Zoom to start showing ads to some free users

San Francisco: Video conferencing app Zoom has rolled out a pilot advertising programme to start showing ads to free users.

For this initial programme, ads will be rolled out only on the browser page users see once they end their meeting.

Only free Basic users in certain countries will see these ads if they join meetings that are hosted by other free Basic users.

“We have carefully and thoughtfully considered how to implement this advertising pilot programme and we have done so with the goal of ensuring user choice,” the company said in a blogpost.