


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.
