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Zoom

Zoom is a widely used conferencing application for casual and commercial use. It is well supported and compatible with most platforms.

Basic information

Developer: Zoom US

Website: https://zoom.us/

Protocol: Audio-video

OS Supported: Cross-platform

Pricing: Freemium: Free (45 meeting host limit), Pro (available for students) or subscription

Requires sign-up?: Yes for hosting, not for joining

Detailed information

Features: E2E encryption, desktop share, screen recording

Self-hosted?: Server-based

Recommended net-speed: Flexible

Required net-speed: None

Max quality: Unknown

Latency (estimate): ~150ms

Last update: Regular updates

Open source?: No


Ease of use

Well developed by a large corp, quite easy to use, install and connect. A Pro account (available for students) can host meetings at infinite time, 45 minutes for free users.


info

There are some important settings that can be optimized for higher quality audio. In settings, 'HD video' in the Video tab and 'Enable original audio', 'High fidelity music mode', 'Stereo audio' in 'Audio'.

Last updated on by Jackson Goode