Zoom has launched a new calendar alignment solution, Zoom Scheduler, to reduce friction for planning meetings and streamline collaboration.
Zoom Scheduler aims to reduce the "toggle tax" of moving between various applications like a user's email, calendar, and video communications service, which saps productivity. Zoom Scheduler is appointment scheduling and management within Zoom's platform. Users produce availability slots for meeting attendees, and then the attendees can select a preferred time that works for everyone's calendars.
Zoom's announcement wrote:
Zoom Scheduler (now generally available) is designed to reduce the time and hassle of appointment scheduling with people outside your organization through seamless integration with the Zoom platform, making it easier to meet and collaborate."
The solution automatically syncs with Zoom Mail and Calendar, Google Calendar, and Microsoft 365 to ensure users' scheduling and communications services are unified when they need to organise and join a meeting. Users can scan availability across every application or platform participants use when planning a meeting.
Zoom's announcement suggests several use cases that apply to diverse industries. These include salespeople attempting to book more appointments and close deals, customer success teams offering ongoing client support and relationship development, and nonprofits automating scheduling for "services like document renewals, volunteer slots and blood drives, and more".
Free and paid Zoom users can trial the product for free anytime before July 19, 2023. After that date, the solution will be available for purchase at $5.99/month per user. Zoom Scheduler will also be included in the Zoom One Business Plus and Enterprise Plus plans.
Zoom Scheduler's Specific Features
Zoom Scheduler includes several other notable features, including booking schedules, which create a recurring availability instance. A "one-to-many attendees" feature allows multiple users to sign up for one slot.
Also included are automated and customised email notifications, allowing users to personalise email reminders and meeting confirmations. Customised form fields extract wanted information during the attendee booking process.
Soon, users will be able to build a branded booking page too. Users can customise their appointment booking page's colours, logos, and more to align with their brand voice.
Zoom's Recent Launches
In other Zoom news this week, the vendor partnered with Sony to bring its video communications and collaboration platform to BRAVIA TVs.
