Seemingly out of the blue, Google has surprised the enterprise world by launching a brand-new video conferencing solution for HD video meetings, called "Meet". The mobile and web application is the latest solution in Google's line-up of business products "G-Suite". You can see the new offering here: meet.google.com.
If you click through, you'll find that the site resembles the landing page you'd get for Hangouts, but there are no options for starting a text chat or call. Instead, you'll need to enter a "code" to join a meeting, or see the meetings you have scheduled. Based on details from the app store page, Meet should be able to service as a business-friendly option for Hangouts, the Google consumer-focused video chat app.
What to Expect from Google Hangouts Meet
Similarly to Hangouts, Meet offers a range of group video call solutions, including not only video chat, but expanded capacity interactions too. For example, while Hangouts is limited to only 10 people, Meet supports high-def video for up to 30 participants. It also includes a host of other features that make it easier to access the calls you need on-the-go, along with useful dial-in numbers for people in the midst of travelling, and links you can join with a single click.
The main screen of the app displays a list of scheduled meetings, alongside new details like subject, location, time, and attendees. You can also click a "join" button to visit a meeting from your phone which can launch the video chat interface with buttons to switch off video or mute calls. Meanwhile, for larger conferences, there's a primary window up top where you can view who's talking, alongside a list of longer participants in the area below.
Although dial-in numbers are only available to G suite Enterprise customers thus far, that's the only limitation we're seeing at present.
