Zoom to Launch New Zoom Docs to Compete with Google Docs and Microsoft Word

Zoom is releasing a new document collaboration tool called Zoom Docs to compete with Google Docs and Microsoft Word. It will launch in spring 2024.
Zoom Docs will have AI capabilities like automatically summarizing content and answering questions about the document.
The app will be integrated with Zoom's other products like video meetings and chat.
Zoom has a smaller share of the collaborative apps market compared to Microsoft and Google.
Zoom hopes the integration with its other popular products will help drive adoption of Zoom Docs.

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