Zoom is a cloud meeting app that was founded by Eric Yuan in 2011. The app is available for both android and IOS devices. The app is easy to use and understand. The app is mostly used by corporates for a team meeting. At the time of quarantine people can also join shows that are featured on zoom at the time of quarantine such as yoga workshops, comedy shows, and many more.
App Features and Capabilities
The first thing you will see on the app is to sign in to the app, you can sign in using different social media sites like Facebook, Google plus, and many more. The following are some of the features you can see once you login to the app.
Meet & Chat: In this section you see a new meeting where you can start a meeting by using your personal meeting ID. You can share your meeting URL to other participants. You can see the participants connected to your meeting. You can also disconnect the audio and video of any participant in the meeting. Next is join, you can join any meeting with the help of meeting ID. You can also schedule your meeting for a future date. You can also share your screen with the help of sharing key or meeting ID. You can also chat with your contact like any other messaging app. You can send documents, images, videos, emojis, and many more.
Meeting: in this section you can start a meeting, send Invitation and you can also change settings of the app like let the participant join meeting before the host, you can also start automatically record meeting functionality. You can also enable the waiting room for your participant In case you are late for the meeting.
Contacts: in this section you can search for any contacts on the zoom portal and also you can see contacts from your phone. You can also follow any channel created on zoom for events and meetings.
Settings: in this section you can modify your profile like your profile pic, name, job title, department, location, you can also change your meeting ID by going pro. You can also modify chat settings like setting notification for all messages or personal contacts.
Pros
The app is easy to use and understand.
We can have corporate meetings on the go.
Video and sound quality is good in the app.
You can chat at the meeting with the host and other participants.
Cons
Sometimes the call gets disconnected.
Other Information to Know
The app saw an increase in user in 2020 in the quarantine period because of covid-19. The app is completely handled over internet connectivity.
