Google Meet Changes - 2020
Starting April 29th,2020, Google Cloud has made Google Meet, a premium video conferencing product, free for everyone. Google has invested years in making Meet a secure and reliable video conferencing solution that’s trusted by schools, governments, and enterprises around the world, and in recent months they have accelerated the release of top-requested features to make it even more helpful. Starting in early May, anyone with an email address can sign up for Meet and enjoy many of the same features available to business and education users, such as simple scheduling and screen sharing, real-time captions, and layouts that adapt to your preference, including an expanded tiled view.
HOW SECURE IS GOOGLE MEET
Google Meet is designed, built, and operated to be secure at scale. Since January, Google has seen Meet’s peak daily usage grow by 30x. As of this month, Meet is hosting 3 billion minutes of video meetings and adding roughly 3 million new users every day. And as of last week, Meet’s daily meeting participants surpassed 100 million. With this growth comes great responsibility. Privacy and security are paramount, no matter if it’s a doctor sharing confidential health information with a patient, a financial advisor hosting a client meeting, or people virtually connecting with each other for graduations, holidays, and happy hours.
Google’s approach to security is simple: make products safe by default. They designed Meet to operate on a secure foundation, providing the protection needed to keep their users safe, their data secure, and their information private. Here are just a few of default-on safety measures:
A strong set of host controls such as the ability to admit or deny entry to a meeting, and mute or remove participants if needed.
Deny anonymous users (i.e., without a Google Account) to join meetings created by individual accounts.
Meet meeting codes are complex by default and therefore resilient to brute-force “guessing.”
Meet video meetings are encrypted in transit, and all recordings stored in Google Drive are encrypted in transit and at rest.
No plugins are required to use Meet on the web. It works entirely in Chrome and other modern browsers, so it’s less vulnerable to security threats.
Dedicated Google Meet apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Meet users can enroll their account in Google’s Advanced Protection Program—strongest protections available against phishing and account hijacking.
Google Cloud undergoes regular rigorous security and privacy audits for all its services. Global compliance certifications can help support regulatory requirements such as GDPR and HIPAA, as well as COPPA and FERPA for education.
Meet data is not used for advertising, and don't sell your data to third parties.
NEW UPDATES FOR GOOGLE MEET
Google is continuously updating Meet with new features as there are a lot of other solutions ready to get a hold of this space created by the current COVID-19 crisis. With businesses struggling to cope with the current lockdown, Video conferencing has been a savior for many. Here are a few features added recently to Google Meet.
Use Hangouts Meet with Safari - You can now use Hangouts Meet, including screen sharing functionality, with Safari version 13 or higher. This will create a simpler meeting experience for Mac users who prefer to use Safari as their default browser.
Start or join a Google Meet video meeting directly from Gmail - Google Meet is now available in Gmail, which means you can start and join meetings right from your inbox, making it even easier to stay connected.
See up to 16 Google Meet participants at once with tiled layout - You can now see up to 16 people at the same time in the tile layout option in Google Meet.
Present high-quality video and audio in Google Meet - You can now share a higher-quality video with audio content in a Meet video call. You can do this through a new present a Chrome tab feature.
Video conference anywhere with low-light mode for Google Meet on mobile - Google Meet will now automatically enhance your video to adapt to low light conditions. Now, you can make a video call from anywhere, even with suboptimal lighting, on your Android or iOS device without fear that others on the call won’t be able to see you.
STAY CONNECTED WITH GOOGLE MEET VIDEO CONFERENCING.
Google Meet―Google Workspace’s video conferencing solution―helps millions of people stay connected, whether it’s colleagues working at home, doctors caring for patients, local businesses supporting their communities, governments serving citizens, or schools staying in session.
Google Meet video capabilities are:
Secure: Reliable, high-quality meetings with robust security & privacy protection
Helpful: Meetings that are easy to join and create, wherever you are
More than meetings: Deep integrations with Google Workspace & other tools
As many of your customers and prospects are now working remotely in response to these unprecedented times, we want to do our part to help everyone stay connected and productive.
OFFER DETAILS
Free Google Meet with premium features is now available to new business and public sector customers through September 30, 2020. Contact us to speak to one of our Google Workspace experts.
Premium Meet features include:
250 meeting attendees
Live streaming to 100k participants
Enterprise security
Up to 1TB Drive Storage
For current Google Workspace customers: Google Meet is included in your Google Workspace license through September 30, 2020.
Set up Meet immediately to help your teams stay connected, no matter where they are. Need help?