Best online meeting or video-conferencing apps
Holding online meetings of workplaces became popular during the Covid pandemic as regular meetings could not be held due to the restrictions on the people’s movement. Now after the pandemic, the hybrid model of working has become popular at workplaces wherein the online meetings are held as employees are not present at a single workplace but are scattered at different places. Corporate Citizen brings to you some of the most popular meeting or video-conferencing apps
Zoom Workplace: This app is available in free and paid versions for android and iOS devices. It is free for up to 100 participants and 40-minute meetings. You have to share a link to a Zoom meeting with the people you want to invite. These people must click the link and they will be able to join the meeting if the app is installed on their device. Participants can also use text chat to talk with each other, either as a group or as individual private messages. It lets you schedule video conference calls in advance and chat anytime with your contacts.
Microsoft Teams: This app is available in free and paid versions for android and iOS devices. Its free version includes unlimited group meetings for up to 60 minutes and up to 100 participants per meeting. It’s a great video conferencing app where you can chat as a team. You can draw freehand which can be smoothened making it easier to take notes and make diagrams. The chat from the meeting is saved in team chat app for future reference. The built-in feature for meeting notes enables you to share them with the team after the meeting. You can automatically transcribe meetings and share them.
Google Meet: It is available for android and iOS devices. Enjoy free one-on-one video calls for up to 24 hours and host meetings for up to 60 minutes and 100 people. You must be signed in with a Google Account to use Google Meet. It gives live captions fairly well in English. Upto 1,00,000 participants are allowed in view-only mode in livestreams. Share your entire screen, a specific window or a Chrome tab with others. Chat with other participants during the meeting. Apply virtual backgrounds and visual effects. Schedule a meeting or set up instant meetings. Record meetings and save them for later playback. Mute or unmute participants and raise hands during the meeting.
Zoho Meeting: It is available for android and iOS devices in free and paid versions. Participants can join online meetings and webinars without having a Zoho Meeting account, but only hosts are required to have an account for scheduling sessions and sending out meeting invites. It allows users to host or join secure online meetings with up to 100 participants. It offers free video conferencing for up to 60 minutes Schedule online meetings and send invitations to participants. Interact with organisers using QandA. Participate in polls. Attend live webinars. It includes features for audio, video, and screen sharing. You can record meetings.
Skype: It is available for android and iOS devices in free and paid versions. Calls between Skype users are free, but users need to pay for premium features like SMS texts, voicemails and calls outside of Skype. Can make free video calls with up to 100 people, send and receive text messages, send voice messages, emojis and others. Enjoy real-time translation of voice calls, video calls and instant messages. It has raise hand feature for participants to be heard in a call.