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Facebook announced, its going to support “50 people video call” in WhatsApp and Messenger. Google Hangouts opened the video conference feature to everyone, no G-Suite needed. Skype already increased the maximum limit to 50. Looks like the whole world is getting interested in video conferencing. And so does the tech giants! Facebook, Google, Microsoft all are party to this idea. The battle of video conferencing has begun and its going to stay here, for sometime.
Pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to the people, to collaborate remotely. Prior to the virus spread, video conferences were focussed to big corporate meetings only. As the lockdowns progressed, most of the industries and functions moved to “work from home” model. And the industries started realizing — Except few roles and functions most of the work can be carried out remotely. Not only the big corporates but even the small businesses and freelancers started adopting this model.
Use of video conferencing is spreading like a fire. Education professionals and schools are using it to conduct classes, Yoga teachers are conducting fitness sessions, online meetings are happening across variety of communities and groups. Video conferencing is playing a major role in changing the way people, groups and organizations are coming together.
