In the coming year, Zoom will once again add functionality to its platform. The company is already revealing eight future features.
Video communications specialist Zoom continues to expand its platform. For 2022, the company is planning several innovations, eight of which it has already announced. Not all the new features are clear-cut, but the list shows the direction Zoom wants to take.
First up is the Video Engagement Center. That solution should help organizations conveniently connect experts with customers via video call. Zoom also sees the feature making the move into the physical world, with integration into stores.
The Huddle view should place teams in a virtual digital space. By visualizing where participants are, users should get a better sense of belonging.
Backstage
For events, Zoom Events is going to launch Backstgage, with a virtual artist lounge. From there, speakers and organizers of a digital event can mingle in chats before giving their presentation themselves. On Webinars, you can further use Zoom Apps. These were introduced for the desktop but will also become available on mobile and make their appearance on webinars.
Zoom Whiteboard lets participants collaborate both on-site and remotely on the same digital whiteboard, even outside of a meeting. The whiteboard is available on all compatible Zoom devices. The Zoom Widget provides an overview of all your scheduled meetings, lets you see who is already in a meeting and makes it easy to quickly send a chat message.
For meetings where a language barrier exists, Zoom will expand automatically generated subtitles to multiple languages and add live translation in the coming year.
Finally, Zoom highlights Jumpstart. That is a development tool that allows programmers to easily integrate video functionality into their own application.
Competition
Zoom currently faces stiff competition from several other platforms, of which Microsoft Teams stands out among them. Microsoft is putting its full weight behind Teams and is rapidly introducing new features and integrations. Zoom gained a lot of momentum during the start of the pandemic, but now must continue to evolve to remain competitive.