Zoom's Studio Effects lets you tweak facial features via AR

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If you ever just wanted to get a bit wacky on your next Zoom weekend, there's a feature on the video conferencing app that you might not know but will want to use. Studio Effects allows you to tweak some of your facial features via augmented reality effects. So, if you want to change up your eyebrows, add a moustache, and then change these into different colours, you can do just that.

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Google wants to improve the video calling performance of Meet and Zoom on Chromebooks

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Schooling in the age of a pandemic requires a lot of video calls. That's why Google wants to improve its Meet app and Zoom to perform better on Chromebooks. The company wants devices to handle video conferences throughout the day while running other apps and software. 

It said they "improved how Meet videos are streamed" on Chrome OS" without causing any performance issues with other apps. The company also will allow users to use more advanced features like grid views while making sure "audio and video data don't require unnecessary processing." 

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Zoom begins end-to-end encryption rollout

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Zoom has made a technical preview of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) available to both free and paid users, giving you better peace of mind over your video chat's security. Desktop, Android, and Zoom Rooms users can now activate E2EE. iOS users will get the feature after Apple approves the update.

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Zoom's OnZoom service lets you host, monetize online events

Zoom is looking to capitalize on the trend of online classes and workshops hosted on its app with a new service it's beta testing. OnZoom will allow paid Zoom users to host and monetize the online events they hold. It works similar to apps like Eventbrite and Meetup. If you're an attendee, you can look up workshops, classes, and events to check out. You pay via credit card or PayPal directly to Zoom, and you have the option to gift tickets to others.

Zoom says it won't take a cut from the ticket sales while the service is in beta, which the company expects to run at least until the end of the year.

Source: Engadget