Following news that the business is developing a number of new software solutions, it could soon be more difficult than ever to get away from Zoom.
According to The Information, the industry leader in video conferencing is developing an email service and a calendar app as part of its strategy to grow and become a software juggernaut.
Reports say that the “Zmail” and “Zcal” products, which have supposedly been around for two years, could go live in the next few weeks, giving the company a huge opportunity to reach new customers.
Zoom Mailbox
Zoom’s closest competitors in the video calling market, Microsoft and Google, would be on an equal footing as a result of the decision.
- The new services may be made public during the company’s Zoomtopia conference in November.
- Zoom may start by putting out a calendar app in order to add a scheduling and planning service to all of its apps.
- Due to the popularity of Gmail and Outlook in the workplace, email may be hard to manage.
- Many people who follow business thought that Zoom would have trouble when employees went back to work because of how popular it became during the epidemic.
- Even though services like Microsoft Teams and Google Meet are becoming more of a threat, the company has kept up its strong performance in recent months.
- The company’s most recent financial results revealed revenues of $1.1 billion for its Q2 2023, an increase of 8%, and a 37% year-over-year increase in the number of clients who pay more than $100,000 for memberships.
- Also, the company recently updated its messaging platform to keep up with Slack and Microsoft Teams.
In-meeting text chat for video calls, simplified meeting setup, a new Reminders tool, support for Progressive Web Apps, and improved third-party app integration are just a few of the improvements that the newly renamed Zoom Teams Chat will provide.
Zoom Translated Captions
Zoom says that translated captions get rid of the need for interpreters and other outside integrations, so you can make all of your meetings and webinars feel more welcoming.
If a meeting or webinar recorded, the translated captions will also appear in the entire transcript but not on the actual recording, in addition of translated and shown in real-time.
The first languages supported are Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. In beta, you can also use Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean.
The add-on costs $5 per month per user with any paid Zoom licence, but it may use with any licence type inside a paid account (even Basic) if it is bought.
Once turned on through the Zoom web interface, translated captions work according to the parameters set by the host. This means that all participants and attendees can use them during a meeting or webinar.
While in a meeting, full transcripts can be toggle on, with the text appearing in a pane on the right side of the interface.
