So the student can provide their undivided attention to what the teacher is explaining. Additionally, it would just show the student their video and the teacher’s video in the classroom. The Focus Mode would not be disabling any other reactions or chats that the other peers send out. The feature is being introduced to prevent students from getting distracted by other student’s videos and can single-handedly focus on the teacher/host’s video. The Focus Mode introduces a feature where the hosts and co-hosts can disable the participants from viewing each other’s videos and only see the host’s video. Focus mode is targeted more towards teachers and educational organizations that face the issue where students tend to get distracted by one another.
The Focus mode option will also remain always visible in the top-left corner of the video.Popular video-conferencing tool Zoom recently rolled out a feature labeled as Focus Mode on their platform. After the Focus mode begins, Zoom will notify all participants including you with a banner on the top of the video. Now locate the “More” option inside of the meeting toolbar and click it. You can also join a meeting as a co-host. Start a new meeting as a host or a co-host. To activate the Focus mode feature in Zoom you need to follow the given steps: How to activate Focus mode feature in Zoom during a meeting The company also clarified that participants even in the Focus mode will still be able to see other participants names, nonverbal feedback or reactions, and hear them when unmuted. Also Read - Zoom rolls out fix for bug that listened to you even after your meetings ended With this feature, teachers can supervise their class, but students won’t be distracted by their peers’ video feeds or feel self-conscious about turning on their own camera,” said Zoom in a statement. “Focus Mode allows educators to see their students’ videos, and students see their teachers without seeing other class participants. Also Read - How to make Zoom virtual meetings fun with these avatars When the feature is activated, Zoom will allow the meeting host to access all of the meeting’s participants videos, while at the same time giving them control to hide users in the meeting from seeing the live videos of their peers and thus getting distracted. Also Read - Online learning apps collected and sold children's data to Meta and Google: Report The Focus mode feature is now available for all accounts, groups, and individual users. It is also meant to provide teachers with the controls to hide videos and screen shares of students so that they won’t be able to see what their peers are doing in the class. 
The new mode is aimed to keep students from getting distracted while in a virtual classroom.
Zoom recently added a new Focus mode feature to its video conferencing app.
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