Zoom is expanding its email and calendar capabilities in order to compete with rival workplace solutions

Zoom is expanding its email and calendar capabilities in order to compete with rival workplace solutions

Zoom, as predicted, intends to compete with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace in areas other than group video conferences and chats. At its Zoomtopia conference, the business introduced a slew of new platform capabilities, including two critical ones for productivity: email and calendars. Third-party email and calendar services may be linked to Zoom and accessed through the desktop client. According to the firm, this may save you time since you won’t have to move between applications or look for the proper tab in your browser.

Those on the Zoom One Pro or Zoom Standard Pro plans will be able to create email accounts via the platform, and certain plans will allow users to utilise custom domains. You’ll receive up to 100GB of storage space for free. The main selling point is that communications transferred directly between Zoom Mail Service customers (those who utilise Zoom’s email hosting services) would be encrypted from beginning to finish. You will also be able to send external emails with expiration dates and access-restricted links.