(Duo and Hangouts are perfect examples) Besides, all the Zoom “app” does is open the video chat in a nice little windowed web app. Work from anywhere with a single app that combines team chat, phone, whiteboard, meetings, and more.

Now, I’m not against using apps but there are plenty of video chat platforms out there that work solely with web technology and require no downloading of apps or extensions. Downloaded the latest macOS Zoom Client for Meetings from the Zoom Download Center. You can download the software from the Zoom website and youre good to start. Note: If your Mac is university owned, it may already have Zoom installed. When you click a link to join a meeting, you are prompted to head over to the Chrome Web Store to install the Zoom App. Zoom is amazing software for video conferencing with people for free. The circumstances may not be the best but cheers to Zoom for such substantial growth and for providing a low barrier to entry for users to create video chat rooms for education, social gatherings and remote work meetings.Īs simple and convenient as Zoom is, there is one particular feature that was a bit of a frustration for me. Since the beginning of 2020, the cross-platform meetings application has gained more new users than it did for the entire year of 2019. Chances are good that, given the events of the past two months, you’ve heard of or even used the teleconferencing platform Zoom.

Download zoom meeting for macbook