Zoom Video Communications adds over 400 features to its existing online meeting & collaboration apps. It also brings in new offerings including Zoom-for-Home and OnZoom for the world market
Zoom Video Communications has added over 400 features to its existing online meeting & collaboration apps. The company has also announced the formal launch of new offerings – including Zoom-for-Home and OnZoom – aimed at addressing specific use cases. Zoom-for-Home allows remote workers to outfit their home workspaces with devices that enable seamless communication and collaboration on Zoom. While, OnZoom is a virtual events marketplace built to host, discover & attend immersive online experiences. Thus, the company has broadened and fortified its Apps ecosystem that would enrich ‘before’, ‘during’ and ‘after’ meeting experience. The company has strengthened the manageability aspect of online meetings & collaboration, which can surely result into better outcomes for Zoom users.
Also, the company has put a huge focus on enhancing the security elements in its apps. For instance, the Zoom 5.0 is equipped with 256-bit AES-GCM encryption for all meetings and other advanced security enhancements and host controls. The company does end-to-end encryption, which gives users the ability to host meetings where nobody except each participant – not even Zoom’s servers – has access to the encryption keys being used to encrypt the meeting. As global usage rapidly increased, Zoom devoted all engineering resources to increasing security for all users. The product and engineering teams focused on security enhancements like adding the Security icon for comprehensive in-meeting controls, the “Report a User” function, and more granular data routing options.
New features
Zoom has added many new features and additional functionality to their core video communications solution to help users communicate and collaborate seamlessly over video during these trying times. Some of the most prominent features include spotlighting and multi-pinning video feeds, co-host capabilities for managing Breakout Rooms, the ability to use slides as a virtual background, High-Fidelity Music Mode, and Filters, which give users the freedom to create a more user-friendly, engaging meeting experience. In-meeting security controls, a new security settings section, and centralized controls allow secure meetings at scale.
These features have enabled new ways of meeting and communicating in the classroom, across the enterprise, in healthcare settings, and more. Educators are creating more immersive virtual learning experiences and enhancing the quality of their music lessons, while companies like Capital One relied on Zoom to quickly transition to a new way of working from home.
Also, Workspaces took on all shapes and sizes as the world pivoted to remote and hybrid work and learning. In addition to Zoom-for-Home offerings and device expansion, Zoom introduced its Hardware-as-a-Service program and added more capabilities to engage, including the ability to see 49 video participants in Gallery View and assign Zoom Rooms to Breakout Rooms.
Interestingly, Zoom has added Gallery View, native post-webinar surveys, enhanced scheduling options, and a number of Q&A features to improve engagement with attendees. Many of these new features have been instrumental in helping organizations that used Zoom Video Webinars for virtual events large and small — from the NBA and WNBA to Zoom’s own Zoomtopia user conference.
At the same time, the Zoom Chat is free with a Zoom Meetings license and streamlines workspace collaboration by allowing users to instantly message groups or individuals inside and even outside their organization. Zoom added a ton of useful features to its Zoom Chat solution to drive fast and effective communication, including the ability to record a voice message on desktop, pin important messages, and share files from different sources, like SharePoint. The company has also made things easier for administrators with centralized channel management, external participant controls, and removing contacts permanently — all from the admin portal.
Zoom App Marketplace
The Zoom App Marketplace, the leading source for discovering best-of-breed apps that enable seamless collaboration with Zoom, has surpassed 1,000 apps and bots. It provides integrations for popular applications spanning scheduling, chat, marketing ops, project management, CRM, sales analytics & support, customer service, education, finance, healthcare, and other use cases.
Also, the new video software development kit (SDK) allows developers to build powerful desktop and mobile applications with fully customizable user interfaces on top of the Zoom platform. With access to raw video and audio data plus other in-demand interactive Zoom features, developers can create incredible experiences for a variety of use cases including peer-to-peer chat applications, or create custom real-time video applications for retail or gaming with live streaming and screen sharing functionality.
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