Zoom has decided to integrate third-party applications into its video conferencing as it strives to remain a highly popular tool in a post-pandemic world.
The company hopes that with the new applications it will make the meetings more interactive, more productive and why not more fun.
Zoom is likely to keep 300 million active users a day still on the platform while in the eyes of experts it is an attempt to compete with Microsoft Teams.
Zoom currently has a store with 1,500 apps but must be downloaded and added to meetings separately.
At the launch of third party applications 50 of them will be available as Asana or Dot Collector.
It is unclear how many users will continue to use the Zoom platform and video conferencing services after the world has lifted its restrictions and the Covid-19 crisis is over.
The firm saw unprecedented growth during the pandemic as sales this year are expected to grow by 40% to more than $ 3.7 billion.
Zoom chief executive Eric Yuan is confident the post-pandemic world will continue to maintain the hybrid working model.
Zoom Apps are third-party integrations that will appear during the call. If you have the latest version of Zoom then you can access and install the new apps that appear in a bar. / PCWorld Albanian