The coronavirus epidemic and lockdowns across the globe have contributed to the growth of social media video calling applications. The Zoom app has evolved into an essential tool for casual office meetings, reunions with friends, online classes, and meetings in the office.
As with many other countries all over the globe, Zoom App is also utilized by Indian individuals in huge quantities across India. As compared to other Kalinga services it is clear that the Zoom application has become extremely popular among Indians.
The proprietor of the Zoom application has been identified as Chinese American Eric Yuan, who also serves as the company’s chief executive officer. He is from the Shangzhang province in China He has relocated from China to California, USA, and started his business with the name of Silicon Valley. Apologizing for the criticisms regarding the Zoom application, he stated that within the next 3 months, all security issues will be solved. It also removed WhatsApp, Tiktok, and Instagram from the Google Play Store.
What are its characteristics?
One-on-1 Video Conferencing
The most crucial use for the service. The Zoom app allows two users to talk to each other via audio and video.
Group meeting
The feature is utilized by office administrators to stay in touch with their employees live. Free versions of this service are able to include up to 100 people in a single session for 40 minutes. However, it is possible that the total number could be increased up to 500 and the duration of 40 minutes may also be extended.
Zoom Meeting
This means that the same meeting is run using this Zoom App as the event if everyone was physically inside the building.
Connect easily
In the Zoom Meeting app, it is also aware of people who are waiting to join to attend the meeting in the room waiting for them. This lets you know that the person hosting i.e. the facilitator knows who is ready to participate in life. Additionally, it’s now simple to move every Zoom conference call onto a Zoom meeting. In order to do this, just your meeting’s URL and your personal meeting ID, or sharing calendar events are required.
Present a PPT slide in the course of the video
This feature is very beneficial to you. The new feature will be available during the Zoom conference; you will be able to play your presentations on a virtual background. Zoom conference, you’ll also be in a position to run PowerPoint and Keynote presentations on a virtual backdrop.
You will also have the possibility to display the presentation within the slide. This way feature, the users do not have to send the presentation in a separate email; they can handle everything in the conference.
Noise, light, not a problem anymore
A lot of times, there’s a problem with poor lighting from the area you conduct a video conference. In the present, Zoom has discovered the solution to this. The option to increase the brightness is added and the screen will become brighter. To achieve this, navigate to your video settings and click ‘Adjust to low lighting’. There are many times in your video call, you will hear the noise of rain, fans, or anything else disturbing. To avoid this issue, the option of Nice Cancellation has now come in Zoom.
Filters available
Like other apps, you’ll have the option of filters that can be applied in the zoom. With this, you’ll be able to apply any item to your face, such as an eye patch as well as rabbit masks or fake mustaches, etc. Although these have been utilized for office meetings and in other settings, they will be enjoyable while making video calls with your friends.
The Zoom App Advanced Features
Meeting information will be safe
According to a recent blog article, Zoom is set to move to an upgrade of the AES-256bit GCM encryption technology. This means that the information about the meeting of users will be safer than it was prior to. It is hoped that this upgrade will be finished this week.
Access for security functions
For quick access to security features, the company included an icon for security in the menu of meeting bars.
The difficulty of passwords will enhance security
It has also introduced more complex passwords for cloud-based recordings.
Changes to sharing of Meeting IDs
The company has taken away the invite and meeting ID feature from its zoom menu. The options can now be located in the Participants menu. Because of this change, users won’t be allowed to reveal their meeting ID accidentally.
New feature for meetings and chats for businesses
With the latest version of Zoom, businesses can now connect the contacts of various accounts. By doing this the customers will have the ability to look up chats, meetings, and phone contacts with more security.
Reporting unwelcome users made simple
In the latest version of Zoom users who are not registered are reported via an icon for security. In addition, the users won’t be able to change their names.
New features are added on the Zoom Dashboard
The company has stated that administrators will now be able to see the way their meetings are linked with Zoom’s Zoom data center using Zoom’s dashboard board.
Chat notifications are easier to manage
Zoom users won’t be able to see chats as chat notifications.
