What You Need to Know About the Zoom Application

Meeting in cyberspace involving many people is the main use of the Zoom application. This online meeting application, which is increasing in number of users, has raised pros and cons regarding its security. Actually, do you know clearly how this application works? Check out the complete review below.

What is the Zoom Application?

This video conferencing service allows people to meet virtually either by video, audio, or both. Everything can be done live and saved to watch later. 

• There is Zoom Meeting for meetings via video which are conducted using the Zoom application. 
• Zoom Room is a piece of hardware that allows companies to schedule Zoom Meetings from their office space. Zoom Rooms is a paid service from Zoom. 
• A meeting between two people. You can have online meetings with other people. 
• Group Video Conferencing. The free service allows meetings of 40 minutes for up to 100 participants.

How to Download the Zoom App

The Zoom application can be downloaded to install on a smartphone or laptop. The application is compatible with Windows and macOS and for smartphones for Android and iOS. Zoom users with a desktop or laptop will get more complete features such as creating polls, recording, and broadcasting Zoom via Facebook Live.

Use Zoom without an application

Even though it's not easy, it is very possible to use Zoom without having to install the application. You can join the meeting provided by the link provided by the host. It could look like this— zoom.us/wc/join/your-meeting-id.   

Another way to zoom without an application is to add a plugin or add-on to the browser extension. So you can directly attend Zoom meetings via a browser. This is certainly ideal for users with laptops that do not allow installing applications.

Security Issues 

The increase in Zoom users is also marked by various concerns about the security of this application. Starting from theft of personal data to malware attacks, some problems make users reluctant to use this application. 

• Zoom has increased the security of its application by requiring it to include a password, and a virtual waiting room to select only certain people who can enter the conference. 
• Additional security tools to lock, turn off chat and remove participants. 
  
• Zoom Trust and Safety services can block users from the service completely according to the report. 

Zoom Tips

There are many things you can do via Zoom apart from just holding meetings. Some of these include.

• Create continuous Zoom meetings. You just have to set the desired call and set a permanent time and participants. Use the same link every time you have another meeting. Holding a meeting via smartphone simply means logging in, setting a schedule, selecting Repeat, and selecting Recurrence. 
• Record a video conference. The host of the meeting can do the recording. All you need to do is log in to your account, look at the settings, and select the recording tab. Choose between local (video file) or cloud to save it. 
• Eliminates background noise. Attending a Zoom meeting can be disturbed by distracting sounds. You can use Nvidia GeForce RTX or Quadro RTX graphics which are compatible with Windows 10. Using them will eliminate background noise. 
• Virtual backgrounds. Want to hide a messy room during a Zoom meeting? Some backgrounds can be used as your background. Go to the setup section and select “Virtual Background”. Select the image you want. 

That's everything you need to know about the Zoom application. Starting from how to download and devices that are compatible with this application. There are many other supporting features that you can try to make your online meeting experience more comfortable and enjoyable.