The user interface on this player, the same as the one on Creative's ZEN Vision:M, was patented by Creative on January 9, 2005.

[3] They are very small sized and feature an OLED screen measuring 1.5 inches.

[4] The ZEN V Plus has accumulated many awards, including CNET Editor's Choice for June 2006.

[5] The players are nearly identical save for video playback and FM radio, which the ZEN V Plus supports but the regular ZEN V does not.

In August 2007, Creative introduced a 16 GB version of the ZEN V Plus, making it the first flash-based player with that capacity.