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Explorer
January 3, 2024
Question

Extend Meeting on Zoom One Basic Plus

I was going to cancel  Zoom Pro today because I was feeling like the price of the Pro plan was too high for my infrequent use and not needing many of the features. When I clicked in to cancel, Zoom offered an option to go to a new Beta tier called Zoom One Basic Plus that's more like Basic but allows for extending up to 4 meetings/month to 80 minutes, so I decided to give that a try, but now I don't know how to use the meeting extensions and haven't been able to find any information about it in the support area so far. I realize I may be looking in the wrong place. Does anyone know more about this & could help me figure out how to use this new feature? 

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Newcomer
February 15, 2024

I've got the same problem! 

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Poppy-333Author
Explorer
February 15, 2024

Hi Dave. I forgot I posted this & didn’t update it, but I have since discovered that the option to extend comes up when you’re within an active meeting. Hope that helps! 

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Newcomer
February 16, 2024

Thanks. Yes indeed, that's helpful. I'd wondered if that might be the case, but didn't want to get the meeting going only to find there was something else I should have done beforehand in order to have longer than 40 minutes.

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Newcomer
April 16, 2024

I'm having the same issue. I upgraded to the Basic Plus. I was in the middle of a meeting and was unable to locate the extend button. It was not by the time, where I understood it would be. My only thought is, I will try to start a brand new link for next time and hope the extend button pops up, but this is unclear. I'm having a hard time finding any information or support for this plan too, and the bot doesn't recognize it. 

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Newcomer
April 21, 2024

I had the same issue - no clear option to extend.  And it dropped a very important meeting at the 40-minute mark!  Not sure this is worth the extra $.  Hopefully, someone other than the Zoom AI virtual agent will read this and respond.

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Newcomer
May 22, 2024

I also have the same problem! There is any information and i am very angry to waste my money on this scam!

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Newcomer
June 14, 2024

glad I did not buy it. I am looking for another provider as I think it cost too much for my use. Is  Google meet a good alternative? i teach yoga 2 60 min classes a week. 

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Newcomer
August 29, 2024

Same issue. A message pops up to ask if I want to extend it but I cannot figure out how to tell it YES!! 

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MGSR
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 3, 2024

Hello there,

I'm sorry for the late response.

On the upper left of the meeting, you should see a blue button that you can click to extend the meeting.
 



Please let me know if you need further assistance.

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Newcomer
January 2, 2025

Does the blue button show up when you get close to the time? I don't see one ahead of time.

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Newcomer
September 5, 2024

I allow myself a general comment. I love Zoom, but use it infrequently. I find the paid models too expensive for a meeting every two months, however, the free model does not work since my meetings are always longer than 40 minutes. I canceled my paid subscription and was magically offered the "Basic Plus Plan". This plan does not appear anywhere else; only after canceling a paid plan. I feel cheated and insulted of having paid a pro plan for such a long time not knowing this. What a bad business behaviour! I ended up canceling anyways, and not registering to this new plan, which by the way no longer appears. Zoom might have lost only a single customer, but I cannot be the only one who finds this practice shady.

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Newcomer
November 1, 2024

Agree!

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Newcomer
November 12, 2024

Hi

I've been looking too, I think I am going to cancel, as this is just costing money for what I can see has no value, there is no easy logical way to access the extended meetings.

I also can't find how to access it from google search, no top tips, just this forum, complaining that is seems to be a money making exercise on Zoom.us's part.

yet another very disappointed customer.

 

Annette

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