New name and features accelerate hybrid work collaboration
As companies experiment with different variations of work models, one thing is clear: hybrid work is here to stay. In a modern work environment, a team chat is the hub where work happens and is the backbone of collaboration, said Zoom Video Communications, Inc (Zoom).
Zoom has unveiled additional features and a new name for Zoom Team Chat (previously named Zoom Chat), the company’s collaboration hub that empowers teams to communicate quickly and securely, both internally and externally.
The hub that connects workstreams
Chatting in Zoom is so much more than the in-meeting chat bubble located at the bottom of the screen. Zoom Team Chat offers a powerful hub with chats and channels to connect workstreams, keep projects on track, and stay in touch with the whole team and key stakeholders. Team Chat makes it effortless to collaborate by bringing together persistent messaging, file sharing, third-party apps, video, voice, and whiteboard in a single app.
A seamless chat experience for team members and external contacts
From any Zoom Team Chat conversation, users can collaborate on a whiteboard, elevate a chat to a meeting or a phone call, or even share a recorded video message, all within the Zoom platform.
Zoom Team Chat isn’t just for communicating with employees within your organization. Team Chat provides a seamless and secure communication experience for external contacts, including consultants, vendors, clients, and more. To help provide a secure experience, users will see a notice next to the “compose” box when external users are present in a channel, so they can be informed before sending a message.
More ways to collaborate using Zoom Team Chat
Targeting the end of the month, Zoom Team Chat users should expect to see new key features, including:
- Share in-meeting chat to Team Chat: Never lose links or key information shared during a meeting again when the host has the option to share the conversation to Team Chat turned on.
- Schedule a Zoom Meeting from chat or channel: Invite the right people and address back and forth chats with the ability to quickly schedule a meeting within any chat or channel.
- Organize your workday with the “Reminders” feature: Flag a chat message to be notified about it at a more convenient time, so you don’t miss messages that appear when you’re busy.
- Respond via chat to an incoming meeting: When ad-hoc meeting invites happen, users will now have the ability to quickly message the person inviting them to let them know they’re busy or they’ll call back.
- Third-party integrations: Apps on Zoom Team Chat to streamline your workflow.
- Access Zoom Team Chat anywhere: The new Team Chat for Progressive Web Apps (PWA) allows access to Team Chat directly from a browser, so users can collaborate outside of meetings with chat, even if the Zoom client isn’t available.
And stay tuned for more new features to be announced at Zoomtopia.
New visual representation of Zoom’s platform
Zoom Team Chat is prominently featured in Zoom’s new brand look and feel, also launching Monday. As part of the brand enhancement, Zoom is updating its brand colors, typography, product icons, and kicking off a global campaign by introducing a new visual element that represents Zoom’s unified platform.
Zoom’s well-known logo will remain the same, but in a newly unveiled visual at the center of the campaign, Zoom has replaced the Os in its name with icons to communicate that Zoom is the one platform where connection happens. The new Zoom Team Chat icon is positioned first in the visual to demonstrate its role as the hub that connects all workstreams.