Google has opened up its Google Meet videoconferencing service to all, instead of just servicing it to enterprise and education customers via G Suite. The company stated that anybody with a Google account will now be able to allow for free meetings of up to 100 people that can go up to any duration of time — though after September 30th it may restrict meeting length to 60 minutes.
It has become clear that people won’t be able to just click a link and join a meeting as they’ll need to be logged in. Google will also introduce other safety measures related to the options for joining 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.
Google Meet only became “Google Meet” earlier this month. Before that, the service was called Hangouts Meet. That’s a legacy of the fractured and convoluted history of Google’s messaging and video apps the company is still trying to escape.
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