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Google Meet now lets you pause video streams of individual tiles
Google Meet is rolling out a new feature that will allow you to pause the video streams for individual tiles to improve focus on frequent speakers or presenters. To turn off individual feeds, you can
Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions for Meet video calls
Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions to people using Google Meet for video calls. Starting today, the company said this feature will be first available on iOS and the web with Android support
Google Meet gets automatic meeting transcriptions
Meetings — nobody wants them but everybody has them. So for those times when you’re in a meeting but mostly just surfing the web, it’s nice to have a transcript to make sure you didn’t miss th
It’s not just you: The freemium bar is shifting
Here's another sign of the times: Free tiers are becoming less generous.
Google Meet’s new feature lets users consume YouTube and Spotify together
As Google continues the great merger between its Duo and Meet video communications apps, the company today announced that it’s introducing new Apple SharePlay-like live-sharing features to Meet,
The next step in Google’s merger of Duo and Meet starts today
In June, Google told us that it would start merging its Duo video chat service for consumers with Meet, its Zoom competitor for business users. The next phase of this merger starts today. Merging two
Google starts prompting remaining Hangouts users to move to Chat
Google has announced that starting today, people who are still using Hangouts on mobile will see an in-app prompt asking them to move to Chat in Gmail or the Chat app. The company says the new prompt
Google Duo and Meet will soon become one
Google Duo, the company’s video chat service for consumers, will soon merge with Google Meet, the company’s video chat service for business users. The Duo app will soon get all of MeetR
Google Meet gets in-meeting reactions, PiP, end-to-end encryption and more
Google announced a major update to Google Meet today that includes a number of long-requested features and plenty that you didn’t even know you needed. There is a long list here, but the main ad
Google Meet rolls out new audio and video locks for hosts
Google Meet is getting new audio and video locks to let hosts turn off the microphones and cameras of other participants. The new feature essentially lets you mute a user and prevent them from unmutin
Google Meet will automatically adjust webcam brightness in your browser
The web version Google Meets can soon detect when someone is underexposed due to bad lighting. Meet will then increase the brightness so it's easier to see yourself and your cohorts on calls.
Google Workspace opens up spaces for all users
Google is tying everything together with a handbook for navigating hybrid work, which includes best practice blueprints for five common hybrid meetings.
Google interconnects its Workspace apps, adds a dozen new features
Google kicked off its Google I/O Developer event this afternoon with a set of new collaborative workspace tools, which it’s calling, as a group, “Smart Canvas.” The company demonstra
Daily Crunch: Google Meet will get a new look and new features
Google announces upgrades to Google Meet, Amazon is bringing its palm scanner to Whole Foods and Microsoft looks at the effect of video calls on our brains. This is your Daily Crunch for April 21, 202
AI-powered transcription service Otter.ai can now record from Google Meet
Otter.ai, the A.I.-powered voice transcription service that already integrates with Zoom for recording online meetings and webinars, is today bringing its service to Google Meet’s over 100 milli
Google will let everyone migrate from Hangouts to Chat for free in 2021
Google’s strategy around its messaging apps is nothing if not messy right now (hello Hangouts, Meet, Chat, Duo and Co.), but it looks like things will get a bit easier come next year. We already
Klaxoon launches Board, an interactive meeting product for video calls
A few weeks after teasing its new product, French startup Klaxoon is launching Board, a visual interface that lets you work together during a video call. Instead of staring at other people’s faces,
Google Meet and other Google services go down (Updated)
Google’s engineers aren’t having a good day today. This afternoon, a number of Google services went offline or are barely reachable. These services include Google Meet, Drive, Docs, Analyt
Gmail, Google Drive hit by outage
Updated at 5:00PM IST / 11.30AM GMT: Google says it has resolved the issue that was affecting a number of its services. Our original story follows. Having trouble accessing your Gmail, Google Drive or
India’s richest man takes on Zoom
India’s Reliance Jio Platforms, which recently concluded a $15.2 billion fundraise run, is ready to enter a new business: Video conferencing. On Thursday evening, the firm — backed by Mukesh A