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By Abhik Sengupta | Updated: 27 March 2020 16:10 IST

Zoom Cloud Meetings, Houseparty, Marco Polo Video Calling Apps See Rise in s Amid Coronavirus Lockdown: Reports

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Video calling apps are thriving as more people are staying indoors
Zoom Cloud, Houseparty were widely ed in March
Microsoft Surface also noticed a huge jump on its app

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As the novel coronavirus continues to paralyse the overall tech industry, companies that specialise in providing video calling services appear to be thriving. With more people opting to stay indoors to curb the spread of the pandemic, video calling apps have come to rescue as they enable citizens to stay in touch with their workplaces, families, and friends. Now data has revealed that since the onset of February, several video-calling apps such as Zoom Cloud Meetings, Houseparty, and Marco Polo were widely ed from both Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store. It was also observed that several apps were ed more in March, with the latest worldwide coronavirus infected cases crossing the half-a-million mark.

For instance, the video calling app for business, Zoom Cloud Meetings was among the top three apps that were ed the most number of times for the first two weeks of March across the United Kingdom and the United States. The data was provided by app traffic and performance observer, App Annie. Similarly, as per a report by Venture Beat citing data from research firm Apptopia - the worldwide daily s of Zoom's mobile app across all app stores, climbed from 171,574 on February 15 to 2,410,171 on March 25.

Notably, the showed the trends of Houseparty from January to March, where a steady rise was observed.

Sensor Tower shows a steady growth of Houseparty app
Photo Credit: Sensor Tower

Other apps that provide video calling facilities, also saw a steady increase. App Annie Marco Polo that was launched in 2016, witnessed solid traction. Venture Beat observed that the app's daily s jumped from 12,674 on February 15, to 73,395 s on March 25.

Recently, Microsoft also Microsoft Teams chat and conferencing app gained more than 12 million daily s between March 11 and March 18. This was a 37.5 percent jump as more people worked from home during the coronavirus outbreak.

Currently, the Indian government has placed a 21-day lockdown across the country. India until Friday coronavirus.

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