ZOOM Cloud Meetings

ZOOM Cloud Meetings Review

Micah Beaumont

Zoom is a service and an app for online conferences and video meetings. More than 100 million people use the app for business, communication, and other goals. It's quite simple to use Zoom. Anyone who creates an account can arrange a meeting and share the link with friends or colleagues. There is a range of features that makes your meetings productive and convenient. 

Interface 4/5

The app has a user-friendly interface, and everything is simple and clear. You can register through your company data, Facebook, or Google. 

Then, you'll see two below and above. There are various buttons with which you can create a conference, schedule a meeting on the calendar, view your contacts, and also go to the settings.

Features 4/5

Zoom provides video conferencing and also allows you to record it for up to 40 minutes. You are able to record the conversation and save them to your device or the cloud. 

The number of videos is unlimited. The service in the free version includes video communication with 50 participants. However, the free version lets you communicate only for 40 minutes. Then you have to create a new conference. 

You can enter the conference as a participant with view-only rights and share the screen already with sound. The screen demonstration can be paused. Moreover, you can share not only the entire screen but also individual parts. For example, enable the display of the browser. In the settings, you can allow all participants to share screens, or restrict it so that only the organizer can do this. 

An interactive whiteboard is built into the platform. You can easily and quickly switch from a screen demonstration to a whiteboard. There is a chat in which you can write messages, transfer files to everyone, or choose one participant. Conversation can be configured to automatically save or save manually at each conference (Chat → More → Save chat). 

Usability 4/5

The application is easy to use for any communication. It has many useful features thanks to which you can share information, as well as save information that is shared with you. If you use the paid version, you can talk for up to 5 hours without interruption. The free version allows you to chat for forty minutes.

Compatibility 5/5

Zoom has apps for most desktop and mobile operating systems. To use it on your Android device, you need to have a 5.0 version or later. As for iOS devices, you need an 8.0 version and later. This application is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. 

Conclusion

The application can be used for video conferencing from any mobile device: smartphones, tablets, iPhone, and iPad. Moreover, from these devices, you can fully control video conferencing in the same way as from a personal computer.

The service can be an excellent platform for conducting remote tutoring sessions or creating short instructional videos, talking with family and friends, and of course, for business. The application is easy to use and customize. You can share files, demonstrate the full screen and its parts, record conferences, and more.