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Zoom’s AI Companion 3.0 Extends Agentic Tools Across Rival Meeting Apps

Paid Workplace customers start receiving features in November, with avatars and live translation scheduled for December.

Overview

  • The upgraded assistant generates notes and summaries for Zoom, in‑person meetings, and sessions on Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, with WebEx support planned.
  • Lifelike avatars can stand in on video and greet waiting rooms, with live camera authentication and in‑meeting notices planned; the feature remains in development.
  • AI will translate speakers in real time starting in December, with support for English, German, Chinese, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese and Italian.
  • New agentic skills handle scheduling and prep, including a “free up my time” option, proactive agendas, conflict detection and a group assistant for team queries.
  • A low‑code Custom AI Companion lets organizations build agents via MCP and Agent2Agent for $12 per user per month, while most 3.0 features come at no extra cost to paid Workplace plans beginning in November.