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• Zoom Team Chat updates include a new sidebar to organize and streamline chat communication, support for code blocks and in-line code, and AI Companion integrations that help users improve productivity
  

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) announced the launch of its redesigned Team Chat sidebar, offering users a more customizable and efficient workspace. The new sidebar allows users to organize chats, channels, and apps according to their needs, with features such as drag-and-drop tab arrangement, advanced sorting, and filtering.

“We’re all looking for ways to optimize how we work in the new year, and catching up on chats can be overwhelming. With Zoom Team Chat, you can do cross-product work and be more productive with Zoom Workplace’s AI-first products like Zoom Docs, Zoom Meetings, and Zoom Whiteboard,” said Smita Hashim, chief product officer of Zoom. “Our new Team Chat sidebar design takes this to the next level by empowering users to collaborate smarter and customize their workspace to fit their preferred workflow. With AI Companion included at no additional cost for our eligible paid users and enhanced Team Chat organization tools, users can triage and track their messages more easily, saving time and allowing them to focus on what matters most.”

Zoom customers are already seeing the benefits of the redesigned Team Chat sidebar:

“The new sidebar is sure to be a hit with our users. With the ability to customize tabs, navigation becomes smoother and more intuitive, while eliminating the need for endless scrolling,” said Kristian Needham, Senior UCaaS Engineer, Werner^®

The new sidebar design and AI enhancements for Team Chat allow users to easily navigate and customize the sidebar and make the most out of chat. Users can prioritize what matters with options to tailor their chat interface by reordering and pinning tabs so they are easily accessible, and customizing notifications for each tab.

Key Team Chat sidebar enhancements and use cases include:

• A more intuitive layout with new tabs for direct messages, channels, apps, folders, starred, shared spaces, sent, and more, with the ability to simply drag and re-order tabs to better organize and prioritize throughout the workday.

• Quickly find relevant chats with advanced sorting and filtering options, and follow up on time-sensitive meetings from the “Today” filter on the Meeting chats tab.

• Get a list of action items from a conversation within a channel with AI Companion.

• Get caught up quickly by prompting AI Companion to summarize unread conversations in select chats and channels.

• Find information fast by asking AI Companion to search for a topic or file within a channel.

• Declutter chat notifications by customizing badging and notifications at the tab level.