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16.12.25. Zoom added AI assistant to free web version.



Zoom has added its AI Companion to the web version and gave free users access to its features, such as a meeting summary, in-meeting questions and AI-powered note-taking. However, there is a limitation: free users can only use the AI ​​Companion for three meetings per month. They can purchase an additional plan for $10 to access unlimited AI ​​Companion's features. With this update, the Companion can also retrieve information from third-party services such as Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, as well as all data stored within Zoom. The company said it will soon add support for Gmail and Microsoft Outlook. The AI ​​Companion also generates a daily report summarizing meetings, tasks and updates. Furthermore, the Companion can also create tasks for later follow-up and draft emails.


2025. Zoom has created AI assistant for competing video conferencing services



Zoom has unveiled a new AI companion that can work across multiple video meeting apps. The company has long offered an AI bot capable of recording and transcribing Zoom's own video conferences, but the new assistant can also work with competing systems like Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Who needs this? Apparently, someone does, as cross-platform note-taking services like Read AI, Otter, Fireflies, Granola and Circleback have become quite popular. Zoom is following their example, allowing users to take notes during meetings and then expand and structure them using AI. It also features cross-platform search, allowing users to access information from all platforms, such as Google and Microsoft. The assistant can also schedule meetings and create AI avatars that mimic the user.


2024. Zoom unveils all-in-one AI work platform for more than just video conferencing


In an audaciously thrilling maneuver, a certain well-known video conferencing giant has whisked away the curtain to reveal its latest brainchild, the Zoom Workplace—an "AI-powered collaborative platform" that sounds like something you’d need a PhD in intergalactic relations to comprehend, yet somehow makes total sense when you think about it. With its trusty AI virtual assistant (which probably never gets tired or spills coffee), Zoom Workplace promises to whip your meetings into shape, organizing them, summarizing them and letting you grill its Ask AI Companion for all sorts of existentially important details. It scours through Zoom's own arsenal—Meetings, Mail, Team Chat, Notes, Docs—and even plays nicely with your other favorite productivity toys, like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, just in case you fancied a seamless, if slightly omniscient, workspace.


2021. Zoom added new template that shows all meeting participants



Zoom introduced the Immersive View template, which displays all meeting participants (up to 25) in a single screen. Call hosts can manually or automatically place participants on the virtual stage, as well as move them around. If there are more than 25 participants, thumbnails of the remaining participants will appear at the top of the stage. Users can return to the standard view at any time. Zoom launched with several templates, but users can upload their own scenes. This feature is not yet supported in meeting recordings.


2021. Zoom added video effects that change your appearance.



Zoom, a video calling service, has added Studio Effects - feature that allows you to use video effects during calls. This new feature allows you to add various visual effects to your image, such as adding eyebrows or a mustache, or changing your lip color.


2020. Zoom unveiled paid online event and ticket sales service.



Events are moving online. Google and Facebook recently launched services for organizing paid online events. Now Zoom has followed trend. The new service OnZoom allows anyone to host events for up to 100 or 1,000 people, depending on the license, and sell tickets. Tickets can be paid for via PayPal or card. The company plans to add other payment options in the future. Currently, only paid Zoom subscribers in the US can create events, and any US user can join them. The company plans to expand the service to other countries in 2021.