Starting today, Google’s own video conferencing app is now going free for all users globally, the search engine giant announced.
The meet was initially launched as a premium app for paid users, but looking at the surging demand for video call services across the globe owing to the lockdowns imposed by several governments in order to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, the app is gradually rolling out the free versions.
Earlier, the Meet app had required a Google business or education account to set up calls, essentially its suite software. But now, Going forward, Meet will be available to anyone for free on the web and via mobile apps for iOS or Android. And if you use Google Calendar, you’ll be able to easily start or join from there, too. Through Meet, Google lets 100 people participate in a single video call.
While Google has long offered free versions of business tools including Gmail and Google Docs, there has been no equivalent for Meet, a newer service launched three years ago.
