Zoom’s avatars now let you appear as a cartoon version of yourself
Meeting templates, threaded reactions and Q&As are also arriving soon.
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Microsoft Teams takes on Facebook groups with community hubs
Your company's video chat app can now organize your softball team.
Microsoft Teams makes it easier to host meetings using sign language
Video chats are now friendlier to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Microsoft's Teams Premium service uses AI to recap your meetings
Premium can also translate live captions and help with virtual appointments.
Zoom suffered a major outage that may have cancelled your video meetings
Hopefully your coworkers sent email instead.
Google decided having two apps called Meet was a good idea
Duo's name change will make things awkward for a while.
Zoom brings end-to-end encryption to its cloud phone service
E2EE protection is coming to meeting breakout rooms as well.
Microsoft Teams is using AI to prevent awkward interruptions in video calls
The technology can also minimize echoes and other voice chat hassles.
Meta adds a new ‘Calls’ tab to Messenger
The company said that daily calls on the messaging app have increased by 40 percent since 2020.
Google is merging Duo and Meet into a single video calling platform
The resulting service will be known as Google Meet.
Zoom's desktop apps now respond to raised hands and thumbs-up gestures
You can send a reaction without clicking anything.
Zoom releases fix for Mac bug that keeps mics active after calls
Some people found that their mics kept working even after their calls and meeting.
Dell put a 4K webcam in its new 4K video conferencing monitor
It also has a contrast ratio of 2000:1 thanks to a new IPS technology.
Portal users can now bring sign language interpreters into video calls
You can use sign language regardless of who you're talking to.
Microsoft Teams adds end-to-end encryption for one-on-one calls
Your conversations should be that much more secure.
FaceTime calls finally seem to be working in the UAE
Whether this is a permanent change or a brief reprieve isn't clear.
Amazon's Fire TV Cube works with Zoom, if you have a webcam
You will also need a second-generation model.
Google's Workspace suite is now available to anyone
Plus, Google Chat is getting more Slack-like.
Microsoft Teams is ready for 'friends and family'
After almost a year in preview, Teams has a bunch of new features for personal use.
Zoom has special access to your iPad's camera
It's meant to help with multitasking, but other apps can't use it.
