The epidemic has spawned a market, and Zoom launched home office hardware equipment

According to Engadget, benefiting from the surge in demand for remote work caused by the epidemic, Zoom, a rapidly growing video conferencing company, has begun to extend its business to the hardware side and recently announced a new product category called "Zoom for Home", including a software interface and a series of hardware devices designed for people working from home. The first product of Zoom for Home is Zoom for Home-DTEN ME, an all-in-one personal collaboration device for home offices, which is a product launched in cooperation with DTEN, a company that produces products for conference rooms. 

Affected by the epidemic, more and more people began to work from home, and Zoom's user base has grown exponentially. According to the latest earnings report, the company's daily users increased from 10 million in December 2019 to 300 million in April 2020. As the epidemic continues to spread and people work from home becomes the norm, Zoom announced a new product category called "Zoom for Home". The first product is named Zoom for Home DTEN ME, which is 27 inches wide and looks like a scaled-down version of the typical video conferencing hardware commonly found in offices.

Zoom for Home DTEN ME is equipped with 3 built-in wide-angle cameras, an 8-microphone array, integrated speakers, body dimensions of 616mmx 391mmx 104mm, and a weight of 6.5kg. The touch screen display can be used for presentations, whiteboards, and annotations. It can be regarded as a smart display, but without weather, smart home controls, album integration, and voice assistant features. It is more suitable for video conferencing, and can also be used for fitness classes or virtual happy hours, or gatherings with friends.

The main difference between the Zoom for Home product and a typical conference room system is the ease of installation and use and the highly personalized interface. Anyone with a Zoom account can use Zoom for Home, and does not require a paid subscription or a Zoom Meeting license, even users with a basic (free) Zoom account can use it.

The Zoom for Home DTEN ME is priced at approximately $599 and is available for pre-order now, with shipping expected in August.