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Video conferencing and virtual hangouts are the harbingers of future work. It could be the antidote for social interactions at uncertain times like this. Even if we are separated across countries and time zones, or stranded in a nationwide lockdown, we can still work, chat or meet through video calls at a safe social distance.

In this digital age, video chat apps are mushrooming and booming faster. Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, Zoom app was downloaded 26.9 million times worldwide.

Video chat apps rise to prominence amid pandemic (via WeForum, Prioridata, Statista)

And the app growth shows no signs of halting.

Zoom has seen 131 millions downloads in April 2020 alone. That is nearly 4x as much as the total downloads in January, February and March 2020.

Zoom has also boasted a triple win across global overall downloads, app store downloads and Google Play downloads in April. The sole contender that came closest was TikTok.

A triple win for Zoom (via sensortower.com)

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