Must-Have Features in Video Conferencing Solutions

by Andrew Lope Business promotion

During the pandemic era in the past couple of years, we realised how important were these video conferencing solutions or platforms. Currently, meeting trends have changed completely and more and more companies rely upon video conferencing for meetings. Rightly so because it has been observed that these highly advanced solutions have helped multiple companies enhance their productivity, save time and swell their revenues. With some better features, these solutions can become even more useful and productive. Here in this article, let us have a look at some of the most mandatory features that every video conferencing solution or software must have.

Screen Sharing

For making meetings and webinars more interactive, there is a sheer necessity of this feature called, "screen sharing". This feature allows the event host to share the screen of his device to all the members present at the event. This feature makes it easier for the members to understand what the host is trying to convey to them.

Multiple Webcam Capabilities

In a video conference system, it is mandatory for the members to see the face of the person alone on the screen who is talking at present. Experts say that this makes it easier for the members to understand what he is trying to say and this is where this feature can be really helpful. The feature of "dynamic webcams" is something that you should look for in case, there are numerous remotely working members and you are organising these video calls on a very frequent basis. Your video conferencing solution will support multiple webcams, so everyone can be seen – and understood – during the meeting.

Voip

For remote teams that are operational in the field most of the time, this feature is a must so that they can become a part of the video call effortlessly. You need to make sure that your video conferencing solutions are all supporting VoIP for connectivity purposes. The best feature of VoIP technology is that with this being used for connectivity, the connection stays flawless almost every time. Moreover, with this technology, users can switch from audio to video and video to audio call whenever they want. There’s no need to establish a new connection or to pause communication just to change channels or add participants.

Chat Features

The video conferencing system used by you should also have this a feature of allowing chat in between the video call and this chat could be with all the members or with an individual as well. This will make the meeting more interactive and the communication among the members too would remain flawless and smooth. Hence, at the time of choosing the solution, make sure that the one you are eyeing allows your video conference users to share messages, including text and emojis, during a meeting or online event.

Apart from these, there are some more very useful features that all types of video conferencing solutions must have and here is the list of some of them.

Unlimited recording to record your video meetings and presentations
HD video for an even better meeting experience and clearly see who’s speaking
Branding features for creating video content for customers and educational presentations
Dynamic presentation features to allow you to upload a variety of file types, including mp4 videos, PPTs, and PDFs
Performance reports as they help in the overall evaluation regarding the video conference