1/ #WeChat Work v3.0.4 is out today, headlined by an upgrade to free audio/video conferencing up to 300 simultaneous users
The video conferencing feature was rebranded in December to 'Meeting', matching Tencent's new standalone conferencing app '腾讯会议' meeting.qq.com
The video conferencing feature was rebranded in December to 'Meeting', matching Tencent's new standalone conferencing app '腾讯会议' meeting.qq.com
2/ Audio/video conferencing is one of the few features that other enterprise messengers are trying to monetize (the other being cloud storage).
The update to 300 free seats puts them exactly 10x ahead of DingTalk, and way ahead of Bytedance Lark (飞书) and Huawei WeLink.
The update to 300 free seats puts them exactly 10x ahead of DingTalk, and way ahead of Bytedance Lark (飞书) and Huawei WeLink.
3/ This version's release notes are themed to highlight Tencent's part in enabling remote work in light of the novel Corona Virus epidemic.
In addition to free 300-person conferencing, there's also a new section in the WCW app store called "Epidemic Zone" (疫情专区) #nCoV2020
In addition to free 300-person conferencing, there's also a new section in the WCW app store called "Epidemic Zone" (疫情专区) #nCoV2020
4/ The top app in the Epidemic Zone is Tencent's LeXiang app (腾讯乐享), an all-in-one 'smart organization' app suite for online knowledge management, training, company culture, and communication at companies, schools, and hospitals lexiangla.com
5/ One of the survey apps in WCW has been updated with epidemic survey templates for employees and students returning from Spring Festival, daily community health check-ins, and for reporting symptoms
6/ Included in epidemic remote work updates is the addition of live streaming to the action tray in group chats
Tap the Live button to start an online meeting/training via a WCW live streaming mini-program
Tap the Live button to start an online meeting/training via a WCW live streaming mini-program
7/ Finally an update to WeDocs includes templates similar to Google Forms. The forms are highlighted in this update as a mechanism for collecting epidemic exposure survey data from employees.
8/ Alibaba's DingTalk has a similar response, recommending a three-step response:
1) create an epidemic group chat for all employees
2) set delivery of a daily health check-in survey
3) share results to whomever is managing the epidemic at your organization
1) create an epidemic group chat for all employees
2) set delivery of a daily health check-in survey
3) share results to whomever is managing the epidemic at your organization
9/ Lark has also added a Health Report app to their app directory, just in time for employees returning back from Spring Festival
