Google Hangouts Meet

What is Google Hangouts Meet?

Overview

Google Meet is a video-conferencing platform included as a part of G Suite. It is designed for professional use and is suitable for businesses of all sizes. This communication software is the business-oriented version of Google’s Hangouts platform. Google Meet allows users to make video calls with up to 30 users at a time and ensures high-quality video meetings. Users can join pre-scheduled meetings from calendar events, share their screens, enter meeting code, choose a link, and dial in using their phones in case the invitation comes with a phone number. On top of this, Google Meet works in sync with other Google platforms and can be accessed across all devices because it also comes as a chrome extension. 

The app shows the complete list of scheduled meetings and participants and supports integration with G suite versions of Gmail and Google calendar. The software comes with a "join" button for users so they can connect to the meeting and includes options to turn off and mute the video during the meeting. Hosts are allowed to share digital documents, presentations, spreadsheets or other important files they want to share with the participants. Users can even access HD video feeds, but this varies according to the type of computer being used.

Hangouts Meet also facilitates the users with the option to dial in to access meetings when the internet connection is slow or broken, thus ensuring their participation. However, the dial-in number feature is limited to the G Suite enterprise edition customers only. Users who subscribe to higher Google Meet membership tiers can join a call with up to 50 or 100 people. Real-time captions powered by Google's speech-to-text technology are also supported. The application additionally offers ease of accessibility, just sharing a single link can bring anyone to join from mobile or desktop. Not only this, but their integration with Calendar also ensures easy scheduling and enables users to have calendar attachments from their Meet video call.

Free Trial: Yes.

Support: The solution offers 24/7 support by email, phone, and online.

USP: Users can access the service on both iOS and Android mobile devices. Participants can join the meeting just by clicking the link provided by the host.

Product Advantages: Additional programs with Hangouts Meet - If users have access to the larger G Suite package, they cannot only use this video conferencing service but can also take advantage of the other business features offered by the G Suite program.

Product Limitations: Users can only access it through the Google Chrome web browser.