This will give you a full week to use all the features of the paid version of Zoom, including an unlimited meeting time.

If you have not already done so, you can sign up for a free trial of Zoom Pro. So how can you get around this and make your Zoom meeting unlimited time for free? Here are a few methods: However, the default 40-minute time limit on free Zoom accounts can be quite limiting, especially for lengthy or important meetings. I imagine in Zoom’s view, this would be viewed as excessive and abusive, and the only way to curb the practice is to reduce the time limit for essentially all multiple-person meetings.In the current world pandemic, almost all major organizations have taken to conducting their meetings via Zoom. Zoom probably assumed that many people would occasionally use the basic account for meetings longer than 40 minutes, but likely many people were routinely using 1:1 meetings for extended lengths of time, perhaps even 24 hours, ending the meeting, and starting back up for another 24 hours on a recurring basis – a practice which would tie up Zoom infrastructure/resources way more than was anticipated.

Hi, and finally found an email notice similar to what but sent to developers to alert them to potential changes/effects on API and related code.īased on that email, it does indeed appear that 1:1 meetings (host + 1 attendee) will be limited to 40 minutes starting May 2.Īs a volunteer, I don’t get and haven’t seen any official discussion about why this change is being implemented, but if I had to guess … it’s probably due to a difference of expectations.

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