Zoom Announces New AI-Driven Features for Its App

Video conferencing giant Zoom has unveiled a range of new AI-driven features for its popular app. These new features, including mail and calendar integration, are designed to help users streamline their workflow and stay on top of their busy schedules.

As part of its ongoing commitment to extending the use of artificial intelligence (AI), Zoom announced a new partnership with Open AI on Monday. This partnership will enable the company to create summaries of meetings and draft messages through its Zoom IQ AI-driven assistant.

Zoom IQ already offers a range of helpful functions, such as providing summaries of meetings and messages in Zoom Team Chat, creating responses to messages, and generating whiteboards based on text commands. The app can also create highlights for recorded messages. However, with the addition of new features, users will now be able to catch up with missed meetings more easily.

In April, Zoom plans to launch AI-driven email drafts and messages, which will be available by invitation only. These new features will further enhance the app’s functionality, helping users save time and increase their productivity.

Zoom’s move is a big statement to its tech rivals

Zoom has responded to competition from its main rivals by adding new AI features to its platform. The move comes after Microsoft and Google both introduced similar features to their own applications. These features were designed to enhance productivity and improve collaboration.

Microsoft 365, for example, is experimenting with Copilot, an AI-powered assistant for office documents. Meanwhile, Google has added a feature that allows its users to create images, summaries, and text in Google documents, Gmail, and sheets.

In response, Zoom has added a collection of features to its app, making it more of an all-encompassing platform. The new mail app, for example, allows users to connect with their Microsoft 365 address and email directly from Zoom. The new calendar integration also enables users to access their schedule, as well as a third-party’s calendar, instantly from Zoom.

These features can be accessed through the sidebar, where users can check important information about meetings. Additionally, Zoom has added a new feature called Huddles, which it describes as a “video-enabled virtual coworking space.” This feature allows users to have quick video calls to chat or ask questions with a co-worker.

Zoom has announced that these new features will be available globally, and users can seek early access to the app. With these updates, Zoom is demonstrating its commitment to meeting the evolving needs of its users and staying ahead of the competition. As the world continues to shift towards remote work, collaboration and productivity tools like these are becoming increasingly important.