- Zoom has announced new feature designed for those who don’t enjoy online meetings or simply cannot make the scheduled time.
- The asynchronous Zoom Clips tool allows you to record, edit, and share short-form videos.
- Zoom Clips is currently in global beta, but now fully fledged rollout has been outlined yet.
During the height of the pandemic and lockdown, those working from home became wholly reliant on videoconferencing platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The latter has remained popular post-pandemic, and now Zoom is looking for ways to keep people using its offering.
To that end, it has announced a new tool called Zoom Clips, which is designed for those who don’t enjoy online meetings, or simply cannot make it for the agreed upon time.
“Many people are turning to asynchronous video tools, like Loom, as a quick and easy way to record themselves and their screens and send high-quality, short-form videos to colleagues and customers. And so to help enable clear communication, cut back on wasted time, and accommodate collaboration across time zones, we created an asynchronous video offering, Zoom Clips, now in global public beta,” explains the platform in a blog post regarding the announcement.
“Zoom Clips allows you to easily record, edit, and share high-quality short-form videos both internally and externally. With our new asynchronous video offering, you can demonstrate important information with teammates in a pinch, add a personal touch to your collaboration, or just share a detailed project update without having to join a live meeting,” it adds.
Zoom also notes that these Clips can exist for longer than the intended meeting or call, with a content library accessible too for storing videos on record. From there you’ll be able to manage, share, rename, download, or delete said Clips.
You’ll be able to offer up some opportunities for interaction too.
“Once you’ve provided access to a video, people can view, leave comments, or use emojis to react to a clip, and you can track views to get a feel for how those clips are landing. You can even respond to viewers’ comments, providing an easy way to answer questions and promote engagement, and track video metrics, like completion rate, to get a sense of how your content is being received,” says Zoom.
It remains to be seen whether asynchronous video is the thing to breathe some new life into Zoom, but you can access this latest tool by updating to the latest version of the platform.
