Google through a major update on online meetings. Google develops its own video conferencing app Meet. Gmail going to be linked with the conferencing app. By this update, users could directly join the meeting through there Gmail inbox.
“With more and more people working and learning from home, we want to make it easier for you to connect and keep things moving forward. With Meet in Gmail, you can easily start or join a meeting in seconds,” Google wrote in a blog sport.
This Video conference application occupies the space between the folders and Hangouts Chat services on the toolbar on the left side of the service.
Google meet integration will be available in a few weeks for users. According to a Reuters report, Google is planning to bring a Zoom-like gallery to Meet.
According to a Reuters report, Google is planning to bring a Zoom-like gallery to Meet. Zoom limits its screen for 49 people in the gallery view. Google plans to introduce the same features with some changes. As per the report, the tech giant is planning to display up to 16 participants on the screen. In addition to that, the company is also planning to improve video quality in dim lighting and filtering of background noise, such as keyboard clicks and slamming doors in the app.
It is worth noting that this announcement comes shortly after the company announced that it had witnessed a 60% rush in the usage of Hangouts Meet, which is now Google Meet. Google also announces that Meet usage hits 25 times more in March than in January.