This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Images courtesy of App Of The Day/YouTube Screenshot Google clearly saw the potential Zoom has created in the market and would want a piece of the pie given how popular online meetings are today due to the pandemic. So, for the time being, Hangouts and Google Duo are still going to be there, regardless of it being on life support for such a long time now. This is a newer product designed to scale to many more participants and that has features like closed captioning and those kinds of things.” “We are accelerating what we are doing, given the crisis and given the need for video conferencing at this point…We still have the Google Hangouts product but Google Meet availability we are accelerating. Smita Hashim, the Director of Product Management at Google Cloud, said to TechCrunch: So, expect to not have any repeat of ‘ Zoom-bombings, which is great.Īlso, Meet runs in a browser that is less vulnerable to security threats. Google has said that in return for that slight hassle, you will get a safer platform. Granted it’ll be a bit more of a hassle than clicking a Zoom link, but still Meet isn’t an app you can scoff at. In order to use Google Meet, you only need to have a Google account, which won’t be a problem for most users. You can still get screen sharing, real-time captions, and the all-new tiled layout, which the company introduced a few days ago. There is only one real limit: meetings can’t cater to more than 100 participants.

So, for now, you can chat for as long as your heart desires. The worst-case scenario will be that you might have to wait a few more weeks until it would be your turn to get that sweet free version.Īfter September, free accounts will be limited to meetings that do not last longer than an hour or 60 minutes.

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