{"id":360175,"date":"2020-07-16T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T07:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=360175"},"modified":"2020-07-16T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T07:41:19","slug":"zoom-launches-new-hardware-for-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/360175-zoom-launches-new-hardware-for-working-from-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Zoom launches new hardware for working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoom has announced<\/strong><\/a> a new all-in-one touch display made for optimal video and audio conferencing while working from home.<\/p>\n

The display comes as part of a new category of software experiences and hardware devices called Zoom for Home, which is aimed specifically at supporting professionals working from home.<\/p>\n

Zoom has partnered with DTEN to launch the Zoom for Home DTEN ME – a 27-inch touch screen featuring three built-in wide-angle HD cameras, and an 8-microphone array.<\/p>\n

The device is made to work straight out of the box, with no need to attach extra peripherals or install software to get started.<\/p>\n

For expansion to other displays, it features an HDMI port, while an Ethernet port and integrated Wi-Fi allow it to connect to the Internet.<\/p>\n

Zoom for Home software<\/h3>\n

The device can be set up to be remotely managed by a company’s IT administrators or self-managed by the end-user.<\/p>\n

It runs the DTEN OS with Zoom’s own purpose-built Zoom for Home software interface on top.<\/p>\n

This allows for logins via any Zoom user account, including those with a free Basic license.<\/p>\n

Users can start ad-hoc or scheduled Zoom meetings, as well as make and receive phone calls and collaborate virtually with content sharing and annotations.<\/p>\n

It syncs with the user’s calendar, status, meeting settings, and phone to unify communications across devices.<\/p>\n

The display is available to pre-order at $599 (R9,980), with shipping expected to start in August 2020.<\/p>\n

Massive app growth<\/h3>\n

With the launch of its own hardware solutions, the company is leveraging the immense growth of its highly-popular video conferencing app.<\/p>\n

Zoom has seen a substantial surge in usage since COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented in various countries around the world, forcing many employees to work from home.<\/p>\n

According to the company’s recent earnings report, Zoom’s daily users increased from 10 million daily active users in December 2019 to more than 300 million in April 2020.<\/p>\n

App intelligence firm App Annie recently also revealed<\/strong><\/a> that Zoom was the second most-downloaded app on Android and iOS in Q2 2020, jumping 10 places from the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

Below are images of the Zoom for Home DTEN ME.<\/p>\n

Zoom for Home DTEN ME<\/h3>\n

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Now read: Major Zoom security flaw for Windows \u2013 Update now<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zoom has launched the Zoom for Home DTEN ME, an all-in-one touch display made for optimal video and audio conferencing while working from home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":360207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[65699,63947,65701,33512,13651,65697],"class_list":["post-360175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-dten-me","tag-remote-working","tag-touch-display","tag-work-from-home","tag-zoom","tag-zoom-for-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360211,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360175\/revisions\/360211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}