Zoom Is Launching Its Own Google Docs Competitor

Zoom is getting down to compete with Google and Microsoft by introducing Zoom Docs at its annual Zoomtopia 2023 occasion on Tuesday. Zoom Docs is the corporate’s personal model of an AI-powered workspace that can present customers with AI capabilities to draft, edit, summarize, and embody info from assembly discussions.

The corporate mentioned in a press release that its new characteristic can be built-in into the conferences characteristic, and says it’ll make it “straightforward for groups and people to create, collaborate, handle initiatives, and keep organized.” It is going to additionally reportedly embody the choice to incorporate tables, charts, and pictures within the Zoom Doc perform, in accordance with the press launch.

“Am I giving my prepare of thought to the [document] or am I giving it to the attendees and contributors?” Theresa Larkin, head of worker expertise product advertising for Zoom, informed The Washington Post. “We’re capable of streamline [documents] so that you don’t need to juggle each worlds,” she added.

The Zoom Docs characteristic is scheduled to be usually out there within the spring of 2024, though the corporate has not confirmed the precise launch date or price for this system. Zoom’s latest characteristic announcement comes after it not too long ago launched its Zoom AI Companion which generates content material from different sources and can be included into Zoom Docs to populate the doc.

Microsoft’s Groups and Google’s Meets options already compete with Zoom which gained momentum throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as staff had been pressured to earn a living from home and colleges transferred educating to video conferences. Each Microsoft and Google have strived to include AI-powered options into their software program, with Microsoft introducing ChatGPT into its Suite 365 enterprise software program in March.

In the meantime, that very same month, Google additionally announced it was adding generative AI to Google Docs and Google Excel which might seize notes from Meet chats, proofread, write, and rewrite paperwork, amongst others. Zoom is now introducing comparable measures to draw customers to its product and make it simpler to maneuver between video calls and taking notes within the doc.

Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan informed Forbes he doesn’t anticipate Zoom Docs to switch different note-taking purposes, however hopes it provides a substitute for toggling between tabs throughout conferences. “We can’t pressure anybody to standardize on one platform,” Yuan informed the outlet. “The way in which I take a look at that is to offer a buyer flexibility. That’s crucial factor.”