The company’s in-house AI assistant, AI Companion, contributes AI functionality to Zoom Workplace.
Zoom Workplace: Enhancing Collaboration with AI-Powered Productivity Solutions
Zoom Workplace is a new platform that the well-known video conferencing software Zoom introduced on Monday. According to the business, Zoom Workplace is an AI-powered platform designed to enhance intra- and cross-team collaboration and expedite workspace communication. The platform for video calls is making use of AI Companion, which will also be getting additional functionality. Along with redesigning the overall Meetings experience, the new platform will also provide more features to Team Chat. Zoom released a new software earlier this year for the Apple Vision Pro that enhances the immersion of virtual meetings.
“Zoom Workplace brings communication, employee engagement, spaces, and productivity solutions together on a single platform with Zoom AI Companion capabilities woven throughout,” the official Zoom account said on X, formerly known as Twitter, announcing the new feature set. A video showcasing a few of the platform’s recently added capabilities was also posted in the article.
Teamwork, reimagined. Welcome to Zoom Workplace, your AI-powered collaboration platform. ✨
Zoom Workplace brings communication, employee engagement, spaces, and productivity solutions together on a single platform with Zoom AI Companion capabilities woven throughout.
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— Zoom (@Zoom) March 25, 2024
The firm went into further detail about the capabilities that consumers may anticipate seeing with the launch of Zoom Workplace in a blog post. According to the business, the platform’s main advantage is a unified interface for collaboration and communication that would “create productivity gains and reduce silos.” Users will see that the AI Companion is integrated to allow well-known capabilities including email drafts, chat composition, and meeting summaries. Additionally, Zoom is launching a new feature called Ask AI Companion, which will allow users to assign simple chores to the assistant and ask it questions. It will “select third-party applications” and utilize data from the entire platform to respond to inquiries.
Additionally, there has been a revamp of the pre-call, in-call, and post-call meeting experiences overall. With calendar functionality and a comprehensive view that displays the complete meeting lifecycle along with all the files and information shared before to and during the meeting, Zoom has launched a new Meetings tab. Additionally, the meeting interface has been overhauled with four different color themes, a multi-speaker view that highlights the current speakers, and a reduced toolbar.
Additionally, Team Chat is being developed into a fully functional collaborative area rather than just a tool for communication. For convenience, users will be able to access resources, whiteboards, and assets connected to channels in a single view. They will also be able to use these tools and talk at the same time.
Zoom is combining Zoom Workplace with its other offerings, including Zoom Phone, Workvivo, its employee engagement platform, and Zoom Rooms. Additionally, there are some new enhancements to Zoom Rooms, the communication tool for hybrid meetings. The business intends to implement smart name tags, which will simply affix a name tag on each in-office participant rather than placing them in individual boxes.
April will see the launching of the Zoom Workplace, albeit no specific deployment date has been given. The suite will be provided to its premium members at no additional cost, according to the business. Zoom Pro, the platform’s most economical premium package, costs Rs. 13,200 annually.