How I join Zoom meetings effortlessly

I have been doing Yoga over a Zoom calls early in the morning since a couple of weeks now, and the links to the Zoom meetings are shared over a WhatsApp group.

When the Zoom meeting ends after 40 minutes, it is always a hassle to rejoin. I needed to do all these steps:

Open WhatsApp
Find the group
Find the message
Remember the meeting ID
Open Zoom
Enter the meeting ID
Open WhatsApp again to find the passcode
Remember the passcode
Open Zoom
Enter the passcode

Now I have automated all this down to just two clicks:

Click on the Meeter icon in the menu bar
Click on ‘Join Zoom Call’ button

GIF explaining how to use the Meeter menu bar with Minimalist UI and Native app

Since this is in my MacBook, I do not need to find my iPhone. And I can rejoin the meeting even if the iPhone is not around or has run out of battery.

Automation setup

To have this button available, I use two apps.

iOS Shortcuts app (comes pre-installed in iPhones)
Meeter app in the menu bar (the strip on the top of the screen)

You can download the Meeter app for free using the Mac App Store link from their official site, but with in-app purchases.

With the free version you will have to click ‘Allow’ in your default browser instead of directly opening the Zoom app.

GIF explaining how to use the Meeter menu bar with Default UI and browser

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Native app option for Zoom in Pro version

iOS Shortcut

I made a shortcut to easily add the Zoom meeting information (link, meeting ID and passcode) in my calendar.

Video of using my shortcut to create the calendar entry

You can install my shortcut from RoutineHub page.

PS: I recently discovered Meeter has an iOS app too. You can use it to join meetings from your iPhone.

Screenshot of Meeter iPhone app