Virtual Meeting Software Guide

Timeline

Key dates. Solid dots are past; hollow dots are future.

1987
Feb 1, 1987
8x8 Meet 8x8 founded Global
1995
Jan 1, 1995
Webex Meetings WebEx founded Global
1999
Oct 1, 1999
RingCentral Video RingCentral founded Global
2003
Jan 1, 2003
Adobe Connect Launch as Macromedia Breeze Global
Jan 1, 2003
Jitsi Meet Jitsi SIP Communicator Global
Jan 1, 2003
Lifesize Launch Global
Jan 1, 2003
TrueConf Launch Global
Aug 29, 2003
Skype Launch Global
2004
Jul 1, 2004
GoTo Meeting Launch Global
2005
Sep 12, 2005
Skype eBay acquisition Global
Dec 3, 2005
Adobe Connect Adobe acquisition Global
2007
May 1, 2007
Webex Meetings Cisco acquisition Global
Jun 1, 2007
BigBlueButton Initial release Global
2009
Jan 1, 2009
AnyMeeting Launch Global
Jan 1, 2009
BlueJeans Launch Global
2010
Jan 1, 2010
TrueConf TrueConf Server launch Global
2011
Jan 1, 2011
ClickMeeting Launch Global
Jan 1, 2011
Zoho Meeting Launch Global
Apr 21, 2011
Zoom Workplace Founded Global
May 10, 2011
Skype Microsoft acquisition Global
2012
Jun 1, 2012
GoTo Meeting HD video Global
Nov 1, 2012
UberConference Launch Global
2013
Jan 1, 2013
Whereby Launch as appear.in Global
Jan 1, 2013
Zoom Workplace Public launch Global
Aug 14, 2013
Slack Public launch Global
2014
Jan 1, 2014
TrueConf TrueConf Online Global
Nov 1, 2014
Lifesize Cloud service launch Global
2015
Jan 1, 2015
ClickMeeting Automated webinars Global
Apr 14, 2015
Skype Skype for Business launch Global
Jul 1, 2015
UberConference Acquired by Dialpad Global
2016
Jan 1, 2016
Jitsi Meet Jitsi Meet launch Global
Mar 1, 2016
Slack Voice calls Global
2017
Jan 1, 2017
GoTo Meeting LogMeIn merger Global
Jan 1, 2017
UberConference Video conferencing added Global
Mar 9, 2017
Google Meet Launch as Hangouts Meet Global
Mar 14, 2017
Microsoft Teams Launch Global
Jun 1, 2017
AnyMeeting Acquired by Intermedia Global
Nov 1, 2017
Lark Feishu launch (China) Global
2018
Jan 1, 2018
8x8 Meet X Series launch Global
Jan 1, 2018
AnyMeeting Rebranded as Intermedia AnyMeeting Global
Apr 1, 2018
Webex Meetings Webex Teams launch Global
May 1, 2018
BlueJeans Primetime launch Global
Jun 1, 2018
BigBlueButton BigBlueButton 2.0 Global
Oct 1, 2018
Jitsi Meet 8x8 acquisition Global
2019
Jan 1, 2019
TrueConf Ultra HD support Global
Apr 1, 2019
Lark Lark international launch Global
Apr 18, 2019
Zoom Workplace IPO Global
Sep 1, 2019
Whereby Rebranded to Whereby Global
2020
Jan 1, 2020
Dialpad Meetings Rebranded from UberConference Global
Jan 1, 2020
UberConference Rebranded to Dialpad Meetings Global
Mar 1, 2020
ClickMeeting Edu mode Global
Apr 1, 2020
RingCentral Video RingCentral Video launch Global
Apr 27, 2020
Zoom Workplace Zoom 5.0 Global
Apr 29, 2020
Google Meet Rebranded to Google Meet Global
May 1, 2020
BlueJeans Verizon acquisition Global
Jun 1, 2020
Dialpad Meetings AI transcription launch Global
Jun 1, 2020
Lark Lark Suite expansion Global
Jun 1, 2020
UberConference Discontinued Global
Jun 1, 2020
Zoho Meeting Zoho Meeting 2.0 Global
Oct 1, 2020
Whereby Whereby Embedded launch Global
2021
Mar 1, 2021
Webex Meetings Webex Suite rebrand Global
Jun 1, 2021
8x8 Meet 8x8 Work rebrand Global
Jun 1, 2021
Whereby Breakout Groups added Global
Jun 30, 2021
Slack Huddles launch Global
Jul 21, 2021
Slack Salesforce acquisition Global
Jul 31, 2021
Microsoft Teams Skype for Business retirement Global
Jul 31, 2021
Skype Skype for Business retired Global
2022
Jan 1, 2022
TrueConf Up to 1500 participants Global
Jan 1, 2022
Zoho Meeting Breakout rooms added Global
Jan 15, 2022
Lark Lark Rooms Global
Feb 1, 2022
GoTo Meeting GoTo rebrand Global
Mar 1, 2022
BigBlueButton BigBlueButton 2.5 Global
Jun 1, 2022
Jitsi Meet Excalidraw whiteboard Global
Sep 1, 2022
Slack Huddles video Global
Oct 1, 2022
Adobe Connect Adobe Connect 12 Global
Oct 1, 2022
Lifesize Acquired by Enghouse Global
Nov 1, 2022
Google Meet Google Hangouts retired Global
2023
Jan 1, 2023
AnyMeeting Service discontinued Global
Jan 1, 2023
Dialpad Meetings Dialpad AI integration Global
Jan 1, 2023
Lifesize Limited availability Global
Jan 1, 2023
Skype Consumer Skype in maintenance Global
Feb 1, 2023
Microsoft Teams Teams Premium Global
Mar 1, 2023
RingCentral Video RingSense AI Global
Apr 12, 2023
Microsoft Teams Free version relaunch Global
Jun 1, 2023
ClickMeeting AI features Global
Aug 1, 2023
BigBlueButton BigBlueButton 2.7 Global
Dec 1, 2023
Webex Meetings AI Assistant Global
2024
Jan 1, 2024
8x8 Meet AI-powered features Global
Jan 1, 2024
RingCentral Video RingCentral app rebrand Global
Apr 1, 2024
Zoom Workplace Rebranded to Zoom Workplace Global
Jun 1, 2024
Google Meet Gemini integration Global
Aug 1, 2024
BlueJeans Verizon announces wind-down Global
Oct 31, 2024
BlueJeans Service discontinued Global