Video calling platforms and apps have taken on an unprecedented role since the arrival of Covid-19. One of the most important and popular is Zoom, which will now add a new real-time machine translation feature, after announcing the purchase of communications company Kites . Through its official blog, Zoom announced that they are in negotiations to acquire the company Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions, abbreviated Kites . It is a German startup "dedicated to the development of real-time machine translation solutions" or MT, for its acronym in English. Zoom said that the acquisition of Kites represents the possibility of eliminating the language gaps between its users.