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Zoom Brings Third-Party Apps for Your Usage

Have you ever used Ed-tech apps like Unacademy or BYJU’s? Don’t worry as I am not telling you to buy their subscription. You can check out the free lectures. In those free lectures, you will see a faculty teaching as well as using some sort of pointers to deliver the concept in a better way. What does it show? There is a video as well as a writing session integrated into one application. How does it happen? It’s the world of Open API. And, Zoom has accepted it. As per the recent update, Zoom has decided to add third-party apps in the Zoom application that you can use. Keep more patience to exhaust your eyes as the Exhibit is there to give you deep insight into this recent update.

Zooming Apps & Events for Third-Party Apps Integration

The Zoom team has announced that they will be launching an advanced line for Zoom Apps and Zoom Events. Through Zoom, once you download the latest update and download it, there will be an Apps tab present in the application through which you will be able to see almost 50 apps that you can add and use during the video sessions. In addition to this, Zoom will have a new version named Zoom Events. Through this, you can create new events for which you can create tickets. Now, if you think that you tag the price related to tickets, Zoom will deduct some amount from it, don’t worry. What? Is the Zoom team crazy? Well, that’s the fact every ticket that you sell for your event, the amount will completely go to you, and nothing will be there in the pipeline for Zoom.

What does third-party apps integration mean?

Why extract its meaning when Zoom wants to widen its horizon? This update has for sure enhanced the entire functionality of this app and the people as well. Think about those who want to teach others during their free time. All they need to do is download this app with its latest version. The integration of third-party apps will give challenges to other video session applications like Skype and Microsoft. Even the corporate meetings have got an effective alternative. And, what if you are a music lover and unable to attend concerts due to one single micro-sized virus. Well, it’s an opportunity for the Sunburn festival that you have missed for a long time. That time is close when these events will be organized virtually.

Conclusion

As if the Zoom team one day listened to the Backstreet Boys’ “I want it that way” and thought about what people want from them. It is no less than a piece of phenomenal news. Let’s wait for the opportune moment when you know about everything once the update arrives.

WhatsApp To Allow 8 Person Video Group Call

Life in the time of lockdown has been depressing, especially for those who step out, go to work or even enjoy the air daily. Most people stuck/working from home are relying on a multiple number of applications to feed their necessity of chatting/calling and video conferencing.

Among all the apps that are making the roar, Zoom and Houseparty are the ones which gained quick popularity and racked up a significant number of users. But as it would be, several flaws, security loopholes and privacy issues raised alarming concerns and people soon started to look for alternatives.

Until now, WhatsApp was lagging in the game. WhatsApp only allows four persons for video calls and is a major bummer for the social bees who have a flamboyant group of friends. But worry no more, WhatsApp is adding the ability to add up to eight persons on a single video call. While this might seem less when it comes to a big group of friends, but for some of us, this just might be right enough.

What would please the people is the sheer popularity of WhatsApp and the level of security of personal data that WhatApp promises to secure. WhatsApp has been assuring security and end to end encryption for its chat and video calling services.

Google has made significant improvements to Google Meet and Google Duo which include a new layout, feature and an increased limit on group calls. This might seem less but it is enough to gain traction at a time when web traffic all around the world is just phenomenally high.

The new WhatsApp feature is expected to roll out soon, as soon as the end of April is what the info from the tweet WhatsApp head Will Cathcart put forward. This update will be available for both Android and iPhone users. Not only this, but Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerburg also announced the soon to launch ‘Messenger Rooms’ which will allow 50 people to join together for a video call. As in the time of COVID-19 people have moved to WhatsApp and Messenger for call and video chat.

Zoom, Now Has a Rival and It Is Called ‘Messenger Rooms’

The current pandemic situation has kept most of the people inside. Apart from the people working in healthcare and essential services, people have been asked or rather say forced to contain themselves inside the four-walls if their homes.

As naturally, it would come to every one of us, being confined in the house is not exciting and this everyone is looking to connect to their friends, family and the whole world for that matter with their phones and laptops. Things like online deliver and OTT platform engagements have shot up and similarly, chat and video conferencing applications are enjoying this sudden blast of unprecedented traffic. Hence developers are taking this opportunity to develop new avenues to help more and more people connect in this current situation.

As it would be, video calling applications have seen a massive spike in their traffic. WhatsApp, Messenger, Zoom and Houseparty are the ones which are enjoying the major share of the fame now. However, each one of them come with their flaws. WhatsApp can only connect four users per call, Zoom can handle multiple user connections (100) but recently it has been subject to data hacks and private user data was leaked due to security issues. Houseparty is another solution but the sheer number of notifications it keeps pushing can irritate anyone off from using it.

Facebook, on the other hand, is learning from the situation and recently has announced the ‘Messenger Rooms’ which will allow a group of 50 people to connect on a single video call. Not only this, on Facebook Messenger Rooms, one can post links in their news feed, groups or even create event pages.

How does it work? One can simply create a room and users can join the room via their browser. The moderator or room creator can also lock the rooms to prevent unwanted people from entering which seems like a form of moderation.

Messenger Rooms is said to have Zoom-like features including the background changing effects which is done to avoid people seeing the cluttered background at times. Moreover, Facebook has added multiple filters and lighting effects to compensate for any lighting defects on video. The Facebook Messenger Rooms will be launched in a few weeks; pointing that it is currently under rapid development.

It is said that approximately 700 million people are using various applications to make calls daily. Zoom has been plagued by privacy and security issues. It has breached the 300 million user limit already. This is a massive spike in user demand and Facebook is surely taking notes while doing its homework. The video-meeting platforms have seen a massive surge in users since the COVID-19 pandemic which has forced millions of people to work from their homes.