{"id":41760,"date":"2021-02-04T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T11:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=5ffb179b0711a356162c68d170bac8a0"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T11:11:32","slug":"zoom-rooms-updates-aim-to-facilitate-hybrid-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/zoom-rooms-updates-aim-to-facilitate-hybrid-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Rooms updates aim to facilitate hybrid working"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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4 Feb, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Zoom has revealed a number of new updates for its Zoom Rooms video conferencing hardware suite that showcase the company’s idea of the\u00a0hybrid office<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new features are aimed at\u00a0businesses that will keep a portion of their\u00a0workforce remote<\/a>\u00a0for some time after offices reopen or on a permanent basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zoom Rooms is a suite of tablets, monitors and webcams that organisations use throughout their place of work to enable staff to schedule, conduct and remotely connect to meetings. The company is now doubling-down on the remote element as businesses look at ways to safely return to workspaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n“Many organisations will likely take a gradual, phased approach to bring employees back to the office full time,” Zoom’s senior product manager, Cynthia Lee, wrote in a\u00a0blog post<\/a>. “When this happens, IT leaders and line-of-business managers will then face the challenge of supporting in-office and remote workers simultaneously.<\/p>\n

“Businesses can use technology to empower workers wherever they are, streamline collaboration between in-office and remote workers, and make the transition back into the office as seamless as possible.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

To start with, when you come back to the office you could be greeted by a virtual receptionist. This uses Zoom’s ‘Kiosk Mode’ and a touchscreen device that in-office workers and visitors can operate under the guidance of a remote receptionist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For meetings themselves, users can now pair iOS and\u00a0Android<\/a>\u00a0mobile devices with Zoom Room meetings. This will include access to room controls and the ability to start and join meetings via the Zoom Rooms Controller app.<\/p>\n

Meeting admins will also be able to view more data. They can see how many people are in a room via the dashboard, and both set and police\u00a0specific social distances measures. There will also be information about the temperature within each room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are also collaboration-focused updates, such a shareable whiteboard that can also be put into the chat function and a new meeting toolbar. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

4 Feb, 2021 <\/p>\n

Zoom has revealed a number of new updates for its Zoom Rooms video conferencing hardware suite that showcase the company’s idea of the\u00a0hybrid office.\u00a0
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