Zoom adds silly filters and more noise suppression options

Posted on 05/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Tired of using virtual backgrounds to spice up your Zoom calls? Fear not: the company is adding a bunch of new features to make your meetings and virtual hangouts a little less dreary. These include Instagram-style filters with colorful names like Se...

WhatsApp lets you add new contacts with QR codes

Posted on 01/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp is rolling out a handful of new features over the next few weeks. To make it easier to add new contacts, WhatsApp is introducing a new QR code capability. You’ll soon be able to scan another user’s QR code to add them to your contacts, no mo...

Google Duo on the web now supports 32-person video chat

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google Duo has upped its game over the last two months. In May, the web-based chat app added a family mode with cutesy Snapchat-like AR effects and a doodle board to make video chatting more fun for kids (and bored adults.) Now, Google has updated Du...

Facebook expands Portal group calls to 50 people

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is ramping up its battle against Zoom by bringing more video calling features to its Portal devices. You’ll be able to hold video calls with up to 50 people following today’s addition of Messenger Rooms. Until now, group calls on Portal have...

Zoom plans to offer stronger encryption to paying customers

Posted on 30/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you want your Zoom video calls to be as secure as possible, you may need to pay up. Zoom security consultant Alex Stamos told Reuters in an interview that the company plans to offer stronger videoconference encryption to paying customers, enterpri...

Facebook creates Workplace Rooms for professional video calls

Posted on 21/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Last week, Facebook launched Messenger Rooms, a video chat service and potential Zoom competitor. Now, Facebook is bringing video chat to Workplace, its Slack alternative. Today, the company introduced Workplace Rooms, a “virtual meeting space,” wher...

Verizon finally allows uploads on its 5G network

Posted on 20/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A 5G connection is still a bit of a luxury. Only a handful of Android phones support the cellular standard, and Apple still has yet to integrate a 5G modem into an iPhone. Those who do have a capable smartphone, use Verizon and live in one of 34 part...

Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s answer to Zoom, is now available

Posted on 14/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s attempt to take on the likes of Zoom with group video calls, is now live. Anyone can create a room in Messenger, but only folks in North America can start one on Facebook for the time being. You’ll soon be able to create r...

Google Duo adds a ‘family mode’ and web-based group calls

Posted on 08/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google isn’t done making Duo video calls more accommodating in the pandemic era. It’s introducing a handful of updates that make chats livelier, including a family mode. Fire it up and you can add cute AR effects or doodle while you keep in touch. Th...

Zoom acquires security startup Keybase to offer end-to-end encryption

Posted on 07/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In its latest effort to beef up security, Zoom has acquired Keybase, a popular startup that provides encrypted communication services -- like secure messaging and file sharing. The deal is part of Zoom’s 90-day plan to address security issues brought...

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