video conferencing app: Zoom beats WhatsApp, TikTok to become India's top downloaded Android app

Millions of people around the globe are working from home due to the coronavirus lockdown. In order to work smoothly and to remain connected to teammates, professionals are using a video conferencing app called Zoom.  The app slowly started gaining popularity and has now become the top app under the free section of the Google Play Store in India. The app has surpassed popular apps like TikTok, WhatsApp and has more than 50 million downloads.

For those unaware, Zoom is a free HD meeting app with video and screen starting for up to 100 people. One of the high points of the app is its simplistic user interface and the host of interesting features. The free version of the app enables users to add up to 100 participants in a call, users can also enjoy unlimited 1-to-1 meeting and 40 minutes of group callings.

Apart from professional meetings, people are also using the video conferencing app for their personal things. For instance, in the times of coronavirus when we are practicing social distancing people are hosting birthday on Zoom.

Recently, a report by Motherboard revealed that Zoom (iOS version) was sending user data to Facebook. The app was sharing the user’s time zone and city with Facebook whenever they open the app along with the device details.

After learning about the report, the company was quick to act on it. Zoom released an update in which it removed the code which sent user data to Facebook.

According to a blog post by Zoom CEO Eric S Yuan, Zoom implemented its “Login with Facebook” feature using Facebook’s software development kit (SDK) for iOS. On March 25, the company says it was made aware “that the Facebook SDK was collecting device information unnecessary for us to provide our services,” according to the post.