{"id":7997,"date":"2020-04-29T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/29\/google-meet-video-conferencing-is-now-free-for-anybody\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:11:00","slug":"google-meet-video-conferencing-is-now-free-for-anybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/29\/google-meet-video-conferencing-is-now-free-for-anybody\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Meet video conferencing is now free for anybody"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google is opening up its Google Meet videoconferencing service to anybody who wants to use it, instead of just offering it to enterprise and education customers via G Suite. The company says anybody with a Google account will now be able to create free meetings of up to 100 people that can last any amount of time — though after September 30th it may restrict meeting length to 60 minutes.<\/p>\n

That Google account requirement is a hard one, however. People won’t be able to just click a link and join a meeting — they’ll need to be logged in. That is so meetings can be better controlled by their hosts, hopefully eliminating the possibility of Zoombombing. Google will also introduce other safety measures: people not explicitly added to a meeting via a calendar invite will be automatically entered into a green room when they try to join a meeting, and only be let in when approved by the host. The free version will also not offer landline dial-in numbers for meetings.<\/p>\n

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