Google doesn’t have the simplest diary when it
involves keeping its messaging services updated, but with numerous more people
performing from home, the corporate has been working to rapidly expand the
capabilities of its software.
Case in point: Google vice chairman Javier Soltero that starting today, Google Meet (formerly Hangouts Meet)
calls can display up to 16 participants during a grid directly, echoing a
standard layout in rival Zoom. Previously Google only allowed four people to
point out up during a grid, though Zoom still has the corporate beat; it can
display up to 49 people during a call.
To be clear, we’re talking about what percentage
people are often visible on screen directly. In terms of total spectators, Meet
can support up to 250 people for G Suite Enterprise users. G Suite Basic
supports up to 100, while G Suite for Business supports up to 150.
In addition, you’ll now be ready to take Meet calls
directly from Gmail, something that was oddly missing despite being a standard
feature of the old Hangouts.
Google hopes it can convert some customers from
Zoom, especially considering security concerns plaguing the latter have eroded
a number of its recent popularity.
In any case, Google isn’t doing regrettable for
itself; Google Meet is that the company’s quickest growing service, with daily
usage increasing a whopping 25 times from January to the top of March
