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Zoom Meetings is a popular cloud-based video conferencing application, used primarily by businesses to host meetings with remote or
international colleagues and clients - the basic version is also completely free of charge.Zoom video conferencing is celebrated for its
ease of use, high quality HD video and audio, and collaboration facilities such as text chat and screen sharing
Attendees can also join a Zoom meeting without signing into the app, but must sign up for an account to host a video conference.Premium
versions support Zoom meetings with up to 1,000 participants, call recording, unlimited phone calls and more.With the ongoing pandemic
forcing many of us inside, Zoom video conferencing has also become the new means of keeping in touch with friends and family - a select few
have even held their weddings over Zoom.The Zoom app is available on all major desktop and mobile operating systems, including Windows,
macOS, Android and iOS.For more information, visit our how to use Zoom guide.Free Zoom or paid?Zoom is available free of charge to anyone
that might like to use it, and the basic free version offers all the facilities most people will need
However, as with anything, you get what you pay for, because the free version has its limitations.Free Zoom offers video conferencing for up
to 100 participants, provided the meeting runs for no longer than 40 minutes, at which point attendees are ejected from the conference
meetings, screen sharing, chat, virtual backgrounds, whiteboard and more.The paid version, meanwhile, effectively removes time limits for
group video conferences (pushing the cap to 24 hours), and also allows the host to record meetings to cloud or on-device storage and
little more expensive in the long-run.Quoted prices do not cover additional add-ons - such as webinar facilities, large meetings (up to 1000
not all Zoom meetings are equal - the desktop version is kitted out with a number of features unavailable on mobile.Beyond the most obvious
downside to video conferencing on mobile - the comparatively small screen - Zoom for iOS and Android contains watered down and less
intuitive versions of the chat and screen sharing facilities.The mobile version also only allows four participants to appear on screen at
once (as opposed to a maximum of 49 on desktop in gallery mode) and presenting complex charts and documents is made challenging by the small
business meetings with colleagues or calls with multiple friends, Zoom for desktop is the only sensible choice.Zoom alternativesWhile the
word Zoom is used by some as a byword for video conference, there are many Zoom alternatives on the market capable of rivalling the big name
brand.Here are a few alternatives to Zoom that make an equally good choice for businesses looking for the best video conferencing services
around:- Microsoft Teams- Google Hangouts- RingCentral- Skype for Business- Cisco WebExZoom - latest news and guides06/04/2020 -
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