resolution for content sharing and therefore you should connect a laptop that is capable of supporting this resolution.  

Additionally, you can use ‘direct sharing’ (no cables required) offered by Zoom. There are two options for direct sharing:

  • Ultrasound proximity sharing: simply bring your laptop running Zoom desktop client near the Neat Bar and press the ‘Share screen’ button your laptop.
  • If proximity detection doesn’t work, you can activate direct sharing by entering a Sharing Key or Meeting ID. To do this, click on Neat Pad’s ‘Share content’ button and you will see a Sharing code/Meeting ID. Now on your Zoom desktop client -> Home -> click ‘Share screen’ and you’ll be asked to enter either the Sharing Key or Meeting ID.

Turn off HDMI automatic content sharing

If you don’t want automatic content sharing at the start of your Zoom meetings, you can turn it off. Go to the Zoom administrator page and navigate to ‘Rooms’. Once you have chosen your specific room to edit, you can find the option ‘Start HDMI content share manually on controller’. Enable this setting to prevent automatic sharing of content in the meeting.

Access Zoom meeting controls on Frame when sharing content

To view the meeting controls when sharing, swipe down from the top of the screen of your Frame. The Zoom meeting controls will display at the bottom of the Neat Frame.

Neat Share vs Zoom Companion Mode

Zoom Companion workflows allow users to link multiple devices in the same space together (permanently or temporarily) to share content, use the Zoom Whiteboard experience, access secondary camera angles (for a camera-enabled companion devices like Neat Boards) into a Zoom call. The important distinction is that this connection occurs at the Zoom Room application level. For more details, see Zoom’s documentation here.  

Neat Share lets you wirelessly and seamlessly share applications installed via App Hub from the “App Hub Neat device” to another “conferencing-platform-anchored Neat device” in a Zoom or Microsoft Teams call while preserving the native experience of your Zoom, Microsoft Teams and the app platform with just a tap. The important distinction is that the Neat Share connection occurs at the Neat firmware level.  

To summarize, both workflows involve multiple devices in the room working together. Zoom Companion workflows involve all devices running Zoom Rooms and no App Hub apps. Neat Share involves one device running Zoom/Teams, and a second device running App Hub-installed apps (but not Zoom or Teams).

Share content with Neat devices when not in a Zoom meeting

You can share content with all Neat devices, whether in a remote meeting or with teammates right there in the meeting room. Of course, the easiest way is to use a direct share from your Zoom client, but you can also share content using an HDMI cable.