X Introduces Video and Audio Conferencing Capabilities
X has introduced video and audio conferencing features as part of CEO Elon Musk’s plans to transform the platform into an “everything” app.
Video and audio calling, initially announced in August, is now available for iOS X users and will be available for Android users soon. Only “Premium” X subscribers can make calls (at least for now), with subscriptions costing $8 a month or $84 a year. However, all accounts can receive calls.
Users can control who calls them through Direct Messages Settings. By default, users can receive calls from accounts they follow or have in their address book, assuming they have previously given X access to their address book. To be able to call another user, they must have sent that user a Direct Message at least once prior to the call. Users can choose to disable calls as a way to protect themselves from spam or abuse.
Zoom AI Companion Reaches One Million Meeting Summaries
Zoom AI Companion reached the one million meeting summary milestone this week.
Zoom’s generative AI assistant has hit the figure less than two months since the solution’s launch, with over 125,000 accounts utilising the product. To commemorate the achievement, Zoom has revealed new capabilities, additional language support, and improvements to existing capabilities for AI Companion, including meeting coaching and in-meeting questions.
Smita Hashim, Chief Product Officer at Zoom, commented:
Providing the best value to our customers across our platform is core to our mission, which is why we made AI Companion available at no additional cost, and we continue to introduce new AI capabilities at Zoom speed so more of our customers can get the most out of Zoom’s AI innovations. Our unique federated approach allows us to dynamically utilize different models, helping to reduce AI overhead costs and provide broad access to generative AI.”
Zoom AI Companion will also be updated with several new capabilities in November, including meeting summary overviews becoming available in summaries delivered through continuous meeting chat.
Microsoft Teams Enhances Collaboration With New Channel Experience
Microsoft Teams has established a new channel experience to improve worker productivity and collaboration.
