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Video conferencing app Zoom has been around for quite a while now. Granted, it might not have been quite as mainstream compared to Skype, Google Hangouts, and other similar apps, but in the recent months, the app’s popularity has exploded due to people being forced to work and study from home as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Unfortunately, this explosion in popularity has resulted in Zoom being placed under immense scrutiny where it appears that the company has quite a bit of issues surrounding its software’s privacy and security. So much so that according to a new blog post by Zoom’s CEO, Eric S. Yuan, the company will be implementing a 90-day freeze on all upcoming feature updates.

Instead, the company will be focusing and shifting its resources towards solving all these security and privacy issues that have been popping up non-stop. According to Yuan, “Over the next 90 days, we are committed to dedicating the resources needed to better identify, address, and fix issues proactively. We are also committed to being transparent throughout this process. We want to do what it takes to maintain your trust.”

To be fair, Zoom probably did not anticipate this surge in popularity. According to Yuan, the platform was home to about 10 million users back in December 2019, but that number has since skyrocketed to 200 million in March. Whether Zoom will be able to work quick enough to regain the trust of its users before they start migrating to other platforms remains to be seen, but it’s good that they’re trying.

Zoom Pledges To Spend The Next 90 Days Fixing Its Privacy And Security Issues

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Given that a lot of us are now being forced to work and study from home away from our friends and even family, it means that communication tools like video conferencing apps are more important than ever as a means to keep in touch with our loved ones. If you have been largely relying on FaceTime, you might want to skip the latest iOS update.

This is because according to a bunch of user reports, it seems that the latest iOS 13.4 update has broken FaceTime for those who own older iPhones and iPad models. It seems that this affects devices that are running on iOS 9, which are basically very old iPhones and iPad models that were launched years ago.

This includes the iPad 2, the third-gen iPad, the iPhone 4S, the first-gen iPad mini, and the fifth-gen iPod touch. According to users, following the update to iOS 13.4, they are unable to connect with these devices via FaceTime anymore. According to an Apple rep who spoke to one of the users experiencing the issue, “We have received reports of this issue and I want to make sure we get this issue resolved as quickly as possible.”

Any other day and this might not have been that big of a problem, but like we said, with people now being kept at home and away from friends and certain family members, tools like FaceTime have become more important than ever. Hopefully Apple will get a fix soon, but in the meantime if you want to avoid these issues, then you might want to skip the update for now.

Latest iOS Update Has Broken FaceTime For Older iPhones And iPads

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