Zoom App Download Surge Amid Pandemic

The download of the video conference apps have increased significantly in March as people being locked down due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Zoom is one of the most popular apps, its download has surged from 4 mil+ in February to 26mil + in March.

Zoom offers a basic plan which is free to users with features below (from Zoom's website).

• Host up to 100 participants
• Unlimited 1 to 1 meetings
• 40 mins limit on group meetings
• Unlimited number of meetings
• Ticket Support
• Video Conferencing Features
  • HD video,HD voice, Active speaker view, Full screen and gallery view, Simultaneous Screen Share, Join by telephone call-in, Virtual Background
• Web Conferencing Features
  • Desktop and application sharing, Personal room or meeting ID, Instant or scheduled meetings, Chrome & Outlook plug-ins, Scheduling w/ Chrome Extensions, MP4 or M4A local recording, Private and group chat, Host controls, Raise hand
• Group Collaboration Features
  • Breakout Rooms, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android, Group messaging and presence, Screen share any iPad/iPhone app, Co-annotation on shared screen, Keyboard/mouse control, Whiteboarding, Multi-share
• Security
  • Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, AES 256 bits encryption

There are other 3 plans, Pro, Business & Enterprise which offer more features to suit your needs.

Here is the Zoom Phone App overview.

Sources: Zoom, Youtube