


Those familiar may have found this to be a pain in the ass. Those wishing to talk for 41/42 minutes, or even longer, then had to put together another meeting and get everyone to join again. Though this may be written for a small demographic of people currently unfamiliar with Zoom who plan to use it for holiday-related reasons over the two weeks, normal Zoom meetings composed of three or more people in the videoconferencing app's free tier can't go on for more than 40 minutes (you also might have just figured that out on your own due to the wording in the headline/first paragraph). 10AM ET on Wednesday, December 30th, to 6AM ET on Saturday, January 2nd, for New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, and the end of Kwanzaa.10AM ET Wednesday, December 23rd, to 6AM ET Saturday, December 26th, for Christmas Eve and Christmas.10AM ET Thursday, December 17th, to 6AM ET Saturday, December 19th, for the end of Hanukkah.Note that the first set of Hanukkah-related dates is now irrelevant (oops) but that the next two pairs will come in recognition of Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and Kwanzaa.

In a blog post the company announced the dates/times that this change will be active. As it did for Thanksgiving, Zoom is lifting its 40-minute meeting limits for free accounts over the holidays so that you can talk to (insert whoever you want to talk to during the holidays here) uninterrupted.
