Zoom finally conferences in Alexa, Google and Facebook on Echo Show, Portal and Nest Hub Max
After frustrating stay-at-home workers and parents looking for an easy way to connect their kids to Zoom because it wasn’t available, the world’s most popular video meeting application is finally coming to Amazon, Google and Facebook video display units.
The Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max and Facebook Portal were originally released as a way for folks to engage in video chatting and home entertainment without the bother of turning on the computer, phone or TV.
That there would be a coronavirus that sent Zoom usage up 10x in less than a year wasn’t foreseen, nor the need to have a dedicated video display that could handle one-touch setup for the meetings and classes, without the bother of phones and computers.
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But now, Zoom is finally coming to the devices, first to Portal, in September, the latest version of the Amazon Echo Show (version 8) and Google’s Nest Hub Max, but not until later this year. The Echo Show 8 is the most economical of the units, at $99, followed by a starting price of $129 for the Portal Mini and $229 for the Nest Hub Max.
