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- Zoom will remove its 40-minute video call time limit for Thanksgiving 2020, starting at midnight on November 26.
- The change comes amid instructions from health officials not to travel this Thanksgiving, as coronavirus cases in the US continue to rise.
- Zoom is calling the gesture a “thank you to our customers.” Video chat software has exploded in popularity this year as the pandemic sent millions home.
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With coronavirus positivity rates continuing to rise in the United States, millions of Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving practically this year.
But Thanksgiving celebrations tend to last for hours, and the free version of Zoom that most people use has a strict 40-minute limit per meeting.
In a very Thanksgiving 2020 twist, Zoom is being extended by removing the time limit starting at 12am ET on Thanksgiving and moving the next day at 6am ET.
—Zoom (@zoom_us) November 10, 2020
As coronavirus quarantines sent millions of Americans home starting in March, Zoom video calling software exploded in popularity; in April, the company reported 300 million participants in daily meetings.
Read more: These charts show how the use of Microsoft Teams, Slack and Zoom has exploded thanks to the rise of remote working.
It has become the default video software for both students and workers, and the company previously removed time restrictions due to the ongoing pandemic.
The United States has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, with more than 10 million positive cases. At least 230,000 people have died from the disease in the United States, according to the World Health Organization.
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