Zoom Video Communications Inc has announced it will be removing the time limit for its free accounts on all meetings globally for the holiday season.
The gesture will cover the Christian celebrations of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the end of Hannukah for Jews and Kwanzaa marked by African-Americans, as well as New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. All of them fall in late December or early January.
Recently, there has been a spike in the number of people affected by the Coronavirus around the world during a second wave. This has forced many people to stay indoors and plan gatherings with friends and family over the Internet instead.
A zoom spokesman said, “Whether coming together on the final day of Hanukkah, celebrating Christmas, ringing in the New Year, or marking the last days of Kwanzaa, those connecting with friends and family won’t get cut short.”
Rival, Alphabet’s Google Meet has already said free users would not have to limit conversations to 60 minutes till March.
Microsoft Teams and Cisco’s Webex, who have usage grow during the pandemic, have so far not announced any relaxation in meeting length caps.
